The Hairy Eyeball

I was not down with the old school. I can remember hearing Sugarhill Gang's "Rappers Delight", and finding it amusing, but there was definitely no desire to investigate further. RUN DMC was sitting in the boom boxes of more than a few of my friends, and while "King of Rock" was another one that caught my attention - it wasn't enough to drive me digging into the rap scene. 1987 was the year that hip-hop broke foro me. I owe it to a co-worker at the golden arches who poped in Ice-T's debut, RHYME PAYS - and the rest, as it goes, was history. I've been listening to Rap ever since, with the late 80's and early 90's being the mainstay of my collection. BDP, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, MC Lyte, and to many more to mention. That was a great time for Rap records in my opinion. When the production values had truly progressed, and the Rhymes still had a sense of purpose. Ultimately "Gangsat Rap" completely saturated the scene, and Rap, for a time, really didn't seem to be much about music - bur of personalities - and if you know Rap, you can guess who I'm talking about, so I won't speak of the dead here.

As the 90's progressed, I found very little new stuff to entertain - and it's probably only from watching Chappelle's Show, that I even realized there were still some good practitioners of Beats and Rhymes. Still I wasn't finding anything that truly went back to the "fun" that was so often a part of rap music. Recently I stumbled upon this. Tell me if you think it's a throwback in all the right ways. Even if you don't like Rap - I think you'll like the video.
go and tell me all about it