After almost dying in a car accident.. My wife threw a party and had this song playing when I walked in from the hospital so this song will always be in my heart
^ +1 to this i was 11 yrs old in 96, and i remember listening to Mase!! he had a style that was just so different from what i ever seen in my life! lol i wanted to dress like Mase. Dance like Mase. Talk like Mase. ABSOLUTELY. and guess what? all the kids did! lol and i remember saying "I don't like that "Puff" guy" (30 yrs later, and i always knew for good reasons) Mase was my very first favorite rapper and will always be
I actually grew up listening to Tupac first. I felt puffy and mase were easier to listen to, were more fun with tunes like, mo money, can't nobody hold me down, get ready etc. But bad boy had that more cheesy feel as MTV's showed that imo
he came out at the tale end of the EastvsWest era he wasnt afraid to sing dance and smile very entertaining good music from a talented artists one of my personal favs from the 90's
As I'm older now I can appreciate the smooth melody and relaxed vibe off this track. Can't blame my younger self for not digging it back then but it Hits different now for sure
@@MrTrueman01 I'm 35 fam. I must've been like 17/18 when I heard it n I thought it was corny lol,, I couldn't get down to it. Then again,,,I was strictly 3-6 Mafia and that type of shit at that time
@@alishabazz7431 that’s because Ma$e owed 3 million for his contract and that’s how much he wanted from G-Unit to sign Ma$e and 50 didn’t think he was worth that much
@@TheMindlessIntellectual89.Not true.. Diddy owed him money for all the songs he wrote and never paid him, mase rightfully kicked up a fuss and the diddyphile made it impossible for him to get a deal anywhere
I miss this kind of hip hop. Community together, everyone loving each other. No girls twerking, no guys talking about degrading women, no drugs, no alcohol, no hate in anyone. This was an era that we should have embraced much better than we did, our society is lost
Sounds like fake music to me....music should reflect one's own personal experiences and mase doesn't speak to my reality ....this type of music is fake and bubble gum music like Brittany spears or 50 cent or Ja Rule
@@kennypowerz1267 Everyone has there own reality. Some people have a happy life and a positive attitude and this type of music is REAL and reflect there reality. Real is just a perspective of the individual.
😂 this came out in 2004 amongst a sea of “drugs & twerking”, this wasn’t from any more wholesome time. It only seems like it because Mase had one foot in the door as an evangelical preacher at the time
This joint is illy - IDGAF what anyone says! I've always thought he was underrated. He's got a certain groove to him, distinctive voice/flow and he's so damn likeable. Early 2000's fashion and nostalgia in full effect! He's certainly on the soundtrack of my life and I couldn't respect him more. A good rapper but much more importantly, a good man.
@@paddaboi_ because it’s trash! All these shit sound the same , that stupid ass “melodic rap” singsong-rap sounds ANNOYING AF AND SOUND like they be Whining and shit…all these Gen Z shit is annoying as fuck!
@@jodino6953how are you going to hate today’s artists when mase is melodic in this song. 50 cent is melodic, ja rule is melodic, trap was made in the 2000’s. You don’t make sense
This time period of hip hop was special. Rappers had their street stuff that was for the adult market but didn’t shy away from dropping tracks that all ages could enjoy
Yall gone realize that 2000 babies (2000-20003)especially black folks on yall page when it comes to classic media we all get grouped with the tik tok kids but we had our OGs and relatives put us on many things
This song came out when I was 8, I loved this song as a kid. Looking back at this as an adult, I love how innocent and family friendly this song is. Makes me really appreciate Mase as an artist. They don’t make them like this anymore in the mainstream industry. Also, he is super handsome.
Diddy ain't stole sh!t from Mase. Especially dance moves. Yall really don't have a clue to what you be talking about. Diddy been doing this sh!t waaaay beffore he even started Bad Boy Records. That's what he started out as, a dancer, before moving up in the business discovering talent such as Mary J, Father MC, & Jodeci then started producing & promoting artist.at Uptown Records. & you all need to hear the other side of the story involving Mase & his masters coming from a bi partison individuel. he explains how Diddy paid for all Mase's promoting, samplies, production on his label which doesn't come cheap, & how Diddy paid him a lot of money in advance for an album Mase never made. I like Mase & all, but , but the preaching thing must not be working out like he thought. Considering he can't make up his mind on if he wants to dance or have the holy ghost. & he was foul for the timing of his 1 sided tweet. Right after he gave the Grammys something to think about, he comes in with that tweet. trying to tear a brother down in front of the white folks, not telling the whole story. Besides, if Mase didn't sign any papers granting him the rights to the masters that's on him anyway. It's up to Ditty to make that decision, in which, I think he is gonna give him his 2 maybe 3 okay songs.
I had been feeling very depressed and alone and lost for quite some time recently, and then a few days ago a commercial for some store advertising a sale on back to school clothes came on the TV. They were playing Mase's version of "Welcome Back Kotter" and it sent chills through my entire body. I had never heard this version before but I instantly fell in love with it. I googled it and found this video and have been playing it over and over again for days now. Something about it touched my heart and gave me hope and inspiration. I feel renewed and alive again.
Literally the exact same story here. I saw a dicks sporting goods ad on hulu, and I really like the song and video for some reason. I looked it up and found the song and gave it a listen and loved it. I've listened to it about 15 times in the past like 3 days lol
I had a t shirt, and it had a picture of welcome back mase,with mase in it.this is back in 2006...I was always swagged out,,,,all the way from kenya 🇰🇪
Still here in 2022. These men gave us unforgettable memories. We grew up listening to Aaliyah before the crash, Big Pimpin by Jigga, Mase and his manny Puff Sean Combs. We had the best memories. ❤️🙏🏾😭😭😭😭 Glad our tailors adjusted. 🙏🏾
2:50 Young dude rockin a Kobe jersey. We love and miss you Mr. Bryant. Nessa you'll pull thru baby girl. Take care of your daughters and let's celebrate Kobe. I,we, miss you. 😭
Diddy’s face as the thumbnail for Mase video is crazy
“All in the video… dancing”
😂😂😂
Diddy kinda carried mase sooo…
@@billbandoh5818 COME TO DEATH ROW
It shouldn’t be since he discovered mase and literally carried him through his career.
If u watchin dis in 2024……. Welcome baaaack
Yes
We ain’t dead yet just mo ! Edecated
When fitteds were fitted ya heard!!!
Baltimore yos no wassup
Welcome back to jail
After almost dying in a car accident.. My wife threw a party and had this song playing when I walked in from the hospital so this song will always be in my heart
video shot wich school name or street name ???
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@YungKobe824 Do you know which street the video is being shot on?
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That’s love 🙏🏾
Somehow it’s beginning to look like he was the most fortunate guy that got out of Bad Boy! Still alive, still free, still healthy and thriving.
And twenty years later kids are dressing like him again 😂
alot ppl underestimate how resilient Mase is in the game
Like brown said, Diddy still let you go eventually but FIRST diddy will get his. im sure Diddy got what he wanted.
^ +1 to this
i was 11 yrs old in 96, and i remember listening to Mase!!
he had a style that was just so different from what i ever seen in my life!
lol i wanted to dress like Mase. Dance like Mase. Talk like Mase. ABSOLUTELY. and guess what? all the kids did! lol
and i remember saying "I don't like that "Puff" guy" (30 yrs later, and i always knew for good reasons)
Mase was my very first favorite rapper and will always be
I didnt wanna bring the diddy shit here but i was going to comment i hope mase isnt a part of it. His beats always make me feel good 🔥😎
Its can't be a early 00s hip hop song without children singing the hooks
I'm dead
Lmao facts
Either that or they sample an adult singing and speed it up so they sound like a chipmunk
Facts!
@@Chigz10 kanye started this trend producing songs like this cant be life by jay-z
Mase ate this song,dance up!!!!!
Mase had the coldest style ever in hip hop. From the smooth lyrics to the dance moves. Clearly 1 of the best, he doesn’t get enough credit.
u right mase was just a feel good dude
💯💯💯
Murder mase/children of the corn mase needs more recognition .. it’s like night and day
Agreed.I used to have the worst crush on him lol.
I actually grew up listening to Tupac first. I felt puffy and mase were easier to listen to, were more fun with tunes like, mo money, can't nobody hold me down, get ready etc. But bad boy had that more cheesy feel as MTV's showed that imo
No cursing, no fancy jewellery, no naked girls and no gun talk all pure hip-hop it's 2025 still jaming to this mase you the man 🙏🎉
Mase deserved the walk of fame😊
Miki frost for it
Ain't HOF tho that's what the walk is for
No
@@UnderwaterShadowyes
@@Rockstarmade224nah
Almost 19 years later. Song still hits hard. We love you Ma$e!
@user-iw6fk7ty9g Obviously not you ya basement dwelling little edgelord......
You said that right!
Yesss
Can we say 20 years instead lol 😂
@@jadepouterata570 It will be 20 years on May 24, 2024...
No codeine, Percocet, strippers, or turning up.
Pure soulful hip hop.
Powerful
I am listening to this classy, classic, no profanity, no nudity forever one of my favs 💯
You said that right. God bless. This is how hip hop should be, live, community, peace.
Codeine, perocet, strippers, and turning up doesn't mean it's bad music
@@lemondrop8203 double down on the turning up part, but the other things is just unnecessary rhymes or an anti drug campaign.
Mase had that Flow/Swag/Dance & decades from now___ His dance moves & cadence will be a fashion trend___ 🎉.
He can dance!
@@luciadavids8125 because he’s a Florida boy
who“s here in 2021 we back again watching it
We here bro! 🙌🏾
Meee...
Me too
Yk I’m here 🔥💪🏾
Damn only 4 years old, could of sworn this song was older
The ladies were crazy beautiful back in the day!!
I know right nowadays chicks are super generic
Natural
🤣😂😁 @ 2004 being back in the day but compared to how azz backwards America is now I'd love to revisit 2004 but 1985 - 2000 is more my heyday 😂😂.
Stop simping
Yes!
I really do miss the early 00s 😫
Mase was smooth with the moves
tumelo seadira mase is so cute with those dimples
he came out at the tale end of the EastvsWest era he wasnt afraid to sing dance and smile very entertaining good music from a talented artists one of my personal favs from the 90's
Gabrielle Elliott yess lol
Harlem Shaking, leaning and dropping....
Mary J was never on Bad BOY..she just close friends wit Puff from him finding her and taking her to Uptown /MCA records
I am glad Mase got his flowers plus linked back with an old friend, Cam.
A bad boy going clean makes so much sense now
Love ❤MASE
Mase is so underrated... 🔥
As I'm older now I can appreciate the smooth melody and relaxed vibe off this track. Can't blame my younger self for not digging it back then but it Hits different now for sure
Big facts… I was saying to myself like this is actually a real nice song
@@willstanfield60 fr fam
How old are you because I felt that when it came out 😅 lol not dissing just asking
@@MrTrueman01 I'm 35 fam. I must've been like 17/18 when I heard it n I thought it was corny lol,, I couldn't get down to it. Then again,,,I was strictly 3-6 Mafia and that type of shit at that time
Can’t agree with that i digged it back then yet yeah definitely smooth
This man literally dropped the hardest comeback song just to dip out again 😂
😂😂😂😂
Well he tried to do something with G unit shortly after but that failed.
@@alishabazz7431 that’s because Ma$e owed 3 million for his contract and that’s how much he wanted from G-Unit to sign Ma$e and 50 didn’t think he was worth that much
He still dope tho
@@TheMindlessIntellectual89.Not true.. Diddy owed him money for all the songs he wrote and never paid him, mase rightfully kicked up a fuss and the diddyphile made it impossible for him to get a deal anywhere
This song was so underrated when it came out… I had just graduated college and this was my JOINT!
Mase deserve his flowers while he can still smell them. If you was born in the 80s early 90s you know what I mean 🖤🎤🔥
I love Mase, he's always brings his friends, family, & kids from the neighborhood together. I miss the way music used to feel back then.
the man was a fake pastor and made loads of money with it
God bless you 🙏
Lmao exactly. People love cherry picking their good memories
@@Brandon-ml2zwwouldnt be cherry picking bad memories...thats called harbouring.
@@danielabatabogdanov8586Thats between him and God.
Who’s listening this is 2020??
jay brouwer no one
I m here watching diz 2020
Me
Mase over mumble rappers anyday
I am
I miss this kind of hip hop. Community together, everyone loving each other. No girls twerking, no guys talking about degrading women, no drugs, no alcohol, no hate in anyone. This was an era that we should have embraced much better than we did, our society is lost
Sounds like fake music to me....music should reflect one's own personal experiences and mase doesn't speak to my reality ....this type of music is fake and bubble gum music like Brittany spears or 50 cent or Ja Rule
@@kennypowerz1267 Everyone has there own reality. Some people have a happy life and a positive attitude and this type of music is REAL and reflect there reality. Real is just a perspective of the individual.
2004 was tranquil same year I was born.
😂 this came out in 2004 amongst a sea of “drugs & twerking”, this wasn’t from any more wholesome time. It only seems like it because Mase had one foot in the door as an evangelical preacher at the time
Yall nikus like violence and drama
This song is unforgettable. No Diddy necessary. This song really gave him that OG status. That Legendary fuel.
To all the people who haven't seen this video in awhile: WELCOME BACK!
🙏😊
IrelandVonVicious Feels good to be back 😊
Thank you
Already!
Damn right. Welcome back my bruddas
If you listening in the new decade, show some love
simon mputu Harlem world much love from South Central
so fantastic
The yellow on yellow is still a look
Smooth as ever! Holla if you want a NY cat on the team (just moved back from cali after 25 years) 420 wit it. No disrespect intended. Stay up. ONE
I'll never understand why G-Unit Records signed him...nobody buying Murder Mase after Harlem world and this
Stopped by for another classic!! Hit after hits after hits after hits... Damn Puff.
This song could come out in 2024 and still be top 10. Who doesn't love Ma$e
not with diddy on it lol
@paythewave Agree, take Diddy off & this song will still hit be GOLD
This joint is illy - IDGAF what anyone says! I've always thought he was underrated. He's got a certain groove to him, distinctive voice/flow and he's so damn likeable. Early 2000's fashion and nostalgia in full effect! He's certainly on the soundtrack of my life and I couldn't respect him more. A good rapper but much more importantly, a good man.
I love how the music isnt aggressive or angry. Nice beats.
This that real hip hop! No autotune no trap beats
@@jodino6953 lmao why do old heads just hate on everything new
@@paddaboi_ because it’s trash! All these shit sound the same , that stupid ass “melodic rap” singsong-rap sounds ANNOYING AF AND SOUND like they be Whining and shit…all these Gen Z shit is annoying as fuck!
@@jodino6953 you're so pressed about what I said that you resorted to disliking and commenting trash on my video lol what a fucking baby
@@jodino6953how are you going to hate today’s artists when mase is melodic in this song. 50 cent is melodic, ja rule is melodic, trap was made in the 2000’s. You don’t make sense
Nobody can pull off those dance moves like Mase and look pretty cool.
The thumbnail is crazy 😂😂
How is this not even 1 million views? No respect for the legend Ma$e.
nigga not relevant no mo..facts b
Brasco Facts? GTFOH! This nigga a legend lil homie!
Jay Rule is he really a legend?
Jay Rule sad.. I was shocked too
Jay Rule shyt is trash Mase no it
I can hear Mase looking at the thumbnail now,
"Yo change the fuckin' picture man.'
Simply beautiful 😊
Ayyyyye in 2024 I'm still listening 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🔥🔥❣️❣️
Damn, the feeling you get when listening to old music
I know that's right
Feel happy 😊
Unexplainable feeling. 🥰
This time period of hip hop was special. Rappers had their street stuff that was for the adult market but didn’t shy away from dropping tracks that all ages could enjoy
We was so hype when this happened man....
Lolol we really were!!
Facts 😁❤ Mase was the man frfr
Football back
Proud to say I can play this song around my kids. It’s a fun clean record… I LOVE IT❤️
After returning to work from maternity leave, my colleague played this song for me when I walked into the office. ❤😂
This man had the best dance moves ever lol
Them shoes turnt me up my vision at fashion change around this😂
At the time the whole fit had me wanting be super fly
The moves alone from Mase will put a smile on your face
True brother lol
If you dont like this track something wrong with you. Can't help but smile and dance to this.
And the original John Sebastien version
I’ve literally had this on replay for like 2 days... I’m sure my neighbors hate me 😉
His dance move so unique and smooth
God pls deliver this world from twerkers, stripper, shooting on music videos. Hip hop should be about love, community and peace.
Mase is a legend.
When mase put them forces on I knew it was going to be 😤😤🔥🔥🔥🔥 when this dropped it was an anthem 💯🚀
This really is timeless. Been on it since it dropped, shout out to all my 80s & 90s babies!
🎉🎉🎉
Yall gone realize that 2000 babies (2000-20003)especially black folks on yall page when it comes to classic media we all get grouped with the tik tok kids but we had our OGs and relatives put us on many things
1:01 Mase smooth with the moves 🔥 lol. "I'm just a bad boy gone clean" 👌🏾 "See I rep the most high, still the most fly"
Ma$e killed this ish w/o cursing once. His flow and delivery is so damn smooth and he’s underrated as a lyricist.
This song came out when I was 8, I loved this song as a kid. Looking back at this as an adult, I love how innocent and family friendly this song is. Makes me really appreciate Mase as an artist. They don’t make them like this anymore in the mainstream industry. Also, he is super handsome.
I never really realized how much swagger Mase had. He's a natural
I love when Mase be dancing!!!
1:52 thru 1:56 hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥 his swag was on another level back then
I know that's right..like he's about to break I love it...i watch this video every day
Mase, killed it! I think he almost covered every HipHop dance from back in the day.
Fat Joe, Big Pun and Remy Ma including Angie Martinez, our sweetheart 🦙 brought us here!
Every time I come back to this music video, it just welcomes me back each time 🙏🏾
thats a good spot
😂
If I ever could dance like anyone. It would be mase.. he just looks so happy when dances and its simple moves but so smooth
I want those dance moves bro!
Diddy ain't stole sh!t from Mase. Especially dance moves. Yall really don't have a clue to what you be talking about. Diddy been doing this sh!t waaaay beffore he even started Bad Boy Records. That's what he started out as, a dancer, before moving up in the business discovering talent such as Mary J, Father MC, & Jodeci then started producing & promoting artist.at Uptown Records. & you all need to hear the other side of the story involving Mase & his masters coming from a bi partison individuel. he explains how Diddy paid for all Mase's promoting, samplies, production on his label which doesn't come cheap, & how Diddy paid him a lot of money in advance for an album Mase never made. I like Mase & all, but , but the preaching thing must not be working out like he thought. Considering he can't make up his mind on if he wants to dance or have the holy ghost. & he was foul for the timing of his 1 sided tweet. Right after he gave the Grammys something to think about, he comes in with that tweet. trying to tear a brother down in front of the white folks, not telling the whole story. Besides, if Mase didn't sign any papers granting him the rights to the masters that's on him anyway. It's up to Ditty to make that decision, in which, I think he is gonna give him his 2 maybe 3 okay songs.
@4:00 those moves look simple to you ? Lol
Me too
Gives me chance the rapper dance move vibes lol
Who Is Listening To This In 2021?
👇
Mase re-appears after 5 years hiatus, vanishes for another 16.
Me
2021 is a better year to listen to good old rap than a new school ¡¡¡
Me Mase Never really needed puffy toilet dodo paper . Mase was Great Along.
Those high school nights listening to this playing 64 💯💯💯
This is when hip hop was HIP HOP
2022 and i still LOVE this song...
It remains a classic for me, any day...
Fact!!!!
It's just a sample of John Sebastian's "Welcome Back, Kotter" theme from the 1970s.
When quarantine is over, WELCOME BACK!!
I was waiting for someone to say it
Welcome back October 2024
2017....welcoming myself back to this jam
😂😂😂😂😂.... Me too
Now go listen to the Onyx version of this song
halima carter 2018 doing the same 😂
halima carter, 2018
Mase smile ❤❤❤❤
MASE is the man. Diddy you gross homie.
Mase is dancing the way I did when I came home from prison
Didnt come frm prison...but everytime i worked my 6 on and 3 off at the unit... i did this dance😉
Guess what song they'll be singing when you go back
@@blackskimask904 fuck outta here lol
@@blackskimask904 hwhahahahahahahha
Welcome back 🙏
Early 2000’s instrumentals just had that good heart vibe
I had been feeling very depressed and alone and lost for quite some time recently, and then a few days ago a commercial for some store advertising a sale on back to school clothes came on the TV. They were playing Mase's version of "Welcome Back Kotter" and it sent chills through my entire body. I had never heard this version before but I instantly fell in love with it. I googled it and found this video and have been playing it over and over again for days now. Something about it touched my heart and gave me hope and inspiration. I feel renewed and alive again.
I hope you feel better. Talk to God and you will feel better. The world needs you and loves you !!
That clothes commercial brought me here too.
Lol hopeless loser
I believe that store was Dicks Sporting
Literally the exact same story here. I saw a dicks sporting goods ad on hulu, and I really like the song and video for some reason. I looked it up and found the song and gave it a listen and loved it. I've listened to it about 15 times in the past like 3 days lol
Mase had the cutest lil dances. Gotta love em. He has his own swag.
This brutha is underrated and yes I'm saying this in 2020!🔥
Fax
Mase is untouchable
The album was hella underrated
He’s so happy and positive and you can feel it
The man who welcomed himself back in the game with a bang and disappeared 😔
Here for mase ❤ nothing else not here for diddy- supporting mase only-
This song has always put a big smile on my face
Just like this : 😁
True😅
Me too
Big ass jeans and button ups lol. Those were the days.
FACTS
I know right. That 90s swag was everything😎
@@tashamack8701 2000s
Im still rocking the style...Fresh and so clean...
@@brypete Same
I had a t shirt, and it had a picture of welcome back mase,with mase in it.this is back in 2006...I was always swagged out,,,,all the way from kenya 🇰🇪
Good for you 🎉
This song is really treating my depression and anxiety.
Mase dance moves are undefeated
Sure are and check Grandma out 😂
Still here in 2022.
These men gave us unforgettable memories.
We grew up listening to Aaliyah before the crash, Big Pimpin by Jigga, Mase and his manny Puff Sean Combs.
We had the best memories. ❤️🙏🏾😭😭😭😭
Glad our tailors adjusted. 🙏🏾
Manny...lol
Im Glad 2 see Ma$e an Cam back at it again!
When u grew up in 90s and 2000s and u 34 now in 2018 and u return to the classics 👍
Damn i fell u..35 now
Luis _ that's me bro now 35😁
31 and it feels like yesterday
STILL LISTENING 2024.🔥🔥🔥
Some positive hood music. Ain’t nothing wrong with leaving the hood to do better
Now everything’s sounds different around Diddy. Every collaboration would be affected by his acts
Me in 2004: "Welcome Back"
Me in 2021: This sh¡t is not what I expected.
This song always brings back memories of when me and my siblings dedicated this to our Dad when he came back from Florida now his gone RIP pops 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Moving story bro 😢 Your dad's gone but not forgotten RIP 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
WELCOME BACK! You know you like that!
Just remenber good Times...
Who else is obsessed with the background kids choir 😩😩😩😍😍😍😍😍
Idk why after all these years, I thought that was Total 🤣
Can't get enough..
That's all it really is for me
That's the best part ❤️
This song is a masterpiece. Certainly uplifting 😁🔥
One of my low-key favorite songs as a child.
Thank you mase for this hip hop
Why is this still a bop in 2023!?
THE BEAT DROP AT THE BEGGINNING IS FIRE!!!
2:50
Young dude rockin a Kobe jersey. We love and miss you Mr. Bryant. Nessa you'll pull thru baby girl. Take care of your daughters and let's celebrate Kobe. I,we, miss you. 😭
(Did they bribe the pilot to fly in those conditions?)
Game Seeker no it was bad luck
Rest in Power Kobe Bryant - watch down on us from the Real Thug Heaven The Human Unity Get'mo!
Miss you Minister Mase. Yah continue to bless you and protect you. Hope all this is some SMALL vindication brother... but I'm happy for you!!
These old-school music videos were always so bright and happy, I love it.. now they all over-saturated with plastic women and crazy cars
dr dre would say "aight nomo pool party scenes now save the money for basket balls and indoor youth buildings"
Lol I'm slightly offended old-school :'( ... I was in High School omw to college when this came out
That's not even true lol
Non of that statement
@@TaiJ-Aird me too 😂 we gone die!!! 😭 lol
Not even true. It's literally just this music video that's bright and happy lol.
Mase cuteness overload!, ❤️