I remember Big Daddy coming to my school to practice his dance moves and performed during our school assembly..I also remember Special Ed being my substitute teacher in 3rd grade....P.S. 181 BROOKLYN stand up!
@@CodyCole80 Yep, he sure was and after a week his 1st music video came put and the teacher let us watch it. At 8 yrs old, all I did was play in his hair that day, Idk he was a rapper. Lol
During the peak of his career, Kane was the man. He Revolutinised the whole Rap game in the late 80's. He had more female fans than a top RnB singer, and he appealed to the hardcore thugs as well. Jay Z may have the money, but Kane had the RESPECT!!!
You heard a lisp ? It may sound funny today because he's not a studio gangster perpetrating,advocating violence, misogynistic lyrics or marketing negative image. Listen to what he's saying not how hes saying it .That is straight knowledge,respect for oneself,his people and his craft.
The reason this is so fantastic is that Kane always did exactly what HE thought was fresh. He wasn't following a trend, or taking cues from someone else. Kane is such a bad ass. (Except for the shoulder pads.) :)
The record labels aren't trying to "separate rap from it's culture." All they care about is money. If it makes money, they will sell it. The hip-hop culture sells. You see people from different countries dressing in the hip-hop apparel and using the slang words. My point is this quote from Grandmaster Caz, "Hip-hop didn't invent ANYTHING. It REINVENTED everything." Rap music is a part of the hip-hop culture so wherever hip-hop moves, rap moves.
Arsenio Hall Night Time Show was the only show they our people had besides Soul Train . These shows gave us a positive impact on just how these artists came from nothing and made there lives more productive.
This is so memorable takes me back when I was a teenager in the 80s watching arsenio hall.big daddy kane is one of my favorite old school rappers back in the day.todays rap is crap.big daddy kane,kool moe dee,eric b and rakim awesome.true legends of rap music.the best.
It's very accurate my friend. Yes you are right in mentioning Adele, as she has broken numerous records that stood for the past 25 years and over. Collectively as a music genre, RAP sells more than any other music genre and this includes Country, RocknRoll and RnB. So even if Adele (Pop) sold 14Million as a solo ARTIST and Pop sold collectively 200M, RAP would've have topped the 200M mark of sales achieved by that of Pop!!!!! This is a fact my friend, you should know this already!!
Kane is so smooth he messed up and did the last verse 1st and did the same last verse again at the end and no one even noticed a bit. A true Professional. Long live the Kane!
I remember seeing this performance live like, yo what the hell??? I started rapping at home with 'The question at hand...' and everyone was like sit down you don't know the song!! Lol
kane was nice with his- and i have to give it to his 2 dancers scoob and scrapp lover 4 the hard work they put into the stage performances. these days its all about the rapper and his hype man(100 fools with mics on the stage) back in the days of the mid 80's to late 90's they got the job done
I was actually saying da same thing back in 1987/88 till I heard "Set It Off" from BDK. I even stoped listening 2 rap for 2 yrs till I heard BDK. He re-revolutionised da art of rap, he even caught da attention of other music genres etc, reggae ppl who would hear him spit a verse & say "Ah wod d bomber clart"! Moreover, his early shit was not just hardcore, but strictly underground. Rappers didn't give a shit about going platinum then, it was about da respect on da mic not da paper off it!!
I feel like Hammer's success and ubiquity as a dancing rapper (and changing audience tastes in general) played at least some part in it becoming less common. Your comment really does make me think: could any current act do this level of choreography AND sound this good without a vocal track??
Mike, you talk sense, your points are valid. When I refer to 150 Rappers to 1 Singer, I'm not making comparisons of 10-20 years ago. It is not really appropriate to make that comparison of Motown with rappers. Rap has been around since 75'. Motown over 25 years prior to that! The art of rap is to spit your own material, freestyle from the top and flow with it. A singer can have the best voice, but can't write a writer the worst voice but best songs. Both combined by 1, makes u an artist!!!
Big Daddy came most definitely my top five I used to run home everyday so I will not miss rap City Big Daddy can also say what's missing and wrapped today is variety I can say we're brought a little bit of a variety today was the amigos they were different I like them
That's when RAP/ HIP HOP had style, FLAVOUR and individuality!!! Whatever happened to CREATIVITY??? Back when YOU purchased a tape/ cd and could play it from front to back or through..... I MISS THOSE DAYS......
The Arsenio Hall show aired from 1989 - 1994, chances are it was aired whereever you live because it was nationally syndicated. it came on late nights.
The best way to look at this situation, is you can have Rap Artists that go multi-platinum across 10 states without having to sell outside of the USA. Too $hort was a classic example, when he went tripple platinum in the 90's and sold less than 20 records in the UK. For every Adele Singer, their are 150 Rappers. Not all singers write their own material like most rappers do. This factor would be the reason the rap genre out selling all the others.
I give mad props to Arsenio Hall at the time for bringing big name acts like Big Daddy Kane on his show. I remember this like it was yesterday. Lyrics, beats, showmanship I miss it! Check out the trailer to my Hip Hop movie "Battle"
Kool G Rap-- Road to the Riches, Wanted Dead or Alive, Live and Let Die. Big Daddy Kane-- Long Live the Kane, It's A Big Daddy Thing, Taste of Chocolate and (sorry I gotta add a fourth) Prince of Darkness. Anything you wanna know about real hip hop (1979 - 1997) I'm the man you need to hit up. I didn't just listen to the records...I wasn't told what happened in a hip hop documentary...I was there, man.
this was a major disapointment to me at the time because I was heavy in the new york graff scene and Kane was one of my favorites. after that I stoppped messing with anything kane after his second album. took him almost a decade to get back to his roots. welcme home Kane you had us scared for a while.
scoob and scrap were the best 'stand-up' dancers back in the day. they weren't breakers, didn't really do acrobatic-type moves, but they were damn sure funky.
Listen, I'm from Cali and my mother and father are from the bronx. I've studied and heard first hand about the begging of the hip-hop culture which started either late 1971 or early 1972 (kool herc said that). Rap an art form of hip-hop just like B-boy dancing and Graffiti is, too. Now that is explained, it happened to all art forms created by minorities. Electro, house, dubstep, does borrow from hip hop but it also borrows from disco, funk, and reggae which hip hop borrows from, too. (cont)
Why are THE NICEST MC'S from Brooklyn??? It's like they BREED rhyme stars!!! Name me a city, borough, or state than can f**k with THIS team: Rakim, BIG, Hov, Big Daddy Kane, Fabolous, Special Ed, Lil Kim...did I forget anyone??
That's right! I forgot before Jigga got with Ski and Original Flava he used to open for Big Daddy. I remember when Big Daddy wanted to battle Rakim on a Marley Marl track but MC Shan talked them out of it.
Ha ha -- He started this song with the wrong verse... that's why he repeated it at the end! I can't tell ya how many times I've done that on-stage... so it's quite comforting to know that t happens to the best of 'em ;-) Long live the KANE = King Asiatic Nobody's Equal
big daddy Kane was the man
Breath control on point, most mc’s have a hard time with one bar.
The Best Dance Duo Assembled Scoob & Scrap Lover 💯💯💯🔥🔥
A Teddy Riley production🙌🏽🙌🏽
I remember Big Daddy coming to my school to practice his dance moves and performed during our school assembly..I also remember Special Ed being my substitute teacher in 3rd grade....P.S. 181 BROOKLYN stand up!
Timekka Horton ps 181 stand up class of 1988 new york ave also went to Walt Whitman
😂 When was Special Ed your sub? I bet you could hardly concentrate on your work. Ed was handsome as hell. 😍
@@CodyCole80 Yep, he sure was and after a week his 1st music video came put and the teacher let us watch it. At 8 yrs old, all I did was play in his hair that day, Idk he was a rapper. Lol
@@dominican764 Yep Yep thats me! Good ole Brooklyn Days...
You, Ms. Brown, had one hell of a childhood! Respect
SCUBA AND SCRAP BEST DANCER THAT WAS IN THE GAME!
Scoob
Athena Goodman no doubt sis even though im 27 soon to 28 i like dancing like this because that pass on to us thought us nahmean one love
Son it's scoob and scrap lova.but indeed they were the truth word as bond
🤨 Y'all buggin! These guys could dance but they weren't no Heart and Soul
@@joshuamoore8193 🤣 👉🏾 🤿
Them boys was jamming like hell. The groove was so smooth. Nothing like Todays bull crap. Calgon, please take us back to good music like this
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Teddy Riley produced this song. I remember watching this performance on Arsenio.
During the peak of his career, Kane was the man. He Revolutinised the whole Rap game in the late 80's. He had more female fans than a top RnB singer, and he appealed to the hardcore thugs as well.
Jay Z may have the money, but Kane had the RESPECT!!!
You heard a lisp ? It may sound funny today because he's not a studio gangster perpetrating,advocating violence, misogynistic lyrics or marketing negative image. Listen to what he's saying not how hes saying it .That is straight knowledge,respect for oneself,his people and his craft.
I love Kane and one of the finest men I have ever laid my eyes on!!!
I used to love watching Arsenio Hall back in the day! Say what ya want but he had the hottest celebrities as guests. I Love Big Daddy Kane
Incredibly gifted mc, one of my all time favorites...
The better times of rap...or actually...this was the last days an times of real rap. Plus Arsenio went Eddie there...lol..!
Big daddy kane, rakim and slick rick
Heavy D
The reason this is so fantastic is that Kane always did exactly what HE thought was fresh. He wasn't following a trend, or taking cues from someone else. Kane is such a bad ass. (Except for the shoulder pads.) :)
The record labels aren't trying to "separate rap from it's culture." All they care about is money. If it makes money, they will sell it. The hip-hop culture sells. You see people from different countries dressing in the hip-hop apparel and using the slang words. My point is this quote from Grandmaster Caz, "Hip-hop didn't invent ANYTHING. It REINVENTED everything." Rap music is a part of the hip-hop culture so wherever hip-hop moves, rap moves.
Arsenio Hall Night Time Show was the only show they our people had besides Soul Train . These shows gave us a positive impact on just how these artists came from nothing and made there lives more productive.
Lawd if i was born during this era i would have def been in love with Big Daddy Kane he is tooo damn smooth lawdddd
I remember when I first saw this performance. I'm still feeling Big Daddy Kane. Classic Hip Hop is what's up !!!!
This is so memorable takes me back when I was a teenager in the 80s watching arsenio hall.big daddy kane is one of my favorite old school rappers back in the day.todays rap is crap.big daddy kane,kool moe dee,eric b and rakim awesome.true legends of rap music.the best.
Yeah ya right, this is true rap, no cursing lyrics, just sharp understandable lyrics and they put on a show to boot... Best years of rap I agree.
Treach, Rakim, Queen Latifah...and Big Daddy Kane. My kings of the East Coast.
he was the man
Yes BIG DADDY KANE
It's very accurate my friend. Yes you are right in mentioning Adele, as she has broken numerous records that stood for the past 25 years and over.
Collectively as a music genre, RAP sells more than any other music genre and this includes Country, RocknRoll and RnB.
So even if Adele (Pop) sold 14Million as a solo ARTIST and Pop sold collectively 200M, RAP would've have topped the 200M mark of sales achieved by that of Pop!!!!!
This is a fact my friend, you should know this already!!
Kane is so smooth he messed up and did the last verse 1st and did the same last verse again at the end and no one even noticed a bit. A true Professional. Long live the Kane!
I remember seeing this performance live like, yo what the hell??? I started rapping at home with 'The question at hand...' and everyone was like sit down you don't know the song!! Lol
Oooh, he was so fine. He really did his thing. I just love his music. Huge fan over here.
kane was nice with his- and i have to give it to his 2 dancers scoob and scrapp lover 4 the hard work they put into the stage performances. these days its all about the rapper and his hype man(100 fools with mics on the stage) back in the days of the mid 80's to late 90's they got the job done
Damn I miss Arsenio. He was the shit!!!
"I'm browner than Bobby, so won't you be my tenderoni", say it again!
I was actually saying da same thing back in 1987/88 till I heard "Set It Off" from BDK. I even stoped listening 2 rap for 2 yrs till I heard BDK.
He re-revolutionised da art of rap, he even caught da attention of other music genres etc, reggae ppl who would hear him spit a verse & say "Ah wod d bomber clart"!
Moreover, his early shit was not just hardcore, but strictly underground. Rappers didn't give a shit about going platinum then, it was about da respect on da mic not da paper off it!!
Man I remember this! I made sure to record this. Brother Big Daddy Kane was that dude 👊🏾💯🔥🎯
nowadays nobody would have the balls to pull off the dancing rapper thing imo
i know right
I feel like Hammer's success and ubiquity as a dancing rapper (and changing audience tastes in general) played at least some part in it becoming less common.
Your comment really does make me think: could any current act do this level of choreography AND sound this good without a vocal track??
All these punks running hip hop now should be made to watch hours of Big Daddy Kane performances to see how its done. Long Live the Kane!
The suits, the dos, the sentiment, the tune... There is literally nothing bad about this video.
Big Daddy Kane had some real talent. Good stuff. Love the backup dancer style of dancing there too.
Kane is is one of the few rappers from the 80's who's material can put any modern rapper to shame.
I miss this show soooo much!!!!!
Big Daddy Kane is one of the best rappers. BDK gets the job done in hip hop fact.
Mister Cee was killing it too!!!
I used to love this man...he was so SMOOTH...
This one of my my faves from BDK!
I used to pumo this over and over on my Walkman! Damn, those were the days!
Mike, you talk sense, your points are valid. When I refer to 150 Rappers to 1 Singer, I'm not making comparisons of 10-20 years ago. It is not really appropriate to make that comparison of Motown with rappers. Rap has been around since 75'. Motown over 25 years prior to that!
The art of rap is to spit your own material, freestyle from the top and flow with it. A singer can have the best voice, but can't write a writer the worst voice but best songs. Both combined by 1, makes u an artist!!!
I used to have this performance on tape. Good to see it again.
Big Daddy Kane is immortal. When you me and everyone here dies...years later they would still know who Big Daddy Kane was.
Big Daddy Kane is still the man!!!
Love Big Daddy Kane !!! ( Still Getting Down ) ❤❤🩹💝 April 2022
I love that song
My boys! Love yall (serious throw back)
This was tight, BDK got the job done!!!
Long Live the Kane. And RIP to DJ Mister Cee.
Kane with Scoop and Scrap, old school at it's finest...a mc, DJ and turntables, and his dancers
CLASSIC! Long live the Kane!
Big Daddy came most definitely my top five I used to run home everyday so I will not miss rap City Big Daddy can also say what's missing and wrapped today is variety I can say we're brought a little bit of a variety today was the amigos they were different I like them
Oh man...the dancing?! Kane was the man...
Produced by Teddy Riley, New Jack Swing & Hip Hop mixed with energy and creativity, and the dance is crazy also.
A Tribe Called Quest: I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
Ah man.....check out those high-top fades!!!!......This clearly is one of the best jams ever!.....Will be watch Big Daddy on TV One Unsung!
Big Daddy Kane influenced me to REALLY step up my game wit threads...best dressed rapper of his day! straight smooth playa playa!
I can remember watching this back in the day!! Great performance!
This beautiful chocolate man, fine as hell and a teacher. Thank you for posting this video.
You are so right! I'm 27 but I remember the days when rap had a true meaning. These (mainstream) rappers today are WACK!
JAMMIN
That's when RAP/ HIP HOP had style, FLAVOUR and individuality!!! Whatever happened to CREATIVITY??? Back when YOU purchased a tape/ cd and could play it from front to back or through..... I MISS THOSE DAYS......
The Arsenio Hall show aired from 1989 - 1994, chances are it was aired whereever you live because it was nationally syndicated. it came on late nights.
I miss this!
I miss REAL rap like this. Big Daddy had the best backup dancers EVER.
THIS IS CLASSIC OLD SCHOOL! Big Daddy Kane, Scoob, Scrap....hall of fame stuff right here...oldschoolg
The best way to look at this situation, is you can have Rap Artists that go multi-platinum across 10 states without having to sell outside of the USA. Too $hort was a classic example, when he went tripple platinum in the 90's and sold less than 20 records in the UK.
For every Adele Singer, their are 150 Rappers. Not all singers write their own material like most rappers do. This factor would be the reason the rap genre out selling all the others.
Long live The Kane.
The uncrowned KING of hip Hop
I give mad props to Arsenio Hall at the time for bringing big name acts like Big Daddy Kane on his show. I remember this like it was yesterday. Lyrics, beats, showmanship I miss it! Check out the trailer to my Hip Hop movie "Battle"
Wow. Kane, conscience and deep intro.
That's the shit right there boyeeee....
BIG DADDY KANE IS BACK!!! .....SEARCH BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG DADDY KANE
Big Daddy Kane is great
This is the hip-hop I came up on in college back in the 80's. Too bad hip-hop died ten years ago.
' Even wit' a lisp... I still sound cris'.
Big Daddy Kane.
Kool G Rap-- Road to the Riches, Wanted Dead or Alive, Live and Let Die. Big Daddy Kane-- Long Live the Kane, It's A Big Daddy Thing, Taste of Chocolate and (sorry I gotta add a fourth) Prince of Darkness. Anything you wanna know about real hip hop (1979 - 1997) I'm the man you need to hit up. I didn't just listen to the records...I wasn't told what happened in a hip hop documentary...I was there, man.
I was in 9th grade when this came out! Ahh the good ole days.
this was a major disapointment to me at the time because I was heavy in the new york graff scene and Kane was one of my favorites. after that I stoppped messing with anything kane after his second album. took him almost a decade to get back to his roots. welcme home Kane you had us scared for a while.
gurl yes !!!!! I loved-ed him back in the day!!!
scoob and scrap were the best 'stand-up' dancers back in the day. they weren't breakers, didn't really do acrobatic-type moves, but they were damn sure funky.
Listen, I'm from Cali and my mother and father are from the bronx. I've studied and heard first hand about the begging of the hip-hop culture which started either late 1971 or early 1972 (kool herc said that). Rap an art form of hip-hop just like B-boy dancing and Graffiti is, too. Now that is explained, it happened to all art forms created by minorities. Electro, house, dubstep, does borrow from hip hop but it also borrows from disco, funk, and reggae which hip hop borrows from, too. (cont)
the idea generation interview brought me here.... 🎯
Rap Royalty...
This is what real hip-hop is all about! Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy and 50 Cent don't even compare with Big Daddy Kane. Best years for rap music 1988-1997.
Damn, Arsenio had all the best musical guests. He couldn't do an interview worth a shit but he had good connections for music. Miss his show!
Yes
OOOH I was so in love with BDK....Mr. Dark & Lovely !!!
Happy Birthday!!!To Big Daddy Kane!!!!
One of the greats!
BIG DADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! LOTTSA LOTTSA LOVE AND BIG UP!!!
You are so right is is really sad but true.
I miss rap like this, so cool.
To the kids? Heck i'm 15 years old and i'm listening to KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest,Big L, Nad, Common, Talib Kweli, all that! No 50 cent here baby
Why are THE NICEST MC'S from Brooklyn??? It's like they BREED rhyme stars!!! Name me a city, borough, or state than can f**k with THIS team: Rakim, BIG, Hov, Big Daddy Kane, Fabolous, Special Ed, Lil Kim...did I forget anyone??
they are the greatest hip hop dancers ever
That's right! I forgot before Jigga got with Ski and Original Flava he used to open for Big Daddy. I remember when Big Daddy wanted to battle Rakim on a Marley Marl track but MC Shan talked them out of it.
Rest in Heaven Mister Cee❤
Ha ha -- He started this song with the wrong verse... that's why he repeated it at the end! I can't tell ya how many times I've done that on-stage... so it's quite comforting to know that t happens to the best of 'em ;-)
Long live the KANE = King Asiatic Nobody's Equal