25 Yr Old Reacts To La Di Da Di - Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick

[@boogie3441]

I Just Purchased A New Microphone , My Content Is About To Elevate ! ❤

[@143abuqasim]

Thank u for ur efforts I gaureentee u will get many views nd enjoy KOOL G RAP - road to the riches # 1 mc of all time

[@randythomas5934]

Hells yeah Fam 🫡 I'm here for it. You are giving the best reactions yet. Another 🔥rap group you're going to love is Whodini. Check them out. "Friends", "Five Minutes of Funk", and "One Love". Blessings to you and yours

[@jasonpirok]

@@143abuqasim Kool G is highly underrated!!

[@mark_white.]

Hella sweet you have been good and crispy the whole time I been subed , but lets get some swag on them walls behind ya , want to see your faves ...we recommend so much what u like HUM.........but none the less gratz on mic...lets get them peeps

[@tonystewart8145]

Biggie stole that from slick Rick

[@ginabrown4423]

That's not just somebody beat boxing. That's the one and only Doug E. Fresh. That name has much respect on it.

[@randythomas5934]

I seen Doug E Fresh live with BDK🔥🔥🔥🔥 legends

[@mkmstillstackin]

yes ma'am! 🤘🏽

[@calistromireles9068]

Fat boys should be your next joint Stick em is the song with beat boxing

[@a.s.konttinen]

​@@calistromireles9068'The Fatboy's is back, and they can never, ever, ever be wack!'. 😎

[@a.s.konttinen]

Tell 'em! Doug E's a versatile individual on the mic. Crazy nice verse on the Crooklyn Dodgers joint '1, 2 Pass It', for example.

[@themav3ricm3thodd91]

This song is from 85. Biggie came out in in like 93. This is one of the most sampled songs of all time.

[@Oceanblues0101]

2:57 The Beastie Boys sample this one year later (1986) in their breakthrough "Hold It Now, Hit It"

[@uptownbladebrown]

The most sampled song in hip hop is james brown's funky drummer

[@devschlong]

This for sure the most quoted hip-hop song in hip-hop.

[@frewjitsu_funk83]

5:16 ... sampled by Del TFH - If You Must [album: Both Sides Of The Brain]

[@spicyhot2552]

Slick Rick also took a verse from.A Taste of Honey's song Sukiyaki

[@glenjohnson9424]

Man I'm 63 and I still know this rap word for word . Missing them old days 4real

[@XYro411]

Word for word...

[@Sondan1988]

same

[@TednStef03]

Word.

[@twanr5364]

Me too

[@harlempixie338]

You’ve been making Gen X so proud. 😄 Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@crharper25]

All facts....Old School is just timeless.

[@Slomoshn_2020]

Yessir!

[@bnpinch]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@castorpollux5972]

This is the OG. One of the most influential songs in hip-hop history

[@DariCarlisle]

Correct!! a very important song

[@Bighjr88]

Say it again!!!!!!!!

[@LittleNeckbone]

This and "The Show" by the same two.

[@bigb2494]

You definitely need to check out Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick "The Show". It took hip-hop to another level

[@thomasmaddox3034]

6 minutes...6 minutes......6 munites Doug E Fresh ur on...🔥

[@LongieR8er]

@@thomasmaddox3034- uhh uhh on

[@devondeaton2103]

@@thomasmaddox3034 uh uh on on on

[@Slomoshn_2020]

ANOTHER LEVEL!

[@bradnobl]

This was the B-side of The Show

[@Blackmack44]

I first heard Slick Rick do this song in High School of Music and Art in Harlem in 1982. He was a junior in HS and I was a sophomore. He did this in the Cafeteria. No Dougie Fresh. He did the beat on a table and had a coin to do the scratches. He blew me away. MC Serch from 3rd Base also went to school with us. Dana Dane was in our school too. Him and Slick Rick in a Rap group called the Kango Crew!

[@cynthiad4443]

Lucky!

[@Money1969]

Wow can't imagine how special that was!

[@Blackmack44]

@@Money1969 we knew he was going to be a star. Dana Dane was in our school too. They formed a crew called the Kango crew! They had dope routines!

[@deucesdad11]

Dana Dane was the first hip hop tape I ever owned

[@Blackmack44]

@@deucesdad11 Dana was on the basketball team with me. Him and Rick were seniors. I was a sophomore. Rick use to rap Lotti Dotti in the locker room while simultaneously playing the beat on the locker. It was dope, there was no Dougie Fresh yet. First time I saw Dougie Fresh was when him and Chill Will showed up at a block party in Harlem and begged to get on the Microphone. They had one record with them. The neighborhood DJ dissed them at first but then relented when Dougie said he was going to show them something they never seen before and that he learned it from Kool Moe Dee. The beatbox. He killed it. Kids were running down to see who was doing that! This was on 140th street and then I saw them again at Rucker Park later that night, using the same gimmick to get on the microphone there at a jam. The same result. I don’t when he would eventually meet Rick but he did and it was magic.

[@lordphoton]

So many artists sampled pieces of this song. The stuff you caught, plus 3rd Bass, De La Soul, and many more. This is one of the most influential songs in hip hop history.

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

For sure

[@JM-am-or-pm]

Such a great feeling when the sampled parts play, they have a magical nostalgic texture to them... I recognized so many. One obscure one for me was "Polo Cologne" used by Thirstin Howl III in The Polorican.

[@robertgibbs2201]

Doug E fresh is killing the beatbox in the background

[@jerryparsons8211]

Slick Rick is one of the best storytellers in Hip Hop history. Doug is one of the best beatboxers in history, with Biz Markie and the Human Beat Box from the Fat Boys. Shoutout to Jockbox from the Skinny Boys. Love your reactions to the '80s and '90s hip-hop cuts. Keep doing your thing.

[@americanow4290]

@@jerryparsons8211 Yes !!! RIP Buffy.

[@templestark4779]

He always reminded me of Cimderfella or Dana Dane

[@Bighjr88]

Them 80s were special

[@themadsamplist]

The Human Jockbox! don't see anyone mention the Skinny Boys anywhere!

[@TravisFish-k6d]

Slick Rick's "Hey young world" changed my life when I heard it in 91

[@Til_I_Collapse]

Word! It gave my young, dumb self pause! Why don'tcha lissen and learn?

[@mporter123456]

ATL checking in! Hey Young World and teenage love my absolute 2 favorites of all time from slick Rick!!!

[@Randy-wm7nq]

Nucleus....JAM ON IT

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Yeah yeah... We know We know... Huuu!!!

[@devondeaton2103]

HELL YES!

[@a.l.hurston7548]

Yessss!

[@kwettronne]

You killing me with these reactions and making me feel old. This 7th grade for me with a Walkman. You can't go back, had to be there for the revolution

[@colihon3552]

not gonna lie I was only 11 when snoop did it.

[@renaissancewoman100]

This was the first rap song we heard with curse words. We snuck and listened. 😂😂😂

[@143abuqasim]

SLICK RICK - The Show - The moment i feared

[@americanow4290]

I was waiting for this reaction. This takes me back. I'm as old as hip hop. Let's gooooo !!

[@jedwing]

I'm right there with you!

[@dlparks]

Me too... HIP HOP is 2 months and 1 day older than me. I'm from Florida and I was so hyped when I heard this song.

[@druck7480]

AMEN!!!… right here with u, too!

[@americanow4290]

Yo, Boogie !!! Old school hip hop fans are in the building. IJS

[@calmlittlebuddy3721]

Slick Rick dropped this in 84, way before biggie. Hell, we were break dancing to this and MCs like UTFO, LLCool J, Newcleus...even the Fat Boys. Sneaking into clubs to get into the dance battles and to hear these songs because they weren't on the radio all that much. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

[@primeminister66]

Whodini, Run DMC

[@V12BenzAMG]

Newcleus - Jam on It.... one of my all time favorite beats and flow...lyrics are awesome!

[@ericserrano7635]

I was 8 😂 riding w my 18 yr old bro with 4 10's in the trunk beatin down the block!

[@EmmaBadOne]

Imagine being part of creating a work of art that damn near every part of it would go on to be used, sampled, mimed, remade, and remixed.

[@xombiekat13]

Yeah, and doing it before anyone else had even imagined doing it like that.

[@EmmaBadOne]

@@StatetrooperBillyBill Nice! as I did in the 90s when I was a DJ. Vinyl forever!

[@gmonaghan]

His entire The Art of Storytelling album is 🔥

[@templestark4779]

Eeeh, there's a lot of straight ip filth which is hard to listen to. Yeah, we get it, you're in prison, you're thirsty but c'mon now (to quote our host) it's too much.

[@aldaly8152]

Facts

[@jedwing]

"You had to have talent back in the day."

[@ThatOneOldBoy]

Slick Rick made this first, Snoop Dogg also did it about 10 years later '93.

[@colihon3552]

duh

[@Shoofyou10]

When I was young I jammed to the Snoop version. Didn’t know this original until much later

[@colihon3552]

@@Shoofyou10 me to I was 11 in 93 lol

[@crharper25]

47yr old here....I went to the 50th Hip Hop anniversary at Yankee stadium last year & the entire show was phenomenal. Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh & Snoop performed The Show together. Absolutely beautiful moment.

[@crossxface9103]

Slick Rick- Mona Lisa And yes they all bite the old school shit.. check out, Poor Rightous Teachers, EPMD (you gots to chill), Pharoah Monch, Black Moon, MC Shan and the Juice Crew All-stars is a MUST!!

[@Til_I_Collapse]

So whatcha sayin!

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

This song is about as close to showing the earliest days of hip hop as it gets. Starting with radio djs and other emcees talking over a beat and throwing in rhymes while talking to the people. Hone the craft at local parties and events. Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh were there and this is what it sounded like.

[@pdmerritt]

You youngling... If we going back you have to mention Grand Masterflash, Suga Hill gang, Kurtis blow and many more hip hop has been around for awhile now!

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

I'm talking about before those guys even.

[@pdmerritt]

@@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer those are some of the earliest rappers.... At least known ones. I don't know who you would be referring to got some names?

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

@@pdmerritt prior to actual rappers. The beginning of how rap started. There's a Netflix series called Hip Hip Evolution that should help.

[@donquan09]

This is in 1984....I was 9. This is definitely in the Genesis of the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

[@John-q5p9m]

This was the B side on the single for 'the show' The Show, with Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick is Rap's first anthem.

[@moomoopuppy508]

Sick Rick made his song in 1985. Biggie Smalls was only 13 at the time and yes he used the part of the verse in his song "HYPNOTIZE" in 1996

[@knyoung2]

8:19 this version of the song has a piece of it cut out. Sally sings a whole part to him. Trips me up every time. I was 15 when this song came out. Blow our minds.

[@deanna.forbes]

Yes! Sukiyaki by A Taste of Honey. They must have sued them or something lol. I loved that part!

[@nobledestro]

Yep you gotta hear the full version

[@TednStef03]

I totally forgot about that

[@lorgin2003]

Slick Rick was doing it a decade before anyone ever even heard of Biggie. In the two videos of yours I've watched, you've done Slick Rick, the greatest story telling rapper of all time, and Digital Underground. These guys are some of the cornerstones of the foundation of the entire rap genre. Up next would be The Message by Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five. You're going to recognize quite a lot from that one too. "Keep my hand on my gun, cause they got me on the run." That wasn't Snoop, that was Melly Mel back in '81. And that beat will make you check yourself.

[@steamr0ll]

DJ Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh are hip hop fundamentals. They were hardly more than teenagers here, laying groundwork for a whole genre. Good Shit.

[@damonjones1291]

woooooooow This was the 1st Vinyl record I ever bought in my life👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Bronx, NY 1986. A Classic!!!🔥

[@jeffredd9965]

doug e fresh - the show was my first record as well at the age of 10. still got it.

[@jesboogie]

Big up to the boogie down. My first record also.

[@damonjones1291]

Aiiiiiiiight Good Times!✨️ Evander days 👑BX

[@sonofabeach71]

This is the edited version..There is a segment edited out after Rick says "whats wrong cause she looked uspet". I had the 12 inch record of this. "The Show" on one side and "LaDi DaDi" on the other. 2 hip hop classics. Great reaction!

[@dawatcherz]

is that you gadget?

[@jearrellyates5612]

Slick Rick IS the history of Rap, period… thank you for this! I was surprised myself that I remembered every word. Brought me back, thank you!

[@fantasyguru26]

Youngblood this is one of the most important hip hop songs of all time. It has been sampled over a thousand times over the years. Rick is a walking book of quotables.

[@jibbityjibbs7466]

Aren't you just adorable?!? You got me rolling over here and this is what makes watching reaction videos so awesome! I LOVE watching the young ones discovering the masters and OGs. 💜🤘

[@bing6010]

As one of ur aunties at 43 yrs old I love watching your first time seeing these. Hip Hop is history for us. It’s more than music. Keep it up

[@empyrealone]

Agreed, love how he's feelin' these songs

[@alexiscausleywaabagiizhigo8606]

As for being 43, we're 43 years young ;) lol

[@blindsquirrel1339]

Peace to the DOC. I wish he would not have got injured because he is one of the first next level rappers. DOC.

[@GDaddyK]

💯

[@JMFBizzle]

Dougie Fresh & Slick Rick. Seen them live. One of my favorite songs of all time. Dougie Fresh is THE human beat box. No backing track, just the two of them.

[@vwbug1975]

11:00 "Who did it first" ... It was ABSOLUTELY Slick Rick. Biggie was YEARS after.

[@decondiclifton9937]

👑Ricky D🥶

[@jedwing]

I love your respect to the OGs and your love of learning and you're mad funny.

[@pdmerritt]

Not gonna lie, this cat was born to do this.

[@nickyrumbles]

Back in the day! We the Hiphop fans did have that on repeat! Rewinding the cassette tape, or playing it over and over on vinyl! Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh great entertainment from great entertainers! 💯

[@MrBo1975]

Making mix tapes off the radio. Gen X rules👍

[@jayjones7341]

1st appreciate you appreciating the skills. This is 84/85. Biggie doesn’t show up until 10 yrs later! That beatboxing that you’re hearing is one of the greatest beatboxers ever… Doug E. Fresh from the Get Fresh Crew!!!

[@georgemobley5913]

Cool video man. How bout some Grandmaster Flash The Message. Love the channel my man.

[@Cholo652]

Just stumbled onto your channel, and it's awesome. You react to songs I haven't heard in a very long time, and it brings me joy. Keep doing this. I appreciate what you do. 👍🏾🎵🎶

[@VintageVines80s]

That’s how hiphop goes back in the day yo …it’s1985…Doug E. Fresh is dope!

[@DabbaDoya]

DOUG E FRESH was the ORIGINAL BEATBOX GOAT!! You REALLY need to check out Snoops live when he brings Doug E Fresh out on stage!!! See? Doug E Fresh did the original beatbox for Snoop Dogs version of La Di Da Di!!! Make sure it's the live. Doug E also has a live video of him on stage explaining how he did the ORIGINAL "Teach me how to DougE" They are a MUST!!! fabulous❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonyv6962]

Biz Markie was in the Doug E. Fresh realm of beatboxing.

[@DabbaDoya]

@anthonyv6962 he was great, I will agree. But imo Doug E would still take the crown 👑 🤭🤭

[@seansimms8503]

Don't forget Buff, Fat Boys, and the Human Jock Box, Skinny Boys, 1985/86

[@seansimms8503]

Biz was dope, Make the Music with Your Mouth Biz...Doug is dope, Buff snapped on Stick Em and dam near all Fat boy songs, Jock killed the entire Skinny Boys album, all were originals cause I can tell them apart, they all did something differently, Doug himself said he was known for "the" and made some of his sounds, and finished with saying "not the buhhhhhhhhaaaa" a sound distinctly Buffs trademark, All the Way to Heaven.

[@DabbaDoya]

@seansimms8503 I'd be here all day listing all the fabulous beatboxers from the 80's to the 2000s. Lol there were a lot of greats!!

[@Meatbucket2]

Slick Rick and Dougie Fresh "The Show"

[@kcfrankiefrank4257]

Boogie, this mother loving reaction is iconic, your reaction is spot on.

[@leone7605]

Eric B & Rakim Follow the Leader

[@bryanlennicx7031]

I’ve been leaving this suggestion on the Rakim reactions. Let’s keep it going

[@templestark4779]

Right?!?!

[@FlyWhipGangGTA]

Hey bro. I don’t subscribe to anyone lately, but you’re reacting to the music that I grew up on. I’m Mexican, 50 years old, and from Los Angeles.. you’re reacting to the golden years of rap before the record labels had a firm grasp on hip hop. Where skill meant everything, and it was highly competitive. Anyway, I really appreciate what you do because it’s bringing this awesome moment in time that we will never get back, into the light where it needs to be.. and to answer your question, Ladi Dadi came out in 84 or 85 I believe. Hypnotize by Biggie came out almost a decade later. And I don’t take it that Biggie was biting Slick Ricks words, it was more of paying homage to one of the greats. Anyway, you got a sub out of me.. keep it coming bro.

[@a.s.konttinen]

Been in love w/ Slick Rick's flow/delivery since first heard him w/ Doug E. Fresh. Who also happens to be a hella slept on MC. Be it Beatboxing, or Rapping/both...

[@coachg317]

Glad you’re willing to listen to us! ✊🏾

[@20Avalanche06]

That's why it's called "Old skool", cuz OGs got something to teach. So just kick back and enjoy the Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh lesson.

[@ljmaull]

One of the best Hip Hop songs ever. Playing this song back in the day did make you feel a certain strong way.

[@gregoryfagan2835]

Anybody at the roller rink in the day knows all what you don't know how awesome my era was!

[@paullyrenee]

We had a whole back part for breakdancing at the skating rink that was blocked off with cones. Those were the days. All night skates and our parents dropped us off at 12 and 13

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

We had the same. It was called The Ing.

[@ForgeAheadwithMike]

I remember way back in the day (I'm old) when this was played on the local radio when it first came out. It was a Friday night and I was ready for the weekend to get crackin'. This was my very first time hearing anything of rap / hiphop. I was like WTF is this?!?! It totally blew my mind. I was hooked. This is the one that reeled me in... I went to the local record store - where they had vinyl records - and they didn't have La Di Da Di but then I stumbled upon Biz Markie's "Goin' Off" single (yes, singles were printed on vinyl) and the cover just drew me in, so I bought it without even ever hearing it. That was the first rap record I ever bought. Biz was just so fun and ridiculous, I loved it... Ahh man, I miss those days.

[@hardfordcollective3037]

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two 🔥

[@TravisFish-k6d]

8 Ball and MJG " Friend or Foe "✊ I was born in 79 and I appreciate you reminding me to appreciate the music all over again. I was spoiled. Beasties we're integral in my childhood "pass the mic" is my #1 if I had to pick, it's great seeing a younger hip hop fan experience the greatest era of music ever ,1985-1999. Rakim is my top Emcee , the first time I watched you react was to "I ain't no joke" Rakim is the original lyricist's lyricist. Keep on shining a light Brother ✊

[@jasonpirok]

Doug E. Fresh is more than just a human beatbox. Try listening to "The Show" by Doug & Slick Rick, or "Rising to the Top". Also, Doug E Fresh is the one who created the "Dougie" dance.

[@JerseyArtProductions]

It's dope that people are suggestiing songs to this young brother, I just hope we eventually suggest more than the obvious classics and sugeest some of the amazing album cuts that meant so much since they came from a time where entire albums were dope....But it's all good, one step at a time....Theres so many classics to cover lol ...I love this young man's reactions and can't wait to see him enjoy more of the music we grew up on! We need some Gangstar (Just To Get A Rep) and more, Nice and Smooth, MC Lyte (Paper Thin), Monie Love (Monie In The Middle), Double XX Posse (Not Gonna Be Able To Do It) Main Source (Friendly Game of Baseball, Looking At The Front Door, Fakin the Funk) and theres sooooooooo much more! Keep up the great work young man and yal viewers with all the dope suggestions of songs for him to review!

[@CHAINSAWLOVE77]

CHUBB ROCK - TREATEM RIGHT!!😁

[@druck7480]

Good to see u react this way brother!… I’m from the old skool and grew up in the 80’s… the way u reacted is the same way we reacted to this when it first came out… they only difference is each one of us hip hop lovers from then have heard this song a ga-zillion, ga-trillion times!!!… and there were dozens of “MC’s” and groups, just as cold with their own styles!… hip hop was at its most purest forms… the hip hop genre of today has no clue, everyone sounds the same, too much autotune, and u can’t understand a thing they say… Children’s Story is one of my favorite songs of all time… enjoy the journey

[@familyheissinger5833]

This has to be the most influential hip-hop song of all-time! There’s hardly an artist who hasn’t sampled it at least once.

[@jenningsmcbride6045]

This is literally a root song for and incredible hip hop tree, so much influence this song had.

[@Bryant5150]

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “It Takes Two”

[@churchillcoins8519]

Doug E Fresh featuring MC Rucky D, later known as Slick Rick is a Rap pioneer. Their single "The Show/La Di Da Di," released in 1983, changed the music world. At that time, rap music aired only a few hours on weekends in NYC, and DJ Red Alert was one of the first to play this groundbreaking track. As a kid in the Bronx our lives were changed.

[@40EastTrill]

This song was like 10+ years before Biggie's.

[@yougod7253]

Thank you for recognizing the talent back in the day.

[@j.t.3798]

Putting the young cats on OG game. 🔥

[@texoak8663]

Believe it not we also had a dance we did when the song came on. It was called the prep. Color me bad is before your time also but they bit the “TikTok you don’t stop” part of the song too.

[@anjheidebrink]

You need to check out Showtime at The Apollo; They showed talent respect and Tossed out the rest with boo's and a Hook 😂

[@QntmC]

Whoa, an hour and 15 minutes straight listening to your channel. So many songs to go.... killer work dude

[@feverish6708]

Now you can react to Doug E. Fresh "The SHOW"

[@tiredoffools8929]

Listening to this on Vinyl, flipping it over and wearing this and THE SHOW out watching MJ's rookie season in the NBA.

[@melissacampbell2648]

You didn't catch the Color Me Badd song title. To the ah tick top you don't stop, lol. And Biggie took it from Slick Rick. This was 80's. Biggie was still a kid. Lol.

[@pyroishere]

I was waiting for you to hear some samples from this song, many took parts of this track. That's amazing!! Great reaction bro!!

[@coreyrees840]

This is 85 biggies was 94 so yeah, Rick’s a legend

[@shelfbdon]

Slick Rick did it1st with Doug E Fresh on the beatbox. This song came out in 1985 when I was in middle school. Biggie Smalls came out in 1993, and Erica Badu came out around 1996, 97. I still listen to this song to this day.

[@fishegg808]

check The Fat Boys for some more beatboxing, young blood. Rahzel has you covered as well.

[@scarce911]

Biz markie

[@moebetta72]

Folks that hear records have no idea how much more dope it was to SEE and HEAR Hip-Hop Legends on the way up in Park Jams, Block Parties and other community settings as The Culture began from Ground Zero in NYC. As a Gen X DJ since 1979, I've been blessed to have many NYC Legends pop up unexpectedly at Block Parties that I DJ'ed in Brooklyn, as they were just starting out and simply wanted to "Get on The Mic". A lot of legendary Hip-Hop songs actually started out as "Freestyle Material" that emcees rapped at events.

[@bradlawrence6461]

Ngl. Expected immediate recognition of snoop doggs version. Never heard this og version before. Thanks.

[@DJMARAUDER1]

U Need to get this LIVE....84/ 85

[@BruceJohnson-om5kl]

All official Hip Hop songs in the 80s were 4 to 5 minutes long and you had to have rhymes and a freestyle no matter how big you think you were.

[@jeremycheely6585]

love your reactions. I grew up with this!

[@burnertoast8506]

Hey that's an edited version you need the singing in the middle version bro.

[@gregorylay3333]

There are two releases of the song. The original vinyl and cassette versions contain sung lyrics from "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey, but due to a lack of clearance, CD versions are missing the following [slightly modified] refrains in the middle of the song between when he asked Sally "what's wrong?' and when he tells her "don't cry, dry your eye." Also, This song was covered by Snoop Dogg in the 90s. "It's all because of you, I'm feelin' sad and blue You went away, now my life is [filled with] rainy day[s] [And] I love you so, how much you'll never know 'Cause you took your love away from me"

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

Thank you! I was about to post this. I HATE this version so much. It was on all the cassettes back in the day, so eventually I bought the original vinyl and ripped it so I could have it.

[@gibranmcdonald9853]

This was the first record I ever owned when I was like 5…This was the b-side to a record called The Show. The Moment I Feared is another Slick Rick masterclass in storytelling. Auditorium is too 🔥🔥🔥

[@dawhoda1]

This guy said 5 😅

[@gibranmcdonald9853]

@ yup I had a Playschool record player. 2nd record I ever had was the Vapors💯

[@rochellelove3785]

​@@gibranmcdonald9853I had the Vapors from an insert from Right On or Word Up magazine. I didn't think it would play on my record player because it wasn't a hard vinyl, but it did. The genius of getting hip hop by any means necessary and great marketing and promotion. It was my intro to Biz Markie.

[@pocketsilks]

ImBoogie I just got hip to your KZbin I'm loving your reactions to these classics you playing and your genuine appreciation to the creative energy we gave in 80's and 90's!

[@heryace9825]

Slick Rick the ruler is fr the UK and blazed new york with his fresh style and fly jewelry

[@jessbordeaux9845]

I remember back in the day i felt like knowing this song, made me instantly cool. Such a beloved classic!! This is the one i learned every word to & listen to the radio for hours so I could add it to my mixed tape. 😍 YES! It was on a Biggies Hypnotize. It made the song! I believe Slick Rick's la di da di is the most sampled song to date.

[@xsivhpbuttercup210]

Yo!!!! Please react to Sir Mix alot. My posses on broadway !!

[@skilletpan5674]

You need good speakers for that one. The Bass is rather well done. Back when artists actually knew how to do it.

[@clintonchico9547]

This gave me chills when the first lines dropped. So many memories of slappin this in an 83 buick regal.

[@jhmed9]

In my humble opinion, this song and The Show are two of the most influential songs in the history of rap/hip hop.

[@watchreadplayretro]

Cooking with fish grease, steppin' on this track like Bigfoot lol you crack me up man! Brilliant as always, cheers from the UK!

[@ronniearnett7601]

I was in the 4th grade in 85 and this was the first rap song I ever heard. I was hooked.

[@cassiehoward1632]

I really need a reaction video to crucial conflict smokin on haaay in the middle of the barn!!

[@soniccatalogrecordings1718]

You not alone in being mindblown by this jawn, b... when it came out in 85, it was and is still a ground-breaking song. Its been sampled a gazillion times (i'm finna grab pieces myself), covered (by Snoop - first hip hop song covered ever - done in '93)... its the joint that keeps givin'.

[@TheKosmikid]

Everyone I knew back in the day when this came out could rap this at anytime. All my B-Boys and B-Girls. A true classic.

[@Martini3inc]

Maybe not many people know or might have forgotten. But Slick Rick is British. He’s from London.

[@egilskallagrimsson2941]

Two of the GOATS.

[@jayrags-soulfiesta4076]

For those just discovering this, I want to tell you that this and The Show, was the songs of the year(1985). Both by Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick. Teddy Riley was the producer.