Synopsis

Royal Flush and Noreaga deliver a street-focused performance built around Queens rap bravado, flashy jewelry, and late-1990s urban style. The video places the two rappers amid New York street scenes, with a newly introduced Ford Expedition, sports jerseys, and imagery that reflects the song's hustler-minded fantasy. Its low-budget presentation favors personality and atmosphere over a complicated storyline, capturing the gritty, colorful look of underground East Coast hip-hop just as both artists were gaining wider attention.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Iced Down Medallions" was released in 1997 as the second single from Royal Flush's debut album, "Ghetto Millionaire," which arrived on August 19, 1997, through Blunt/TVT.

• Noreaga appears on the track during the period between Capone-N-Noreaga's "The War Report" and his 1998 solo debut, "N.O.R.E."

• The video is remembered for its low-budget New York aesthetic, including the newly introduced Ford Expedition and Kordell Stewart jerseys.

• EZ Elpee produced the track, building it around a sample of Gwen McCrae's 1976 recording "I've Got Nothing to Lose but the Blues."

• The single reached No. 18 on Billboard's Rap Singles chart and No. 63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

• The song later became part of the sample lineage of Madvillain's "America's Most Blunted," which uses material from "Iced Down Medallions."