The High & Mighty are an underground rap duo from Philadelphia consisting o… Read Full Bio ↴The High & Mighty are an underground rap duo from Philadelphia consisting of rapper Mr. Eon ("The High", b. Eric Meltzer) and DJ Mighty Mi ("The Mighty", b. Milo Berger). Their commercial debut was in 1999 on the underground rap label Rawkus with their album, "Home Field Advantage", featuring rappers such as Mos Def, Kool Keith, What? What? (aka Jean Grae), Pharoahe Monch, Evidence of Dilated Peoples, Defari and Eminem. They later left Rawkus, distributing the records issued by their own record company Eastern Conference Records via Landspeed Records. They also established a group called Smut Peddlers with Cage and published an album called "Porn Again".
The High and Mighty have a penchant for subjects that break the usual hip hop stereotypes. The titles of their albums and the name of their record label are both references to one of their favourite musical subjects, American professional team sports. Home Field Advantage, for example, features numerous sporting references, including the track Friendly Game of Football and mentions of the '69 New York Mets, Cris Carter and Jason Sehorn, among others. Another recurring source of lyrical fodder is the Star Wars film series, with Home Field Advantage including lines about Jedi Master Mace Windu, the bounty hunter Greedo, Anakin Skywalker and the shiny droid C-3PO. Also, one of the main background substances throughout album lyrics was THC and consumption of marijuana in various forms. The group sometimes touched on more or less political issues such as economy and music industry.
The High and Mighty have a penchant for subjects that break the usual hip hop stereotypes. The titles of their albums and the name of their record label are both references to one of their favourite musical subjects, American professional team sports. Home Field Advantage, for example, features numerous sporting references, including the track Friendly Game of Football and mentions of the '69 New York Mets, Cris Carter and Jason Sehorn, among others. Another recurring source of lyrical fodder is the Star Wars film series, with Home Field Advantage including lines about Jedi Master Mace Windu, the bounty hunter Greedo, Anakin Skywalker and the shiny droid C-3PO. Also, one of the main background substances throughout album lyrics was THC and consumption of marijuana in various forms. The group sometimes touched on more or less political issues such as economy and music industry.
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"You think you know what I'm meaning"
I'm just a '86 witness
"You thi-think-think-think ya know"
Take it out you suckers, you don't know how I did it
"You think you know what I'm meaning"
Yo yo, you're now a game and don't think you're gonna win it
"You-think-you think you know what I'm meaning"
Maybe if I popped Cristal
Said I had a Lexus, or a triple beam I'd get a deal
I'd rather speak upon a Maurice Cheeks steal
It's the outta paper, not the caps I peel
I used my independent, money to pay the rent
Remain at hell bent, and far from heaven sent
Where they went? The days when mics got destroyed
be 's just boy-ed, the soft punks got toyed
Unemployed, was a happy-go-lucky MC
And now that's all they fuckin be bringing to me
Where they went? The summer concerts on concrete
Elite could put twelve G's in the seat
Now I release the masterpiece of my music
It's '99, and no one could use it
They rather re-use it, the audience confuse it
Take Chuck D's Time Bomb, try to defuse it
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-you're not ya-you're not orig-riginal"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"The-the-the meaning, ya think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-you're not ya-you're not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya think you know what I'm meaning"
It seems that you gotta come cheap to compete
That's why when I chose to go deep you go sleep
On a verse, you not gonna get at first
Like O.J. would never ever get a hearse first
When he die, think about the lie over lie
>From verse about the hearse of this rap universe
'cause radical elements remain eloquent
The reprocussions tear right through the fabric
So act quick, kids at the top is lackin
They tryin to turn hip hop to just plain rappin
Let the poppers pop and the breakers break
'Cause there's just so much of this shit that I can take
Now I can't stand the rain, this shit's all the same
Mr. E excommuincate your whole game
Back in '88 baby everything was gleaming
"The meaning, you think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"You're not-you're not-you're not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-ya-think-ya-think you know what I'm meaning"
Where your skills at, where the ill raps?
Where the new tracks, where your heart at?
Where the new jacks, gettin contracts?
I got a rhyme that I ain't even wrote yet
Save the drama classes for the masses
Hip hop, glacoma, baby I prescribe the glasses
The vision's near-sighted, and narrow-minded
The wack shit that you hear, is all hate and fight
Take it like harder, fools act retarder
In '98, lyrics just disregarded
Now how hard it be yo to really concentrate
Writin metaphors, wack shit I annihilate
Now fools comin through spellin much gibberish
While Mighty Mi and I stay acknicilous
Raps are bed pan, and I be the nurse
Removin shit wit lyrics that I disperse
Nail ya coffin, ?so you're? death's epitome
Ya fate be taken out is most likely
Not likely, we be The High & The Mighty
Stompin out crews, the team of the '90's
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"The meaning, you think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya not original--" "Ya not"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"You think you know what I'm meaning"
Gang Starr "Shoulda been number one to me"
And D.O.C. "Shoulda been number one to me"
Live Team "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Disc Masters "Shoulda been number one to me"
Show & A. "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Crown Rulers "Shoulda been number one to me"
And Dilated "Shoulda been number one to me"
KMD "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Tough Crew "Shoulda been number one to me"
And JVC "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Main Source "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Arsonists "Shoulda been number one to me"
"You think you know what I'm meaning"
I'm just a '86 witness
"You thi-think-think-think ya know"
Take it out you suckers, you don't know how I did it
"You think you know what I'm meaning"
Yo yo, you're now a game and don't think you're gonna win it
"You-think-you think you know what I'm meaning"
Maybe if I popped Cristal
Said I had a Lexus, or a triple beam I'd get a deal
I'd rather speak upon a Maurice Cheeks steal
It's the outta paper, not the caps I peel
I used my independent, money to pay the rent
Remain at hell bent, and far from heaven sent
Where they went? The days when mics got destroyed
be 's just boy-ed, the soft punks got toyed
Unemployed, was a happy-go-lucky MC
And now that's all they fuckin be bringing to me
Where they went? The summer concerts on concrete
Elite could put twelve G's in the seat
Now I release the masterpiece of my music
It's '99, and no one could use it
They rather re-use it, the audience confuse it
Take Chuck D's Time Bomb, try to defuse it
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-you're not ya-you're not orig-riginal"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"The-the-the meaning, ya think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-you're not ya-you're not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya think you know what I'm meaning"
It seems that you gotta come cheap to compete
That's why when I chose to go deep you go sleep
On a verse, you not gonna get at first
Like O.J. would never ever get a hearse first
When he die, think about the lie over lie
>From verse about the hearse of this rap universe
'cause radical elements remain eloquent
The reprocussions tear right through the fabric
So act quick, kids at the top is lackin
They tryin to turn hip hop to just plain rappin
Let the poppers pop and the breakers break
'Cause there's just so much of this shit that I can take
Now I can't stand the rain, this shit's all the same
Mr. E excommuincate your whole game
Back in '88 baby everything was gleaming
"The meaning, you think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"You're not-you're not-you're not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya-ya-think-ya-think you know what I'm meaning"
Where your skills at, where the ill raps?
Where the new tracks, where your heart at?
Where the new jacks, gettin contracts?
I got a rhyme that I ain't even wrote yet
Save the drama classes for the masses
Hip hop, glacoma, baby I prescribe the glasses
The vision's near-sighted, and narrow-minded
The wack shit that you hear, is all hate and fight
Take it like harder, fools act retarder
In '98, lyrics just disregarded
Now how hard it be yo to really concentrate
Writin metaphors, wack shit I annihilate
Now fools comin through spellin much gibberish
While Mighty Mi and I stay acknicilous
Raps are bed pan, and I be the nurse
Removin shit wit lyrics that I disperse
Nail ya coffin, ?so you're? death's epitome
Ya fate be taken out is most likely
Not likely, we be The High & The Mighty
Stompin out crews, the team of the '90's
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Not original"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"The meaning, you think you know what I'm meaning"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"Ya not original--" "Ya not"
"I've seen your kind before, you're not original"
"You think you know what I'm meaning"
Gang Starr "Shoulda been number one to me"
And D.O.C. "Shoulda been number one to me"
Live Team "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Disc Masters "Shoulda been number one to me"
Show & A. "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Crown Rulers "Shoulda been number one to me"
And Dilated "Shoulda been number one to me"
KMD "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Tough Crew "Shoulda been number one to me"
And JVC "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Main Source "Shoulda been number one to me"
The Arsonists "Shoulda been number one to me"
The High & Mighty's "The Meaning" is a scathing critique of the mainstream rap industry's emphasis on money, materialism, and shallow lyrical content. The song's refrain of "You think you know what I'm meaning" is a sarcastic response to rappers who claim to be original and meaningful while spouting the same tired clichés. The verses are a combination of braggadocio and clever wordplay, with rapper Mr. E using his sharp wit to skewer the industry's lack of creativity and commercialism. The song's production, courtesy of Mighty Mi, is a classic example of boom-bap hip-hop, with its hard-hitting drums and funky samples driving the beat forward.
One of the key themes of "The Meaning" is the idea that true hip-hop is underground and independent, and that the mainstream industry has sold out to corporate interests. This message is conveyed through lyrics like "I used my independent money to pay the rent" and "Now I release the masterpiece of my music / It's '99, and no one could use it." The song also contains references to classic hip-hop groups and artists like Gang Starr, KMD, and Main Source, emphasizing the importance of the genre's roots and legacy.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: RICHARD DAVIES, ROGER HODGSON
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PhillyJawn215
Legitimately one of the best beats in history. Simple and perfect.
T B
I agree with that!!
DRUMAT!C
Late 90's to early 2000's was an incredible era for the indie-ground!
Beat Mode Productions
backpack era! bring it back!
KP Kev the Poet
Mainly between Rawkus Records and Def Jux but there were hundreds of smaller indie labels and underground legends like Anticon and Rhymesayers. My favourite era.
&
"So act quick, kids at the top is lackin
They tryin to turn hip hop to just plain rappin"
Eon was damn right
datrakaP O
Yep… it’s all devoid of meaning now. Political sentiments are completely unwanted nowadays
Game Music Gems
Real hip hop right here. The lyrics paint the picture of where the rap game was and still is today, a damn joke. For all the mumble rappers out there: " We've seen your kind before. Your not original".
John Dillinger
one of the best entrances into a beat
Thomas Dean
Mr Eon wasn't one of the best rappers but Mighty Mi was a solid producer for his era, it was a pretty decent album...