ATCQ & LONS Scenario on The Arsenio Hall Show 1992

[@smokesolid8927]

Busta rhymes is a secret character u unlock when u beat the game.

[@med3032]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@med3032]

He's the DLC/expansion pack you're just dying to have.

[@skeetbonejones4368]

FACTS!!! Him and Old Dirty Bastard...

[@gyyuyuinjail6716]

Skeetbone Jones fr bitch have that crazy hype style love them rip odb

[@rhuttrho88]

Busta was eaten by this guy using his name currently!😁🤷🏿‍♂️

[@nikomedia3807]

"I bust a nut inside your eye to show you where I come from" is one of the dopest and most underrated lines in hip hop history. RIP Phife.

[@DELINQ]

“Bust a nut on your couch, now you got Seaman’s Furniture” from Electric Relaxation is another good one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6eooaaHgsxqY68

[@someordinaryplayer209]

@@DELINQfunny ass line 😂😂

[@havefun582]

Thank you!!! I just got that line 😂😂😂😂 gotdam I laughed out loud on that one!!!😅😅😅

[@alphalax7747]

One of the first lines in rap about bustin

[@publicjeremynumberone]

@@DELINQcame here to say that

[@London2ATL]

"ROAR ROAR LIKE A DUNGEON DRAGON" is one of the most known hiphop line ever, it's like everyone waits for this line.

[@Hallstyle]

Uh uh all over the track man uh follow me uh as I come back...

[@itznaz6854]

fr and i never realized nicki minaj sampled this in her song romans revenge back in the early 2010s

[@teamcollectiveinc2140]

Heel up, wheel up, bring it back, come rewind

[@LeGrandeOrange]

For me, Charlie Brown's verse is deeply underrated - love the "East coast stomping, ripping and romping New York, North Cak-a-laka, and Compton" line

[@mistakenot...4012]

@@Hallstyle the track that uses that as the hook is hard. Think it’s on Anarchy and iirc produced by neptunes.

[@charlita25]

This song has so many classic one liners

[@ampnicole]

Agreed

[@Razz150]

RA RA like a dungeon dragon

[@brunitch]

Many a dark jungle sample Born in 76 Loved yo mtv raps .. Watched every ep ... When it was shown live in UK

[@trevordon819]

That Dinco verse is legendary 🙌🏾

[@snowmanmista2418]

ATCQ & LOTNS true rhyme hip hop legends

[@MsVA757]

We love you, Phife!!! R.I.P

[@Embassy97]

I came here just to say exactly that i seen this as a kid

[@josiedesir8712]

MsVA_703 yeah I remembered that I was 12 love it

[@Embassy97]

I was about 8 years old

[@zambience6]

Shut up my names malik

[@koolgrowl]

He is handsome

[@nemodally]

"Trust me. I'm going to do this thing where I turn my hat inside out and it's going to be unbelievable. HOLD THE MIC." -Busta Rhymes

[@jasonrodgers5533]

lol

[@dwayneturner9395]

With a large audience, and in 92'? Shit was unforgettable. Sorry, new generation don't take the performance aspect of Hip-hop seriously..

[@MegaSandyvagina]

@@dwayneturner9395 this performance could be better.

[@peterking4173]

I remember watching this live as a kid staying up to late and losing my fucking mind 🤣. Greatness.

[@Quran112083]

That was one of the best things that ever happened in Hip Hop

[@doggfather211]

Busta's performance was a star making moment. That inverted hat thing and energy was amazing! this is 29 years old and it is still amazing!

[@airpegasus5167]

They all did their thing . Brown was going off .”From Radio To Arsenio”

[@rb7007]

Definitely agree. The hat and dancing was legendary! I can see where J Kay from Jamiroquai got his inspiration..

[@JEFFMAN90]

Man hip hop had so much energy back then

[@jamesbranstutter9986]

Now it's all shit ;(

[@ginaagnew2240]

JEFFMAN90 I feel like today it isn't even hip hop, it's a whole different genre!! These were the golden days

[@booyakasha7181]

Have you even given hip hop today the slightest bit of a chance? Is it so hard to go to google, type in "hip hop albums in (whatever year it currently is)", and look through the albums and try listening to some of them? Do you not know how underground music works? There is SOOOOO fucking much good hip hop that is still being made. Look up some People Under the Stairs, L'orange, Shad, Earl, Apollo Brown, Your Old Droog, Blu, Mega Ran, Czarface, I could keep going on and on. Cats from way long ago, emcees that emerged in the "golden age" are still making dope albums... I mean, certainly not ALL of them, but Camp Lo just came out with an incredible album, this new cat Adrian Younge has done AMAZING work with Ghostface and Souls of Mischief over the past 2 years, Kool Keith just dropped an album that rivals Dr. Octagon in terms of quality, Madlib is still doin his thing, Hiero be killin it, etcetera etcetera. I mean come on, just check google periodically. You'll be impressed with some of the shit you find. Quit giving hip hop a bad name by acting like Lil Wayne and Drake are the only niggaz rappin in the entire world. Hip hop is still a great genre, yall just aint even trying.

[@JEFFMAN90]

Booya KaSha I listen to a lot of new school rappers but rap music in the 90s still sounds better then the music coming out today

[@SUdatsthecalloftheWU]

+Booya KaSha ye but man it still is just incomparable to that 90's feel

[@jacidbazz]

I wish someone would look at me the way Arsenio looks at Busta

[@rucksmith8213]

jacidbazz word

[@Mr-fz2zi]

Ahhaa

[@smoothoperator7023]

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@dagameplayer]

2:53 3:38

[@rhuttrho88]

Bwahahaha! You crazy!!!😁

[@bdiddy2951]

Tribe thinking: "I CANT BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE ARSENIO SHOW" Arsenio Thinking: "I CANT BELIEVE TRIBE IS ON MY SHOW

[@yukimaruzam]

Raah Raah like a dungeon dragon!

[@baldylocks08]

😂😂 Arsenio is a real one though. I can’t think of another talk show that would allow groups like Wu-Tang and Fu Schnickens a five minute spot on live television during prime late night hours. Man he’s done more for Black people than all of our presidents combined

[@lyriccoke]

​@@baldylocks08boy lost...peep the scenario... the only one doing it like that was him... plus with a positive message... really for the culture... so they canceled him... and I have never seen another show like his. The end of that scenario.

[@AmirAbdullah]

Nothing like being young and black in the 90's man glad I was there

[@spiphitube]

When the beats AND lyrics mattered, not drug references and skinny jeans. RIP Trini Born Son

[@30907bng]

Same here.

[@fruitydj]

I'm not black, but a huge hip-hop fun. And I must say that the 90's were the golden era. When hip-hop was real... Miss that era... :(

[@Latete]

RESPECT RESPECT

[@mr.d.rawlee]

Straight outta 90's.... even sheed tears for this :( Miss it much!!!

[@TheShockV]

Look at Arsenio off to the side. He's just itching to get down, but he has to maintain his composure because he's the host of the show. I say LET LOOSE Arsenio!

[@jjrauch4466]

2:54, the look on Arsenio's face says it all. Eveyone watching this night had that stank face.

[@dexenationgracey1979]

Arsenio was really feelin Busta.

[@HypnoticHollywood]

Everyone was

[@oakkblackbird]

You are very underrated but we know how awesome you were. Rest in Peace, Phife.

[@Bloodportthugmedic]

Bussa Buss got to be the most energetic brotha to touch a mic in the 90's. He can still do it now. Hip Hop is the shit.

[@Ravior666]

I think ODB beats him, but it's definitely close

[@lordloui718]

Thank God I lived this era. We had BIG FUN.

[@TheBandYule]

Busts literally broke the tape!! Arsenio just grinning at greatness🔥

[@coneyoster1275]

As soon as everyone heard Scenario we knew Busta was a star and he did not disappoint.

[@oneluv72]

Yo...Charlie Brown killed this!! This is the show that Busta got his solo deal...

[@elvinsolano6177]

Facts.

[@terryindachat7296]

Busta already had that deal coming cuz QTip took Busta to Puff Daddy, and Puff Daddy took Busta to Clive Davis.. Busta spent more time with Tribe Called Quest than his own group and they always looked out for him even showcasing him on The Scenario, QTip verse was dedicated to introducing Busta Rhymes.

[@oneluv72]

@terryindachat7296 incorrect, my brother!! The legendary A.T.C.Q and L.O.T.N were on the hit single single "Scenario." in 91-92! After that performance and Arsenio Hall Show people led to a solo contract with Elektra after an A&R representative saw the program!! I did not have a concrete deal yet!! 💯

[@gaffle-411]

2:48, you can tell where a VHS tape has been rewound and worn TF OUT!

[@superdave443]

To all the millenials that are accustomed to rappers and reggae artists on late night television.......This is the show that started it all ........Big Up Aresnio Hall everytime!!!!!!!!

[@misterhappy5462]

man...remember when shabba ranks performed? the hottest dancehall artist performing on a mainstream late night show? that doesn't even happen today!

[@phil5301]

I'm so glad I was a teenager when this dropped and I witnessed this. This was so huge I felt it even in Texas. RIP Phife

[@thatoneguy4150]

That east coast stomp goes hard!

[@luisvasquez7829]

3:39 It is the first time that I see a presenter of these programs smiling and enjoying the show of their guest artist

[@officialhb4794]

I put a rapper acapella verse in one of my beats. Check it out and tell me what you think I appreciate it

[@Kabukieman2]

beautiful. what a piece of history

[@timrearer5403]

RIP Phife Dawg, always in our hearts

[@factsisfactsbklyn7829]

My mom allowing me 2 watch this b4 i went to bed was priceless

[@KiloCharlieOne]

This is the track that doomed LONS. Busta killed it and never looked back....

[@sacco1744]

Busta didn’t even wanna leave it’s just Charlie B was hard too work with because how jealous he got

[@sonicmagnus5312]

let you YT videos comment section niggas tell it ( smmfh )

[@ljavery10]

@@sacco1744 u can tell Charlie really thought he was the star..😔🤷🏾‍♂🤦🏽‍♂🤣

[@kosik7910]

omg 22 years passed.... Busta and q-tip still dope

[@ohyessatan9387]

Really wish I was around to see this stuff. ATCQ is still a huge inspiration to me. RIP Phife Dawg.

[@BritWit1]

Silent Gamer I remember watching this live, it was amazing.....time flies

[@ohyessatan9387]

Michelle Manns Yeah. I was extremely happy to see ATCQ perform we the people on television. Sad Phife is gone but at the same time it's amazing to see how much of an impact he's had on hip hop along with Tip, Ali, and Jarobi.

[@BritWit1]

Silent Gamer Yes it is very sad, he got a fitting homage though, by having a street named after him, where Linden Blvd intersects. i agree, their new album is a testament to all they have been through over the years, it even includes samples of their earlier tunes. The tributes to phife are excellent. There are revolutionary songs about what America is facing today, race wise, politics etc. Check it out, you'll love it.

[@supermn05]

Damn.. This song was so ahead of it’s time! So dope!🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌

[@95romansrevenge]

Busta is so young and skinny , r.i.p phife 🙌🏾

[@DTHICKUMS]

A Tribe is the best native tongue group EVER!!! Groups like this can't even get a record deal nowadays. Much luv to old school hip hop.

[@hiphopcollector6252]

Back in the 90s they knew how to rock a crowd

[@rl3722]

I grew up in this era of music. East coast rap always seemed always had the more rock stage presence with hard beats and hard rhymes as west coast rap was more chill and laid back. Glad I was able to appreciate both

[@strangestringsnyc]

Shoutout to Questlove. He mentioned this video in his DJ set for Q-Tip's 50th birthday. (He said to watch for Arsenio's reaction to Busta Rhymes.)

[@SMUS16475]

2:47 when busta started performing, I started laughing because of that sudden cut off.

[@JayPhonomancer]

I know, I thought it was a prank and that the rest of thr video was just gonna be blank! 😂

[@phil5301]

This was 30 years ago and Busta just dropped another masterpiece with QTip!

[@drewsta005]

The BEST posse track of all time! I know every word of the song. I wore this CD out back in the day. Low End is def ATCQ best album from cover to cover! 🤘🏻

[@derekblayer6271]

Agree 100%

[@elvinsolano6177]

RIP "Baby" Chris Lighty and Malik "Phife" Taylor.

[@JoeFerber]

EXCELLENT performance!!!

[@l337g0g0]

This was an era, and you will never see performers act like that again... :(

[@kenniet7125]

Facts

[@twinbarber4943]

Whoever got thumbs down on this don’t have no rights to listen to hip hop never ever again in there whole entire life!

[@jackncafc]

I really wish I was born earlier so I could experience these tracks when they were released, I bet it was a madness

[@twinbarber4943]

So much real energy on that stage. Amazing!!!

[@stephgreen1]

Incredible!!!

[@columbusohio72]

Charlie Brown was supposed to be the man in LONS but Busta got a nice buzz that took off. The rest is history

[@co.z3287]

Yo. Me and my boy still discuss this to this day. C brown was my guy and busta was his. I didn't see Busta taking off the way he did and Charlie just dissapeared. I was sooo wrong. Busta was the Star!!

[@columbusohio72]

@@co.z3287 the record companies kept trying to get him to go solo

[@griffitz100]

charlie was JUST AS GOOD as busta!

[@gravyguns]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no to infinity. The mighty infamous was that dude, the star of the group, since he started his verse in the Case of the PTA with a ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[@RG-gt1oi]

Old man in Canada still remembers watching this episode. Legendary

[@Hassy]

BUSTA'S JUST UNFUCKWITHABLE.

[@doncatalog]

People like you break groups up.....

[@PacificDark]

Arsenio grinning in the corner is my spirit animal.

[@mar421421]

Man, I remember watching this when it first aired. This stuff is classic.

[@oneluv72]

Hip Hop I sure do miss you!!!

[@RobD-jq7ry]

Yo the dream team jersey was so dope.

[@connfyoozed]

I remember this performance well. This was the performance that made Busta a legend... and in some ways was the death of Leaders of the New School. Tribe was becoming big already, and Busta exploded after this... and became too big to stay with LONS. This and Living Colour/"Cult of Personality" were the 2 best of many great Arsenio musical performances I can remember.

[@171TITO]

So sorry to say it but L.O.N.S. died when B Rhymes touched a mic.

[@med3032]

I remember Living Colour. They were a great rock band.

[@Tonia682]

I remember seeing this in college with my roommates....time flies!!!!

[@171TITO]

Haaa! This was during my college years too. Memories.You old. lmfao!

[@johnmckenna8720]

The earlier 90,s mad-hattter bustah rhymes haha what a preformance.

[@StormLaker]

Busta Rhymes....gotta love it. I remember watching this on TV, then a couple years later when he broke out, that's some good stuff there for ya:-).

[@mattwilliams5386]

Buster Rhymes is a force of nature

[@butchreed5764]

Thank god for Arsienio he was our Carson!!

[@MSL-dv6nx]

Still bangin in 2024

[@FASTGUILD3000]

MISS THIS ERA....Hip Hop was trying to SAY something about the crap that was all around!!! Tip & ATCQ had a message and it was cerebral. Where did Hip Hop go, all of the music is "Production" Values. Arsenio was good guy, but he always asked "BASIC" stuff. I liked the show, but Hall's writing staff was so-so, his show could of lasted longer if the "Cheese" was edited out. Not trying to disrespect AH, just always felt he had great guests and not so great interviews. If AH currently had his show back, it would be ABOVE all the current talk show crap! Regardless of my useless opinions ... Q-tip is the man!

[@jasoncranfield3455]

aaaaah the good ole days. when hip hop was awesome......and Busta Rhymes was a crazy person.

[@UstashaMe84]

A classic track. Phife gets the Fresh to Death award, the dream team jersey goes hard.

[@2cool0]

hell yeah. was born in 1993 in india. LOVE this music. this is how rap, the genre rap is supposed to sound. That awesome flow with that perfect speed, not too slow, and just really really gets you ADDICTED to it where you just want to listen over and over again. That's music, that's what music is supposed to do when you listen to it, not listen to a song once down load and then not listen to it after like 3 or 5 times you hear it.

[@netzajack]

Ground breaking! This show did soooo much for artists and actors

[@Soya22181]

What is would do to go back in time to re live this era...what a time I had...😊

[@JusBLieve]

Remember being a kid and we just in the room jumping around and knee kicking in the air like we were on stage with them. Shit was a workout that wore us out but it was worth it. Dope time to be alive then. Thanks native tongues

[@chaingjones6415]

Yes indeed...Man we took them years for granted smh

[@violetbrown8998]

Still can’t believe Malik is gone. Rest In Peace. Love from Sydney Australia

[@officialhb4794]

I put a rapper acapella verse in one of my beats. Check it out and tell me what you think I appreciate it

[@MikeBillz]

This made me so happy!

[@jermaineinoue4919]

Rip Phif and J Dilla

[@averyjackson2699]

LEGENDARY.

[@ucan810]

The lads still got flavour in 2019!

[@bolaxandone]

rip phife , a tribe forever respect from brazil

[@shannonjordan8431]

This song takes me back to my college days @howarduniversity We ain’t neva lost a party!

[@yesgeorge333]

Best live performance going. Rip to the 5 footer

[@Huumf]

I like your comment and your picture. Can we be friends?

[@yesgeorge333]

+AJ yes my g

[@Huumf]

+george haythorn yay

[@Think1stAct2nd]

Rest In Paradise Phife! Started this track off with a classic line!

[@V59971]

November 15th ,2020 I was here and watching from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. Long live the greats ,R.I.P Pfiffe

[@ytownmikefox]

So dope

[@sickbird123]

Things will never be this good again

[@donsancho3729]

After a crazy performance, ATCQ tells the black youth to study and when they turn 18 register to vote. 💪🏽🙌🏼✊🏿

[@tbd407]

Remember when music was this fun?

[@AwestaKhalid]

It's rare that i hear this at a club but when they do play it I SING ALONG.. WORD FOR FUCKING WORD..

[@murdamuzik4128]

Damn I remember waiting up that night to watch this good old days🤔🤣😂

[@justinsgr8]

3:39 Halls facial expression says it all ..🙏🏽

[@relu6022]

2021 !! ftw

[@newsboirecords514]

4:09 Arsenio: "in the pocket, where the lint is!" he felt that. i felt that. we felt black.

[@jasonbyrd1840]

It bring tears to eyes 👀 i was just coming out of high school and on my way to college and I have never had so much fun in my entire life.

[@snidelywhiplash]

Arsenio with the CD longbox. Damn, that was a long time ago.

[@Givethxxx]

snidelywhiplash Now they are going to stop selling Cds at Best Buy Target and Wall Mart! Cds will all be extinct!!

[@T0mB1ll]

20 years and still sounds fresh...

[@aminafarah7800]

I was a Young black teenager smiles all day no worries no 9-5 living loving life stress free just bobbing my head to beats like these.

[@andreyoldgamer7115]

Scenario is the Bomb track😆

[@JheriCurlJankins]

I remember watching this! This was the night Busta became a star. The next day, in school, everyone was talking about how Bussa Bus ripped it!

[@chousho]

Man, this is real entertainment here, they know how to put on a show! And they don't even have to try to say how gangsta and gun totin they are compared to main stream now. Wish we'd have more like this

[@carlosgk1]

the energy here is on a whole other level!

[@codigoverbal788]

Excelent performance, this is hip hop!

[@HannibalLekta-qg2ip]

Rest In Peace...Phife Dawg

[@cajeroautomatico]

"... get out there and register to vote..." Charlie Brown knew what's up.

[@SuperJNG18]

I’ve listened to my fair share of albums now, and The Low End Theory is my absolute favorite. Most great albums lead off with one of their strongest tracks, but the real testament to how bonkers that record is is how this is the LAST song, right at the point where you think they couldn’t possibly top themselves again. Then this happens, and nothing was ever the same again. And I absolutely smash this at karaoke.

[@gallardorsq]

now this was a show