Dana Dane - Nightmares

Music video by Dana Dane performing Nightmares. (C) 1987 Arista Records, Inc.
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[@nightowl8485]

This was a house party Banger back in the days for me. I remember how the base trembled through the project halls walking into the building to get to the party..(Sheep dogs and Leather Bomber with the phat fur around the hoodies area). New York was New York back then true hip hop you couldn't tell us nothin...Nuff respect to Dana Dane.

[@daxterclark5092]

BIG DAMN FACTS!! 1986...BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN!! I WAS 17!! DAMN!!

[@seanskeete8785]

Storytelling at it's best! He deserves same recognition as Slick Rick.

[@kevinstephens5799]

For longest time I thought it was Slick Rick but found out it was Dana Dane

[@mauriceb2172]

He's definitely underrated

[@Tabby.cat2]

@@mauriceb2172we’ll probably never know the real story as to why he fell of the map! With all these 50 Years of Hip-Hop celebrations they been having, haven’t seen him in one!!!

[@l.b.douglas]

I agree with you 100%

[@kevintaylor9590]

No he does not deserve the same recognition as MC Ricky D

[@knosemoemilli7254]

2024 still Smacking Real Rap

[@evettehaywood]

DEFINITELY!!

[@CJCrump]

This is "real music."

[@evettehaywood]

@CJCrump,Happy Sunday Night! YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!

[@kharyvines6971]

RIGHT THIS JOINT CRANKS HARD . FLOWING LIKE SHET

[@John2271]

This old school classic should have millions upon millions of views

[@LGKids]

Some people just dont respect real storytelling and its true essence! Peace!

[@RalphDaVillain]

True

[@54321yrrag]

I was so into this record

[@donaldspellman712]

DiamondStudd what?????

[@haruyasumi616]

i guess because delancey street and cinderfella were so good, his other stuff seemed like an anticlimax, plus slick rick got really big and pulled focus?

[@CleanSox]

This is not old school??? This is classical hip hop music.🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Journey_Tolliver-Reed]

I had a Boom Box.. LOL 🤣.. BANGING IT..Miss those days and the people 😢

[@knight9k]

Yep!

[@damnglo6531]

@@knight9k #real

[@fontellagarrett946]

@@Journey_Tolliver-Reed MMB bb

[@sonnykardan3983]

THATS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY ESPECIALLY TO THE NEW GENERATION GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY RESPECTFULLY 🙏🏽🫡

[@felixtorojr2219]

Nobody can touch the 80s when you got music like this. Dana Dane is definitely an icon

[@waligibson240]

This an eternal Hip Hop classic sincerely yours Generation X my regards!🎼💯💯💯

[@deidragreer2691]

That's right

[@lakeisharobinson2132]

Facts! 😎

[@rashaangrier7588]

For sure!

[@kharyvines6971]

80s BABY'S IS THE LAST GENERATION OF ORIGINALITY and CREATIVITY. internet destroys creativity in the YOUTH

[@4renzicfiles92]

BALLY!!!!! If you're listening PLEASE bring them BALLY'S back!!! i would buy all colors!!!

[@red1bty836]

Word! My husband has several pairs of Animals.

[@robertjones8771]

YES ✌🏽

[@CJCrump]

A timeless classic that never gets old...

[@hadbl12]

One of the true storytellers in hip hop..... underrated emcee!!!

[@tonytemple8195]

Shame he was a Carbon copy of Slick Rick. 🧐

[@jerzcnate]

@@tonytemple8195 Dana and Rick rolled together were in a group together. Both are storytellers

[@pdaniel5010]

@@jerzcnate Exactly. They were in a group called The Kangols..

[@kendrav3231]

@@jerzcnate I immediately thought about Slick Rick, too💥….

[@kendrav3231]

@@pdaniel5010 I didn’t know that😮…

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

Man I'll be 46 in a few months and I still remember most of the words and the flow of this song. I remember having this tape and playing it in my boom box when I was a kid in the 80s. Great video and song!

[@HairepyRoots]

I played it my Sony Walkman constantly!! I didn't want my parents to hear what I was listening to. lol

[@Division_78]

I’m 44 and I also remember most of the words. Do you remember an album named Power Rap? 🤣

[@timotheustp]

Yes the boombox and this j playing you was the man

[@qaz-fi1id]

😭 Thank God we gree up knowing dudes had diks and girls didn't. Love Gen X

[@jessegomez9453]

😅😅

[@billyhollister8768]

"The girl had the baddest breath I'd ever seen", not smelled, but seen. One of the most hilarious lines in hip hop history!

[@mitzithompson6585]

Really?

[@missayawk]

Breath so bad you can see it.

[@yigobadcrew6444]

Cool he used to hang out my projects Reppin I remember this from High School time 1985 Brooklyn NY Fort Green Projects classic hip hop...holla God bless

[@deejay5292]

Real hip-hop. Storytelling. Having fun. Dancing.

[@anaiya5415]

so thankful for my dad for introducing me to this music young. i’m 13, he passed away last year and i feel like music is the way i can remember him.

[@hugoboss9387]

Time surely will claim all of us but only thing we can cling to time in music form for comfort. He’s touched you every time you play his favorite sounds

[@keithhackett4252]

​@hugoboss9387 Don't know if that's jivin or trolling,just catching up to checking one of the videos I unfortunately hadnt had the opportunity to have seen it in its prime until now just like everyone else commenting that they never saw videos to songs they remembered until nowadays. Let's be respectful towards one another. We're wise and bigger than this.

[@daniellebeasley1065]

Who's bouncing to this 80s classic in "2020" 😎

[@maggiediaz3351]

🙋

[@knowgo411]

Aye🙌🏽✌🏽💯💯..this one the 1st casset tapes I had got as a kid LoL

[@angelo_creativelead]

Playing it right now in the tat shop 😂

[@revposton]

2021 and still coming back for the good stff

[@ronaldlsmith1551]

I am Feb 6 2021

[@chriss1152]

i was 17 years old when this come out hard to believe its been that long and still a classic

[@shawnyoung5960]

I wanna say I was 15 as this didn't come out in 87 like the description said unless the video itself came out then. I was working by then and I remember in 85 going to the Boys Club at the party they had this was playing. Your right about it being a classic. This song will always be a great. So many great artist in the 80. RIP to Biz Markie, another great legend.

[@omar1s1]

Me too

[@kingsaintides7227]

@@shawnyoung5960 yeah i remember hearing this in 85 or 86

[@treybaybie1526]

@@kingsaintides7227 yes, bcuz I was about 5 Almost 6 yrs old when they would play this real loud in my Apartment complex while they were playing dominoes & drinking their Old English 40oz’ and just vibing. I would be Jammin & rapping it, but the Chorus & the ending…😩it scared me so much, lmao. 🤣 I googled and it said 1987, In 87 I was 5ish maybe some places didn’t have access until that time 🤷🏽‍♀️… Or, now that I think about it, maybe one of those ‘Mandela Effects’ type of situation 🤔 lol, but fr. I’m thankful I came up during the Best Hip Hop Era and bcuz of my Relatives I know all the old school jams and can experience that Nostalgia of those times of my life with just a click of the Play Button ✨✨🙌🏽 Goodvibes to you all!

[@inahgreen4363]

I was 20 in early 1987 and got married Valentine's day.We played this at the reception👍

[@michaelbarrow3277]

THE KANGOL CREW...HIM AND SLICK RICK IN THE 80'S🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@blkqbano78]

That beat is under rated.

[@mattsheezy5469]

A living legend, his second album “Dana Dane 4 Ever” is Dope from start to finish.

[@michaelthornton8774]

This is still my hit. Straight story telling

[@SANE172]

Exactly 💯

[@vincentwashington4106]

2019 and still fresh

[@BlackPDigitalMedia]

2020 and beyond..

[@Guns071]

Dana really came off with this song. I was telling my man Dana that California was feeling”nightmares” back in 1985 when it came out as a single. He did very well that that song and career. I’m so proud of him and his success. On a side note, I heard the “Anita the beast line” back for the first time back in 1982 when we’re basketball backcourt teammates playing for Cassandra Roland in CYO basketball tournament. We were on the “G” train coming from Bushwick after blowing a team out by 25 points(smile..lol). Yes, we knew how to play ball. Anyway, I was using my hands drumming and rocking “impeach the president” by the honeydrippers beat on the side( I was a hip hop Dj) to the train and Dana was free styling and when he said that Anita the beast line. It was the funniest shit I heard in a very long time. He had the whole train car dying in laughter. Yes, Dana could been a comedian as well because he was that funny. He can snap, rank, join, do mommy jokes, etc his funny game was on point. Great flashback when I hear this song. Again, I’m so proud of my homeboy Dana for his musical endeavors.

[@raucepowers8127]

darmel anderson California still loves Dana Dane til this day. You’ll hear this and Cinderfella both play regularly every day on KDAY in LA

[@Majesty1673]

I miss my old stop to go home on G train Bedford and Nostrand.

[@wolverine67044]

Thats funny darmel. Dana told me he dowsn't know you. Wtf

[@sirkeithv1112]

@darmel... this release was 1987 though. You mentioned 85 as the single then, it must have took 2 years for this song to become notice.

[@maccagrabme]

These 80s legends should have continued releasing their material like KRS is still doing. Those of us that grew up listening to the early hiphop wanted that style to continue and were fed up with having to endure what came after it apart from the early 90s rap which was great but the 80s artists disappeared far too quickly having only been around for 5 yrs at the most whereas todays 'rappers' we can't seem to get rid of and are still hanging around like a bad stink.

[@marieh7889]

I DIPPED, I DOPPED, I RAN, I DROPPED - the best rhyme ever. I never forgot that from my teenage years of the 80s!

[@kvinche8120]

Ill joke with my cousin, Ill ask him, when is the last time you seen Dr Slumber 😂...Seriously he killed this and aint that the o gal from the Freddie Jackson videos?

[@erictubbs6854]

Yep 😂😂😂

[@charlesrobinson-vt6bb]

This classic old school joint is still bubblin,Dana dane with fame,another 🔥 joint Sarge-45 out.

[@jeremiahsams2848]

He performed last night in a club called Monticello. He was excellent.

I missed a few in the 80s i just learned about this one now im glad it landed on my feed in 2024

[@yigobadcrew6444]

Reppin I remember this from High School time 1985 Brooklyn NY Fort Green Projects classic hip hop...holla God bless

[@Journocruz]

Genuine rap from a genuine rap artist! #DanaDane

[@chesterbanks623]

Bronx Memphis Love chaka Demi's and pliers

[@Journocruz]

Chester Banks you know it! 😊

[@christopherrandolph8889]

Og's club only no youngsters allowed.

[@AGB_HDV]

Al B Sure! Thanks God every day for this sample...

[@jengriffin152]

Word up !

[@kelllzzzkellzz4910]

😂

[@tubes5150]

Haha I never knew there was a video of this … I remember way back in the day , working in this warehouse with this song cranked up . I was the only white dude in the group . Thanks for the memories 🤠🙏😂

[@louielou9690]

i remember this song on WBLS. Fav station back then.

[@emilycs8823]

The poetic build up to the first recorded use of Bling Bling is absolutely brilliant

[@bruzzaab]

Hip hop has changed so much I been a big fan from way back

[@eleljah7]

Masterpiece classic!🤩

[@glenngrant9388]

50 YEARS OF HIP HOP LETS GO LOL THANK YOU D/D 8/2023 😅

[@andalanomanuel9103]

The first "real storyteller" # word Smith Peace, Bronxshice

[@nickasimakopulos9844]

I had the cassette as a kid. I have the cd now and never seen this video. I’m so glad I saw it. I love discovering long lost videos

[@aanayiahwashington5723]

That’s my uncle I just saw him yesterday I’m sad he stopped writing music this but he did a good job

[@Guns071]

was your father name dupree that lived in the same bldg(79) in Fort Greene?

[@dwendacharles5822]

How is he doing. We need him to start writing again.

[@jumaineadams9152]

I wish he would come back to music

[@Dlb103]

@@dwendacharles5822go just follow him on Instagram

[@Dlb103]

@@jumaineadams9152 go just follow him on Instagram

[@jesnyc146]

2019 throwback to the storyteller G.O.A.T (along with Slick Rick)

[@donaldspellman712]

NYC -Jes facts fam

[@Antertainment531]

Dana Dane & Slick Rick were part of The Kangol Crew

[@reginaldrichmond9485]

Perfect song for Halloween.

[@melissalynn195]

,❤

[@longbeachcalifornia847]

Classic 2023???? Who still hear a bump in this song 2024?🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🚬

[@kharyvines6971]

EVERY WEEKEND

[@dubHE]

DANA DANE IS ONE OF THE OG's OF HIPHOP ! HE DOESNT GET ENOUGH CREDIT AT ALL! I REMEBER BUMPING DANA DANE IN MY DISCMAN WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY!!!!! BROOKLYN STAND UP !!!!!

[@donaldspellman712]

dubHE out

[@jayo552]

jay alwayz swag jackin,,,at least he kno who 2 jack,,,bigup dana dane, kangol krew!!

[@Guns071]

Jay-Z did not want to be like Dana Dane. Dana Dane originally didn't even have a british accents when he started rappin. He became famous with the accent because his Kango Krew member from Music and Art High School name MC Ricky D better known today as Slick Rick got caught up in some legal trouble at the time. Rick was out at the same time with "The Show" and "La Di Dada Di" in 1985. The Jaz or now known as Jaz-O mentored Jay-Z because Jaz had the record deal first but Jay-Z was rappin in the 1980's as well.

[@Stevieknixxx]

Happy I was born in the 80's

[@TheIntrovert83]

We got to experience everything! Born in 83...

[@REZIVORsince93]

Same. I was born April 6th, 1980. Started listening to artists like Dana Dane, whodini, RUN DMC, Fat Boys, Beastie Boys etc..around early '84. Thanks to my older brothers and my cousins.

[@RFJersey]

TheIntrovert83 No you didn’t, the people that were born in the 70s did.

[@jarhead4life55]

TheIntrovert83 Not really. I was born in 1964 so technically this is my generations music. I was born in 1964 that’s like me saying the temptations or Diana Ross was my generation.

[@jarhead4life55]

Robert Fernandez And born in the 1960s

[@juliostadtler7840]

Dana Dane was all that when he was out back in the days feel me. October 23 2018. And that's word to my family and friends that made God bless their souls that they rest in peace and I say word up doc.

[@h.renecoburn7460]

We loved Dana Dane played this cassette til it broke in our Granny's basement in Pueblo, Colorado 1987. I was 12 and in tbe 6th grade in Denver (Montbello)

[@GunninRebel55]

Pure Hip-Hop Excellence.

[@wittyexquisite]

Suede Bally's 🔥

[@thereal.dmitch2400]

wittyexquisite Classic,I Still Wear Them Clarks wallabees ......

[@wittyexquisite]

Eldridge Martin get your big gay ass the fuck outta here nigga

[@ashleyfrancoise9773]

Woah 😂👌🏾 But yeah those Bally’s where fresh

[@bobojenkinsbig3106]

Got to do this shit

[@RalphDaVillain]

I still rock wallabees

[@damclev]

Used to break dance battle to this during recess in elementary 🏫.

[@jayo552]

nobody had answer to a suicide,,,if u can hit it right

[@Militantreturns]

Not to this joint you didnt

[@ChaunceyJasper]

Truly a legend in his time big respect

[@ellsworthjohnson8647]

Now that's classic 👌and you can't even get long verses like that anymore bless 🙏🙌✨the 👀classic s

[@oliverortiz8507]

Damn one of the best raps of all time. A great storyteller with excellent pronunciation.

[@nissanbrown6144]

35yrs and still popping.

[@171TITO]

#Facts #Timeless

[@vetareels7665]

Yo...47 & still loving it❗

[@jaycasiano6653]

I love this old jam doesn’t get better than this

[@glenngrant9388]

50 YEARS OF HIP HOP THANK YOU LET GO 8/2023

[@earlharmon5109]

Now this is real rap much better than this garbage out today. I'm so glad I grew up during this time period!

[@artistpr5386]

RIP Real Hip Hop..Everyone was well dressed and had swag. #2019/2020

[@gnanas9161]

Wow!!! This takes me way back, 💯💯🎵🎵🎵💯💙💯🎵🎶🎶🎵💯

[@jeywando]

He started actin wild, even called me a fa**** What could I do, he had a .22 automatic 😆😂🤣😭

[@lordluvsme9378]

Classic!!! The whole album was a classic. ---2020 reviewed

[@davidrobinson1694]

Classic

[@terryhinton1070]

Dana dane old skool illness .will always rezpect his style

[@crbailey9191]

High School DAYS!!!!!!!!!

[@darleverettjr620]

It’s an excellent combination of classical hip hop and Ole school. Most important, the song is awesome!!!

[@frankbyrd542]

Nightmares,Love at first sight,Delancey street are my favorite by Dana Dane

[@luluvillaronga4521]

you and Slik were on another Level y'all raised the bar to a level the hasn't been touched till this day. True Legend Dana Dane. Stay Blessed Dane always wanted to hear you and Slik y'all should smash these cornballs right quick and show em what HIP HOP is cause for over 20 years now these fools must-have forgot SALUTE

[@pvj2234]

Dana and slick Rick were part if the same crew back in the days. The kangol crew. Doug e fresh was also a part of that legendary crew.

[@MarlandX]

We all knew that one carrying that .22 automatic. #BigOleFACTS. Upload more videos

[@marklayne818]

Slick Rick (Rap Debut, 1984). Dana Dane (Rap Debut, 1985). If I'm right.

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG DANA DANE#1

[@toryasmith9266]

Who bringing in 2020 with DanaDane👀👀

[@MinLeeMajors]

One of the best story tellers... also this is where AL b Sure got his name from.... you can hear it at 3:25

[@craigdavis5407]

True Hip Hop For Life Man.

[@kinglevi6878]

Another CLASSIC from the after school rap attack!

[@oldschool8983]

I forgot this video. Thanks for posting, reliving my youth.

[@eileenmclaughlin985]

THIS. IS. 2021. AND BRING. BACK THE 70S & 80S I MISS THEM WOW

[@brucekrom8197]

Mystical & legendary.

[@keyceandreas9254]

Old heads, did nobody say nothing about him sounding like Slick Rick back in the day? I feel like that was more enforced as a rule back then.

[@HacksawJimThuggin]

This LP was the very first piece of music I ever bought!!! I played it to death!

[@MelvinBerrios-q8i]

Old school rap love it

[@karenovalasiti2744]

BADDEST bar ever. ALL THE GIRLIES WISHING THEY HAD THE CLASS I HAD

[@deborahembry2847]

80s Rap, Great Memories!!!! ❤️it, still listening☺️

[@maverick1436]

I miss the eighties 😢

[@luckylove5021]

Clark's, Cazals and Kangols was the style back then.

[@digitalmusicalart3494]

This song is currently on the radio, so I decided to watch the video. #Halloween 2018

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Dana Dane kept it 💯

[@GunninRebel55]

Thank God for classic 80’s Hip-Hop and all the memories of good times that came with it. Dana Dane definitely made his mark on the genre.

[@andresanders5744]

i am a old school fan of his music for a lifetime. i wont stop listening to his music n i love this video with dana dana n he did great job.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mbc5628]

THATS THAT BROOKLYN NY $HIT YELP BABY BOY BLUE BALLYS

[@kevinleftridge8241]

ohhhh! lol this brought back memories!

[@sorayab.6754]

This is one of my dads bestfriends he was at my house the other day.

[@bekkiboop100]

Brooklyn new york tell yo daddy & Dana Dane is said hiiiii... (In my miss pearly voice) 😂😂 ❤

[@mastrarkitekt]

Stop lying

[@171TITO]

That's dope

[@americantony1]

Tell Dana, that he doesn’t get the respect he deserves.

[@americantony1]

Him and Slick Rick had the best voices.

[@noevaldovinos4372]

I’ve never listened to his music until today when I remembered that I went to middle school with his son. This is good stuff.

[@criderv11]

This is the essence of what Hip Hop is all about! Dope classic indeed! Please don't try to remake this!

[@biggbusta]

Still rocking this 9/25/22 Sunday

[@halfmanhalfamazing2152]

This is where Al B Sure got his name. "I'll have to hear one more before Al B Sure"

[@XTRABIG]

I wonder of that's true.

[@autumnsmith9091]

@@XTRABIG yes it’s true. Al has an interview on YT talking about it.

[@XTRABIG]

@@autumnsmith9091 thanks.

[@mauricesantinomf]

I peeped that too

[@tamirk8299]

Facts!

[@nettienewsom9506]

High school memories

[@marvintucker733]

that's that music from back in the day that was music

[@LIBRADEEVA]

Yessss!!

[@jerryirick8953]

This was like one of earliest form of horrorcore in hip hop.

[@stevensuthard4477]

I had this cassette

[@roybrooks13]

I Still got it ..lol

[@kerry7967]

What a story, can't help but listen intensely!

[@DaRealBigRif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqu6fHiZeNGAmNU

[@MarcG7424]

I finally made it here in 2020. Dana was one of hip hops best storytellers a master

[@TrexxSFV]

That chorus is too good lmao

[@craigdavis5407]

Hip Hop Hidden Gem!!!