For real! Do these kids know he invented the shout out I really cannot explain just how much that show really meant to us NYC kids. I hated when my bus was late, I needed time to get my snacks before it came on. Video Music Box was international, we sent our videos to our cousins in Canada and in London. They were in demand. It was a rite of passage for sure when I finally was able to get in the club, and get my shout out..
@@Msboochie2 I remember watching when I costed my family in Brooklyn which was summers and holidays. In Philly we had a show like this in the early 90s that lasted for at least 20 years called Urban Xpressions... it was just like this and I wonder if the creator knew or worked with Ralph McDaniels
This guy is how I learned everything about hip hop. I was born in ‘92 and didn’t have cable back in 2010. I remember watch channel 25 outta no where back in Jersey and I see these old school hip hop videos and that was the beginning of Video Music Box for me. Every Saturday had an episode telling the history of hip hop by the years from 83-97. I wouldn’t know all the classic albums and songs I know today if it wasn’t for him.
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
@@thomasbooker1996 I swear he bullshitting lol! Born in 1992,hell Rap City(The Rap City with the purple & yellow video font)/The Joe Clair-Big Lez-Chris Thomas-Prince Dijour Era was the only 2hr block of TV dedicated to Hip Hop outside of Video Music Box! I was born in 1979 and actually lived through The Golden Era of Hip Hop...Rap City and Video Vibrations played some of the Videos that Uncle Ralph directed...MTV didn't. MTV did the "Get that one black guy that was in that new Blondie 'Rapture' video" and that one token of appreciation was Fab 5 Freddy,not even truly who and what Fab 5 represented and meant to Hip Hop.
@@jaycavalli600 Born in 95, I always felt the same way thinking “how don’t people my age and a little older know more?” My man put it in perspective though, I was raised in BK and my parents raised me on hip hop content, he didn’t have that cause his mom was religious, so he had to go back and do his homework. I also saw a tweet the other day that said “I don’t be knowing this hip hop history y’all be talking about, my parents played Fred Hammond in the house” and mad people respond saying similar things. Either they were raised on gospel or their parents were born in the 50s-60s, as opposed to the 70s like mine, and raised them on soul music and early r&b.
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
Give Uncle Ralph his flowers. Video Music Box was that show. I watched everyday after school. You can say you loved hip hop and didn’t watch the show. 🔥🔥🔥
it's 2021 and i have my DVR set to record Video Music Box every Thursday night at 2am and saturday night at midnight! even though he plays alot of new videos i feel like im back in the 90s watching VMB. Thank you Uncle Ralph!!!
I need a RUclips channel where Ralph upload one old episode a day . Just like back in the day but this time for the youth and nostalgia for me personally .
Ralph McDaniels if you check these comments, Thank YOU. My love for Hip Hop and filmmaking came straight from VMB. I was just a young Ados kid living with his divorced Mom in uptown doing my best to stay out of trouble. Then I did a music video show in college mimicking VMB. Now, Im in LA, doing music videos and short films, and Im about to do my first feature film. I was intrigued with behind the scenes jobs not talent. Unfortunately, today, most people are about being in front of the camera. I learned editing, writing, producing because of your show. 🙏🏿Thank You my brother!
That show was 99% perfect with the exception of “Tasty Tuesdays” LoL! Seriously though, shout out to Ralph, Vid Kid, Crazy Sam, Tuffy and all the behind the scenes crew. It was the highlight of my afternoon amongst Thunder cats, Transformers, HeMan and other shows.
Congratulations Ralph!!!! I have to tell my mama and the family you were on the breakfast club lol!!!!! I have met Ralph a few times you're like a family member so of course we will be watching your special. Very proud. Yes a true legend and is doing amazing big things. The legacy of radio and television especially for people of color is a valuable thing. It must continue on with this generation. They give us necessary knowledge, information, laughs and concert tickets lol.
Ralph is a legend! I was born in 83 and i came up watching him here manhattan NY. I had cable and still watched him. Back when cable box had a knob not digital. There’s another music channel called the box where you ordered music videos also. Thats how i found ralph thinking it was the other channel.
I tried to explain to these kids That viral moment where JayZ didn’t say anything after bringing MJ out was him stunting and not being annoyed by his crew,and refused to believe me lol Thanks Ralph for setting the record straight lol.
Don’t get how people can interpret that as “him being annoyed”... He literally points for the camera to catch everyone’s reaction as the momentous moment.
I didn’t realize how educated this man was until I heard him speak in the Stretch & Bob doc, dude is really smart and I didn’t know after all those years watching him as a kid
I use to watch him edit his show with my cousin “dram cam” as kid in the background. He would always give me cd’s 💿. Just a great person. He’s the reason why I love music. Thank you uncle Ralph
This is why Black ownership is so important. He shouldn't have had to ask MTV to air his show. Which they didn't and created their own rap show. BET should have done it and cornered the market on hip hop video shows. At the time BET was Black owned. His documentary should be on TV One vs Showtime. Black people need to own every aspect of hip hop culture, upstream and downstream and sideways. Every other culture does this but us.
Salute to 👑Uncle Ralph a legend a trendsetter. It's about time he gets his flowers . Back then we didn't have the internet or cable .Thank you for your contributions to our culture of HipHop. Shout out to 👑Nas as well for doing this documentary.
👁 👁 👄Icon Legendary Ralph McDaniels I loved Video Music Box " Rock the Box" Class of 88 Shout out to Irvington High Club Sensations in Newark NJ I met Salt and Pepa there them was the good Ole days😊
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
About time. My brother Uncle Ralph. First to put me on stage at the Ark Night club as Simon Templer in Brooklyn, NY as a Reggae Artist with Red Fox, Screechie Dan and others. Love my brother.
Nuff Respect to Ralph, The Vid Kid, Crazy Sam, Ray Dejon and Video Music Box... I can remember those Friday nights in the Arc in Brooklyn, waiting to see the performance of the up and coming artist like The Fugees, B.I.G., Jay-Z and plenty of reggae artist and the main thing we came for was partying and getting that shout out on. It felt like the whole world was going to see it, people seeing you like yo I seen you on VMB. Those were great times, glad I had 1st hand experience and lived it.
Uncle Ralph was the stepping stone to all these other video stations and the first one ever to put all these rappers on out there ✊🏿internationally. We love ❤️ you Uncle Ralph
Had the honor of being on his IG live last Thursday for his #Hiphop50 pop up in SoHo. I also have footage of Styles P showing Uncle Ralph love at the same event.
Because we're the only race that does this. We're the only ones that forget our heroes and Trailblazers while ever other race celebrates their heroes and trailblazers with honors. It's so sad, and disappointing that most Young Black Youth have no idea who he is and what this man did for our culture. This Man is an significant Historical Treasure who helped paved the way for Black Culture and our people. Mr. Ralph McDaniels...Thank You Sir, God Bless you.❤🙏
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
The club scenes on Video Music Box was dope. I remember seeing Pac in the club getting his dance on in the background when he was in NYC heavy. A lot of classic moments on VMB!
Crack is Whack Message between every video. Mr. McDaniels was socially aware of his people and community being undersiege and decimated via Crack Cocaine. He fought hard for us to get the message across with the Anti Drug PR Bulletin being played 5 times during that hour show. Love Uncle Ralph. This brother is everything, Godsend.
Hey, VJ Ralph McDaniels with NY Hot Tracks / Video Music Box, Channel 31. I salute u. U were The Soul Train of New York!. I love the fact u never took the bag, but just doing u. U gave love to people nobody cared about. “It ain’t hard to tell” u are official & legend.👍🏾
I'm 44 every day I came home from school in EO new jersey turned on the Box everyday never missed an episode this is were my love for hip-hop came from I didn't have cable, so when I went to my aunt house in Teaneck NJ she had cable I could watch MTV, Video soul Great times respect Uncle Ralph 👏👏
Someone tweeted the other day “I don’t know none of the hip hop history y’all be talking about. My parents were born in the 50s and played Fred Hammond in the house.” And people had similar responses saying their parents played soul, smooth jazz, gospel, or old school r&b around them. I’m always so happy to know a little thing or two about hip hop because that’s what I was raised on from the 90s/early 2000s on. I heard the name “Uncle Ralph” growing up. It’s funny I remember “discovering” Video Music Box on my tv (didn’t have cable in my room, only the living room) around like 2004. And I was hype to be able to see music videos, because normally I would only be able to see them on BET etc in my living room. Anyway, my father realized one day that Video Music Box was still coming on and told me how he used to watch it growing up. My family even knows Ray Dijon, so it was funny meeting him after seeing him on tv, but everybody in Brooklyn know Ray Dijon lol.
People don’t understand going on VMB was almost a gaurantee to go at least gold .. just off the hood . This before hot 97 even was even thought about . Uncle Ralph held down the culture from the beginning .
Ran into Ralph Mcdaniels @7eleven in elmont queens years ago The coolest person ever. Salute to the Legend and my pops for putting me on. #VideoMusicBox
This man has provided an whole era of culture with Video Music Box! He provided the visual for our culture and this is an important part of my childhood. I recorded mad videos from him and he gotta go to Drink Champs next! Thank you Uncle Ralph for helping our culture being seen and heard before the internet!
I was on that show and we never missed a show never it would come on right after sesame Street he is definitely apart of hip hop culture without him none of these rappers would be nothing I mean nothing 💯 😍😍😍😍😍😍💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 thank you sir 🙏 I mean it thank you 😊 I wanna give a shot out to my block 182 crotona Ave 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇 I loved video music Box
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
Special Private ⓈⒺⓍⓈ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------👇 💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰 RUclips: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" RUclips: Be gone #ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). . !💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
I remember watching Video Music Box after school in the 90's and being amazed seeing music videos and cut scenes from the clubs down to interviews that we didn't see anywhere else. It truly connected us closer to the culture from our homes as kids. What's even more amazing is that it continues to air every Saturday evening at midnight on NYCTV channel 25 and it's still consistent with putting out great shows you wish were longer. I wanna give a shout out to Uncle Ralph! Much respects!
I just now went to channel 25.1 and seen bomb and said yo I grew up watching from the begging. Said let me Google ralph and wow what an Intel. Glad he still around. Just check out right how hip hop has evolved from it's beginning. Thank you brother ralph for bringing hip to the front. Shout out to u and mad love from B.R.K.L.Y.N. in the house!!!
Living Legend Ralph McDaniels!! I just watch the Doc on Showtime yesterday and it was great. I would watch every one that he puts out. He has so much footage. If u love hip hop u need to check out the Doc on Showtime.
The new doc directed by Nas is dope. I'm from the bay, so we didn't really have shit like vmb. We had a similar show called cmc, but it wasn't as big or iconic as vmb.
He's an integral part of hip hop history who deserves all the accolades. Loving the new doc; it's touching that it's directed by Nas. A full circle moment
This is Hip Hop! Video Music Box was so dope! I still have VHS Tapes with mad footage on it. Crazy Sam and Nervous Thursdays was mad funny when he would do his skits as Billy! Lol 🤣😂 #videoMusicBox 🗽🙌🏾🗽
The NEW YORK CITY hiphop & rnb night clubs back in the 1990's was POPPIN !!! If you were in your 20's anywhere between 1990 and 1999, then you know what the exciting fun CLUB culture was like in that decade
I've been to just about all the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festivals he threw. He is always about giving back to the community the 2014 show was $15 -25 it was affordable. the early shows where suggested donation which was crazy saw KRS-1 perform the Bridge is Over under the Brooklyn Bridge. 2014 Line Up Raekwon The Chef of Wu-Tang Clan Jay Electronica CJ Fly of Pro Era Cyhi The Prince DJ Rob Swift The Audible Doctor Kydd Jones Additional Artists / Special Guests Jay-Z Talib Kweli J. Cole LC The Poet AZ Mac Miller Bobby Shmurda Brand Nubian Tonya Morgan Beatnuts Troy Ave.
I am getting teary eyed. This man is REALLY A LEGEND......so many positive memories.
Al b sure should be in the documentary. I was living for AL, for I would rush home to go see him.
He's a legend and deserves all of his flowers. Can you imagine the catalog that he has. I would watch every last one lol!
For real! Do these kids know he invented the shout out I really cannot explain just how much that show really meant to us NYC kids. I hated when my bus was late, I needed time to get my snacks before it came on. Video Music Box was international, we sent our videos to our cousins in Canada and in London. They were in demand. It was a rite of passage for sure when I finally was able to get in the club, and get my shout out..
@@Msboochie2 I remember watching when I costed my family in Brooklyn which was summers and holidays. In Philly we had a show like this in the early 90s that lasted for at least 20 years called Urban Xpressions... it was just like this and I wonder if the creator knew or worked with Ralph McDaniels
Thats a fact
Salute to a legend go watch his documentary
This guy is how I learned everything about hip hop. I was born in ‘92 and didn’t have cable back in 2010. I remember watch channel 25 outta no where back in Jersey and I see these old school hip hop videos and that was the beginning of Video Music Box for me. Every Saturday had an episode telling the history of hip hop by the years from 83-97. I wouldn’t know all the classic albums and songs I know today if it wasn’t for him.
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💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰
RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
Stop lying u know too much history to be born in 92 let's keep it real!
'92 babies here yes we love old school r&b hip hop
@@thomasbooker1996 I swear he bullshitting lol! Born in 1992,hell Rap City(The Rap City with the purple & yellow video font)/The Joe Clair-Big Lez-Chris Thomas-Prince Dijour Era was the only 2hr block of TV dedicated to Hip Hop outside of Video Music Box! I was born in 1979 and actually lived through The Golden Era of Hip Hop...Rap City and Video Vibrations played some of the Videos that Uncle Ralph directed...MTV didn't. MTV did the "Get that one black guy that was in that new Blondie 'Rapture' video" and that one token of appreciation was Fab 5 Freddy,not even truly who and what Fab 5 represented and meant to Hip Hop.
@@jaycavalli600 Born in 95, I always felt the same way thinking “how don’t people my age and a little older know more?” My man put it in perspective though, I was raised in BK and my parents raised me on hip hop content, he didn’t have that cause his mom was religious, so he had to go back and do his homework.
I also saw a tweet the other day that said “I don’t be knowing this hip hop history y’all be talking about, my parents played Fred Hammond in the house” and mad people respond saying similar things. Either they were raised on gospel or their parents were born in the 50s-60s, as opposed to the 70s like mine, and raised them on soul music and early r&b.
There are 2 people in Hip-Hop EVERYONE loves Uncle Ralph and Heavy D! Ralph is always so cool when I see him around. Much Love!!!
Salute to Uncle Ralph. His show gave us the visuals to Hip-Hop at a time when no believed in it. He deserves all of his flowers. 🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌
growing up in Harlem without cable, Video Music Box was our MTV & BET in one 💯
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💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰
RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
Give Uncle Ralph his flowers. Video Music Box was that show. I watched everyday after school. You can say you loved hip hop and didn’t watch the show. 🔥🔥🔥
it's 2021 and i have my DVR set to record Video Music Box every Thursday night at 2am and saturday night at midnight! even though he plays alot of new videos i feel like im back in the 90s watching VMB. Thank you Uncle Ralph!!!
Uncle Ralph is extremely important to the culture 💪🏽
great interview. everyone who grew up without cable owes video music box.
Even if you had cable!
Uncle Ralph is Hip Hop Legend and historian 💥💥💥💥💥💥
If you’re from Brooklyn and grew up in the late 80s and 90s this dude is a legend. Also, Bobby Simmons (Channel 54)
Facts! Bobby was mad funny when he would do his skits. Lol 😂🤣
@@shalakocumberbatch5056 he definitely was a character. I tried to look him up some years ago, but couldn’t find anything
@@jasonr.9863 he still playing drums with his group Stetsasonic out of BK.
Straight from bedstuy I remember him and crazy Sam use to come around
Earl chin for the reggae too .. bro
I need a RUclips channel where Ralph upload one old episode a day . Just like back in the day but this time for the youth and nostalgia for me personally .
Video music box!! We didnt have cable until I was about 9 years old (1994). This is such a nostalgic moment.
Ralph McDaniels if you check these comments, Thank YOU. My love for Hip Hop and filmmaking came straight from VMB. I was just a young Ados kid living with his divorced Mom in uptown doing my best to stay out of trouble. Then I did a music video show in college mimicking VMB. Now, Im in LA, doing music videos and short films, and Im about to do my first feature film. I was intrigued with behind the scenes jobs not talent. Unfortunately, today, most people are about being in front of the camera. I learned editing, writing, producing because of your show. 🙏🏿Thank You my brother!
Video Music Box is the blueprint for Yo MTV Raps and Rap City
FACTS ALL DAY.....
Growing up in Miami we didn't get VMB until 1986 but I salute Mr McDaniel 4 being a visionary.
That show was 99% perfect with the exception of “Tasty Tuesdays” LoL! Seriously though, shout out to Ralph, Vid Kid, Crazy Sam, Tuffy and all the behind the scenes crew. It was the highlight of my afternoon amongst Thunder cats, Transformers, HeMan and other shows.
Congratulations Ralph!!!! I have to tell my mama and the family you were on the breakfast club lol!!!!! I have met Ralph a few times you're like a family member so of course we will be watching your special. Very proud. Yes a true legend and is doing amazing big things. The legacy of radio and television especially for people of color is a valuable thing. It must continue on with this generation. They give us necessary knowledge, information, laughs and concert tickets lol.
Ralph is a legend! I was born in 83 and i came up watching him here manhattan NY. I had cable and still watched him. Back when cable box had a knob not digital. There’s another music channel called the box where you ordered music videos also. Thats how i found ralph thinking it was the other channel.
I tried to explain to these kids That viral moment where JayZ didn’t say anything after bringing MJ out was him stunting and not being annoyed by his crew,and refused to believe me lol Thanks Ralph for setting the record straight lol.
Exactly new generation dont know how to stunt, without being annoying
Don’t get how people can interpret that as “him being annoyed”... He literally points for the camera to catch everyone’s reaction as the momentous moment.
I didn’t realize how educated this man was until I heard him speak in the Stretch & Bob doc, dude is really smart and I didn’t know after all those years watching him as a kid
Y'all killing it with these interviews lately breakfast club, Love It!
Give this man his Roses.
I use to watch him edit his show with my cousin “dram cam” as kid in the background. He would always give me cd’s 💿. Just a great person. He’s the reason why I love music. Thank you uncle Ralph
This is why Black ownership is so important. He shouldn't have had to ask MTV to air his show. Which they didn't and created their own rap show. BET should have done it and cornered the market on hip hop video shows. At the time BET was Black owned. His documentary should be on TV One vs Showtime. Black people need to own every aspect of hip hop culture, upstream and downstream and sideways. Every other culture does this but us.
This brother is pure hip hop. Thank you Sir.
Ralph McDaniels is such a NYC/Hip-Hop staple 💯
Dopeness. Salute to Ralph McDaniels and Music Box. Our History Matters.
Salute to 👑Uncle Ralph a legend a trendsetter. It's about time he gets his flowers . Back then we didn't have the internet or cable .Thank you for your contributions to our culture of HipHop. Shout out to 👑Nas as well for doing this documentary.
Video Music Box w/ Ralph McDaniel, Flava Videos w/ Bobby Simmons and Flex N Brooklyn all BK and NYC legends. Thank you for bringing us the culture
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👄Icon Legendary Ralph McDaniels I loved Video Music Box " Rock the Box" Class of 88 Shout out to Irvington High Club Sensations in Newark NJ I met Salt and Pepa there them was the good Ole days😊
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RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
I watched the documentary this past weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Yo! MTV sucks for historically and systemically undermining Hip hop. Hip-hop washed MTV easy because they couldn't embrace the culture.
Thanks Ralph.
MTV was always racist. At one time they wouldn't show any black artist on MTV. Michael Jackson video was the first.
Tidbit. The racist at MTV is now charlamagnes boss. Bob Pittman.
@@adamneme4613 that's indeed a fact, but still feels good knowing the MTV brand is (dead ) a dub to the culture.
YES! The legend and greatest who ever did it. Salute to him ❤
About time. My brother Uncle Ralph. First to put me on stage at the Ark Night club as Simon Templer in Brooklyn, NY as a Reggae Artist with Red Fox, Screechie Dan and others. Love my brother.
ralph championed rap/hip hop no matter the region.he is a class act and he is so appreciated
GREAT INTERVIEW! Whew! How important this man and his contribution is to the culture!!
Nuff Respect to Ralph, The Vid Kid, Crazy Sam, Ray Dejon and Video Music Box... I can remember those Friday nights in the Arc in Brooklyn, waiting to see the performance of the up and coming artist like The Fugees, B.I.G., Jay-Z and plenty of reggae artist and the main thing we came for was partying and getting that shout out on. It felt like the whole world was going to see it, people seeing you like yo I seen you on VMB. Those were great times, glad I had 1st hand experience and lived it.
And Tuffy
@@bluetheory2 yeah and I also forgot to mention Skeleton may he R.I.P
Uncle Ralph was the stepping stone to all these other video stations and the first one ever to put all these rappers on out there ✊🏿internationally. We love ❤️ you Uncle Ralph
Uncle Ralph is forever an NYC GOAT 👏🏾
Had the honor of being on his IG live last Thursday for his #Hiphop50 pop up in SoHo. I also have footage of Styles P showing Uncle Ralph love at the same event.
The fact that this video has only 49k views in 2 days is exactly What's wrong with our culture. Not paying homage to those who paved the way. Smh
@Mitch Mo,u so right my Brother we gonna keep pushing tho. Real Hip Hop heads right here BK all day
Because we're the only race that does this. We're the only ones that forget our heroes and Trailblazers while ever other race celebrates their heroes and trailblazers with honors. It's so sad, and disappointing that most Young Black Youth have no idea who he is and what this man did for our culture. This Man is an significant Historical Treasure who helped paved the way for Black Culture and our people. Mr. Ralph McDaniels...Thank You Sir, God Bless you.❤🙏
Man, I'm 83 baby from BK. VMB was great back in those hard times for my mom and siblings. No cable
To the person reading this remember to give God thanks🙏
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RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
video music box. Crazy sam. They came up the the phrase "shout out"
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💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰
RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
The club scenes on Video Music Box was dope. I remember seeing Pac in the club getting his dance on in the background when he was in NYC heavy. A lot of classic moments on VMB!
Ralph McDaniels and NY Hot Tracks if you didn't Oversleep and miss New Edition..smh. Gr8 Interview, Shout Out @ Legendary Ralph McDaniels!
The intro Instrumental to Video Music BoX is an ALL TiMe CLassic! TaKes me back to The Crack Era! Instant Goosebumps!
That was *"Five Minutes of Funk" by Whodini*
@@Veon_Ray SaLuTe! Listening right Now...lol
Crack is Whack Message between every video. Mr. McDaniels was socially aware of his people and community being undersiege and decimated via Crack Cocaine. He fought hard for us to get the message across with the Anti Drug PR Bulletin being played 5 times during that hour show. Love Uncle Ralph. This brother is everything, Godsend.
Hey, VJ Ralph McDaniels with NY Hot Tracks / Video Music Box, Channel 31. I salute u. U were The Soul Train of New York!. I love the fact u never took the bag, but just doing u. U gave love to people nobody cared about. “It ain’t hard to tell” u are official & legend.👍🏾
I'm 44 every day I came home from school in EO new jersey turned on the Box everyday never missed an episode this is were my love for hip-hop came from I didn't have cable, so when I went to my aunt house in Teaneck NJ she had cable I could watch MTV, Video soul Great times respect Uncle Ralph 👏👏
Someone tweeted the other day “I don’t know none of the hip hop history y’all be talking about. My parents were born in the 50s and played Fred Hammond in the house.” And people had similar responses saying their parents played soul, smooth jazz, gospel, or old school r&b around them. I’m always so happy to know a little thing or two about hip hop because that’s what I was raised on from the 90s/early 2000s on. I heard the name “Uncle Ralph” growing up. It’s funny I remember “discovering” Video Music Box on my tv (didn’t have cable in my room, only the living room) around like 2004. And I was hype to be able to see music videos, because normally I would only be able to see them on BET etc in my living room. Anyway, my father realized one day that Video Music Box was still coming on and told me how he used to watch it growing up. My family even knows Ray Dijon, so it was funny meeting him after seeing him on tv, but everybody in Brooklyn know Ray Dijon lol.
People don’t understand going on VMB was almost a gaurantee to go at least gold .. just off the hood . This before hot 97 even was even thought about . Uncle Ralph held down the culture from the beginning .
True Legend!!! The reason I fell in love with hiphop! 💪🏿
Ran into Ralph Mcdaniels @7eleven in elmont queens years ago
The coolest person ever.
Salute to the Legend and my pops for putting me on.
#VideoMusicBox
Deserves everything he gets. NYC TO THE BONE ✊🏾👍🏽✌🏽
I’m so happy he’s getting his flowers! I remember staying up Saturday nights to watch VMB.
This man has provided an whole era of culture with Video Music Box! He provided the visual for our culture and this is an important part of my childhood. I recorded mad videos from him and he gotta go to Drink Champs next! Thank you Uncle Ralph for helping our culture being seen and heard before the internet!
Facts! That Drink Champs interview better be at least 2 hours & I wouldn’t mind 4 hours.
Yes Angela, Video Music Box and Hot Tracks
Ralph truly has NOT aged a bit. What a wonderful surprise to see him being interviewed. Wonderful.
My child hood in a nut shell and why I fell in love with HIP-HOP thank you Ralph the Legend 🤎🤎🤎🤎🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑👑⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
As a Canadian born after the 80's and doesn't know a time before hip-hop, thank you Ralph
I want some Video Music Box Merch... been watching since 84. I actually still watch every sat 12am -1am 25 NYC.
PBS and Video music box was Cable and MTV for us in the hood growing up. Memories. late 80's early 90's
34min interview ARE YOU SERIOUS o I forgot he's with HOT97!
I was on that show and we never missed a show never it would come on right after sesame Street he is definitely apart of hip hop culture without him none of these rappers would be nothing I mean nothing 💯 😍😍😍😍😍😍💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 thank you sir 🙏 I mean it thank you 😊 I wanna give a shot out to my block 182 crotona Ave 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇 I loved video music Box
Growing up without cable video music box all we had in my crib shout our uncle Ralph and crazy sam
Clearly Envy and Angela didn't watch the documentary because the answers to their questions are in the documentary.
Did an internship with Ralph back in like 2018
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RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
This is so legendary. Never knew that Hype Williams came up under Ralph McDaniels.
I thought it was the opposite, Ralph came up under Hype Williams....Wow!
12:09 That was a good catch by Envy; we need those things back in Hip-Hop
I want that hoody uncle Ralph got on
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💋 Aishite.tokyo/Tatsuhisha?Heavy-Sex 💋♀️ I will accompany, and make you happy 🥰
RUclips: This is fine
Someone: Says "heck"
RUclips: Be gone
#ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！１#万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！#今後は気を付けないとね5). .
!💖🖤❤#今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#１万人を超える人が見ていたも ん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした #今後は気をライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！（ #笑）#垃圾
I remember watching Video Music Box after school in the 90's and being amazed seeing music videos and cut scenes from the clubs down to interviews that we didn't see anywhere else. It truly connected us closer to the culture from our homes as kids. What's even more amazing is that it continues to air every Saturday evening at midnight on NYCTV channel 25 and it's still consistent with putting out great shows you wish were longer. I wanna give a shout out to Uncle Ralph! Much respects!
About damn time. Gave that man his flowers. Bigger then the tristate. His median was the culture!!!💯
Video music box’s content is LITETALLY LIKE THE HIP HOP LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
I just now went to channel 25.1 and seen bomb and said yo I grew up watching from the begging. Said let me Google ralph and wow what an Intel. Glad he still around. Just check out right how hip hop has evolved from it's beginning. Thank you brother ralph for bringing hip to the front. Shout out to u and mad love from B.R.K.L.Y.N. in the house!!!
salute to this brother did alot for hip hop
Legend. Met him during a party he was doing video music box. I was a teen. He was cool AF. Mad respect
I'm from Australia and learnt so much about hip hop in the 90s because of his show when I was nyc.
They should have done the three hours version they dropped the ball on that
I remember thy call it da Box back and da 80 and 90s and Milwaukee WI that how we stay in tune with Hip hop...
Mil-Town representing.
The Box was something different than VMB
Nope Tha Box was whole different era...this is Video Music Box bro
He's a true visionary and trendsetter.
So I wonder if the creators of the channel Video Jukebox got their idea from Ralph
man this interview brought back so much memory. salute to my big Unk Ralph Daniels!!
Thank you for letting everyone know where the Shout Out came from
I remember watching video music box on pbs on Friday nights. Good times. Uncle Ralph is a legend.
Ralph McDaniels needs to release the full uncensored version of BIG & Jay-Z performing “Get Money”.
Uncle Ralph top 5 most important to the spread of hip hop culture world wide
Living Legend Ralph McDaniels!! I just watch the Doc on Showtime yesterday and it was great. I would watch every one that he puts out. He has so much footage. If u love hip hop u need to check out the Doc on Showtime.
The new doc directed by Nas is dope. I'm from the bay, so we didn't really have shit like vmb. We had a similar show called cmc, but it wasn't as big or iconic as vmb.
He's an integral part of hip hop history who deserves all the accolades. Loving the new doc; it's touching that it's directed by Nas. A full circle moment
his life is very interesting wow great job bclub hearing the back story of music stars so very fascinating to hear.
I remember Urban Expressions it was hard for me to get Music Box thanks to crappy antennas and reception 😂😂😂
Channel 31 at 3pm after school i was there for it and 12am. Skeletor, vid kid, and the great Ralph McDaniels.
Facts!
Uncle Ralph and Sal from The Fever need all the flowers they can get. God bless them.
Video Music Box will forever be a staple in the HipHop community! Ralph is the G.O.A.T!
I used to love watching those New Edition marathons on Video Music Box.
I love when all tree of dem admire and love a guest. Uncle Ralph!!
This is Hip Hop! Video Music Box was so dope! I still have VHS Tapes with mad footage on it. Crazy Sam and Nervous Thursdays was mad funny when he would do his skits as Billy! Lol 🤣😂 #videoMusicBox 🗽🙌🏾🗽
The NEW YORK CITY hiphop & rnb night clubs back in the 1990's was POPPIN !!!
If you were in your 20's anywhere between 1990 and 1999, then you know what the exciting fun CLUB culture was like in that decade
Uncle Ralph and Kool DJ Red Alert are the real O.G's of our culture. Salute to these legends.
I've been to just about all the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festivals he threw. He is always about giving back to the community the 2014 show was $15 -25 it was affordable. the early shows where suggested donation which was crazy saw KRS-1 perform the Bridge is Over under the Brooklyn Bridge.
2014 Line Up
Raekwon The Chef of Wu-Tang Clan
Jay Electronica
CJ Fly of Pro Era
Cyhi The Prince
DJ Rob Swift
The Audible Doctor
Kydd Jones
Additional Artists / Special Guests
Jay-Z
Talib Kweli
J. Cole
LC The Poet
AZ
Mac Miller
Bobby Shmurda
Brand Nubian
Tonya Morgan
Beatnuts
Troy Ave.