Ahmad - Back In The Day
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- From the self-titled album "Ahmad" (1994)
Ahmad Ali Lewis, who was born October 12, 1975 (as heard in the track "Zoom"), in Los Angeles, California, is an American emcee. Credited simply as Ahmad, he is best known for the 1994 single "Back in the Day," a nostalgic song that became a signifier for nostalgia in hip-hop culture.
Ahmad is also a member of the group 4th Avenue Jones.
Ahmad Ali Lewis was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. He made his recording debut in 1993 on the soundtrack of The Meteor Man with the song "Who Can." Released when Ahmad was only 18, "Back in the Day" the remix version (produced by Maurice Thompson & Jay Williams of Barr 9 Productions) hit #26 on the US pop charts and #19 on the U.S. R&B charts on the strength of its catchy hook, sung over a sample of the Teddy Pendergrass song "Love TKO." It was the first single off his first album, Ahmad. The remix of "Back in the Day" is also featured on the soundtrack of The Wood, a 1999 motion picture. Ahmad secured his first recording contract while still a senior in high school and promptly earned a gold record for his chart-topping hit.
A second album was recorded for Revolution Records-a sub-label of Giant Records-but it was unreleased and he was dropped from the label. In 2002, Ahmad formed a band called 4th Avenue Jones, a collective with a sound he dubbed hiprocksoul. 4AJ secured a recording contract with Interscope Records, through Ahmad's imprint Lookalive Records. He has toured extensively as a solo artist and as a member of 4th Avenue Jones, visiting such places as the Netherlands, the U.K., Canada, Sweden, Denmark, and Zimbabwe.
Additionally, Ahmad has written, extensively, for other artists. Leela James recorded the Ahmad penned single "Mistreating Me" on her LP "A Change Is Gonna Come." Also, more recently, his song "Back in the Day" was interpolated by The Dream & Mariah Carey for use on her song "Candy Bling," featured on her 2009 Island records release "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel."
Wanting to provide a more stable environment for his toddler son Yeshuwa, Ahmad enrolled at Long Beach City College and graduated as valedictorian, with a 4.0 grade-point average. He was accepted as a transfer student by several universities for the fall of 2008 and chose Stanford University. Ahmad is a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship, the largest private scholarship for two-year and community college transfer students in the country.
Ahmad's transition from hip-hop artist to scholar has not gone unnoticed; in fact, his story was featured in the November 2009 issue of XXL magazine, and on the front-page of the Los Angeles Times.
Ahmad recently formed a new music company called WeCLAP, an acronym for We Change Lives, Attitudes and Perceptions. WeCLAP has agreed to allow its label content to be digitally distributed through Syntax Distribution a division of Quality Junk, LLC, a firm based in San Diego, California.
In support of his forthcoming release, Ahmad hosted a DJ Far mixtape titled Western Conference All-Stars. The project includes 100 of the best emcees on the West Coast. Ahmad contributed three freestyles to the project. The mixtape was released globally in mid-September, and a first-of-its-kind "VIDEOmixtape" (a 9-minute short film capturing performances of the freestyles, Directed by Justin Purser) was released in mid-December.
Ahmad graduated from Stanford in June and he released his anticipated sophomore solo project "The Death of Me" on August 10, 2010 as the first WeCLAP release. - เพลง
Who else listening to this in 2024 and missing the good ole days? Man!! 80s, 90s, and early 2000's was the best ever!😢😢😢
Yes it was
Yessirr
Yesss the 80s and 90s was great years ❤
70s, 80s and 90s were my child/teen/young adult years. The best!
In my karate shoes.
I’m starting to regret everything I said about “I can’t wait til I’m grown” 😓😖😭🤦🏽♀️ 90s are the elites
💜
You and me both
Girl yes! Like frfr.😓
What's your ig
Straight truth
Bra we really took our childhood for granted 😢😢😢 my 80s and 90s babies can agree
Born in 78 I feel truly blessed to have experienced it.
yes 😢 we did big up the 30 year old and 40 year olds
89 baby hear i didnt hear this song when i was younger though from.chicago but i do shed a tear😢 when i hear old music from my pop's playing the Jamaican music since both my parent's are Jamaican and also too the songs i heard from 92 till 98 ny preschool to 3rd grade year's
Hell yeah we did.
No fr
This song always hits me hard. It really puts things into perspective. I wish I could travel back in time and tell my younger self to take a million pictures, talk to that girl you were always too nervous to talk to, take school more serious, etc. that list can go on and on. But if nothing else, I cherish those past experiences, because childhood was so damn fun and it goes by so damn quick.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Dude you aint lying. I would go back to hug my parents and brother again, I would listen to my grandaps stories about WW2, I would learn from my mistakes so I wouldn't make them again.
Preach
💯💯💯💯😔🥺
THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE 80’s & 90’s BABIES 😭😭😭🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Yessss
im 89, but shit shout out 90s ( i almost made it)
Mannnn 💯😢
👌🏾😭 born in 87 grew up in the 90’s
81 here and I miss it too😞😭😞
Bruh I cry every time I hear this track...there will never be another era like the 90s
I sent the lyrics to my cousin and decided to come listen. I haven’t heard the song in YEARS and I just cried cause it took me back. I can see my sister and cousins laughing being carefree at grandmas house, making up dance routines with my friends, school, just everything during those amazing years! Take me back, my mom grandma and grandad was there we were happy. I lost so many friends, family and even my kids, I wish I could go back!
I though it was just me
90s and early 2000s
Agree facts
Facts
This track NEVER gets old. Certified CLASSIC 💯
You kinda looks like kmg the illustrator lmao
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Born in ‘74, so I definitely missed the 90’s.
89 baby here this must have come out when I was in preschool
I was born in 1975 the late 1980's and 90's were best era for hip - hop I lived this era. Classic albums dropping every month.
71 miss my childhood
same here
“I can’t wait to grow up” was one of the most regrettable sentence to ever say...and I’m guilty of it :(
I remember the time, moment, street I was in 4th grade walking thru a middle saying I can’t wait to be 18 😩😩😩…. 2021- 42 got here so quick
I think We all are........
Yeah, same here, comin up we couldn't wait to get those privileges. However, what we failed 2 realize is w/those privileges came huge responsibilities.
I regret saying I wish I be a grown up💯💯💯 life is real and time is short 😂😂😂
Ssshhhhiiiiaaatt
I was born in 1975, I was blessed to grow up in the greatest era of hip hop AND r&b! I miss the 90's. 😑
@lowrekus wardlow I was born in 1989, damn 90’s hip hop was dope and today just trash ain’t the same
1978 I miss that music, including grunge 😭
Blessing for love of real hip hop
I'm a millennial and today music make no sense...... RIP hip hop
I was born in 2005 and tbh I'm not fucking with some of the new artists rn, looking back at these oldies, liking them so far, you got any recommendations?
I'm literally crying listening to this song,...back in the days...😢 80's baby..
89 baby right here we had good music nicer cars I cry sometimes gearing songs my poppa played my parents are both Jamaican 🇯🇲 he had his dj equipment and I was just there playing with my toys as he played his music and he had a nice sports car chi town represent playing all these fun made up games 🎮 everything was smooth back than
@@Jac735I remember my pops had a yard full of old school cars, Fleetwoods, 78 Park Ave, 85 Camaro, damn I miss it 😢
@JunkerDriver999 when I was young I was just like Ahmad I wanted to get older but realized when I graduated in 07 the nostalgia grew back on me real quick especially from when I was a baby from 2 in 92 all the way till my 3rd grade year in 98 😪don't know about you mane but when I hear real old stuff from my preschool years and kindergarten I start shedding tears real talk just wanna live that life again was so much simpler back than before my mom started having health problems dealing with family and friends who act funny
@@Jac735 I do the same thing for real
@JunkerDriver999 appreciate it thought I was the only one who did that sometimes I gotta pull over so I can cry when I drive
Continued...2024...Who's reminiscing about back in the day
Right here with you bruh sitting here smoking thinking back then
Me
Back when social media and smart phones weren't a thing 🥺 growing up in Houston the mid 90s early 2000s when WWF was around, the first XBOX. Playing every sport outside w no worries w the homies 😞 good fucking times man
Me
It’s crazy 1994 was 25 years ago
Teeny_African don’t remind me
I had my son 94💞💞💞
@@215queen7 my sister was born 94
Didn't know this song was as old as me wow Love this song still dope to this day!
It's crazy 94 is 26 years ago 🤣
Hope everyone has a good weekend.Long Live the 90s!
The Last great generation
Same back to you
Amen brother
Peace to all the OL SKOOL "THE ONLY REAL SKOOL" HOMIEZ ALL OVER THE WORLD! Greetz from Germany!
@@eightballer8 fuck yeah cousin. Greetings back from the state of Connecticut, USA.
Damn these classics make me wanna shed tears Great music 90’s 😢
Let it out bro, you are not alone.
Growing up in L.A was hard, but I miss it... Mom's did a good job..
riverside! i feel that
"wishing all I had to do now, was finish homework"
Damn, right in the feels.
Nah fuc homework
@@Code10924 fashooo
@@Code10924 LoL agreed.
But I know what he means though,
@@Code10924 wow u rather pay bills worry about this that and that
"It's true, you do realize what you really got till it's gone"
Wish I was a kid again bro🤦🏽♂️...
Me too
I’m a kid 🧒
@@kaetnt8597 don't grow up too fast, enjoy your younger years.
CHЯIS†IAИ facts
Fr 😓
The 90’s was the best era ever!!!
Damn this song is timeless .. im 26 but this song bring back memories from "2000s" when i was a kid.. crazy how us late 90s and early 00s babies is adults now ..
Mannn finna be 26 this year I can really say the era we grew up in was the last of the greats tbh if u really think about it we still kinda experienced things from the 90s still grew up wit VHS tapes DVDs outside riding our bikes around the hood mannn I miss them days 🥲💯
Thinking about how life goes by so fast. If i could only go back to my childhood when life was really stress free
I've been thinking the same thing since i was in high school life went to fast lol
@@AndyonBlast yea but still I was born in 91 I remember the early 2000s and late 90s
Me too man, I'm 33
Amen.😞
Same
If not careful, you may experience a warm feeling in your chest and a mist in your eyes while getting choked up on this classic dose of nostalgia
Rashad Abdur-Rahim too late
Yup I get that to
Im definitely in my feelings off this right now...
@@yezmirsheppard-halika6892 same feeling
Hell yea
90 babies where yall at
92 😢
Last month of 93
2000
😢 I miss the 90s
I was 15 whenever this jam came out, and I will be 42 later this year. But I would give anything to go back in the day...
❤❤❤❤
I'll just take the memories and enjoy this song today, like it was back in the day...Get it😂...88 fresh out of high school making beats.
Straight classic first heard off the movie The Wood
I first heard it when it came out I was 9 yrs old I think
stl Missouri facts it’s a classic
stl Missouri facts they don’t make movies like that no more with messages and life same with today’s garabge music
Yea In the beginning I love their era and the movie and song
@@rebeccaboone2985 facts
this tune along with 93 til infinity always takes me back like none other.. One love, all you 80s and 90s kids ❤️
93 til…. 😢
one love 💯💯
Listening to this song will make you cry and think about all good and bad times you had when growing up, man times was so much simpler. Nothing will ever compare to the 90’s and 00’s 🙌🏾🙏🏾.. Thank GOD for them great decades. Still listening to this in 2022
Too bad this song doesn’t resonate with kids today since they ass don’t play outside anymore.
Word! 😪
Man I hope I lived in 90s
Doesn’t mean we still can’t vibe with good music
I been noticed that for YEARS u don't even see kids playing even on Christmas morning
I posted this song as a post on fb and said the same thing. Kids don't even play outside anymore. Back in days as kids we played outside all day and night. Hated going in when the street lights came on. 😂
I remember listening to this when I was seventeen wishing I was a kid again. Now I listen to it and wish I was seventeen again. I would give anything to go back to the ‘90s. This is one of those songs that makes you sad and nostalgic every time you listen to it. For a split second I am almost back to that time but then I realize I am stuck in this current shithole of a place. 🥴
I feel you mama , im 22 and wish i was still 14 just chillin with the homies and go to the corner store to buy a 0.99$ arizona
Trip how certain songs trigger certain feelings, you can even remember smells, lol, just a trip! Wish I was a kid again! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I was 15 whenever this jam came out, and I will be 42 later this year. But I would give anything to go back in the day...
I’m 53 and this song makes me reminisce too.
What's your ig
I just started singing this song out of the blue and it's 2023 🤣. This go hard even in 2023 🔥🔥 TIMELESS!!! I know I'm not the only wish to go in a time machine to go back to 80's or the 90's for sure... This STILL A BOP 🔥🔥
I was sitting at the red light just now and it popped in my head and I had to come listen!! Such a classic! Lol
Out the Blue!
Its 2022 and this song still bring back so many memories from the 90's
Now the title "Back In The Day" hits even harder...
Timeless song
I totally agree 💯
Back when playing outside was normal 😩 these new kids r so different
When a song makes you sit down and reflect on your life, having you in your feelings.
You know you done made a classic for generations.
I too wish I was a kid again. Life was slow-paced, stress free, and much much more empathetic. Creativity and Diversity at it's peak.
Man! 💯🙌🏾🙏🏽
Amen 100 percent facts !!
Facts
Good old Days 😢
Now men are wearing women's skinny jeans,and every mumble rapper sounds exactly the same.
I didn’t appreciate this song when it dropped in 94. Now it really hit home
I did and I was 9. Now I'm 40 and it's grown greater
I did as well and I was 10 when this song hit
When I younger I liked this song cause it sounded dope . Now I love this song for every thing it stands for.
90's rap rules 🎧👊
It sure does...that's why it's the only music that I make👍🏾🎤🎧
Yeah bro,90s rappers came,saw and conquered.they raised the bar, and broke it.no bar to raise again.
The best. Peaked.
Rule #1 spit real lyrics about real everyday life
Rule #2 use a funky ass beat or savage sample
Rule #3 make music for the kids, teens, adults, and grown folks together
Remember back before game systems needed a memory card to save game. You always had to carry change in your pockets to use the pay phone. Always make sure you had pen and paper for digits. Walkman was hot. Beepers. Two bags of chips for 50 cent. Before cameras was on every block. Police wore light blue shirts. Before HD was a thing. Skateboards, cars and bicycle weren't electric. I'm from NYC but missed the old days. Alot of ppl today wouldn't know what to do in the 90's.
I'm from the 90's era.....Best times ever
Growing up in the 70's 80's and 90's there we NOTHING BETTER!
The future generation will never kno 😥
It’s ok. I’m here. I know. (: & so will the rest
I'm here and I'm 14
19. And this is the kinda shit that makes me wanna sit back and relax. All my friends are annoyed by the fact that I don’t listen to new music, but I do, I like Brainfeeder??
I'm 15. I understand. The early 2000s for me was similar. However i still like older music better than what I generally grew up with. But my family is old school like that.
Mannnn ima 04’ kid and I wanted to live in the 90’s this generation sucks man😔
I miss being little kid back in the day 🤔 in the 90s
Me too 92 baby over here to the bone..
I was born 85
Omg yes
Ur name is mr fuck off
@@Code10924 torture him?
Nothing but positivity around this song !! We grew up in the best ERA !! 80s Baby , 90s made me
The 90’s was so diverse musically! I think that’s why it will always be special and unique compared to any other era! Those of us that grew up to music like this was very fortunate to experience hip hop that was real and timeless! 💯
💯💯💯💯
"Unique" lol what?2000's was super diverse aswell.
Golden Era still live in our hearts ~!
Facts g!!!🎧🎧🎧🎶🎶
Yes indeed
I was blessed to grow up in the 90’s as a kid, the memories could bring tears to my eyes if i sit and just reminisce long enough, but i try not to live in the the past, but when classics like this come on its ok to hop in that mental time machine and just live in the memories for a moment, its a rollercoaster of emotions on that trip but they are there to be cherished because thats all you have left from those times, peace to everyone that was a kid growing up in the 90’s, we were the last of the golden era✊🏾
Well said!!!
Fuck yeah born in 84 raised in the late 80s and the 90s loved the 90s everyone came together back then and everyone was cool with everyone if they wasn't it wasn't because of color it was because you were a dickhead or some shit like that when i became a father in 03 I tried raising my kids old school like we was raised and its been a Hell of a ride since back in the days but I wouldn't change a thing.
Couldnt have said it better myself. The good old days
💯💯💯💯
Well said & it's sad because it's harder to make those epic moments today when back then it happened every weekend house parties BBQ's ETC cheers to a Golden error of love and music
Maaaan. The nostalgia....the memories of my childhood🙏🏽
90's songs never fade 😭🧡🔥
This song is a masterpiece.
Man the song gets older but the sentiment is and always will be timeless
Dang - brings back memories... born 1977 - grew up in the 80s and 90s... love this song!
Was born Early 2000's but i still feel this shi ❤
Facts
Nice Teddy Pendergrass sample
Love T.K.O.!!
It don't get much better than Teddy. #Legend
Samuel blinne word up
Even gangstas paradise is sampled
And all eyez on me
And still dre
Samples were the thing back then. Seems like damn near every song that came on the radio was a sample and my dad made sure to let me know it was a sample from his era 😂. The best time of my life.
So much love for this Music !..
Back in the day, when Hip-hop was real..
What makes hip-hop today not real?
Isaiah Sears really smalls lyricks, not good lyrick, and they don’t Work so hard to make a good instrumental/beat. Ça manque de beaucoup plus de travail et surtout pour les lyrics !..
Évidement il y’a toujours des exceptions qui font de bonnes choses voir de très bonnes choses, mais ils ne le font pas tous..
Avant on voulais faire passer un message, maintenant c’est soit purement commercial, soit pour faire passer un message mais les gens ne s’en rendent pas compte et/ou n’apprécie pas/plus
Hip-Hop doesn't exist today.
Isaiah Sears Everything
Yanpac Facts
Back in the day led me to be a beautiful woman.Big Bro thanks!
This song makes my heart hurt with all the memories 😢😢😢
90's Untouchable Era !
Peace from France ✌
I used to always sing this song when i was a kid not even understanding the lyrics. Now that I’ve entered adulthood this song has a way different impact on me. Take me back to my childhood...
Me too
BB
Yes I partially agree, cause I grew up the same way, loving this song, singing it all the time. I recorded it on a cassette tape from power 106 FM radio in LA,
CA . This song helped me learn early that you have to cherish the moment you are in. I’m still taking in every moment, but that sure as hell doesn’t help any better with the yearning to re-experience our golden era.. to “wake up and smell the 90’s!” - only if we could go back 🤦
Im 57 and I must say this song is Nostalgic. Ahmad drops ever Gem from my Era Ill never forget growing up in Whittier LA
The rush of emotions this song brings. I’m 36 and I feel every bar.
Cheers to 36 mate
90's was everything 💜damn I miss it
This just made me realize I been taking life for granted & I need to pray more.
Now that’s the right direction my man. Real men fall on their knees and pray. Trust in God and know God. If u want some good hip hop search “the cross movement spare rituals”
Anyone else heard this in 1999s The Wood and been in their head ever since?
I love all my brothers and sisters commenting on this song, we all still here baby! Those tears are good tears...
Indeed brother!!!! Thank you God!
Damn... The world is changing. Much love to all us 🇺🇸 80's babies... Last of the old school.
born in 87, just sitting here reminiscing about being a kid again. going through high school memories, running around the neighborhood. all my friends are married with kids now.. time flies, dont take advantage. as a kid we cant wait to grow up and do what we want, but man, i am wanting to go back and be a kid again..
87 baby here also!!
Another 1
Bro 😢 this hit too close to home
No one will ever be able to take the memories from this song away from me. Ever.
80s/90s still thriving love the vibe 💪🏽🔥
I'm not really in to hip hop but I ran in to this Ahmad dude,and have to say he nailed it. Had me going back to the 70's I'm 60 years now. I'm putting this on my play list 🤪
Perfect throwback joint for the holiday weekend😃😃😃
Gave me chills listening to this, how I miss the 90s! It was a special time for real
Childhood was great growing up in California
Still bobbing my head to this in 2019!
Still listening!
2020 :))
2012
2022 may
Back in the days when I was young (90)s
WWF and WCW, SNES, N64, Bulls Basketball, 2pac and biggie, Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Sandlot, Saved by the bell Kelly😋
Memories, Memories, Memories... ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
This song is such a vibe.
I was born 94' and I honestly didn't know when dis song came out but all I know is that I'm blessed to know it! Classic man this hit diff. tho when you African American dat really grew up in the hood or projects.
We are BLACK not “African American” no one calls White people “European American”
it was already nostalgic back in the day, now it is even more 25 years later......" it is true, you dont realize really what you got till is gone, and im not gonna sing another sad song but some times i do sit and reminecence, thinking about the years i was raise back in the day...
Facts allot of took the 90s for granted like crazy
Mannnnnn. Sometimes an artist only needs to make one song to be considered timeless. Ahmad did that. Got me all the way in my feels. Miss the 90s badly. I'd even settle going back to the 2000s lol.
Yall need to listen to this song it makes yall regret things yall did in the past 😭 "Back in the days when i was a kid im not a kid anymore" this is my new faviorite song 😭😭
I was born in 70. A white boy into 70s rock and Soul music then 80s Rock and Metal. 90s came around and got into Grunge but lost interest and started listening to 90s Rap. I must say these songs bring back great memories being in my 20s and loving these songs still do. 🖤💯
Legendary!
Facts
agree
This song is dedicated to everyone who misses being a kid life as a kid was easier and people you loved were around when you get older you may not have them and things have changed
Right in the feels bro😢
I'm watching this in the 2nd quarter of 2024 and it's the 1st time I've done so in well over a decade. I understood the song's meaning when Ahmad dropped it, but it's one of those songs that hit differently after you grow up. How could you not get nostalgic while listening to this track?
This song perfectly expresses the reminiscent feelings of your early days so it can resonate with anyone in a beautiful way
Now this is the hip hop that I grew up on that sparked my own interest in making music👍🏾🎤🎧💿🎼🔥
I wasn’t born in the 90’s or 80’s but this song still hits for some reason-😊
Its a classic that will hit all generations
I think this song will forever hit for us 80s babies‼️ Pure nostalgia! 🎯💯🤎🔥
Such a smooth beat… great lyrics…
Love TKO.. Teddy Pendergrass
Grandma, I love you. Use to dance on your coffee table to this when you weren't looking. Thank You for sharing your space and letting me watch mtv when it was still playing music
Love this song
90S KIDS WERE LUCKY AND PRIVILEGED TO GROW UP IN A RENAISSANCE OF MUSIC AND ART
Back In The Day...I Miss This Kind Of Hip Hop...
90’s was the days man 😭
Man, this song makes me emotional AF💯! If only I could go back knowing what I know now😔! This adulting sucks. It's true you never realize what you have until it's gone...
Classic tune man😢 timeless. They delivery was everything
I remember being a kid hearing this song, and feeling lucky to be a kid.
This should be in the top-10 best Rap Songs ever made!
This song is timeless!
How can this song not make u cry n remember wen life was easy n good 😮💨😭
The older I get the more I realize how true this song is