Throwback

You know what kept me out of after school detention?  My dad's underground gymnastics stadium and weight room....not really.  But seriously, when I was in Elementary school I would rush home to watch 3 hours of Rap City on BET with Big Lez and Joe Claire a.k.a Joe Cleazy.  Joe Claire over Carson any day any time, one rap video at a time.  So after about 10 years 3 hours a day of Rap City, I am now stuck with useless knowledge of rap videos from the 90's.


Having said that, this week on hype machine was relatively weak.  I literally had 4 songs on rotation, all which I am ashamed admitting to liking.  So I'm going throwback to the golden age of rap 1991-2001.


SWV featuring Wu-Tang Clan - Anything





Nothing like diversifying your bonds with Sistah's with Voices and the Wu.  This little ditty was featured on the  Above the Rim soundtrack in the recent year of 1994 (Juice mixed with basketball minus Omar Epps + White Boy Eric Nies, he used to host The Grind on MTV).  Song features the usual Wu members such as U-God, Method Man and Old Dirty Restaurant.


Busta Rhymes - Woo Ha





If you're like me, you have at least one bodily injury somewhere that reminds you of a certain song.  Let me take you back to the Spring of 96' where I found myself in my parents bed room watching MTV Spring Break, you know just hanging out on my parents bed drinking a juicy juice.  Next thing you know Busta and Spliff Star are on stage going bat shit crazy with Woo Ha. Immediately drop my Juicy Juice and start waving my hands in the air like someone at a Church screaming "Lord Baby help me Jesus!".  With complete reckless abandonment, I slice my index finger on my parents chandelier, glass going everywhere.  Was it worth it?  Swing by my cube and I'll show you my war wound.    


People Under The Stairs - The Next Step II





There is no video for this, probably due to budget constraints and because no one knows about the Bay area's People Under the Stairs.  If these guys ever made it main stream, people would be strapped with cardboard just to throw down on the spot with some coffee grinders, hollowbacks, and some munch airflares.  For those that don't know, those are break-dancing moves. 


Bone Thugs & Harmony - Body Rott





Gangsta Rap has pretty much deceased since 50 cent was shot 9 times and put out one of best Gangster Rap albums of all time.  However, in the 90's it was rampant.  It's only proper that I throw up the Bone Thugs track for my boy Bone.  I remember purchasing this album, throwing this on and swearing my face off.  Easily over excited I didn't realize I purchased the clean version - Fail.  Needless to say Bone got a pretty good laugh out of it.  Bone is currently serving a life time sentence at Rikers a.k.a working for a pharmaceutical company rocking a suit daily.


Memphis Bleek - My mind Right





You know how many times Flex dropped the bomb on this?  5 times.  That's the equivalent to Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan.  Throw the Roc up, fix ya face, if you just robbed a liquor store, call me I won't snitch and all of that.  I would say "Marcy Stand up", but I don't qualify.


Vicious - Freaks 





Best thing about rap in the 90's?  Literally no boundaries.  We all know about Lil Bow wow, Lil Romeo, and soon you'll know Willow Smith.  But in the 90's we had Little Vicious.  Never mind the fact that he only put out one album.  All you need to know is that this dude was like 5 rapping about (I don't know how to put this lightly) condoms and broads.  Honestly, I'm perplexed.  A) where did he learn this breadth of knowledge at such a young age?  B) Who the hell are his parents?  C) What?!?!  Big ups to Doug E. Fresh for this beat.  Human beat box at its finest.  


Bronus


Charlie Baltimore featuring Ghostface Killah - Stand Up





Only way to make it in rap in the 90's as a female was either having a banging voice for a hook or option b) being dirtier than Lil' Kim.  And Charlie Baltimore ran the gamut minus the banging voice. I had to throw this on here because this video is essentially ridiculous.  From my understanding any chic rocking a Chinchilla coat in the hood would be subject to the following:  "Ey yo let me holla at you for a minute, yo! run that shit or get that ass beat".  No?  


Onyx featuring DMX - Shut em Down 





So if Charlie Baltimore (see video above) ran into this group of fun loving animated characters (Sticky Fingaz, pretty much the same thing as the wet bandits, what movie?) , chinchilla coat gone in 15 seconds turned over for straight cash.  Luckily for her, they were all part of the same label Def Jam.  


Black Moon - 2 Turntables and a Mic 





If you trip over the wire, we going to get our man Smitty to beat you up.  The rap version of Beck's 'Where It's at".  I'm pretty sure he siphoned this from Buckshot, yes that is the rapper's name from Blackmoon.  The cuts in this are spot on. 


EPMD, K-solo, Redman - Headbanger 





The first time I saw this video, 1992, it gave me nightmares.  5 years later, it gave me nightmares.  10 years later it gave me nightmares.  I think I'm good now.  Yo, where's my hoodie?