Def Jef feat Etta James - Dropping Rhymes On Drums

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Def Jef is underrated and dope

[@MzSherice]

Def Jef was an underrated lyricist. He had a pretty good stage show too. His dancers were ALL THAT! They came with it!

[@ImpsMusic]

I have a video of my son when he about two years old. My son was chilling, that is until this song came on. Once "Dropping Rhymes On Drums" came on he start jumping around and dancing. Dope song from a legend and good guy who always stayed grounded. Best of health, happiness, and more success to Def Jeff. - Imp the Great.

[@Javidogg]

This track "Droppin Rhymes On Drums" by DEF JEF was well received in Chicago, labeled Hip House. Played on radio B96 and Clubs all over Chicago, def a classic.

[@williamjohnson9181]

Def Jef is my homeboy and I spoke to him about this track because I thought Etta James voice was just used for the track. Hell no my dude actually had her up in the studio. That's totally classic my dude rarely can hip hop artist get people like this or Miles Davis on tracks. Salute Def Jef & Easy Mo Bee.

[@jcdinkins]

This is better than 99% of the stuff out these days. And it's 20 years old.

[@beatsgalura]

Paisley,shirts,boots,beads,overalls,flap jack hats,b-boy's & housers dancing with canes Classic 90's ish the best!!!! I used to go to the Armory Dances in Los Angeles good times

[@nathanharris7815]

Those were the days.

[@Graceamazimg]

pimp slaps to who put thumbs down on the Hip Hop classic!

[@nateword]

never was a def jef fan but he was spitting on this shit!!

[@TheGruffOgre]

Bought this CD for 5 bucks (Australian) back in the early 90's. Way ahead of its time.

[@PacificDark]

Production is so tight on this track! 1:45 that's what you call a groove.

[@chart3]

this was true hip hop- west coast, east coast, whatever- at it's best... i'm startin' to miss those days... but times do change and what goes around comes around so maybe it's time for this style to come back again?

[@calixa]

RIP etta, have always loved this track.

[@CrowdPleeza]

One of the best flows from any rapper...

[@face6iny]

Right there with U fam....had to hit the streets with hot dance moves and routines.

[@markuyehara7880]

Dope track featuring the immortal Etta James.

[@jflores949]

man i use to spin this jam at house parties ..hall parties you name it when this came out...thanks for his post

[@deliciousvinyl]

our pleasure - Etta Rocks the House!

[@CrowdPleeza]

I miss this era. Back then you weren't cool unless you could dance :)

[@GeeLove]

This joint is a classic!

[@BillLionaire12]

i really miss that fast funky hip hop....

[@Reebblu]

Thanks for posting this. I'm a huge Etta James fan and had never heard or seen this. Good ole school!

[@nda5150]

Damn. This song brings back so many memories.

[@MsKeepMoving]

Wow...rappers dancing! The good ol dayz

[@CrowdPleeza]

From my favorite rap era.

[@blackroosters]

Man while everyone else was listening to NWA.....the kids on the Westside of L.A. we're rocking African Medallions and Historically Black College gear and dancing to music and becoming conscious at the same time. The name of the dancers are the Soul Brothers. They could GROOVE. Back in the 90's if you couldn't dance and groove to a song and it didn't have a positive message it didn't get played.!

[@mr.johnson6897]

It was short lived but it was cool!

[@buckycore]

@@mr.johnson6897 Needs to be brought back on the real.

[@solesirching73]

R.I.P. Etta James

[@julaniemoreno7171]

jef always had the best dancers dope seen them life miss that shhhh

[@azusasleezstack8924]

Def Jef too much talent...and you know this!

[@beatsgalura]

AZUSA SLEEZSTACK Your name sounds familiar Crazy Clownz right!

[@maxfromukraine1630]

American Gods!

[@oskamadison]

Def Jam should have blown up more. There was so many dope MC's (east AND west coast) that some cats fell through the cracks.

[@WhoTheHellisKeith]

this is going onto my hip hop favs playlist

[@Bone69for2]

Big up to all those whose recognize game. brotha be spittin.

[@88GURP]

Yeah man I'm from the Bay and I remember going to a Def Jef record release party, and I don't know if it was the Soul Brothers but it was some cats in there ripping it. I used to dance too and that shit got me pumped, first time I seen housing. I was fresh out of High School with a fake ID. These Soul brother cats were definitely one of my favorite dance groups. Good shit if you still doing the damn thang stay up. They also ripped on that show Rap Summit i thinkt thats the name.

[@face6iny]

All day on the Video Jukebox kid!

[@predikt]

Straight up man, Scheme Team is where it's at. Straight influenced early 90s styles

[@oXKenyaXo]

Damn i remember tearin up the garage floor to this!!!

[@wrestlingwithfaith]

Amazing!!!

[@L1am21]

oh right i got into def jef from the west coast all stars video were all in the same gang have you heard that song its a classic!

[@DVL32]

I couldn't have counted the many of times I played this ill ass song in my Datsun 510. This was and still is tha shit, so so sad for the young hip hop fans of today.

[@SELF213_]

Got this on cassette! :)

[@barriobajaj]

Props to Def Jef for having Etta James sing the chorus. Do it! Do it!

[@bigja2008]

Wow this video is off the chain. My mom is in this video she's shown for 2:51-2:32 seconds with the gold bamboo triangle earings and that lady right next to her is our friend Lidea. "Wow"! look at my mom and my aunt Lidea famous and doing the damn thing. When I met Jeff again recently which was last year that's when I learned that my mom and Lidea was in one of his videos. So cool Jeff you the man.

[@coolsweetgroovy]

RIP Etta James

[@75andalive]

fly ! We have them here at out swap meet in Berkeley !!and any concious book store should carry them 2,I use 2 and still sometimes wear up to 5 at a time !!

[@sossma]

Didn't even realize that was Etta James 'til this week. I was trying to remember the song and I said to myself I wonder who that woman was and then it hit me.

[@bigdap100]

I was too young to realize it back then, but Jeff is straight with the lyrics. I think I was on Big Daddy Kane back then.

[@SnuggieWhops]

Yea...The Soul Brothers were my favorite dancers back then....whatever happened to them dudes?

[@SKILLSPORTSPREP]

THANK YOU

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

@nynteen9deez Its a Song Called "Blow Your Whistle" by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers..Etta James is actually singing the hook of the original song

[@PacificDark]

All these years later and the part where the kids are all doing the Running Man cracks me the hell up.

[@TheCodedtestament]

Back when videos featured the MC , DJ and dance crew !! Not like the bullshit you see now with a so call MC and 20 dudes on stage standing around !!

[@deliciousvinyl]

Ez Mike & King Gizmo, the Dust Bros were DJ's / Engineers/Producers that connected with D.V. early on, worked on some of our releases and found more success with Beastie Boys...

[@Andre-fd3cj]

like this track very much 🎉

[@OGNYTOWL]

WHAT UP MOSES!.....SUBJECT,,,,SOUL BROTHAZ...4 LIFE

[@Javidogg]

Classic Hip House.

[@75andalive]

Jef and the Soul Bros came 2 I high skool SUN NUFF RASPECT @@!

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

The Soul Brothers are still active to this day...Check the Yearbook, they are all over KZbin with new 2008-9 shit...They are on the best dance documentary ever The Suns of James Brown and they are here right now writing this message

[@kendallscott063]

Till ya soul get free.. Yeah

[@americanamusica13]

Jef...was also hilarious 😂. In case ya didn’t know. I miss those days....86’...sittin around Bilals house. Word. I might be a 50 yr old grey haired white dude now ...but in 86...I was a motha fuckin bboy to the core. Long live Hip Hop! Love ya jef. And ya...I still chat with Divine every so often. 🤟🏼peace.

[@dulaone]

good look'n, u should also check out this bboy documnetary called "WRECKIN SHOP FROM BROOKLYN". both have the same genre and era of bboy styles and is one if the best bboy docs ever.

[@chart3]

try an african american bookstore. many cities have african summer fairs or festivals with goods like that. by the way, i just found out that the great Eta James is the singer on this track. I had no idea! just found 20 years later after the fact. hahahaha...

[@rainbowshow9853]

Dis is Hip Hop, my freind.

[@attaboy83]

2:51 that split was nuts

[@orlanduce]

the same Etta James from 'Cadillac Records' the movie.

[@kendo512]

Can’t believe I’m just finding this

[@mfuji02]

STILL FUCKING TUFF JEFF.

[@kamelagreenwood4786]

Go legendary

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

Bay Area Playa What Up Its Soul Brother Legendary...I love the Bay so I had to hit you back, Yeah that was us back in the day....Rap Mania was the joint you were talking about, hit me up on my messages so I can send you the Suns of James Brown Documentary

[@johnharreld6580]

Yep...Yep...One Love Fam...

[@isaacstovall]

I copied all of the Soul Brothers moves back in those days. Whatever happened to them?

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

Tanya is your Mom's??? I was about to say whats up little JAH but I see you BIG JAH now...You use to be the flyist dressing little dude in the hood...Your gear game still on point..This is one of the dancers Legendary What up Big JAH

[@nbalajadia74]

2024 where u at?

[@coolsweetgroovy]

Wow I had no idea Etta did rap this is cool

[@cylon74]

DAYUUMMMMMM THIS MY SHIT STILL FUEGO...LA NETA

[@Olutunu]

@only1monk so did we. The soul brothers were the shit!!!

[@swaggerguru]

The man was slept on, those that know, know.

[@jdlolluvme]

i hav this track and record plus a record player to play this song

[@jermainestephenson3122]

jasiyr avant I got the video on tape,And the first album on cassette

[@djolskool1968]

WOW! I didn't know Etta James sang the hook! They both tore this cut up!

[@1lifestyle112]

i have this performance but i dont know how to upload videos from a dvd

[@pugmastaflex]

sampled from Blow your whistle by the Soul Searchers

[@rayriganetti4283]

I came to Cali don't mean I went Hollywood classic I'm a BreakDancer from back in the day I would battle using this song and caused much pain on the B boys that couldn't windmill

[@CrowdPleeza]

Well some believe by MC Hammer having 50 dancers on stage and in his videos this had an overkill effect on dancing in Hip Hop back in the 90's. But dancing is making a comeback.

[@PacificDark]

Jeff is groov'n at 1:46

[@coolb8545]

Def Jeff was thr shit...nigga was nice wit it..mattet of fact the very first time I heard JayZ I thought it was Def Jeff slowing down his flow..smh

[@jayrow38]

whoa! SHOUT OUT TO THE SOUL BROTHERS....HA YEA...WHAT UP DARRIN!

[@1lifestyle112]

anyone know where i can find african medallions

[@1lifestyle112]

anybody know where i can find african medallions

[@nincal]

Pharaoh Said That brought me here !!!

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

Soul Brothers ae still Active....check the documentary "The Suns of James Brown"

[@beornborg7309]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[@malsamma]

i want the link to his album.. can anyone help a sista out??

[@kutmastak]

what is soul brothers and scheme team doing lately? any info?

[@attaboy83]

soul brothers were fuckin ill

[@attaboy83]

hs dancers were way before there time, fools were doing the running man and cabbage patch when these guys were rockin

[@1lifestyle112]

i think the only way hip hop can change is if hip hopersare ahead of all record labels not indies

[@woohah2968]

damn, look at how young the soul brothers (name of jef's background dancers) looked. WHAT UP CRAIG, VANCE AND LEGEND! lol

[@attaboy83]

soul bros r the shit

[@wendychong8823]

Those overalls though....

[@tmat2024]

Probably because he sounded too New Yawk, even though he wanted to rep the West Coast! I dug his albums though!

[@1lifestyle112]

i blame the labels

[@1lifestyle112]

they nice,but nobody could F wit scoob and scrap