I can verify… lived through every hip-hop era - - NOTHING remotely comes-close to what was happening right around 1993 (PRIME 90’s - so many talented, DIVERSE/ground-breaking artists dropping projects)
In Denver in 94 we promoted a concert and Young Black Teenagers were the headliners. It was one of those nights when everything was perfect. ❤ Damn I miss the nineties.
Early 90's High School in SoCal for me was Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Pharcyde, House Of Pain, Redman, learning of Wu Tang Clan, Hieroglyphics (Casual, Souls, Del), Young Black Teenagers, A Tribe Called Quest, backyard parties vibing to Sublime, And then Show & AG Goodfellas just hit different!!!
I saw them live with Fat Joe, Naughty by Nature and Brand Nubians in Puerto Rico back in 1994... I still remember that concert today! It was a life changing experience, when I started my love for hip-hop...
..bro this WENT OFF in New Zealand in its time ..i still have the cassette ..first true love affair still with me to this day !! ..too much Y.B.T ..thanks from New Zealand
Daaaaaamn... had this joint in my head for the longest... wasn't sure if they really existed... thank you RUclips.... love this joint. I was a kid bro jammin this hit. Sneaking roaches from my brother's ash tray.. lmao.. great times..
I was on holiday in New York from the UK when I first heard this track. It was playing on the radio & it totally hooked me. I went straight out to get me a 12" which I still have. It never made a dent in the UK so if it wasn't for that holiday I wouldn't still be hoppin' to that nasty groove still now after over 25 years later.
this shows that people of different races can be together and have good time.. if the world was like this, we would all be in a better place...#iloveeveryone
You could tell they were a real group and have chemistry. They feed of each other verses. Most rap groups will have there verses recorded and place it in order vs writing a song together
DJ Kamron mentioned that there was an entire 3rd album that was never released that he has in his possession and he will release soon (however he mentioned this like 2 years ago so lets hope he didn't forget)
I had this song on a mixtape someone made….year later I saw the video and my jaw about hit the floor……this song slapped back in the day regardless of melanin content
@@biggdogg1975 Das Efx didn't steal shit from LOTUG. Das Efx started the whole iggedy era. They was huge on word play with cultural references and that wasn't even LOTUGs style. Not to mention that Das are tight with LOTUG including the whole hit squad. Doitall from LOTUG even gave Dray and Skoob props for being original with their own style. Then everyone started biting off of them. Better check your history homie.
@@biggdogg1975 All those hip hop guys took that fast iggity style from early 80s 'fast chat' Jamaican artists like Ranking Joe, Smiley Culture, Papa Levi, Peter King etc.
damn i love that part wen kamron is like "pass the funnel to the tunnel like its bizzy til im dizzy neva pass it to get fizzy cuz the guard gets bizzy WHO IS HE" haha classic
I think the guy with the dreads is the one that played Kid's roommate on House Party 2 and I remember the from Houseguest when Sinbad and Phil Hartam's son was beatin the bad boys
VEGITAS4 Sounds personal. It's not nice to hold personal grudges. It rots you from the inside out. I suggest that you Tap a Bottle and Twist The Cap and drink yout Public Enemy pain away.
When i was 15 i drank inside so i didnt get caught- but i was in the hood. Maybe it was different in the 'burbs.' But 15 was fun... Lotsa drugs, just got outta juvie, didnt give a fuck. Better than this adult shit of worries and disappointments... Yeah, i hadnt thought about it in awhile, but 15 was great
YBT had the support of the prominent rap group Public Enemy and their producer Hank Shocklee signed them as the first act of his label Sound of Urban Listeners (SOUL). Despite their name, none of the group's members were black. They intended their name as a tribute to the black culture they were influenced by, but some thought their name was offensive or ridiculous.
There was a story that Busta Rhymes once told where his group and this group are both competing for contracts on Hank Shockley’s label. Part of the competition was who would get what name. The winner of the competition was Busta’s group and they decided to take the Leaders of the New School name. The other group got the other name. This was the other group and that was the name that they were given: Young Black Teenagers.
This is crazy! I actually went into a trance while watching this video... I remember this being played on Video Music box and remember the style of clothes from back then. Dam. Memory lane like a mug. This beat is a classic... However, they did bite Daz Efex style lol
See the difference from yesterday and today. The group name alone would definitely start bs. We never tripped over that when they came out. We laughed like damn ok
How was this group a one-hit wonder? This song still is awesome, and these guys still run lyrical circles around almost all rappers who are popular today.
@@tyrannosaurusburke Eric Maloney. He passed away from Pneumonia. His mother took it to the courts and lost. I still feel what you you were saying about popular rappers today tho.
@1.25 "when the God gets busy" is the reference to the time when Hank Shocklee took him up to Mecca and Kamron ended up joining a cypher with Lord Jamar and Jamar came up short. Hank said Jamar was dropping Knowledge but dont forgert Public Enemy were behind YBT so Kamron was well versed . Hank said he spat some Rakim level shit.....If only camera phones were around back 8ack in the day!
Most people don't understand what "Tap the bottle" means, but when you first take the cap off your full 40 or 22, you have your boy tap the bottom of his bottle against the top of your bottle and it foams up really fast so put it to your mouth and it's like doing a shotgun. I used to do it with 22's but I always had trouble guzzling a whole 40 in one shot. Any way, this song helped popularize that method of guzzling 40's.
It's funny to hear the meaning of 'Tap the bottle' referring to a bottle of beer. Coming from the UK when I first heard it in NY in '93 I was hearing it as something totally different. It was more like taking a bump of certain illegal substances that would be in a very small bottle but you'd still have to tap the bottle & twist the cap to release it then snort it. Happy people either way really!!
they got the name Young Black Teenagers because they lost a rap battle to Leaders of The New School. Record label had them compete over the name of the two groups
I think Terminator X for PE produced this. Maybe? Haha i was like 11 when this came out but it still slaps in 2022. YBT and Flat:Linerz were the two most underrated groups of this period
Trying to stay positive...At least they put a lot of effort into this. Good production. The MCs spent at least a few hours planning out their rhymes. More than I can say about the past decade of hip-hop.
Literally didn't find these dudes until I saw the 2nd house party with kid n play...Jamal...white dude with dreads raps in it...Love it!!! The white FuSchnickens.....tell me I'm wrong....lol😂 Now go listen to LaSchmoove!!!
4:39 minutes and not a single swear word! Back when rappers could make dope ass rhymes and didn't have to cuss through the whole thing like they do today! would mix from this into cypress hill Jump around... always packed the dance floor. LOL
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I had forgotten about them. Now, after all these years, when I hear them again, I can hear the Das EFX and Fu-shnickens influence.
92 classic
wow this really takes me back, i still have the album on vinyl. the 90s were the best times of my life
when YO! was worth staying up
wat year wa s this?
Same here, that's what lead me to RUclips....lol
@@roblestako8221
1992
I can verify… lived through every hip-hop era - - NOTHING remotely comes-close to what was happening right around 1993 (PRIME 90’s - so many talented, DIVERSE/ground-breaking artists dropping projects)
CLASSIC!!!...Those were the days!!!
These guys are mad underrated. They flow on this. 2018 still rocking this!!
Hell yeah I still bump this classic ...40 ounce dayz....
Still Bumpin'In 2020!
@@kennethharvey1884 Chuck D shouldn't have named them that.
2022
@@kyser3ify DJ Skribble said that Hank Shocklee gave them the name.
In Denver in 94 we promoted a concert and Young Black Teenagers were the headliners. It was one of those nights when everything was perfect. ❤ Damn I miss the nineties.
Early 90's High School in SoCal for me was Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Pharcyde, House Of Pain, Redman, learning of Wu Tang Clan, Hieroglyphics (Casual, Souls, Del), Young Black Teenagers, A Tribe Called Quest, backyard parties vibing to Sublime, And then Show & AG Goodfellas just hit different!!!
Just popped in my head and had to listen! Have this album on cassette 💪🏻
If you're sitting still, while listening to this...check your pulse. This is STILL fire🔥
They had skills....and chuck d gave them thier name.....dope
i love tht 90s hard bass heavy scratching style sound. bring it back.
I saw them live with Fat Joe, Naughty by Nature and Brand Nubians in Puerto Rico back in 1994... I still remember that concert today! It was a life changing experience, when I started my love for hip-hop...
Is Brand Nubians a coverband of Brand Nubian?
That’s a cool experience to have. Happy for you
Fun Fact: Terminator X of Public Enemy produced this joint..
Rahsaan Brown Sounds like something Terminator X would produce. Very bass heavy.
Also fun fact: They didn't choose that name. It was given to them by Hank Shocklee...who is known to be a bit of a prankster
@@nwcoastlife Yep this has to a prank lmao
great facts
The little tip young black teenagers there from Hempstead that's where the Public Enemies from
Overlooked classic.
..bro this WENT OFF in New Zealand in its time ..i still have the cassette ..first true love affair still with me to this day !! ..too much Y.B.T ..thanks from New Zealand
This song went platinum in NZ!!
Daaaaaamn... had this joint in my head for the longest... wasn't sure if they really existed... thank you RUclips.... love this joint. I was a kid bro jammin this hit. Sneaking roaches from my brother's ash tray.. lmao.. great times..
damn this takes me back i was 22 then now im old LOLz
Thomas Hill Haha i was 12 when i heard this in 94, dno when it came out.
Thomas Hill i was 18 then...this is classic Hip Hop. We are not Old lol
@@Yeahnah89001this came out in 92
I seriously haven't heard this in over 20 years!!!!
wow your 40?
@@thomasbrunn4182 wow you’re a goofball.
I was on holiday in New York from the UK when I first heard this track. It was playing on the radio & it totally hooked me. I went straight out to get me a 12" which I still have. It never made a dent in the UK so if it wasn't for that holiday I wouldn't still be hoppin' to that nasty groove still now after over 25 years later.
Kiss FM in London played it a bit and I think it was a minor crossover to the pop charts in England.
@@andypandy4078 It actually did reach no 39 in April '94 in the UK charts so I think that qualifies it as a proper hit.
this shows that people of different races can be together and have good time.. if the world was like this, we would all be in a better place...#iloveeveryone
TR RCH no, it shows that hip hop was a better style than rap.
right on!!!
+TR RCH Bouncin the love straight back at you.
amen
100% brother!
loved their energy and the album this came from was great
One of the top classics
You could tell they were a real group and have chemistry. They feed of each other verses. Most rap groups will have there verses recorded and place it in order vs writing a song together
Still tappin the bottle 30 years later!
Salute!!
real hip hop...the good time...90s
back then we get 99 problems but music ain't one
Classic era!
This was never hip-hop it was always blackface....that's why they always got dissed B.I.T.D.
@@frompyramid5twoprojects925 🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
The way we used to jam in the club back in the day. Best beats ever. 2024, and I would still jump around if only my knee would let me 😂
lol, damn.
I see you went and checked them out as well after seeing that card
Is this a Das Efx parody group?
+theneedledrop Haha Your video brought me here.
Review Odd Future member Milow Smith
+theneedledrop 10/10
My favorite track back in the day!
DJ Kamron mentioned that there was an entire 3rd album that was never released that he has in his possession and he will release soon (however he mentioned this like 2 years ago so lets hope he didn't forget)
2019!! Yess.. high school days..
Their rapping blew my 12 year old mind
I'm with you !
Same here, same age.
Whoa! Took me right back! Every day right after school BET Rap City!
My essence in the 90s.
No debate about his dreads. No PC.
Oh go to hell
No one gave a sh*t back then, people were people, i miss those days!
I had this song on a mixtape someone made….year later I saw the video and my jaw about hit the floor……this song slapped back in the day regardless of melanin content
"The names Johnson, Jamaal Johnson." #Classic
Hp2😁
I know I like a faat booty!
"Jamal, do me a favor!!! Talk White!!"🤣🤣🤣
Bean pie my bro 😂💯😂
Stfu Bilal
East coast hip hop for LIFE.!! never gets old even with grandkids..🤣😂
Great old school track. Still own this album today.
“Despite its name, the group’s five members were neither black nor teenagers.”[1]
Das FX meets House of Pain
More like Lords of the underground, Das stole it from them
Fu Schnickens
@@biggdogg1975 Das Efx didn't steal shit from LOTUG. Das Efx started the whole iggedy era. They was huge on word play with cultural references and that wasn't even LOTUGs style. Not to mention that Das are tight with LOTUG including the whole hit squad. Doitall from LOTUG even gave Dray and Skoob props for being original with their own style. Then everyone started biting off of them. Better check your history homie.
@@biggdogg1975 All those hip hop guys took that fast iggity style from early 80s 'fast chat' Jamaican artists like Ranking Joe, Smiley Culture, Papa Levi, Peter King etc.
They came out first
I was rocking tunes just like this, and now I'm a suburban Dad mowing his lawn.
Youve seen better days, music wise
Still love the vibes of 90s Hip-hop and Rap 😎👌👍👍
Daaaaaaaamn I remember this joint from back in the day 🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾
Wow this is like a Time Machine used to have this CD
These boys could flooooooooo.
Still dope 2020🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🔥🔥
90s music is still the best this 2024, now and forever ❤️🎶
damn i love that part wen kamron is like "pass the funnel to the tunnel like its bizzy til im dizzy neva pass it to get fizzy cuz the guard gets bizzy WHO IS HE" haha classic
I think the guy with the dreads is the one that played Kid's roommate on House Party 2 and I remember the from Houseguest when Sinbad and Phil Hartam's son was beatin the bad boys
robert harris yes he is
Wasn't DJ Enuff in this group?
@@MrTaz081 DJ Scribble
Jeremy King thank you. It's been awhile since I seen this video I forgot
Lol yep that's Jamal Johnson
FYI - YBT had the backing of Chuck D and Public Enemy. They are the ones that gave YBT a shot and introduced them to the world.
and I will never forgive public enemy for that.
VEGITAS4
Sounds personal. It's not nice to hold personal grudges. It rots you from the inside out. I suggest that you Tap a Bottle and Twist The Cap and drink yout Public Enemy pain away.
Facts
Yup. Chuck D named them.
Wow! I'm a P.E fan and I didn't know this. That's a fair endorsement.
Aaahhh the 90s. Y'all youngins missed it lololol. It was wide tf open in these times. Thank God for good memories.
I think this group coulda went a lot further if it wasnt for their name💯 ‼️❗️
Chuck D has quite a sense of humor.
After Vanilla Ice and before Eminem, I don't think hardly any white rappers got any passes back then
If Public Enemy and The Bomb Squad gives you the name YBT, there is no need to question.
I think it's a great name because it messes with peoples heads.
Yeah, the irony
I feel like Mark wahlberg is lurking somewhere in this video! lol
😂😂😂
You mean the Los Mark
He made completely different music. Just bc hes white?
Back when Mark Wahlberg was Marky-Mark...
Hahahaha 😅😅😅😆
damn i havent heard this song in forever, brings back sum really great memeories!!
'90s rap at its finest!!
For a bunch of white boys this shit more thorough than more half the rappers out today. I know that sounds racist lol, but truth speaking
Neal Damiano what does the truth has to do with your race HATE attitudes.Your words described your truth.COWARDLY LION.
Neal Damiano damn right! This shit fucking awesome. Zero fucking guilt!
Lawrence Barr exactly .
i don't see the correlation with "sounds racist" , i would say it soundz idiot
Neal Damiano right aka not all young black teenagers smh lol wish they changed their name, actually had talent lol
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCK Yes! Always pumpin' out my 85 Mercury Capri in High School, with the 40 in hand! Haha
I wanna be 15 again stumbling around the burbs with a 40 in my coat
Wow,40 in your coat. Now that's bringing this 40 yr old white guy back . Yo...
jade056 SLenin77 in 5he coat haha I'd just have it out like yea I'm drinkin what u wanna do about it
jade056 SLenin77 I agree fully lol
When i was 15 i drank inside so i didnt get caught- but i was in the hood. Maybe it was different in the 'burbs.' But 15 was fun... Lotsa drugs, just got outta juvie, didnt give a fuck. Better than this adult shit of worries and disappointments... Yeah, i hadnt thought about it in awhile, but 15 was great
Fuckin a
Never got the respect they deserved...
the name failed them
Probably because they were black teenagers
YBT had the support of the prominent rap group Public Enemy and their producer Hank Shocklee signed them as the first act of his label Sound of Urban Listeners (SOUL). Despite their name, none of the group's members were black. They intended their name as a tribute to the black culture they were influenced by, but some thought their name was offensive or ridiculous.
yeah its pretty ridiculous alright.
There was a story that Busta Rhymes once told where his group and this group are both competing for contracts on Hank Shockley’s label. Part of the competition was who would get what name. The winner of the competition was Busta’s group and they decided to take the Leaders of the New School name. The other group got the other name. This was the other group and that was the name that they were given: Young Black Teenagers.
This is crazy! I actually went into a trance while watching this video... I remember this being played on Video Music box and remember the style of clothes from back then. Dam. Memory lane like a mug. This beat is a classic... However, they did bite Daz Efex style lol
Das Efx set it off for fu schnickens , Lords of the Underground, this song and bunch of hip hop from 1994.
See the difference from yesterday and today. The group name alone would definitely start bs. We never tripped over that when they came out. We laughed like damn ok
Hahahahahah i understand hahahahahah
Would have been canceled for cultural appropriation lol
I was alive then and... it was definitely an issue.
@@alden138it is cultural appropriation
@@leonzaduncan2438exactly. It was definitely debated lol
STILL jAMMIN IN 2021!!!!!! Dj Scribble though!
November 2024, anyone? 😉
December 2024
This has been on my playlist all month 🔥🔥🔥🔥🎶
February 2025!!...I remember when they first came out!! Salute!!
Love it!!! I was 16... still bumpin!!!
Stil rock this shit still relevant after all theses years
one of the best party songs!
How was this group a one-hit wonder? This song still is awesome, and these guys still run lyrical circles around almost all rappers who are popular today.
It was a one hit wonder because they stole the song and couldn't make another hit on their own.
@@Vision-sh2mt From whom did they steal this song?
@@tyrannosaurusburke Eric Maloney. He passed away from Pneumonia. His mother took it to the courts and lost. I still feel what you you were saying about popular rappers today tho.
@@Vision-sh2mt What do you mean? They didn't write their lyrics? Or they stole the beat?
@@Astralchain2025 the hook and a portion of the lyrics Kamron spit.
Now this still rocks hard asf even in 2022!!
dude Kamron with the dreads played Jamal in house party 2
yes he did play Jamal in house party 2
My man Jamal Johnson lol
Yulp
@@kellyrose3360 "Who want a Bean Pie Black"
Duh
Timeless and awesome.
YOU COULD STILL BUMP THIS NOW!!!!
I'm Bumpin' This Right Now!!!
Yo son ya remember the kid with dreads was Jamal from House Party 2
2019 feels like 92 🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵😎😎😎✌✌👍
The great of old day's if Brooklyn when everyone know each other and we all come together miss it
Jamal from house party 2 lol
@1.25 "when the God gets busy" is the reference to the time when Hank Shocklee took him up to Mecca and Kamron ended up joining a cypher with Lord Jamar and Jamar came up short. Hank said Jamar was dropping Knowledge but dont forgert Public Enemy were behind YBT so Kamron was well versed . Hank said he spat some Rakim level shit.....If only camera phones were around back 8ack in the day!
Facts
Most people don't understand what "Tap the bottle" means, but when you first take the cap off your full 40 or 22, you have your boy tap the bottom of his bottle against the top of your bottle and it foams up really fast so put it to your mouth and it's like doing a shotgun. I used to do it with 22's but I always had trouble guzzling a whole 40 in one shot. Any way, this song helped popularize that method of guzzling 40's.
No it means u tap the bottle for respect to the dudes that are dead so they don't spill out the beer and waste it then drink it all
It's funny to hear the meaning of 'Tap the bottle' referring to a bottle of beer. Coming from the UK when I first heard it in NY in '93 I was hearing it as something totally different. It was more like taking a bump of certain illegal substances that would be in a very small bottle but you'd still have to tap the bottle & twist the cap to release it then snort it. Happy people either way really!!
I can smell the malt liquor and Philly blunts and white owls... #GoodTimes
So dope ...to this day!!!
they got the name Young Black Teenagers because they lost a rap battle to Leaders of The New School. Record label had them compete over the name of the two groups
+Al B weird...they sound like a mix between LOTNS and Fu-Schnickens....2 of my faves from back then.
Leaders of The New School should of been called Young Black Leaders.
Young Black Teenagers should of been called New School Teenagers
The funny thing is that Chuck D. gave LONS and YBT both their names..
Yep they wanted LONS name 1st but they got beat out by Busta and Co
Yes he did
I think Terminator X for PE produced this. Maybe? Haha i was like 11 when this came out but it still slaps in 2022. YBT and Flat:Linerz were the two most underrated groups of this period
Listening in 2021, remember this from the teen club I used to go to every weekend. That was a long time ago.
They also invented the word WIGGER
🔥🔥 this was hit when I was in high school pre internet times
Trying to stay positive...At least they put a lot of effort into this. Good production. The MCs spent at least a few hours planning out their rhymes. More than I can say about the past decade of hip-hop.
YBT, DaS EFX, Fu-Schnickens blew my mind in 93.
Dope then. Dope now
Takes me back to 2020 when I would listen to this all thought the COVID-19 pandemic
Rachel Dolazel brought me here
***** lmaooo
+Rob L. Scrubb Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh snap !
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ha!
U fucker lmaooooo
Literally didn't find these dudes until I saw the 2nd house party with kid n play...Jamal...white dude with dreads raps in it...Love it!!!
The white FuSchnickens.....tell me I'm wrong....lol😂
Now go listen to LaSchmoove!!!
4:39 minutes and not a single swear word! Back when rappers could make dope ass rhymes and didn't have to cuss through the whole thing like they do today!
would mix from this into cypress hill Jump around... always packed the dance floor. LOL
Jump Around was house of pain.
@@jokerz909 You are correct, thank you!
Just pretend like NWA, 2 live crew didn't exist, sure.
Settle down, Will Smith
@The Art Of Tony V Not to mention they didn't use the N word.
2018 and I am still hear this ;)
OMG it's Jamal from House Party 2
Loved this energy style miss it for real..
“Sometimes I drive slow, sometimes I drive fast. Sometimes I’m on E, sometimes I get gas.”
I still throw use this line, at least, twice a year. 😂
1:13 is the French accent? Amazing rhyme
this song is better then the shits on the radio now
still love this album
I miss this kind of rapstyle
This is so Fushnicken/Das Efx!! Ifykyk