Public Enemy Shut ‘Em Down Live on The Word 1992 (Pete Rock remix)
What can I say…for Friday night telly this was amazing. Still not sure what the problems are about at the beginning…
Chuck D
KRS-One Argues The Validity Of The Hip-Hop Museum
Rap legend KRS-One was the co-host for the National Hip-Hop Museum being built in the Bronx. KRS took the time to question the founders about their intentions.
Mark Anthony Uptown Comedy Club tv show-1993 (BATTLE)
The yo mamma battle from Uptown. I’m sorry about the crappy video. I know I looked like Flava Fav to Henry Spoon’s Chuck D but it still went down that I beat Tracy Morgan in a yo mamma contest. He turned out to be a real good brotha’.
Busta Rhymes – Woo Ha!! Got You All in Check (LIVE)
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known as Busta Rhymes (born May 20, 1972),[2] is a Grammy-nominated Jamaican-American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes). “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” is Busta Rhymes’ first solo single and was released in 1996 from his solo debut album The Coming. It peaked at #8 in the US on April 20, 1996 and #2 in the UK. In the US, the song was released as a double A-side single with “Everything Remains Raw”. The song’s instrumental contains a sample from “Space” by Galt MacDermot. The punch line for the song is a reference to Big Bank Hank’s punch line in the 1981 Sugarhill Gang release “8th Wonder”: “See it’s up my back, it’s around my neck / Woo-hah! Got them all in check.” Smith was born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn to Jamaican parents Cherry Green and Trevor Smith, Sr.[3][4][5] Busta Rhymes openly said he embraced Islam when being interviewed.[6] Busta adds, I used that as inspiration to go into the studio all the time when I had a free moment. After work, during my lunch break, traveling back and forth to work to just apply myself creatively, and the opportunity finally came one day when I was downtown. At 17, Rhymes landed a six-figure record deal. Smith’s musical career began at the age of 17 as a member of the hip hop crew Leaders of the New School along with fellow Long Island natives Charlie Brown, Dinco D, and Cut Monitor Milo. They …