Skateboarders have always seemed to love this guy’s music. May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999. R.I.P.

A pet peeve of mine has always been using instrumental versions of good rap songs in skate videos as opposed to the vocals, and especially considering there are so many awful rap songs in skate videos nowadays. I’ve been told it has to do with rights supposedly being easier to get / less expensive for vocal versions, but who knows if that’s true. Posting this by default, despite the instrumental, the awful video quality (why is this the only version online?), and the off-sync sound. It’s Stevie, after all. Updated with a better-quality version.

Not a huge fan of the execution of this video, but the comments seem to be into it (Oh, it’s *real* hip-hop? Tight, dude), and it’s relevant to the subject at hand, so why not.

This version > All other versions of the song. Someone should’ve skated to this one by now.

What path would have Ma$e’s life taken if he had kept “Murda” as his last name?