ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Mark Morrison debuted with a comeback, and proved that the Brits could hang in America with his international smash "Return of the Mack," but no one's big enough a mack for their career to survive as many bad decisions as he made. Why did the Mack never return?
(Support Todd on Patreon! / toddintheshadows )
A coworker of mine would sing this anytime someone brought in a Macbook for repairs. I cannot detach this song from "broken Apple Macintosh" now.
@Pete Harrison I didn't need that.
@@qwertyTRiG here’s a better (and actually relevant) link ruclips.net/video/qHR31kl_w48/видео.html
@@chamele0nday Okay. That made me laugh.
😂
Okay, I'm dying laughing at imagining that 😂. Your coworker sounded like they'd make a work day more enjoyable.
Retuuuurn of the Todd
(Heyyy)
ONCE AGAIN
O. My. Gawd!
Wow didn’t expect you to watch Todd
Big fan!!!
Snow is still a one-hit-wonder.
If a musician's second hit happens decades later and is built around a sample of their first hit, they are still a one-hit-wonder.
Right even Billy Ray Cyrus.... Up Town Road was already a hit before he was involved in the remix. It wasn't his hit to begin with.
"Girl I've Been Hurt" was Snow's follow-up to "Informer", and peaked at #19. That's more than most one-hit wonders ever accomplish.
@@-_._._- were any of those songs hits though? Having great songs doesn't mean someone isn't a one hit wonder. If the average person only knows one of their songs they're one hit wonders.
Terrence gave a better example with "Girl I've been hurt" with it charting well. There's lots of people who are often called "one hit wonders" and have lots of great songs.
Chamilionare for example has plenty of amazing songs throughout his discography. Specially with his mixtapes. Doesn't mean he's not only known by the general public for ridin dirty.
@@-_._._- *good* songs?
@@jonnyOysters Plus at least, like Todd mentioned, Morrison had 5 hits off his debut in the UK, while Billy Ray hasn't had a single song chart under his name except Achy Breaky Heart.
I’m just now realizing how much Mark Morrison sounded like Cameo.
@Esther Sparrow Cameo had multiple hits, just not POP hits. Various R&B hits.
Word up to the return of the mack
Mark Morrison is like Cameo but cool.
There is something absolutely contagious about this song, it's impossible to not get hype
That opening vocal run from Mark just sends me every time
So apparently the way to get Todd to make a review in under a week is to have G-Eazy and Chris Brown sample a beloved song from his childhood... good to know.
“I know what I have to do... but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it”
You know what to do, Sean; start funding awful G-Eazy/Chris Brown singles to increase Todd's production
@@WaaveLvl0 hm
Ruin Todd's childhood, noted
@Pete Harrison Go fuck yourself.
You mean Jason Derulo's cover of the classic "I'm Han Solo"
😂😂😂😂😂
*insert shocked Jontron here*
Go hawks
@@michaelcurtis7590 Spain without the s
Todd saying most of the girls have the cool breakup songs made me realize why Mexico is so upbeat, most of our breakup anthems are meant for parties where some people are trying to get over their exes, so we have things from both sexes like:
"You're not even that hot"
"I must've been crazy if I ever said I loved you"
"Let whoever wants you beg you cause I ain't gonna do it"
and the unforgettable "2 legged rat" just to name a few lol
TWO LEGGED RAT AHAHA
I'm keeping that one thanks Mexico
Ah yes, Paquita la del barrio
Link please I'm too lazy
I've been to too many parties where I hear all of these. Viva México!
Puro pinche Ingrata homie
This was a good video
I see you Croc
Okay! I see you, Croc
Why you no verified?
OMG ITS CROC. Why aren't u verified? Your videos get me through for real
I woulda never expected to see you here bro
This was part of the playlist before the last Bruno Mars concert I attended. Every lady in the stadium jumped up, screamed, and danced up a storm :-)
This is one of the greatest R&B songs ever, up there with Next - Too Close, this whole album was fkn pure brilliance, the problem was Return Of The Mack was so huge, it really could never be matched, how do you write a bigger song then that? my favorite song on the disc was Trippin.
Ginuwine Differences: Excuse me why are you not mentioning me in a discussion of greatest R&B songs ever?
Backstreet No Diggity: What about me? I'm also one of the greatest R&B songs ever!
Never in my entire life did I think i’d see Ant & Dec and Peter Andre referenced in a Todd in the Shadows vid but here we bloody are i suppose
12:25 love the videos Todd but I'm having to adjust the volume constantly because the music is way louder than your dialogue x.x
Who else is here binge watching?
salutations. Big todd binge
Oh man, a true classic. Has never left my playlist
That errant "Community service and I'm still The Mack" line in Beck's Hotwax makes sense now. Geez what a cut.
I know this comment is a year old, but holy shit, that blew my mind. Nice one, Beck.
5:50 that version of Bohemian Rhapsody made me piss myself laughing
Mark Morrison. Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time.
I just saw Mark Morrison in a Fritos commercial and it made me think of this episode.
I’m sorry but Return of the Mack will always be one of my favorites. Went thru a lot of relationship drama and it really fucked my head up. But when I heard that signature beat it brought me back to my senses.
10:40 "he's such a mack that there's three of him" LOL
PLEASE DO THERE SHE GOES - THE LA'S
The whole story about how they never followed up their debut album would be fascinating to hear Todd detail this
Heard a story from a prison officer that the prisoners sung this song Mark Morrison went back into prison for a second time
"Swing Beat" is adorably British. “You know dahling, I could really go for a spot of swing beat, couldn’t you?”
By the point, they'd stopped using New Jack Swing and the artists who had swapped NJS for fuck anthems were called Swing, which makes no sense because Swing is big band music. Then, at some point in 1997 (IIRC), everybody was calling the same music, which again didn't make any sense because it wasn't the Kinks or Eric Clapton.
I do remember swingbeat being a thing for a few months before R&B became the default moniker for the genre. I would later use a famous line from the comedy series "I'm Alan Partridge" and say "Lynn, they've just rebadged it."
@@michaelfarrow5817 personally I love fuck tracks 😁
Edit: oh sorry “fuck anthems”
@@michaelfarrow5817 New jack swing by the mid 90's had been considered rather old and out of date, as hip hop soul (literally soul music with hip hop beats) and neo soul, as well as plain contemporary R&B, gangsta rap/G-funk, and teen pop (with jacked new jack swing beats) replaced it. Think about this: Outside of teen pop, maybe some K-Pop songs, and Bruno Mars's Finesse, when was the last time you've heard a new jack swing song that came out after 1997?
@@sonikku956 It's been a while, which is kinda sad. The 80's sounds have been done to death tbh.
I pulled a muscle clicking this so quick
Which muscle though...
Man, I had a totally different interpretation of the song. I absolutely think he’s fronting. He’s trying to convince himself that he’s never going to have real feelings again. This song has definite Simon and Garfunkel “I am a Rock” vibes for me.
This is why UK Garage is sooooo much better than them trying to do American Hip-Hop. Dizzee Rascal, The Streets, Skepta
Garage puts American rap to shame
I love this song so much.
I’m from the uk and I remember there being a kiss and tell about him in the newspaper and he allegedly duped a fangirl into believing the car he was nailing her in was his but it turned out to be the car from his music video he’d swiped for the night 🤣
I really relate to that comment about "whatever happened to fun R&B". It's all so boring and formulaic now. Also for a long time I thought this song was called "Return of the Man", which kind of made sense because it still made out that the guy in question was a total legend.
9:12 Gives You Hell by The All American Rejects
The most legendary cookout song of all time.
3:34 “Not a whole lot of good music?” Did he just overlook the musical duo that is Banjo-Kazooie?
Usher's 'You don't have to call' is another great "who needs you" song. But this one is timeless
I dont know how this ended up in my algorithm but, RETURN OF THE MACK!!!
Return of the Mack is just a great song. I don't know how anyone could not like it.
I've never clicked on a video faster... Greatest song of all time
Yes! I KNEW there was a reason I loved that drum sample! Tom Tom Club ftw.
Fucking love it when Todd covers these British artists, because he'll just be chatting away as usual then suddenly it's BAM! PETER ANDRE! BAM! PJ & DUNCAN! BAM! PAUL WHITEHOUSE!
IVE BEEN SINGING "TURN UP THE THANG" FOR YEARS! how did I not know this o.O
Just popped in my head, but here's a 90s one hit wonder for your consideration Todd: Martin Page- In the House of Stone and Light (1994). This was freakin everywhere when I was a kid, and it's pretty obscure today...right up your alley!
The Anfield Rap in a Todd in the Shadows episode. I mean... now I think I have seen everything.
i remember the summer of 96(i'm from the UK)..i was 8 and had this on cassete single.also thisone and Simply Red's Fairground were everywhere!absolutley massive!
God it's weird seeing old Ant and Deck
Todd’s actually been posting lately and it’s some of his finest work?
sweet
Mark totally had the potential to be bigger in America. I think he still got it especially because talentless and non personable people like Chris ans G eazy sample him. So even If he's not back on the charts himself we won't forget him. We definately need him over here with the lack of talent we have. I said what I said. I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention how heb licensed the sing to burger King lmao
Aww that Concorde footage in the music video 😔 RIP
I remember being a kid and going to a concert where he was performing. He was about 2-3 hours late. He only did this song (like a 10 min version) and then left. The chorus of boos was incredible. Since then I've always had a semi-negative opinion of this guy/song.
5:54 Point of order: The Braids are from the Bay Area, not from the UK.
Please fix the sound mix in the future. I have to tweak the volume every time it cuts between you and a song.
I spent most of my childhood thinking he was singing “don’t turn off the light” instead of “return of the Mack”
did not expect to see the anfield rap on this!
Hi Todd - comin' at you straight outta Leicester, England! I can tell you, it was hard to keep up with the number of front-page stories in the local newspaper about Mark Morrison being arrested yet again in the late 90s. But, speaking as a citizen of the country that brought you The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, The Sex Pistols, Throbbing Gristle, Motorhead, and The Prodigy, let me assure you that we don't drop our teacups all that easily ;-)
This whole series for me is just "Oh I heard this sampled by Girl Talk...guess that's the original song."
I remember this song when it first came out on the radio. And I'm always reminded of it by every carnival or state fair that I go to....lmao
God damn, I just feel old now.
Huh, my local city Leicester in a Todd in the shadows video. Wasn't expecting that.
Return of the Mac...AND CHEETOS!
Sure, The UK didn't have great Hip Hop artists, but they did have some great Trip Hop artists. I love Massive Attack and Portishead.
I could sing this song front-to-back and I only realised when you mentioned it that it was a breakup song lmao. I just never internalized the lyrics XD
Todd: 'I can imagine them just dropping all their tea cups'
Me, stood in my kitchen waiting for my tea to brew: 'god I'm SICK of all these british stereotypes'
Me, sipping my tea: damn right Beth
Me an American about to boil water for my tea using a rice cooker because I don't have a kettle: boy I'm jealous of those guys 😭
Sad, innit bruv?
@@dinomoviesnstuff Yeah blud it's bollocks fam
This is like how I can't get mad at jokes about Americans liking cheeseburgers because I really like cheeseburgers.
"Everyone, especially corny white people, loves Return of the Mack." Damn you didn't have to call me out like that bro.
ikr todd.
Haha you look hella corny omg
Hahahahahahahahha you’re white
Lot of corny black people like it too....
ngl was doing the "corny white girl" dance by myself when the song was playing during the video. ... it's a good beat, ok?
"He was such a Mack, there was three of him." Abso fkn lutely.
If you can't come out stonger than when you left, come out threefold.
I was momentarily taken aback by that Bohemian Rhapsody cover (Hilarious, I don't understand why it exists), so I did a bit of digging. Turns out it was for a shitty '90s movie called High School High starring Jon Lovitz, and also the song was produced by Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins and '00s rock and pop producer Eric Valentine. I'm honestly not sure I believe the things I'm reading on the internet right now. Amazing.
I can't believe Third Eye Blind was involved in it.
As a British teen in the 90s I was shocked by that, I'd never seen/heard of it before and I'm glad at least some of the blame can be laid outside of the UK.
Don't get me wrong, we are responsible for some god awful music, but I'm pretty sure we all knew at the time that Peter Andre was more pop than proper r&b too!
And it was directed by the guy who played Ellis in "Die Hard!" 🤯
No, us Brits do not and never did call NJS “swing beat”. Just that one lady did, that one time.
Lmaoooo right
I've only ever heard swingbeat being used as an alternate name for NJS in somewhat obscure American new jack swing songs with rapping.
I never even knew till a few months ago that return of the mack was a British song. I was kinda gobsmacked by that. It sounds so American. But yeah just watch the video once and it's obvious he's driving round London or some UK town anyway. So I'll add that to the list of great British songs. But yeah. I don't think anybody knew at the time that the fella was British too. I was around back then. Nobody ever brought it up. We all thought he was American. So we certainly didn't try to make a new genre out of it. It fits neatly into the genre "R&B" so it doesn't need a new genre. Mind you, "R&B" these days does seem to end up meaning "pop when sung by black people" rather than an actual genre anymore, so I dunno. Like come on, the rolling stones were an R&B band, and they're so divorced from modern R&B that it's crazy to call it the same genre
Yep. We are not original enough to come up with new terms.
k
I could have lived happily ever after without that Bohemian Rapsody cover.
You mean you never wanted to hear what Queen would sound like if they were a shitty coffee house band?
The only Queen cover that matters is that BR cover with The Muppets
Guess I'll happily be the lone minority who actually wants to listen to this cover and more from The Braids.
Yeah, that cover piqued my interest a little.
Same, but I've also heard Shatner's Rhapsody cover.
That was PAIN and a crime against music.
Todd has such a crush on Mark Morrison and it's honestly so cute. I'm here for it.
Frankly he's considered a one hit wonder here in the UK too. Nobody remembers his other songs even if they made the top 10 at the time.
How the hell does this man have the singing voice of Akon while still being cooler than the Fonz in a meat locker?
Great description 👍
Akon’s a fucking chad tho
He sounds like larry blackmon from cameo
@Pete Harrison Thanks I needed a good laugh 🤣
I swear, I’m going to need to update my list of phrases to use more often to have a subsection just dedicated to out of context quotes from you.
I'd still count Billy Ray and the like as One Hit Wonders because they are piggy-backing off others to return and not releasing their *own* hits
Me too.
The Alex Band rule.............
Snow, maybe. But Billy Ray is an equal partner in Old Town Road. He genuinely brings the song together and makes it feel complete.
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Good point.
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep I have to agree, he genuinely is one of the best parts of that song.
1997 was actually huge year for British acts in America...OK Computer, The Fat of the Land and Urban Hymns all sold 10 million copies globally, a good chunk of those in America. Even Blur's biggest US hit was released then. But for R&B and Hiphop you're right, labels did not want to push that overseas. At the time it probably felt like selling burgers to McDonalds.
I'd say the closest thing to good British R&B from then is actually Massive Attack's early stuff
@@YamiFlyZX Right? I was surpised Massive Attack weren't mentioned in this video, even if they're not strictly considered "R&B"
Fat of the Land RULES
Be here now also became oasis's highest charting album in the us in 97 too
It was truly a golden age for brit acts
Did you just blame us for Peter Andre? He was Australia's fault thank you very much.
Eh, you both have the Queen on your money, so close enough.
we def adopted him as one of our own though, even for an aussie he has huge essex energy
He was born in Lewisham, and only moved to Australia when he was 9. So we're all complicit
MysTeriouSSS GiiiiirrrrRRLLLll
We acquired him when he hooked up with Jordan.
Reminds me of how Backstreet Boys debut was 'Backstreet's Back' even though they had never released an album in the American market before then
It's still a textbook example of an "I'm back bitch" single though.
They had other hits before such as "We've got it going on" or "Get down" or "I'll never break your heart" or "Quit playing games with my heart" or "Anywhere for you".
I remember "Get down" being a huge hit in 1996. I received their single "Anywhere for you" on my birthday in 1996. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" wasn't a hit before 1998.
I was about 8 when that song was big, and the 'We're Back!' angle always confused me too. Back from where? Were you ever gone? Isn't this like your first big song?
@@stephaniewozny3852: I believe their first big song was "We've got it going on".
Stephanie Wozny they were big in Europe and Asia, their first US album is actually a mixture of their second album (that's where backstreet's back come from) and their international hits from the first album thrown in
G-Easy and Chris Brown, two men who were exposed as toxic assholes, whose exes drastically outshine them, falling onto the champion of break-up songs by a one-hit wonder is pretty poetic tbh
*failing
What's up with G-easy. I know of Chris Brown but Is he equally as bad?
@@mokaza40 I can't really say if it's equal or not but there in the same lane. Both have been convicted of assult and drug possession. Both have been described as abusive by there exs. Both have been known to be jerks and serial cheaters. The only reason I would say G easy isn't as bad is because I think he's done it less than Chris Brown so there isn't as much proof of him getting into stuff but that might just be because he hasn't been as big or around as long.
@@mikeyvesperlick6982 Lol you're a POS
@@mikeyvesperlick6982 ..... so anyway, chris brown is a toxic ass person xox
That impression of 90's drums was so dead-on it's crazy.
yeah its called the james brown beat. Look up James Browns Funky Drummer. it was literally the most reused beat in the early 80s and 90s
As Tom Breihan said, "I hope he runs, and I hope he wins. I want to hear “Return Of The Mayor.”"
I’m surprised we hadn’t seen Ant & Dec in a Todd video sooner
I wish I never had.
Why-aye let’s get ready to rumble, pet
Honestly, I am too.
I actually thought he was going to use "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" as an example of the Brits not getting rap, but obviously that's patently false because "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" is a goddamn classic.
....PJ & Duncan
I once had a colleague who got stabbed by Mark Morrison in a night club. Nothing proven, of course, but you can imagine how he feels about that song...
Mack the knife
Return of the shank
@@csurname Perfect.
@@csurname You can shut down RUclips now. This is the greatest comment ever.
@@csurname ha
Please do a One Hit Wonderland of "One Night In Bangkok". The story behind it is fascinating, and most people don't even know that history.
Anything for more Swedish rep
I get my kicks above the wasteline sunshine
except not really, technically the singer (Murray head) had another top 20 hit in 1969 and it is difficult to call something written by members of ABBA a one hit wonder.
I know him so well was a hit too
This review's gonna be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
Fun fact... My best friends father in law (Manchester folk) was in the same prison cell with Mark Morrison in the 90s before Return of the Mac was recorded and blew up... He said to my mates father in law inside "I'm going to record a song that's beloved by people all over the world for years to come."
He did just that.
“Farther in law” lolz. Twice! Cool story
@@trashyraccoon2615 Oh no😱 its the grammar police! 😉
That R&B Bohemian Rhapsody dealt psychic damage to me.
answer to your question about break up songs for the boys: probably Cee Lo's "Fuck You" is also up there
How did I forget about that song? Such a fun listen.
Fuck You is a lot more vulnerable tho, it doesn't really fit as a "I Didn't Need You Anyway" song
Also, "U Don't Have To Call" by Usher.
Also reminds me of his take on Charlie Puth's Attention.
@@PHSDM104 i was just reminiscing about how good Usher was in the early to mid 2000s
OHW request before video is removed: Walk the Dinosaur by “Was Not Was” mostly because I want to see your take on the post-apocalyptic hellscape theory
Just want to see clips from the Super Mario Bros movie in a OHW video
Was Not Was actually had another semi-big single that same year. "Spy in the House of Love" went up to number 16 on the Hot 100.
Todd would need a few hours to cover Don Was' career.
@@bat4280 It's the Chumbawumba episode 2.0!
He did the post-apocalyptic song once already with "I Melt With You" by Modern English.
Some potential 2010s one-hit-wonders that Todd could talk about in the 2020's (provided none of them pull a Mike Posner):
Nico and Vinz - Am I Wrong
OMI - Cheerleader
Vance Joy - Riptide
Lumineers - Ho Hey
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
The last one in particular would be interesting given that Todd actually reviewed this song when it was popular, it would be interesting to see what he thinks of Gotye in retrospect.
Oh man, I have a feeling he's gonna dunk on The Lumineers. That band was the epitome of formulaic millennial indie folk that the Mumford and Sons initially built on.
@@theobuniel9643 Wasn't Ophelia also a minor hit? I still hear that song pretty often.
I remember when I first heard Icona Pop's "I Love It", I knew it'd be a one-hit wonder
God, "Am I Wrong" had one-hit wonder written all over it. It even felt like the artists' name fell out of your head 2 seconds after reading it.
@@SRMkay Omg yes, can't believe I forgot that one. Only good thing that song did was launch Charli XCX's career.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate Todd for being the only American ever to correctly pronounce Leicester
There's about eleven thousand people in a town in Massachusetts that would be mildly amused by this.
🤣@@hiimemily
@@hiimemilyisnt it pronounced "Lye-Chester" MA?
@@brunolondinese5857 Nope.
But unless you're pronouncing it "lestuh" or better yet "leggeh", you're not from the east Midlands! Gotta love accents, (and find them exceedingly strange at the same time!)
Didn't think I was gonna make it through that 8-second "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover clip. Some things need to stay buried.
More for me then!!
Yeah, that one was a doozy
Still better than the cover of Princes of the Universe used in Highlander the Source.
That was BLASPHEMY!
Silly Todd mackelmore was a 2 hit wonder
Wrong on that too. Macklemore got a good amount of hits on him
@@antwanscott97 does downtown even count
@@spindabrian69 Yes
ceiling can't hold us was a solid hit tbh
Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us, Downtown, Good Old Days, Same Love
Liz Phair just released a song by herself. It's not a hit but she's back Todd
Return of the Phair
And it’s so very shit
Return of the Phair ~
Why is it so very shit? ~
(Please reply in Verse)
Coz it's shit
Coz it's shit shit shiiiiit
Woooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, come on,
Liz Phair.
As a black British person, I have never heard the term 'swing beat' and I refuse to claim it.
It's a pretty lazy term isn't it? That's like naming house music "four on the floor".
Swing beat AKA New Jack Swing
As a white British person, we don't know her. 'swing beat' is olympic level cringe.
@@iconocastlive What
There are no such thing as black brits
You are a genuinely gifted music journalist Todd. And what a banger.
To me, I'll always associate this song with _Saint's Row III_ - just cruising down the highway in summer... in the middle of the road in the wrong direction... on a motorbike shaped like a tiger.
I knew this song from before but I remember that too...so awesome. Can I feel nostalgic for something I only played a year ago? I wish i could play it the first time again.
If you search around youtube, there's a video of Aha's take on me with ALL the voices singing along to it from saints row 2. It sounds like a demented road trip, and is amazing.
How many times did you crash your bike on stationary objects?
Good times
@@Avrysatos | This?: ruclips.net/video/y9BoIEY4xA4/видео.html | Someone also did 'What I Got' from 'The Third': ruclips.net/video/RSc7yehDx9I/видео.html
Wearing nothing but a silver chain and watch...
@@professordetective807 thanks!!!!
I am a Brit that was growing up around the time. Bloody hell, seeing young Ant and Dec is a trip.
So, another One Hit Wonderland where the song was featured in a modern ad campaign. BRING BACK THE MAC N’ CHEETOS?
It was also in multiple target back to school ads and a few target Christmas ads
*Vietnam flashbacks*
Lol
i saw it in a google ad
And multiple McDonald's ads when the restaurants reopened after Covid lockdowns. Example from New Zealand (my home country): ruclips.net/video/SRAn_c1F6Io/видео.html
Wow, you managed to find a clip of the UK's beloved Ant and Dec while they still appear to be in puberty!
Didn't they have that whole Byker Grove tv show thing where one of them got blinded with a paint ball? Recently found out about it on Twitter
@@infamoussphere7228 Trigger warning for anyone in their late 30s or early 40s...
I remember this being a hit. The important detail is that 1997 internet was there but it was not today's internet. There was no "SoundCloud" someone exiled to wherever could just upload and promote new stuff. Even Napster was still about a year away. This situation today, MM would have a lot more options.
The ability to self publish now gives artists a bit more leeway than the demands of recording companies. I think it's a great thing for music.
But he would also be competing against 10 other artists with a similar style, and his music would just be 'rented' along with everything else in the Spotify age. Return of the Mack has legendary status because it stood out back then. It's much harder to stand out now without a giant marketing machine behind you.
I’m still waiting for Todd to do “The Rain” by Oran “Juice” Jones. That is a One Hit Wonder that is very dear to me....considering the fact that I’m childhood friends with his youngest son.
Cant forget Your Love by The Outfield! Another 1986 one hit wonder
Todd: talks about British rap
Also Todd: shows a clip of Ant and Dec
And yet no appearance of Let's Get Ready to Rhumble
Fucking outrage
Watch us wreck the mic
And also no mention of John Barnes's quite magnificent MC'ing.
I think this is the first time I've ever heard an American correctly pronounce Leicester. Props
I think a lot of people learned how to pronounce it in 2016 lol
I learned it from Fire Emblem
He watches football, that probably helps
I only know it because I've heard Clarkson, May, and Hammond pronounce it.
Sadly I know how to pronounce it correctly from watching serial killer documentaries and RUclips channels that discusses really fucked up murders lol
It's about goddamn time Todd covered some more new jack swing music on here. That genre is filled with one hit wonders, and it's one of my all time faves.
If he did it'd be Boys II Men only...he ain't touch anything hard.
To give credit where credit is due, Brits are really good at Trip-Hop. Tricky's "Maxinquaye" came out in 1995, and is great. Includes a great cover of Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos".
Exactly; not to mention the Bristol scene of the early 1990s, which spawned Massive Attack. UK hiphop isn't "lesser" than US hiphop, it's just different and has different influences (just like how UK rock is different to US rock).
@@jaydee4697 I agree. Both Tricky and Massive Attack were recommended to me in the Spotify Taste-Breakers playlist from a couple of years ago, and I now play both on heavy rotation.
@@baronsledjoys1363 Nice.
@@jaydee4697 He does eventually say as much, at least about grime becoming its own unique phenomenon. He also says as much about trip-hop directly in the OHW for "Missing" by Everything But the Girl.
Trip hop is amazing. I'm sad that it eventually got played out by the early 2000's.