Special Ed - I Got It Made (Official Video)

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  • Watch the official video for "I Got It Made" by Special Ed
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    Lyrics:
    I'm your idol the highest title numero uno
    I'm not a puerto rican but i'm speakin so that you know
    And understand i got the gift of speech
    And it's a blessin
    So listen to the lesson i preach
    I talk sense condensed into the form of a poem
    Full of knowledge from my toes to the top of my dome
    I'm kinda young but my tongue speaks maturity
    I'm not a child i don't need nothin for security
    I get paid when my record is played--to put it short
    #SpecialEd #IGotItMade #OfficialVideo
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  • @ronnierogers-uk9zg
    @ronnierogers-uk9zg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +700

    WHO LISTENING IN 2024

    • @philiprobertson395
      @philiprobertson395 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Me ❤

    • @Adot2tact350
      @Adot2tact350 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Me ❤💪

    • @troygibson1675
      @troygibson1675 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Ahhhh (sigh)...the golden days of hip hop! Where did they go?

    • @To_increase_travels
      @To_increase_travels 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Me !!

    • @justynhunter9976
      @justynhunter9976 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right Cheeer. Same coat throughout the whole video. So Dope.

  • @ryanbrown5637
    @ryanbrown5637 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    "I'm talented, yes I'm gifted. Never boosted or shoplifted".

  • @fashlate97
    @fashlate97 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    Happy 50th Birthday Hip-Hop! 🎙 Thank You Special Ed! 🙏🏾

  • @stoplying2267
    @stoplying2267 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

    New York rappers had a high intellect at young age!
    Ed was 15 when he wrote this

    • @ReRe-kr1ht
      @ReRe-kr1ht 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeeees!!!!

    • @craigfirpo8498
      @craigfirpo8498 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      In Brooklyn we grew up faster than most.

  • @DDylast
    @DDylast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2386

    Special Ed one of the most underrated rappers. His wordplay was crazy.

  • @sliimmbandiitt1612
    @sliimmbandiitt1612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2387

    "i'm outspoken, my language is broken into a slang but it's just the dialect that i select when i hang" greatest rap line of all time and that definitely explains the hood. #timeless

  • @JustUdoro
    @JustUdoro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +334

    WHO IS HERE AFTER WATCHING HIM ON DRINK CHAMPS 2023?! This song is seriously uplifting…full of affirmations. Taking the time to listen to each word…I LOVE IT!!❤️

    • @AntLive-lu5qx
      @AntLive-lu5qx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Came right to it after watching Drink Champs! I always liked this song but I never really knew a lot about Special Ed and that Drink Champs episode taught me a lot about him, he seems very knowledgeable and a good dude!

    • @So_Cato
      @So_Cato 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me

    • @mandrellrob7141
      @mandrellrob7141 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes we had real hip hop back then.

    • @bakulubaka8661
      @bakulubaka8661 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yup !

    • @andremackriel1329
      @andremackriel1329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I literally just watched him in drink champs and here I am...😂

  • @sarahjanelara8046
    @sarahjanelara8046 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    I’m turning 47 this year. I still turn to them and the hip hop of this time to take me back. I’m so glad I grew up in this era.

    • @efbg5184
      @efbg5184 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m 29 and was born in 93 but this is fire and way ahead of its time

    • @BekkaPoo
      @BekkaPoo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I graduated HS in 93! I always say I'm the same age as hip hop.

    • @BL-ie2xl
      @BL-ie2xl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      92' here...hell yeh@@BekkaPoo

    • @john1987805
      @john1987805 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's cause you got it made

    • @elizabethwashington3059
      @elizabethwashington3059 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too

  • @marieonlyme
    @marieonlyme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    My brother Edwin passed away in 2009. When I was driving away from after visiting his gravesite, this song came on. Just knowing how he was a big fan of Special Ed, felt like he was showing me a sign 💖

    • @mulliganstew72
      @mulliganstew72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Awwww perfect ❤️ God bless Angel.

    • @hopetrnr0
      @hopetrnr0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Oh that's EXACTLY what he was doing!

    • @Ken-iu2zp
      @Ken-iu2zp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      May your brother rip....

    • @nblake7777
      @nblake7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I agree with you that was a sign and my condolences

    • @nicoleross7726
      @nicoleross7726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Awwwh I’m so sorry for your loss

  • @woodsoncircle
    @woodsoncircle ปีที่แล้ว +309

    “I’m wise because I rise to the top of my grade, wanted peace ☮️ on earth so to GOD I prayed”. Dope lyrics. Not that mumble rap bullshit you hear nowadays.

    • @DaytimeNightmare
      @DaytimeNightmare ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Get-toe ngs rap now who were raised by get-toe ngs....... 🍇👈👈 alot of those 90sbrappers had Church moms....l .... it was the kids chasing the streets....... the kids rapping now....parents kinda CT like them

    • @NotoriousBK
      @NotoriousBK 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      FACTS!!!!!!

    • @mesinah8315
      @mesinah8315 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      PREACH!😂❤❤

    • @michaelvarencemikemillz7114
      @michaelvarencemikemillz7114 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So True Thank you Well Spoken." FYI Special Ed And Big Ale Paid Homage Nas& Biggie. 🎶👑🗽💯

    • @michaelvarencemikemillz7114
      @michaelvarencemikemillz7114 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💯💯💯

  • @barty2381
    @barty2381 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    This dude was so articulate and mad talented!
    I listen to all his records today on vinyl here in the U.K, Im 50 years and still flying the true Hip Hop flag loud and proud!

    • @wayne9077
      @wayne9077 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm 55yrs & this joint still bangs hard!

    • @demetriusmixon4141
      @demetriusmixon4141 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Me too. I'm 58.

    • @Robbover
      @Robbover ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes sir!!! 57 in the house!

    • @k.aliazad4388
      @k.aliazad4388 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      50+ and still listening to this shit??????
      As Mr T would say:
      "I Pity The Fool!!!!!!" 👎🏾

    • @getoheisman1776
      @getoheisman1776 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm 48 we had the best of all things lifestyle music movies and having fun.

  • @pcsmchurch
    @pcsmchurch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This song will never get old. Lyrics are great. Brings me back.

  • @VincentConard
    @VincentConard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4939

    Dude was bragging about buying a new car every other month while standing in a junkyard. There was no need to rent a Lamborghini for a video shoot back then. No need to fake floss in the 80’s-90’s. No need to be vulgar, or ostentatious. Special Ed just painted vivid word pictures and we partied along with his lyrical imagery. Brilliant!

    • @SH-bt5it
      @SH-bt5it 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Vince Conard right 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @rathecreator4047
      @rathecreator4047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      I like how corny the video was bc he was actin out most of what he said but they ain't have big money. I really like the end wit the baby alligator😉🤴✌

    • @jonesoverton9209
      @jonesoverton9209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      exactly, he didn't have to bullshit,and he could still paint a picture in your head, and it's 2020

    • @tommyjewels5115
      @tommyjewels5115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      No flashy jewelry, cash flashing, crazy outfit, auto tune, or twerkin... just straight talent, fast fwd today it’s pure image over talent and I can’t understand half these rappers what they sayin smh

    • @israelcastelan4012
      @israelcastelan4012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      A lot of people neglect the fact that this was before rap/Hip-Hop blew up. These MC’s were always bragging because this a competitive activity. It’s in his lyrics. Once rap went commercial, materialism dominated and there was no need in showing lyrical skill. That’s why today’s rappers don’t need skill. That’s why they don’t have the same subject matter. All that’s left now is materialism and showing off what they possess hence all the flashy stuff. Trust, I like when rappers are humble and are about the culture, but that’s the way this music evolved. Hate most of it, but no need to act surprised by the “vulgarity”. Like my boi 2pac said, “things change and that’s the way it is”.

  • @shannruff4466
    @shannruff4466 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    My mom was born in 67 n me I was born in 94. She died in 16 😢. Best believe she played this jawn every day until then and this song is embedded in my brain. Today is her birthday so I had to blast this jawn

    • @SniprsCntSnipeMe
      @SniprsCntSnipeMe ปีที่แล้ว +22

      She had good taste. Rest in peace 🙏

    • @skuter84
      @skuter84 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🙏🏿

    • @dellshonewilson6187
      @dellshonewilson6187 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I graduated HS 94 rest on peace to your mom

    • @zoesolegit
      @zoesolegit ปีที่แล้ว +7

      shout out to philly🙏

    • @JahZilla_inc
      @JahZilla_inc ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She had great taste in music.

  • @Dcstarrdom
    @Dcstarrdom 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    “I Got It Made” 🤴🏾 🙌🏾
    Numero Uno 🥇

  • @ancientstar879
    @ancientstar879 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Most underrated hip hop artists of all time

  • @frankiegunnz8066
    @frankiegunnz8066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1843

    He was 16 spitting better than 99% of the rappers of today!

  • @rocknrap12
    @rocknrap12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4538

    This is why I hate when ppl excuse these rappers today by saying they're not lyrical because they're young. Special Ed was 16-17 while recording this album, Nas was 17-18 while recording Illmatic, Mobb Deep was 20 while recording The Infamous, and not to mention Joey Badass was 16 while recording 1999. Age is never an excuse for ignorance.

    • @olbranch
      @olbranch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Right on. I used the same analogy a few weeks ago..

    • @jeanninebuford402
      @jeanninebuford402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      rocknrap12

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Nas was actually 19/20 when recording Illmatic but yeah same concept.

    • @marcellcelect453
      @marcellcelect453 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      rocknrap12 outkast was 17, biggie 20

    • @stone5578
      @stone5578 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      New York city rap

  • @FCA1975
    @FCA1975 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    One of the most underrated hip hop tracks ever. The flow, the content, the ability to put it together so smoothly. Classic.

  • @mikejejenich-pb5zx
    @mikejejenich-pb5zx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Its a crime. 🎤. That this guy. Isnt talked about or recognized. Enough. 👋. He contributed. To the golden era of rap the 80s and 90s.

  • @ayeshaharris5122
    @ayeshaharris5122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1390

    If you grew up in the 80's & The 90's then You Had it Made🤗🤗

    • @oochiewally2783
      @oochiewally2783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Shyt not me i was poor as shyt..when ppl were rocking Jordan's in the 80s..i was rocking kangaroos and Olympians

    • @southerngirl225
      @southerngirl225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Indeed!

    • @CTSaints89
      @CTSaints89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wally Sterg Yup with zipper on the side of the shoe! ✊

    • @ABULLAOTS
      @ABULLAOTS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ayesha Harris why thank you

    • @D.Z.A.-kp8lf
      @D.Z.A.-kp8lf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      70s also

  • @cash8361
    @cash8361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "I'm outspoken my language is broken into a slang but it's just the dialect that I select when I when I hang" cmon now🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @lolabunny1157
    @lolabunny1157 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Still here in 2024❤❤❤

  • @AStacks512
    @AStacks512 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    My nephew is born in 08 and it always surprises me as a 43 year old man that this is his absolute favorite song. He always tell me Uncle Aaron throw on Special Ed I got it made.

  • @ninobrown5363
    @ninobrown5363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    That Man said " I'm not a Puerto Rican but I'm speaking so that Ju-Know" 🔥 🔥🔥🔥

  • @eklektikTechno
    @eklektikTechno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2016

    It’s hard to believe that we’re all late 40’s or early 50’s now and this type of hip hop is gone

    • @eloozhunz
      @eloozhunz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Facts

    • @cheayunju
      @cheayunju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Yeah man. But this was our teens shit. I idealistic. Cosby stuff

    • @mikegeee3319
      @mikegeee3319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      We were the shyt...1991-1998 absolutely the best!

    • @sgg_02x
      @sgg_02x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Im 19 and this hip hop was long gone and its sad to hear and see that because hip hop and old school rap was the best

    • @cheayunju
      @cheayunju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@sgg_02x Hey man. None was the best. It is all part of a continuous thing that tries to improve on itself.
      There are classics of the past, and classics yet made

  • @lolawhite2769
    @lolawhite2769 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This song will ALWAYS be FIRE!!!!!

  • @ShephSteph2544
    @ShephSteph2544 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Special Ed was truly gifted

  • @oliviarainbow2355
    @oliviarainbow2355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    So nobody talking about those dance moves...yes we did that in 80s-90s. Proud to have grown up in this era.

    • @jamescargill7975
      @jamescargill7975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "think just blink and I made a million rhymes just imagine if you blink a million times, dam I'll be paid, I got it made."

    • @nickcc2003
      @nickcc2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're talking about the moves, I don't understand your post.

    • @rogfusionkid
      @rogfusionkid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why should people talk about the dance moves? There's nothing particularly new there, Fred Astaire was doing "Hip hop" dance moves in the 1930s

    • @lacaragilmore4599
      @lacaragilmore4599 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ditto❤❤❤❤

    • @ReRe-kr1ht
      @ReRe-kr1ht 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Roger Rabbit & The Cabbage Patch Kid was too lit 😅

  • @edawg9962
    @edawg9962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    One of the hardest beats in the history of hip hop.......

    • @chicago773williams5
      @chicago773williams5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Facts

    • @edawg9962
      @edawg9962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Black lodge you're not gonna change my opinion, dude

    • @edawg9962
      @edawg9962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      lodge those are good choices but those beats came out at least 5 years later.....I always give a lil more credit to the originators back in the 80's....remember, this beat came out in 88/89....of course other beats years down the road might sound more "hard" but they should since music is suppose to evolve....its like comparing Rakim and Tupac....rappers from 2 different eras but one was clearly influenced by the other....same thing with beats

    • @edawg9962
      @edawg9962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Black lodge and I said ONE of the hardest beats, meaning there are others....good lord!

    • @edawg9962
      @edawg9962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Black lodge so why you felt the need to tell me this if you weren't trying to change my mind?.... my initial comment was an MY opinion, just leave it at that....

  • @seanfrank32
    @seanfrank32 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the best hip hop tracks ever.

  • @Desertoasisstudios
    @Desertoasisstudios 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Special ed is better than most rappers of 2023 , this shit banging!!

    • @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb
      @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pretty much all especially the new upcoming rappers that no one knows about or cares about in today's time.

  • @jessedemayo4883
    @jessedemayo4883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    Not only are the lyrics timeless but the dancers are killing it in the video

    • @brucegreen5751
      @brucegreen5751 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He was the first to completely cap and rap about flossing 😂

    • @stephencook7337
      @stephencook7337 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ikr I suddenly feel like doing the running-man 😂

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I woulda liked to see a little more breakin though honestly

    • @flexman70
      @flexman70 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dom Sansotta tbh at this time and space, breakdancing was already played out as an 80s thing. This is the 90s vibe already in fruition. Dancing was a bit chill with Bobby Brown flow, not too crazy or animated, a bit before the Soul Brothers hit the scene.

    • @rastaman1873
      @rastaman1873 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gotta break it down when I hear dis beat yo....

  • @orthotech9758
    @orthotech9758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    He recorded this album when he was 16 and it was released on his 17th birthday. In this song we hear Special Ed say, "I'm wise because I rise to the top of my grade. Wanted peace on Earth, so to God I prayed." Some of these young rappers now can't put two words together to make an intelligible phrase.

    • @toddmaek5436
      @toddmaek5436 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sheeeeee-it the current president of the united states can't put "two words together to make an intelligible phrase" so........I mean what's really going on?

    • @melliemel32
      @melliemel32 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ortho Tech exactly!!!!!!

    • @rusemode
      @rusemode 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Todd Maek is intelligence overrated?

    • @keithdowdy2324
      @keithdowdy2324 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ortho Tech facts

    • @keithdowdy2324
      @keithdowdy2324 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

  • @Shellxo420
    @Shellxo420 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    My dad introduced me to this song and I’ve been playing it ever since! I love old rap music especially when they’re telling a story ❤

    • @Fortune332
      @Fortune332 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Your dad a real one

    • @roy-haroldthompson4650
      @roy-haroldthompson4650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Slick Rick the Ruler
      Best Story Teller

  • @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable
    @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "I wanted peace on Earth so to God I prayed.."

  • @jennibug973
    @jennibug973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    This was the most simplest video ever! This was the shit back in the day. That’s the only time you could talk about having it “made” while in a junk yard. Not one scene was made indoors. It was all about the music, vibes, and energy back then!!! I miss those days.

    • @robbyg4777
      @robbyg4777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Girl.....i watch this at least twice a yr

    • @streetlavaent1951
      @streetlavaent1951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly bae

    • @chaingjones6415
      @chaingjones6415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts💯

    • @theuglyman275
      @theuglyman275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FACTS!! this is what true hip hop was about back then.. 43 here and still loving this track

    • @sandraruiz3834
      @sandraruiz3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Literally standing and walking around and killing it in the outdoors! This was a great time to be alive in hip hop!

  • @thehumphriesfamily1691
    @thehumphriesfamily1691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    One of the greatest lyrical songs ever made. Ed is a lyrical genius.

    • @marcojeffries8375
      @marcojeffries8375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This is real hip hop not hip slop that they rap now days bs now

    • @thisbigblacdingdang6135
      @thisbigblacdingdang6135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💯

    • @kt-dy8qw
      @kt-dy8qw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Listen carefully to his lyrical genus, score arrangement and video, best part was the way he played musical "leap frog" (I make all the money the rhymes I invent, "you" burn "me", really?) by riffin' [while apparently reppin'] all the marketing campaigns that he was spoofing . . . Cascade, Parkay etc. , I. GOT. IT. MADE. Wish today's 16 year olds would get it!

    • @Joelpittman84
      @Joelpittman84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let me just clarify I’m not a fan of new age rap in any way (grew up on mid to late 90’s) but if you think this is one of the greatest lyrical songs ever made you sir are still free basing on that good crack from the 80’s 😂 you clearly are stuck in a nostalgic bubble in rap and don’t know hip hop in general

    • @thehumphriesfamily1691
      @thehumphriesfamily1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Joelpittman84 first of all, what's with the insults? We're strangers on the internet. You can't have a conversation without insults? Second, you said all of that without giving any explanation to prove your point, so you really said nothing. If you're going to talk like this, at least explain why you have that viewpoint. So lets hear it. "Enlighten" us.

  • @TimeisReel
    @TimeisReel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One of the Coldest Rap Songs...Ever !!! Never gets Old. 🎵

  • @Nate01_
    @Nate01_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    REAL RAP UNLIKE TODAY'S CRAP

    • @BrokenFrame2023
      @BrokenFrame2023 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Special Ed in my House, right Now!

  • @jamesdee4880
    @jamesdee4880 6 ปีที่แล้ว +818

    "i'm outspoken, my language is broken into a slang but it's just the dialect that i select when i hang" bruh that rhyme

    • @SunFuzzyOne
      @SunFuzzyOne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes!!! My fav line too. And so true!

    • @rorschachmanhattan9612
      @rorschachmanhattan9612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🔥💥 🔥💥 🔥

    • @theduchess5284
      @theduchess5284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Lyrics was on FIRE.. Dropping jewels at the same time.

    • @robertantonetti
      @robertantonetti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yea that was hard

    • @dennisparker1561
      @dennisparker1561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah when I just heard that a second ago I was thinking the same

  • @KambizMostofi
    @KambizMostofi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    "I'm wise because I rise to the top of my Grade,
    I wanted peace on earth so to God I prayed,
    Some kids across town thought I was afraid,
    They couldn't harm me I got the Army Brigade,
    I'm not a traitor if what you got is greater I'll trade,
    But maybe later because my waiter made me potato Alligator Soufflé"
    - Special Ed, I Got It Made

  • @rubenace23
    @rubenace23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    I am a Puerto Rican and im commenting so that you know

    • @aubsta1
      @aubsta1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Nice!

    • @bigal192
      @bigal192 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😂🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

    • @sharrieffsaalakhan3230
      @sharrieffsaalakhan3230 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol

  • @rizzlc1
    @rizzlc1 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Special Ed is DEFINITELY underrated!!!

  • @davisdowell1986
    @davisdowell1986 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    That second verse was crazy and way ahead of its time. Dude SNAPPED!! 🔥

    • @blakboi6280
      @blakboi6280 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🔥

    • @stephandalton2390
      @stephandalton2390 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Facts!

    • @candygreen1831
      @candygreen1831 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💯💯

    • @Dru229
      @Dru229 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed

    • @phillyfan3074
      @phillyfan3074 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      All time flow and lyrics at 16. Clean with perfect grammar. No lazy rhymes. This is a rap master class

  • @2874Eve
    @2874Eve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Good kid raised by excellent parents. God bless you Special Ed.

  • @marcelgob3813
    @marcelgob3813 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    One of my favorites songs. This is or was a prime example of a young King ahead of his time. My generation rocks I'm 45 and this song still sounds dope.

  • @kmother19
    @kmother19 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    "i got a frog" bars

  • @johnsjones6275
    @johnsjones6275 7 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    Sadd how special Ed is soooo sleep on as one of the greatest lyricist of his day like he never gets mentioned... Like this if u agree

    • @iweardirtydiapers1114
      @iweardirtydiapers1114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Johns Jones well actually he got mentioned in Empire State of mind, go back and listen to it

    • @christianchears8658
      @christianchears8658 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Johns Jonemm .

    • @fromthe4621
      @fromthe4621 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Johns Jones i didn't hear any lyrical bars

    • @nelsonsantiago6992
      @nelsonsantiago6992 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I know

    • @rondadon2025
      @rondadon2025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ed was/ and always is so dope to me...his style is still fresh to me in 2018

  • @scopes2423
    @scopes2423 6 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    *“I’m kinda young but my tongue speaks maturity”*

    • @rnbjuels4037
      @rnbjuels4037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scopes

    • @Jamapawa
      @Jamapawa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @kylegray154
      @kylegray154 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I ssa gold.

    • @brentjames6927
      @brentjames6927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gotta treaty in Tahiti because I Own a percent

  • @curtisdavis5322
    @curtisdavis5322 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Classic never gets old

  • @jimmydatrackstar
    @jimmydatrackstar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is hiphop! I hope one day: they separate the drill murder music of today from actually hiphop/rap. This is a pure classic

  • @Tashaten
    @Tashaten ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Nothing like old school hip hop!! So much respect for our legends!!!

    • @Tashaten
      @Tashaten ปีที่แล้ว

      @@A_s_k__999 ...I'm sorry I don't understand.Im from America and don't read or speak Arabic. :))

    • @Tashaten
      @Tashaten ปีที่แล้ว

      @@A_s_k__999 ...Enough of what? Lol

    • @Tashaten
      @Tashaten ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've been reminiscing over Special Ed. and Eric B.and Rakim song ( I ain't no Joke) lately.They brings back old school block parties from Beat Street, New York City. We would add them in the mist such fun times.

    • @Tashaten
      @Tashaten ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MC. THIS IS FOR YOU! th-cam.com/video/z9P25Huh5s8/w-d-xo.html
      These are my fun times, New York back in the days.

  • @hunnybug28
    @hunnybug28 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    His rapping is actually flawless

  • @justintime8922
    @justintime8922 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Teenagers sounded like grown men back then

  • @sirpoppinchuck
    @sirpoppinchuck ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This era was far more intelligent then for rhymin excellent lyrical content. Special Ed was genius wit it.

  • @frederickallgood7592
    @frederickallgood7592 7 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    no cursing or disrespecting black women mother of the earth just awesome talent

    • @mjohnson1741
      @mjohnson1741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly...we lost our way. Balance...you can make $ and not sell your own people out at the same time!

    • @MissNolver
      @MissNolver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, amazing 😊🙏🏾

    • @lorenawright9203
      @lorenawright9203 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth

    • @PunkyBruiser-wm1oy
      @PunkyBruiser-wm1oy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!!!

  • @straightcashhomey1261
    @straightcashhomey1261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Dude was young AF and his flow was on point. Plus, that’s still a dope jacket

  • @joselynjolivet7694
    @joselynjolivet7694 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Back when rap was based on pure talent. Love the video, the lyrics, the dancing. Great song

  • @saifhasan4481
    @saifhasan4481 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No mumble rubbish. This is proper hip hop

  • @dariangregory6182
    @dariangregory6182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    You know a rap song is Legendary when you remember every single word decades later.

  • @CodyCole80
    @CodyCole80 6 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    I thought Ed was in his twenties when this dropped. Never knew he was only 16 because he spoke articulately and had a grownup swag. Teen rappers today speak like they can barely put a sentence together.

    • @syreiasneadbibbs8180
      @syreiasneadbibbs8180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      U right about that so sad uuugghhh they barely can read sad future glad i grew up n the era i did

    • @nookguy4318
      @nookguy4318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      me to. i thought he was 19 or 20. He did speak very proper. this back when rappers talked completely and with a full grown sentence in interviews. Today's rappers interviews they don't even be knowing half the words.

    • @lisalisa1736
      @lisalisa1736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nook Guy lol, so true.

    • @nookguy4318
      @nookguy4318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dopekid99 yeah i know.

    • @nookguy4318
      @nookguy4318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dopekid99 i didnt expect he was 16 though.

  • @mctriplefatal
    @mctriplefatal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I know you see people say “if your listening in 2024 your a legend!”
    Nah fam. If you’re listening to this at all you’re a legend. Ed is so underrated and should be talked about more. He was coming up with songs like these and producing for 2Pac at only 15. I’ve even seen the biggest rap fans barely bring him up. So it don’t matter when where or why your listening to this. If you are, your legendary

  • @gunsntats
    @gunsntats 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    When a track can stand the test of time, that's artistry. I'm extremely happy that I have this era of music to fall back to. I'll put this track up against ANY track of today.

  • @coreycokepolk9483
    @coreycokepolk9483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +490

    Just listened to this 4 straight times. 50 year old brother. This still rocks.

    • @theuglyman275
      @theuglyman275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      43 here, fam... i feels u

    • @proctorjunior14
      @proctorjunior14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah same here I keep replaying it lol

    • @6lobanegra0
      @6lobanegra0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      60 year old woman--I remember when it came out---Still Good

    • @bioniccop40
      @bioniccop40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel you man I'm 50 and I was Break Dancer back in the late 70's till the mid-80's

    • @thevalleyjoe559
      @thevalleyjoe559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Turned 48 in February and it's still in every playlist I make....1988 was a good year for Hip Hop....Special Ed "The Super Duper Star"

  • @philderrick6305
    @philderrick6305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    When rap was coherent and intelligent

    • @theresadouglas4342
      @theresadouglas4342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      AMEN

    • @prodfalling
      @prodfalling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      it still is, you just need to look

    • @RC-bs6eb
      @RC-bs6eb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He calls himself Special Ed and here you are praising his lyrics as intelligent 🤣

    • @justinsharpe1912
      @justinsharpe1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@RC-bs6eb he better then your favorite rapper and all these rappers have silly names

    • @RC-bs6eb
      @RC-bs6eb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@justinsharpe1912 do you have a point? Or was that lost with your sense of humor?
      Who is my favorite rapper? You have no idea because I haven't said.

  • @aarongreen8325
    @aarongreen8325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No rapper in history bragged more about what they got than Special Ed in one song and it's 2023 😂 GOAT!

  • @msoakee7186
    @msoakee7186 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not a SINGLE curse word!! 🔥🔥 I was in high school when this song/video was released-- and it STILL bangs in 2024!! 🤩

  • @dralandralarkins8443
    @dralandralarkins8443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    The confidence, the lyricism, and smooth flow, this kid was an artist. Everything about this was pure 90s hip hop.

    • @SatanDynastyKiller
      @SatanDynastyKiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      1989.
      1990s were a lot different than 87-89 era, prolly cos of Nas in 91...

    • @flawed911
      @flawed911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Dude beat me to it. I was gonna say this ain't 90's hip hop, this straight late 80's at best. Nas, Big, Pac, Mobb, Wu that's what the 90's sounded like, completely different. Still this is literally one of my favorite rap songs of all-time.

    • @dralandralarkins8443
      @dralandralarkins8443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank u for informing me OGs lol

    • @FootBall-fp3kb
      @FootBall-fp3kb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      86-89 young bull. Everyone know the difference. And honestly those last 4 years of 80's can compete with any 4 from the 90s.

    • @TheEdub1
      @TheEdub1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SatanDynastyKiller Not because of Nas because everyone wanted to be gangstas in the 90's.

  • @johnbaxter3439
    @johnbaxter3439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Legendary NY flow! That’s why you guys maintain your position!

  • @georgehenry76
    @georgehenry76 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “I’m talented, yes I’m gifted..never boosted, never shop lifted”.. 👏

  • @MrBigR928
    @MrBigR928 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Dang we had fun back in the day! 1st Gen Hip Hop 🥰💯🤘🏾

  • @WAVYU5
    @WAVYU5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This dude was LIGHT YEARS ahead.his off beat/on beat cadence was never done before.

    • @pejoshy8736
      @pejoshy8736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My dude, Special ED WAS not off beat at All, his flow was master level.

    • @kreemvision6325
      @kreemvision6325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He wasn't off beat. It's old tech.

    • @k.h.1756
      @k.h.1756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He could rhyme on and off the beat, I understand what you meant.

    • @darrenjohnson7857
      @darrenjohnson7857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The first :special ED

    • @CodyCole80
      @CodyCole80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How was he off beat? Something wrong with your ears.

  • @jcbirdman74
    @jcbirdman74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    We grew up in the best era of hip hop, great music, great memories.

  • @HeavyOnTheJesus
    @HeavyOnTheJesus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you was born in the 80's and 90's or earlier and still alive no matter what you been through in life, " You Got It Made "

  • @allanasmith3867
    @allanasmith3867 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of the best rap songs still today in 2023.

  • @jeromepenn3244
    @jeromepenn3244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    This is real Hip Hop people!! I'm talented yes I'm gifted!! Never boosted never shoplifted

    • @jonesoverton9209
      @jonesoverton9209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      for real, not these 2020 wannabe rappers , special ed could eat these 2020 rappers for breakfast, lyric play alone,lol.

  • @chrispate9855
    @chrispate9855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    YOU should've been around when it FIRST dropped... oooh man.

    • @nicoleharrington9086
      @nicoleharrington9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wasn't born yet until 2 years after this dropped.

    • @nicoleharrington9086
      @nicoleharrington9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My mom said this was popping back then.

    • @fredwayne4271
      @fredwayne4271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So much good music back then. I definitely remember when this dropped though.

    • @Militantreturns
      @Militantreturns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was. I. Was. 10. Years old lol

    • @hopetrnr0
      @hopetrnr0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right!!!

  • @tziporahyisrael7254
    @tziporahyisrael7254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is what hip hop is about; a good beat that you can chill or dance to and dope lyrics! The art of storytelling and wordplay is what made early hip hop so amazing.

  • @rwarren4637
    @rwarren4637 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The beat a heck of a sample from.. Ill let you do your homework. This is a Classic. Ed kills 2/3 of rappers today in 2023! Salute Special Ed!✊🏿

  • @sarlndr
    @sarlndr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Classic. The dancing in this video brings me back. Damn, I miss those days.

    • @monicamorrow8046
      @monicamorrow8046 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sarlndr Yes! KidnPlay dancing. ...love it😊

  • @demetriassapphirellc8935
    @demetriassapphirellc8935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2316

    Who still jamming in 2020?

  • @TClint850
    @TClint850 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My favorite hip-hop legend.. Ed that guy 💯💯🔥

  • @Me2times
    @Me2times 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    One thing I love about old school hip hop/rap (pre-95) is that they took place at a school setting, mainly high school and college. The videos made you want to stay in school and get an education

    • @waltertucker1489
      @waltertucker1489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dog it looked like my old high school👋🤓you right,,never noticed til you called it,

    • @garybacica5709
      @garybacica5709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I first saw this decades ago I thought it was John Adams HS in Ozone Park, but that's because I went to that school. But now that I am fifty and wiser, I think it may be a HS in Brooklyn and not Queens. Any body know?

    • @BlaqRainFresh
      @BlaqRainFresh ปีที่แล้ว

      NO

    • @dr.la-tarricanty6537
      @dr.la-tarricanty6537 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Erasmus high school in bk. Doesn’t exist anymore.

    • @QUICKNESSN3
      @QUICKNESSN3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true. I always told my kids SCHOOL was our meet up spot. Everybody knew everybody's period/class. Lol.
      Man, those were the days..

  • @MsVinak
    @MsVinak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Special Ed's intellect and diction was and still is amazing...very smart.

    • @deidragreer4958
      @deidragreer4958 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup😊

    • @whayes8084
      @whayes8084 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      TroubleChizzy2010 I don’t have a year to read your comment

    • @jasoneverett
      @jasoneverett 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TroubleChizzy2010 Give me a break, this cat can't hold a candle to Rakim.

    • @slightrymes8364
      @slightrymes8364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jasoneverett he does have one of the most reused lines of all time, though.

    • @rathecreator4047
      @rathecreator4047 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TroubleChizzy2010 He wasn't underrated. Everybody f'd wit him. Facts that the guys hated on his looks but they fucked wit him hard. Remember the box... the channel u could order the videos..... they damn near played him all day. I got it made,Think About It,The Mission and I'm the magnificent....Remember?😍🤴✌

  • @butterybrittany
    @butterybrittany หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This director is amazing. Special Ed is amazing. Flow is amazing. Dope ass video that will last the test of time…

  • @johnrumancik538
    @johnrumancik538 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No rediculous jewelry, no flashy cars, no women with their asses hanging out,no cursing, this dude got it done with talent

  • @CulturedWhiteBoy
    @CulturedWhiteBoy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This should have 3 trillion views!

    • @evalsoftserver
      @evalsoftserver 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Special ED was Underated because he was One of the first NOT COMPLETELT "AFRICAN AMERICAN" Rapper

    • @CulturedWhiteBoy
      @CulturedWhiteBoy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The greatest era of rap.

  • @selfsufficient1876
    @selfsufficient1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    “I’m outspoken my language is broken into a slang but it’s just the dialect that I elect when I hang “ 🔥 🔥

  • @melaniismail
    @melaniismail หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shared this with a young cat today and his eyes got big like wow!!! I was like…I know… that’s what we said 30 years ago. Classics never get old!

  • @stacib1199
    @stacib1199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Life was GOOD back then. WE HAD it made.!!

  • @Reality_TV
    @Reality_TV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I can't believe how smooth rap used to be before the change! Love this!

    • @TheRoom2Breathe
      @TheRoom2Breathe ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's why ppl fell in ❤️ with hip hop... Then the music changed, sex, drugs & violence became glorified. That was the end of what hip hop was originally meant to be 😭. To teach to each is what rap intended but society wants to invade, so do not walk this path that they laid it's #SelfDestruction #BoogieDownProductions

    • @Militantreturns
      @Militantreturns ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its. Called have talent

  • @PowerfulLA
    @PowerfulLA 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So smooth ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ damn I want these days back!!!

  • @dans4786
    @dans4786 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Reppin my hometown of Bklyn. Born and raised in here 1981 a still here. A lot of this was shot in front of the public library at grand army plaza, in prospect park and in front of Tilden high school where some of my friends went in the mid-90s. What’s ill is that Jeru the damaja in Can’t Stop the Prophet talks about Mr Ignorance bein at the library “he’s at the big one on Grand Army Plaz.” If you didn’t come of age in the 80s and 90s you would have no idea that Brooklyn was the fu3kin global epicenter of this artform for decades. So much hip hop history here it’s undeniable. I remember going to album signings for basically any rapper who had a name at a record store called Beat Street on Fulton st a few blocks from my doorstep. I just biked past the portrait of Biggie on Fulton and S Portland street a few days ago and went into a fu3kin time warp in my brain. I feel mad old.

  • @rwarren4637
    @rwarren4637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    I'm talented. Yes I'm GIFTED. Never Boosted. Never Shoplifted. One of the MOST repeated bars in all Rap!✊🏿

    • @3eeyo439
      @3eeyo439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cap lmao

    • @brentjames2425
      @brentjames2425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sitting in the shade drinking lemonade played in the movie juice special Ed got paid

    • @MsCJones2011
      @MsCJones2011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've literally never heard anyone else say this line. What other rappers have said it?

    • @gdoubleg8312
      @gdoubleg8312 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like aligata souffle

    • @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395
      @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 ปีที่แล้ว

      In case y’all were lookin for song that mentions it
      Mastermind- Im talented yes I’m gifted

  • @anonymoususer2138
    @anonymoususer2138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    I was born in 2005 but I’m obsessed with the 80s and 90s. The movies and music is just iconic

    • @neesworld2350
      @neesworld2350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @OfficialDSGDolo
      @OfficialDSGDolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I Wuz Born In 2003 And I Agree

    • @4kktez252
      @4kktez252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same and i was born in 2008

    • @patricksteez5222
      @patricksteez5222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out leak bro’s water world

    • @MyUnoriginalUsername
      @MyUnoriginalUsername 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@4kktez252 You're the same age as the video game I discovered this song by, that's trippy.

  • @hermanshula9449
    @hermanshula9449 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My language is broken into a slang, but it's just the dialect that I select when I hang

  • @ivetterosario8285
    @ivetterosario8285 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Cool and down straightforward and ready something you don’t see a lot of. Almost forget the culture was all in if they loved you and believed in you‼️

  • @moeskeetz5473
    @moeskeetz5473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    My boy Ed smooth as hell walking around the junkyard rhyming 😂 man I miss these days!

  • @onslaughtretired6340
    @onslaughtretired6340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    shout out to all the MCs that did not have to cuss to prove their lyrical genius...

    • @jerleneh.
      @jerleneh. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @JEROMY PRUDEN my man... Now that's what's up!!

    • @wakim55
      @wakim55 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    • @brentjames6927
      @brentjames6927 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mic controller yes our communication

    • @shirleyharris2438
      @shirleyharris2438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Will Smith

    • @joehjackman
      @joehjackman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep you don't have to swear to make good hip hop music. That kid got it made ✌️