Digital Underground masquerades as Apollo Amateur Night contestants, then performs “Kiss You Back”

[@cbreezy1322]

Back when fun rapping wasn't considered lame! 💙💯

[@koleon06]

I guess you slept through the snap music era

[@cbreezy1322]

@koleon06 I have no problem with your snap era but those are mostly one hit wonders and the time frame didn't last long. In the 80s the majority of hip hop was fun. You're petitioning for maybe 10% of what hip hop was in the 2000s. In the 80s it was basically 100% and then declined to maybe 25 30% in the 90s.

[@koleon06]

@ snap music was more than 10 percent wtf are you talking about? Then you have Nelly, Outkast, Missy, Luda, T Pain, Flo Rida, Petey Pablo, i can keep going….. with this one out…..thanks

[@cbreezy1322]

@koleon06 u have a few tops artists. Cool. It was not as significant time in hip hop as the 80s was. U can love your music and that's fine. 👍🏼

[@dansomman1896]

Only lame rapping is the trash that is out there today with all these fake ass untalented SoundCloud you tube home video rappers

[@bruiseronthabeat3008]

RIP my cousin Greg aka Shock G

[@eastbee103]

He was my cuzz too!! We family!! Lets get together next Saturday with the fam!!

[@ericwalker427]

Also known as Humpty Hump

[@DerrickAcosta-v8j]

RIP Shock g

[@kinglevi6878]

He was DOPE!

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Famo what's happenin cuz

[@nkotbsouth]

THIS is how you troll an audience! 🤣

[@sootsrichmore6421]

That was kinda slick..... RIP SHOCK G and 2PAC

[@xalleem8117]

And Saafir😢

[@lordfriezachrist6546]

Pac got what was coming to him. Baby lane blasted him back to the shadow realm

[@curtisthomas2670]

​@@lordfriezachrist6546so did Lennon

[@spinflux]

@@lordfriezachrist6546Green jello.

[@floridadude8382]

​@@lordfriezachrist6546 Dude you been hating on Pac for years. Get a life

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

This was *_BEYOND LEGENDARY_* when it happened

[@theplowboipodcast6469]

I watched it live!!! That was the good ole days .

[@solobeats1]

I swear

[@jays9548]

This was the original version of the masked singer 😂

[@lubetubeist]

Gong show

[@shaddozer0ne115]

Saw this when it happened. I remember the living room went wild at the reveal.

[@aweofme]

I do too!!! I think it was 1991

[@NA-gd3sd]

​@@aweofmehealth and prosperity to both of you.

[@aweofme]

@ thank you you as well!!

[@BigHomieTX682]

I remember seeing this when it happened, too. They had everybody fooled.

[@Richard-p6x4r]

The crowd went crazy when they found out who it was

[@edub9930]

That beatswitch was epic 😅Classic trolling the audience moment 🤣 😅 RIP Shock G & Tupac

[@blaquepearlzchocolatediamndz77]

This was my ISH!! Gen X, we absolutely grew up during the best time in music. We've been here from the start of Hip Hop. From our parents, parents' music being sampled to Country Rap, Country remixes, whatever the genre is considered. We have seen music come full circle.

[@NubianP6]

💯

[@connie3205]

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT I AM HAPPY TO HAVE TURNED "50" WITH HIP HOP!🙏🏿🎂🙌🏿🎂🙌🏿

[@buscrates412]

This was brilliant. RIP Shock G(enius)

[@meccamodai]

I don't think people really know how talented Shock G was. He was a literal music genius. I look forward to his movie or documentary.

[@klfjoat]

All around the world the same song.

[@daveg9000]

I'm pretty sure Fuze was the musical "genius"...🤔

[@calibomber209]

His ft. On Murs “risky business” is so good! Especially for boombap heads!

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

Texas In The House! 😂 They yelled it so powerfully!

[@buddhafyre]

They're from California

[@dn30001]

They were so fun and ahead of their time

[@raimywinter2309]

Shout out to Beaumont Tx

[@familyheissinger5833]

I never saw this! Thank God for KZbin.

[@thepioneer7344]

I was born and raised in Oakland, CA. the home of Digital Underground. I remember watching the Apollo this night in 1990. I was so proud to see them on the Apollo stage, because that meant they had truly arrived and were now Apollo Legends! And being introduced by Mark Curry, another Oakland native, made me so very proud of them and The Bay that night! Years later, I met Shock G at the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas. He shook my hand and gave me a hug. I was devastated when he and Tupac passed. But Digital Underground's music will live for ever! R.I.P. Oakland for life!

[@asetsankofa]

Also from Oakland and I met them all and Tupac one night at the old coliseum theater . These folks don’t know about that place and how jumping it was back then 😂😂❤❤❤ and might I say they were all very nice to my young star struck self because I was that one who would go over and say hi with the silly giggle and hope I didn’t get clowned

[@Donna_BD1]

Kept it HYPHY ​@@asetsankofa

[@teshomacalkins3257]

East Oakland in the building #TownBidniz 🤝🏽

[@richv7050]

I was about to say...Beaumont, TX? I thought they were from Oakland.

[@soakedbearrd]

Digital underground got love from nyc from the jump.

[@tyronewilliams6889]

The Big Hand Clap!!

[@Amel_Croissant]

Feeling the George Clinton influence❤

[@chaplainwin154]

Digital Underground was the Earth Wind & Fire of Rap CLASSIC

[@JaviLengomin]

Parliament of Rap.

[@O.G.LIL-MAN]

you trippin'...you know how many albums EWF had and the longevity they had? Tho Digital Underground was the group, they was only good for 2 albulms and didnt last that many years after this song and the Humpty Dance. They were not the EWF of Rap AT ALL. I'd put Run DMC, Public Enemy and several rap groups before them by a mile.

[@amabala251tp2]

They were the Digital Underground of rap. They were who they were not anybody else

[@vswayz490]

I remember this as a kid. I would stay up until Midnight to watch the Apollo every Friday night.

[@brynneholt1990]

I thought it was Saturday night. On Fridays, I would watch TGIF, then 20/20, then Video Soul Top 20 Countdown. Saturdays, I watched S’Nick, then MadTV, then Showtime at the Apollo then Profiler.

[@cyyrious]

I know I use to struggle to stay up to catch it …good times… yea it was on on Saturdays

[@vlhhill659]

​@@brynneholt1990😅😂

[@vswayz490]

@cyyrious Before I read your response, I was thinking to myself, I had the day wrong. It was definitely Saturday. 😊

[@tcausey32]

RIP Shock G and TuPac

[@kill-shot1186]

The Older woman in the front seat with the Jerry Curl.... I would love to hear her stories. She was at EVERY apollo performance in the same front seat. She was definitely somebody. I would love to hear about her encounters.

[@STurnerComedy]

😂😂😂😂 grabbing them singers all the time. I miss watching Apollo

[@anythinggoesvideospart-2242]

i literally still got this performance on an old vcr tape . , i taped it when it first aired on tv back in "1992", .... lol I'm now 53 years old in 2024 by the way, i was 20 going on 21 years old in "1992"

[@BlaccIndianOG]

any TRL, 106&Park or BET countdowns?

[@gsmith4295]

I was 23 when this was out... I remember dancing to it as a young soldier in the club over in Germany... life time ago

[@EffortlessEffervescence]

Ty for the time stamp

[@HerbieBancock]

Why do you think that 1992 should be quoted in that attempt at a sentence?

[@nadiaddis1145]

​@@gsmith4295‐ Maybe you were stationed in Darmstadt, with my brother Peter!!

[@anythinggoesvideospart-2242]

@ 4:29 .... Tupac in the background with a blunt in his mouth lol

[@DeWonaldSmith]

definitely one of those O/G Phillies!!

[@keonta81]

Before the world knew who he was

[@VirtualRockstarsTV]

Historic! So much Black power on that stage... Shock G, Tupac, Money B! DU 4Eva 💯

[@ReppinOurCulture]

Pac was gone... on his solo run by this time.

[@vswayz490]

​@@ReppinOurCulture He was on the stage.

[@ReppinOurCulture]

@@vswayz490 Nah... he wasn't.

[@spinflux]

@@ReppinOurCulture Do you need glasses

[@ReppinOurCulture]

@ not at all

[@imutau]

RIP SHOCK G..

[@deandrep4380]

Mark Curry & Digital Underground Comes Hometown of Oakland CA

[@kitcobain444]

I remember this one I was booing and then screaming right along with the audience 🤣!! Legendary performance. RIP Shock G 😢..... "If you hit me then I'll hit you back"... 🤪

[@meghanwilliams4295]

I REMEMBER THIS!!😮😊❤😎😎😎

[@1rvpioneer]

Sandman was so confused like ummm should I still kick them off??😂 1:32

[@breez4798]

Genius 💯. Digital Underground what a creative group

[@f.burton135]

them dudes were sooooo far aheadh of their times.. and everybody else .. its crazy!

[@CharlesESchneider]

I remember watching this live when i was 12 years old. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Inspired me to become a musician.

[@mrhek]

I been djing for about 33 years now. I'm 47. Down here in San Diego, I had the honor of opening for them 3 times at a this place called "Cane's" throughout the early 2000s. I was in my early 20s around this time. Digital Underground will always have a place in my heart in my journey as a dj. Luckily I can still do Digital Underground mini sets at my Roller Rink during 90s nights after all these years.

[@nathanneelyoutlawdiditprod2891]

When rappers had some originality and knew how to put on a show.

[@haleemwilliams3892]

I will never forget this episode. Very creative.

[@jorgecastro4309]

One of my alll time favorite groups

[@nomnomnomJon]

That is a fantastic entrance

[@kennethBonney]

They got the audience real good!!!🤣💯💯💯🔥🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@mistabook]

Gah, I got chills. This was the funniest, most creative thing they could have possibly done at the Apollo. Shock G was a genius

[@neshaunblaine]

Such a fascinating thing with music. Presentation can make all the difference in being received well or not.

[@marisgoldenhour6212]

Yes! remember how crazy everyone went when the reveal went down. Classic. And the woman up front and center always had the gentle touches for all the male hot acts of the time. 😄💙

[@cald4aprps628]

😂😂

[@vswayz490]

There was an old lady, that would always run up front and touch the male performers.😂

[@brandiegill3370]

We fondly nicknamed her Mrs. Apollo. She was there RELIGIOUSLY!! Remember when she damn near SAd Keith Washington on stage 😭🤣🤣🤣

[@CHKDSKSYNTAX]

I remember watching this on my 27 inch Magnavox after playing Genesis and Super Nintendo! This was LIT and everybody was surprised!!!!

[@drizzo4669]

They should have actually came with an original rap, perform it with the bags on and see if the crowd clapped for them, without knowing who they were. Then do the reveal.

[@errollpalmer9568]

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis man l was pretty damn broke when l first watched THIS 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Jesus.X]

That was a huge TV back then I had a 19 inch CRT tv.

[@JasonweedQ3]

Man good times!!👍🏿😂

[@donaldmcgee6334]

You went way back, Magnavox, Genesis, & Super Nintendo 😅😅😅😅😅

[@GeneralBulldog54]

Wow! This is taking me back. I remember watching (when I shouldn’t have) when I was a kid.

[@ratherbe7]

I remember seeing this when it originally aired, man that was cool 😎

[@IamBOGARDSTYLEZ11]

CLASSIC !!!!

[@justanotherinternetwiseguy8018]

the smoke machine turned on just in time once they took the bags off lol

[@Maybe-You-Know-Me-Not]

Dope entrance!

[@DaBoff858]

Love This... 12am in Ohio back in the 90's! Love It! Even a Pac pop up!!

[@APRIMEProspect]

You do know that Tupac was their backup dancer before being a solo artist.

[@SuperYoshi29]

@@APRIMEProspectI didn’t know that! Thank you for the additional context!

[@RysterARCEE]

Audience wants them gone...bags come off and the crowd goes nuts. Gotta love the Apollo!

[@omnoir]

This was an amazing live performance.

[@QMANVEGAS1]

i remember as a kid watching this on tv when this went down. It was pretty funny when started rapping.

[@bklyniceis1]

This was so unprecedented!! Love DU..i have this on videotape😂😂 i still know the words to the unknown rapper song😂😂. Miss these guys!

[@redpepper2814]

I hate I missed this episode!!!

[@hittrennathompson8286]

👏🏽 ok digital...i missed this one😊

[@slarsp2]

When hip hop was hip hop.

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

That was a brilliant bait and switch! Man I'd hate to be the act after that!

[@JoeSlops]

fr

[@chrissylove-husla1111]

Ayeee, Some Bay Area Legends🔥❤️Rip Shock G 🙏🏽🤍🕊️

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

R. I. P. Shock G.

[@djnkosi]

Amazing! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@stevedizzle007]

These were the good ole days!

[@Chrystal-nt2wc]

Awww yeahh!!! I never saw this! That was dope! They were so fun!🥹Oh '90s.

[@airmaxwell]

I got to see them live here in Philly

[@PrisonMike-]

Saw them in Jackson, Ms. with LL, Too Short, NWA, and De La Soul back in 89. Great show.

[@johnlanes9621]

They ain't from Beaumont Texas cuz I'm from Beaumont Texas and I ain't never seen them around here

[@Brenda-b4t]

I grew up watching the Apollo. Every Saturday night home watching it. Good memories ❤😊

[@EC-ol8nz]

Feel good seeing these guys in person back in the day. They really cared about the fans then.

[@deshawnreal1690]

Humpty Dance and Oregano Flow my favorite songs 💯

[@alphonsomatthews6886]

You can see 2pac in the background #LEGENDARYGROUP

[@kayminpierrelarochelle8385]

Man that brings me back... Gen X ✌️

[@RecamierWinston]

Yo, I remember watching this when it aired. Legends.

[@nikiedmonds6236]

Man take me back to this era ❤️💯

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Woooooow! Love it. Still miss you, Greg. Funkiest hip hop genius ever.

[@Mike77787]

Wow I totally forgot about this song! Takes me back to middle school

[@mr.raslyon6626]

Pac chilling next to the DJ 💯 RIP Shock and 2Pac

[@NoPawn]

I remember this when it first aired and I loved it!

[@deebrown4877]

One of my favorite groups ever!!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@EsotericOccultist]

Still holds up after all this time

[@mzdaughtry619]

The great Digital Underground, Sex Packets was my shit!

[@apriljones8773]

Brilliant!

[@angiegreen6442]

That gave me straight chills and goosebumps, love it!

[@treetop1283]

Shock G was ahead of his time and his creativity is overlooked. The original masked singer. The humpty nose, the original flow he had. He was really overlooked. RIP to shock G and shouts to the digital underground.

[@frankjum]

Late one night in my freshman year of college during Fall of 1991 we came across this performance and we were all rolling around on the floor laughing. The only thing we were mad at was the house DJ that screwed up their music drop for Kiss You Back. Good ol days at SIUC Schneider Hall. 👍🏽😎

[@JDWhitehead]

I was a jit when this happened but I feel like I remember this! Incredibly epic!

[@crazyonthelow87]

They killed it 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rfields4137]

The sound of a whole theater clapping along. I was always a DU fan glad they had a few big hits so others could appreciate them. Rip Shock & Pac

[@Ziggy_Poitier]

Pac should have kept this vibe close to himself 🤞🏾💯❤️ RIP 🪦 Shock G 🙏🏾 The duality of his style had me convinced him and humpty were 2 different people 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brandiegill3370]

His brother dressed as Humpty a lot when they performed

[@Ziggy_Poitier]

@ wow I never knew that 🙏🏾 Thank you for telling me about it

[@keonta81]

I remember when this aired

[@andynash1393]

I remember this, I was young

[@BluuJourney]

Just saw this ha ha ha nice!!!

[@DonDessaDesoto20s]

Digital Underground was THAT GROUP in the 90's

[@audraarndt1824]

Miss em!! ❤❤

[@shannonstewart6354]

😁😁♥♥ Memories!!!

[@Tecboy08]

Crazy how I was watching an interview with Shock G talking about his success. The group & Pac. Then, it seems like days later or so, he transitioned. R.I.P. Shock G & Pac 🙏🏾👑👑✌🏾

[@bigdjbain6440]

Was pac dancing with the big hand on the left.

[@PillCosby305]

Yel

[@EMasterBlanding]

No. He wasn’t literally a dancer lol he was in the back with the blunt at 429

[@ButtonsNBeans]

Peace to Shock G.

[@queenteireigns6212]

I don't remember this. Thanks for the upload

[@DoogieFresh]

Real kings of rap. RIP Shock G and Pac.

[@KarlPostMalone]

6 y/o me in my room in my brownstone in bedstuy Brooklyn, watched this LIVE. Thought this was dope because Apollo on Saturday nights was my jam before bed.