DJ BALL PRESENTS "THE KNEW ME CYPHER" *MOS DEF OFFICIAL!!!

Okkkkkk Sooooo when I heard that "another cypher" had just been dropped....I will admit...I didn't rush to click the link. I mean...let's face it. The day n age of an "authentic battle"...I mean a real, artistic, creative mosh up of artists... hungry to showcase their freestyle skills, amongst other artists ... just doesn't seem to be appreciated it like it used to be. Don't get my wrong, I appreciate what other artists, dj's and promoters have done in the past...to resurrect the art of a true "CYPHER". Yet I myself have felt like these "modern day cyphers"...leave me feeling somewhat unsatisfied. *Like when I eat a huge portion of chicken and shrimp from Benihanas....and 30 mins later...I'm hungry like I never ate. *yeah...that feeling. When I finally decided to open the link...I was immediately surprised!!!

The backdrop for "The Knew Me Cypher" looks AMAZING!!!!! Right out that gate, you enter the Get It Poppin Radio Station. Any and every artist *damn near is familiar with this infamous studio. Get It Poppin is a unique place where artists drop by at any given time to swap music, drop off promo material, and let's not forget...possibly doing a dope as* interview for 1 of the many shows on the radio that the studio offers. The walls in "The Knew Me Cypher" are covered from top to bottom with every artist you can imagine promo, mixtape release posters, awards and many visuals of many artists accomplishments.

 I LOVE the setting because its a true Hip-Hop feel. The studios atmosphere alone can be full-filling as well as satisfying. If you have ever been to Get It Poppin , you would know that the studio isn't the biggest....but the way the "The Knew Me Cypher" was shot...the studio comes across as being larger than life!!! DJ Ball managed to do 1 of the BEST jobs ever...accomplishing what others have only seemed to be struggling to accomplish in this new generation of "FREESTYLING". With that being "read"...I give you "The Knew Me Cypher"....


INTRO

Damnnnnn this sh*t looks DOPE AS FUGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

Ok Ok I see the lil flicks jumping off in black n white

This lil photo op reminds me of a future cover for the Freshmen Class in XXL

Yeah this mos def looks like a magazine cover

DANK...he's always pumped...I love him....pours out energy


SHUICIDE HOLLA

Okkkkkkkkk Shuicide Holla!!!

Yeah Shuicide is mos def #THATRUTH

He always seems very well put together

He musta been born to do this

He's a lil ahead of his time...in a good way

You can't be a dumb mofo tryna understand SHUICIDE

He's on that deep intelligent rap


That Cavalier Flag on the mic stand....is Frigginnnn INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK CLEVELAND!!!!!!!

Mannnnnnn who shot this video?

They did a dope ass job!!!!!!!!

Hahahahahaha Get It Poppin Studio looks big....but it's kinda small

Wait did Shucide jus say "half dez niggaz actin like full bitchez get you a dress"

HE DID SAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH he might be slim, but he talks soooo much shit...lol

If I was a dude I'd hope I'd have "SHUICIDE confidence"...


MOOKIE MOTONIO

Wait....who's dropping tha beats?

Ohhhh shit, I almost forgot DJ Ball was in here

That's cool how Dj Ball is playing tha back....cool as fugggggggg

He's lookin like...yeah....I'm jus rock out back here...ya'll already know this shit is REAL!

MOOKIE!!!!!!!

Even tho MOOKIE acts grumpy sometimes....I smile when he starts flowing...

Yeah he's got some bars

Hoodi action!!!

"I get my dick so much I only kno hoes by tha back of their necks"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

MOOKIE will disrespect a female ...in the nicest way lol

People act like MOOKIE acts "stuck up"

Well he sure is lookin like a team player right now

Maybe he's just misunderstood

Man MOOK got like ova a million friggin hits on youtube

I love his videos

I wish I could hate cuz he makes me mad...lol...but you can't deny...he dope!!!

Sexy


YOUNG SHON

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS YOUNG SHON!!!!!!!!


WHOA...damn Young Shon GOT BARS!!!!!!

WTFFFFFF he's goin in!

I'm happy for Young Shon, he's come a long way

Kinda cool seeing him with the "cool guys"

He acts very humble but he's turned into a monster at this rap music

This cypher is dope as fugggggggg!!!!

The walls look insane with all this memorabilia 

YOUNG SHON has some of the best metaphors in tha city.

Mannnn this close up up YOUNG SHON IS CRAZYYYYYY!!!!!! DOPE!!!

"RACKED UP SHAWTY"

I don't know.....Shon jus killed it!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

No...like literally jus killed it!!!!

His new mixtape is EXCELLENT!!!


CRAZY 8

Wait....he's here!

Mannnnnnnn this Cypher is AMAZING!!!!

Dj Ball did a real real ass job putting this together!

Crazy 8 is so laid-back and cool

I'm glad people are starting to finally give him the respect that he deserves

Mannnnn I  think he would die for his music


The most popular lame

I remember when me and Crazy 8 rode thru buckeye, cleveland hts, kinsman and all in between taggin spots with his stickers!!!!!

He is damn near eating the mic with confidence

Did that sound weird

Grow up

He's most def underrated

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Okkkkkkkkkkkk

He is "visible"


SYXX

Sooo this is the SYXX that everyone talks about

DAMN!!!!!!!

He reminds me of Beanie Sigel

This dude is MOS DEF FREESTYLIN

I LOVE DIS SHIT!!!!!

OMG!!!!!

Rockin in a straight jacket!

That's a dope visual...like goin crazy

That was creative

Did he just make a reference to an STD inside of an ear

HAHAHAHAHAHA thats sick...

LAKE ERIE MONSTER


OUTRO

Ohhhhhhhh it's hard for me to say who's the best

This cypher makes me wish I could rap

* I freestyle by myself *hehehe

No really....this cypher is full of TALENT

Everyone is different...got their own style

I'm glad nobody was tryna act like they were better than anyone else

DAMN the studio looks good on camera

I gotta give it to Dj Ball....

It's gonna be hard to try and out top this

This is how cyphers should be

Awwwwww I feel like I'm in the Basement at Rap City on BET

I miss that show



After "The Knew Me Cypher" ended...I musta pushed replay at least 10 times. Of course I had to go back and watch everyone spit their bars...and each and every single time I watch it I find myself watching with a lil smirk upon my face. Like "hell yeah...Ball out did himself with this". In the city of CLEVELAND it's difficult to get a group of artists together, to do something as simple as...spitting over a beat. Some people may say it's "ego", or "popularity" status. I like to sum it up as "music politics". Dj Ball managed to break down the barries of ego, popularity, and politics. "The Knew ME Cypher" allowed you to witness some of Clevelands dopest MC's, and possibly the most underrated artists. Just to see each artists bobbing their head as each other took turns at the CAVALIER mic was exciting, admirable, and a beautiful thing to watch musically. No one tried upstage the next man. "The Knew Me Cypher" was presented how a cypher should be. A nice cool atmosphere, where hip-hop covers the walls, 1 of the dopest Dj's in the city, not screaming and yelling over the artists...but quietly playing tha back...and a mixture of dope ass beats.

 I respect each artist more than I did before...because with a few bars, you really had a chance to "get to know" Shuicide, MOOKIE, YOUNG SHON, Crazy 8, and SYXX. Dj Ball showed that it is possible to pull off the unimaginable ...without having to use a "fancy location", and without having hella "crew members" tryna be all in the front. I know fo fact that people have watched "The Knew Me Cypher" and said "damnnnnnn lemme watch dis 1 mo time". We may have thought we already knew these artists. Yet now we know "The Knew Me" cypher!!!! XOXO


S/o to MEDGERY for makin a DOPE VISUAL!!!!!!!!!!!


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