Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Aquamarine feat. Michael Kiwanuka (Official Video)

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  • Danger Mouse & Black Thought "Aquamarine" (feat Michael Kiwanuka) from their debut Cheat Codes album. Stream/Download the single everywhere with one link dmxbt.lnk.to/AquamarinePR
    The new album 'Cheat Codes' is out now: DMxBT.lnk.to/CheatCodesID
    Subscribe to Danger Mouse & Black Thought: / @dangermouseandblackth...
    Directed by UNCANNY
    (George Muncey and Elliott Elder)
    Edit: UNCANNY
    Producer: Faye Purcell
    US
    Matt Jones
    Adrian Nieto
    UK
    Aria Shahrokhshahi
    Alessandro Di Rosa
    Special thanks to:
    Yaron Erkin
    Adrián André
    Seok Hyeon Lee
    Laurel Sumner
    #Aquamarine #Dangermouse #BlackThought #MichaelKiwanuka #CheatCodes #HipHop
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  • @RiconDaAmadex
    @RiconDaAmadex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1794

    Hello class...today's speaker is Professor Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought....please open your books to take notes on world history, geography, and the current state of the economy. This lesson will be taught in the form of top shelf lyricism. Thank you for attending today's session.

    • @donQpublic
      @donQpublic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Pleasure sir

    • @paulbounleuth8901
      @paulbounleuth8901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So MANY cheat C.O.D.E.S given.....

    • @VaqueiroAruanda
      @VaqueiroAruanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      ...and by the way, it also includes evolutionary biology, metaphysics, and driving instruction.

    • @gregashknowsrock
      @gregashknowsrock ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Lyrical wizardry at its finest.

    • @ericqualley6764
      @ericqualley6764 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Absolutely

  • @jeffh757
    @jeffh757 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    If Black Thought ain't in your top 10, don't talk to me about rap

  • @onetwentyfour
    @onetwentyfour ปีที่แล้ว +621

    I actually cried a tear of joy listening to this song. Just hearing such a beautiful marriage of lyricism and production. After being disappointed by so much new music, my soul needed this and it shed a tear.

    • @dysfynnction
      @dysfynnction ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I feel you brother. This year has just been missing something. Didn't mind Kendricks new album, Denzels new album but something was missing
      Cheat Codes is album of the year. Sensational stuff, and this song is so fucking unbelievable.

    • @stilldutches4124
      @stilldutches4124 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @Brodin000
      @Brodin000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's either got it or it hasn't
      🔥

    • @kennethsmith2030
      @kennethsmith2030 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you describe the feeling this song put me into real talk

    • @wuzzleone
      @wuzzleone ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New music ain't even all that bad bro and I'm damn near 40 but I feel u tho

  • @sc4u2nv2
    @sc4u2nv2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “My words should be studied up in Berkeley and Juilliard
    All my bars is hard as solid gold bullion”

  • @TheOrderofDylan
    @TheOrderofDylan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +925

    I'm tearing up, man. Dangerous Thoughts was an album rumored almost two decades ago, and now here we are. Black Thought and Danger Mouse dropping a classic in 2022. I'm shook.

    • @ylYolk
      @ylYolk ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Well worth the wait huh?
      Yessir 🔥😌

    • @Geistone01
      @Geistone01 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We weren't ready for this.

    • @gliza
      @gliza ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I remember BT teasing a solo album around the 2000ish time frame. Can’t remember where I read it back then-probably the okayplayer boards, but at the time, Thought was saying he’s gonna do a solo album called Masterpiece Theater. I waited to hear more news as far as a date but, ultimately, it didn’t happen. About ten years later, BT again talked about a solo album that he was planning on dropping called The Talented Mr Trotter, and once again…nothing. By that time, I had already accumulated so many non-Roots BT songs, remixes to Roots songs, guest appearances, etc.
      But yo-did you ever hear any Money Making Jam Boys albums? There’s two of them, I think, but the second album, “The Prestige” is dope af. The group consists of Black Thought, Dice Raw, Truck North, STS and PORN (terrible name. Good luck searching for any of his work). Thought does some heavy work on that album. And have you heard his Streams of Thought projects?
      Peace

    • @lune2105
      @lune2105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m feeling the same 😭😭😭

    • @patrickbyrne5070
      @patrickbyrne5070 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s all we wanted. Only thing I wanted extra was Beth Gibbons on it

  • @Kipitril52
    @Kipitril52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    The best mc of all time

    • @omotolatufail
      @omotolatufail ปีที่แล้ว

      Tariq Thanos with the Barz. He not human

    • @0fflimit565
      @0fflimit565 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      whats goodie???

    • @harry..flashman
      @harry..flashman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      many but maybe so. ❤

    • @RobotsAreDix
      @RobotsAreDix 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yep. and it's not even close.

    • @JahovazWhiteness
      @JahovazWhiteness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Him, Ghostface, and Nas are my personal top 3.

  • @replacement77
    @replacement77 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Instant Classic. Best FIFA 23 track by numbers.

    • @joaomanuel2124
      @joaomanuel2124 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      My first time having contact with this song was in FIFA 23 😂

    • @Wasn94
      @Wasn94 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to me this song is horrible (rapping is fine, chorus plus beat annoying asf)

    • @ultimatenarcrab7227
      @ultimatenarcrab7227 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      ​@@Wasn94 i love you and im sure you are a great and fun person.
      But that is a truly a bad take

    • @Wasn94
      @Wasn94 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ultimatenarcrab7227 it's badm very bad. overall each year's soundtack keeps getting worse. if i get another the knocks song, i'mma die

    • @erwinrommel5943
      @erwinrommel5943 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@Wasn94 this is why you better play some Justin Bieber

  • @ravindujayawardane8718
    @ravindujayawardane8718 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    "I take day as a blessing and see the night as a lesson
    Twilight is a message for me to write a confession"
    🔥🔥🔥

  • @JAWNDOEmusic
    @JAWNDOEmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    "Better be willing to pay for every dream that you defer//
    If the vehicle should swerve, learn to lean into the curve"
    *BlackThought snapped on this*

    • @jayattipoe6597
      @jayattipoe6597 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought I heard, "...learn to lean into the curb".
      I don't know, I may be wrong.
      Great couplet though!

    • @antj2k1
      @antj2k1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Think it’s WITH every dream that you defer

    • @level_ken5231
      @level_ken5231 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Those lines really got me, especially “learn to lean into the curve”

    • @seewhativescene
      @seewhativescene ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd prefer not to lean into the curb while driving- vehicle has dual meaning as most lines used @@jayattipoe6597

    • @seewhativescene
      @seewhativescene ปีที่แล้ว

      Ever saw that movie Tokyo drift? The kid had a crash course in maneuvering life in Japan and leaned in instead of deferring @@jayattipoe6597

  • @Igkgituriri
    @Igkgituriri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    “If the vehicle should swerve, learn to lean into the curve”🔥🔥🔥🤕

  • @jeromel23
    @jeromel23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Aquamarine Lyrics
    [Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka]
    Everything's burning down
    When I close my eyes again
    Enemies all around
    I don't understand, my friend, my friend
    [Verse 1: Black Thought]
    We go from Lira to Libra, from cold water to fever
    To World War III from the treaty signed in Geneva
    The biology teacher said we used to be amoebas
    The neighborhood preacher said we emerged from the ether
    We converged from urethra and struck gold, eurеka
    The morning star Tariq, I was born to be a teachеr
    Whether scorpion or the frog, the nature of the creature
    Is to evolve, though it's the savage beast we truly are
    My words should be studied up in Berklee and Juilliard
    All my bars is hard as solid gold bullion
    My name in the Quran like the kingdom of Suleiman
    You done lost your mind trying to call me a moulinyan
    'Cause in 2-1-5 where folks fight depression
    And wives pack protection, lives lack direction
    I'm a king, I'm dipped in God's Black complexion
    Survival of the fittest is the natural selection
    Now, bear down on the scene like I'm Saladin
    The stone courage esteem is aquamarine
    You mask how you really feel like it's Halloween
    Where they ask how you really feel about my machine
    In a class that I'm only in
    Alien, horsepower like a Mongolian
    Tryna find soul again
    But my thoughts corrupt the files that contaminate the console again
    It's a shame, but I cannot complain, though I am not the same
    My bandwidth is a canvas cut from His frame
    When I present ideas, naked and unashamed
    It's handwritten in Sanskrit on a 7 Train

    • @jeromel23
      @jeromel23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka]
      Everything's burning down
      When I close my eyes again
      Enemies all around
      I don't understand, my friend, my friend
      [Verse 2: Black Thought]
      I've been through hoodies and sneakers to beepers and record features
      Hustlin' nicks of reefer to tusslin' with the reaper
      Sensory deprivation to ultimate synesthesia
      Freein' our brothers' keeper from teeth of another creature
      Breakin' and enterin' to the theater, the search and seizure
      Is the worth of genius, somewhere between Earth and Venus
      At her convenience, even non-believers make prayers
      Haters and naysayers is buried in cake layers
      I take day as a blessing and see the night as a lesson
      Twilight is a message for me to write a confession
      The matrix, a dominatrix seeking to be served
      Ever patiently waiting with the demons we deserve
      Better be willing to pay with every dream that you deferred
      If the vehicle should swerve, learn to lean into the curve
      After workin' up the nerve almost equal in size
      I walked around with the iron for any wrinkle in time
      I pay the piece of my mind for every nickel and dime
      But never less than a five and never slept on the job
      A killer dumped on your squad, yet never left the garage
      When your God was close enough to see the flesh of his eyes
      Get to the button and press, it's what the message advised
      What's a threat? Behind a mess is where the testament lies
      [Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka]
      Everything's burning down
      When I close my eyes again
      Enemies all around
      I don't understand, my friend, my friend
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      Aquamarine is a seventh track of the upcoming Danger Mouse & Black Thought album “Cheat Codes”. It was released as a third single on July 13, 2022 premiering with a video clip on TH-cam. The song features Michael Kiwanuka on the chorus with Tariq discussing different topics in two verses: from the origin of human being, Black Thought’s own life path and his current position in life and culture (of rap) to Tariq’s role as an artist and his own writing process.
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      Cheat Codes (2022)
      Danger Mouse & Black Thought
      1.
      Sometimes (Unreleased)
      2.
      Cheat Codes (Unreleased)
      3.
      The Darkest Part (Unreleased)
      4.
      No Gold Teeth
      5.
      Because
      6.
      Belize (Unreleased)
      7.
      Aquamarine
      8.
      Identical Deaths (Unreleased)
      9.
      Strangers (Unreleased)
      10.
      Close To Famous (Unreleased)
      11.
      Saltwater (Unreleased)
      12.
      Violas and Lupitas (Unreleased)
      Credits
      Featuring
      Michael Kiwanuka
      Produced By
      Danger Mouse
      Written By
      Black Thought, Michael Kiwanuka, Jean-Pierre Alarcen, Inflo & Danger Mouse
      Licensed Through
      BMG
      Video Director
      George Muncey & Elliot Elder
      Release Date
      July 13, 2022
      Tags
      RapUKConscious Hip-HopSoulSoul RapHip-HopEast Coast
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      spited
      Contributor
      10 days ago
      amazing work 🔥
      +8
      HipToTheHopDontStop
      9 days ago
      Thought NEVER disappoints.
      +2
      nikk7
      Contributor
      8 days ago
      impeccable rhyming from the OG. this 2nd verse is enough to disintegrate most of young rappers whole projects into ashes.
      +2
      man_is_legend
      7 days ago
      First verse is flawless, one of his best seriously
      +2
      OutMyWriteMind
      Contributor
      4 days ago
      ITS HANDWRITTEN IN SANSKRIT????
      BrianMash
      2 days ago
      Really dont wanna overreact due to recency bias, but damn lyrically this song could be an all-timer
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    • @sundiatadevore1120
      @sundiatadevore1120 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When this first came out i sent it to my son .
      It seems our best and happiest moments together are when we're discussing hip hop music .
      i analyzed these lyrics and sent them to him and i don't think he ever even looked at them .
      i tried not to take it personally but see you in the lyrics here again , i still feel the disappointment

    • @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504
      @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@gardensofthegods I wish you were my dad. I was definitely going to respond to these fire lyrics

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504 I can't be your dad because I'm a mom hahaha but I do appreciate the compliment

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This should be printed on a gold record and set into space for future civilizations to decode and enjoy

  • @StVitus
    @StVitus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    We need to make sure we preserve Tariq for as long as humanly possible. The man will still be spitting gold when he’s 150

    • @tagndash01
      @tagndash01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No doubt! All his tracks have that timeless quality to them. "Rap catalog consists of all classics"

    • @patrickpostlewait8453
      @patrickpostlewait8453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dare I say, he may be getting even better with age. His solo and collab projects in recent years have been amazing.

    • @Jovi_Wan_Shinobi
      @Jovi_Wan_Shinobi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯

    • @uriamudeltoro5075
      @uriamudeltoro5075 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm here for it

    • @vickjr98
      @vickjr98 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly man. He's absolutely incredible

  • @elliotblake8803
    @elliotblake8803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Black Thought reminds me of a character on an old Final Fantasy game. He's been gaining levels for years right before the final boss, and he's learned every spell and has maxed out every stat.
    He's always been good, getting better with time (and more experience), but now he's finally done it -- he's reached "Level 99."

    • @XxLast__BossxX
      @XxLast__BossxX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      HIP-HOPs Gilgamesh. You wanna cross the bridge, you gotta be your best. Thought is a cavalcade of lyrics and expressions.

    • @mamba4817
      @mamba4817 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      9999

    • @Straightfacts773
      @Straightfacts773 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His mic is definitely the Ultimate weapon🔥

    • @maad1670
      @maad1670 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He IS the final boss my man lol.

    • @Shortstahp
      @Shortstahp ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely. You can feel the energy of the mission he is on in his lyrics. Advancing human intelligence, a ruthless attempt to take minds out of the matrix and put into a birds eye view of it while connecting history from literally the year 1187.. 850 years later he’s got all the tools to put the human mind eons ahead

  • @jimmyfrost2091
    @jimmyfrost2091 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    This beat is perfect for that Black Thought pocket. That second verse is constructed so well.

  • @ginoperegrine1665
    @ginoperegrine1665 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    “Horse power like a Mongolian “ 🤯 this song hit me so hard I got emotional on the commute home. Powerful

    • @ayenteethelyricist
      @ayenteethelyricist ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yo the shit made me cry for the first time in years

    • @d.o.p.e9658
      @d.o.p.e9658 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If you ever did a history report on Genghis Khan and Mongolia, you knew this man did to it at least read up

    • @ayenteethelyricist
      @ayenteethelyricist ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@d.o.p.e9658 I listened to that Dan Carlin series on the Mongolians.

    • @brandonwood6459
      @brandonwood6459 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I too shed tears the first time I listened to this track

    • @intro0029
      @intro0029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same hear. This song put me in a trance. It just hit so hard!

  • @seanjjpaul
    @seanjjpaul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Holy shit no words describe how good this is. Black Thought is finally going to get the recognition he deserves as one of the goats period no debate. All he was missing was a classic solo album and here it is!

    • @omotolatufail
      @omotolatufail ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tariq isn't human he's Thanos with the Barz

    • @peterblacksmith3817
      @peterblacksmith3817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@omotolatufail nice a thanos metaphor very mind blowing

    • @brevbomb4410
      @brevbomb4410 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      One can only hope he finally gets the ultimate and final recognition.
      I’ve been preaching about his superiority to everyone around me for 14 years.
      Like you can have a top five, but Black Thought really surpasses that.
      He is his own league, a legend in the flesh.
      His lyrical skills is absolutely amazing, and studying his progress for the early Roots days to where he’s taken himself now is astonishing.
      Black Thought is not only a rapper and a lyricist, but a prophet in its deepest definition.
      We would ALL be better off if we learned by his story in life, no matter who you are or where you come from.
      Tragedy turned triumph

    • @seanjjpaul
      @seanjjpaul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brevbomb4410 Well said man.

  • @connorspirasee6426
    @connorspirasee6426 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    First album in a while I've had on repeat, every track is amazing.

    • @joeng4057
      @joeng4057 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Word! Whole album 🔥

    • @stephencurley6044
      @stephencurley6044 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I concur, it’s been a long time coming!

    • @itsorenji
      @itsorenji ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm not usually a big fan of rap but damn, I could listen to this all day, not a single miss on the album.

    • @ganggang7196
      @ganggang7196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Word

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@itsorenji Danger Mouse is much more than a rap producer, you can hear it in all his beats. Most underrated producer of his generation

  • @jonathanrashun631
    @jonathanrashun631 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The most articulate man in Hip-Hop!

  • @jessiewhiley1490
    @jessiewhiley1490 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Whenever I think I'm too old for spoken word I look to the light that is Black Thought. This dude will be rhyming at 100 and still be top 5 alive.

  • @prodbythrmnt
    @prodbythrmnt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    The production on this album is gonna be a 10/10

    • @KingJamesXXX
      @KingJamesXXX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And the lyrics will also be a 10/10😁✊🏽

    • @prodbythrmnt
      @prodbythrmnt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@KingJamesXXX that is inevitable🔥🔥

    • @MazBringsby
      @MazBringsby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Better win multiple Grammys . We're tired of trashy hip-hop. THIS IS ART!!! Start a new Rap Golden Era!!!

    • @jfc4798
      @jfc4798 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In the immortal words of Flav - Who gives a fuck about a goddamn grammy?

    • @Rain88K
      @Rain88K ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What do you expect, it’s Danger Mouse lmao. One of like 3 producers who don’t just make amazing beats, but make the bars spoken sound like poetry. Only others who come to mind are Madlib and Kanye/Pusha.

  • @shitpostairbag
    @shitpostairbag ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Some tracks on FIFA 23 make you feel unvincible and this masterpiece is one of them 🔥

  • @stevedoherty7325
    @stevedoherty7325 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Black Thought is a lyrical mastermind.
    Every performance is like a history lesson. No better lyricist alive....period

    • @noccolusprime
      @noccolusprime 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I would say MF Doom is a close runner-up to Black Thought, but there's no need for a competition. Both legends

    • @stevedoherty7325
      @stevedoherty7325 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "alive" ;)
      @@noccolusprime

  • @jackcarver5412
    @jackcarver5412 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "I walk around with the iron for any "Wrinkle In Time"

  • @BKaneNp8
    @BKaneNp8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    We all know Black Thought is the goat but thumbs up so the world knows!!

    • @user-oq3in5pz3d
      @user-oq3in5pz3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DOOM is the goat, not BT

    • @BKaneNp8
      @BKaneNp8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-oq3in5pz3d I respect your opinion

    • @TechnoAdamGuy
      @TechnoAdamGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-oq3in5pz3d Doom’s gonna be on this upcoming album

  • @twllaw
    @twllaw ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The transition from Belize to Aquamarine is incredible, this one is my favourite on the album!

    • @jye2785
      @jye2785 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because -> Belize -> Aquamarine on loop is heavenly

  • @leethurgood9602
    @leethurgood9602 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    That second verse is the best I've heard in a long time.

  • @lax9586
    @lax9586 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "I walked around with an iron for every wrinkle in time." There so many levels to that statement. Literally the true elements of hip hop.

  • @big_inc
    @big_inc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Black Thought is the most underrated rapper in history.....he’s the GOAT in my opinion 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

    • @javi_person8053
      @javi_person8053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For real. Definitely deserves more recognition for his lyricism and flow. He's always had a great style, great voice, dope lyrics, and his flow his sharp. Overlooked lyricist for sure.

  • @michaelelliott2194
    @michaelelliott2194 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I have been going through a depressive episode this past year and hearing this track on repeat has finally given me a sign of life. Music can imprison you and set you free. I feel like I've been set free by this album, this track in particular.

    • @aznph1l
      @aznph1l ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I'm on the exact same road brother keep it 100

    • @claudiusmoore7453
      @claudiusmoore7453 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is 💯 Music does the same for me, so I’m glad to know you found a sense of renewal from this album.

    • @level_ken5231
      @level_ken5231 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was coming out of that funk and this track gave me a boost. Ride that wave bro. 👊🏾💯

    • @Citygbb
      @Citygbb ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same, not just that track tho this whole album is better than every medicine and doctor, Black Thought performance on this track is out of this world and the production is amazing too

    • @dysfynnction
      @dysfynnction ปีที่แล้ว

      Aquamarine and Belize give me life

  • @musicalessence7981
    @musicalessence7981 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    This feels more than beautiful, more than classic, more than important. All the instrumentation, the flows, the whole sound of the song is insane. This is some timeless shit!!!

  • @the-7th159
    @the-7th159 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    One of the greatest hip hop joints of all time
    Already a classic on my list

    • @Caliphane
      @Caliphane 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Black thought and danger mouse is a lethal combo

    • @knarrie1966
      @knarrie1966 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As a White old guy of 58 years I agree. Masterpiece

  • @knapwddd
    @knapwddd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    only the fact that Kiwanuka made a song with Black Thought & Danger Mouse is a huge fking W

    • @fellowbloke741
      @fellowbloke741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had no idea that was him this album is gonna be amazing

    • @apersonwhoisaperson8163
      @apersonwhoisaperson8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Danger Mouse actually produced Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate and it's a fantastic album. They go good together.

    • @knapwddd
      @knapwddd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@apersonwhoisaperson8163 holy shit, that's great, didn't know that. Love & Hate is amazing

    • @fellowbloke741
      @fellowbloke741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@apersonwhoisaperson8163 I’ve only listened to his self titled album I’ll check it out

    • @apersonwhoisaperson8163
      @apersonwhoisaperson8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I also recommend DM's band Broken Bells, which they also just released a killer new track. The albums he produced with Norah Jones, The Black Keys, and many others are top notch too. But the big one not to miss in my opinion is his album collabo with Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs it's called Lux Prima. Happy listening fellow DM fans.

  • @bossnian5615
    @bossnian5615 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    If your'e into spirituality and philosophic disciplines you'll understand that these lyrics are like canon, they elevate you and allow you to ascend.

    • @omotolatufail
      @omotolatufail ปีที่แล้ว

      Tariq Thanos with the Barz. He not human

    • @uunnoov
      @uunnoov ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tickled me

    • @belak1551
      @belak1551 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clearly.

    • @rodneywarr4873
      @rodneywarr4873 ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially like teachers grow

    • @wildlightarts
      @wildlightarts ปีที่แล้ว

      currently listening on repeat and catapulting into new dimensions.

  • @optimusprowse6448
    @optimusprowse6448 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This isn‘t Hip Hop, this is raw and pure Art.

    • @vickjr98
      @vickjr98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You've got that right

    • @DeeboCools
      @DeeboCools หลายเดือนก่อน

      both

  • @smccarthy945
    @smccarthy945 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "The Matrix a dominatrix seaking to be served" - Best line I have heard in a long time.

    • @kc8130
      @kc8130 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ....ever patiently waiting with the demons we deserve

    • @kc8130
      @kc8130 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Better be willing to pay for every dream you deffered
      If the vehicle should swerve, better learn how to lean into the kerb!.

  • @iceb-akap77ice93
    @iceb-akap77ice93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm so glad real rap still exists. Dope!!!🔥

  • @marquismattison8684
    @marquismattison8684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The beat gives you a 90's in the autumn feeling and Black Thought is just crazy!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @arccis
    @arccis ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This beat carries long missed vibes from the 90s. And I'm not talking about boom bap, but rather the derivative sounds of uk breakbeats, trip hop, instrumental hip hop and so on. Besides Thought's immense substance, we need more of this expressiveness in today's production.

    • @rodneywarr4873
      @rodneywarr4873 ปีที่แล้ว

      Missing link recognize and makes you think reel LYFE like McDonald's and a pinto bean

    • @patrickbyrne5070
      @patrickbyrne5070 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Makes me wish Portishead got on it. It’s so 90s I wanna platz. Love this isht.

    • @seewhativescene
      @seewhativescene ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patrickbyrne5070 the beat for It Could be Sweet + Black Thought
      📝Cut the check

    • @patrickbyrne5070
      @patrickbyrne5070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seewhativescene FR 👊

    • @gallonthegreat7036
      @gallonthegreat7036 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gives me a soft hip hop jazz beat sound

  • @alniks872
    @alniks872 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Maaaan. Always mention this man in your top 5. Unfortunately most people can not understand or decipher this man's technique. Blackthought is in a class by himself. Salute to one of the greatest

    • @paddyjamesadair6055
      @paddyjamesadair6055 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maybe the greatest.✊🏾

    • @eddiedontess8585
      @eddiedontess8585 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🐐

    • @alniks872
      @alniks872 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@paddyjamesadair6055 facts

    • @paddyjamesadair6055
      @paddyjamesadair6055 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts1 the Boston d.j,whut you mean FACTS,and I've been listening too black thought since 1993,and hes ageing like a fkn fine wine,his style is like no other,ok FACT!!!!!!Dangermouse from over here in the UK,every1 wants too do a record with him,but this offering is a fkn gem,when hip hop is in a bit of a state really,little dude's like bishop nehru,Joey badass,doom god rest him,Sean Price,god rest,prodigy,phife dawg,lost 4 top rappers right there,Sean P,1 of the best,fkn love buckshot but man,hes the man that can spit fire!!#bcc##roots#illadelphLife#✊🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @rodneywarr4873
      @rodneywarr4873 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jada

  • @Mightymty
    @Mightymty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Can you even put words on the talent behind this music man.... It gives you the chills for real

    • @costanzaman42
      @costanzaman42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Chills for sure

    • @MooresAD215
      @MooresAD215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Facts!!!!!!

    • @tetsuoshima7385
      @tetsuoshima7385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s ridiculously good isn’t it!

    • @AlexForest119
      @AlexForest119 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      although English is not my mother language, BT's rhymes &flow usually give me chills🥶

    • @omotolatufail
      @omotolatufail ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tariq not Human

  • @Anthony-je7dn
    @Anthony-je7dn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    FLAMES 🔥 THIS INSTRUMENTAL IS IMMACULATE, and this is God teir lyricism

  • @RapEntertainmentTelevision
    @RapEntertainmentTelevision ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Black Thought is just another reason why Hip Hop will reign Supreme! One of the Greatest Emcees to touch it.

  • @lala4461
    @lala4461 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Im alone on the beach doing yoga and the song came up on my suggestion list! Tears are going down my face and I keep playing. It speaks to my 47 year old soul! Love this.

  • @BIGBLACKYEEZUS
    @BIGBLACKYEEZUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I had the same hype as danger doom, black thought really reminding everyone that he is THAT guy

  • @ericlewis3444
    @ericlewis3444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Another historic banger. We don't desrve an album this good.

  • @umagnus77
    @umagnus77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That beat mad eerie, in a good way

  • @frankfurter1580
    @frankfurter1580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Holy shit this album is going to be so good

  • @ninjasrose1653
    @ninjasrose1653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thought is one of those Emcee's I couldn't not have in my top 10. It's a must!

    • @manuelknorr8679
      @manuelknorr8679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true❤️

    • @manuelknorr8679
      @manuelknorr8679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This album is gonne be fantasticoo

    • @TheClever69
      @TheClever69 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's in my top 3 and he isn't number 2 or 3

  • @faizannazrawi2657
    @faizannazrawi2657 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Black Thought carrying Hip Hop genre on his back...!!! 🐐🔥🔥🔥

  • @rjdXx.
    @rjdXx. ปีที่แล้ว +10

    one of the most perfectly constructed songs ive ever heard

  • @andretyroneii941
    @andretyroneii941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Album of the year incoming

  • @carsonbotelho3776
    @carsonbotelho3776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Here I thought No Gold Teeth was good but every single they've released has been better than the last. This was crazy, can't wait for the album

  • @NicholasTanek
    @NicholasTanek 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    “A Dominatrix seeking to be served”

  • @noneednoname
    @noneednoname ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That second verse is legendary

  • @jimo4818
    @jimo4818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever heard!

    • @kidindie6
      @kidindie6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I dont want to be premature but I've restarted it like 5x cause I can't grasp what I'm hearing

  • @samuelallen8945
    @samuelallen8945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Danger Mouse the Goat. Any genre. Again and Again. With Black Thought it's a wrap!

    • @apersonwhoisaperson8163
      @apersonwhoisaperson8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed. He has a certain signature and it has a tendency to bring new heights in the skills of any artist he works with as well. I personally call him Musical Midas. 💯🔥

    • @samuelallen8945
      @samuelallen8945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@apersonwhoisaperson8163 INDEED. every song, you can hear his unique style - it's dope

  • @gogolouie7768
    @gogolouie7768 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish the album was longer...

  • @jackson4110
    @jackson4110 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    How is this guy still going. He has been rapping like this for DECADES and hasn’t slipped any bit. He only gets better. The sampling on this track is pure genius as well.

  • @MooresAD215
    @MooresAD215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Been waiting for more artists to work with Michael Kiwanuka!!! This is awesome!!! 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿 Black Thought absolutely snapped!!

  • @antonlushankin9568
    @antonlushankin9568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    My God! So hyped for this album. Can't wait for it. No Gold Teeth and Because are on repeat each day!!!
    Edit: Damn, guys! 100 likes... Thanks a lot!

    • @buzzsaiyan
      @buzzsaiyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here!

    • @bajenbilly
      @bajenbilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Facts these tracks have been fire so far, plus the album got a DOOM feature! We’re about to eat good, people.

    • @buzzsaiyan
      @buzzsaiyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bajenbilly A Doom feature??? 😱🤯

    • @bajenbilly
      @bajenbilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@buzzsaiyan yessir, the track is called Belize

    • @antonlushankin9568
      @antonlushankin9568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bajenbilly this one is just gonna be legendary. Thought is goat, but DOOM is on another level and together with Danger Mouse once again... Just. Can't. Wait for it!

  • @treehousesmotors2562
    @treehousesmotors2562 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As someone less than even moderately interested in rap/hip hop music, this is awesome.
    No needless profanity, great tempo, unique lyrics. This one's going into the playlists.

  • @nato838
    @nato838 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can we just appreciate how absolutely wonderful the background singing is?

  • @AboveTheClouds24
    @AboveTheClouds24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Black Thought really been top tier for 20+ years. 🐐shit right there. I really wanna hear a collab with him and Nas tho🙏🏾how dope would that be?

    • @anunsashtray8244
      @anunsashtray8244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree

    • @AboveTheClouds24
      @AboveTheClouds24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anunsashtray8244 Nas would fit right in on this track too 🔥

    • @turdferguson9452
      @turdferguson9452 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’ve always wanted more work between black thought and ghostface, but him and nas would be legendary

    • @AboveTheClouds24
      @AboveTheClouds24 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@turdferguson9452 Him and Ghost sound nice too. In tha Park is 🔥

    • @krizzlec5938
      @krizzlec5938 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turdferguson9452 you the same Turd Ferguson as on the flyers blog?

  • @Liam.Christensen
    @Liam.Christensen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    We really need a Danger Mouse X Aesop Rock album. This is so dope.

    • @kidindie6
      @kidindie6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      RIGHT.FUCKING.NOW

    • @mpls4d
      @mpls4d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yuhhhhp

    • @garinbaker_
      @garinbaker_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      facts

    • @julesroy3469
      @julesroy3469 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank god im not the only one

    • @adankpancake
      @adankpancake ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES!!!!!!

  • @Shortstahp
    @Shortstahp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Was here at 17k views before fifa before anything tik tok fkn knew this would be a milli+ song its still so smoove & content is next level. Black thought is filled with truth a top 3 in my book… mid 90’s baby here

  • @EMxChemist
    @EMxChemist ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We'll gather here soon for this beauty of Song from FIFA 23.

  • @roymoyo9734
    @roymoyo9734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Talented Mr. Trotter...

  • @luny2nez281
    @luny2nez281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I think this is my favorite single from the album so far. Honestly one of my favorite singles of 2022 so far also. Black Thought is already a lyrical machine, but Danger Mouse might be making a classic duo here

  • @Lionsdinner
    @Lionsdinner 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This track never gets old bruh, I feel so many emotions listening to it. I blurt out the lyrics so loud in my room .. in the whip. A masterclass of a masterpiece. I'm getting so close to saying this is my favorite rap track of all time.

  • @Odnetnin90
    @Odnetnin90 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ll continue the fight of saying Black Thought is the greatest rapper alive since I started listening to them as a senior in high school in 2009. No one believes me, but they’re ignorant.

  • @maliciousnate8145
    @maliciousnate8145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Everything's burning down, when I close my eyes." "Enemy's all around, I don't understand my friend, my frienddddddd" 🔥

  • @foghorno
    @foghorno ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It was only a week or so ago that I first listened to Black Thought.
    While he's new to me, he's a criminally underrated phenomenon.
    I tear up writing this today, as my soul has been touched. Thank you.

    • @adg_87
      @adg_87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yoooooo! Get in that BT catalog!!!! You won't be sorry!

    • @aznph1l
      @aznph1l ปีที่แล้ว

      20 yrs here

    • @OGT4204
      @OGT4204 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Roots.. what an mc

    • @elysiandreamz
      @elysiandreamz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Illadelphhalife is what got me bro welcome to the crew

  • @mustymartian8684
    @mustymartian8684 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'ma king, I'm dipped in Gods black complexion🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @GusCaesarsPalace
    @GusCaesarsPalace ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This track is spine-tingling. The flow, the beat. It brings tears to the eyes and strength to the heart.

  • @miguelrobinson-mcneese798
    @miguelrobinson-mcneese798 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And still reigning world champion The Talented Mr.Trotter

  • @ethanhansen742
    @ethanhansen742 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    this is one of the best songs on the new fifa

  • @Denarvin
    @Denarvin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Always my number one lyricist. The true greats are often overlooked.

  • @incognitosecret2377
    @incognitosecret2377 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The vibe of this song is immaculate.

    • @hleloG
      @hleloG 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Everything's burning doowwwn"😭

  • @doomsday1999
    @doomsday1999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I cried

  • @kennyandersonnnn
    @kennyandersonnnn ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is purely from his soul. This album has been rumored for so long and god. I can’t even keep my brain wrapped around the genius to this

  • @Damianmarleyfan
    @Damianmarleyfan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Real rap will never die. There are social activists like him everywhere, with souls and life force stronger than any deceptive, dumb mainstream rappers they force into our airwaves. The truth is powerful.

  • @JacobeOfficial
    @JacobeOfficial 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    one of the best verses ever written. that first verse......jheeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

  • @TheBurnonme
    @TheBurnonme 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This should win a Grammy for best contemporary rap song. If you all listen to the lyrics of this song is actually sending a positive message

  • @dlicen
    @dlicen ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought listenable rap was dead, buried, forgotten. Man, was I wrong. Thank you, sir.

  • @Hermes3megisto3
    @Hermes3megisto3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    One of the best songs ever 🔮

  • @lasickzimba1995
    @lasickzimba1995 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "All my bars is hard like solid gold bullion." Black Thought is a juggernaut!👍🙌

  • @paulssebanakitta860
    @paulssebanakitta860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I am from Uganda and so is Micheal Kiwanuka, proud of him

    • @bakeraus
      @bakeraus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big UPs to Uganda! Much love

    • @trippleblaaack
      @trippleblaaack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Kenyan here🔥

    • @jfc4798
      @jfc4798 ปีที่แล้ว

      hes from Muswell Hill mate

  • @AlistairErskine
    @AlistairErskine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    its been a LONG TIME since a single has made detour past a record store on the way home from work to make sure I preordered the LP, cant wait for august 12... Great work to all involved, I am obsessed.

  • @Beuys72
    @Beuys72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yeesh. Black Thought is seriously on another level. And the consistency for so many years. He seems to only keep getting better.

  • @MurmaOne
    @MurmaOne ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Put it in the history books here is the best hip hop song of all time...

  • @natemoseley6783
    @natemoseley6783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Never been so excited for a album like this in a long time!!

  • @gbmg26
    @gbmg26 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He's reciting a masterpiece poetry. This is a art.👌🙌

  • @benadrylcucumberman981
    @benadrylcucumberman981 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks FIFA, always showing me masterpieces like this

  • @Jason_in_Brazil
    @Jason_in_Brazil ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Instant Classic.

  • @sea4our
    @sea4our 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    most criminally underrated MC ever. I really wish Ransom and Black Thought would make an album together.

    • @Dre-fe6mi
      @Dre-fe6mi ปีที่แล้ว

      ‼️‼️‼️🙏🏽

  • @strangewayfaringstranger
    @strangewayfaringstranger ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nobody seems to be giving credit to Michael Kiwanuka. If you haven't heard his music, go seriously check it out. His last album had Danger Mouse too. Really good.

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m always telling folks to check out Michael’s music!

  • @federicomauro6744
    @federicomauro6744 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Fifa never disappoints! Gotta thank them for making me discover such bangers

    • @Mohammed-u
      @Mohammed-u ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The bad thing that they’re hiding the bad words in the songs

    • @MrHuph-vu2wc
      @MrHuph-vu2wc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mohammed-u Fist of all, why do we even need bad words, and second of all, 8 year olds could be playing this game

    • @Mohammed-u
      @Mohammed-u ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrHuph-vu2wc I hope that their were an option to hide/unhide the bad words and the hiding of the words make the song stop for 1 second or 2 seconds and I don’t like that In the songs

  • @Tlhakxza
    @Tlhakxza ปีที่แล้ว +4

    MASTERPIECE THEATRE revisited.
    Listening to BLACK THOUGHT is like scuba diving with no oxygen,the man’s lyricism is just too complicated for me to handle,every single bar flies over my head😭🤦🏿‍♂️ I need a mind massage 💆🏿‍♂️after every single joint of his...the guy is just an amazingly pure lyricist,no one does it better than TARIQ TROTTER...he is without any shadow of doubt THE RAP GOD🙌🏿

  • @darrendumas7515
    @darrendumas7515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This album is already a classic before it’s release. So much fire. Thank you Danger Mouse and Black Thought!🔥🤘❤️