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Remembering a West Coast Classic: "Passin' Me By" (Part 1 of 2)
Posted on February 5, 2007 2:10 AM
It's Monday so we're gonna get things cracking like we always do...
But today I’m gonna hit everybody off with a little something extra to make sure we all make it through the week alright... Today we got two West Coast Classics for the price of one.
This is the first of two videos that I’ll be posting from The Pharcyde today, and unless you’re under 21 years old or your parents didn’t let you leave the house or watch TV during the early nineties, then you should be familiar. In fact, it’s likely that a good portion of you will know all the words to this one, ‘cause it’s a classic, and this is definitely one of those tracks that gets frequent play at shows, festivals, BBQs, hip hop functions, etc.
The year was 1992, and the song is “Passin’ Me By.”
Riding high off the success of “Ya Mama,” the first single from their album Bizzare Ride 2 the Pharcyde, Fatlip, Imani, Bootie Brown and Slimkid3 dropped a song about a love that wasn’t meant to be. Although the theme differed from the pimp-talk braggadocio that had dominated hip hop since its inception, something about the song resonated within people, and it quiclky became a commercial hit. But the humanity behind the lyrics and the story that they were telling made it much more than that, and over the last 15 years (holy shit, I can’t believe this track came out 15 years ago) “Passin’ Me By” has proved that it’s a classic that can withstand the test of time.
Tune in at 1:30 Pacific Standard Time for part 2...
Comments
Truely a classic
Yo, I'm from Bmore I give credit where credit is do. When the Pharcyde came out with that track, I was luv'n it from the first time I heard it. The lyrics were real and the beat was like that. I can still roc to that track today. wow, 15 years ago. thats crazy man. Peace out fam.
I had to stop thru and show love for this blog that song was my shit Damn a tear came to my eye lol Them dudes were true hip hop!
@future
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I'm from CT...this joint is a straight up CLASSIC. From the West to the East we all rocked this joint! Much love to The Pharcyde...i wish they'd all get back together...too much GARBAGE in hip hop right now!
shits tight classic for sure
Pharcyde was dat shit fam, i remember always hearin this shit on da radio and seein da video out here and i'm from Jersey!
just goes to show how fucked up the mainstream balanced of hip-hop has gotten, and trust me 90% of da shit on these commercial radio formats aint on em cause they hot songs, youngins!
damn i miss the Hip-Hop i grew up to love, this current wave of shit is dumpster material to me.
well not all of it but dudes lacking originality first off, and true artistry more importantly. too many dudes on da mic but claimin they not rappers. stop disrespectin da art and go post up on a corner like da stagnant rhymes they spittin.
dats not a rant about da West, its these generic ass ""2-hits and call it quits" type niggaz invading the game!
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WORD!! Man..You instantly won my approval with this one playboy...wow..You just took me down memory lane...Nike low tops with champions sweaters!! Oh I was lovin' this track, I still spin it on my ipod. That was a golden era..the west coast really stepped it up in that era!!
I really want to thank you and be very vocal of my appreciation for moments like this
yea man...them dudes was banging...i remembered dat track...ahh deemm were da days maann
That was my joint back in the day! Takes me back. One of my favorite groups EVER! I still bang Bizarre Ride and Labcabin!
SoCal for life my love...
That album my friend...was a classic. I still bump that cassette (that's right dammit) for that old school feel. That was crew that should've stayed together.
that album from The Pharcyde is one of the greatest rap albums ever.EVER.
Eighty your extra wack for this 1 an you got the nerve to have a part 2 comin. Nobody cares about these washed up nerd rappers. Pharcyde are in the same corny rapper catagory as Dela Soul, Souls of Mischif, Tribe Called Gay ect. Get this weirdo neo acoustic okplayer rap music outta here wit these niggas complainin about some erika badu lookin hoodroach passin them by
Also i heard that tyone biggums lookin nigga Fatlip was a junkie back then an still is so basically this was a rap group of consciense crackheads an these niggas on here are celebratin their records. Sad day in hiphop indeed
Could sombody post that I Am track by Game?
MrMyNutsInYourMouth eat a dick.
I bet all your quarters and nickels that REAL DUDES from Texas like Bun B, Pimp and Face bump the Pharcyde.
I guess all hip hop should sound the same huh? And you don't like De La, Tribe or Souls? Then as far as hip hop goes, you missed the boat.
You's a sellout my boy!
Big Ups to you today!! I love this joint with a passion. Ya did good for all of us today.
It's crazy cause I just downloaded this album the other day on a throwback tip. Yes, it is definitely a classic, fuck what anybody heard or says.
I'm from muthafuckin Nebraska! And we bumped this shit HARD back in the day!
Pack the Pipe was my shit!
What I loved about these dudes was that they werent afraid to just wild out and have fun on a record. Everybody gotta be so fuckin hard nowadays. These niggas just had fun. Freestyling all over the album, making Yo Mama songs...
Man... whatever happened to the good days from back in the past...
that track is still hot today you cant forget the nonce good to go
good lookin out LECK omaha is definitely in this motherfucker and feelin real hip hop too
Pharcyde=The Pack If the Pharcyde came out today they would be all types of lame ass faggot ass gay muthafuckas!! Good thing they came out when they did!! Bizzare ride helped me get through high school!!! I loved the album art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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