1980s Rap Battle, Run DMC, Kool Moe Dee, Special K

[@leeverse9741]

Kool Moe Dee got this shit on lock

[@jamalyoung-zq9gl]

Run got them

[@williemclean2607]

Facts

[@DJREZEREKT]

Run dmc was way more advanced

[@LilGeezy93]

@@jamalyoung-zq9glumm…. No… before they started they told Kool Moe dee to take it easy on them so that's why he held back….

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

@@LilGeezy93Exactly!!!

[@CGY-]

Absolutely a classic. This was when Rap was fun

[@solitary2]

Still is fun

[@jahmelfarreed1271]

I remember that iwas on punishment an I did extra school work and studying to get my grades up so I could see it

[@dietrichdietrich7763]

Hey, they even shouted out Kalamazoo on Live TV! 😂 Yeah this was fun vibe #Jammin

[@tonyrome9931]

Today rap is BULLS...... LITERALLY I MEAN EVVVVVVVVVVVERY WORD I TYPED

[@eddiesoul4890]

Rumor has it Kool Moe D and Special K wanted a " Real " Battle but Jam Master J said ..." We all know what you did against Busy B we just havin some fun ok ? " Kool Moe D and Special K agreed and did just that...

[@davidroberts2746]

Facts

[@ashleyallen6237]

THAT WAS DEFINITELY TRUE!!

[@eduardorodriguez-ei4mw]

We need hip hop like that

[@DjMikeiam]

Nope 😂😂😂😂😂

[@COS947-o2t]

All these rappers are dead now to us.

[@imback4more440]

Maybe to you but who are you anyway. A peon?

[@toddstrain3629]

I remember when this came on TV. And this was before we had cable in NYC so it was on a network channel. This was a big deal at that time.

[@TheBLACKMQQN]

I remembered it too when I was in South Jersey. Was sad that I think there was only two shows before it was cancelled.

[@ertugrulkarslioglu4271]

İ am remember its show saturday?? 🤔 İs right

[@PantherCrane]

Same

[@mothratemporalradio517]

it's a big deal to me now! :D i love Kool Moe Dee's threads. Everyone is wearing gloves! 🧤 "i am not a ham".. i seriously feel like this is so much more fresh than anything coming out now! 🕺

[@jondavis2032]

FACTS!!

[@jayalexander929]

Kool Moe Dee n Run had the best lines more importantly it was nice to see them keep it about the music instead of getting personal.

[@NYNEDollaSign]

Being a rapper is like being a superhero and this just proves it.

[@BLACKPowerSupremePunishment]

Use to be

[@NYNEDollaSign]

@@BLACKPowerSupremePunishment still can be. Depending on the artist's lyrics.

[@BLACKPowerSupremePunishment]

@@NYNEDollaSign no I mean because new school rappers are getting killed left & right!! (the old school rappers were the superheroes)

[@Peter-xx6tz]

@@BLACKPowerSupremePunishment yeah because its not like any of the old school rapper got killed, except for like half of them

[@AdrianoMieli-bb3li]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ só lovers

[@DG-nb6fe]

Vincent Gallo 00:20 and Debbie Mazar 00:51 Debbie worked at NYC clubs in the early-mid 1980s.

[@timothy4664]

80s rap. Classic. I loved Kool Moe D

[@kennethhorne3729]

I guess that some still dont know that Kool Mo Dee created that flow...well known fact that that he is the originator....he speaks of this on "How you like me now" and there are various documentaries on youtube discussing the progression of rap and how he is the original true battle rapper. Once the baddest mc on planet and truly the most lyrical rap group ever. Treacherous 3 are all like folklore. Special K is probably the most overlooked lyricist in hip hop history. He rapped without rhyming at times...He wrote "Its Yours!"

[@Abraham0Abram]

¿Hermano me das ejemplos de canciones en las que Special K rapeaba sin rimar? Por favor es para un estudio

[@onceagain6184]

Not at all. There are dozens of groups better than the Treacherous 3

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

@@onceagain6184Peace! You buggin sun…The Treacherous Three were TOUGH..one of a kind lyrical official tissue..they were the originators of the brainiac style of rhyming…

[@jayaitch3127]

In 83/84 this was old school versus new school! Great video, thanks for posting up

[@thegiftedone]

🏆Winner: Kool Moe Dee🏆

[@zenhippie2011]

I have never seen a video of such high quality!

[@wubutterflies4156]

Hey did rap battles ever ended in a fight like these days? I always wondered about that what happened to now a rap battle could in to a shootout or someone getting ko 'd ? The 80s looked like so much fun and so colorful.

[@thrashefe3523]

2000s and early 2010s were last years of rap battles (except usa and rich european countries, they were already changed their style but other countries did later) during the mid-2010s rappers began to look more impressive (for most people, not me tho) and they hadn't got nice voices they didn't care about having a nice voice for rap they had autotune ... so now all the rappers use autotune and most of them don't write lyrics themself so they're not able to do rap battles since early 2010s

[@olol9084]

I mean of course. People fight in any situation. Young generation then had beefs between individuals, beefs between neighborhoods, gangs, etc just like any other time in history. You mix tossing back insults, and fights are bound to happen sometimes. Some of the legends never made it out the 80s due to violence.

[@crystalkellim9987]

They were

[@overzone666]

sure they beefed. but it was rare, like it is now. it's just broadcast on the internet in the modern day.

[@anatorres-ym8ke]

Ok in those days the streets and gangs werent connected to hip-hop yet, gang members didnt rap and rappers were not seen as tough guys in the hood, those 2 worlds hadnt mixed yet so rap was being used by former street dudes to get out and teach the youth...it wasnt until NWA and Death Row that gangs become trendy and rappers started wanting to bang and eventually once chicago drill became popular in 2012...gang members wanted to rap more and talkin about dead opps/rivals became trendy so now rap is used by gangs to send threats over songs because drill music has become profitable to rich white executives...Nowadays the streets and rap are so tied together

[@TheJustJoe]

Great quality and thanks as always for the memories!

[@CJ-cf7ih]

Check out Vincent Gallo in the background lol!

[@SpeedMusic302]

Kool Moe Dee Win ... Original Old School Rap.

[@tj9944]

Damn they been using that drum beat since the 80s

[@anthonyrowland9072]

it's a rock song from 1980. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppfchaBviJZ6h6M

[@JaysStraightUpReviews]

That's the Roxanne, Roxanne U.T.F.O. beat. 😆

[@johnhenningfield4360]

Billy Squier Big Beat

[@madant22]

i rather these type of rap battles with a beat not the rap battles we see today with no rhythm no beat on URL.

[@lamontreevey8023]

I remember this like it was yesterday.. That was the talk of the and highlight of year...

[@datboynamedee]

This was fire to watch!!! The back and forth 4 bars look fun as hell!!!

[@PAPERCHASERS309]

KMD was snapping the hardest

[@silverado2004]

Golden.. Love it..

[@adrianwalkes7437]

Wow, no cussing or talking about guns .

[@COS947-o2t]

Just wait until NWA.

[@journeybeyondthesea]

This is so amazing I love itttt 💕

[@bobbymaurais9984]

Graffitti rock!!! When hip hop was real! I still have this on a vcr tape.

[@onceagain6184]

Even the best mc's during that time period, had the most simplest rhymes.

[@imback4more440]

Better than any of this shit coming out today

[@NickSBailey]

styles change but this is what everything that came later is built on, and you have to compare like for like not to a studio recording with lyrics that took weeks to write

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

The Treacherous Three were GREAT in Beat Street

[@KiantraHall]

What's the name of this show 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@samsam2235]

1984, Graffiti Rock, 1st episode.

[@percyvolnar8010]

"Special K" from the "Treacherous 3".... Unsung legend..

[@breatheinbreatheout8372]

I never heard of this show..

[@spvcs3615]

HISTORY 🤘🏼💯🔥

[@kaoticsapreme4091]

blew my mind when I saw this on channel 11 wpix as a kid

[@thegiftedone]

Legends!

[@LeeLee-127bd]

Old school legends!

[@clever3383]

Fantastic!!!

[@mswv1]

Rap was still a party then.

[@MrPotts-if7cp]

That was light! Wayy back in the 80's spittin lite bars!

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

I miss old school hip hop so much

[@antonwilliams4370]

Rev run spittin lol

[@OmegaLevel-GodTier]

Saw the premiere live when it aired. Run's second verse won this battle.

[@gwenj6661]

Love it ❤❤❤❤

[@marklayne1781]

No one raps or sounds like Kool Moe Dee.

[@donnadizucchero]

Is that Vincent Gallo in a white fedora there?!! Wonder, were there any other soon to be celebrities there?!

[@michaelgatten]

I read another post of this that it is Vincent Gallo in the background. Trippy

[@MrJ2theC]

Special K sounds just like DMC.

[@bornmrbrownpearson452]

This came on TV in Tulsa, Ok also.

[@Tochilin.Alexandr]

Who is the moderator of this event? with the big gold glasses?

[@flopz_31]

Hip-hop legacy

[@Outtapocket206]

that shit was hard 🔥

[@JuraMalopolska]

jeszcze nie było mody hiphopowej szerokich spodni i dresów. Prehistoria.

[@nicholausbernardini20]

vincent gallo in the background groovin hahaha

[@ja2415]

If you Noticed they are Wearing gloves,

[@orion8]

Such battle sounds better than any studio release of 2022, being recorded for months

[@theevn7]

Classic

[@crownroyal2248]

Gather around kiddos for a fun fact. This was supposed to be an actual "rap battle". Where the groups were going to "dis"-respect each other. But, according to Kool Moe Dee; Jam Master Jay asked him (KMD) to take it easy on Run. Because Run was no where near as lyrical as Moe Dee. So instead of a head-to-head ⏸️ battle; you got both pair just rhyming. #Facts.

[@Tasha786]

💯❤️

[@njsimmons82]

Russell Simmons begged kool moe dee and special k not to personally attack Run Dmc. Thats why its not a real battle

[@thefog3361]

Thanks! Mofos knew how to dress back in the day.

[@Oskar-o2d]

Who's the host?

[@kaindabadguy]

It wasn’t a real battle but great nostalgia to watch.

[@LouisJr]

RUN 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@jahmelfarreed1271]

This made me a mc

[@davidlogan5240]

Lols the guy in the background wearing that white safari hat thinking he is all cool ....had me in tears wearing a safari hat and a heap of chains round his neck lols Mind u this was around the time people were wearing shoulder pads &and huge perms lols and affros that were so big that they couldn't fit in a car with a roof and a comb stuck in the hair at the top .... Fluoro tiedye shirts and hypercolour t shirts that change colours with heat and Cold I had a purple and green one that never quite worked rite having green armpits and bit on my back and the rest purple wasn't a great look bit was what was worm high top sneakers wearing a walkman and skating to the local milk bar for some hot chips and chicken salt and everyone skating around the local school or winery that we make into a skatepark and was the hang out place for us all b4 mobile phones we had to use our imaginations to have fun and it was a great time to be alive ,kids have it to easy now days and don't even have their own imaginations they rely on Google so much to tell and answer everything for them that they don't have to even think for themselves ots all about the likes from complete random strangers now days. We didn't give a crap what anyone thought and just had fun we used our imaginations and had alot of fun when we were kids camping playing cricket soccer or footy or even making up games building cubby houses and forts to hang out in read comics and generally let off some steam have some fun ,kids don't even go play much sports or have a run or kick q ball around at tge local fields they hardly get used except for organised sports I just don't see groups of kids hanging out having fun there all sat with their heads down on mobiles it's sad that their generation has lost out on so much cause of mobiles and Google making it all 2 easy they don't need to learn things now days just ask Google Soz for the novel didn't realise I'd wrote so much but the 80's early 90's now feels like it was soooo long ago such a great time to be alive though everything was new and we were re all free having alot of fun each day till the streetlights came on

[@AnonymousAccount514]

Vince Gallo

[@willieboyland3180]

Moe Dee baby!!!!

[@blackhero2k]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mta7444]

0:32 Vince Gallo

[@COS947-o2t]

This is rap before N.W.A.

[@mzil6172]

Chico beans vs karlos on wildin out kinda battle😂

[@crazyhiphopp]

😎 🔥

[@gunna2k]

DMC, that’s who I am ! I love to perform, but I’m not a ham!

[@oner-rc3tp]

Hence old school Herbie Alp Hancock School of Music UCLA

[@MrMLD1972]

❤

[@tonymontana4531]

REAL HIP HOP

[@razorb23]

DMC lost...

[@eschey8]

Agreed lol

[@mauricesantinomf]

0:05 TI father

[@malcomshaw5962]

🖤

[@warrenkemmer1307]

Its awesome cuz they paved the way but they would get eaten up with bars like that vs the 90s newyork rappers

[@humanbeing4021]

Young Debbie Mazar

[@DG-nb6fe]

With blonde hair.

[@Snoremostwanted]

This is where Detroit flow comes from

[@Raditztwo]

sounds nothing like the detroit flow wtf u smoking bro ???

[@dennispratt559]

That was so fun to watch, but it was so scripted. It made me laugh more.

[@rashidrourk2954]

Hip hop was fighting for recognition at the time, so they probably thought doing a routine was the best thing to do..

[@sirpoppinchuck]

This wasn’t a battle cuz Kool Moe Dee n Special K would’ve killed Run DMC they were too tuff they had rhymes in they mind. RUN DMC had to practice they had written rhymes. Kool Moe Dee started the whole battle rap he came straight for your jugular! 1981 he demolished Busy B! No body had ever done that before he was straight snapping n rhyming. Back then you rhyme to the get the crowd by Rockin tha party! Kool Moe Dee rocked Busy’s brain! It’s on KZbin!

[@bobbymaurais3676]

Graffitti rock!!!!

[@PantherCrane]

I need that instrumental!

[@averymcdaniel423]

It's a break beat. I can't remember

[@PantherCrane]

@@averymcdaniel423 I remembered

[@Slim_digi]

Billy Squiers Big Beat

[@PantherCrane]

@@Slim_digi 🥃

[@corintheusgoines3575]

STOP calling this a "battle". ...that's not what this was lol

[@PantherCrane]

Friendly cypher

[@rasheemthebestfirstone3274]

Someone said Kool moe dee goes hard but was begged to not really attack them

[@mache3984]

They aren't really saying anything though.

[@rasheemthebestfirstone3274]

They are boasting about their skills buddy

[@julioverne579]

Thats not a real rap battle.. but yeah ok

[@wolfgangkuehnhold]

was haben die weißen da verloren ?

[@ositofreitas]

Realize now why Kool Moe D went solo and carried Treacherous Three. Special K is a terrible MC.

[@andresgallegos1830]

The 1950 rap was better

[@benpeep]

This was terrible.. so glad hip hop evolved and Rakim changed that bubble gum flow

[@kennethhorne3729]

I guess that some still dont know that Kool Mo Dee created that flow...well known fact that that he is the originator....he speaks of this on "How you like me now" and there are various documentaries on youtube discussing the progression of rap and how he is the original true battle rapper. Once the baddest mc on planet and truly the most lyrical rap group ever. Treacherous 3 are all like folklore. Special K is probably the most overlooked lyricist in hip hop history. He rapped without rhyming at times...He wrote "Its Yours!"

[@kennethhorne3729]

I guess that some still dont know that Kool Mo Dee created that flow...well known fact that that he is the originator....he speaks of this on "How you like me now" and there are various documentaries on youtube discussing the progression of rap and how he is the original true battle rapper. Once the baddest mc on planet and truly the most lyrical rap group ever. Treacherous 3 are all like folklore. Special K is probably the most overlooked lyricist in hip hop history. He rapped without rhyming at times...He wrote "Its Yours!"

[@benpeep]

@@kennethhorne3729 Ok I can do more homework. I'm born in 92 so it is b4 my time. Only old school guys I can listen to still today B4 the Pac era are: Rakim, Kool G Rap, Ice Cube, Scarface, JT Money, KRS One, Big Daddy Kane etc

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

​@benpeep you're just a child.

[@meonly6471]

​@@benpeep Well get down to the flea market and buy up all those classic records and learn something

[@Real_Raul]

✌🏼❤️