Slick Rick - Behind Bars (Official Music Video)
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Official Music Video for Behind Bars performed by Slick Rick.
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If this was in your recommendations you're my kind of people.
bet bro
bet
bet
Bet
🙌
This shit aged well, both sonically and visually.
Yes
The videos cool but the audio is so weird I can't really understand much of what he is saying lol
Sonically
OnJah? IKR? I mean... SOME people just don’t get why nostalgia from rappers including DJ’s that have been around longer are better because nowadays there is less of this and more of “BahehaaaahHAHeheeerereeee” and shit LOL
@hey lil mama lemme whisper in ya ear this this nigga swear on pandora
we keepin' it slick in 2024 fr. This is legendary.
Fr
Hell yeah dude
Fuck yeah
Factual
Let’s get it, G
Slick Rick was the OG for talk rapping.
He was a fuckin minstrel. Just rhyming on the beat and telling a story that drew the listener in. It wasn't until 5 lines in you realized that this wasn't just bragging on a rhythm, it was a full story that rhymed and had cadence throughout.
That's why this is genuinely really fucking good music
I love when music sounds so dreamy that it doesn’t seem like it’s real
Zack P love the beat
I never knew how to explain this kind of beat until you just explained it for me
Raphael Tesfaye songs can still have a beautiful tune and lyrics even if what they’re saying can be graphic, lmao. Beautiful doesn’t have to be G-Rated, lol
Then you can also try to listen to some genres like Ambient or Dungeon Synth :)
like a fever dream
the softness of the mic and his voice make it feel like a dream
@@okden8331 ????
@@okden8331 shut up 😑
@@okden8331 Ok I see we just throwing that word for literally no reason now...🤦🏽♂️
@@papadinkleberg1900 *joke*
@@okden8331 Dead joke
YES!!! ITS BACK! THE OLD BEAT IS BACK!
thank god
Let’s go
thank the heavens
Slick Rick, the goat of storytelling, such an inspiration for us younger generations, much love and respect for your music and careeer
The animation looks like a weird combination of adult swim cartoons and red bull commercials
It doesss
reminds me of 90s cartoons
or something from MTV Liquid Television....
And the Werner cartoons from Germany.
@@T33K3SS3LCH3N haha Werner, I have to say it reminded me of Bill Plympton's style :)
SlickRick rolled out 2020's biggest banger in 1994.
man time traviling
In the 94 was far worse the situation dude
He wrote this song a long time ago...a real long time ago...FEEL MAH!
@@TheFightingGentleman Hahahaha... 😅👍
Fax
14 years after its release, TH-cam recommended this gem to me, thank you TH-cam
This is almost 30 years old not 14
sometimes, things don't need to be remastered. the former beat was perfectly fine
EDIT: the beat has been reverted to its original
Yeah wtf is this 🐂
Yo that Warren g version was more better.
Why not post it as a different video?... ofof
Yeah I came here for the Warren G version and they full switched it
I was wondering what happend to the beats, this one sounds wacky
Rick always had a chill voice. It's one of the things that set him apart from the others for me
Facts
Snoop Dogg clearly is inspired by Slicks suave delivery.
Sahil Sahadevan never thought about that I hear it now !! plus warren G Cool with Snoop so ik he got influenced
@@laskkoovisualz793 Yep, Snoop had said publicly he's a big SlickRick fan. Here's a clip of him singing La di da di. Special Mention - Doug E Fresh's unbeatable beatboxing. th-cam.com/video/d61tWnYYwYc/w-d-xo.html
@@mongoose1618 Q Tip too
The idea of the prison scenes being in near-total darkness, with the animation moving so fast you can barely keep up, paints a darkly disorienting picture of prison existence.
deep...
I wonder if it was a stylistic decision or its cause of what you said. When it shows the cop it’s all bright. Clever either way
Or it's just a normal animation? You're thinking too hard bud
Not dark enough. We invented hell. I think the binary biased Manichean basic way of thinking of most people wanted a global blind system of vengeance and torture. Prison may be caused by archaic religious way of viewing everything.
I'm high.
this song literally changed. i’m not kidding. this video used to sound different
Tf happeneddddd
Ya I thought I was trippin
It happened like last week, bc I was just listening to it not even 2 weeks ago, this sounds so much worse
You're right..I thought the same shit
Yeah wtf happened
who ever animated this is crazy, love the style.
I love how creepy but detailed this music video is.
It freaks me the fuck out but im weirdly attracted to it.
It's not even creepy
@@jayoneokc :(
Not creepy
Yea why was the cop so damn thicc 🧐
I have a strong feeling the “The Story of O.J.” Was inspired by this.
Yea I definitely agree on this too
Not a bad call on jayz part
Danny yep exactly
Yep, thats exactly what I though looking at the thumbnail
There very different. The only similarity is that it's animated.
Wtf how did it go to this bro wtf I was just listening to it a while ago and outa now where it just changed
How have I not found this till now
That cop had no business being that *THICC*
He had no buisness in the the thiccness
That was happens when Donuts, and Danishes are a major part of your diet.
T H I C C C
Doughnut addiction is a really problem.
666 like
Such a mysterious flow.
Story telling flow
Yessssss that is what i was thinking
Touché
kids these days be callin this lofi or some shit
My dad introduced this to me a few months before he passed, it reminds me of him.
Im sorry for your loss, i hope you're doin alright.
that officer ain't got no business bein that thick
Purple guy
randomly just popped up in my recommendations, ty youtube
y would u even sub ? same, this style of cartoons is so awesome im in love with it. Boutta go peep the instrumental version too
Same here
@CCmagnus ma boii same
That just happened to me
y would u even sub ? Facts
I'm getting this recommended in 2019? It is fire tho
@Eric Johnson Why you tryna start something
2019 and still fire.
Same my dude!
@@SluggedNugg I want to know to tho. Why does the year of the recommendation matter?
Puffy_ninja bc i would've loved to listen to this sooner and it's barely being recommended rn
Shout out to the animators! This must have taken tons of work.
Thank God it's the original beat again
I can't imagine how long it took to animate this. There just aren't words for how much I love and appreciate this kind of rough, hand drawn animation.
I love rough, brutal and crude art like this, especially when it fits with the song’s style: mysterious yet straightforward.
Bed bath and beyond bars
@@Sleepy_Spaceman lol!
@@ungalunga2951 do u kno any artists that have the same art style like this?
@@koro3326 Nope, unfortunately not.
when i was young i use to skate around my city to this song.
HybridEXE cap
Sounds like a great teenhood
something that i want to do
Lets go skate 🤙🏼
That's what I do now!! :)
Been looking for this song since I heard it when I was like 5 years old. Didn’t know it was slick Rick. I’ve finally found it. It’s actually sad nostalgia finding it now. Reminding me of my cousin.😔
I swear Ricky D can make some dark ass content sound light hearted.
+dolaopposite This x10
youngguru2000 this X9000
dolaopposite cause of his British accent
TheSbitenshchik I thought he was just born there
Nah man, hes was raised there, I dont remember for how long, but hes got a strong British accent. Just listen to Childrens Story. Strong as hell
It’s so fast pace but so slow and dreamy at the same time
you can say this song has good flow get it fast and slow sort of make flow whan you mix them together
Thats known as a polymeter ooooh wow
theres so much lyrical content while also pacing it very well. that takes some real damn talent
420
Man’s is rapping in all lowercase
This video is so fucking *DOPE!!!* The dancing 🐷 (cop) always cracks me up. This is what "hip hop" is missing today. Humor, creativity, a positive message, intelligence, wordplay etc
High schoolers after they get detention for vaping in the bathroom
You mispelled raping
I would like this comment but iss 420 likes so I'm good
@@slumpgod1459 now it's 419
@Feddy dueber damn bro I see how it is guess I just was too slow 😥
@@aaaarrr-bm4oh no
The fat cop and the rat remind me of one of the redbull comercials lol
Hahahaha damn for real😁😂😂😂
IKRRR😂😂😂
Same
same here
BACK TO NORMAL!!!!
This song is actually one of the best things I’ve ever heard. It’s so mellow and just easy to listen to. Slick ricks voice is so nice.
Video : gets 9 year old or older
TH-cam algorithm: allow us to introduce our selves
Same thing to me lol
Ha i get it cause of slick rick part in auditorium thats nice right there
@@nasirprince9239 do you mean that auditorium and behind bars are very related? How? (haven't paid attention to the former's lyrics)
@@pablobarea3322 He's saying it showed up in his recommended because he listened to Auditorium by Mos Def, which has a Slick Rick feature
Auditorium is dope
THIS IS SO TIGHT. WHO ANIMATED THIS MASTERPIECE ?
darrel solomon sash andranikian
Reminds me of the old school Red Bull commercials artstyle.
Disney did
Real dope
They did great job, O.G Slick Rick
The animation gives me that nick at nite vibe
slick rick is that one rapper that u stumble upon every now and then. hes legendary, his music is so chill its awesome man
Such a mysterious beat, and the wordplay is pretty sick. Tried attempting to rap this, but I got tongue tied doing so. Gotta love Slick, man...
Haha sick
Vocals have a bunch of Over Dubs... PHIYA!
Jaey Lopidas you gotta stretch first
You can tell this is multiple takes edited together but he is the godking nonetheless.
this popped up on my recommend glad I listened to it. (it probably was on my recommend because I listen to mf doom) 🔥
Slick Rick The Ruler
mf doom reminds me so much of slick
+Von Doom I know what you mean, I think it's the conversational flow they have in common
Their both black from London and raised in New York
*Slick Rick Da Ruler
You have good taste in music, according to your account picture and the Comment
This man has the smoothest, most beautiful voice I've ever heard
Its back 😊
slick rick got a flow thats hard to replicate
its a different life in there
Uh biddy dum, biddy biddy, dum dum.".".".
aint that the truth
imo a tribe called quest is kinda similar
It's hard to imitate because it's like 50 different takes cut together 😂😂. Still fire tho
@@plush2192 the beat maybe, that's all
Can we just appreciate the cops dance moves, man was killing it
The cop was lit 🔥
Ong
he was getting sturdy
Officer Groove
Purple Cop had no business being that double cheeked up
Primeiro boombap a gente nunca esquece
This one of the dopest beats and flows ever, Rick and warren killed this
Who got this in there 2020 recommended
+1
🙋♂️
Song is great
Me
I
It didn't occur to me until now how vulnerable and cool it is that Slick Rick chose to share about a rape attempt on him while he was in prison. There are a lot of jokes about sexual assault in prisons, often tied up with emasculating black and latino men. Behind Bars is very honest, Slick Rick is always a storyteller but this feels like a diary entry in many ways.
Even though he ultimately underscores his survival and he sometimes acts brutally in the song, the aesthetic of the song doesn't glamorize it at all. It's so low key, smooth but with a hint of bitterness, sadness, and even boredom (the monotony of being locked up that long). "Had to stab a ***** in the eye with a pencil" isn't an assertion of dominance, by saying "had to" you get a sense of him feel trapped, not wanting to but not seeing a way out. There's something passive about it all, that feeling of waiting. Similarly with "they hit the cell, rape attempted / luckily it failed", saying "luckily" implies that he doesn't feel like it failed because no one could get the jump on him as this alpha dog Chad gangster or what have you. He could have told the story that way if he wanted to, he stabs someone in the eye and this attempted rape failed, those could be framed like fought his way through and proved himself or something. That's not the vibe he's going for though, because his jail time was not glamorous. The inner truth that Slick Rick is sharing through. He's exhaudted. His life wasted away like the lives of so many people we put behind bars today. It didn't prevent violence, it subjected him to it. It didn't bring any ultimate justice, it exposed him to injustice. This song for me as the tone of one long sigh as he remembers his time behind bars. That vibe really sets it apart and hits home a solid message and such.
I wish him many many more good years, thanks for the dope track
"Had to stab a *** in the eye with a pencil" thats not the line but whatever....
@@funkytransport So what? It's close enough. Pointless comment.
Another one that ends with him getting raped in jail is "The moment I feared" but that one's a lot less serious.
@@funkytransport come on man
This song isn't entirely about his own prison experience, he's just telling general stories about anyone's experience in prison. He has done interviews and a documentary while he was in jail when this album was released and said pretty much everyone was cool with him and nothing really happened outside of people talking shit when he first got locked up.
I’m glad they brought the Warren G back I hadn’t heard it before.
It fucking back, the beat is come back!
Same
This animation looks like something off of Adult Swim.
it actually reminds me of nickelodeon except darker
Much higher quality than Adult Swim tbh
@@palth9757 yeah yeah me too old school nickelodeon and this show "Doodlez" especially
90's cartoon
no it doesn't
I’m so glad I found this while stoned.
Same, this is a trip while watching and listening
Bro me too
Swear this shit is crazy
Bro y’all too ?
Not big hiphop fan, just followed TH-cam’s recommendation.
Anyway this is so goood…
DAMN no way that music dropped 1994
For those sheltered... when a stranger asks what size are those your about to get robbed.
No hate But I think most people know that but I do suppose you clarified for some
@@gibbelzoob nah you would be suprised
That's when I pull down my pants and show them my size
@@imgamerful then they shoot you and your the fool who died with no shoes and his flaccid hanging out 💀
They my size man
I clicked on it aight!!!??
And I don't regret a damn thang
G, thanks homie, appreciate it.
mane this beat timeless, beyond words
I knew I wasn't going crazy the beat is changed
They changed it back!
I love how he recorded multiple verses then lays them over each other like he cuts off his own verse with another one playing the role of someone else. Also playing around with the stereo panning. Really cool.
fr
Song is so ahead of its time it’s scary
Slick Rick's songs always creeps me the fuck out because of the vivid way he describes these sad, realistic situations in such a nonchalant, whimsical voice, like he's a pied piper or a puppet master.
I know
And we are the little kids watching the show LOL 🤣
sisepuedemaybe
C U T S A N D S K A R S
sisepuedemaybe he makes it so discriptive and every word sounds like they were meant to be together
Pure genious lyrics. LL isn't hands down the best or most talented rapper of all-times.
This is slick
This is fire but crazy it just changed out of the blue, wonder why they changed it
I love this guy's voice
Me too!
Because he was unlike all rappers, chill. He just had a chill voice which is soothing
It's because he's British
The Ruler!
Listen to the children's story. Dope song by slick rick
This song is just so fucking good.
Like, seriously. This is 90’s rap at it’s finest.
Why would you censor the word
@@maclavaitz why didn't you say the word
Wtf, new sound
See i know that's what you'll want to happen to me but God got me and that's why the shit that's going on in you'll life is going on and it will keep going on by the grace of my father God so be blessed Amen
If there was a series like this that was like psychological and drawn like this but 3 minutes of well thought out songs, adult swim would literally drown in money.
That sounds so " It was really good but ran out of budget and got cancelled in season2"
pink floyd did that, but a movie
th-cam.com/video/fCMbtGigPp0/w-d-xo.html
What. An. Idea
@@altrumodi5694 the show that comes to mind when i think of that is hihi puffy amiyumi
If he’s so slick why doesn’t he just slip through the bars?
he got bailed out by the the time he would do that
my man is asking the real questions
He literally just slipped through the bars y'know 'm saying? He was telling the story at the beginning and by the time of the end he got bailed and is now out with sluts and stuffs
he did, he got bailed out
isnt he supposed to be called slippery rick ?
1994, shit sounds banging today
slick rick on the recommended
youtube is doing right tn
Same bro but I ain’t mad
This video is depressing and beautiful at the same time.
Slick Rick is the was one of most underrated rapper of the 90's
A lot of peps says the Big L is underrated hahahaha
@@PanCioPL234 homeboy got some long ass fingers😭 nonetheless, RIP
AZ is, not Slick Rick.
what about Yella?
@@PanCioPL234 I honestly think that big l is top 5
Thanks for changing the beat back!
animation reminds me of those PSAs
More like adult swim
Rick could always storytell effortlessly in that unique way of his, plus he's got one of the most recognizable, iconic voices in Rap history. Legendary status!
*that cop is dummy thicc*
yung douche Dummy thuccus
agreed
Pleade leave. Don't come back ever again.
I didn't like this comment, not because i don't like it, but for the sake of that sick 69
T H I C C
Slick Rick is a real storyteller for sure.
Went back to this video later, the audio changed to the first version in the album 😢 take it back to the mellow version later in the record!!!
school house rock is different from what i remembered.
One of the best story tellers hands down!
Wayne B #THEBEST!
He started it also started the big chains trend
Its backkk
the cop in the purple is making me act up 🥵😳😳🥵🥵
Same
This is one of the best-animated music videos I've ever seen, and the song is fantastic to boot. I'm gonna be playing this for awhile.
Same here bro
I heard this song 15 times today
Igotthis 3011 Thats nothing compared to me lol
Song and video are timeless, a perfect combo
Why is this getting recommended to me 10 years later?
bruh moment
Because it’s a chill ass song
Oodfty YeeY i’ve heard the song years ago, just weird that its getting recommended again
Just be happy TH-cam recommend something really good, it’s not common
One word. CLEAN.
My recommended is full of the strangest music, so I'm glad to have found a rock in this sea of wild and strange music
Not going to lie I’ve never heard this before and I like it thx for recommending TH-cam 👏
I'm not even a fan of rap and hip hop, but the flow is just so good and the song is relaxing.
Anesthesia Awareness yeah
why would you lie? What is there to lie about?
@@TehDawg He would lie about him hearing it.
I heard everything nothing to lie about
'94 was a good year for Hip-Hop/Rap
Many classics that year indeed.
If y'all wanna change it. Please upload a separate vid for it. I kinda got used to both versions while it got swapped out. So while im glad the dum ditty dum version is back, i would like the standard version here aswell.
It's finally back
Why does this song envoke nostalgia that I never even had.
Tune is dreamy. the Tunes activate memery
The strange animation fits so perfectly with the strange flow I am completely mesmerized.
The old beat added so much charm to it. What happened to it???
It got improved
this is criminaly underated