Derika Span I miss the days when you could find good Underground Rap stuff. These days all the places I used to go to find music are either gone or crap now.
N Vannote Nah man I am still aware of Alchemist making good tunes and I heard the tape he did with Prodigy,. I am just bemoaning the fact the quality stuff just dosen't get promoted as much as it used to.
This is hip hop. From the beat to the verses to the young ladies singing the hook.. this is what it's all about right here, hip hop. Rest In Peace Prodigy
R.I.P. once again to Prodigy, and condolences to his brothers and fellow Legends Alchemist and Havoc, personally for me itll be another depressing day whenever Alchemist leaves this fucked up earth, he created a whole generation and style of beatmaking, producing and engineering and his little bit of rhymes he would spit were always clean
@VIKTOR, this song came out in 2004. It was the single from producer/rapper Alchemist's first album, 1st Infantry. This song was actually like the Exhibit C of 2004. It got a lot of exposure on mainstream TV and radio. It helped 1st Infantry sell a lot of records.
Wether Dead or Alive This is dat Hip-Hop Understand This. .. God Bless Prodigy Journey Well through the Other Side and Thank You for The Hip-Hop as nd inspiration Peace and God Bless ~1~
Too young to have heard it when it dropped Blessed to have heard it so I always rock My dome piece Knowing P will forever rest in paradise His spirit will never die His words will always inspire us to keep it real
rest in peace prodigy.just saw u a few weeks ago @the roots picnic.2nd time i saw a hip hop great perform & die after that.jam master jay was the 1st.rest in peace 2 both brothers.
man..this is bangin,,,classic forever lasting real rap rite here....i dont care whoo made the beat.l with them fine twins and prodgy and homie held this down!!!... i love this~ BASS
Ahhhhh i memba this,a Yung Alchemist rapping,this was my shyt. Loll Alan is soo stuffy on FTD,its crazy to see him rapping. R.In.Paradise to 1 of The Illest,Dat Dun.
[Intro: Nina Sky] (Prodigy) (*Sample of "Hold You Down") (**Alchemist Intro sample) (*Hold hold hold hold hold hold hold hold you you you you you you you you down) Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh (*Down) (Yeah man!) (*Hold, you, down) (**AAAAAAAAAAAlchemist!) (*Down) (Let's do this, aiyyo it's like this man, aiyyo! (*Hold, you, down) [Verse 1: Prodigy] (*Sample of "Hold You Down") When it comes to teks, I'm similar to a menace Like Ol' Dog sniffin caine couldn't fuck with the damage That I do to a bastard keep playin around Won't be nobody strong enough to (*Hold, you, down) Yeah, I leave 'em in shock People get sentenced to life they stressed in the box Most of my friends got murdered and damn I feel lost Wish I was there when they popped off to (*Hold, you, down) Nobody but me, I got a whole gang of killers but that's how you gotta think If you wanna make it alive in all in one piece It takes much more of them things to (*Hold, you, down) Yeah, yo sonny, I'm well connected in the streets We loyal to each other when it comes to that beef we get (*Down) Don't worry 'bout a thing dun dun I foreverly (*Hold, you, down) [Chorus: Nina Sky] (*Sample of "Hold You Down") (***Lil' Kim sample from "All About the Benjamins") Even when shit gets hard I'm going to make sure that I'm around to hold you (*Down) Will never leave your side until the day I die I'm gonna (*Hold, you, down) Recognize that this game could be hard Long as you roll with me, we are (*Down) Here by your side always to (***Hold me down baby!) (*Hold, you, down) [Verse 2: Alchemist] (*Sample Of "Hold You Down") Yeah, yo, when the time is worst Never leave my fam in a jam I'm dyin first Never (*Down) to my last dollar I'm grindin first Never take the stand on my fam I'm silent first (*Hold, you, down) It's goin down, feel me The Alchemist in the flesh And I love this profession but I throw it all away in a second cause I'm (*Down) For the cause when my life is threatened Taken this and that maybe that'll (*Hold, you, down) Now you know how we cooks the pot up You could get caught up in some things you would not wanna so slow (*Down) And watch how I mold the sound so when I ain't around the music still (*Hold, you, down) But I'm a keep my eyes open yo I don't even blink Keep my pen movin down the line I don't even think, just write it (*Down) On the paper get my vocals in sync Check how it sound (*Hold hold hold hold you you you you you you you you down) [Chorus] [Verse 3: Illa Ghee] (*Sample of "Hold You Down") To all my people I war for, blow the four four for, you know I gets (*Down) Even if we trapped standin back to back I'll (*Hold, you, down) No matter if you wrong or right you still right, for you I lay a man (*Down) I don't care if it's the president I cock my heat, and (*Hold, you, down) For all y'all chickens in the club If you hop in the truck, first thing y'all gonna go (*Down) And when we get to the telly I'm a bend you over and (*Hold, you, down) [Verse 4: Prodigy] Aiyyo! Mobb, thugs, drops and trucks We got enough paper to front, you see our guns and duck (*Down) Somebody fittin to get wigged, homey I hold your outfit a (*Hold, you, down) I seriously doubt it, my chain cost a quart a mill imagine what I spend gun shoppin Get bullets by the thousands they say that we whylin And I'm far from recluse, we fight on front street with them fullies in the coupe Before the drama and the shootin, then I take bullets and die to (*Hold, you, down) [Chorus & Outro: Nina Sky] (*Sample of "Hold You Down") Even when shit gets hard I'm going to make sure that I'm around to hold you (*Down) Will never leave your side until the day I die I'm gonna (*Hold, you, down) Recognize that this game could be hard Long as you roll with me, we are (*Down) Here by your side always to (*Soon, you'll, un-der-stand)
*its a shame that this song and video from 2007 has 300k views and songs like bad a boujee been out for a year and has over 300milly views, this generation is fucked up, b*
you're wrong. Alchemist (real name Alan Maman) is credited as not only producer but also song writer on this track. Havoc is not mentioned as a writer (real name Kejuan)
