FIRST TIME HEARING Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock It Takes Two REACTION

[@andrewstolpman6743]

You couldn't go into a club in the late 80's without hearing this THUMPING!!!

[@spqrtejano8026]

You are right about that, they were blasting this in The P.I. in the late 80s

[@billybarnett2846]

Damn straight!

[@marcbolinger3648]

100% true

[@shaughnessyharrissey2564]

AND the floor would be packed. I'd be on it, cuz I always was! This song would even make my brother act a fool, and he NEVER danced nor acted a fool. He'd still dance to it I think.

[@Qui-Dad-Jinn]

Word!

[@michaelmckey4946]

Danced my ass of to this in college. My 50 year old ass just did it again ...

[@tkremarkTK]

same danced my ass off in the late 80s in college and now 55!

[@didgerb72]

Me too til early 30s. Unfortunately I broke my back doing a charity parachute jump, on a weekend off from T.A SAS Signals pre Selection course in March 03, wentbon Selection with broken back. Im only 49 yr old but a Disabled British Army Veteran, and former megafit soldier/athlete freestyle street and break dancer.

[@clevelandnative7175]

We’re the same age, so basically just kind had the same dance memory lol

[@luzcaicedo6106]

Lol

[@luzcaicedo6106]

1988

[@lisakirk-palm7976]

I'm 49 in two weeks, white and grew up in Yorkshire, England.. This takes me back to my teens ❤ LOVE this song .. Many clubbing memories ❤

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Love that!

[@cyndigirl418]

Throw this jam on at a club today, and if anyone doesn't get HYPED and dance IMMEDIATELY, they are dead inside!

[@Ilovechicago100]

Facts. I’m 25 and this song been played since I was a baby. My parents are 50 and 51🥰😍. This their era

[@Draco83449]

You play this today in a club, and asses be moving and grooving. lol. Always loved RB. Stay Safe.

[@GidgetGal649]

And "x" years later i still know EVERY!! SINGLE!! WORD!! (1988)

[@daniellewinkelspecht8356]

YUP!!! This one and House of Pain Jump Around. Every. Single. Word.

[@justjudijjb3455]

YES!!

[@philliptoole6439]

Yup. When this came out I was a waiter/bartender at Red Lobster. I used to rap this in the alley all the time. Got to see them at a small dance club too.

[@dreamweaver1603]

Haha I see what you did there.

[@RM-eg1ed]

I was recently working at my job and the song came on the radio. My co-worker who was new started singing along in the next cubicle. Literally the entire corner of our office got up and started singing too. 20 people knew the lyrics! It was a beautiful moment.

[@zadignose]

In '88 in New York you'd hear cars pumping this song for blocks around in every direction. It was a phenomenon.

[@NewyorkRican2191]

Facts!!

[@gbcookiesyqr]

Man, can't imagine not having heard this. This was one of those songs that got everyone into hip hop. It was everywhere on heavy rotation.

[@cycl0nnus]

HEAVY HEAVY ROTATION

[@edorourke9223]

How in the world do you get through 20-something years of life without having heard this song? This song was EVERYWHERE in the early 90s. It was the soundtrack to life.

[@masudtv]

Someone needs to have a word with his parents!

[@Teraxx23]

One of the greatest hip hop songs of all time, no question.

[@mixy5179]

Picture this tiny 46 yr old female rapping and watching you listen to her favourite 80s song! LMAO! Released in 1988, I was 14 and I still know it off by heart. I'm so glad you did this one. Thanks for the few mins of dancing and singing, and a big hello from Canada! :)

[@stephanieguthrie832]

I was 14 too yass we had the best music

[@Kimmielove70]

Year I graduated high school ✔️💜👏 I'm not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard I love everything about the song always have👏👏👏🔥💚

[@johnhendrickson5953]

Hey, Rome. The video was shot on May 25th, 1988. In Harlem on 125th Street and the park is the Battlegrounds on 152nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, NYC. Thanks for showing love to this CLASSIC hip-hop track!!!

[@sherjoy4187]

Try the Humpty Dance.

[@tric5122]

Digital Underground, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Rakhim, Run DMC; all must listens from the 80's

[@psychoshamrock]

oh oh DO ME BABY lol

[@rwarren4637]

Sheri The Humpty Dance doesn't compare! Good song tho!

[@5hanman]

Listen to “Joy and Pain”. His best.

[@69mazzz]

I agree

[@alohawg]

No doubt

[@BrenSned]

Ahhh, I totally forgot about that one!

[@didgerb72]

classic tune

[@ecbrown6151]

Pump it up!

[@justjudijjb3455]

I can still sing along to this after decades! Music was so fun back in the day- and EVERYONE was in the dance floor together.

[@creamone]

Shouts out to everyone who remembers being in the night clubs in 1988 when this this song dropped. The dance floors was shaking when this song came on.

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

This was hittin hard back in the day and hits just as hard today!!

[@rwarren4637]

This is a Club Classic! Even people who "don't like Rap" LOVE this song! 1988 great year for Hip Hop music!

[@mrwolfe67]

80's. This song was so popular - every club everywhere played this. It came out in 1988.

[@erikbuehler6790]

When this song dropped everyone loved it lol

[@thetruthfrommyperspective6688]

THIS SONG WAS THEEEEEE JAMMMMMM!!! Military in West Germany before reunification was blaring this in the clubs! Love it!

[@Foxys1974]

It was 88, I was 14, and this tune was pumping outta every record shop in South London, Every Flash Car driving round the streets, every Bedroom Dj’s window.... etc... still affects my DNA when it kicks! Ha!

[@marcoaguilar2394]

"OLD SCHOOL" JACK!!! I can get with that. Just plain old fun jams!

[@jdog6620]

This is just a BANGER!!! It's great NOW! It's on the gym playlist, it's on the party dance list, Saturday house cleaning list, etc. It's just awesome.

[@gigga143]

i think this was 1988 or 89.... i’m always hella surprised when someone who listens to hip hop doesn’t know it no matter the age. this is a classic.

[@sherjoy4187]

Late 80’s .. I think 88' or 89'

[@jpjpjp453]

1988- With so many people jamming this song, i must have heard it at least 20 times a day.

[@relentlesspursuitofshade1234]

I remember sitting down and writing every word to this song down and memorizing it. 123 get loose now! Still remember every word. This song was 1988 brilliance!

[@vtbmpskier5400]

Can't have this song without a little Technotronic " Pump up the Jam" Jagged Edge "let's get married " the Remarqable mix...

[@Bozbaby103]

Love Technotronic!

[@cjturner370]

The remix of let's get married

[@deanastroud2965]

❤❤ this was the jam

[@duesbydesign]

On top of the fire Lyn Collins sample and that timeless, foundational beat, don't forget this video is full of legendary cameos. He's flanked by Biz Markie and Kool DJ Red Alert, for starters.

[@reshaud81]

If you like this then you'll love The Message by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, Friends and One Love by Whodini and The Breaks by Kurtis Blow!

[@FleaChristenson]

Rapper’s Delight is SO FREAKIN LONG! And I love it so much.

[@dpreeder2]

8th wonder by sugarhill

[@jameswilliamson8758]

Oh wow rappers delight was always bumping at the roller rinks back in the day I always loved Apache as well

[@maryscaggsdane1978]

@Willow B Def Roxanne Roxanne. And Egyptian Lover, Tour de France, Basketball by Curtis Blow

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

That's the foundation right there.

[@mickyerwin3343]

This was my Hype Song before every one of my High School Wrestling matches back in 92

[@Honeyangel-i6r]

The club would shake when this came on !

[@psychoshamrock]

paint chips falling down, you had to pull people off ceiling fans, no joke!!!

[@EugeneBristol-fu8iy]

In the 80s it came out blasting

[@ShadowBanned904]

I sure do miss this. Old skool!

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

This joint came out in '88. It defined my HS grad class ❤❤❤

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

"Stay away from me, if you're contagious.". 2020-- ? Current theme

[@davesnothere8859]

nope it was about aids.

[@lovejoy4465]

Til this day this song goes sooooo HARD!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonmink9907]

I saw Rob Base and Vanilla Ice 2 years ago at a private function in New Orleans and they killed it, the most fun 10 song set I've ever heard.

[@erikaschwab1372]

Apparently it took me 30 years to notice Biz Markie was in this video. Check out Just A Friend.

[@TwiztedPixie77]

Ha!! Me too. I feel kinda dumb now... lol

[@robertcraig5467]

I just noticed him too.

[@davesnothere8859]

miss blah blah blah broke the Biz heart.

[@MelissaMcauley-oo3fl]

Class of ‘98. Every single person knew every single word to this song. It was at every school dance-love it

[@ericasiel611]

80s ANTHEM!!! 💃🏽

[@patrickmassonne1919]

Biz Markie the Man the Legend... hangin' with every playa in NY!

[@michaeltipton5500]

Use to listen to this back in the day. Never saw the video though. Thanks! You should also listen to JJ Fad Supersonic!

[@Primal391]

It blew up in the late 80’s. Still good till this day.

[@funtimeswithtom4108]

This song will live on forever because the 'wooo yeah' is sampled in at least 5 songs every year.

[@coachmullen1]

This wasn't a one year hip hop anthem, this one is eternal!

[@305youtuber]

The video, the dance moves, the lyrics, the outfits, and the song was waaaaaay ahead of it's time ✊🏻😉

[@richardchacon1330]

1988 brother, different time different world. Hidden Jams! Great reaction. I’m here for it.

[@psychoshamrock]

Summer 1988. This was EVERYWHERE. I practically lived in a metal club, and we knew ALL the words!!!

[@LordFamyn]

back in the day when record stores were still a thing :(

[@southernlady75-Amy]

1988 I had to look it up. I was probably 13 when this was on the radio. I remember it. You can't help but move.

[@patrickfreitas3549]

Ah damn takes me back to Club Maharaja in Honolulu, where this song played 5x a night pretty much from 1989 thru 1995. A club staple that always got the whole crowd raging.

[@laraismyname821]

Dance club song suggestions from around that same time period: Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart (1990) Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (1990) Boyz II Men - Motownphilly (1991) Cameo - Word Up (1986) C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (1990) US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (1993)

[@rtl4x4]

summer of 88 this was INESCAPABLE. Walk around downtown, somebody is pumpin' this on a boombox. Hanging out at the convenience store? Car goes by, on the stereo. Get in the subway? Same. House party? ON REPEAT.

[@RodrigoMJ32]

GREATEST SONG EVER MAN came out late 1988 and in 1989 it EXPLODED into stardom. We danced to it during high school until grad 1993!!!!!!!

[@Know_Your_Enemy42]

This is a family song 😂 every event we’re dancin harddddd to this song!!!

[@bchambliss264]

My first middle school dance, this was the most requested. Great memories.

[@NOLAgenX]

This was 1988, just as I was beginning my senior year of college. This was HUGE. Great example, maybe the best example of late 80.s early 90's hip hop. Just getting to this late, but loved the reaction, and have always loved the song.

[@hereisayana8207]

Ed O.G. and the bulldogs- I got to have it

[@robduncan2816]

worked as a cook when this was hot, we'd put it on loud as hell during closing cleanup. one of the dudes did the "whoo" part perfect and we'd all yell "yeah". made our manager insane. too much fun man. great memories tied to this one

[@MitchellWaldrep]

There was also another hit from them called "Joy and Pain." A remix company did a club remix with both Joy and Pain and It Takes Two that played in the clubs and people danced the whole 14 minute medley. It originally came out in 1988 when I was 17. Here is a link to the Rob Base Mix from Ultimix hip hop service called Funkymix. Hope you enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5uwYXWkaJqJjKs

[@robinweidner2402]

All of our music in the 80s was about dancing. WHEN THIS son came on in the club everybody hit the dance floor. And its THE 80s

[@Cali_Livin_916]

This was up there as one of the biggest rap hits of the 80's. Came out in 88.

[@cameronstestingart794]

Best Wordsmiths of the 80s and able to keep the party goin from the club to the after party and beyond! Danced til we dropped EZ!

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Well, if you're going to be pulling out classics like this, you might as well do Tone Loc - Funky Col' Madina

[@interestedbystander196]

Yep, that Medina's a monster. I preferred Wild Thing as a Tone Loc jam, though.

[@Rojuicy_]

When this song came on in the clubs, whether you knew how to dance or NOT, errrbody got up and bust whatever move they had. Play it today, and the same thing will happen...definitely a classic!!

[@patriotninja2043]

Classic!!

[@Lastkingof33]

Planet Rock

[@junemoonchild69]

The message in this song's two chorus lines is truth and deep!! 😜🤟🖤🤍

[@Draco83449]

In the 80s I actually heard 3 cars blasting this song! And we all were happy to dance. Keep up your reactions. Stay safe.🤙

[@martinparker6536]

u havnt lived until u listened to this genius track ..THE BEST

[@annanirathsi1111]

This song was so huge , I still know every single lyric. The 80's and early 90's hip hop was the best. This album you couldn't even buy at a regular record store. You either copied it from someone or you had to go to Chicago or New York. Same thing with early Public Enemy and NWA. Record stores refused to sell rap, MTV refused to play rap. It was so absurd but the music was so good and it made it into everyone's house black and white.

[@Know_Your_Enemy42]

This came out in 1988 lol

[@NewyorkRican2191]

This song was the shit when it first came out!! I remember this track playing all over NYC back in the late 80s. Great memories!!

[@briand1972bd]

The Jam from my teen years!

[@3kingkool]

Straight fire!!!

[@blakstik8]

That Rob Base video never fails to make me smile

[@throwabrick]

This came out in 1988. For a decade, every DJ in the world would scratch the fuck out of that "1.. 2.. 3.. get loose now!" on doubles. It was right up there with scratching with "Fressssshh!"

[@lawrencekelli]

Loved it back in the 80's and still have it on record!

[@xcellent-records]

Please react to "Joy And Pain" by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock (another banger by them)

[@justjudijjb3455]

💯

[@dene39]

This is quality. One of the first I remember. Proper Rap. Still know every word. Not heard it in years.

[@arthurharris2059]

Rob Base and Chubb Rock kept us on the dance floor.

[@angelskunk2206]

Yep, I been struttin' around my apartment gettin all funky to this..another one that flies me back in time to the early 90s clubs and my early 20s ❤

[@bemused9522]

Love this song! My sister and I had a pre-club- getting ready to dance- tape that we would listen to on our way to the dance clubs to get psyched up and ready to dance, and this song, was on it!!! Great memory.

[@dorothyannford8448]

Yes, yes, Joy and Pain is another you should listen to. And whenever this song plays you can't help but move!

[@cincinnatuscincinnatus8541]

This song 100 years from now, will be amazing!

[@darnellgardner8847]

It came out in 1988 hard still in 2020

[@michaelcampagna4797]

There r so many Rap/Hip Hop artists from the 80's. Awesome time. LL Cool J.....Doug E Fresh.....Kool Moe Dee.....etc etc.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

So glad you can appreciate my old school hip hop: THE BEST! :) Your reaction was such a DELIGHT!

[@kellymitty9726]

the 80s was the best years of my life..especialy 1988 when we started raving ..THE SUMMER OF LOVE WITH THIS BLARING ....

[@Bozbaby103]

Yup, late 80s. Can remember dancing to it in high school and getting pumped to it and others during basketball warmups in early 90s.

[@MorrisB1971]

Summer 1988!!! The jam of that summer!! Booming out of every car and jeep in every hood

[@jodyariewitz7349]

Yaaasssss!!👏👌👍🏻❤❤❤😂This song takes me WAY back!!! Good times....❤❤❤

[@cyndigirl418]

Dancing to this song kept me FIT back in the day! No Gym needed! LOL

[@jzekas21]

Old school love it!!

[@anniesmolkin7685]

Definitely hip hop. This band was my favourite all time hip hop band growing up I was obsessed with them

[@hawlikd]

It came out in 1988! The club was JAMMING when this song came on!

[@IzzysCuisines]

This was his MOST POPULAR song YES but his next and LAST HIT u should checkout is JOY AND PAIN.

[@dainasworldnumbers88]

One of the best songs ever!

[@TheLorijean1971]

This was real rap , none of that killin cops or degrading woman