Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Reaction)

[@laurawallis7093]

This was a massive hit when it came out. Still love it.

[@jasondelves8758]

Yeah man same, it's fucking awesome!

[@johannahvetinlaya908]

Play this song in the club 2023 and the place will bounce like never before

[@SerenitéenEspañol]

YEEEEEEE❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@DrCrunkMusic]

Just got recommended this video after having another listen back to the bomfunk era 👌

[@dxfifa]

Not in the USA and Canada lol. Only barely cracked the top 50 DANCE songs in the USA

[@Cikeb]

On the English and language barrier. Bomfunk MC's was a Finnish group, but the rapper B.O. Dubb, a.k.a. Raymond Ebanks, although Finnish, was born in London, and his father had a Jamaican and English background. His mother is from Finland. There's a lot of drum-n-bass influence in this track, but also with breakdance in mind. It was produced by JS16, a Finnish guy known mainly for electronic dance music. You can find solo tracks by him and compare. He was also part of the dj/producer duo Dallas Superstars.

[@C.D.J.Burton]

Absalutely, well said

[@Cikeb]

@@TwizzElishus We disagree on that. His mother is Finnish. He has lived a big part of his life in Finland. He can easily call himself Finnish if he chooses to, but I do not know how he thinks about that.

[@Riddle99-v7q]

@@TwizzElishus If he's lived most of his life here in Finland then he's finnish

[@Alexsei-z7o]

Говорят что скандинавские электро Хип хопиры Bomfunk m c.s

[@googleuser3163]

Great video man! This was and still is one of the biggest joints ever in Europe. Probably the best example of the "Y2K" aesthetic too. That kid is now a chef... how times fly!

[@matsv201]

Yea he have to be closing in on 40 now

[@user-dd5eh5lu3o]

@@matsv201 he was 15 in this. born 8 November, 1985, in Helsinki. he's 38.

[@matsv201]

@@user-dd5eh5lu3o I would all 38 closing in

[@DROLETRON]

​@user-dd5eh5lu3o , that kid is the same age as me with the same year born and month too. But I didn't age I still look 28. The great French catholic monarch here.

[@rasenganalbania5763]

On 2000's this was an absolute banger in Albania. Everyone was listening it on the streets everywhere!!!

[@AllieB-11.11]

Same here in the UK.

[@jaimeabadrodriguez1428]

Bro, this was THE SHIT when it came out, this is my first video of yours I see, so I don't know which year you were born, I was around 10 when they played this on TV and, for me, it was something out of this world (you didn't hear anything like this on the radio in my country (Spain)).

[@alankeenan1454]

Me to man must of been 8 when my friend got it on CD 💿 blew my mind

[@azynkron]

He was the coolest looking kid ever.

[@sasapetroski981]

Yea and he have new version from 2019...it's same guy in video

[@ZebSound]

@@sasapetroski981 Its not the same guy in 2019 its a girl this time

[@ZebSound]

i wanted to have this style so bad when i was a kid

[@sasapetroski981]

@ZebSound that's same guy from 1999,just look eyes and the way he moves... Body moves are same

[@ZebSound]

@@sasapetroski981 it's a girl XD Google Marlo Snellman. That's the boy from the 90s. For the 2019 video they used a young girl or do you think the boy from the 90s is still young 20 years later 😂

[@Illumentra]

Between this song and the first Matrix movie for me was like it's the start of a new millenium, let's go!

[@beslemeto]

That country guitar at the beginning really brings some atmosphere for that track!

[@tibomoltini2851]

in the evolution of electronic music (turn table effects, 808, digital music and music softwares) a branch evolved into freestyle , drum and bass , DJs & MCs , DMCs and so much more. the one creating the latest effect or music trend was winning it all.

[@onsesejoo2605]

A classic theme of parallel time / universe and controlling it, the band members representing guys who can travel between them. The boys gets this controller, plays with it and finally is taken back to the moment where it all begun, instigated by the band member time traveller who gave the controller in the beginning.

[@NullScar]

Really cool to see this video. I'm from Norway and I'm 38, these were the times, especially from Scandinavia . We all come back to this song. It is alive forever. Maybe even when I get to get a grampa. 😁😆

[@hirsch4155]

This is a clsssic of us older millennials high school.

[@nevermore5087]

3:27 thats because you put down your eyes at the key moment, when he discovered that he could freeze and backward and fastern people with his music player control buttons

[@fortunatusnine2012]

Lol still my favorite tune 2023

[@C.D.J.Burton]

This would've been recommended not really as a track to hold up to todays standards in term of rap music or breakbeat production. But rather to show the lead arpeggiated melody with those awesome old-skool garage/dnb-like breaks, stabs and fills typically heard in the UK scene. The coming together of the elements in this track epitomises the scene despite being produced by Finnish guys. I always got chills from listening to as it struck me as one of a kind and rarely played after the year 2000, and well I guess that most people like me get shivers when we listen to it and wonder if this is purely just the nostalgia. I don't think those listening to it the first time in 2021 will feel the same way towards it somehow.

[@Marco_B]

Very well said. This song was never popular in America it seems. But to anyone in Europe it was an anthem of the entering into the new century.

[@Gzjbfgghhgffggg]

Wird im deutschen Radio wieder öfter gespielt. Was immer das bedeutet, vielleicht Wiederholung 🤷‍♂️

[@YPP22010]

I own all their albums. After listening of all the songs I have got to say that for that time and even still now, there is nothing similar to that style. The elements used in their beats were way ahead of the time. Very futuristic and pleasing at the same time. DJ Gizmo and JS16 are genious. Still my favorite band to this day. Another guy with similar style is Mighty 44. Also from the same era. Also from Finland. Scandinavians are doing great job when it comes to music.

[@C.D.J.Burton]

@@YPP22010 I'll have to give you benefit of the doubt if you say so. Just to say my background is as a London-born semi-pro drum and bass producer. At the very least Bomfunk MC's marketed themselves to English speaking markets, and the accent is almost indistinguishable from the UK (London) Garage and DnB scene at that time. Some of what is present in this track is original, like the arpegiated lead, which is important; but also some of the space-ee sampled fills. Oh also, the intro is very original. Not that they invented southern American western but that they chose to juxtapose it along side underground electronic music. That really is odd. I may be over analysing this, and guilty for seeing only what I want to see, but I wonder if the tube station was a nod towards the London Underground, or just, the underground in general?

[@YPP22010]

@@C.D.J.Burton Thanks for the response after 2 years. You gotta listen to all of their songs and you will find out that there is a certain style to the tones that are being used, like the American western pitch tones etc. you have mentioned. I haven't heard any other Band/Artist, that has the same style. It is in the genes of Bomfunk MC's. Throughout their discography. Just listen to the track Other Emcees. That beat hits hard. It sounds modern. It is as if it was produced just a couple of years ago. Pity that they didn't get the attention they deserve. I mean the worldwide attention.

[@hermanoff7520]

second most popular song from Finland... after Sandstorm :D i know there is more popular songs from Finland that went worldwide but these 2 i know for sure

[@timuralmabetov2213]

NOT BAD?! THAT WAS THE FUCKING HIT OF HITS !!! BLEW PEOPLE's MIND AROUND THE WORLD!

[@InternalMind]

Definitely didn't blow my mind at all.

[@GraxS]

you mean in post soviet countries

[@AllieB-11.11]

@@GraxS Nope it was huge here in UK and lots of other Western countries.

[@didi81_]

​@@GraxSthis was massive all over Europe and Australia

[@ladythalia227]

@@GraxS Lol, no. Back to school you go. Huge in countries like Australia, all over Scandinavia and Western Europe. None of them post Soviet

[@budharvesting]

One of my favorites to go back to. Got to have loud and on a good system to get the full experience. I need one of those remotes.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

The part of the video with the guy in the glowing white jacket... that guy in the white jacket is a character from an earlier video of theirs.

[@tomsawyer3787]

These guys are awesome. I've been listening for years. I'm from Alabama. Js

[@minatran3652]

Hey I just subscribed to your channel. I'm from Australia.

[@Off3er]

Such a fukking classic song!!

[@olfan92]

The afro dude on the train it's Seth Rogen. 😂

[@brunett93]

i remember this song from my childhood. it's solid like you said.

[@Glaaki13]

this was a really big hit ni north Europe

[@Glaaki13]

also remember people forget older music

[@dxfifa]

It was worldwide (except USA and Canada lol)

[@INFEKTO440]

Great old school vibe, never get old🙂 make reaction on Mighty 44, Flying steps, Music instructor bands. They was at that time too and have great music. I grow at this music my teen years, and i still listem them and love them.

[@McSliksOnline]

This was a Mega Hit in Europe especially in the UK. It was one of the most known Urban Rap B-Boy Mc genre to come out in Europe which at that time was our type of Hip Hop before Garage & Grime was a thing. It was all about Drum n Bass & Jungle music which Mc's or Rappers was freestyling, rapping to. Here is a Behind the Scenes of the Music Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jRpmCflMiGrNE

[@matthewhunt7665]

You got to look in the back ground the guy in the dreads has him in the future and the black guy with the glasses that walks by him has a PlayStation controller in his hand so the guy from the future of him send him back in time and they met each other as they walked by It's A rad video you just got to watch it a couple of times and not look at the kid and look in the background

[@cankilicarslan8790]

I love watching people re-discover this gem 🤣

[@TeezMcGee]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@C.D.J.Burton]

Cute kid man - he went on to have career of his own making music. Forgot his name but i'm sure he can be found easily. He's older than us all now, probably pushing 40 year-old where the others will be on their way to 50 I imagine.

[@saloez8580]

Marlo Snellman

[@quirkypurple]

This is a pretty corny track but I loved it as a kid. It was around the time I was discovering Hip Hop culture, going to skate park and doing graffiti.

[@drummonkey9291]

Feel that, what was your first "wow, this is truly amazing" song/artist?? Kind of wow that lasts now were grown up I mean.....

[@quirkypurple]

@@drummonkey9291 Oh wow, what a question! Could have been Light My Fire by The Doors (particularly the solo parts), Fenix Funk 5 by AFX or Queen.. I don't know .. it's hard to trace back the wow moments. Thankfully, I had some music my brother introduced me early on.. grunge and rock and roll and then I got into Beck 'Odelay' and Beastie Boys really heavily. I remember a few tracks that I've listened to countless times but remember hearing them for the first time. Crying In Your Face by AFX, Light My Fire, Love Street are three I distinctly remember hearing for the first time. How about you? Remember any first-time hearing tracks? Or first-time wow moments?

[@drummonkey9291]

@@quirkypurple funny the doors, Aphex, and like you especially beastie boys were big early for me too. My first all growded up wow, was with trip hop, like massive attack, Portishead n tricky. Still fuckin love that shit man. Thanks for the insight my fellow muso 😎

[@quirkypurple]

@@drummonkey9291 Legend! That's brilliant. Love meet other music heads. I was lucky to see Tricky live back in 2010. Great show. :)

[@drummonkey9291]

@@quirkypurple yeah I saw him one time in Manchester. Small venue too so was lush experience! First thing he did was light a j, then invited the whole crowd on stage n then erupted into ace of spades, faster than the original! Was absolutely nuts 😂😂 Remember thinking 'poor poor security staff 😂 N yeah I love chatting tunes with fellow music lovers. In case you haven't, listen to ' self love' by 'Joe Arnom Jones'. Any recommendations?

[@007Tequilero]

The Kids MP3 player got possessed. He could use its controls/buttons to fast forward, rewind, and pause the people

[@hackbyte]

Shit man .. if you wanna feel old (i'm born in 1975) .. you need to watch this video. ;) For me, Boomfunk MC's freestyler is still a evergreen ......... but fu yeah, it's already more than 20 years old too.... ;) Get on with 'Right Here, Right Now' from "Fatboy Slim" ..... for real ;)

[@CH10010]

The music is by Jaakko "JS16" Salovaara

[@elysehfm8797]

More Finnish music! Always interesting.

[@Ephoros]

They are Finnish?! Well shoot... I've only been listenining them for 20 years...

[@CA5124]

Yeah Brilliant 👏 Remember this one ! 🔥

[@scmtuk3662]

Never Slow Down by Scooter is heavily based on this (you can also hear influences in Dreams by Scooter).

[@maine420grow]

I seen a dude on the train like that once. Word

[@thecursed01]

"it wasn't bad" wow. you want europe to declare war on you, because talking like that about that iconic euro song is how you get europe to declare war on you :)

[@maine420grow]

Here we go peeps

[@maine420grow]

Yeah first Elyse

[@elysehfm8797]

@@maine420grow BOOM! Guess I didn't go to all of them! :)

[@drummonkey9291]

oi Fellow musos, have a listen to 'Freeman hardy & Willis acid ' by Aphex twin and Squarepusher. If you like drum n bass/electronic vibes. Peace ❤️

[@bibsp3556]

I've banged this tune since i was a wee lad. Now that I think about it, i base my whole idea of cool after this kid. unapologetically listen to beats in public and nobody gets seen unless they're worth paying attention to. I miss boomboxes; we were so obnoxious. As for the clip, the child is the dj as a kid, and the other guy is the other guy from the band. they time travel to give him a little device, you'll notice them watching him throughout as adults. then they take it all back. they put him on the path. through his "dream".

[@militariacollectablesbelgium]

Freestyler is 10/10

[@quincee3376]

These guys were/are from Finland i believe.

[@kane29842]

Wasn't a fan of this when it came out, but it grew on me. Hasn't really held up, or maybe i only ever liked it due to the constant exposure. Eventually they even came to my backwater hometown 3000km from anywhere with a population above 100k. This was particularly probably a sign they were on the way out heh. Makes me want to go listen to some chemical brothers, massive attack and crystal method now.

[@teijaflink2226]

It feels sort of cringe now, it was fun back then even if I found it bit silly even then as it was hard to understand some words lol.

[@Sampsonoff]

@@teijaflink2226 how is it cringe? Absolute classic banger

[@sakkekvist2495]

done in Finland

[@johankaewberg8162]

Finlands greatest Hip Hop fenomenon.

[@Polklusa]

check out some more Eurodance stuff its a big rabbit whole to explore. 2unlimited no Limit, Culture beat Mr Vain, Ice Mc Think about the way

[@matteo8682]

Freestyler by Bomfunk MC's it's immortal 💪

[@Deevious26]

4:04 You mean the theme from Halloween. That would be Michael Myers, not Jason. To my ear they're not that similar, but I can see where you're coming from. The Halloween one is spooky. This one is not spooky at all, rather futuristic.

[@hellion9547]

You should also check out Super Electric by Bomfunk MCs, from their next album Burnin' Sneakers. Also a very cool video that was ahead of it's time.

[@helgijacobsen1497]

year 2000 this finish song was great hip pop microphone is the future of the internet like i see to day smartphone you dont know you talking to you self

[@helgijacobsen1497]

sorry i mean ear phone

[@divejumpshooter6947]

I spend a lot of time in Europe and I love this video as it shows how different it is there but also the same. I love how you ask why did he just approach that kid- At least every big city I have lived in things like that seem a bit commonplace. And yeah the Finnish are a bit odd but super sweet people

[@seppoanterostenroos794]

Damma, guy fels sleep and facinates ... And the band was one of the best Funks in Finland: BomFunk MC.

[@MartinDee2000]

His head was turned during the best part and missed it completely.

[@NomNomNommy]

You asked what was going on In the video. It is lit 99'. 'yeah.. straight from the top of my dome... as I r.r.r.rock the microphone....

[@greezyhussle8926]

Yeah straight from the top of the dome

[@NewBeginnings413]

7:28 solid? It got 241 Million views (a year ago) , I’d say that’s more than solid. Just saying…

[@freeztrox4359]

nice video!

[@afterdark6822]

Dope track when it was released. Believe it was featured in Matt Hoffman's BMX.

[@Wolfhoundfromthehighseas]

Aye!!! Telling you, you have to check out the Beat Box Series!💙💙💙🙌🙌🙌

[@rikblauer]

Raymond Ebanks has the ability to sings in Suomi (Finnish most commont word) and English and speaking both languages either way. That's why he's a unique singer :)

[@valariezacharias4776]

A little sprinkle of al gore rhythm for ya!💃💃💃

[@NullScar]

Hey, that's some nice wordplay! I sprinkle some al gore rhythm myself here, I hope!

[@maine420grow]

SUP TEEZ!!!!!!!!

[@TeezMcGee]

What’s up fam!

[@maine420grow]

@@TeezMcGee Ben Harper comments are off. Too bad...he rocks

[@tracyvolschenk7059]

💙💙

[@robyfiorili]

They are from Finland

[@johankaewberg8162]

The language barrier between English and English…

[@nicepunk00]

Ruckamuckafo!

[@lucyjones1224]

its called brum and bass

[@nicepunk00]

[@gi0vanni220]

Still put the video together? That what you get when you don't watch the start of it. 🤣🤣

[@elysehfm8797]

Fourth/this one goes to eleven!

[@greezyhussle8926]

Anyone know the meaning

[@jd-fq1gv]

You cannot control the underground & you cannot take shortcuts to success.

[@joelturner5957]

This is a really popular song hahaha

[@dinomonica7001]

This song build champions, characters fire in the spirit.. This song was the first song i ever liked when i was a kid.. all the 90 scene knows who the bomfunk mc's are.. Sorry kiddo i respectfully disagree with your opinion.

[@cainjake7940]

React to some more bomfunk mcs

[@jameswrobertsjr7248]

hi im dogman cloud

[@z74d-oy2uj]

haters just don't rakamakafon

[@Zoltan_Matravolgyi]

The two guys who are always in the background and the guy with the controller are actually the band members!!

[@cainjake7940]

The controller guy isn’t in the band

[@Zoltan_Matravolgyi]

@@cainjake7940 You're right, my bad! :D

[@GeorgeWilliams-v9d]

Jones Mary Moore Paul Young Joseph

[@InternalMind]

"what the hell is happening?!" Exactly! The most pointlessly cringey song and video ever made.

[@jasonmgomez]

love the video but you should have done the Cobus drum cover version. Nothing like that guy freestyling live drums to this.....

[@alexeyyevdokimov5911]

No bad? Clown

[@alistairevans8204]

This was cheese when it came out and still is now. Pure cringe.

[@TorillaTortilla]

Does music have to always be super serious in your book?

[@alistairevans8204]

@@TorillaTortilla Not at all, i listen to real nutty stuff. This was just breakbeat for pop music fans.

[@TorillaTortilla]

@@alistairevans8204 Decided to give this for teez to react to, as it's one of the most well known songs from Finland. Good or bad. It really depends on a person.

[@googleuser3163]

@@alistairevans8204 Yo I was a hardcore head then and still am, both Hip Hop & D&B. This song was a classic back then and still is. Sure, it kinda ripped off Roni Size but it's still a legendary tune. Cheese and all.

[@klr3218]

This is not good music.

[@TorillaTortilla]

What is good music? Frank Zappa? Everyone has their thing you know.

[@klr3218]

@@TorillaTortilla there is no prototype to what good music is. But this song is not good. Just saying.

[@TorillaTortilla]

@@klr3218 If there is no prototype for it, then it's only your opinion that this song sucks ass. Just like i can say, Pink Floyd is super over praised.

[@googleuser3163]

@@klr3218 No, you just don't like it. That doesn't make it bad. Millions of people adore this song and see it as a masterpiece of D&B Hip Hop fusion. The bars are cold, the samples are incredible and the drums are pretty good. The video is also one of the best of it's era.

[@klr3218]

@@googleuser3163 if you say so

[@spaceistheplace8376]

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