@@luv.shinigami8765 I feel old brother, my nephews play all this new so called “hip hop” and I walk around the house like “I can’t understand what the fuck they’re sayin!” 😂
Noname Nolast You're right on the nose with that! For example, the rap group Migos play themselves from the ways they act and other wack ass MCs like them. Most rappers today are exactly doing everything that Jeru was speaking about what former wack MCs did from the past. This track from the Damaja is still relevant.
This joint needs to be in heavy rotation in this day and age. The lyricism would be an example to take heed to for these lost sheep following Drake & Cardi B,etc.
I was 15 when this dropped and we used to rock this jam so early. When dudes played themselves we used to spit the hook of this track to them....with all that big willy talk ya playin yaself.... This whole album is fire chock full of knowledge. 5 stars. A hip hop classic.
The Damaja himself...this joint and his other hits "The prophet" and "Come Clean" were my joints back in the days, man I miss the golden era of hip hop, so much diversity in the game ! This brother was way ahead of his time with his messages. I would have loved to see him and Laruen Hill do a collaboration. L Bougie's joint "That Thing" and this joint were on the same frequency ! Damn I miss the 90's
Hip hop was our last attempt at social and financial freedom . How did we lose control of our own craft? This is a pure classic. The music and the video combined is genius, yet emcees like Jeru will not be given just due. We don't honor our artists when it's time and that has to change.
Oct 2024 here. Everything he said came to pass - "But now it's uzis, macs and g-packs of cracks / Everybody's psycho or some type of goodfellow" destroyed the music and generations for 28 years.
One of the greatest Hip Hop videos of all time.. nice little love letter to old school, golden era and new wave kung fu films..... shout out to Cathay Studios, The Shaw Brothers, Mona Fong, Bruce Li, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Celestial Pictures, Jack Long, The Yuen Clan, Leung Kar Yan, Gordon Liu, Lau Kar Leung, Chang Cheh, Golden Harvest, Yu Chenghui and all the other greats of martial arts cinema.. #Salute
Betta be prayin ya Self than playin yaself yo! Just jokin, go on playin, life's a play,a game...so playit loud yo...props 2 Jeru Salem! Let's play again pagan...
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"I never knew hustlers confessed in stereo." -Jeru sets fire to an entire subgenre of rap with one line.
Dude it’s n now he Ben calling out diddy for ever
See all these indictments to rappers for their lyrics
😊
Jeru was light years ahead! One of the most underrated MCs of all time
"Knowledge, wisdom and understanding brings long life and health, think anything else and ya playin' yaself"
true words
Big lyric⚡️
1 year ago.... playin ya self
L.L.L.K.W.U. 💥💯
word
He is so underrated. One of the best MC's of all time
True
Him Talib And Mos Def
i have listened to his whole discography he is a goat
@@rvpid6944can you please share which albums are worth listening to?
@@rvpid6944could you please recommend albums of his which are worth listening to?
You know a track is good when it’s message is TIMELESS
WORD
Facts.
Back when hip hop dropped jewels for us to live by. Peace and blessings to the Damaja.
the whole 90's hip hop movement was created to destroy this shit
Actually It's Started In 80s With Eric B and Rakim and KRS-1@@jorgebusch7
Playing themselves in 2024 😢
One of many reasons I love Jeru. He doesn't talk about drugs, gang banging, sex, all that crap. Just straight intelligent mostly clean lyrics
He Came Clean right off the bat 😉
@@jonvitullo748!! Come Clean!
Facts
@@jonvitullo748 ahhhhhh clever
Can we just give Jeru and Afu-Ra their props for doing most of their own stunts
The kung Fu work did go hard. LOL!
Yuup! The choreo was LEGIT! Surprised Wu-Tang never did anything like this
Exactly, cause Wutangs kung Fu looked wack. The final battle at the end of Rza's tragedy video was the closest to looking almost convincing.
@@scitizenkane1 its supposed to mirror the old kung fu flicks of the 70s and 80s
He always played stunts himself
This dropped in '96, and I still cruze the streets with this CD bumpin' in my ride. This is what HipHop/Rap is supposed to represent...
I think this was released in summer 92.
@@pedropola882 Look it up, it's '96, I have the CD...
@@pedropola882 Wrong it was 96'
@@pedropola882 Wrong. You're four years off.
This is one of the dopest tracks ever!!!!
Jeru is the dopest rapper that NEVER gets named or talked about. Hands down. Timeless bars. Crystal delivery.
Literally been thinking the same going through his catalogue these days..
Every tune is a bangerrr 🔥
"If you got so much cheese, where are the black distributors"
This verse flew over so many people's heads, daaamn
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@@hamiltonmasseyii4747 Umm, what does this have to do with my post? 🤨
What dat mean
@@SeverusHilltop Brah. Are you that slow?
@@Poeticfloetic well i guess so then, how bout u just tell me and not complain
Remember when rap could have a message and still be pure fire
2020 and I still bump this shit, especially in the car. Young cats just don’t know! Golden era right here.....golden!!!!
Yeah...right! Miss this era...
Lost Era....Young Catz n this generation will never TRULY understand Hip Hop all about!
Lmao new fan of him but old rap is way better then this new shit rap bro MF DOOM and others are insane old rap is truly the best
@@luv.shinigami8765 I feel old brother, my nephews play all this new so called “hip hop” and I walk around the house like “I can’t understand what the fuck they’re sayin!” 😂
Nothing but trash in these kids speakers, nothing but shoot em up, bang bang Rob em, whip it gang gang.... Garbage.
Rap ain’t real no more but I’m forever bumpin this realness right here
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!!!!
"Black women make sure you're respected!" He was spitting the truth👏👍😎
@Excelsior Well said👍😷😎
Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯🎶🎶🎶
@@paulgabbard6582 👏👏👏👏👍😎
That message aged well. They don’t respect themselves at all now
You ain't shit
2020... Still playing themselves.. Smh
Exactly! Nothing new under the sun!
2021, and officially played out.
@@GenuineAltruist right!
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In September 🔥
Knowledge wisdom and understanding brings long life and health think anything else and ya playin ya self. JERU!!!
This song right here is so much more relevant than ever before especially in 2020s when rap hit a all time low big time
2018 and rappers be playin themself harder than ever.
Noname Nolast You're right on the nose with that! For example, the rap group Migos play themselves from the ways they act and other wack ass MCs like them. Most rappers today are exactly doing everything that Jeru was speaking about what former wack MCs did from the past. This track from the Damaja is still relevant.
Please don't call them rappers, more like crappers, with all the shit that spews out of their mouths.
Noname Nolast you ain’t lying
Tru
@@abryepenez124 fuck you drake and minaj keep it real grandpa
I miss my childhood. That real hip hop.
2023 still bumpin,fun fact he was in croatia years ago and was my first American rapper that I went on concert
Take ya fucking hats off, no any words Jeru is a King!!! My deepest respect from 🇷🇺 !!!
Say what you want about Jeru but a lot of his message still rings true and holds ground .. 20 years later!
This joint needs to be in heavy rotation in this day and age. The lyricism would be an example to take heed to for these lost sheep following Drake & Cardi B,etc.
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Jeru was so far ahead of his time......I'm sure now he is just sadly shacking his head and look at the game,how much it has changed for the worst
Couldn't have been more on point than that!
Shacking? 🤣 It's *_*SHAKING_** , not shacking.
@@brohype *COULDN'T HAVE*
He keeps touring Europe so guess again.
He is on the new Gangstarr album!
Jeru knew how the future in music was goin to be, godamn what a jam
True! 'With your skin tight jeans - ya playin yaself!
There was nothing to predict because it was already happening. If you like it or not, tupac and co aleady did alot of the playin themselves.
@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 i agree
This message is more important than ever
"if you got so much cheese /where are the black distributors ?" killed it with that line. truth
I have highly respect for Jeru. He was one of the best MC´s in the 90´s. This song is awesome.
I was 15 when this dropped and we used to rock this jam so early. When dudes played themselves we used to spit the hook of this track to them....with all that big willy talk ya playin yaself....
This whole album is fire chock full of knowledge. 5 stars. A hip hop classic.
Me Or The Papes Remix 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just proper HipHop at it's best, Jeru an Premier, just like Guru and Premier, the sound never gets old which is how you know it's classic!
The Damaja himself...this joint and his other hits "The prophet" and "Come Clean" were my joints back in the days, man I miss the golden era of hip hop, so much diversity in the game ! This brother was way ahead of his time with his messages. I would have loved to see him and Laruen Hill do a collaboration. L Bougie's joint "That Thing" and this joint were on the same frequency ! Damn I miss the 90's
"We'll see if Puff knows whats up, cos he's the one gettin him drunk and fuckin his mind up"
yep.
Ahhhhhh, when Hip Hop was Hip Hop!!! They actually did a good job with the fight choreography too!
Good lord stuff like this is refreshing. Lyrics that are essentially poetry with a beat. Today's hip-hop is barely even english.
Underrated classic album produced by Premo💯
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Underrated? Lol underrated for who?
@@OMalacarn ...for ignorrant poser rappers!
How the fuck did I not buy this as a high school sophomore?
The Last Hope 4 Humanity!
8/03/2024 curtindo esse clássico 🕺🏻
"always faking moves never making moves" I love this video and song still.
"The race is on, but u won't see me compete!"✊🏽
Jeru drops knowledge
John Dough I believe wisdom is a more proper term
Nathan Davenport "Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding...." So he drops knowledge too
"Now, a queen is a queen and a whore is a whore..."
Like he does on every joint
In the form of Hip-Hop.
Preemo was all over the place in the 90s. Quality and quantity.
Jeru's first 2 albums are hip hop classics
One of my favourite albums ever, DJ Premier was on fire - Dope production.
One of the many OG’s of this era mad props
He'll always be in my top 10 best rappers of all time. What a flow man, holy shit!
DJ Premier did his thang on this album! Jeru would've been a great member of the Wutang Clan!
I always felt the same way, can you imagine a Jeru and GZA duo album? 🔥
Jeru The Damaja even sounds like a Wu name.
@@dexenationgracey1979 Oh he definitely could've been a member!
Underrated God of Hip Hop.
Damn this has got to be one of the best hip-hop music videos. Jeru was ahead of his time.
Better than 99.9% of whatever the hell that is they are playing on the radio nowadays.
In fact the percentage is 100%!
Word is bond
I haven't seen this since 1996. One of my fav. vids as a teen
I remember coming home from a party in High School drunk off my ass, popping Yo Mtv Raps and this came on and man............ I was hooked.
2024 these dude still playin themselves
This Album woke my azz up. Props to Jeru. 😎
why can't it still be like this..ya playn ya self.word
2021,2022,2023 ill keep on bumping this joint. Respects Jeru for saving Hip Hop.
Underrated as fuck, this man lyrics are top drawer, and them beats, can't help but nod ya head
Apply this to today's industry and our society
This was a really really well made video and song. - classic material, Jeru the Damaga
The time of real hip hop! Yeah I said it... 90s flex respect to the ones who know
No lies told here homie ✊️
This might be the best rap tune ever. Def in my top 10. Props to Come Clean. Cj.
I forgot how dope the fight choreography was in this video. It was like a damn mini action flick. Jeru & Primo was straight
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Hip hop was our last attempt at social and financial freedom .
How did we lose control of our own craft?
This is a pure classic. The music and the video combined is genius, yet emcees like Jeru will not be given just due. We don't honor our artists when it's time and that has to change.
heard this song 4 the first time 10 years ago, its amazing how such a powerful message 4 the black youth is in 1 million, this deserves a billion
This is the realist song in hip hop... period!
Damaja, the True Conscience Comic, clean and uplifting message. Strength and Power
Exellent reply to Jr Mafia's Playaz Anthem.
I think this came before players anthem
Wrath of the Math was a Tight Album. Jeru The Damaja, Afu-Ra, and DJ Premier, always kept it real.
Old school hip hop and kung fu.Good times!
Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯🎶🎶🎶
Absolute classic!.. Jeru keeps it simple but complex all at once. One of the best to do it.
Classic I've been bumping this all day today.
Wow this song, why am I here, so old school love it.
2019 and this is still 🔥
FACTS.. All the things he said on this resonates today rap game its crazy bro
Неповторимый стиль. Качает и в Сибири. У вас в крови заложено делать клевый хип на дальние года.
Legitimately. This is still fire.
Oct 2024 here. Everything he said came to pass - "But now it's uzis, macs and g-packs of cracks / Everybody's psycho or some type of goodfellow" destroyed the music and generations for 28 years.
One of the best hip hop albums!!!
This shit almost make me cry for how pure hip hop was back then
When Trump and Project 2025 take office, they're gonna ban hip hop all together 😂
I Was A Shorty When This Dropped Around 6 Or So But I Remember Singing That Chorus "Ya Playin Yaself Ya Playin Yaself " Never Knew It Was Jeru.
I watched this every day on MTV Raps back in '95 for the towel fight scene. One of my favorite rap videos
This should be on a top music video of all time list somewhere
Just heard this on a latenight radio hip hop mix. Had look it up instantly. Absolute 🔥
Wow, this still hits in 2023
This is so good; it will be in history of western music books.
Props out to Jeru!
2022 stiiiill playin' dem'selves... T_T; giventh msg was delivered...
This video legit has better fight scenes than modern action movies.
Timeless classic you could let this whole album play no skip......not too many rappers could pull that off......
How did this guy even get a record deal this is too hard
Cómo quisiera regresar a mis 17 añitos chicos !!!!! La mejor música 🎵💕 buenos ingresos de rap y hip hop en los 90 en Argentina
classic album from start to finish
Bad boy come out to play....then the remix dropped flavor in ya ear....they were mad at jeru ...💯💯💪💪💪😂😂😂😂
The legendary Lyrical Prophet🔥🔥🔥
One of the greatest Hip Hop videos of all time.. nice little love letter to old school, golden era and new wave kung fu films..... shout out to Cathay Studios, The Shaw Brothers, Mona Fong, Bruce Li, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Celestial Pictures, Jack Long, The Yuen Clan, Leung Kar Yan, Gordon Liu, Lau Kar Leung, Chang Cheh, Golden Harvest, Yu Chenghui and all the other greats of martial arts cinema.. #Salute
Almost 2019 and still Banging JTD!! IT'S ONLY 1 DAMAJA!!
Jeru has a gifted mind. We are fortunate he was able to share
Jeru the Damaja is a Rap legend. Wu-Tang kung fu with Afu Ra and RZA. Hip-hop nation is Dope as ever Underground.
Nobody mentioning how he was talking bout puff from the 90s? Gasoline but there was no light back then to light the fire
knowledge wisdom & understanding is the key to health
Betta be prayin ya Self than playin yaself yo! Just jokin, go on playin, life's a play,a game...so playit loud yo...props 2 Jeru Salem! Let's play again pagan...
🔥 early 90s golden era of hip hop
Jeru has been one of my favorites since I heard Come Clean on Rap City the first time.