Queen Latifah’s U.N.I.T.Y. is the “Respect” of Hip Hop

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TOPICS COVERED
Queen Latifah
U.N.I.T.Y.
Black Reign
Aretha Franklin
Respect
Otis Redding
Dr. Dre
NWA
Native Tongues
A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
All Hail the Queen
Breakdown
Recreation
Beat Breakdown
Kay Gee
Naughty by Nature
Mufi
Production
#hiphop #queenlatifah #arethafranklin

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@nicolesherman8974 9 месяцев назад

U-N-I-T-Y (love a Black woman from infinity to infinity) 🖤🖤. Easily one of the best hip hop songs ever created. Thank you for giving Queen her flowers 💐.

@Jacqueal 9 месяцев назад

If "T.R.O.Y." is the gold medalist of saxophone-based Hip-Hop beats, then "U.N.I.T.Y." is surely the silver medalist. P.S., Ed O.G.'s "Be a Father to Your Child" is the bronze medalist.

@frstwhsprs 9 месяцев назад

Plus BAFTYC sounds nothing like an acronym for a word

@peace_of_mind_00 9 месяцев назад

2 pac changes gotta be in the silver, bronze or gold realm as well now

@Jacqueal 9 месяцев назад

@@peace_of_mind_00 "Changes" is largely piano-based. I wouldn't qualify it in this case.

@coolborndj 9 месяцев назад

Bro the mashup at the end is so well done

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏

@soyburglar1878 9 месяцев назад

RESPECT is one of those songs that I just love playing bass on live. It was usually the 1st song in our set and would cause people to immediately swarm the dance floor. So much fun.

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

Yes, SO fun to play!

@soyburglar1878 9 месяцев назад

Also, just an interesting side note…the bass part to the song was actually taught to me by Otis’s son, Otis III when I was his neighbor back in the early 2000’s. He passed away unexpectedly not too long ago and is greatly missed by this community.

@fettywapsmissingeye 9 месяцев назад

Definitely! Respect and barbarism begins at home are probably some of the most fun baselines you can learn

@MusicFromAnotherTime 9 месяцев назад

Native Tongues era will always be my favorite music. It never stops being good. ☮️✌️🎶

@doctorworm3735 9 месяцев назад

If I wasn't for Latifah we would have no Naughty by Nature. She helped put together and helped produce a ton of Jersey groups.

@ri067953 9 месяцев назад

Flava Unit an under appreciated collective for sure!

@vanceelliottwright2341 7 месяцев назад

And since Her spotlight was IN Jersey the Industry picked up The Fugees as well.

@YungCutty 9 месяцев назад

I played this for my 14 year old daughter and she instantly loved it. A certified classic!

@theonlycaamz 9 месяцев назад

common digging the greats w

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

love the consistency of your comments 😂

@theonlycaamz 9 месяцев назад

@@diggingthegreats its what i do🖖

@cxsanchez28 9 месяцев назад

Black Reign was one of my favs back in the day. U.N.I.T.Y. was the main dish, but there are several amazing tracks like Black Hand Side, Rough, Superstar, No Work...

@WesleyVerhoevePhotography 9 месяцев назад

I just want to say that the amount of effort and love you put into these videos IS SEEN. Thank you!

@MirrorSurfer 9 месяцев назад

The choice of songs you cover is like reliving my childhood. Thank you for this great dive on one of the greatest rappers of our time.

@standouglas3277 9 месяцев назад

every video since day one is fucking gold! excuse my language, but we needed this! thank you for all of your content. your not only hip hop, but music 100%. Any music documentary's from here on out should have to be approved by you lol

@andrejordan1304 8 месяцев назад

This song will always be special to me because the day Queen Latifah shot the music video in Newark, I lived nearby. A group of cyclists came through my block, doing tricks on their cycles until one stopped, slowly rolled, removed their helmet, revealing herself as the Queen. If you pause the video at 2:51, my grandmother (striped shirt/R.I.P) and mother (white headband) are in the shot.

@Positive_Tea 9 месяцев назад

It's Wilton Felder's birthday today!! (September 1st)

@steve_santiago 9 месяцев назад

Another great vid. I love how Latifah flipped her first verse in the criminally underrated Brandy - I wanna be down remix

@DJHealingHands 9 месяцев назад

This video is 🔥🔥🔥. Your musicality is off the charts. I really appreciate the in depth knowledge, insight, and passion with which you share in your content.

@gezblair 9 месяцев назад

Think when it comes to 90s hip hop, and massive generalisation alert here, the Native Tongue were better musicians. But you can't deny the power and excitement of gangster rap. And love this song. Always nice to have a bit of Monie Love too

@christianterrill3503 9 месяцев назад

It's almost they they are Two different genres, it's hard to compare gangster rap with the afrocentric smart music that hip hop was making including the natives. Sometimes you want those hard beats and heavy lyrics from ice cube, and sometimes you want to drive or chill to some hiphop like tribe or common sense.

@esTena19 9 месяцев назад

As always. Great video. I appreciate you keeping music appreciation so authentic and at the same time so well presented

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏

@jackseph03 9 месяцев назад

I’ve made sure my 8 year old daughter knows and loves this song. Thank you Queen L.

@regib1992 9 месяцев назад

Native Tongue Tribe is what made me fall in love with hip-hop

@cloudbloom 9 месяцев назад

Do you plan on doing a video on Outkast? The album Aquemini is one of my favorite hip hop records, the songs Slump, West Savanah, Da Art of Storytelling pt 1, Synthesizer and SpottieOttieDopaliscious are all top tier jams

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely on the list 🔥

@cloudbloom 9 месяцев назад

@@diggingthegreats hell yeah I'm looking forward to it

@adammarsh956 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for shining light on this classic!

@clampdown1134 9 месяцев назад

Hi, I only recently discovered your channel and am still digging my way through your back catalogue, but this is an instant favourite!! I'm loving your hard work, branding & aesthetic, and your welcoming approach to presentation. The one thing that I felt lacking was the number of ladies represented. This has a hearty helping of two wonder women!! Having grown up with Salt n Pepa, I appear to have missed some pivotal Latifa action in my life, so (with large thanks to you) I'm gonna buy Black Reign! Thank you for this fantastic video, and all your hard work!!

@beatbuildersstudio 9 месяцев назад

The mashup was crazy. Love the video. I purchased the slip mat. I’m waiting on it all the way in Canada.

@yuan1630 9 месяцев назад

the squiggle slipmat and stickers came in and i’m LOVING them 🙌🏽 thank you!❤️‍🔥

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

Yes! Glad you like em 🔥

@noahegr3341 9 месяцев назад

Amazing video as always; I learn a lot every time I watch the channel! Is there any chance we might see a Beatminerz/Boot Camp Clik or a Dr. Octagon video in the future?

@schoolspirit2751 9 месяцев назад

Bro is always on point with these kinds of topics! On Love ❤️

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@floyd27860 9 месяцев назад

FACTS!

@SentientPickle 9 месяцев назад

KayGee is kind of underappreciated in my opinion. Love what he did with the Donald Byrd - French Spice sample on "It's On". The musicians that played on the sampled track are mind-bogglingly accomplished with the likes of Billy Higgins, Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter, and THE Herbie Hancock.

@cloudbloom 9 месяцев назад

This song is a vibe🤌 love the beat and the saxophone

@johnmclachlan6746 9 месяцев назад

Dude, I have grown SO much since I found you last year in watching your videos and love for music & hip hop in particular. Thank you for sharing your passion. Please keep on making videos, btw us nerds love the music theory insights. & sheesh can you funk up a bass or what.. 👏🏻

@rapfreak7797 9 месяцев назад

Love love love this song. Great to see Naughty by Nature supporting Latifah on this.

@danieledgell7465 9 месяцев назад

No D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T to your craft, the bass playing is absolutely great. But the filtering of bass (with the subtones from other instruments filtering through) is one of the most beautiful sounds in hip hop. Its ubiquitous. That technique is one of the reasons samples cant be truly recreated by conventional instruments.

@shaunwordplay3111 9 месяцев назад

You killed that bass

@connieinal9292 9 месяцев назад

Love you for this! I remember buying the cassette single after seeing the video and I wore that mug out!😂😂

@PLFMM 9 месяцев назад

I love the switch in mash up! Great channel!!

@katedix5248 9 месяцев назад

Have to say, half the reason I enjoy your content so much is the jam session you have at the end, always blows my tiny mind ❤

@vanceelliottwright2341 7 месяцев назад

You never seem to disappoint. I always gotta go back and listen to the original parts and songs individually with a new, though older ear. Great Breakdown My Man.

@christianmancia4006 9 месяцев назад

I watch the ads in full for you dawg

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

😂🙏🙏

@ginahouston9352 9 месяцев назад

you keep knocking 'em out a tha park ... great deconstruction... appropriate homage... obvious love of music... do ya thang, my brotha! 💯🔥😍🤩🥰

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@thatodlamini-mq8tx 9 месяцев назад

My favorite Latifa song

@crowfoot7355 9 месяцев назад

Classic positive joint.

@jakw 9 месяцев назад

Another great installment! Thanks

@Leakyfreakydeaky 9 месяцев назад

This channel is amazing, keep up the good work!

@lowlowseesee 9 месяцев назад

my fav woman MC to this day. her verses on Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children is my shit

@christopherdeguilio6375 9 месяцев назад

Gosh, I remember seeing that video for the first time.... probably on yo!mtv raps... Felt like one of my aunties rapping at me...and in my family, you did not mess with the aunties...

@rabbirecc 8 месяцев назад

That mashup was nice as hell man. Love your content

@2k7digga 9 месяцев назад

That blend at the end…….too classic!!!!! Great video

@papajgates968 9 месяцев назад

Great song one that i play a lot on my playlist

@kadu51044 9 месяцев назад

I wish I was friends with Latifah, because I'd put this video in front of her. So awesome. I need to hurry up and get my stuff together so I can get on your schedule. I need to learn from you. You are awesome. Thank you for filling this space with your knowledge.

@mskayfromthebay 9 месяцев назад

This mashup is awesome. 🔥🔥

@baptistejanin9615 9 месяцев назад

That was amazing man, well done and thank you

@lowlowseesee 9 месяцев назад

yo your bass playin at the end, god damn lol amazing

@fraxyl 9 месяцев назад

The mashup gave me goosebumps! So rad.

@stephenheath8465 8 месяцев назад

That Sax is absolute Killer🔥🔥Timeless classic by Latifah

@9hunnitonthabeat690 День назад

And she was an acceptional singer too 🔥

@ExaltedWarrior 9 месяцев назад

10:33 I think this might be the funkiest thing I've ever heard in my life!

@kendonshaw 9 месяцев назад

Killer! Love the mashup and bass skillz at the end!

@ChuckLeeMBM 9 месяцев назад

Super dope!! Loved the mash up at the end!

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏 the songs did the work for me - as I mentioned, C major and A minor work together perfectly, so it's just switching between the two 🔥

@ChuckLeeMBM 9 месяцев назад

🤌#Perfect @@diggingthegreats

@lowlowseesee 9 месяцев назад

great writing fam, wow. thank you

@oflittleconsequence 9 месяцев назад

SO glad you did this one!! Amazing song!

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

A classic

@oflittleconsequence 9 месяцев назад

@@diggingthegreats I'll be looking out for a deep dive on 'Ladies First' and Miss Melody's underestimated influence over early hip-hop.

@williamgeorge2580 9 месяцев назад

Ah, my favorite channel for old heads kills it again!

@howamilooking5952 9 месяцев назад

As always, you killing it ♥️🤘

@valerie4912 9 месяцев назад

Love when you lean me something new! 🙏😆

@VincentsVideoVisions 9 месяцев назад

Kaygee is a criminally underrated producer

@leav4g 9 месяцев назад

Finally yes Queen Latifah. ❤❤

@larkaraniakim7832 9 месяцев назад

I literally went back to 0:30 several timesssss for that The Office reference! You are so awesome!

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

Glad somebody caught it 😂

@scottbritton3626 9 месяцев назад

Wilton Felder is criminally under-discussed in music

@mahalo99 9 месяцев назад

Brilliant 💜

@jaykaynum5569 9 месяцев назад

2:28 that Dre song was a response to Brothers Ain't it from Roxanne

@ULATAN. 9 месяцев назад

Waiting for that Digging In the Grates mash up mixtape!

@stephanpayne8156 9 месяцев назад

Just Another Day a good song too on the album

@ReevesTo10k 9 месяцев назад

Im starting to think that as an engineer its definitely important to find a live instrument to maybe understand frequencies from. Your bass work is crazy

@Nhojj04 9 месяцев назад

Someone I'd think you would dig is Nujabes. He's sort of the godfather of Lofi Hip-hop along with Dilla, but definitely something to listen to fs.

@BeastNationXIV 9 месяцев назад

*reads title* FACTS.

@abiezercalcano1060 9 месяцев назад

BEST MASH UP EVEEEEER!!!!

@CarbonSolutions 9 месяцев назад

Love it when you break out the bass 🙌🏼

@lee_drifting 9 месяцев назад

this song was a diss towards apaches song "gangsta b*tch". rip apache

@dandogzbutt1518 9 месяцев назад

Hey man, you should do a video on Wee! A band sampled by Kanye, Alchemist, Madlib, Logic, Kweli, frank ocean, and the guy who wrote all the music Norman Whiteside was a mega gangster and got tied up in a gang war between Cleveland and his stomping ground Columbus (Cleveland gangs were attempting to overtake the columbus business) and so this guy caught a murder charge and just finished serving 31 years in 2016, coming out to a new generation appreciating his music. it'd make for a great video

@dandogzbutt1518 9 месяцев назад

really a story waiting to be told, the guy doesn't even have a wikipedia page but you can find local news articles about him. maybe could contact him for a interview as he's a free man now

@crowfoot7355 9 месяцев назад

Well done as usual 👏👏👏👏

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@alexjadams1970 9 месяцев назад

Good mashup

@mariodouglas2489 9 месяцев назад

Dude is an absolute MASTER with these presentations!

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏

@DJDionP 9 месяцев назад

In the discussion of hip hop producers people always seem to forget KayGee! He had that era on lock. He was producing hits and was one of the first producers with a signature style when you can listen and say yo that's a KayGee beat! It's all good, we from Jerz we used to the disrespect. Big up KayGee, big up Flavor Unit, big up Naughty By Nature, Da Youngstas, Zhane, Rotten Rascals and the whole Jersey Massive ✌🏿✌🏿

@scalderiso 8 месяцев назад

Love unity , it slaps

@ridge7524 6 месяцев назад

Yes it is🔥🔥🔥

@jerome.angelachandler6501 9 месяцев назад

Genius mashup

@HankseyHill 9 месяцев назад

I have a UNITY tattoo. Although it's a general love for the idea, and an Operation Ivy nod, I've told dozens of people that it's Queen Latifa inspired. I'm a 40 year old white guy, so it gets laughs. I've also thought heavily about getting "RESPECT" tattooed on myself... Weird.

@kaylaayers481 9 месяцев назад

Need this mashup tho!

@KrashyKharma 7 месяцев назад

Queen Latifah is and always will be one of the greatest to ever do it ❤

@yodeeswanmusic 9 месяцев назад

I’m more curious on that NAS lanyard hanging in the back. As a die hard Nas fan, I that piece would be framed. #Respect

@tristankaarid5602 9 месяцев назад

My boy didn’t linger at the end of the video pointing to the video card… I’m shook

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

😂😂

@_Jeezu_ 7 месяцев назад

Black Reign is such a great album

@simstander5471 9 месяцев назад

Yes

@LT393 9 месяцев назад

Nice

@SamFocused 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for This great Video. Love the Education behind the deconstructions, the perfect Video editing, mashup & Entertainment at the same Time. Your Channel will be a Part in music History 💯💯💯

@diggingthegreats 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙏

@Kanyewes770 9 месяцев назад

Hey man, I’m going record shopping and don’t know what to buy. Lookin for some samples. You got any ideas what I could buy for drum breaks?

@rkk578 9 месяцев назад

I cannot wait for the day when Gen Z discovers Diggin' You Out from DJ Quik. I think the psychologists will do overtime for weeks, despite that you cannot take the song seriously. As for "women's power" it is interesting how previous generations liked to forget that their heroes were not the first. It is like every strong female artist being constantly deleted by the current ones, even if they are only a few years apart. The best example is how Spice Girls are said to have started the "girl power" movement, despite this song came out 3 years prior to their first album, or I'm just a girl from No Doubt came out just one year before Spice. Also, Latifah had a song about the same topic with Monie Love a few years prior to this.