@@agfromdai.e3806 hitting someone is inexcusable except for self defence. And if a man is in a situation where he has to defend himself from his girl, that’s toxic and that relationship needs to be over and vice versa.
I rapped this song when I was 9. I ended up in a marriage with a guy who treated me like this. I thought back to this song & it gave me the inspiration to leave him
I love how Queen Latifah carried the whole song... Naughty by Nature were in the video as the guys who grabbed her as she walked by but they didn't rap or do the chorus and this was a good move in my view
@@ArmyWolves They her lil bros. Flavor Unit was not to play w out here in NJ. Treach even said Latifah was knocking dudes out over disrespect back then.
This song was popular when I was in the process of leaving an abusive marriage. I listened to it all the time. Looking back now, I realize how much it helped me get the strength and courage to leave before it was too late. Thanks Queen 💖
+Little Richard What I meant is that it's still relevant because we still live in a world with so much sexism and abuse, which this song is speaking out against. 20 years and not much has changed.
Listen to some underground stuff. Women are still representing. The masses just don't want to hear it. I can recommend @cinnamonbabemusic for one, and @delilahbonofficial. These are both rap/metal though. Sorry, metal is my fav🤘
I love when old school hip hop videos have little kids just running around playin in the hood smiling having fun. I miss those days man. Back in the DAY
these days the music videos got elders holding guns and and acting all aggressive ,,, these music videos got kids dying too mann :( but i guess the music videos w the kids doing that stuff is a true representation of whats happening today , ion know
Queen Latifah, a living Hip Hop legend. I was 16 when this dropped; always loved this tune and a very positive message in Hip Hop. Latifah, YoYo and Lyte are untouchable.
Queen Latifah is an ultra-feminist man-hating Jesus-hating Republican conservative lesbian that is dissing the sh*t out of my Worship and Sex Virgin Mother Aaliyah Vandana (Same Aaliyah who made "Back and Forth" and "One In A Million") in the third verse of this song "U.N.I.T.Y." I am Aaliyah Vandana's AND Queen Latifah's ONLY child ever, Jah Jesus Christ Snoop Doggy Dogg Burning Marijuana Tree King Death Row Kambodia Lord Shiva. My name is Nishith Vijay. Thank you for reading/listening to my Supreme Stream of Infinite Rap Consciousness and Flow.
The rap and hip hop we hear now is a reflection of how fucking dumb the general public is. This rap had soul and a message as did most hip hop from this era... now rap promotes mindless consumerism and glorifies sociopathy. Humans are called sheep for a reason and black people have sold off such a powerful musical gift for pittance.
This lady was beyond her time she is still beautiful!! This song had a great message we need more songs like this in this era she always had on modest clothes and made hits!! She is a legend
Queen Latifah is an ultra-feminist man-hating Jesus-hating Goddess-hating Republican conservative lesbian that is dissing the sh*t out of my Worship and Sex Virgin Mother Aaliyah Vandana (Same Aaliyah who made "Back and Forth" and "One In A Million") in the third verse of this song "U.N.I.T.Y." I am Aaliyah Vandana's AND Queen Latifah's ONLY child ever (they are both my Virgin Mothers). I am Jah Jesus Christ Snoop Doggy Dogg Burning Marijuana Tree King Death Row Kambodia Lord Shiva. My name is Nishith Vijay. Thank you for reading/listening to my Supreme Stream of Infinite Rap Consciousness and Flow.
Yeah and not have the word “WOMAN” be replaced by a man with a D I C K claiming to be a woman. 🙄 Bump THAT. We need real woman, not that faux crap. Just saaaaaying.
This is just a masterpiece! I remember listening to this song on the school bus in 1994, but not really understanding the power of the lyrics. My mom was beaten by her first husband but when she went to the police station they told her to go home and wouldn't help her because it was the 1960's and she was married to the person who beat her. 😭😭😭
@co122189 i think Females and Men can all take notes from this. We all can change and become a unity brotha. These beautiful queens already know how to be queens. Some of our strong brothas know how to be kings already. Dont judge a book by its cover. 😊
Them saxes/horn sections in mid 90's hip/hop & RnB are EVERYTHING. TLC, Redman, Queen Latifah and so many more. Hammers down that east coast city vibe all too well.
YOU DESERVE IT QUEEN, Salt N Pepa, DJ Spin, Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, Eve and the rest of the female MC's out there!! YOU ALL DESERVE IT!! All hail the Queens! Real Hip-Hop for life!!
My dad instilled this song in me and my sisters he was so serious when this song came on because he always tells us that we were no bitches or hoes more like Queens so everytime I listen to this I think about my dad💖🌹👑😎
In the kitchen washing dishes and listening to Pete Rock and CL Smooth's T.R.O.Y. I needed to listen to more saxophones tonight. Six Mile and the Lodge (Detroit!!!)
Congrats to the legend like she deserve that lifetime achievement award like she did this for her dad and what she brings in music, movies and shows like she is the true icon in the generation in this world
Back in the day this was revolutionary. Women were ready for this shit to stop and then the pendulum swung back hard. It’s swinging back again though, and so we may see this come back.
Uplifted us white girls too, finally hearing a song on the radio calling out sexist BS. Solidarity with women worldwide, and AMEN! God bless the black women of America living and leading this fight!
She is the Queen for us white girls too. She is the voice of the dark feminine goddess. I love her and think her voice is the real black female voice and heroine. Her voice is melted caramel and chocolate, yum.
@@hunchog0d679 she is right. You are just too dumb to realize it. Black people are the original humans before any variations began and the black woman is the mother of all races and the progenitor of it all so it only makes sense that they are the apex. If you weren't dumb, simple logic would have told you that.
Heard this message as a 11 yr old when it was playing on MTV..the standard it gave me for how I should be treated as a woman in a relationship I think has made me have better relationships with men ..more than I think I would have had I not heard this song. I think I dodged a lot of unnecessary hardship and can stand up and know my worth when it really counts, and I’m really grateful for that. On top of that it’s a freaking badass song and video..the vibe is off the charts!!!
Damn.. this song still makes me feel like a strong black woman....too bad ima Rican dude. Ok no one is gonna see this comment but real talk for a second. In 1990 my mother died, I was just a small lad and to this day I don't know why but Ms Latifah came to my grandmother's home in irvington just outside Newark NJ to pay her respects. It was a small gesture that stuck with me. Taught me a few things that I carry today....so whenever I can do something small or seemingly insignificant for someone else...I take that opportunity....
@@harmonyquinn2557 Yeah that was the right thing to do is show respect. Other people showed respect as well. But with it being a star that probably caused them to appreciate it more. That's what im thinking
That means you have good taste in music. I was in fifth grade when this song was released as a single and in Fall 1993. Heard this song everywhere back then. Ah, good times.
" the real bad girls are the silent type, aint nun of this worth gettin ya face sliced,thats what happened to ya homegirl right?", she gotta wear that for life". damn queen snapped
I remember when I was young listening to this, I used to think she said "You ain't a bitch, you're a ho" and I was thinking to myself "How the hell in any way is being a ho any better than being a bitch?" Then I read the lyrics through the album cover to make sure I misheard and turns out she actually said "You're ain't a bitch OR a ho", which would make much more sense.
for any one who is or are in a verbal or Physical Abuse Relationship, Please Listen to the Message in this song, You will without a doubt gin You power and the respect back that you have within you, also You deserve a person that will truly love the beauty in Your heart!!!
@@somebodysomebody7067 As a medical doctor I can assure you that it does. The darker skin helps to hide the wrinkles and cracks the same way that a black shirt will help hide fat rolls.
*When we were kids "Our parents just* *don't understand this music"* *Now as parents "Kids just don't* *understand this music" ☺️* *If you're 25 and under listening to this I**salute you 🙌*
Cleo did her thing on this song. she crushed it. the queen is so beautiful. "i rolled this one good. hit this sht." ---latifah, if you d on't get that fake blunt out of here." ---Primm Hood Cinema review of "Set It Off."
This song will always hold relevancy, sadly. Just up late night listening to my old school and this song came on man...she will always be one of the greatest and the original Queen of rap 👑💜
You see? This is how true real rap is done. Preaching a story to the masses through quality wordplay and a catchy, funky beat. She's reciprocaitng a valid story with lessons that actually mean something! Personally, I wish I could hear more rap music like this.
people ain't the problem the industry is the problem. You can't buy what isn't produced labeled and sold. I mean you can now with some newer platforms but the stuff that gets big is only big because its what they Agreed to sell you. Its hard for stuff to go viral without Being bribed up at the radio stations. Nobody is looking through 10 million songs to find the real shit and if they are then someone is paying them. The music industry in the usa has always been a scam. It's why the majority of "artists" are young and attractive. Just look at Opera the best singers there are focused only on voice and not looks. I call everything that is listened to in the usa Sub-pop because it's either pop or a subdivision trying to be pop. Original Rap was about story telling to a beat. Its not all garbage like mumble rap and wannabe dealer/gangster rap of today
@co122189 lol damn man. Seems like an educated black woman broke your heart. Better keep messin with those dummies so you can have better control of your woman, as you should 😌😂
Man, she can rap way better than a lot of rappers today. Like WOW. Back when rappers actually "rhymed" words in lyrics like poetry. Love the jazz hip hop mix. 👏🙏
Lisa Vernert gotta choose em better. Hard working Married man over here with two beautiful daughters. Nothing I wouldnt do for them and most importantly show them what a man and father is supposed to be
Yeah Queen Latifah has NOT aged in looks,she still looks the same. Black DOES NOT crack. Even if and when it does,Black is BEAUTIFUL,therefore black women start like and like and LOVE yourself and yourselves. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. Please listen to part 13 1st of the movie Maafa21,and black women and girls STOP having ABORTIONS and STOP Interracial mixing and Marrying.
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The reason why she's wearing a key is because her brother died in a motorcycle accident. That's the same key he used. She still wears it to this day.
Never knew that!
+Annie Romero I never knew that! That's really awesome actually :)
+Annie Romero that is so sad but great that she remembers about him
+Annie Romero Her bro name was Lance. She knew him since they were kids.
Geron Jenkins normally you know your siblings since you were a kid.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what TRUE female empowerment looks like.
Yep, now you have to worry about being called a B from other women claiming it is a word of empowerment 🤦🏾♀️
@G. C. That's what I'm talking about. Much respect, sir.
Exactly.
Thank you!
Amen to that!
“A man don’t really love ya if he hits ya!” Straight truth✨✨✨
Depends most of the time that’s true
@@agfromdai.e3806 hitting someone is never ok unless it’s self defense
@@shira4441 this.
@@agfromdai.e3806 hitting someone is inexcusable except for self defence. And if a man is in a situation where he has to defend himself from his girl, that’s toxic and that relationship needs to be over and vice versa.
@@yellingateveryone2520 that’s exactly what he said most of the time I assume he was talking self defense
Whos here in 2024?❤
Cool name
@@Cheyanidexoxo thankyou
We in here
Me
Means Probs from Germany 😇🧚♀
Yaaaaaaaasss that "who you calling a btch" is a staple of my childhood
THIS is why the other rappers hated her. She was speaking truth.
@Vee Quilfe that was said so beautifully omg🙌🙌👏👏
@Vee Quilfe 👌😇👌
Vee Quilfe which Rapper hated the Queen
And did it with class
@Vee Quilfe I love this comment
I rapped this song when I was 9. I ended up in a marriage with a guy who treated me like this. I thought back to this song & it gave me the inspiration to leave him
Veronica H that’s powerful
Veronica H Good for you, thats the power of music
Nice✌
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I'll Always RESPECT 1 QUEEN
U.N.I.T.Y won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
Thankgod otherwise it would've been a huge waste for this `1993' gem
as it should
I love how Queen Latifah carried the whole song... Naughty by Nature were in the video as the guys who grabbed her as she walked by but they didn't rap or do the chorus and this was a good move in my view
@@ArmyWolves They her lil bros. Flavor Unit was not to play w out here in NJ. Treach even said Latifah was knocking dudes out over disrespect back then.
@@joshingram071 Thanx. Didnt know that.
Hip hop needs this energy back desperately 💯
Unity? It happened again but the target was a PDF File this time lol.
🎉Hallelujah!
For reals.
This song was popular when I was in the process of leaving an abusive marriage. I listened to it all the time. Looking back now, I realize how much it helped me get the strength and courage to leave before it was too late. Thanks Queen 💖
A NYC in a Brooklyn
A grab of a book ,s
A read , a better word
Same
❤❤❤
Thank GOD you made it baby 🙏🏾🙏🏾✨✨✨✨✨✨we love you 💕
@@nicolecurry3978 Thank you very much! 💕🙏🕊️
This song is over 20 years old and it's still relevant.
That's really sad
Cat DeLo Yeah
+MewWolf5 Which is a good thing
+Little Richard What I meant is that it's still relevant because we still live in a world with so much sexism and abuse, which this song is speaking out against. 20 years and not much has changed.
MewWolf5 Oh,I'm sorry lol I thought you were talking about it's lyrical authenticity.My bad,Wolf.
U.N.I.T.Y. - F.O.R.E.V.E.R.
The most beautiful intelligent BBW in the world! And grew up in my hood GO NEWARK
Especially in 2019
When she said, “You say I'm nothing without ya, but I'm nothing with ya.”
U have to know your worth.
💯
Realest line of this song 🔥🔥
👏👏👏👏
Hip Hop needs to bring back the jazzy saxophone
Do it, for real!
New York rap is heavily jazz influenced.
Leo Peña it's creepy but magical
Joey bringing back that shit
Like in the Living Single theme song! lol
One of the baddest female rappers ever. Intelligent, articulate. Love her message and flow.
Absolutely! She's a legend.✌🏾
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Straight facts!!!
@@nr30199 her bday was the 18th of March had to revisit this HAPPY BELATED BDAY 2021 QUEEEEEN
Tuh! They don’t call her QUEEN for nothing 💅🏽
Hi there Chanty
How you doing today?
Erik Barcenas lmao she didn’t even answer u
Erik Barcenas wtf
Latifah is definitely the Queen of Hip Hop
Man, just listen to the lyrics. Then listen to modern female rappers and their lyrics.
Listen to some underground stuff. Women are still representing. The masses just don't want to hear it. I can recommend @cinnamonbabemusic for one, and @delilahbonofficial. These are both rap/metal though. Sorry, metal is my fav🤘
The lyrics to this are crazy real
I love when old school hip hop videos have little kids just running around playin in the hood smiling having fun. I miss those days man. Back in the DAY
Yup every kid plays fortnite now
I know my brotha, I miss dem videos from dem days.
these days the music videos got elders holding guns and and acting all aggressive ,,, these music videos got kids dying too mann :( but i guess the music videos w the kids doing that stuff is a true representation of whats happening today , ion know
Geron I miss those youthful days
Geron Fletcher that’s all us yougins use to do was play outside no videos games just fresh air and back yards
why do songs that shame women have more views than this video? smh. love this song
Ikr it's sickening
+Verbal Kint sex sold, while the truth is never told......
TOJ72 preach
+daisy word! some people rather see women only as sex objects versus strong and intelligent
Right! We need more songs like this bc we're worth a lot.
this woman never ages still looks like this
black don't crack :)
+peterpanfan010 you never lied!!
+Stef C
True true
Balck don't crack. Her skin and hair has always been flawless.
+Sarah Smile Black
Queen has always been way ahead of her time. This song is legendary and will never go out
That saxophone gives me chills
Classic.
#Childhood U.N.I.T.Y
You aint lyin
So early 90's New York, love it.
💯
I remember How ignorant parents were back then . Saying how hip-hop was negative ..Most of the music in the early 90's was pro-black and positive!
Stop it. NWA, Too Live Crew, Tupac, Biggie, ect were all def deginerate rappers.
@@ladyruler9585 i said most! if your looking for an argument goto court...
hahahahaha lmao! that was some 90's street talk..i'm just playing bro! but u right!
@@ladyruler9585 no if actually heard they music and knew what they stand for you would know they was uplifting.
@@ladyruler9585 NWA ? U sure ?🥴
U.N.I.T.Y, still listening in 2020.
When Hip Hop had a positive message.
Still does...just wont find much of it outside of the Underground. Check out Substantial and Oddisee, they're amazing :)
Yesss!!
Lenny Gil she needs to rerelease this now
@@moniquecoker6481 true ahahaahha
Let's fight this Corona together Gil
Queen Latifah, a living Hip Hop legend. I was 16 when this dropped; always loved this tune and a very positive message in Hip Hop. Latifah, YoYo and Lyte are untouchable.
Don't forget Salt N Pepa!
true 😇🧚♀
TLC too Foo lol
Queen Latifah is an ultra-feminist man-hating Jesus-hating Republican conservative lesbian that is dissing the sh*t out of my Worship and Sex Virgin Mother Aaliyah Vandana (Same Aaliyah who made "Back and Forth" and "One In A Million") in the third verse of this song "U.N.I.T.Y." I am Aaliyah Vandana's AND Queen Latifah's ONLY child ever, Jah Jesus Christ Snoop Doggy Dogg Burning Marijuana Tree King Death Row Kambodia Lord Shiva. My name is Nishith Vijay. Thank you for reading/listening to my Supreme Stream of Infinite Rap Consciousness and Flow.
@@BWeezy-sw1wy Word life! Salt n' Pepa, Spinderella and TLC get all the props
Guarantee a lot of people gonna be coming here after the VMA's tonight lol
THIS was when rap was fun, man
I LOST it when the queen rolled up on the bike. I literally screamed out WHO YOU CALLIN A BITCH!?!?? made my night!!!
the golden age of rap ans hip hop
@King Similien I'm yet to see people checking this video out after the VMA them new generation dont understand if it aint mumble rap
Rap is still fun, it's just ....................watered down.
The rap and hip hop we hear now is a reflection of how fucking dumb the general public is.
This rap had soul and a message as did most hip hop from this era... now rap promotes mindless consumerism and glorifies sociopathy.
Humans are called sheep for a reason and black people have sold off such a powerful musical gift for pittance.
Queen Latifah and Left-Eye rapped about real shit and empowerment and independence along with self respect. They were so underrated
+Andres De La O I always felt Queen Latifah got her respect, but Left Eye was underrated as a rapper, particularly by her TLC group mates.
Yeah they did love them
Andres De La O nah queen was and still is respected left eye didn't get her full potential because of her untimely passing
Queen Latifah a real M.C.
## NEVER WALKED IN ( OUR) SHOES❤
Queen Latifah never ages! She's as flawless today as she was 25 years ago! Please bring back real female artists like this! She earned that title!
black don't crack 💯
Viking Conqueror I never laughed so hard 😂
Viking Conqueror Your girl disagrees..
Ascending Stargazer You ever heard of Noname? Thank me later.
Ascending Stargazer 25 years ago she was a teenager...
This lady was beyond her time she is still beautiful!! This song had a great message we need more songs like this in this era she always had on modest clothes and made hits!! She is a legend
She lived up to the name “queen.” You have to self proclaim and live up to it. A living legend.
Well said👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Classic
So True. A true queen and role model. LL QL
I live in Belize and every dang day it's street harassment. The Queen gives me life.
💯💯❣️ @martinmbugua6649
The key in the beginning belonged to her brother that died in a motorcycle crash in 1992.
Cherish G I knew it thanks.
Didn't know that, cool thanx
Cherish G yup
Quin latifan
Cherish G damn you just stole that other guy's likes and comment. Shame on you.
30 years later this song STILL SPEAKS VOLUMES
Thank you Queen Latifah
VOLUUUUMS!
Queen Latifah is an ultra-feminist man-hating Jesus-hating Goddess-hating Republican conservative lesbian that is dissing the sh*t out of my Worship and Sex Virgin Mother Aaliyah Vandana (Same Aaliyah who made "Back and Forth" and "One In A Million") in the third verse of this song "U.N.I.T.Y." I am Aaliyah Vandana's AND Queen Latifah's ONLY child ever (they are both my Virgin Mothers). I am Jah Jesus Christ Snoop Doggy Dogg Burning Marijuana Tree King Death Row Kambodia Lord Shiva. My name is Nishith Vijay. Thank you for reading/listening to my Supreme Stream of Infinite Rap Consciousness and Flow.
im just now finding this song! Im glad I found it!
2024 needs more women like this in mainstream media ❤
We're trying, and we need to be supported and not cut down in the process!
Yeah and not have the word “WOMAN” be replaced by a man with a D I C K claiming to be a woman. 🙄
Bump THAT. We need real woman, not that faux crap. Just saaaaaying.
Queen Latifah was a feminist before it was cool
Ricky Smith It's always cool, don't listen to them haters. :)
Ricky Smith Pretty sure Emmeline Pankhurst did it before it was cool
Yes she was
Oli Colletti LOLLLLLL
I didn't know it was cool.
Twenty eight years later, and her lyrics still speak truth.
Ain't that the truth!
Hello. Carla
Oh shit, that means she blessed me with this and Just Another Day. ✨1993✨
More now than ever
@@lucasmccauley782 hello Lucas 😏
RIP RITA OWENS, beloved mother of Queen Latifah 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
R.I.P
R.I.P
The horns at the beginning was genius, this song takes me right back to the 90's. 🥺
I love this song so much. She told EVERYONE over 20 years ago to respect yourselves. Latifah is my queen.
Bill Garcia this song is about men needing to respect women tho
@@dubsideproductions2859 yes and that women should respect themselves enough to stand up for themselves too and not let dirt bags walk all over 'em
U N I T Y got let them go.Not Bitch or Hoe😂😂😢😢😅😊😊
Queen Latifah is way better than these new girls calling themselves queens . She's the original. I love you QUEEN LATIFAH!
Facts her and MC Lyte was Diamonds on the mic sad Queen don't have I am hip hop award.
Monica Hicks One of my top 5.. Respect
Tasha is korean fenale rapper Latifa reminds me music of her
A pioneer
You got that right.
This song to me is an anthem! Its an anthem to all little girls: DONT LET NO MAN PUT HIS HANDS ON YOU!!!
And women don't put your hands on a man either. Go both ways...
Or diminish you in any way...
That goes for anyone at any time!
Ladies if a fella mess with y’all just Crush his balls LOL
Absolutely. Well Said.
PERIODT
Who's with me jamming unity in 2023
Queen Latifah. ❤❤❤
I’m sorry…It’s Jan 8,2024 🕺 🙌🏽 Big Jersey
Me!!!!
Sholl not me
2024 🎉❤
2024. Here to support sisters and cleanse from Pound Town.
The real queen
Dev Duncan she’s good but lauryn hill is the real queen of rap sorry
Exactly.
GTA god TV nah fam Ms. Hill aint the queen on rap😂
@@itzkgt2919 what? Lauren hill can't touch Latifah or MC Lyte or Even Roxanne so stop it with that nonsense.
rap diva
That Saxophone is crazy!!!
A calling to listen
Loving that part
I’ve always loved the sound of a saxophone 🎷
90s use to have that vibe in their music
Indeed. Your profile pic is dope by the way.✌🏾
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This is just a masterpiece! I remember listening to this song on the school bus in 1994, but not really understanding the power of the lyrics. My mom was beaten by her first husband but when she went to the police station they told her to go home and wouldn't help her because it was the 1960's and she was married to the person who beat her. 😭😭😭
Sad 😔
When is she gonna get a soul train award....she hasn't been properly recognized
Bella Cole who could dislike.....
The saxophone is EVERYTHING 👏🏽🎷
Fr
YEAH HE IS
OMG yessssssssss!!!!!
it's hard
One of the reasons I love the song
Every time I see Queen Latifah I see a beautiful strong black women 😍😍
Leatitia_ Mairsxox yo she’s always been real & down for the real
She’s talented, eclectic and HOT! 🔥 😍
I think the same too girl.
@co122189 i think Females and Men can all take notes from this. We all can change and become a unity brotha. These beautiful queens already know how to be queens. Some of our strong brothas know how to be kings already. Dont judge a book by its cover. 😊
💕yes
If only we took songs like these seriously 😔 this what we need
Them saxes/horn sections in mid 90's hip/hop & RnB are EVERYTHING. TLC, Redman, Queen Latifah and so many more. Hammers down that east coast city vibe all too well.
Yes . Yes. And more Yes. You get it. Bless up
Yessss! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽🙌🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽♥️
The Crusaders - A Message From The Inner City
Yes, sir. Preach it. I see you peeped that, too.
@@JoseDavidAcevedoMontalvo thank you for sharing this
This hits just as hard in 2022, than it did in 1994.
🙌🙌
This hit came out in 1993
@@williamwoodruff367 When lyricists were talking about something,
@@williamwoodruff367I wish someone contacted her so we could get a part 2 for the 30th anniversary.
You mean 2023
My mother named me after this song 💞💞
Dope
Awww that is cute
Awesome :3333
And is your surname ''Ruffneck'' as well?
beautiful name❤
Who listening in June 2024?
July 9th 2024 11:34pm
I am here .
YOU DESERVE IT QUEEN, Salt N Pepa, DJ Spin, Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, Eve and the rest of the female MC's out there!! YOU ALL DESERVE IT!! All hail the Queens! Real Hip-Hop for life!!
yesssssss it was fire
like u coment
I agree 100%.
a real queen dosnt sell out to other people's culture.
+BeingHonest PREACH
My dad instilled this song in me and my sisters he was so serious when this song came on because he always tells us that we were no bitches or hoes more like Queens so everytime I listen to this I think about my dad💖🌹👑😎
Fantastic dad
He raised you right
good dad.
What an amazing father👏👏
I have daughters and that inspires me
Misogyny, Domestic Violence & Female Gangsters- this song has it all, including a Powerful message.👌🏾
Yes it does!!! Amazing song👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
2024 whose here?
Unity🎉
🙋🏻♀️
In the kitchen washing dishes and listening to Pete Rock and CL Smooth's T.R.O.Y. I needed to listen to more saxophones tonight. Six Mile and the Lodge (Detroit!!!)
Me dammit 💪🏾💯 powerful.
I remember when this dropped 👍
classic hip hop at its finest
Literally a mother of black feminism. You are amazing, Queen Latifah!
Too bad black feminism mixed in with white feminism in a horrible way
*A mother of black U.N.IT.Y
Yeah, even treating her as a mother too.
Feminism is a negative. It's all about hating men. She's not a happy woman. She never has been.
Congrats to the legend like she deserve that lifetime achievement award like she did this for her dad and what she brings in music, movies and shows like she is the true icon in the generation in this world
UNITYYY
Yes classy,elegance, intellectual so on!!
The so-called female rappers today are a disgrace when you compare them to true talent like this. Sad to see female hip hop devolve like that.
True
Check out Rapsody and Saba the Godis. They are both amazing! Young, contemporary female rappers with empowering messages and skillful lyricism.
Yep
Exactly.
You can't appreciate these old school records until you're up in age and have truly lived.
Yess
Not true...this is a classic and the message is timeless
Good ol days
Nah man I can appreciate this
Back in the day this was revolutionary. Women were ready for this shit to stop and then the pendulum swung back hard. It’s swinging back again though, and so we may see this come back.
Her songs uplifted so many of us black girls in the 90s. God bless the black people of America!!!
FACTS!!!!!!!
Uplifted us white girls too, finally hearing a song on the radio calling out sexist BS. Solidarity with women worldwide, and AMEN! God bless the black women of America living and leading this fight!
@@clairefitzgerald7097 hell yes!
She is the Queen for us white girls too. She is the voice of the dark feminine goddess. I love her and think her voice is the real black female voice and heroine. Her voice is melted caramel and chocolate, yum.
Hello sis! I'm am a product of the 90's and I have a whole entire different self-esteem than this crap I see now.
Golden years of HIP HOP.
And this saxophone :)
Love it.
***** Me too :) I play this song EVERYDAY
This and Ladies First, still two of my fave songs in 2024.
Still a classic. Still an anthem for women who take no shit in 2018.
Hello. Lisa
2018 who's bumping this?
Yaas
bumping it right now!!! like fine wine, just gets better with time
snoopeboi now this is rap
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE N 4EVA
snoopeboi I am ✌
im black and jamaican, this gives me a sense of pride and i love it
Don't worry..Be Happy
Pride 😤 🌈 🏳️🌈 😤 I'VE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF THIS GAY PRIDE 🏳️🌈 🌈 😠
Black and Jamaican are the same thing 🤨. You're a descentant of Africa 🤦
So u never had pride before??? You african in everyones eyes!
@@jermainelatimer804 he an island boy! They dumb & confused...lol
That saxophone go crazy!!!
As a young black female adolescent this gave me encouraged me to stand up for myself
I salute u
PERIOD black women own this world
@@isthebusrunning6623 u wish
wish you hapiness and more encouregmend in your lifee:)
@@hunchog0d679 she is right. You are just too dumb to realize it. Black people are the original humans before any variations began and the black woman is the mother of all races and the progenitor of it all so it only makes sense that they are the apex. If you weren't dumb, simple logic would have told you that.
Incredibly important rap song for our sisters
MF Jimm you're correct
MF Jimm why?
Melanin Blessed why?
MF Jimm incredibly important for our brothers too
Heard this message as a 11 yr old when it was playing on MTV..the standard it gave me for how I should be treated as a woman in a relationship I think has made me have better relationships with men ..more than I think I would have had I not heard this song. I think I dodged a lot of unnecessary hardship and can stand up and know my worth when it really counts, and I’m really grateful for that. On top of that it’s a freaking badass song and video..the vibe is off the charts!!!
Damn.. this song still makes me feel like a strong black woman....too bad ima Rican dude. Ok no one is gonna see this comment but real talk for a second. In 1990 my mother died, I was just a small lad and to this day I don't know why but Ms Latifah came to my grandmother's home in irvington just outside Newark NJ to pay her respects. It was a small gesture that stuck with me. Taught me a few things that I carry today....so whenever I can do something small or seemingly insignificant for someone else...I take that opportunity....
💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯
Whaaaat? You don’t know why she showed her respect? Did other people do that with your grandmother?
@@harmonyquinn2557 Yeah that was the right thing to do is show respect. Other people showed respect as well. But with it being a star that probably caused them to appreciate it more. That's what im thinking
wooooowwww....that says something to me
I love you and thank you so much for sharing your story. #itmatterstome
The original Queen of Hip hop.
🔥🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾
Before the industry tied to push thots and strippers, the music today is programming and poisoning the youth today
And Mc Lyte......😒
@@supthanks2600 definitely!
@@1NV4S10N m est
I was OBSESSED with this song when it came out. I mean obsessed…I can’t believe it’s been this long wow still a bomb song all these years later unity
That means you have good taste in music. I was in fifth grade when this song was released as a single and in Fall 1993. Heard this song everywhere back then. Ah, good times.
" the real bad girls are the silent type, aint nun of this worth gettin ya face sliced,thats what happened to ya homegirl right?", she gotta wear that for life". damn queen snapped
Yes we are !
Daniela Aguirre my fav line !🙌
I remember when I was young listening to this, I used to think she said "You ain't a bitch, you're a ho" and I was thinking to myself "How the hell in any way is being a ho any better than being a bitch?" Then I read the lyrics through the album cover to make sure I misheard and turns out she actually said "You're ain't a bitch OR a ho", which would make much more sense.
I thought the same thing.
muvdafukupouttahere omg same
muvdafukupouttahere You ain't never lie!😂😂😂😂😂
same omg
Who still jamming this in 2019😎
Me
Alll Day
Not enough people
Why? Because it's U N I .....
Meeee!! Much love from Greece!!
Who here in 2024 🤨🤨🤨
Yurrr😂
HERRREEE
I am here .
I am here .
Me
for any one who is or are in a verbal or Physical Abuse Relationship, Please Listen to the Message in this song, You will without a doubt gin You power and the respect back that you have within you, also You deserve a person that will truly love the beauty in Your heart!!!
Queen latifah still looks the same. She ain't aged.
Black def don't crack
@@somebodysomebody7067 Every race cracks and ages, but the darker skin helps to hide the wrinkles. My source: I'm an MD.
@@tamilashultz9676 Um, nope. Blacks always look more youthful. My source: my 65 year old mother who looks 40.
@@tamilashultz9676 nah black don’t crack lol
@@somebodysomebody7067 As a medical doctor I can assure you that it does. The darker skin helps to hide the wrinkles and cracks the same way that a black shirt will help hide fat rolls.
*When we were kids "Our parents just* *don't understand this music"*
*Now as parents "Kids just don't* *understand this music" ☺️*
*If you're 25 and under listening to this I**salute you 🙌*
that's just how it goes
So true
14
Lol im 13.
Lol I’m 12
Cleo did her thing on this song. she crushed it. the queen is so beautiful. "i rolled this one good. hit this sht." ---latifah, if you d on't get that fake blunt out of here." ---Primm Hood Cinema review of "Set It Off."
This song will always hold relevancy, sadly. Just up late night listening to my old school and this song came on man...she will always be one of the greatest and the original Queen of rap 👑💜
sharai weston u got that right 👍🏽!
I’m 27 but I love classics like this. They actually bring tears to my eyes because hip hop is not what it’s suppose to be 😩
So true we can def brag about our generation having the best beats 🎧
no cap lol
I'm 24 and I love classics like this
Damn right
@@andreahoward5429 I hope 24 is still young
@@Daydreams-hu2fs 24 is super young. Think of age like this: I’ve only been in the world 24yrs 😩 that’s how I see it
U.N.I.T.Y in the midst of the protests
I was thinking that same sentiment .
YES!! 🙏
Indeed✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Lmaoo i was thinking the same thing someone needs to bump dis
I needed to hear this song today. It keeps me going at time like this.
Queen Lattiafh needs to write a childrens book ,!
You see? This is how true real rap is done. Preaching a story to the masses through quality wordplay and a catchy, funky beat. She's reciprocaitng a valid story with lessons that actually mean something! Personally, I wish I could hear more rap music like this.
You are the problem can you tell me the only female rapper with a no one solo single? You don't spend money your opinion is invalid.
@@bigballfiend4 chillll bruh omg. it’s never that deep…😭✋
@@yemixakin😂
people ain't the problem the industry is the problem. You can't buy what isn't produced labeled and sold. I mean you can now with some newer platforms but the stuff that gets big is only big because its what they Agreed to sell you. Its hard for stuff to go viral without Being bribed up at the radio stations. Nobody is looking through 10 million songs to find the real shit and if they are then someone is paying them. The music industry in the usa has always been a scam. It's why the majority of "artists" are young and attractive. Just look at Opera the best singers there are focused only on voice and not looks. I call everything that is listened to in the usa Sub-pop because it's either pop or a subdivision trying to be pop. Original Rap was about story telling to a beat. Its not all garbage like mumble rap and wannabe dealer/gangster rap of today
exactly telling tales from the hood ...where hip hop originated
I miss this typa hip hop...i miss female emcees like Queen latifah
Lorraine G Fraser listen to Rapsody. She’s dope and she just dropped an album today with a queen latifah feature!
MC's
Absolutely Timeless...they dont make 'em like that anymore 🙅
I’d rather my daughter listen to the Queen than Cardi and Nicki
No one cares
kalz periot
Queen Lil Kim is better than latifah
Facto
Nicki had this kind of music
I punched him dead in his eye. LOL
That’s Vin Rock from Naughty by Nature- he is on the video with Queen latifah
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@co122189 lol damn man. Seems like an educated black woman broke your heart. Better keep messin with those dummies so you can have better control of your woman, as you should 😌😂
No you didn't
Who listining to this during quarintine 2020?
Me
June 2020
Me
December 2020! 👍
me dec 2020
this slaps
2024' banging this track, Still Hott ❤
Man, she can rap way better than a lot of rappers today. Like WOW. Back when rappers actually "rhymed" words in lyrics like poetry. Love the jazz hip hop mix. 👏🙏
The jazz hip-hop mix is called Conscious rap. If you like this then you will like De la soul, A tribe called quest
You know you can uplift someone without bringing down someone else and queen latifah herself wouldn’t like this comment if she saw it💯just saying🤷🏽♀️
@@miller6333 what are you talked about. Is your comment towards me? What did I say?
Back when black women demanded respect.
It’s all a matter of taste, some care less about actual content and more about the vibe
I never noticed how much this sounds like a female version of a Tupac song. I mean she literally flows and hits every issue just like Pac would
PAC GOT IT FROM HER.
wasn't he from the East Coast
@@TheJayboogie67 nothing wrong with that queen latifah is real as they come
@@TheJayboogie67 Facts ❤️
@@Th3Fab3 west coast
You kids take notice...Queen Latifah is no one to play with!
thats my sis alright
I'm ashamed I didn't know Queen Latifah was a rapper. Why was I robbed of this joy sooner.
Oh yes, spend some time with her. 💯
Are you white? Most white people was not into rap music till the 2000s
@@jv5653 If the majority of people in America are white, who do you think is the main audience of rap music?
I had no idea either. I knew her as an actress and then discovered she was a rapper too. Hail to the Queen ❤
Women of all races and and nationalities, PAY attention!
Men, suck ..most are down low now a days ..any man, that threatens or touches us, is a bitch
Lisa Vernert damn love...u don't need to put one group down to uplift another...u being just as destruCtive as the group you hate
Lisa Vernert gotta choose em better. Hard working Married man over here with two beautiful daughters. Nothing I wouldnt do for them and most importantly show them what a man and father is supposed to be
debra corrica BLACK WOMEN PAY ATTENTION
Thank you very much
we need more women like this in our society
we do, but we're still called bitch, slut and hoe.
+Velvet Velours not true
right on that one
so true
brian clough True
I swear, she has not aged!! Still looks the same....
Yeah Queen Latifah has NOT aged in looks,she still looks the same. Black DOES NOT crack. Even if and when it does,Black is BEAUTIFUL,therefore black women start like and like and LOVE yourself and yourselves. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. Please listen to part 13 1st of the movie Maafa21,and black women and girls STOP having ABORTIONS and STOP Interracial mixing and Marrying.
Respect from France