This man managed to summarize and capture the essence, the laid back relaxed, awesomeness of summertime in one song!…. Perfect lyrics, appropriate beat, video on point….superb 👍🏾
The hiphop comunity cancelled Will for being too soft but honestly..if hiphop had been clean like this the comunity would have been diferent.gangsta rap trap and everything that folowed has ruined the hood telling kids to do drugs guns etc
The hip-hop community did to Will what they do to everyone else who doesn't act like s@v@g3s. I really wish Will's music would've been as big as so-called g@ngst3r rap.
Man the sky seem bluer, even the sun shined differently, atmosphere was clearer and cleaner. Just a great time back in the early 90’s and through out the 90’s
Of course because Eminem said it best "Will Smith don't have to curse in raps to sell records, Well I do so fuck him and fuck you too" Not hating on this song. Mumble rappers should take notes of how to drop a summer jam
Will’s book brought me here!!!! Hands down one of the best audiobooks I ever heard! Listening to it was like watching a movie play scene by scene in my head! I have to give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️for a fantastic job!!
bro the cadence and vocal tone....he finally admitted it to Rakim to his face...his voice was hoarse from a show so when he recorded...the engineer said give me Rakim ....🤣something along those lines...
I was raised on this song, so the first day of the year the temperature goes above 70, this starts playing on a loop in my head. Can't sit back and unwind yet though, college papers ain't writing themselves.
Great spot of upbeat nostalgia from 1991. Of course, some of us are so ancient we recall the ‘Kool and the Gang’ original - surely the best chill-out track of all time.
Aundray Perkins I agree. The 90's were all about good times, being positive, and having good vibes. Now, it seems like people are sooooooo into themselves. Vanity and narcissism is at an all-time high.
I remember the world premiere of this video... They ran it right after an episode of Fresh Prince and before blossom... bought the cassette single the next day after school... 1991 was AWESOME
+dominic “madmax26” hocutt never watched blossom. usually turned the TV off after fresh prince, except for that time when c&c music factory was on blossom. early 90s rule!
Cassette Singles!!!! Lol it was that or waiting next to the radio, waiting for the song to play so you could hit record on the tape deck. Great times and we appreciated music more. Songs would last weeks or even months on the charts.
@@stayawayfromthewoke3412 Yeah genius, there's an entire movie franchise about black Barbershop culture called "Barbershop" 😂😂😂. It's kind of common knowledge that it's a thing.
@@stayawayfromthewoke3412 Indeed every culture has a barbershop but not every culture is into barbershop culture, ya dig? Stay woke my friend ;) Don't run away, learn about your teammates instead..
A few people had cell phones in 1991, but they were so expensive you only used them when you really needed to. (Or mobile phones, as we call them here in the UK).
@@ajs41 yea I’m aware cell phones was around during these times, I’m speaking of nobody on Instagram or Facebook while everyone else enjoying the weather and good vibes. Pretty sure cells didn’t have social media in 91 lol
I remember this song in the summer of 1991. Summer of my 8th grade. Then Fall of 1991 grunge came out and changed my life forever. 1985-1996 was a fantastic time!
this is one of those song that us black people play at family reunions,get together,bbqs etc .. never gets old .. this will be passed down from generation to generation
This is the Classic Summer Jam. When I hear it, It's officially summer and my mind goes to a happy place: Cookouts, Sunsets, or being at the beach with family/friends, great food and chilled wine....
The story of how this song came together is a living definition of why you never give up. This song is a classic. There are a lot of gems in Will's book, along with the story of how Summertime came to be. I've loved this song since a kid, but the way the song almost never happened makes it even more special.
@@prottentogo long story short, Will wasnt going to do the song because he already completed the album and his voice was completely burnt out because of recording all the other songs in a short span of days, but decided to do it once he heard the beat and the hook. Its the reason his voice sounds much deeper than it did on any of his other songs. He ended up writing it at the airport while waiting for his flight. He almost didn't do it, but it became one of his biggest hits of his career.
I was 16 when this was released. Such good times. No social media, cell phones, internet. We played outside riding bikes, stopping the ice cream man, listening to our boom box cassette deck player with the detachable speakers full blast!
I’m almost 40. This is the only song in my life I’ve never gotten tired of. Whenever I hear this, it just takes me back, man. I make sure to listen to this song once a year. The definition of a classic.
Get outta my head 😁I stopped reading to come and see how many friends and family members I recognized in the video! #crazy that this song 🎶 almost wasn’t on the album 😎#Charlie Mack #Harry #Omarr And many others #great minds think alike
@@crystaljoce2006 THAT WAS LAST MONTH, AND ITS PAST THE 4TH OF JULY ALREADY I CANT BELIEVE THAT NEXT MONTH IS AUGUST ALREADY 🙄😬😳 THEN ALSO NEXT MONTH IS THE NFL PRE- SEASON
My Dad bought me this cassette single in 1991. He said this song reminded him of me. I used to LIVE for the summertime!! Cookouts, going to the park, chasing girls, cleaning my car up, etc., etc., :-) R.I.P Dad.
@@DiamondBlocks-yx4yb Thank you my brother. It doesn't matter how old you are, you still feel a little lost if your parents are gone. That's why you have to appreciate them and what they have done or do for you while they are still alive. I STILL appreciate my Dad buying me this song almost 30 years :-)
This song came out when I stationed in Germany. I saw the video it reminded of being back in the U.S. Always have been proud of Will Smith and his amazing talents.
Good clean rap that made you visualize what he was rapping about. These 'old school' rappers from Hip-Hop's Golden Age (80's & 90's) actually talked about something and you could understand everything they were saying! This is the music I grew up listening to.
Church of Scientology? Wow. Dont They have a sex trafficking/cult case popping up now? You know what would suck? All the secrets being spilled out for all the world to see. That church. Well. Who is worshipping what? And whole summer solstice is entrentched with evil. I leave you with that.
He lucky Quincy Jones is a stubborn drunk or Will Smith would be old, fat, unknown and married to tisha whatever her name. That said he didnt waste the opportunities granted to him. Amazing work on fresh prince and his early movies.
It transcends summer, I love it!, it gives me strange feelings of sadness of time gone? when I probably might not of existed when this came out, or I was really young
This song feels me with such nostalgia. Back when we didn't have no phones or hardly any TV. Outside was our entertainment and we'd go to picnics, family reunions and watch those old school 50's cars drive by while sitting on the porch watching the sun setting. I kinda miss those days!
The 90s & Early 2000s was the Golden/Silver age when Music Videos had LIFE and COLOR and SOUL to them. The Nostalgia gives you that Vibe where Life use to feel like you were in another Dimension back then like Heaven on Earth. The Air seemed so FRESH and PURE. That's when the Realms were touched by the Heavens(God). Times were so Enjoyable back then, people knew how to LIVE and KICK IT and come together, seemed like the Sun always Shined those days. Now we live in the Dark Age aka Last Days life isn't what it use to be anymore....
Ron Shady yeah baby boy it was so-o damn cool to be young, I too wish u had been back there, my rockin chair feel real good now, lol cause I got some dynamite memories!!
I grew up listening to DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince and this song was always on repeat. Idgaf what you think about Will right now, his shit is classic🖤🖤
Agreed his music is classic. What Will Smith did was wrong but people like him and us we make mistakes. Now despite what he did I'm gonna continue to watch his movies and listen to his classic songs
Very underrated just like Kid N' Play. Kids these days that know about Will Smith know Will Smith the actor but don't realize or know that he was rapping first way before he did acting.
NO DOUBT. Sometimes It really does make me bust a tear, knowing that we can NEVER go home again.......thats what all our elders were warning us about, telling us to enjoy it while it lasts.......and then ya realize one day all humans will die and go extinct and that ALL OF THESE MEMORIES, experiences will never be known, like it never even happend in the first place. Enjoy this life, dont get caught up in this "racist this, or sexist that BULL SHIT, just relaize all life is temporary, all moments are fleeting, and I think it will help us to realize the way we want to be treated, and in turn the way we ought to treat others. I know none of you in this comment thread, and yet I love you, sounds stupid i know, but just being able to relate with one another about simple things like this means everything to me, even knowing I will more than likely never meet ANY of you.
I ised to think the same thing when I came from a state with four seasons. But now I'm in Arizona, and we don't play any songs celebrating the Summer. The season sucks here.
Was today 🎉35years old and realized he sampled "summer madness " from kool in the gang like I truly just realized it today on my bday lol but i enjoy it even more!!!
1991. I was 8 years old. Reminds me of family cookouts and playing football with the neighborhood kids. Times were simpler back in those days. No bills. No responsibilities. Best times of my life!
This song NOW reminds me of emasculated men, being dominated by their Alfa Female partners to the point of ruining their careers, and there's a hint NOW of homosexuality with a sprinkle of .. CUCKOLDING. CUCKOLDING: (of a man) make (another man) a cuckold by having a sexual relationship with his wife. "in the novel Humberto cuckolds his employer" (of a man's wife) make (her husband) a cuckold by being sexually unfaithful. "he was repeatedly cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite"
Takes one to know one!!! Meanwhile Will STILL PAID!! Yall couldn't afford to hold his!! STOP hating cause if you're REALLY an Alpha(which ain't no such thing),you wouldn't need to hate on TH-cam watching Will!! You want him don't you???
I honestly believe jazzy Jeff, deserves a spot in hip hop hall of fame! Or the rock n roll hall of fame? Just recognize the sunshine. The kid. Is dope.
still today this remains THE BEST summer song its like they succeeded to capture the summerfeeling and put it in this song , when you play it, it comes out, every time again
then you need to get out more so many new rappers that are amazing and conscious and actually rap I have a whole book of names yall just lazy. love will and jazz
+David Black so will smith wins the first ever Grammy for rap in 89 I think it was then another a few years after and you call him a joke lol gtfo let's see u win a Grammy
This song is literally one my favourite hip hop tracks. He's no Eminem, Biggie or 2Pac but this song just hits differently on a hot summer day walking down your local road. It's like a nostalgia trip. Makes you just want to chill and feel like you have a vibe no one can ruin :D
When I was a kid I would play this whenever I would come home from the last day of school. Now I play it on the first day of summer. Keeping the tradition💯
This song is still going strong for 25 years into the summer of 2016. I remember when this video premiered Memorial Day 1991 on the Fresh Prince of Bell Air. Time flies!
Still strong. So true! Big Willy from Philly just performed "Summertime" at the famous Roots festival 2016 in Philly Saturday!! You should have seen how crazy the crowd was. People of all races and ages singing along and dancing. It is the ultimate summer anthem!! ;)
This man managed to summarize and capture the essence, the laid back relaxed, awesomeness of summertime in one song!…. Perfect lyrics, appropriate beat, video on point….superb 👍🏾
The hiphop comunity cancelled Will for being too soft but honestly..if hiphop had been clean like this the comunity would have been diferent.gangsta rap trap and everything that folowed has ruined the hood telling kids to do drugs guns etc
The hip-hop community did to Will what they do to everyone else who doesn't act like s@v@g3s. I really wish Will's music would've been as big as so-called g@ngst3r rap.
Loved this 1992 and still 2025
These men. They're a duo.
This song is 33 years old (1991). Incredible and timeless.
Everyone slaps this in summer esp if you have a nice whip or at the summer BBQ
@@foxernatorthat jokes old bruh
@@sierrasymone7590 I wasn't even referencing the Oscars, smh
Damn, seems like yesterday.
Just goes to show how we had it so good back then ,, oh and also how old we are now 😅😅
The Original Summer Anthem.💯
Maybe the second remember hot fun in the summertime by sly and the family stone🙂
Sort of . . . the music for this is from Kool and the Gang in 1974--Summer Madness.
Will smith simply laid lyrics to the Kool's classic.
EXACTLY @TheTreyKingShow
Yess no doubt
Yes
Official summer kick off song!🌞
G 0:43
I've played it every year since.
@@gembrown68same
Along with pm dawn, set adrift
Definitely!!!
This will always be the greatest summer song who's with me in 2021 like thisssssssss
You know it’s summertime when you hear this song
We need a summer like this
Oh yeah 💃🥂 I'm here
Truth to dat.
Sublimes Summertime is Dope
One of the greatest Summer grooves ever. This song will never die!
timeless💯💯🙏🏽🙏🏽
Correct!!!❤
This and spring again by biz are summer classics.
Bop for sure
He did sample another song For this song. Like every will Smith hit was a song sampled from another.
Man the sky seem bluer, even the sun shined differently, atmosphere was clearer and cleaner.
Just a great time back in the early 90’s and through out the 90’s
Facto!!!
I’ve been saying this exact same thing man. The 90s seem brighter and sunnier
No geoenginerring and chem trails
No Chem trials or geoenginerring
I've said the same thing. Just a clean, crisp, refreshing, calm and smooth...innocent and genuinely fun time. Man I miss the 90s!!!
Who still bumping this in 2024? I bump it every summer like it just came out ❤
Bumping it today!! 6/20/24
@@jennwetzel25 🥰🥰
@@jennwetzel25Same Here
Summer has officially begun 2024!
LOV❤
Man.... summer hasn't officially started until I hear this .... even still in 2019
Lakeisha Rome Amen 🙏🏻 x x
I swear i was just saying this! 😂
Lakeisha Rome Girrrrrl you got that right!🌞👙😎
For sure !
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
👑THE KING OF CLEAN RAP👑
Undisputed
Grand Hustle a true 🐐
💯
Of course because Eminem said it best "Will Smith don't have to curse in raps to sell records, Well I do so fuck him and fuck you too"
Not hating on this song. Mumble rappers should take notes of how to drop a summer jam
Fact! lol made me think of Family guy's stewie nice clean rap
Will’s book brought me here!!!! Hands down one of the best audiobooks I ever heard! Listening to it was like watching a movie play scene by scene in my head! I have to give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️for a fantastic job!!
I’m here from the Audio Book as well! I agree.
Same 😂
Me too!!!!
Omg I couldn't agree more!!!! That's why I looked it up
The print version bright me here. 😂 The nostalgia is real. 👌🏾
This song is a timeless classic!
I appreciate you
I do hear the Rakim influence in the delivery after all these years.
I do too!!
No doubt
Definitely never noticed until it was bought up
there is a video where Will said to rakim : " In summer time i did try to sound like you "... was funny.
So you right.
bro the cadence and vocal tone....he finally admitted it to Rakim to his face...his voice was hoarse from a show so when he recorded...the engineer said give me Rakim ....🤣something along those lines...
Gets played every summertime, absolute classic
1991
my favorite rakim song
If u over 45 u don’t play no games with this song😂😂😂😂. It’s sacred
@@moviegurl7420hey us 90s babies grew up on this song because of y’all so we don’t play about it either 😂
Official summer kick off song!
Timeless and still poppin in April of 2019. Can't wait for Summertime.
yes
I was raised on this song, so the first day of the year the temperature goes above 70, this starts playing on a loop in my head.
Can't sit back and unwind yet though, college papers ain't writing themselves.
Yessss
Me too ready to adjust the bass and turn up the Alpine
Yeeees, you can hear the soul in this jam. Thank God for TH-cam. April 28th, 2019.
One of the greatest Hip Hop songs all time Happy birthday West Philly in the building 🔥🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉
This song was 1991 and I’m still here for it 30 years later
And people who were born in 1991 like me, are or will turn 30😞😞😞
Word!
I was 21 when this song was released
I was 2 years old Damn😂🤣😎
I was 14 when this came out, still love it 30 years later....say what you want but to me but will smith looks like he hasn't aged in 30 years
This song will play every summer until the earth ends!
Diana Leah what do you mean?
@@dianaaa6244 I'm no pessimist,it ends when it ends!
Hell yeah
sean rickards big facts
sean rickards fr🙌🏽😁😁🔥
I was 20 when this song came out. Now I'm 51 and still listen to it every now and then.
57 and listening today
the good 'ol 80s & 90s
Your never to old to chill, we haven't got the Girls now, well not like it was back then. Down but not out Bro! Big up the 50+ crew.
Crazy how time flies..
You still a young man take your herbs exercise eat healthy and live your life
Great spot of upbeat nostalgia from 1991. Of course, some of us are so ancient we recall the ‘Kool and the Gang’ original - surely the best chill-out track of all time.
This guy created nostalgia in his music before it was nostalgic.
Dumbest comment I have ever read, well done.
@Piotr Thank you for taking the time out of your day to comment on my post. Just think, you stroked your keyboard to talk to me.
Angry Empath Yeah and you did the same for me 🤔
I
@@piotr5261 So does that mean we are dating now? Your call Peter.
TRUE NOSTALGIA...THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER DECADE LIKE THE 1990s 💪🏾✊🏾
The 90s was the best
90s hiphop well always be the best
Maaaann you ain’t lyin
@Rishi J yup.. early 00s til like 04.. then everything went downhill
Absolutely correct
Its crazy how a beat and song is so in tune with a time of the year. Definitely an undeniable Summer classic 🫡
Ever since I moved to Florida I got it in on repeat ong
😂
Song never gets old. Definitely a classic
Hey 90's brother and sisters, great times
Christine Munday The 90's were awesome!
90s last of the great days
these cats dont even know. we were a looong way form social media everywere ya go. wow
Aundray Perkins I agree. The 90's were all about good times, being positive, and having good vibes. Now, it seems like people are sooooooo into themselves. Vanity and narcissism is at an all-time high.
GOOD Times GOOD Times
I don't feel like it's Summer until I hear THIS SONG. The 90's were the BEST😁😁
🥶🧊💠💯💯💯💯
IKR!!!!!
This is definitely a timeless classic 😎😎
💪🏾✊🏾👑🖤
Yessss
This literally is the soundtrack to the summer.
Definitive summer anthem.
This should be played on the day of summer every year at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm on every radio station
Except this summer, which playing it just pisses you off at what you are missing out on
Amen!
@@Jeremy_the_bot unless you have access to a vehicle
Yessssssss baby
One of the worlds greatest songs ever💪🏾💯🙌🏾
.....thanks to Kool & the gang!
Word
Song so good you listen in December
NemRaps What's up
aye nemraps!!
its summer for me
Exactly
EYY Raps my daily monday laugh! you aint neva lied though
I remember the world premiere of this video... They ran it right after an episode of Fresh Prince and before blossom... bought the cassette single the next day after school... 1991 was AWESOME
BLOSSOM!!!!! Never missed an episode!
what was that show about.
+dominic “madmax26” hocutt never watched blossom. usually turned the TV off after fresh prince, except for that time when c&c music factory was on blossom. early 90s rule!
i hear ya
Cassette Singles!!!! Lol it was that or waiting next to the radio, waiting for the song to play so you could hit record on the tape deck. Great times and we appreciated music more. Songs would last weeks or even months on the charts.
Damn. Cookouts and car shows, barbershops and beauty salons, he really did rep black culture in this joint.
So barbershops is part of your culture? Thats dumb af
@@stayawayfromthewoke3412 Yeah genius, there's an entire movie franchise about black Barbershop culture called "Barbershop" 😂😂😂. It's kind of common knowledge that it's a thing.
@@rashb3994 a barbershop isn’t exclusively your culture ?
@@stayawayfromthewoke3412 Indeed every culture has a barbershop but not every culture is into barbershop culture, ya dig? Stay woke my friend ;) Don't run away, learn about your teammates instead..
@@rashb3994 na you just got no culture so make one up in your head
Mr. Smith our Silver Screen Legend and Icon. You're a Hero of Recognition! You are the Man!
Man this song will never go out of style. Will getting paid every summer
Im 64 yrs old and it is still the cut from my set...
XD
You better know it
It ain't summer until you hear this song...
Yeaeaahhhh ! WORD ! :D
Pretty much couldn't resist! good memories...
i know thats right. Then also when you smell somebody grilling then your in trouble
Amen to that! Good times...good music
Amen, guys.
I still got summertime ringing in my ears
DRUMS PLEASE!!!
Dude 😂😂😂
That's what brought us here 🎉
Summertime is still a classic.
That's what brought me here
One of the greatest samples ever. One of the greatest hip hop songs ever.
No cell phones, ppl dancing, kids blowing bubbles, bbq, and bright summer outfits. The good ole days
I swear them was the days ❌🧢
I’m only 14, but I can say with 100% confidence that I would much rather have been 14 in the 90’s. Seems like such a better time.
@@xdbubba2037 u a bright kid, it def was better.
A few people had cell phones in 1991, but they were so expensive you only used them when you really needed to. (Or mobile phones, as we call them here in the UK).
@@ajs41 yea I’m aware cell phones was around during these times, I’m speaking of nobody on Instagram or Facebook while everyone else enjoying the weather and good vibes. Pretty sure cells didn’t have social media in 91 lol
The vibe of this relaxed early 90's era is another dimension.
YUP !
G funk
TRUE NOSTALGIA
Facts...
Before all of the killing
Timeless & Everybody Looked Natural 🎉 Miss Those Days!
I would give anything to get those good ol' day back..The 90's forever on my mind.
I want the 90's back so bad
Matt Presanzano only fools hang to the past
Asari Johnson yeah I feel you dawg so am i. That era where hip hop made sens
This jam is a classic. It will never get old
Never ever
Written by rakim
What about jokes about the Will Smith Slap? Will that ever get old?
@@demetriusgreen4174 Rakim said he didn’t write it
@@BRobMint hmmm I got to research it . That flow definitely sounds like his be hey it’s still a 90s classic I still jam it
This IS, WAS, and will ALWAYS be the Summertime Anthem.
MUATO YA DAMN RIGHT!!!!!!
Hell yes!
Just told my daughter summer hasn't officially started until you've heard or played this song!
JayNean Cornelius IKR.
Once you bump this jam, you know it's summertime. It isn't summertime until you bump this jam. Everything else will follow.
YES! THANK YOU! I've been saying this for years.
I remember this song in the summer of 1991. Summer of my 8th grade. Then Fall of 1991 grunge came out and changed my life forever.
1985-1996 was a fantastic time!
summertime doesn't officially start until this song plays
Vaporwave of this song! 💓
@@brybaronparra2988 Nah, it's perfect as it is!
Once again I spot you on my many music video journeys. Your taste in music of course is as impeccable as always.
This is a summertime playlist must...its not officially summer for me till I hear this jam...
It's not officially summertime until this has played on the radio at least twice.
this is one of those song that us black people play at family reunions,get together,bbqs etc .. never gets old .. this will be passed down from generation to generation
Hey, it's a summer jam here in Dublin where i grew up ;)
lmao we do!!!!!! family reunions, bbqs, pool parties, this is always a classic!!!!!!!!
motown philly is another one
Even here in the UK
yeah but it is a cover song
This is the Classic Summer Jam. When I hear it, It's officially summer and my mind goes to a happy place: Cookouts, Sunsets, or being at the beach with family/friends, great food and chilled wine....
Fosho
Same here but now I'm one of the "old folks".
Like Will or not. ...this song is a CLASSIC that has stood....and will forever stand the test of time!!!....
The story of how this song came together is a living definition of why you never give up. This song is a classic. There are a lot of gems in Will's book, along with the story of how Summertime came to be. I've loved this song since a kid, but the way the song almost never happened makes it even more special.
This is what brought me back here. Sitting here listening to it now
@@shauncanfixit bro I never knew Wills book was gonna be that good. It's pretty damn good.
So what's the story on this? Where can I find it?
@@prottentogo its in Will Smiths new self titled book called "Will"
@@prottentogo long story short, Will wasnt going to do the song because he already completed the album and his voice was completely burnt out because of recording all the other songs in a short span of days, but decided to do it once he heard the beat and the hook. Its the reason his voice sounds much deeper than it did on any of his other songs. He ended up writing it at the airport while waiting for his flight. He almost didn't do it, but it became one of his biggest hits of his career.
This song has been a summer anthem for 30 years. Cherish it. Songs like this are rare.
I thought this came out in 1990 !?
@@guleet75 😂😂😂😂 let me guess your American
@@ayaazsajadkhan Nope !
check out summer madness by Kool n the gang
Official summer kick off song!
I was 16 when this was released. Such good times. No social media, cell phones, internet. We played outside riding bikes, stopping the ice cream man, listening to our boom box cassette deck player with the detachable speakers full blast!
And you made sure your ass was in the house before that street light when on.
O_o@Daniel Zuk
the old days are more exciting than today now the dance clubs are close
Daniel Zuk what race are you referring too?
j chacon I Was 2 years old...i was Baby Nodding My Head
the Greatest Summer song ever 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’m almost 40. This is the only song in my life I’ve never gotten tired of. Whenever I hear this, it just takes me back, man. I make sure to listen to this song once a year. The definition of a classic.
Yup
@3:45 so that's where he got his practice🤜🔥🤛
Reading Will's memoir and his account of how this song came about brought me here! 👏🏾👏🏾
me too!!!
Get outta my head 😁I stopped reading to come and see how many friends and family members I recognized in the video! #crazy that this song 🎶 almost wasn’t on the album 😎#Charlie Mack #Harry #Omarr And many others #great minds think alike
First day of summer, officially! 🎉
June20, 2024
Yep June 20th
it aint summer until i hear this song
@@crystaljoce2006 THAT WAS LAST MONTH, AND ITS PAST THE 4TH OF JULY ALREADY I CANT BELIEVE THAT NEXT MONTH IS AUGUST ALREADY 🙄😬😳 THEN ALSO NEXT MONTH IS THE NFL PRE- SEASON
This is my son birthday ❤❤❤
Probably one of the best hip hop songs ever. Timeless. You can play this at the family bbq reunion 2076 and it’s relatable and people going to dig it
My Dad bought me this cassette single in 1991. He said this song reminded him of me. I used to LIVE for the summertime!! Cookouts, going to the park, chasing girls, cleaning my car up, etc., etc., :-) R.I.P Dad.
RIP to your pops swear I wish those days lasted
@@travisdummar8717 Thank you my brother! My Dad was the best Dad I could ever dreamed of having! Yeah life was so simple in those days :-)
Sorry for your lost brother
@@DiamondBlocks-yx4yb Thank you my brother. It doesn't matter how old you are, you still feel a little lost if your parents are gone. That's why you have to appreciate them and what they have done or do for you while they are still alive. I STILL appreciate my Dad buying me this song almost 30 years :-)
RIP pops! 🙏🏽
Whatever you think of Will Smith he earned his place in rap history with this song alone. A true classic.
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Yeah
Not just in Hip-hop in Music history 🎶🎤🔥🙏👏🙌
Then he lost it with Wild Wild West
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This song came out when I stationed in Germany. I saw the video it reminded of being back in the U.S. Always have been proud of Will Smith and his amazing talents.
no profanity no nudity no violence and it's still a good jam we need more music like this.
YEP...YEP...
No unnecessary repeated words or silly phonetic sounds either.
Elizabeth Gonzales factual😁🙌🏽
Good clean rap that made you visualize what he was rapping about. These 'old school' rappers from Hip-Hop's Golden Age (80's & 90's) actually talked about something and you could understand everything they were saying! This is the music I grew up listening to.
Facts right there... this new music is worthless to say the least n is doing nothing good for the generation thats growing up with it
Say what you want about Will... just know that this man earned EVERYTHING he's had going on for him in life.
yeah that why he's with all the has beens at Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology? Wow. Dont They have a sex trafficking/cult case popping up now? You know what would suck? All the secrets being spilled out for all the world to see. That church. Well. Who is worshipping what? And whole summer solstice is entrentched with evil. I leave you with that.
Adi Always Winning didn’t earn nothing took a oath like the rest of them CHECK OUT HIS FIRST MOVIE 6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION
He lucky Quincy Jones is a stubborn drunk or Will Smith would be old, fat, unknown and married to tisha whatever her name.
That said he didnt waste the opportunities granted to him. Amazing work on fresh prince and his early movies.
this song is sampled af
This song is a classic, no matter if it's summer or not.
Mane
Yeah and if you were from Philly you would understand it better , that park where he filmed video is where we use to be every summer
It transcends summer, I love it!, it gives me strange feelings of sadness of time gone? when I probably might not of existed when this came out, or I was really young
Uù?'n
There it is :-D
This song feels me with such nostalgia. Back when we didn't have no phones or hardly any TV. Outside was our entertainment and we'd go to picnics, family reunions and watch those old school 50's cars drive by while sitting on the porch watching the sun setting. I kinda miss those days!
I'll give anything to go back to the 1990s
wit ya man
Nah man I was broke then
That's funny😂
I was still in my dads balls
@@baviddarragan dude, a little too much info...😄
The 90s & Early 2000s was the Golden/Silver age when Music Videos had LIFE and COLOR and SOUL to them. The Nostalgia gives you that Vibe where Life use to feel like you were in another Dimension back then like Heaven on Earth. The Air seemed so FRESH and PURE. That's when the Realms were touched by the Heavens(God). Times were so Enjoyable back then, people knew how to LIVE and KICK IT and come together, seemed like the Sun always Shined those days. Now we live in the Dark Age aka Last Days life isn't what it use to be anymore....
True!!!
Amen ma nigga.
Ron Shady yeah baby boy it was so-o damn cool to be young, I too wish u had been back there, my rockin chair feel real good now, lol cause I got some dynamite memories!!
I often think the same thing ain't it nuts
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I grew up listening to DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince and this song was always on repeat. Idgaf what you think about Will right now, his shit is classic🖤🖤
Agreed his music is classic. What Will Smith did was wrong but people like him and us we make mistakes. Now despite what he did I'm gonna continue to watch his movies and listen to his classic songs
I agree 💯
Agreed. This jam slaps hard. It rocks!
I agree with you full heartedly. Everyone has a freakin moment in life. No judgment....🤦♀️
Cute Bee... :)
Classics like this define me. Privilege to be in my 20's for this one....takes me back to another universe😊
Officially Summer 2019. Had to start it off the right way.
Been summer since the end of May
Chi-town
🤙🤙🤙🤙BUMP DAT SHIT RIGHT THERE.....
@@dradra2day Not official until June 21
@@dradra2day 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Will and Jazz were such a duo. Especially in the Fresh Prince. Such cool dudes.
Very underrated just like Kid N' Play. Kids these days that know about Will Smith know Will Smith the actor but don't realize or know that he was rapping first way before he did acting.
LMAO.. Ugh NO!! Cool dudes DON'T sucker punch people like Will did to Chris Rock!!
@@BAKER22-l4u he didn't sucker punch... It was a slap and Chris saw it coming... It's not a sucker punch if you see it coming...
@@BAKER22-l4u omg let it go. It’s old & done now. Why are you on this video then?! If you’re still gonna talk about it?
Jazz being thrown out of the house
This song Will slap harder this summer! 😎🔥
Especially in August
factssssaa
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I love Will Smith
I love Chris Rock
....and I pray these talented Brothers stay blessed up. They can't take who we are.
Who here summer 2024🎉
Who is here in July 91?
July 10
Yo
it's too friggen warm, like the song said 88 degrees, it's like the 90s now
Yo
New tradition! Let’s all play this joint on the first day of summer every year from now on!
George Jackson Ur late dude... no harm
TUSKI DREAMS it’s officially the first day of summer today so he’s not late, exactly what I’m doing aha
I'm in! Listening now, 6/21/18 - First official day of Summertime!
Yeah been done brodie lol keep up!
George Jackson we been doing that since ‘92
Great music, great times. Makes me want to cry. I really miss those days.
Somalia Gullette i really miss the good old days man this generation knows nothing about this song
i feel you man
Right
Blade
NO DOUBT. Sometimes It really does make me bust a tear, knowing that we can NEVER go home again.......thats what all our elders were warning us about, telling us to enjoy it while it lasts.......and then ya realize one day all humans will die and go extinct and that ALL OF THESE MEMORIES, experiences will never be known, like it never even happend in the first place. Enjoy this life, dont get caught up in this "racist this, or sexist that BULL SHIT, just relaize all life is temporary, all moments are fleeting, and I think it will help us to realize the way we want to be treated, and in turn the way we ought to treat others. I know none of you in this comment thread, and yet I love you, sounds stupid i know, but just being able to relate with one another about simple things like this means everything to me, even knowing I will more than likely never meet ANY of you.
This song will always Kick off any Summer and will be played everywhere in the world, regardless of the language barriers. 👍
Crazy Times Want Be The Same Like This Nomo💔😩
No doubt
Omg for sure 😊❤
school is out n sorta of a buzz, but back then i didnt really know what it wassssssssssssss
I ised to think the same thing when I came from a state with four seasons. But now I'm in Arizona, and we don't play any songs celebrating the Summer. The season sucks here.
Was today 🎉35years old and realized he sampled "summer madness " from kool in the gang like I truly just realized it today on my bday lol but i enjoy it even more!!!
1991. I was 8 years old. Reminds me of family cookouts and playing football with the neighborhood kids. Times were simpler back in those days. No bills. No responsibilities. Best times of my life!
I hate that I grew up now cause bills and responsibilities take up all of our time.
@@sergiomoncrief14 The banks are going down. And every form of bondage they put on us.
I can definitely relate times were just better back then more unity and family oriented.
Sergio Moncrief lol funny
Preach brother
It’s 2023 and this is still a classic!!!
This song NOW reminds me of emasculated men, being dominated by their Alfa Female partners to the point of ruining their careers, and there's a hint NOW of homosexuality with a sprinkle of .. CUCKOLDING.
CUCKOLDING:
(of a man) make (another man) a cuckold by having a sexual relationship with his wife.
"in the novel Humberto cuckolds his employer"
(of a man's wife) make (her husband) a cuckold by being sexually unfaithful.
"he was repeatedly cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite"
Yep
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Nas wrote the song
Takes one to know one!!! Meanwhile Will STILL PAID!! Yall couldn't afford to hold his!! STOP hating cause if you're REALLY an Alpha(which ain't no such thing),you wouldn't need to hate on TH-cam watching Will!! You want him don't you???
I honestly believe jazzy Jeff, deserves a spot in hip hop hall of fame! Or the rock n roll hall of fame? Just recognize the sunshine. The kid. Is dope.
Jazzy Jeff deserves the recognition as one of the best hip hop DJs of all time
Yup !
Jazz has my vote 😎
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King of cuttin it up 🙌🏽
Happy Birthday Fresh Prince!!❤
still today this remains THE BEST summer song its like they succeeded to capture the summerfeeling and put it in this song , when you play it, it comes out, every time again
Yes it is!!! This song takes me away every time.
Such a classic, no summer will ever be complete without this song!
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
You got THAT right.
The Summer Of 1991. I had just gotten out of the Army, and this was one of the first jams I heard when I hit the streets.
I just came home from AIT. Army National guard. Virgin islands.
Dope
I was getting ready to head to Iraq 🇮🇶. 12B
@Jo Jo You got the whole year to make 2019 better
Graduated High School in 1991... the summer I’ll never forget. ♥️
I remember this song came out right before summer started in late spring. This was the best Summer Anthem ever. You had to be there
It's not even summertime yet and already I'm listening is anyone else.
yessir
yes of course best wishes from Germany
Now defiently
Thas Summer Madness.
I’m am
One of the best dance jams ever. Rap music that can be appreciated by all. Rock it Will and Jazz !!!
you serious? these guys are a joke
+David Black Shut up, you don't know shit and trust me i listen to tupac, nas, wu tang etc...
+David Black lol rl?
then you need to get out more so many new rappers that are amazing and conscious and actually rap I have a whole book of names yall just lazy. love will and jazz
+David Black so will smith wins the first ever Grammy for rap in 89 I think it was then another a few years after and you call him a joke lol gtfo let's see u win a Grammy
June 21, 2019. Every year, the 1st day of Summer this song is a must!
Erich YES!☺
June 1st for me lol
Hands raised...
An Automatic!
Was so good growing up in the 90s!
Damn I miss how chill everyone was in the 90's, even during the summertime
Shiddddd bodies was dropping during the summer where I'm from
Kay2Jay Maybe not Northern Ireland
The early 90's were very dangerous and violent. Murders were off the scale. Sorry to kill your buzz
Not in West Philadelphia born and raised.
@@JS-rf8yf that's a fact my G. Too bad 2020 is like that now
This song is literally one my favourite hip hop tracks. He's no Eminem, Biggie or 2Pac but this song just hits differently on a hot summer day walking down your local road. It's like a nostalgia trip. Makes you just want to chill and feel like you have a vibe no one can ruin :D
He didn’t need to be neither one of them.
Yessir and I feel and like that positive energy it brings out. I'll always rock with Will just cause he don't cuss and make good songs and movies
lol..."hits different"
Em should not be in line up with us
@@bostic3 Ha! Right! I was thinking "Who is Eminem?"
I remember when this came out...this is definitely a summertime anthem.
Knicks33 Remember when it came out? I still have my copy of the single from 1991!
And me old bill tracked me down in cyprus after 2 yrs
This song makes me feel so good. Thought it was released a few years later, though lol .
This is the summer anthem forever
Can we just go back to the 90s, when everything was better? The 90s were the best!!
So True...
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Absolutely 100%
@Diamond D how was it better im curious
You must not have experienced the 80's
When I was a kid I would play this whenever I would come home from the last day of school. Now I play it on the first day of summer. Keeping the tradition💯
One of the great summer songs of all time
Everytime when summer comes I always keep up a tradition of playing this as it has a fun, splashy, positive, upbeat, and carefree.😍😎💯
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Summer Time in the LBC hits harder for me. This is a classic but the Dove Shack summer time is my go to.
Every year - first hot day
Me too... i have to have it playing in my car with the windows down as I roll down the road... vibe of its own
Same
It isn't summer till the first time you place this jam
From 1991
I love how clean this is
Pussy Magnet like your name
Kimeta Bojic thanks man
says dude whose screen name is pussy magnet
So fresh, so clean. I could not help it, I will show myself out.
Will smith doesn't have to swear to sell records.
So proud to grow up in the 90s world was such an optimistic place. No fb no phone just us playing outside
This world is hell
@@kennygiles4647 Its a Done Deal🙏🏾😌
Amen
That was me too the 80s and 90s man
fuck yeah man it seemed it was a much more happy place back then
This song was hot back in the day.. Every body was playing this song. I miss those old high school days
This song is still going strong for 25 years into the summer of 2016. I remember when this video premiered Memorial Day 1991 on the Fresh Prince of Bell Air. Time flies!
Damn you not lying.
what episode was it?
I don't remember the exact episode. I know for sure it was a rerun since it was on Memorial Day. It aired during the commercial break.
Still strong. So true! Big Willy from Philly just performed "Summertime" at the famous Roots festival 2016 in Philly Saturday!! You should have seen how crazy the crowd was. People of all races and ages singing along and dancing. It is the ultimate summer anthem!! ;)
wasnt there an epsidoe where he performs live backstage to the audience?
This will forever be the summer anthem!! 90's music never dies
+Kevin Diyoka one of the best feel-good songs ever.
+Kevin Diyoka only 20 years later but we'll see
true
word
+Kevin Diyoka better than the majority of shit music we get today