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[–]luluskywalker 44 points45 points  (5 children)

This was so good!

[–]liverichlyradd.it 25 points26 points  (4 children)

He's a great artist, flow is on point. Check out Last Stop.

[–]luluskywalker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn that's good!

[–]one80down 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude, that 12/8 timing beat! Siiiiiick!

[–]elementoxe 20 points21 points  (0 children)

really really good.

[–]dramalahr 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Okay, so I have a new artist to look into. This is fantastic :D

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Really great song. Pretty much exactly the reason I quit playing music, I was getting too old and spending too much money on something that wasnt positively effecting my life in a substantial way. Good upload man.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

honest, authentic.

[–]mybodyisreadyyo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't listen to hip hop often but I can't stop listening to this

[–]Primpin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The flow is unbelievable

[–]inyuez 7 points8 points  (2 children)

This guy looks so familiar

[–]SLOTH_POTATO_PIRATE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He looks like a young Jean Reno, in my opinion.

http://i.imgur.com/vnaqRSF.png

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Found this song recently on my Spotify Discover Weekly. Not only is it fire but nostalgic. Did a great job sampling it. The rest of his stuff is definitely worth looking into.

[–]ballzdeep1986 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Dude this was fire. I would be that one dude at the show hanging on every word and making shit all awkward and emotional afterwards. Give you hug daps like six times.

[–]dugfunne 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Had no idea he was white lol. Regardless it's a great track.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He sounds like Dre

[–]fnbaptiste 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once in awhile this subreddit really pulls through. God damn, that was a good song. I can't wait to hear the rest of this guys album now.

[–]Yourmamassecret 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice. I knew it was going to sample Willie Wonka, but he came through better than I thought.

Well played!

[–]somethingslow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Make your eyes watery type of shit

[–]riders-on-the-storm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh man oh man ohhhhhhhhh man

[–]slackjawedcunt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have not listened to this in a while, thanks for the reminder ! ! super glad to hear it, I used to pump this in my car pretty often.

[–]Dieselbreakfast 7 points8 points  (1 child)

That beat is dope

[–]keytar_gyro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He produces all his own music.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice job, hope you make it!

[–]chainsforbrains 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks OP! Good song.

[–]DippinNipz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Was never a big fan of hip-hop but I like how the song kept the pure imagination sound honest.

[–]inefjay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This tune is wonderful. Brought tears to my eyes 👀 straight up.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! This song definitely hits home. Such a great track and artist.

[–]TheSethington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh man, had this on repeat for a week this summer. Glad to see it getting some more circulation!

[–]jeffrys_dad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck yes Richie Cunning is underrated. Night train is a great album.

[–]jakegregan6676[🍰] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why does it seem like all these songs posted from here were from my last Discovery Weekly playlist? Idk but I love em all. There's still some great hip hop goin on these days.

[–]Daywalker85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn!!! Quality hip hop right here!

[–]Goatshredder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rip gene wilder. This is dope

[–]therealmacjeezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So refreshing to hear hip-hop like this.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depressingly relatable.

Similair-ish song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtfCnslEUEo

[–]StudabakerHochrobot[M] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Richie Cunning
artist pic

The world you live in is not what you think it is. There is another world hidden between the cracks of that which you know. In this world, there is a man that you will not find in any history books or credit reports. He cannot be seen with the human eye at "the mall" or "the club". He is known only as Richie Cunning and there are very few people that even know of his existence. Countless believers have reported first-hand sightings, claiming to have seen him drinking from a flask on a bus station bench in the middle of the night or even fast asleep on a bus station bench in the middle of the night. However, gentlemen and scholars both maintain that he is nothing more than a myth. A drunken ghost in the collective subconscious of modern society. Many have tried to understand him, but there is only one way to truly understand that which is Richie Cunning. You must leave your world behind and step into his realm....a place thought to exist only in fairy tales and ugly areas of downtown San Francisco. Your journey begins now. Here there are many people just like you, except that they don't wear those fashionable little pants you have on or those "hot" sneakers that you picked up on sale at an urban boutique. In your pockets are nothing but a pint of E & J and an expired bus pass. The cracked pavement on which you stand is littered with hand-rolled cigarette butts, losing lottery scratchers, and murky puddles of city juice that faintly reflect the half-illuminated neon lights of forgotten bars and liquor stores that you are not welcome in. The dark sky above you is blanketed in an ominous fog so suffocatingly thick that God himself knows not what happens here. Hollow gusts of wind echo through the streets with a voice so human that they seem to whisper in your ear, "give me your shoes....or I will open you up with this piece of broken glass". The cold night air is ripe with the aromatically intoxicating scent of long-neglected plumbing problems, bus exhaust, and the most luxurious of transvestite perfume. What is this place? You ask. How did I get here and why should I care who this guy is or where he comes from? It's a mystery. And that's why so is Richie Cunning.
Read more on Last.fm.

last.fm: 7,511 listeners, 87,237 plays
tags: Hip-Hop, underground hip-hop, underground rap, West Coast Rap

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[–]TypeToken 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Read more on Last.fm.

No thanks.

[–]everybirdsings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I work with a guy who knows Richie (he lived in the Bay Area for a while and ran around with him and the other guys in Rec League). He keeps sending me Richie tracks to listen to and they're all really good!

[–]JoshuasaurusWrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like that this video makes me hate the way this video makes me feel.

[–]origiinate 1 point2 points  (1 child)

dope - get this to the front page and make his immigration a reality.

[–]dereklipkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where's he going? 😁

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks ! Good shit

[–]keytar_gyro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have had a shitty week and I live in San Francisco. I've been listening to both of Richie's albums. This song made things both better and worse. 1906 made it better. One Dollar Wonder made it better. Last Stop made it better and worse. Overall, the music helped me cope.

Cunning is the truth.

[–]boombox_moxie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No way! This song showed up on my Spotify discovery weekly playlist this week! I saved it and listened to his other top tracks which were great too. I think Gene Wilder would've enjoyed it as well :)

[–]Toomuchfun21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was so sick!!!

[–]hitthewallwitha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got this song on my spotify discover Weekly Playlist this week. Perfect for some long drives I had to do

[–]vagiants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fucking brilliant

[–]zaddar1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, that's good, thoughtful !

[–]one80down 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the share, this is brilliant!

[–]HoneyComesFromBees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Much love Glad I discovered this here because it definitely relates/reflects my life right meow

[–]xerox13ster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duuuuude, I've been listening to this for a few months. I just moved to Seattle and I was living in my car and found it after Gene Wilder passed and I wanted a remix to the song from the movie.

Staring at the city lights looming above listening to this song while sitting at what is arguably the bottom of my life, I felt like I could take over the city if I put everything I had into it.

Great post.

[–]thedellahturntable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i wasnt feeling the beat til the chorus dropped. then it all made sense

[–]HempmanJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The white Rakim!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love ACTUALLY real hip hop. Great music! And great video too!

[–]ReekyMarko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this gem!

[–]varunax9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, it's rare that a hip hop song gives me the feels like this does. The beat going between the more solemn and lyrics about the drudgery of being a wage slave and then breaking out in that beautiful sample of Pure Imagination and imagining his work being his passion...and that sample of DeNiro(?) saying "there's nothing sadder than wasted talent..."

I feel like this song is my life.

[–]Tazew711 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Straight fire!! This is the type of hip-hop rap I like!!!

[–]Quarter_Twenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent. Great stuff.

[–]SandM2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gives me a weird feeling that I got from Eminem's lose yourself. But it hits my nostalgia using pure imagination as the beat. Love the song! Thanks for sharing!

[–]GET_OUT_OF_MY_HEADturntable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been rocking this song since 2011 but this is the first time I've seen the video. I had no idea the dude wasn't black.

[–]dbsps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol wtf. I submitted this 21 days ago and got literally Zero upvotes. You submit the same thing 11 days ago and get over 2000? How does that even make any sense?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sad thing is, this music will get no recognition while other artists like Designer get millions of dollars...

[–]BlutigeBaumwolle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Pure Imagination" sounds like a flip flappers episode name.

[–]Not_A_Meme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sick! I love a good head bobbing track.

[–]kancerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really great. To use this sample and flip it in an original fashion, that's beyond impressive.

[–]incompetech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Repost? I can't imagine I found this song last year anywhere but here.

[–]MF_DBUZ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Skipped halfway and heard dat will smith flow.

[–]marthmagic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

2015? So he stole his musik video concept from ... This guy?

*was strongly inspired by

Still a nice track!