Gravediggaz: The Fathers of Horrorcore (Documentary)

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The Gravediggaz are one of the most iconic groups of the 90's, and I feel like they never get enough love from today's crop of hip hop heads. After listening to Prince Paul's podcast with Open Mike Eagle I was inspired to make a video about one of Paul's best contributions to hip-hop.
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@mrsnrub6548 2 года назад

Shabazz's verse on Diary of a Madman made everyone rewrite their verses for the track again

@charlessmithjr9562 Год назад

Facts

@johnsamurphy 11 месяцев назад

Didn't know that. Why is that?

@ranisalman9650 9 месяцев назад

Why is that ? That verse is magical

@frankdavid2640 4 месяца назад

I been examined ever since i was semen.. they took a sonogram and seen the image of a demon.. etc

@StylezUnique 3 месяца назад

It's one of the illest verses ever written

@BigJyeTV Год назад

Rza rapped the best he ever rapped on the Gravediggaz albums.

@spydirty2530 Год назад

For sure!

@octagonseventynine1253 8 месяцев назад

His best verses are on Wu Tang Forever.

@stanreed5830 8 месяцев назад

I see that to a degree, wit the GDz he seem more 5% and wit Wut he Rza/ Bobby Digital he just don't make that sound he always make that Totototot!!! Whatever that thing he do😂😂😂😂😂😂

@thecornedbeefcouncil9792 3 месяца назад

@@octagonseventynine1253nah that’s wrong. Listen to the Rza on tracks like Nowhere to Run and tell me any Wu Tang track where his flow sounds anywhere near as good. Rza’s flow is quite clumsy APART from his contributions on 6 feet deep where he sounds far more natural.

@chrisfurnier4790 3 месяца назад

Rzareeeectahhh!

@itsirrelevant4565 Год назад

Too poetic is one of the most compelling mcs to listen to.

@dehavenenterpriseinc546 Год назад

Dam I had tears in my eyes watching this. Finally my crew got shine. Poetic i was under and on deck to work with and then he past away all I can think is dam if I wasn't so lazy to travel when he told me to all the way to Queens. R. I. P Poetic major slept on. Salute whoever did this. I suppose fully. And my album Shistie Azz Devil Da Voorhees curse is a Major Salute to this era. POETIC 4 Life

@charlessmithjr9562 Год назад

I’m subscribing

@grahamgreen8283 11 месяцев назад

Damn man Poetic is my inspiration I strive to flow like him

@uncle.samc4778 2 года назад

You should do one about Warcloud AKA The Holocaust, my favorite Wu-Tang affiliate by far crazy underrated.

@Ape_In_His_Apex Год назад

That verse on “Silkworm” from the RZA as Bobby Digital is classic

@ELSeven-dx6br Год назад

Warcloud was ahead of his time!

@sonofmann Год назад

Way too underrated

@sankofaashanti2572 Год назад

Your dead right bro bang bang warcloud guys fuckin sick sick flow,l like 2 listen 2 the other chamberz. Yea am here in London wu tang coming over with nas can't wait😎

@mshallcharter Год назад

his rhyme schemes are among the best ever. i was a HUGE fan and played them verses endlessly! it would be great to see more info on him

@tuchesuavae Год назад

Too poetics verse on "one life" with last emperor where he rapped about him dying from cancer is kne of the most gut wrenching and gripping verses I have ever heard.

@patrick1632 6 месяцев назад

Yeah bro, I just listened to it. It hits too hard

@ByDobson 2 года назад

Great video man. 6 Feet Deep one of the greatest albums ever made.

@seanocuinn7135 9 месяцев назад

This was the greates hip hop album of the 90's!!

@stoopidhead7898 10 месяцев назад

The only album I can compare to their first is 36 Chambers. Both are ground breaking and amazing!

@AnonJ777 5 месяцев назад

Don’t forget Esham the unholy was doing horror core on the east coast in 89 he was doing live shows and everything. He’s the true father of the horror core. He inspired a lot of the horror core of today.

@BKLYN_TZU Год назад

I remember when their debut dropped I was in the 11th grade The Rza inspired alot of cats to get those gold fangs but the greatest Rza verses was on "12 Jewels"

@irie3yed 26 дней назад

As a 13yr old 6 feet deep started my love for good music in all genres.

@freakydeak8a160 10 месяцев назад

1 of my favorite hip hop groups after Wu-Tang Clan of course. Loved the dark lyrics, horror images, beats were beyond dope. 6 feet deep got me so amped up when I pressed play, it was like a shot of adrenaline. Gave me chills because i related to a lot of the material that was being said. Definitely original and no1 will ever come close. R.I.P. POETIC aka Grim Reaper. I still have Gravediggaz on Playlist when I'm driving around my old stomping grounds simply because it brings back so many crazy memories. My crew and I were a bugged out bunch so that album hit the spot perfectly. . . ☠️🪦⛓️😳

@MisterElement Год назад

Great video and synopses! I was blessed to see the GraveDiggaz live for the first album in SF, circa 1994....and I can say that my mind was BLOWN and that the crowd was straight ruckus!! I wish I knew who, but I'm going to expose my ignorance here and say I can't recall which member, did a SICK freestyle/acapella talking about being cursed since inception and how his life was hell ever since, it was deeply moving and a profound experience to witness live! Prince Paul's turntables kept skipping during the performance from the MC's jumping and moving so much onstage (DNA Lounge mid 90's!) which could've messed up any another less adept DJ; but Paul kept his composure (for the most part) and rocked the party inna fine stylee!!

@Techfuse13 Год назад

Diary of a Madman is one of my favorite tracks.

@johnfraleee 2 месяца назад

Esham is the true one. Acid Rap and Horrorcore.

@BHart-ov8cy Год назад

Esham the Unholy & NATAS would be my choice for fathers of the genre. But I do love the Gavediggaz

@clintoncooke4805 11 дней назад

Six feet deep was amazing...✌️🇳🇿

@soulatwork 2 года назад

Great reminder. Keep them coming !

@ianmerida6202 2 года назад

Amazing Video! I read up on some of there history on wikipedia but this for sure was a better look at the history of the group and the beginnings of horror core, cant wait to check out that prince paul open mike eagle podcast!

@musicalmamma4674 7 месяцев назад

Tony was one of a kind. 😢RIP Cous✨❤️

@mshallcharter Год назад

thanks for puttin this together. they are one of my fav groups ever.

@dylangeouge5568 2 года назад

What a dope video . This has been one of my favorite rap albums for a long time . Always thought it was underrated . Hope you’re having a good year so far too ! Time for a relisten

@StylezUnique 3 месяца назад

Damn I wish this was longer

@marvincharles337 Год назад

Great breakdown!!!

@davedasilva2209 2 года назад

Amazing stuff again Def. Huge fan of the group and your take is perfectly on point as usual my friend.

@DefGoldbloom 2 года назад

I appreciate that DS!

@djtimspaceking8306 Год назад

Great video I love it I love this group since the 90s I was a little kid I found this cassette tape 6 ft deep it was a single I forgot what it was it was so long ago but yeah they my favorite group and they first two albums on my favorite albums

@shaolinslumz Год назад

Thanks for making this 🔥 PEACE

@101iswhatsup Год назад

Thanks for the historical breakdown. Peace

@basilumuroa5458 6 месяцев назад

epic info absolutley love thease dudes

@sucramnipp 2 года назад

Another great vid

@onedae Год назад

Agreed. Great job.

@citybusmuzik7558 Год назад

Great channel! Great video. Learned some things I didn't know

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

Thanks and I’m glad to hear it!

@angeroneski945 Год назад

Besides the geto boys & gangsta nip & the gravediggaz , there was another group who did the horrorcore thing , flatlinerz , anyone remember them?

@adrianoandrade7579 3 месяца назад

Yes.

@ShucksArtAndDesign Год назад

These documentaries are great 🤙🏼

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

Thanks!

@amafi_poe Месяц назад

RIP Too Poetic. I think the last verse he ever recorded was on the last emperor's track One Life. It's heartbreaking

@8thApostle 11 месяцев назад

Dope doc 👌 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@DaRocBeast 2 года назад

While Gravediggaz were influential in attempting to popularize and did succeed in influencing the niche subgenre of Horrorcore (paving the way for the likes of Eminem, Tyler the Creator and so on), who I'd peg as the actual "father" of Horrorcore was/is Esham, an MC from Detroit who began in the 80's with his first solo album coming in 1989. The Gravediggaz likely studied and were inspired by him, along with certain Geto Boys tracks, Kool Keith, Insane Clown Posse, etc. If I recall correctly, it was Danny Brown or ICP themselves who gave credit to Esham in an interview as the primary progenitor of the genre, which then directed not only I but several others I've known and met in becoming more educated in Hip-Hop History.

@DefGoldbloom 2 года назад

Dope write up, thanks for this info!

@mellahnix777 Год назад

It was Danny Brown and Violent J

@mellahnix777 Год назад

Verses from hell.... I just listened to this

@newgoliard6059 Год назад

Gangsta NIP from Houston pre dates Esham. DJ Paul of 3 six mafia is on record saying NIP influenced 3 six very early. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TM1FD-vIzD8.html

@DB-ek5kd Год назад

Esham was doing it in 1989. He had 3 solos and a group album by the time Gravediggaz dropped. But he called it Acid Rap.

@darkagezjefferson4887 2 года назад

I did an album review on this album and the single but I respect your tribute as well bro

@johnsamurphy 11 месяцев назад

Well done 👍

@DefGoldbloom 11 месяцев назад

Thank you 👍

@MrMelo34 8 месяцев назад

Diary of a Madman is my number one favorite track of all time.. 💯❤‍🔥🥰

@sm40oztofreedom 9 месяцев назад

I was an 11 year old white kid at summer camp and had two cool black counselors that were prob 16 or 17 at the time. They let me listen to a song on their Walkman and it was the intro and constant elevation off 6 feet deep. I thought it was the coolest rap song I’ve ever heard which was wild for an 11 year old. Next day at camp they took me aside during kickball and slipped me a tape of the album that they copied onto another tape. Told me not to tell my parents. Listened to it everyday for months. Easily my favorite rap album of all time. Those counselors ruled. Great vid thanks for making it.

@vicvega24 11 месяцев назад

I wish Too Poetic had a solo album like ODB, GZA and Raekwon's albums.

@oldschooldude7729 4 месяца назад

As important as the Gravediggaz were, the reality is that Esham is the godfather of horrorcore.

@dassolosyndikat5113 3 месяца назад

True but he's underground af Gravediggaz took it to another album their album must be gold by now.

@bobod346 Год назад

Wow!! I was a huge fan of 6 feet deep and a huge fan of weapon world and never knew prince Paul and Gravediggaz had ant connections but just yesterday 6/16/23 just received my first ever Gravediggaz Long sleeve tee and can't wait to rock that shit!!

@mellahnix777 Год назад

These guys actually have a lot to do with my inspiration

@leandrebrwn95 Год назад

The 'father' of Horrorcore is Ganksta N-I-P...

@donteporchia1744 Год назад

Gravediggaz.

@jonathanharris8566 Год назад

Your videos never disappoints 🤟📛💯 Grave Diggers are under appreciated groups but I understand why ....The legacy of the main nine drowned out group like Wu Syndicate ....Killer Army .....Shyheem etc too many to name but u get the hint....but Grave Diggers was one of my favorite side Wu projects

@user-df1vc5eg6g 3 месяца назад

Have this on cassette bought it when it dropped

@dassolosyndikat5113 3 месяца назад

Dope👊

@lukeharbolt7681 Месяц назад

One of the top ten rap albums of all time 6 Feet Deep. And Rza is on that list twice..... Wait three times . This. 36 chambers and of course Liquid Swords.

@QueMusiQ 11 месяцев назад

Beginning to realize the random school teacher Alpha Phi Alpha hipster earthy dude from Project Blowed I used to know was more than any of us at the time ever understood. I keep hearing Open Mike Eagle’s name everywhere.

@JeffreyNadolny Год назад

Agreed about RZA his tongue spit fire

@jorlowsky469 Год назад

At first, I thought this was about ‘The Diggers’. They make many music videos for underground rappers. But I am glad I did come across this video. I’m definitely going to check out Grave Diggas

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

The Diggers are dope too, some of the best doing it rn

@ermond26 Год назад

Dats Koopsta robbers n da background n da beginning of da video LLkoop, LLboo, LLinfamous Mafia

@evildeceptigod3743 Год назад

GRAVEDIGGAZ Str8 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥... Hopefully one day we'll get a reunion album with just Undertaker producing...

@XNOW716 11 дней назад

FYI Both Paul & Fruitquan were in Stetsasonic

@jimdino77 Год назад

Aye man… I’m pretty binging these docs at this point…. Great fucking job on all of these man. Nod to ur taste in music as well.

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

Ayyy thanks man!

@shenglongisback4688 Год назад

Prince Paul hates that term Horrorcore even too this day lol I love the chaos of the 1st and the elevation of the 2nd.

@NahMyself 2 года назад

Another great breakdown! Salute to the sound architects The RZArector (RZA) and The Undertaker (Prince Paul). R.I.P. Too Poetic aka Grym Reaper

@MrKbonez 8 месяцев назад

The album wasn't originally titled "6 feet deep". I have a copy that I bought at the time, and it's called "Niggamortis".

@dassolosyndikat5113 3 месяца назад

Yes it has a extra track Pass The Shovel

@tvrxvn2226 Год назад

the sub genre became born in 1989 when Esham dropped BOOMIN Words From Hell smh. Esham is the only God Father of horrorcore/acid rap

@j2323j Год назад

Facts the real king of Detroit

@kaiulbricht1156 Год назад

RIP Grym Reaper aka Poetic 🌹🙏🏻 Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep 💧⚔️🔥👐🏻🔥🐝 Suuuuuu ✌🏻👑

@CMC-23 Год назад

got the first LP, 1st press :D

@paulajeantrindade8605 Год назад

Too poetic I believe had more substance in his lyrics than any rapper I have ever heard or ever will.

@deaphiri9367 2 года назад

Amazing video. I didn’t know a lot of the background information about it. Thank you.

@janga75 Год назад

The term started with the flat liners in 93

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

In the podcast What Had Happened Was, Prince Paul told the story about when Havelock Nelson coined it in the Gravediggaz sessions. Not saying Flat Liners didn’t have it first, that’s just where I got my info from

@janga75 Год назад

@@DefGoldbloom I should have clarified that that's where i heard the term first in 93. Who coined the term is another issue.

@spydirty2530 Год назад

Great doc, thanks for posting! I can’t seem to find the full podcast w/ Prince Paul. Anyone know where I can get that?

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

It’s called “What Had Happened Was”. It’s on Spotify and I assume Apple, it was season 1 so you just gotta scroll all the way the the bottom of the feed

@CzrSlva Год назад

Wuz up boss much love from São Paulo... Brasil ...fire channel man ...the beats you use in the background was fire asf ...how i find thoses beats ...thanks man

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

I got links to the producers pages in the description for each video, they all are super dope check them out!

@JeffreyNadolny Год назад

Poetic was working in a bagel shop

@LuizGustavo-sl3hd Год назад

👐🏾

@realtalkwithj-man5195 Год назад

It's always a debatable conversation of who actually started horrorcore . Russel Simmons coined the phrase but there were so many artist that we're doing it before ghetto boys , gangsta nip etc . Midwest artist were def doing it since the late 80s etc , brotha Lynch on the west coast was spitting dark shit since like the eighties etc . Ether way grave diggaz are def on the mount Rushmore so are ghetto Boys ,gangsta nip etc I'm just saying a lot more artist would fit on there to just grave diggaz etc were the first to become mainstream etc.

@trepitkaloveguru Год назад

So much potential with this group. If Prince Paul would have signed that contract by Jerry heller to ruthless records in 1992 they would have been under the mentorship of Eazy. They would have been Bone Thugs N Harmony or better yet Grave Thugs N Harmony. They would have had successful movie careers as well: 1. Poetic- Eric Draven (The Crow) 2. RZA- Morty (The Fear) 3. Frukwan- The Collector (Demon Knight) 4. Prince Paul- Richard (Tales From The Hood)

@K_N_Jsquad Год назад

Do one on brotha lynch

@robertsiby7926 2 года назад

6 Feet Deep was called Niggamortis when it was originally released.

@busyrand Год назад

My first exposure to the Diggaz was "Gravediggaz - Dangerous Mindzz" from the Pick and Sickel album. It's the best Diggaz album to me, and something circle back to all the time was a classic like Sunz of Man's "Last Shall Be First"album, and Dead Prez's "Let's Get Free."

@thomasmasingi3852 Год назад

Dead Prez's "Let's Get Free" is my favourite hip hop album of all time.

@thenopasslook 2 года назад

💣💣💣

@splinteredspace3469 10 месяцев назад

Least Frukwan still going at it. I wish they'd get back together, least who's alive

@BlackMusicGenre Год назад

The Geto Boyz were doing Horrorcore back in the late 80s earlier 90s. Gravediggaz came after.

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

Yep! That was stated in the first line of this video about 15 seconds in

@BlackMusicGenre Год назад

@@DefGoldbloom Cool. I would say shouldn't The Geto Boys and Gangsta N.I.P be acknowledged as the originators to fullest and not be briefly looked over to give credit to the Gravediggaz because the "horrorcore" wasn't labeled on that particular style of music ? I'm not trying to troll your channel nor take away from Gravediggaz, but the south has put their stamp on the hip-hop genre more then people like to admit once we get into the history. Do me favor . Look up Pigmeat Markhem's Here Comes The Judge on RU-vid and also the Jubilaires cover of The Preacher And The Bear and tell me those cadences aren't the same as Rapper's Delight. You put out dope content. It's no shade just a suggestion. Peace.

@bigpesa6166 9 месяцев назад

☠⚰D O P E⚰☠

@MiguelHerrera-nh9qw 2 года назад

it’d be really cool if you did a video about Quelle Chris, he’s one of the most creative rappers, producers, and artists ever imo, and i don’t see him get talked about nearly enough, especially on this site

@DefGoldbloom 2 года назад

Good call!

@MiguelHerrera-nh9qw 2 года назад

@@DefGoldbloom thanks! one of the things i really appreciate abt your channel is shining light on artists no one else talks about on youtube

@DefGoldbloom 2 года назад

@@MiguelHerrera-nh9qw Awesome thanks for watching man!

@tuchesuavae Год назад

Too poetic never gwts brought up be he was a truly incredible rapper.

@OmamuromuOwhofasa Год назад

I'm a fan of Gravediggaz, but for horror core top artist, I'll give that to Brotha Lynch Hung. He earned that.

@chaasahnhughes2913 Год назад

Beginning story never written: A group from Is Park Slope Brooklyn, Runs into members of the Wu t*** clan in firehouse studios the group was called the evil disciples🎯 Nut & a MadMad, Surcram The Man, And Mr Wish. Hood Ni**Gas that could spit and Truly invented Horror core. Rza, Deck and another member were there n went over thier studio time wich Mad Man especially wasnt having. Long story short almost beef turned into a Cyper🎯 Rza spit that born threw the falopian tubes rap. 1st time I heard it. Didnt know who the Wu was back then. Rza gave Mad Mad his # because he fell in love with the raps n concept🎯🧐 Mad being stubborn n brilliantly creative didnt know Rza never hit him up chose to go his route.💨💨💨💨 #TrueStory Birth of the Grave Diggers wether the Artist know it or not. RZA does😌

@knutwagner7997 Год назад

Are you aware that they made an EP with Tricky ? Kinda hard to find since it's not on streaming but worth the hunt...very dark & out there !

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

That was a dope EP! I have to go back and listen again it’s been a while

@mxxicvnphxnk Год назад

Ganksta Nip is the godfather of horrorcore

@ivankovac9947 Год назад

Would love you to cover Brotha Lynch Hung - Season Of the Siccness.

@j2323j Год назад

Most will disagree but brotha lynch Hung really started it he been rapping since 90 and before That season of the siccness album is harder than any so called horror album Check it out Brotha lynch Hung season of the siccness

@nukleusofficial909 Год назад

These dudes are legends of the genre .. BUT . .. Can’t forget the FLATLINERZ .. !! Another phenomenal group

@DefGoldbloom Год назад

Facts!!!

@clarissaturcios2346 6 месяцев назад

Gangsta Nip is the father of horrorcore

@charliemansfield6409 7 месяцев назад

Rip 2 poetic, deffo up there fighting forces pon the continental borders

@CBlixk6300 9 месяцев назад

Ganksta Nip and Esham are the godfathers but ok 😂😂😂

@bigmetroidfan911 3 месяца назад

Prince Paul mentioned that Eazy E offered The Gravediggaz a contract he said that the contract was horrible

@dassolosyndikat5113 3 месяца назад

Where can i hear the story?

@bigmetroidfan911 3 месяца назад

@@dassolosyndikat5113 He talk about it in a video Prince Paul -Trying To Get Gravediggaz A Deal And The Connection With Flatlinerz

@Octavianus08 Год назад

I prefer the second album over the first if you make me choose. Great vid, thank you!

@JeffreyNadolny Год назад

All this info was pretty much from Prince Paul interview

@schreineinAV Год назад

I got this around ‘96….. mad expensive it was at the time…. 6 feet deep was called ‘niggamortis’ here in the U.K.! Every track on it was totally fire! Nowhere to run, defective trip, 2 cups of blood, here come the gravediggaz, bang your head….. I remember first seeing them play bang your head live on late night U.K. tv show ‘the word’…. Amazing! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5696JyJ2xr8.html Alec Empire of DHR recordings sampled the hell out of this record…. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZF3TNT9A87E.html Samples ‘Here come the gravediggaz’ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DadlHSesasw.html Samples ‘bang your head’ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LxX0yaCSu94.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-llVf0ZnBBmc.html Samples ‘1800 suicide’ He also samples defective trip, but I can’t remember what track