Much respect to X-CLAN. Much respect to BROTHER J. Video is “Funkin’Lesson” followed by a poem piece called “ATLAN” performed at DEF POETRY JAM by that High Bredren Brother J. (check out his beautifully crafted necklace! hot!) RIP PROFFESSOR X! peace and wisdom LYRICS: Professor X: “Freedom or death. We shall not be moved. Vanglorious! This is protected by the red, the black, and the green, with a key, sissssiiiiieeeeeeeees!” “Huh!” Brother J: Abracadabra, Allah baby, professor, All hail Funkin’ Lesson, Sweet tongue, grand writer of scrolls, Now behold, let the legend unfold, Born unto cosmos, for no timin’, Space to exist, vibe in the midst of the chaos, Mourners label me as illogical, mythological, They couldn’t comprehend when I brought the word, A stick called verb, a black steel nerve, Teachin’ those actors and actresses, Who write a couple of lines on what BLACK is, really? Then they label me a sin, Cause a brother just speaks from within, I guess I’m darker than the shadow of the darkest alley, that they’re always scared to go in, Boo! I wear boots and beads, bags and braids, stick and scrolls, rings and shades, Walk in the light of the moon, but I’ve never been a Batman, African call it Blackman, Brother extracts your African steps in your movements, enhance for improvements, Grand funk, a new home for the phrase, Funkin’ Lesson the pathways, “Ready or not here we come, get in down on the one which we believe in. One nation under a groove; can I get it on my good …
Rappers today are some “step-n-fetchit”, clown niggas!!!
Seriously, how did X-Clan get clearance for all the crazy samples they have in their songs? I don’t know who their DJ/Producer was, but that guy was a sampling guru.
Yo this was the ish I was just a shorty. Now and days you can barely get two verses from an artist. Ol chorus rappin ass splinters. one of his verses is todays artist whole song.
I love this group, I was just thinking about them the other day. They need to come back out we really need this type of music.
tune probably just old enough to be prior to the mahor wave of lawsuits that really ended the sample based hip hop…other than the sample stabs used by premier etc…or dre having session muso’s to get around the rules…now someone post the damned remix!!! cheers!!!
Brother J is very very dope
It’s crazy how Mexican claim ATLAN but that’s African/black/mooris werid!
-StoicOne!
The golden age of HIPHOP!!! Sampling at is best(along with De La Soul and, DJ Pooh,Dr Dre).No Pc -No Frutty Loops or Modern Samplers with 10 min sampling times. Could the Limited instruments in the 80′s..be the reason why there WAS so much creativity at that time.Think about it.
ITS called, AZTLAN
Oh, ok learned somehthing new!
-StoicOne!
this is real shit right here.
yes it sucks, I remember when the music industry didn’t care if songs were sampled. Then they started suing and clamping down. Copyrighted. Greed took over and the true artists threw up their hands. Now look what happened. Current rap / hip hop sucks, music industry is known more for suing mp3 downloaders than for music itself.
X-Clan IS still out – I saw them live with PE a couple years ago and they had an album out called “Return To Mecca”. One of the highlights was a historic joint called, “Speak the Truth” with KRS-ONE – it’s HOT!!!! It’s on youtube too. Check it out!
What song is this sampled from?
One nation under a groove- Funkadelic
whats the name of the hairstyle (brother J)
sry for my english im from austria
thx
High-top Gumby fade.
dam! x clan gave us egyptology, krs 1 gave us metaphysic, public enemy gave us fore front defence against white surpremecy……..and out of nowhere n w a,, negative gangster rap took over ,..and our youth lost their minds just when we were raising conscious..co winkydink? I DONT THINK SO
omg i grew up to this. this is cleaning and house music
@kamelgee you what funny, but sad? on express yourself, dre say he didn’t smoke weed. a few summers later, his cronic cd sold millions.
walkin stompin in my big black boots, living off the earth eating herbs and fruits, the children await me by the mountain and the river, and gather ’round the fire for the scrolls that I deliver. (Grand Verbalizer) DAMN I MISS REAL HIP-HOP!!!!!!!
wow i remember this song. It was the shit back in the day
mASSIVE
wack 90′s hip hop
shrine!