Most rappers then. Fat boys were like 16. Biggie was like 16 when he was dropping much of his material. Michael Jackson was a kid in the Jackson 5. Kids 15 had minds of 30 year old. You could get married with your parents consent. All 80s and 90s rappers were far advance mentally
True. But on a side note: I been saying the same thing about Kane....he had to of recorded Ain't No Half Steppin in his late teens...and that song still goes hard from the time it came out, til this very day. Kane sounded like a seasoned, full grown emcee....when in reality, he was young and had just pretty much just came out at that time.
I'm from the Bronx...but The Bush is my joint!!! Also, Youngest In Charge set off a lot of trends in Hip Hop. He had a Regge joint, a Country (Hoe Down) joint, a Club Joint and more. NO ONE was doing that before Special Ed. Underrated these days, CLASSIC album.
Thank you Ed for taking time to give Howie Tee his props. I really don’t understand why he’s not talked about in hip hop conversations all the time. He is the Boom Bap God!
Special Ed was my favorite rapper at the time 89'-90.' Dude was coming out with hit after hit and then turned it up on the second album 'Legal!' That 'I'm The Magnificent' video remix is still one of my favorite songs in all of music.
If you was around when he was out you couldn't deny that he was one of if not the dopest young solo artist on the scene. No crew for real just himself and he represented the culture to the fullest at that time
On the song "I got it made", it was the drums that were set-apart and different from any other rap song at the time, and it was this that made that song phenomenal. Of course it was Ed's lyrics too of course just as an FYI LOL 😊.
My pops showed me Special Ed when I was really young. This is a one of a kind guest for Vlad. Potato Alligator Soufflé! I’m young, but my tongue speaks maturity! The lines go on and on!
Fun Fact: Erasmus Hall produced a lot of celebrities in the industry, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Moe from the Three Stooges and even Shaggy amongst a few others.
Me and my friend Renee got into an argument at Disney in 2002, and Special Ed intervened with some positive energy and we ended up laughing when it was all said and done. RIP to my beautiful friend LaTausha Renee. ❤️
I'm a foundational Black American and alot of the Mcs and DJs from the birth of Hip Hop and during the Golden Era were of the Caribbean desent like Dougie Fresh ,PHIFE Dogv from Tribe Called Quest and Chubb Rock just to name a few. Notorious BIG was of the Jamaican decent as well . But most of the major players were African Americans but Latinos and people of the Caribbean desent did play a part in this Culture which was a Black American culture .
@@clouds5927I know that beloved just like the Great Jamaican Marcus Garvey fought for the right for Black Americans. But Hip Hop was crafted by mostly foundational Black Americans and that's facts. But salute to all cultures that played a part in this culture I grew up loving called Hip Hop.
That is the BEST attitude to have as an artist.... You've GOT to IMPRESS YOURSELF FIRST... if you can do that, then it should impress others...............
The original "I'm the magnificent" is my favorite song of all time. It was the soundtrack of my life. I had it airbrushed on my shirt. It became my life. I had to be the best at everything I did. I had a dance routine to it where I would do a bunch of moves forward, cut up the reverse part to make it longer, and then hit all the same moves in reverse like a tape being rewound. It was perfect. After that people always announced me as "The Magnificent". That became my moniker. Today it's my gym moniker.
First dude to break up the bar into different sets of ryhmes. If not the first then definitely the first master. Then Biggie took the format and ran with it. Ed exhausted that pattern of rhyming. Master. Big up and Bless up me general.
Yo.. I got it MADE!! at 15 yrs old WITH BARS!! Leggo!! 🔥💯💯💯 Now... Let's get to the RUN & a "promo tour" around the NE/SE... with "I Got it Made!!" in '88 😱 One of the BIGGEST's take from this segment.. "buying songs vs/ Ownership" 😈 Cassidy would be PROUD of the "figurative language" spoken!! 😂
He wasn't lyin about Erasmus.... We used to joke about Holy Cross's cemetery being across the street on Church and Flatbush being there so they wouldn't have to go too far to bury anyone at EHS...
Profile Records was started in the year 1981 with 24,000 dollars, Profile Records signed Run DMC for 5,000 dollars, Special Ed probably could have started his own record label before he signed with them in 1988.
@Eazlow44- The original as well as the music composition on the chorus(that dope guitar melody) is sampled from the intro of the reggae classic "Shanty Town" by Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff!! Just a FYI
People don't understand, Ice Cube had already kicked down doors at the same time Special Ed was out here moving around doing what he's talking about in this interview and never collaborated.
Growing up in Brooklyn myself, about his age, "I Got It Made" got him over, but none of his work really crossed over. He was big in NYC around 1990, but that seems to be about it. He was a big name, locally, and you'd see him on Video Musicbox. He had his 15 minutes.
Ed's word play wasn't on Daily and Really, it was ("me" and "really"). That's where the Rhyme connected. At least from my perspective and how I heard it. Peace to Special Ed. Big up Brooklyn 💪🏽
Special Ed I brought his album with that great single I Got It Made” he was smooth and nice The Hip-Hop version of Al B. Sure he was cool in the movie Juice with 2Pac
Hol'up, didn't Def Jam sign LL when he was a teenager???? I make fresh rhymes daily You burn me Really? Think, just blink and I've made a million rhymes Just imagine if you blinked a million times -Special Ed
...I'm outspoken My language is broken into a slang But it's just a dialect that i select when i hang... BARS coming from a YOUNGSTER. This current generation is 🗑🙄
Specifical Ed had bars. Real hip hop...i played his cd over and over back in day...golden era
@@miahsaint-georges Cassette & vinyl? pfff I still got my copies on a 2” reel-to-reel & metal phonograph plate
Hell yeah this guy is a real Hip Hop Legend
I played his tape and watched him on Yo MTV Raps and on BET
Facts
Bravo 👏👏👏👏
I can't imagine having created something at 15 that full grown adults been bumping for decades.
Truly a testament to Ed's talent.
Most rappers then. Fat boys were like 16. Biggie was like 16 when he was dropping much of his material.
Michael Jackson was a kid in the Jackson 5.
Kids 15 had minds of 30 year old.
You could get married with your parents consent.
All 80s and 90s rappers were far advance mentally
He was the first soilder boy 😂
I can’t imagine being a teenager and being allowed to drive a hovercraft for a music video that tons of people see
@@NobodyImportant-ef3debiggie was a grown man when he became known to the world
True.
But on a side note:
I been saying the same thing about Kane....he had to of recorded Ain't No Half Steppin in his late teens...and that song still goes hard from the time it came out, til this very day. Kane sounded like a seasoned, full grown emcee....when in reality, he was young and had just pretty much just came out at that time.
I'm from the Bronx...but The Bush is my joint!!! Also, Youngest In Charge set off a lot of trends in Hip Hop. He had a Regge joint, a Country (Hoe Down) joint, a Club Joint and more. NO ONE was doing that before Special Ed. Underrated these days, CLASSIC album.
I Got it Made is an all time great rap song. Ed took it to another level stylistically and lyrically at that time 1989. It was huge
It’s what I call a perfect song like Nas it ain’t hard to tell 💯
I got made was baddest song ever
Thank you Ed for taking time to give Howie Tee his props. I really don’t understand why he’s not talked about in hip hop conversations all the time. He is the Boom Bap God!
Special Ed was my favorite rapper at the time 89'-90.' Dude was coming out with hit after hit and then turned it up on the second album 'Legal!' That 'I'm The Magnificent' video remix is still one of my favorite songs in all of music.
I hope Vlad asks him how it felt to drive a hovercraft in the “Think About It Video” 😂
@@joojoobaw You know.
Crooklyn soundtrack too❗
If you was around when he was out you couldn't deny that he was one of if not the dopest young solo artist on the scene. No crew for real just himself and he represented the culture to the fullest at that time
Special Ed is a legend
You never thought about his age
When you heard his songs...
Hip hop LEGEND
On the song "I got it made", it was the drums that were set-apart and different from any other rap song at the time, and it was this that made that song phenomenal.
Of course it was Ed's lyrics too of course just as an FYI LOL 😊.
My pops showed me Special Ed when I was really young. This is a one of a kind guest for Vlad.
Potato Alligator Soufflé!
I’m young, but my tongue speaks maturity!
The lines go on and on!
Fun Fact: Erasmus Hall produced a lot of celebrities in the industry, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Moe from the Three Stooges and even Shaggy amongst a few others.
This kind of business savy at 15 is craaazzyy!
Mission was my favorite. "I got fed up, I fought him Flatbush style" E.19th Stand up!
How does he look so young? The Mission was my jam when I was 12 years old.
When my hair got bushy I got me a fade and when the dishes got dirty I got cascade 🔥
Special ED was one of the pioneers of bragging about cars and jewellery. I love it.
Facts. east flatbush in the house
The original 'I'm the Magnificent' was my favourite joint. That beat was crazy, yo.
Although I Got It Made is his classic hit.. I always loved Taxin’! That’s his greatest sleeper hit! 💯✌🏽
Me and my friend Renee got into an argument at Disney in 2002, and Special Ed intervened with some positive energy and we ended up laughing when it was all said and done. RIP to my beautiful friend LaTausha Renee. ❤️
Another rapper I didn't know had Jamaican roots. Wow!
A lot of them, Heavy D., Busta Rhymes, the list goes on and on
I'm a foundational Black American and alot of the Mcs and DJs from the birth of Hip Hop and during the Golden Era were of the Caribbean desent like Dougie Fresh ,PHIFE Dogv from Tribe Called Quest and Chubb Rock just to name a few. Notorious BIG was of the Jamaican decent as well . But most of the major players were African Americans but Latinos and people of the Caribbean desent did play a part in this Culture which was a Black American culture .
@wesleyrobinson4949 Also the descendents of the Caribbean people was prevalent in the Civil rights movement Malcolm X mom was from Grenada..
@@clouds5927I know that beloved just like the Great Jamaican Marcus Garvey fought for the right for Black Americans. But Hip Hop was crafted by mostly foundational Black Americans and that's facts. But salute to all cultures that played a part in this culture I grew up loving called Hip Hop.
Where you been?
Dude Vlad thanks for putting me on Special Ed, his Revelations Album has some hard ass songs and he can spit!
Vlad Smash These Interviews
I got made it was super dope from 18 year old rapper special Ed 👏👏👏💪💪💪💪
Special Ed gave me the LOVE for Hip hop. That song play and i have to recite the bars. Classic era mosdef golden era
My generation were real ones! And I didn't have to THINK ABOUT IT!! MY FAVORITE HIT! NUMERO UNO❤❤❤❤❤❤
You gotta give Vlad his props, he always pays homage to artists we grew up on and gets the details of the ins & outs of the architecture
14- 15...writing on that level us bananas!!..child Genius
Howie Tee was also The Real Roxanne's producer too.
I'm Taxin'
Using Ajax and waxing MC's...that shit still bump, Ed!! 💯💯
Yea I’m Taxin was my favorite song on the album joint still crank
Never understood why he was walking through a junk yard if he had it made. But that was my jam. I'm your idol the highest title
Ed and Ice Cube sound so similar when they speak. It would be kool to see them do an album or two
I think that’s a great idea
from richy rich to poe rich is crazy 😂😂
That is the BEST attitude to have as an artist.... You've GOT to IMPRESS YOURSELF FIRST... if you can do that, then it should impress others...............
Flowers for Special Ed man fuh real
The original "I'm the magnificent" is my favorite song of all time. It was the soundtrack of my life. I had it airbrushed on my shirt. It became my life. I had to be the best at everything I did. I had a dance routine to it where I would do a bunch of moves forward, cut up the reverse part to make it longer, and then hit all the same moves in reverse like a tape being rewound. It was perfect. After that people always announced me as "The Magnificent". That became my moniker. Today it's my gym moniker.
I grew up in da 90s were we called it C hall....Flatbush all day
Shout outs to E hall
Think About It, was a hard beat.
I crushed Special Ed back in that day 😂❤❤❤
He still looks good
Hitman Howie Tee was my neighbor. Ed chilled on my block too.
“So I shot em with the shotty then I jetted in the jet” 🔥My fave Ed bar.
Special Ed....I got it made and I'm the Magnificent!!!! SOLD OFF IN THE 80's
First dude to break up the bar into different sets of ryhmes. If not the first then definitely the first master. Then Biggie took the format and ran with it. Ed exhausted that pattern of rhyming. Master. Big up and Bless up me general.
I am the Magnificent remix is one of my all time favs. Still remember the video with Malcolm Jamal Warner
I went to E-Hall...he aint lying
great interview. i love the classic hip hop stuff.
Howie Tee and Chubb Rock!
Special Ed is a rap genius. He was wayyyyyy ahead of his time. CRAZY BARS!!!!!!!!!! LYRICS WAS LOADED LIKE A GUN
Man, this Ed interview is so good.
Yo.. I got it MADE!! at 15 yrs old WITH BARS!! Leggo!! 🔥💯💯💯
Now... Let's get to the RUN & a "promo tour" around the NE/SE... with "I Got it Made!!" in '88 😱
One of the BIGGEST's take from this segment.. "buying songs vs/ Ownership" 😈
Cassidy would be PROUD of the "figurative language" spoken!! 😂
His cadence 🫵👀
He wasn't lyin about Erasmus.... We used to joke about Holy Cross's cemetery being across the street on Church and Flatbush being there so they wouldn't have to go too far to bury anyone at EHS...
Profile Records was started in the year 1981 with 24,000 dollars, Profile Records signed Run DMC for 5,000 dollars, Special Ed probably could have started his own record label before he signed with them in 1988.
Loved his album
Think About it
Dope mc. Played his stuff in high school all day
Erasmus High...gladiator school...first highschool with metal detectors..
The first magnificent on the album is the shit I still listen to it today Ed come on bro the original is the best to me bro
@Eazlow44- The original as well as the music composition on the chorus(that dope guitar melody) is sampled from the intro of the reggae classic "Shanty Town" by Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff!! Just a FYI
Damn still crushing!! ❤
Me too
Def Jam would have bought those songs and next thing you now LL Cool J would have been singing "I Got It Made"... good thing Special Ed didn't buckle.
Shout out to Special Ed… however, I disagree with him regarding the original “I am the Magnificent”… the track was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Amazing clip❤❤
Salute
@djvlad get an interview going with Howie T.
Vlad needs to get a interview with Howie T . FrFr
Shout out to Special ED that I got it made music video was made in front of my house Tilden HS East Flatbush Brooklyn NY East 57th
Ayyy ¡Especial Ed el número uno!
I remember thinking he had one hand because it was hidden in his jacket sleeve on his album cover. 😂
Hey! I like the original version of I'm The Magnificent.
Special Ed did the I got it made sample of ripple better than kid n play 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The original I'm the Magnificent is my shit!
Howie T had some bangers back in them days. Add marley marl and larry smith (cold Krush ) super producers back then.
People don't understand, Ice Cube had already kicked down doors at the same time Special Ed was out here moving around doing what he's talking about in this interview and never collaborated.
Erasmus E HALL
RIGHT IN THE HOOD
NEXT TO DR JAYS
DR HAYS IS GONE NOW
SALUTE FROM BROOKLYN
❤❤
HAITI
THAT HOODIE TIGHT BY THE WAY
Alot famous people came outta that highschool not for nothing
Growing up in Brooklyn myself, about his age, "I Got It Made" got him over, but none of his work really crossed over. He was big in NYC around 1990, but that seems to be about it. He was a big name, locally, and you'd see him on Video Musicbox. He had his 15 minutes.
Ed's word play wasn't on Daily and Really, it was ("me" and "really"). That's where the Rhyme connected. At least from my perspective and how I heard it. Peace to Special Ed. Big up Brooklyn 💪🏽
Nah, daily and really both fall squarely on the 4.
@seanfrank32 Hey......Perspective 😁🤷🏽♂️. Most definitely, it's on the 4, as far as the rhyme goes.... I guess it all worked perfectly.
Special Ed I brought his album with that great single I Got It Made” he was smooth and nice The Hip-Hop version of Al B. Sure he was cool in the movie Juice with 2Pac
He was in there?
@@California-king Yes, A small appearance
Special Nipsey still got it made!
Nip?
One of the best spoken artists from start to the present! Big Up SP! p from that good Southeast DC😎👍🏽🦻🏽
He looks like every food he makes taste like Curry!!...The Pancakes he makes have a Curry flavor to it 🥞 😂.
I remember impeach the president. Why can't we find that song online today???🤔🤔🤔
7:12 Youngest In Charge. Now I get it.
OMG, he looks so different now.. i didnt recognize him at all
If you are from Brooklyn you know about e hall's reputation.
Brooklyn❤
Hol'up, didn't Def Jam sign LL when he was a teenager????
I make fresh rhymes daily
You burn me
Really?
Think, just blink and I've made a million rhymes
Just imagine if you blinked a million times -Special Ed
11:19 ..Vlad, actually the rhyme was “..you burn ME…REALLY?”
...I'm outspoken
My language is broken into a slang
But it's just a dialect that i select when i hang... BARS coming from a YOUNGSTER. This current generation is 🗑🙄
My goodness gracious, he's still handsome
The song is about living large but the video is filmed in the junkyard makes no sense 🤔
I wasnt feeling rhe album version of The Magnificent eother.
I STILL BUMP I GOT IT MADE.. COMPTON IN THE HOUSE
What happened to his DJ partner
Damn what happened to the pretty boy curls and slim skinny head? Bro I dnt wanna age 😞
It look like life been good to this niqqa he just looks different he don't look old though and special ed ain't no spring chicken.
He’s 50+. Looks healthy to me and the hair is still wavy.
Still got more than favio foreign. 😅that bum signed for 10k
Did Chubb Rock ghost write for him???🤔
Nah not at all. But they both were produced by Howie T so that’s their connection
@beepboopbop7028 chubb Rock did write for him ,his first album. Howie tee and chubb Rock are first cousins.
@@richardtate8 what does Chubb being Howies cousin have to do with Ed’s lyrics?Where did you get your info?
I hate neck beards.
How you like your men to look then?
The most important aspect of this video interview was how perfectly This Brother told his story..excellent work…Special Ed and DJVlad🫡