BET Rap City 1990 - SNAP!, Above the Law, Digital Underground

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  • BET Rap City from early 1990 featuring host Chris Thomas speaking with Turbo B, Penny Ford, and Jackie Harris from SNAP!, as well as Hip Hop News featuring Above the Law, We're All in the Same Gang, and Digital Underground's Sex Packets going platinum. Keep an eye out for 2Pac.

Komentáře • 249

  • @element-mc5zp
    @element-mc5zp Před 8 měsíci +154

    Man I want to go back to these days so bad it hurts! 😢

    • @NorthPhilly-zr7xc
      @NorthPhilly-zr7xc Před 7 měsíci +8

      Don't we all

    • @penrythajanitor4644
      @penrythajanitor4644 Před 7 měsíci +6

      You're not alone

    • @carlos_sosaa
      @carlos_sosaa Před 7 měsíci +4

      I Was Born In The Late 90s But Mc Lyte Was So Fine & Didn’t Dress Like A Thot She Was Fine🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️

    • @conjurechris9360
      @conjurechris9360 Před 7 měsíci +2

      I feel you it was so much flavor back then

    • @Cool_________
      @Cool_________ Před 7 měsíci +3

      Why so we could go through eazy e dying again? Tupac dying all over again? No thanks

  • @bttl7299
    @bttl7299 Před 7 měsíci +32

    If only we had known back then we WERE in the golden era!! Miss those days!

  • @phillipbrown2318
    @phillipbrown2318 Před 8 měsíci +55

    When Bet was Great not the Garbage it's Today.

    • @Nimmy..
      @Nimmy.. Před 7 měsíci +2

      Rob49 is good

  • @Olmec-a_Supreme16
    @Olmec-a_Supreme16 Před 8 měsíci +100

    RIP 2Pac, Shock G, Eazy-E & KMG of Above The Law.

  • @ImmaBeast713
    @ImmaBeast713 Před 9 měsíci +98

    When hip hop was real hip hop and BET was truly BET

  • @HardlineSoul
    @HardlineSoul Před 11 měsíci +38

    RIP SHOCK G!!!

  • @darianbroomfield8361
    @darianbroomfield8361 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Got a young 2pac in this video this was 1990 so 2pac was 19 years old just a real young brotha trying to show the world how great of a hip hop emcee and dope rhymer and poet and revolutionary he was Rest In Peace 2pac and Eazy e and shock G

  • @AaronLesterMedia
    @AaronLesterMedia Před 7 měsíci +17

    I could cry. I didn't know what I had when I was younger. I'm sorry I didn't appreciate you the way I should've Hip Hop. I'm sorry Hip Hop.

  • @cbrownlee1
    @cbrownlee1 Před rokem +22

    14:34 A young 2Pac.

  • @jonathanhuerta7715
    @jonathanhuerta7715 Před rokem +33

    back when hip hop was serious in the rap game in the 90's and our first look at tupac when he was young

  • @ants8527
    @ants8527 Před 7 měsíci +14

    Memories of me in the 6th grade back in 1989'' 90'' Coming home from school watching Yo MTv Raps And Rap City! This was back when MTv VH-1 And B.E.T was real music video stations.🎶😊

  • @russelladams7134
    @russelladams7134 Před 7 měsíci +7

    This is when B.E.T. was based in Alexandria, Virginia in the D.C. area then B.E.T. moved to NYC.

  • @SwKinfinite
    @SwKinfinite Před 7 měsíci +13

    The soul of the culture has been sold and gentrified

    • @JokersNtheOddball
      @JokersNtheOddball Před 7 měsíci +1

      Stop talking about our music like it's your "culture" you get yr jollies and turn it off like the rest of them after a few songs

    • @RRDB92
      @RRDB92 Před 5 měsíci +1

      facts on facts 😞

  • @gold7633
    @gold7633 Před 7 měsíci +5

    When BET was still Black Entertainment and not the Buffoonery it is today💯 #AboveTheLawNEazy👑 #Snap🏆💯 #DigitaL 👑

  • @tonychiba3318
    @tonychiba3318 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Does anyone else notice that, that's a young Tupac dressed up as Shock G's moniker Humpty Hump?! That's so dope 🔥

  • @brinkybrinkz
    @brinkybrinkz Před 7 měsíci +7

    Above the Law Livin like hustlers album was Dope!

  • @GangstaMojo
    @GangstaMojo Před 7 měsíci +10

    I totally forgot about when digital underground used to pretend that Humpty was a separate person from Shock G😂😂😂

    • @FAMc81
      @FAMc81 Před 7 měsíci

      Like in their cameo appearance in the movie Nothing But Trouble 😆 #goodentertainment #goodtimes

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin Před 8 měsíci +32

    Penny Ford's 1984 album: Pennye, is a very nice album. She used to sing backup with the Gap Band as well. She's a multi-instrumentalist as well playing the guitar, bass guitar, flute, drums, percussion and keyboards/synthesizer. She's also extra fine!!!

    • @kizzieward6441
      @kizzieward6441 Před 7 měsíci +6

      I hate how he interviewed them it was horrible

    • @layback76
      @layback76 Před 7 měsíci +3

      ​@kizzieward6441 Yeah but she was pretty rude also.

  • @ericwright2594
    @ericwright2594 Před 8 měsíci +17

    rip lay law,rip eazy e

    • @carlos_sosaa
      @carlos_sosaa Před 7 měsíci

      Eazy-E Had Dat Gangsta Swag Back Then He Let All His Ppl Shine 💯💯😎

  • @nickfreshalive
    @nickfreshalive Před rokem +17

    Sister Penny isn't here to play, y'all. haha

  • @orlandeuce6567
    @orlandeuce6567 Před 8 měsíci +8

    1-900 NUMBERS WAS POPPING.................. VINTAGE RAP CITY

  • @cesarbaca5297
    @cesarbaca5297 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I miss original BET soooooo much

  • @kevinjohnson963
    @kevinjohnson963 Před 7 měsíci +10

    When BET was black before Bob sold it to Viacom ….great times I swear

  • @rawstrengthsociety1819
    @rawstrengthsociety1819 Před rokem +40

    THIS IS WHEN RAP CITY WAS FLAMBOYANT

  • @Teegatas85
    @Teegatas85 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Shock G was the original troll lol

  • @asitalandry3962
    @asitalandry3962 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I was like ooh Digital Underground!
    Am I going to see Tupac? Then there he was in all his youth and glory. I miss him.

  • @urbanflavorz
    @urbanflavorz Před 11 měsíci +18

    Classic! BET probably doens't have these episodes anymore

  • @elmaxo1471
    @elmaxo1471 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Rest in Peace KMG , Above The Law , the originators of G Funk 💯

  • @trevinhickman9022
    @trevinhickman9022 Před 7 měsíci +9

    The Hip-Hop Movement has had a fascinating evolution 💯

  • @mightychild1057
    @mightychild1057 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Born march 17th🍀 👑👑👑👑1990👑👑👑👑😎💯💯💯

  • @centralcal6604
    @centralcal6604 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Abobe the law starts at 12:12

  • @oliviaabrams
    @oliviaabrams Před 7 měsíci +7

    Oh my goodness!!!! These are priceless. And with the original commercials!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @michaelarchangel1514
    @michaelarchangel1514 Před 7 měsíci +3

    GOAT ERA OF
    HIP HOP 90S
    😎✊🏼

  • @JRTexx
    @JRTexx Před 8 měsíci +16

    SNAP! didn't really want to be there 👀

    • @wcorowitz
      @wcorowitz Před měsícem

      The lead singer alluded to it. She heard her voice on a hit record and I think they were going to proceed without her. Homegirl was like: LET ME MAKE SOME CALLS. Tried to CC Factory her!!! LOL

  • @thuglifejesus2673
    @thuglifejesus2673 Před 8 měsíci +11

    When she said working hard to reap the benefits of success. I realized they had a bad contract.

  • @ghordibarifilms
    @ghordibarifilms Před 8 měsíci +11

    @4:32 Tupac Doing the humpty hump, just dancing and happy as hell to be on tv. Before the beef and before you know what...

  • @ronthatus
    @ronthatus Před 7 měsíci +5

    This was when hip hop was real hip hop

  • @patreecepickett7790
    @patreecepickett7790 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Shout out to My ATL Niggahs Big Hutch we Give them Brothers 2 cases of Moët when they came to the D back then we was Backstage wit The 2 live crew an Luke and they Hutch an Gomack an the crew was Drinking Old E 800 we Blessed them Cause they Blessed us wit they’re Performance Solid Dudes

  • @brotha1984
    @brotha1984 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Damn i was 6 years old when this came out im a 84 baby👍🏿💪🏿

  • @telepjuniordesire2606
    @telepjuniordesire2606 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The Old school rap was and will become the best of All time

  • @MACCAKHAN
    @MACCAKHAN Před 7 měsíci +3

    Turbo B certainly defined rap
    Back in 1990 ...
    Man i miss that Era...
    I was 15 years old when their
    First classic dropped ...

    • @noreaster1788
      @noreaster1788 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Turbo b defined rap? 🙄😳🤨🤔😆

    • @wcorowitz
      @wcorowitz Před měsícem

      You must not know about that CHILL ROB G controversy.

  • @jamesdean3125
    @jamesdean3125 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Good Ole dayz... 👍

  • @aaronboswell798
    @aaronboswell798 Před 7 měsíci +3

    That intro omg I’m bout to cry

  • @clintonchance8220
    @clintonchance8220 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Bruh this bring back so many memories ❤

  • @Black-Pill-7411
    @Black-Pill-7411 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Good ol days

  • @maximalwest2797
    @maximalwest2797 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This SNAP Stuff is Interesting . Thanks for Posting this. Greets from Germany.

  • @kenwood1971
    @kenwood1971 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Wow! I can remember pulling up to Chapter 3 back in 1990. I'm from Mississippi, but I was stationed in Norfolk. I had extended family who lived in Upper Marlboro, she was at Hampton U at the time and her homegirl from high school was at UNC Chappel Hill. Hanging out in D.C.
    #Memories

  • @dietrichdietrich7763
    @dietrichdietrich7763 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The People Made A Hit! That's the secret.
    the 1990's had lot of things right back then.
    (not everything, but quality things indeed.)
    but I just dig that nostalgic wave online.
    the vibes fit me for the times, even now.

  • @bighapps7570
    @bighapps7570 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Eazy E a real boss !

  • @carlos_sosaa
    @carlos_sosaa Před 7 měsíci +4

    Eazy-E & Tupac Makaveli The Only 2 Legend I Looked Up Too But Especially Eazy-E I Always Wanted To Dress Just Like Him With The Locs & The Swagger He Had Back Then💔💯

  • @The_One_Cosmos
    @The_One_Cosmos Před 7 měsíci +3

    I could tell the girl on the left of the screen was the singer for SNAP before they even talked about it

  • @StreetSouljaz1
    @StreetSouljaz1 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Pac good to see digital underground

  • @TwoPak-iq4ih
    @TwoPak-iq4ih Před 7 měsíci +4

    Eazy was straight G 24/7 it seems, rip to all who are gone in this video 🙏🏽 Such a tragic genre of music, no other genre has such loss

  • @carlton3415
    @carlton3415 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This took me back.

  • @edrepresentin
    @edrepresentin Před 8 měsíci +3

    Thanks for posting.

  • @dantegood2195
    @dantegood2195 Před rokem +5

    Wow. What an upload!

  • @abrahamlenga9951
    @abrahamlenga9951 Před 7 měsíci +6

    People say they want to go back to this era, but what they mean is, they want to go back to being a kid cause it felt good back then for them, that they didn't have to do that themselves.

    • @antoniesseals8892
      @antoniesseals8892 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Eeehh I wouldn’t say that, life seemed a bit more authentic back then. Whether you were a child or an adult. Everything was just authentic. Music, parties, fashion, men/women, everything was dope. I know we(blacks) had our struggles back then, but people made something out of nothing.

    • @cantstop-wontstop2138
      @cantstop-wontstop2138 Před 7 měsíci +6

      @abrahamlenga9951
      Nah-
      We dont wanna be kids again.
      We jus appreciate how it was to have different lanes of music and every song wasn't about crime/criminality.

  • @Dantana773
    @Dantana773 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Memories from my youth

  • @chrisblack9851
    @chrisblack9851 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I don't remember rap city being this old

  • @NwareFilms
    @NwareFilms Před 7 měsíci +2

    The Soul Singles commercial! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise
    @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise Před 7 měsíci +1

    OMG CHRIS THOMAS the original Rap City host,, I was in 7th grade when " i got the power " came out an i won a battle house dancin that year,, This all we had an "pump it up" but that came on after midnight if u from Southern California ( not sure about all Cali cause im from SoCal) , soul train an radio stations on AM channels...

  • @SEEPHUS1
    @SEEPHUS1 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Thank you for the memories! The💩 today is straight GARBAGE.

  • @blastradius9136
    @blastradius9136 Před rokem +24

    Chris Thomas was hilarious on here lol

  • @MissT0501
    @MissT0501 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Who else called that 900 number to see if it’s still on 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @godsjoy1985
    @godsjoy1985 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I am 38 now and here, down memory lane. So u new generation kids take notes how us old cats lived and how true we were

  • @AndreiBerezin
    @AndreiBerezin Před 7 měsíci +3

    Turbo B and Snap were a bomb in Russia in 1992-93

  • @tareefsmith9027
    @tareefsmith9027 Před 7 měsíci +6

    SNAP! was the original Milli Vanilli

    • @benzer126
      @benzer126 Před 7 měsíci

      These are 2 completely different things

    • @CEENAS646
      @CEENAS646 Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@benzer126 You're right, he didn't lip sync The Power. But he did take Chill Rob G's rendition of The Power, which was a hip hop crowd hit, very slightly remixed it, and rode it to international fame as if Chill Rob didn't exist lol.. Industry rule #4080...

    • @do7hemath937
      @do7hemath937 Před 7 měsíci

      @@CEENAS646 both songs were dope. I love how they both said " Copywritten lyrics so they can't be stolen ".
      Chill Rob has a crazy very rare remix with different lyrics u should ck out.

    • @benzer126
      @benzer126 Před 6 měsíci

      @@CEENAS646 The beat for both songs is produced by Michael Münzig and Luca Anzilotti with samples from the titles Let the Words Flow by Chill Rob G, Love's Gonna Get You by Jocelyn Brown and King Of The Beats by Mantronix.
      Anyway... both versions are cool and Mr. Münzig and Anzilotti have become very rich with them.

  • @williamhayes981
    @williamhayes981 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Above the Law was not from South Central, LA. They are from Pomona, CA.
    And, the members were affiliated with the Pomona 357 Crips.
    All facts.

    • @mikesmith7536
      @mikesmith7536 Před 3 měsíci

      Why did eazy e look like a piece of cardboard in atl interview

    • @williamhayes981
      @williamhayes981 Před 3 měsíci

      @@mikesmith7536 I'm not sure...I know his height was 5 ft 5 in, he looked like a little brown piece of cardboard in Compton.
      I guess he was built like a Hasbro dump truck.
      But, Eazy E was an actual gang member (in the 80's) who had a reputation. He was part of the Kelly Park Compton Crips....his street name was Casual.
      Crazy, but true.

  • @trackmatic850
    @trackmatic850 Před 7 měsíci +2

    $2 ah min ah call we had cheese back n da dayz😂😂😂😂

  • @JamesJohnson-lu5kk
    @JamesJohnson-lu5kk Před 28 dny

    Wonderful times.

  • @Stuffaluff17
    @Stuffaluff17 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Wow... BEFORE Shock G took over the role of humpty 😎

  • @Boom_1306
    @Boom_1306 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Pure Art b4 the money Damaged the Art of Hiphop

  • @therealDJG
    @therealDJG Před 4 měsíci

    I could be upstairs in my room but when I hear the dial up tone I knew someone was watching BET in the living room lol

  • @dimviesel
    @dimviesel Před 8 měsíci +20

    I always thought Shock G was Humpty Hump in disguise😆
    Here they are on Rap City side by side!😱
    How’d they do that?😄

    • @shaunieibe2081
      @shaunieibe2081 Před 8 měsíci +17

      Shock has a brother that looks like him. I believe he would step in as needed

    • @TRUTHBETOLDallegedly
      @TRUTHBETOLDallegedly Před 8 měsíci +2

      Mane I said the same thing that’s shock g in the videos but in public it’s a stunt double

    • @soulrebel6309
      @soulrebel6309 Před 7 měsíci +3

      So did i😂

    • @TheReal-rw4xj
      @TheReal-rw4xj Před 7 měsíci +1

      Same here I'm like wtf

    • @TheGurupatpat
      @TheGurupatpat Před 7 měsíci

      Bruh please don't be so simple.

  • @ChaseVercetti
    @ChaseVercetti Před 8 měsíci +3

    they were at the Chapter III night club… a lot of bodies dropped out there.. iykyk

  • @chico7469
    @chico7469 Před 7 měsíci

    I remember this interview when it was recorded to, I was at the barbershop 💈 lol good times

  • @Multifacted_Brotha
    @Multifacted_Brotha Před 9 měsíci +15

    Classic!! Can please upload BET rap city episodes from the early 1990's?? I really like the hiphop from this period!

    • @TonyBambino
      @TonyBambino Před 8 měsíci

      look up "MUZIK-ZONE" on youtube he has a bunch of full rap city episodes form the 90's commercials and all..

  • @whumanbard
    @whumanbard Před 7 měsíci +7

    Turbo B is lyin'. 😆He knows they stole that from Chill Rob G.

    • @CEENAS646
      @CEENAS646 Před 7 měsíci

      Yep, thank you

    • @nitomutan4593
      @nitomutan4593 Před 7 měsíci

      No. Rob G’s version is a remix of another song of his, and the beat has been made by Snap!, before recording TurBo B’s version

    • @whumanbard
      @whumanbard Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@nitomutan4593 , incorrect. The Snap ! was not the original version ,nor was the music or lyrics for Snap. Apparently, you never heard the song, the lyrics, or anything associated. I can't stand when people who have no knowledge try to troll and do it poorly.

    • @samball404
      @samball404 Před 6 měsíci

      All facts!!!

  • @maundamartin59
    @maundamartin59 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Check out Pac.....having FUN. RIP SHOCK G AND PAC. MC LYTE.❤❤❤ I HAVENT seen it yet.

  • @dtbredhalf5823
    @dtbredhalf5823 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ranching!✊🏾...ATL🖤

  • @JokersNtheOddball
    @JokersNtheOddball Před 7 měsíci

    World power was a dope record. Witness the strength

  • @crosxroadhxrmony
    @crosxroadhxrmony Před 7 měsíci

    Dope ❤

  • @Boom_1306
    @Boom_1306 Před 7 měsíci +1

    6:18 Chris Thomas was actually hilarious Comedian 😂😂

  • @ChiefMac
    @ChiefMac Před 8 měsíci +15

    Pac was Humpty in the interview 😂

    • @wcorowitz
      @wcorowitz Před měsícem +1

      That's Shock G's brother.

    • @ChiefMac
      @ChiefMac Před měsícem

      @@wcorowitz ohhh thank you brotha. I stand corrected. 🫡

  • @Ant-speakingfacts
    @Ant-speakingfacts Před 7 měsíci

    If a time machine existed i would definitely go back to those times

  • @layback76
    @layback76 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Damn the chick in the blue was rude as hell to The Mayor! Trick..lol

  • @DEKOproducties
    @DEKOproducties Před 7 měsíci +3

    Eazy-E not moving an inch. LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tobiashillsjr8420
    @tobiashillsjr8420 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Charles master Jay seem like he had a kick to himself he was singing the sex packet song hook

  • @ZapRowsdower47
    @ZapRowsdower47 Před 7 měsíci

    Back when rappers all had their own style and was individually unique....
    Nowadays they all the same wether theyre mainstream or underground, ALL THE SAME!

  • @onceagain6184
    @onceagain6184 Před 8 měsíci

    I never knew that.
    Far Rock America!

  • @djdapper3721
    @djdapper3721 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I remember those days… I thought these people were so cool, and looked up to em’ all the rappers. Man what a fool I was, it was all a set up!

  • @brinkybrinkz
    @brinkybrinkz Před 7 měsíci +1

    Little dancehall stylee at the end of show. Ken Boothe. Bo!

  • @carlos_sosaa
    @carlos_sosaa Před 7 měsíci +2

    Mc Lyte Was Fine 😍😍😍😍

  • @ccb.8603
    @ccb.8603 Před 7 měsíci +4

    It wasn't those girls voices 😅

  • @lexluther919
    @lexluther919 Před 7 měsíci

    i dont remember 1990 i must was sleep that whole year. but i do remember people wearing jump suits and overalls

  • @SKULnBONZ
    @SKULnBONZ Před 7 měsíci +1

    2Pac at 14:33

  • @regionalconflicts
    @regionalconflicts Před 7 měsíci +2

    Tupac @ 14:30

  • @manueloropeza8528
    @manueloropeza8528 Před 7 měsíci

    So dope!! ATL and Digital Underground are the shit! Crazy though, the last few years we heard Humpty Hump and Shock G were the same person but clearly in this footage we see two different people. So what's the real story about Shock G and Humpty Hump because on Rap City it was definitely not editing, there were 2 dudes for sure.

  • @phillipwattsjr.4714
    @phillipwattsjr.4714 Před 7 měsíci +2

    BTW, the Rap City theme song was a cover of the O'Jays "For The Love Of Money" by Carmen Elektra...yeah, Rodman's chick. 😂

  • @diabetes1.564
    @diabetes1.564 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Oh I forgot about Chris Thomas