IM LOST FOR WORDS!!| Snow - Informer (Official Music Video) REACTION

[@snowontheweb]

Glad you liked my song ☘️ 👊🏻 ❄️

[@geIoeschterBenutzer]

🤯🤯🤯🤯ohhhh damn. Snow?! I love your Music 😊 I bought 12 Inches of Snow on Tape back in the Days and the Informer Single on CD before i had a CD Player...my Moms bought me one a week later. Still got 12 Inches of Snow on CD and i listen to it....Ease up, Lady with the Red Dress, Girl i've been hurt....all Classics. Thanks for a very cool Childhood/Teenage Memories. Much love from Germany and stay healthy ❤🙏

[@yvonnesanders2490]

Takes me back a few years

[@tamarralendore.]

is you for true? Everyone loves this tune but thinks your a one hit wonder but for me anything for you will get me dancing 💃 from the the drop now thats a tune.

[@robertsine8812]

Oh the Snow Mans relevant , you haven’t heard that joint with Him and Daddy Yankee? Great track great vid... was nice to see ya back in action brother! Was such a massive fan when I got the album in 93’. Recorded ya off rapacity , I must of played it 1000 times that year. My mom took my boom box away for a week between yours and snoops doggy style. Lol That was fine tho. Switched over to some decent Headphones. Lol Cheers, and thanks very much. Hold it Down Boss!

[@jamdawg4565]

Lady with the red dress on 🔥🔥🔥

[@Jay_Sullivan]

“I don’t know what he said, but I like it.” That’s what everyone in the ‘90s said.

[@jasonrhodes9683]

Someone snitched and he is saying he is going to find the informer and kill him. I leke boom boom down.

[@danielcraig9666]

And a week later he was pumping gas with Vanilla Ice.

[@Keep_Crying_Son]

@@jasonrhodes9683 if I remember correctly I don't think he's allowed in the states.

[@Atharun18999]

Pretty much, yeah

[@jjkcharlie]

True.

[@planepantsgames1791]

As a 47yo, watching people rediscover Snow is priceless

[@caterinadelgalles8783]

Yes, yes 😂😂😂😂 Glad Snow is getting recognition.

[@B8.5OZ]

I am here for this and people discovering Ini Kamozi

[@nicosteffen364]

Funny, i am 47 too and bought back then the Album! 12 inches of Snow

[@SuburbanSavage]

It is my secret KZbin joy

[@TucBroder]

He's Canadian, but grew up in a predomantly Jamaican neighbourhood and reggae was what he listened to.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

If he came out with this today, American SJWs would be accusing him of cultural appropriation or something ridiculous like that.

[@RichLuciano1]

@@TonyMontanaDS he was part of the remake that came out about a year ago

[@runshouse]

@@TonyMontanaDS He was literally called out on it at the time. Even In living color took the piss. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoqUlZRte9asitk

[@Hi-kq1vi]

@@TonyMontanaDS Back in 1993 everybody was just laughing at him for pretending to be black-six/seven years later Eminem was being worshiped & tens of millions of albums. Nowadays people would be trying to cancel him & the UB40 singer.

[@zumbie]

​@@Hi-kq1vi Posers are posers and real ones are real ones, nobody was throwing shade to the beastie boys or 3rd bass but vanilla ice got what he deserved, same with this guy and ub 40, nobody has nothing to say to Gentleman. Take everlast for example, the house of pain were great but a gimmick (even with ice t endorsement) so they didn't last once the irish thing got old, same with snow, jump around and this are cool party songs, just like can't touch this or ice ice baby but not enough to last long in a scene. Eminem or beastie boys or RA or Brother Ali are different, when you look like an outsider to any scene roots you've to embrace the culture not just cash a hit record and outsell legends with a gimmick and then disappear from the scene because you're not really part of it.

[@PJ-vh6jr]

He's from Toronto. This track came out in 92 and it's about someone who snitched on him and sent him to jail. A lot of ppl don't know Jamaican culture has a huge influence in Toronto and Snow is widely respected in Jamaica. Produced by MC Shan, it was #1 in the US for 7 weeks and #2 on the UK billboards.

[@smallNTG]

@toronto daddy it says he went to jail for attempted murder before he went to jail for beating his girl

[@randychampion184]

beat me to the punch with the chart facts!!!!

[@TheLesso111]

Snow....is this you?

[@rebeltvr6046]

@toronto daddy He went to prison for attempted murder first.

[@JorgieFilo]

@toronto daddy wrong

[@Blakpepa]

As a Jamaican Canadian living in Toronto and was around and into dance hall when this song came out, I can't emphasize how big this tune was when it came out! Snow was just an around the way guy and he was like most white people in the 90s who has Jamaican friends and just appreciated the culture. So fun to watch these reactions 30 years later and the memories but seriously when this song came out, if you had ears you were hearing it no less than twice a day 7 days a week🤣

[@charles1203]

Same in NYC trust me.

[@smitty2307]

Latino born and raised in NYC and always around my Caribbean peeps, lived for Bobby Condas and Jaba every Saturday night on the reggae tip, straight dancehall ma yut

[@ladyfatassii901]

More Irish Canadian lived around Jamaicans

[@CousinCreepy]

He used to hang out at a Toronto strip joint (Filmores) I worked for way back in the day! He's a chill dude!

[@nickrego1467]

Toronto

[@MavenCree]

Canadian of Jamaican decent here. Unlike the other white rapper who was around at that time, Snow actually did grow up in the section of Toronto where there was a heavy Jamaican population. So we considered this legit.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

"Unlike the other white rapper who was around at that time" If only I knew who you are talking about... anyway, I think I'm going to get me some Vanilla Ice. You want some, too?

[@kenpenalosa6963]

WICKED. ALI G IN DA HOUSE.

[@SwoleCalibur]

We can hate as much on Vanilla as we want. But in the end it was him who financed Death Row records which gave us some great Snoop, Dre, Pac and many more records.

[@crocketgsxr6]

this song is why we had lyric books with every album in the 80's and 90's

[@bjtight98]

💯😂😂😂

[@starphire]

🤣🤣👌

[@mysticalfox4546]

Yes🤣👍🏽

[@statusquoreject]

He didn't have his first album until the early 90's

[@tlhorn9]

For real lol

[@fadetablack817]

Snow was HUGE when he dropped!!! undefeated top selling reggae single of all time!!! Much Respect to Darren Kenneth O'Brien AKA Snow!!!

[@cstianlew406]

I knew Jay's face was gonna look like that when Snow started his lyrics lol....priceless

[@Zlata1313]

Yes lol

[@shirazzza]

Perfect! It feels like you're having a stroke. There really were some interesting 1 hit wonders

[@shirazzza]

I think this style was called "ragga" rap reggae mix but yeah didn't do much lol

[@Fenimore.Cassidy]

Haha. IKR? It was like his brain was trying to process if he's being Rick-rolled or pranked in some way.

[@wdrazzen88]

Snow lady with the red dress

[@kurtmontas5439]

As a fellow Jamaican, much older, and one who knows this song, it was fun watching your reaction.

[@TheAnnas4cats]

Let me know this song me too 😉

[@grahamkelly8662]

This song was hot when I was a teen. I had it on vinyl. 😭

[@12012channel]

I can only say for my area but when people heard Informer everybody loved it but when they found he was white it was a whole different story. It wasn't even gradual. Like, everybody simultaneously saw 0:50 and was like "nah, lock this dude in the basement and throw away the key". The change in feelings towards him was instant.

[@grahamkelly8662]

@@12012channel lol. People need to stop being sheep, following the crowd and they need to stop being so narrow minded. People like this , really do miss out on some of the best things in life. Open your mind people and see what YOU are missing. Just please don’t put melted chocolate over ya a Sunday Roast. 😮

[@ericcallahan829]

@@12012channel what area you from? Cuz the dude performs in Jamaica and all over the carribean. How they accept him, NY which was heavily carribean and toronto accepted him but your hood didn't

[@perrinayebarra]

Omg the look on your face at the start absolutely kills me lol.

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

Snow is respected in Jamaica. He’s done sunsplash and shared stages with ninja man. This song was produced by MC Shan from the juice crew who also raps on it

[@tiobetio9501]

He did a a huge collab with Buju Banton, Beenie Man and others. He's hugely respected.

[@patrickschrag3200]

Lol yeah you heard right was a big hit Also " Here Comes The Hotsteper"-Ini Kamoze, another 90's reggae hit

[@KaiserKiez]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@stephenulmer3781]

If memory serves me right both songs were #1s here in the US.

[@patrickschrag3200]

@@stephenulmer3781 They might have been

[@Dilydaydream1]

Ooh yes. Both danced to

[@IratePuffin]

Totally forgot about that one!

[@Jack-Lack]

To a lot of people, Snow struggles for credibility as a white Canadian making reggae rap. This is an anti-snitching song, and he was about that life, serving time for attempted murder while the song was charting.

[@billybob4274]

TBF, he got found not guilty in the end.

[@Patrick-857]

@Billy Bob The attempted murder was his friend, they were jumped by a large group. Snow was no snitch so he did 12 months awaiting trial, and it took his friend getting in the witness box to beat the charge. Then he did this record and went back and copped another 12 months for assault and battery. He came from a serious crime family and grew up "boosting". He's got a pretty impressive rap sheet, but music got him out of it. So he's not a fake by any means.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@Patrick-857 He even got himself banned from the US and Japan... for life. I'm not even sure what for (probably fighting - he did a lot of that back then), but Snow's legit af - he ain't posing. Seems like a fun and humble guy as well, if quite bad with alcohol and the law - he did an interview on VladTV 10 months ago; was really good.

[@Patrick-857]

@DarkVeghetta Yeah I saw the interview 2 days ago. He's led a very interesting life, and he's definitely authentic and down to earth. One thing I find really interesting is the Jamaicans accepted him while people in the US think he's another white guy "stealing" a black artform. Goes to show the differences in attitude. Jamaicans think anyone who wants to participate in their music is welcome and they like people being a part of it, as long as they pay their respects to the greats, which of course Snow has always done. He's kind of ashamed that one song sold more than anything Bob Marley did, because obviously he's no Bob Marley. It's a funny world now. Art and culture have always been something that spreads and influences people from other cultures. It's not stealing to be so appreciative of the art from another culture that you incorporate it into your own cultural tapestry. It just means the art was good enough to cross cultural divides. BB King got his first standing ovation from an all white audience. These guys all suddenly went from very underground club musicians to household names because of rock n roll, and almost all the white guys doing rock n roll name dropped the old guard bluesmen they took influence from. They gave back to the artform and they grew it. In my view everyone benefitted, although sadly some never lived to see what their art had become. The idea that only certain races can do certain artforms is itself extremely racist. As long as you do it with respect and authenticity, you can be a part of it.

[@wyllyamjohnson3561]

It's funny that so many of the clowns that consider Tupac a legit thug, turn their nose up at Snow. Pac was a dancer and actor.

[@nachoman408]

Its amazing that songs that we grew up with that people laughed at (this, ice ice baby, can't touch this, etc.) Are being reacted to by the youngsters with no expectations and they like and appreciate them.

[@jeffprator8171]

True 👍

[@DominionStarcrye]

Truth! My kids love and appreciate the music I grew up with as I respect the music MY parents grew up with! ✌🏼

[@ronpaizley9349]

Definite a different era / I'm loving these reactions from the younger folks / no politics nor haterade

[@avonlady30]

The thing is....everybody liked them back then too, they just jumped on the bandwagon of people making fun of it to try to look cool. Truth!

[@nachoman408]

@Chip Chiperson I don't know where you grew up so maybe there they were liked but at least in tha bay area vanilla ice was made fun of for being a white rapper, and mc hammer wasn't black enough (not "ghetto" enough even though he's from freaking Oakland! Lol)

[@ajclements4627]

The song is based on a separate 1989 incident when Snow was charged with two counts of attempted murder. At the time, he was detained for a year in Toronto before the charges were reduced to aggravated assault, and he was eventually acquitted and freed. In a 1999 interview, he referred to his criminal history as "a couple of bar fights." In 2019, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and rapper Daddy Yankee released a reimagination of "Informer" as "Con Calma" together with Snow, who recorded new parts. The Spanish-language remake topped the charts of 20 countries and reached the top 10 of 10 others.

[@MsMadAboutMusic]

Wow, thanks for the background and update. Learn something new everyday.

[@carmyb1969]

Dang! 👌

[@damodeste]

Fun fact when this song was first released Snow was in jail

[@dabbadoo2226]

A white Canadian pretending to be Jamaican, how embarrassing

[@isitafox]

Nice copy and paste from Wikipedia 😂

[@michaelfrazia4569]

the diversity on the charts in those days was amazing. height of grunge and indie rock and you'd have songs like this that became all time classics. everyone feels the years they were young was the best. for me the 80s and early 90s were my years...great time to be young

[@gravdigr27]

Same. I wish I could take my daughter back in time so she could grow up in the times I did. Oh well.

[@annstevens6223]

No smart phones, no social media, no online crap. When we were in our rooms cranking the radio with no online worries or glued to our phones, sheer bliss.

[@baron0877]

This right here. I was also young at the time and I get why people have that general sentiment, but this really was the golden age of popular music. You could make an argument for the mid-late 60's, but the early 90's had the most diversity by far.

[@michaelbutler1314]

That entire album was lite, he grew up in a Jamaican neighborhood in Canada. He’s now a dj for a radio station in Jamaica

[@yanyan9356]

Which station?

[@michaelbutler1314]

@@yanyan9356 I’m got sure a quick Google search you can find out

[@lacyinmon1004]

I was a teenager when Snow dropped this during the 90's

[@matspurs1629]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2LJq32Vdr6UoKM

[@lacyinmon1004]

@@matspurs1629 that's a great song

[@MudderKuzz]

Yup, me to

[@AbsoluteApril]

same, such a banger, so catchy

[@lorenzovillanueva3245]

Checkout Daddy Yankee and Sno version.

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

Sorry for all you who missed out on the 80s and 90s, when life was good, music was good, and life didn't suck. Before social media

[@24G-p5r]

Agreed! When we were excited about the future and creativity!

[@laylascott6096]

Pretty much

[@jessicalynn8607]

Amen!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@HangingwithMonica]

AMEN!!! The 90's were the greatest! Somewhere between 2005-2010 the world went to shit!!!

[@RustyX2010]

No cellphones!

[@Shawn-rq4py]

He’s basically saying an informer told a detective he’s blaming him for stabbing someone down the lane. Handcuffed him and put him in the back of the car

[@Rippypoo]

Worth watching this just to see looks on your face, Jay. Yes, you were caught off guard. Nice reaction. Love you.

[@blackcoffy83]

Canadian music at it's finest! I'm from Toronto, Canada so this song was everywhere when it came out. I met Snow a few years back at a club and he was so friendly and very humble ❤

[@Justfun-tt4sr]

Same here.

[@zaggaona]

I know hes a Canadian but calling it Canadian music is just not right😂😂😂😂😂

[@thesportsreportna5157]

Awesome. 😀

[@shelzieschulz2979]

@@zaggaona I agree. It was everywhere... 👍

[@helenHTID]

It's not Canadian music tho lol It's dancehall, With a Canadian guy singing in Jamaican patois featuring an American rapper.

[@v.j.3029]

Don't worry honey, nobody knows what he hell he's saying. We didn't understand the lyrics back in the day and we still don't, except for the "boom boom" part.🤣 Snow is Canadian by the way. CANADA REPRESENT!!!

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

Haha. I actually understand every word. That being said, I love ragga.

[@Bruce1983]

pull down me pants look up me bottom. is also some other words

[@Cat425]

@@kingbrutusxxvi so do I. I taught all my friends the words back then when it came it.

[@Zlata1313]

🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@Cat425]

Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame A licky boom boom down 'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane, A licky boom boom down,Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame A licky boom boom down 'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane, A licky boom boom down

[@jeffwotherspoon3867]

He was born in New Glasgow Nova Scotia Canada, raised in Toronto Canada, where he still lives, I did a bunch of renovations on his house back many years ago very cool guy

[@wiarha356]

In the 6 grade, I preformed with this song in a schoolshow/competition - and won. Almost 30 years ago now. What a trip

[@lissy2000us]

Wow!! I hope you have a video! Pure gold!

[@loungejay8555]

His album at the time was called "12 inches of Snow."

[@PeckiePeck]

That's hilarious.

[@sasamafrass]

It always makes me laugh

[@spiritedwolfe]

Man, that is going to either hurt or be alot of fun, lol.

[@andrewthezeppo]

Half of me thinks it's fake bragging about dick size and half of me thinks, well Canada that tracks

[@Melkor54]

@@andrewthezeppo an album is 12 inches in diameter.........

[@PucketyCrik]

He's singing about a true event. He was in jail accused of a double murder when he saw this video on the jail TV. Ya man. He was proven innocent. He said this video saved his life.

[@dreazy34]

So he saw his own video on the TV and it saved his life?

[@PucketyCrik]

@@dreazy34 yes, he saw it for the first time on the jail TV

[@veilenedream5825]

lol same

[@spencerphilippinedream3706]

i watched a behind the scenes about him 20 years ago. it said he was incarcerated when this song became a hit. he was in jail while becoming a star. i didnt know what the charges were though.

[@sandragarner2912]

Dude, you had a look on your face like you thought someone punked you for a second. Glad you got to hear some of the purest. Snow was awesome! Wish he could tour here.

[@3DJapan]

Jim Carey did a hilarious parody of this called Imposter. It's on KZbin.

[@salwashabazz7329]

Those were from the Tv show In Living Color! If you look up that show, you’ll find some great parodies; the show was a sketch comedy show created by Keenan Ivory Wayans...and they didn’t leave anyone out back then! Classic show! 😁😄

[@Phoenix85006]

😆😂🤣😅

[@TimedRevolver]

@@salwashabazz7329 The Wayans were legit offended that a white guy was making music like this. Wish it were just a parody.

[@ahwhite2022]

Jim Carey's schtick is old and tiring, as was his token white boy role on In Living Color. Notice how they never mocked any black rappers in that era where everyone was trying to cultivate a "street" image? He idea that was unique to white rapper is laughable. The gangsta rap era is fortunately relegated to history, but it was ridiculous to be in the middle of it when it was the "thing," and the gatekeeping was just a small part of the ridiculousness.

[@salwashabazz7329]

You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about. If you were celebrity (actor, singer, rapper, activist, politician, etc.), you were open season for In Living Color! Most celebrities were even cool about it; but there were a few who weren’t. This is exactly why they could NEVER attempt to do a reboot in this 21st century; it’s waaayyy too PC nowadays! I’m glad they got rid of that bad idea! As far as “Black rappers”, you don’t remember the sketches of MC Hammer, Salt n Pepa, Sir Mix-a-Lot, LL Cool J (just to name a few)? Were you even a fan of the show or are you just here to bash it lol...or be negative on this thread maybe 🤷🏾‍♀️ And I know you weren’t trying to play the “token white guy” card after ALL THE YEARS of playing “token black ppl” on everything!! Oh please 🙄

[@Halloman56]

In europe this stuff was on A lot of radio stations it really was A banger A while back and still now, timeless classic

[@ronnieluv]

I feel like you need to hear Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper" now!

[@KJGrim]

Classic

[@sharondelgado337]

Yup

[@langlsd1604]

Great song!

[@Kazza_8240]

Murrrdurraa

[@melanieviselli9706]

Hotstepper was awesome.

[@auntienancy7787]

Snow is everything Vanilla Ice was "supposed" to be. He was actually from the hood and lived that life. If memory serves, he was actually in jail when this song was released...

[@zcorpalpha2462]

Was song 🎧 back in the day 🔥

[@CodieBodie2223]

“I licky boom boom down”, meaning he will pop the informer so quick they will be down before they even know what hit them. The whole song is about a stabbing that he was arrested for but did not commit.

[@ericcallahan829]

Licky boom boom dem. Not down

[@anthonyh4745]

I thought it was licky bum bum down..haha

[@blindbeautyblindgirlmagic3166]

Yeah I thought he was talking about licking butt LOL oh my goodness

[@ferriscemila8912]

@@blindbeautyblindgirlmagic3166 blind how good you write this?

[@theinventionsofmegsy3137]

lick ya boom boom down was what he was made to do in prison

[@georgetourlos5840]

I remember watching this every day on much music when it came out. I was in grade 2. And snow went to the same high school which I ended up going to. He had a cpl classes with my older sister.

[@MrChuffs]

This song was HUGE in 93. You couldn't go to the club without hearing it

[@vickypion]

"This is like Rick Astley caught off guard moment." I'm dead.

[@deejaySilence]

😂

[@divahill2594]

And Lisa Stansfield

[@nikulpatel2772]

😂😂😂😂

[@andrewthezeppo]

Was he Snow rolled?

[@hafadude69]

You know a lot of people fail to realize that when you grow up in a different country, you tend to pick up and speak like locals do. People will call it appropriation, but it has nothing to do with it and that's one of the reasons why I hate when people bitch about cultural appropriation. Especially in a multi-diverse country like U.S. To me, the U.S. is one country made up of different cultures that have now become one. You can not be united as one country if you continue to not accept all its cultural aspects as one.

[@TrueSkeptic77]

Appropriation is just retarded from the start, should all white people be angry with using typical white clotches, hairstyles or what have you, or Japaneese angry at every one intrerrested in their culture or me as a swede, I would be offended every day over some one watched vikings and now think they are a actual viking.

[@monmothma3358]

@@TrueSkeptic77 I couldn't agree more. Cultures spread. It's what they do..

[@sherihardy1433]

Amen i say that all the time this country was created buy different cultures an its crap what people still go thru i mean hell my ass is German Irish Dutch English Scottish Cherokee & Black Foot an i get sick an tired of the way ppl still act today hell we adopted a son 3yrs ago an hes of color tho i hate saying that but the looks we get when he calls me mom an the comments we get breaks my heart but we keep going cause hes mine an i love him

[@minky1967]

Controversial but yeah, I get where you're coming from. When I see 'reaction' videos being surprised that singers are white or black, I'm like - why? what does colour have to do with good music?! This tune was amazing, I had no idea what the guy was singing but it was so good. The who/why/where is just window dressing. The song was / is good! Cultural appropriation is another discussion, but good music is good music.

[@inmybed08]

Oh please. We were all shocked to see he was white back then too. Either way, everyone immediately got over it and enjoyed the song. It's a forever classic! Cultural appropriation is a totally separate and conversation.

[@johnknight9150]

It would've been funnier if you experienced the way we all did in the '90s: hearing it on the radio, *then* seeing the video, haha!

[@raisa_cherry35]

😂

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

Snow is from Toronto and grew up in a Jamaican neighbourhood in Toronto where he learned Jamaican patois...

[@jamtalawah2231]

No, don't even go there, not Jamaican Patwa, what he thinks is Patios couldn't be further from the real thing. Jay is Jamaican and he could not understand a word. I guarantee most JA people don't either.

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

I never said he's singing or rapping in patois i said thats where he learned to speak it, this is obviously a weird hybrid... but yeah thanks for the complete dismissal of my comment...

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

@@jamtalawah2231 there's also a thing called "regional dialect" notice how people from England sound different from people from Canada or USA? Hell if you wanna get really technical my Dad's a Brummy from Birmingham his accent very different from my uncles from London and thats the same tiny country...

[@jamtalawah2231]

@@thumpyloudfoot864 Its not the accent that's the problem its what he is saying it just does not make sense - his Jamaican friends should have told him this at the time. We only really get the gist of the rap from watching the video. Great music nonetheless.

[@annother3350]

Jam - jay isn't Jamaican like any London jamaicans even. I bet if you dropped him in jamdown he wouldn't understand anybody

[@michaelsizersanctuaryfenci1614]

Dude the look on your face when you were trying to figure out if that voice was actually coming from that face 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yeluacmusic]

Snow was and IS a real BOSS! Authentic and original. He led the way bringing dancehall to the mainstream. And he paid it respect the whole time.

[@texirie]

I think it’s awesome that you did this. I partied with him and the Jamaican crew back in Toronto. Great memories.

[@wutang2pac]

He is from Toronto, huge Jamaican influence here

[@tristanschmidt8931]

As a music producer and a very big fan of art in general, I have to say, this is probably on of the best masterpieces EVER! Especially with the herb making it's way in to society once again!

[@GoWestYoungMan]

He grew up in the housing projects of Toronto. This song is very much a product of that place. It's a mix of rock, reggae, & dancehall.

[@TRE_79]

Jay:I'm jamaican Snow:I'm Canadian but...hold my beer

[@Wildflower687]

LMAO!!

[@jasonking7736]

If someone attempted a similar homage to a different culture these days it would be considered racist or mocking sadly enough

[@fnjesusfreak]

@@jasonking7736 I think it worked because despite being white he DID come from that culture. Same reason Eminem wasn't the joke that Vanilla Ice was.

[@jasonking7736]

@@fnjesusfreak good call

[@LexTan]

Snow: "Hold my Molson"

[@universaltruth101byserrate3]

"Idk what he's saying.." Dude, it's SNOW! I lived it in the 90s trust me, we didn't know wtf he said then either.. Man can flow like none other.. And he's around and apparently he's paying attention.. Dude, Snow you were genre busting then and obviously still are. That's a testament to the art of the music.. I love this

[@Nonebass]

So funny story, I grew up with this and I grew up in Nicaragua which is a central American country and we didnt know what he said so we just sang: Informer, mirala como baila y lo menea!! Which means; informer, look at her how she dances and shakes it, lol, good times

[@mrenemy7674]

Absolute banger, after “informer “ everyone had their own lyrics tho 😂

[@Demerest003]

Hell yeah, lol

[@Wibryskowa]

I still have 😂😂😂🙈

[@assafcassim2437]

Very true

[@BushidoBrownSama]

Underrated Comment

[@VintageBasilK]

I saw a comment the other day on the original music video and it said: My dad used to say: "If I hear a licky moo moo cow one more time I'm unplugging the CD player!"

[@Spikeelsucko]

"Licky, boom boom, down" He gives you a good clocking and you eat the floor

[@Sharpman76]

Yup, comes from "Lick he boom boom down"

[@aishastaggers9913]

@@Sharpman76 That's exactly what he's saying.

[@m.c.c2856]

I thought he was saying “I lick ya bum bum now” lol

[@CMVchannel79]

"This is the final boss for people who are learning English lol"- comment from original video source LOL!!

[@jacobprice8048]

Hahahahahaha

[@Vdb___]

🤣

[@BotulinSpikedMarzipan]

Gordon Freeman?

[@44excalibur]

Don't worry, no one knows what the hell he's singing about to this day.

[@JB-yb4wn]

You want guys with marbles in their mouths? Try Louie, Louie by the Kingsmen. Nobody can understand them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbUq4efechgZ80

[@VegasLounge]

J B If I remember the story correctly, “Louie Louie” spawned an FBI obscenity investigation that was essentially thrown out because it was determined the sung lyrics were too incomprehensible to be interpreted as anything.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@VegasLounge LOL I'll take obscure music references from the 60's for $200 Alex. Amazing you remember that.

[@VegasLounge]

J B I was the late-in-life baby of former folk/Beat 1960s college students. My pop culture references have always been somewhat out of date...

[@JayveeTV]

I already reacted to Louie Louie check my one hit wonder playlist

[@zcorpalpha2462]

Was a Happier Time ❄️

[@oolillemyoo4099]

Lol, I was a tiny kid when this became popular - I thought he was singing “SO FAAARMER.... something something” - I sang that shit loud and proud! XD

[@Etatdesiege1979]

You and millions more.

[@oolillemyoo4099]

@@Etatdesiege1979 Well, I’m glad I at least wasn’t the only dumb kid that thought that - I’ve never spoken to anyone who heard the lyrics that way :)

[@KaliforniaJani]

German parody Song: ich bin der farmer

[@ferriscemila8912]

Actually some german kid came after him with a song called "ich bin ein farmer"

[@julespumachu]

God, I love watching people react to "Informer" for the first time. It's one thing to have loved the song when it came out, and then to continue revisiting it -- but, the second-hand enjoyment is also so much fun!

[@TehSaver]

Loved your reaction! This song was big in Germany back in the day, I fondly remember cruising with the boys through Munich and singing to this, getting every 20th word right. ;)

[@urbanremo]

Canadian Music from the 1990s. I have seen Snow once...really good:)

[@MacStoker]

hey remo, you seen plenty snow on that fine bud you grow ;-) im stuck in UK smoking mids ;-(

[@MacStoker]

@@Barnes466 I wish I could get some mate, I've been wanting to order gummies for ages but I'm scared lol, my chest is knackered and I need edibles now

[@kevmccormick1767]

@@MacStoker get some plants in your house not bud but normal plants clean out the air, helped me so much, try to get enough vitamin e vitamin d and vitamin c too they works wonders with lung repair, also try limit the tobacco you mix with the bud.

[@Borntoberiled]

He's Canadian? That explains the name I suppose.

[@reidenorman6074]

2 thoughts. Firstly, holy cow, urbanremo! Dude, huge fan! Secondly, true north beats! I also have been jamming to this. LOVE THE VIDEO!

[@KeredCross]

Yes this was a big hit and the early'90's.

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

I forgot about this song! Thanks for the reaction 😆

[@taniaPBear]

That was the exact same reaction we all had back then. Still love this song! We couldn't just look up lyrics then, so everyone had their own version of them. About 20 years later, I finally got to see the lyrics, didn't help though, still don't know what he was talking about. Lol. Doesn't matter, still dance my ass off!

[@robjay3850]

Snow was accepted into the 90's HipHop and R&B world smoothly. We commented a little bit less on his race than we did with Vanilla Ice and Eminem. Back then you got props for being a lil different. Nowadays everybody wants to sound the same.

[@dneenLovesMJ]

Exactly!

[@flightforge30]

This was so much famous in the Philippines back in 1993..

[@dimitriosales]

i know a guy that can spit this word for word. Also snow was not a one hit wonder, that whole record was brilliant! He's from Toronto and grew up in a Jamaican area.

[@andrewkalipetis7128]

Man I still listen to Runway and Lonely Monday Morning. Underrated album

[@geIoeschterBenutzer]

Girl i've been hurt, Lady with the red Dress on and Ease up are dope AF, too

[@buckchelsey4630]

i don't think you know what a one hit wonder is buddy

[@helenholmar8506]

Takes me back. The 90s was a weird time!

[@horsefootrot8044]

Weirder than now? I’ll take back the 90’s any day😉

[@dasher920]

The weird things from the 90s prepared me for the even weirder things going on today

[@alexanderpavlovic8370]

The best weird times!

[@kellyfehr3719]

It's just as much that Toronto's a weird place. Very diverse. It's where Neil Young played with Rick James. It's "let your backbone slide". It's Big Sugar.

[@CaptainCaveman1170]

The eighties and nineties were FUN times. Every few weeks a new style of music, new dance moves, new clothing styles, new "fly" words, and to top it off if you were a boy, better and better video games all the time. And racism honestly felt like it was becoming a thing of the past until the race-baiters came back out of the woodwork about 10 years ago.

[@ryanz486]

This song was so massive here in Ontario when I was a kid, it's nice people are still discovering it now

[@richardcolley8730]

Love this tune takes me back

[@ontherockswithsalt560]

Fun fact: The lead singer of the Bare Naked Ladies and Snow are first cousins. Which is why they look a lot alike.

[@bartonbella3131]

Oh damn... ya know I can hear, hold on u shitting me?

[@mikebizzleuk]

No way! Great bit of music trivia 👍

[@lauraskitchen5706]

No way!! Shocked

[@CgGoil]

They do look alike. Thats fun.

[@jacdan0110]

Get out!

[@isaacs8528]

Snow was my favourite rapper when I was 11 years old. I recorded this track off the radio on a cassette tape

[@Bette_Fontenot]

"I understand this part!" Me *after nearly 30 years of definitely singing the wrong lyrics* : So... um, what's he really saying?

[@AleAT]

me: ✍🏼

[@emmajp_9385]

😂

[@SB379]

even with the lyrics open I'm always one line behind and can't follow.

[@deejay136]

What!!!!! Haven't heard from him since my high school days! Ah Canadian talent! 👍Toronto Represent!!!! This is very 90s Reggae. In the days of Shabba.

[@langlsd1604]

Mr. Boombastic

[@frankeez_world6000]

T.Dot🤙😎✌️

[@onyxcitadel9759]

yeah i was watching Patra on much music back then too~! Some Born Jamericans.. etc.

[@l3joint]

TORONTO BABYYYY 🙌

[@zcorpalpha2462]

And Bermuda 🇧🇲 & Jamaica 🇯🇲 😂

[@byzinski]

The ‘Informer’ by Snow is listed in The Guinness Book of Records as 1. The highest selling Reggae single in U.S. history 2. The highest charting Reggae single in the world

[@elijaharvinger8711]

I'm sure that's been updated by now right? What year was that? Because Guinness usually updates their world records annually.

[@jasonberezny9705]

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.🤘🇨🇦

[@Zlata1313]

🇨🇦

[@goldenretriever6261]

Snow was from the area around Fairview Mall, so North York.

[@Zlata1313]

@@goldenretriever6261 that was the closest mall to me when I lived there lol

[@smittmasterflex]

KW represent!! 🤣

[@lesleywarnock228]

I still live here and PROUDLY represent! xxx 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤💯🖤🤍🖤🤍

[@ryanstewart4444]

Snow's voice is essentially another percussion instrument. I'm heading deep down this rabbit hole of songs/musicians that do this.

[@nbrown6964]

This isn’t Reggae this what we call Dancehall so that’s why it sounds like rap.

[@lboneyardl]

Acctually is chat-a-ryhme

[@Fearseblack]

Riddim

[@MassimoCerreto]

Well, actually it's raggamuffin.

[@annacostanzo5307]

His name is Darrin O'Brien, from Toronto.

[@Yosikuma]

LOVING your series -- your reaction to this song was PRICELESS. I remember this song used to be all over the radio when I was young. I used to joke that there were maybe four people in the entire world that knew what the lyrics to this song were!

[@KristasaurusRex]

Ahaha yesss Snow! As a Canadian though, I have to dispute his status as a "one-hit" wonder. He also had the classic and not-at-all-questionable banger "Legal" 😂

[@jasonswierenga1443]

Love snow 12 inches of snow was the name of the album.

[@vondefeo8586]

😂😂😂😂 Album title of the decade

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

It’s a legit great album

[@GetOnTheFloor82]

Genius album name. Class.

[@noqualms8560]

Hahaha oh yeah i remember now, this came out when i was still a teen and i used to listen to it while babysitting because they had a copy. If i remember correctly another song on the album was lady in the red dress.

[@erinzee8906]

Here let me comment 2 months later. He’s from Toronto. We have a huge Jamaican diaspora here. Most people know a little patois. Snow knows a lot ❤️

[@lightyagami1752]

I remember when this song first came out. Everyone was comparing Snow to Vanilla Ice, which I think was a gross insult to Snow 'cos he's so much more legit than Ice was or will ever be lol.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Vanilla Ice got undeserved hate. He never knew his own father, went through multiple step-fathers, and grew up poor on the streets in Miami and Dallas - mainly in black neighborhoods. He was stabbed five times in a 1986 gang fight in Dallas. He was a bad kid growing up, always getting in trouble. He went to five different high schools and they had to move around just because he was always getting into trouble. It was messed up how people lied about him and said he had some nice cushy affluent background and was a total poser.

[@jason5409]

Vanilla ice sold ten million albums. Legit as it gets, clown

[@eldondavidmunoz]

But Ice went platinum.

[@Spikeelsucko]

Snow was literally in prison when the video came out iirc

[@quincee3376]

Ya it was unfair to Snow for sure. But he shook it off with a fair amount of good songs. Not just this one.

[@bryancleary7677]

his music was ahead of his time. If he came out in the 2000s when more artists like this came out he would have been bigger.

[@aussiewanderer6304]

If he came out now, he'd be accused of mumble rapping.

[@60_beats]

One of the best hip hop songs or records made period, This song was eons ahead of time!!! The audio beat and Snows delivery is pure magic been listening to this song my whole life from time to time! SNOW THE GREAT!!!!!

[@conniesmith7804]

Daddy Yankee sampled this in Con Calma last year. A huge hit as well.

[@lesleywarnock228]

Canadian boy! Unfortunately he has had a lot of heartbreak in his life, his wife passed away very young from Cancer. I met him years ago, he's a sweetheart. People don't understand there are white Jamaicans too

[@getstrongby4038]

There are white people in Jamaica but he's not one of them It's sad to hear wna he's been thought but he was trying a bit too hard with this one

[@lesleywarnock228]

@@getstrongby4038 if you knew him personally as I do than you would know that he's not trying too hard" at all. It's him. All him, naturally. Like myself he was raised in the "hood". I'm a proud Irish Canadian white as "Snow" but can speak Patois with the best of them. While I appreciate your opinion and I do welcome a healthy debate I do know this man personally and would not have just anyone's back when it comes to something such as this

[@silkeotd7194]

@@getstrongby4038 He's not a white Jamaican, he's an Irish-Canadian kid who had a lot of Jamaican-Canadians move into the neighbourhood where he was living and so he ended up being surrounded by reggae, made a lot of Jamaican-Canadian friends and obviously enoyed what he heard and started singing it himself. I don't think there's anything false or fake about that.

[@lesleywarnock228]

@@silkeotd7194 thank you!! 🥰🖤🖤🖤

[@getstrongby4038]

@@lesleywarnock228 exactly CANADA lol my parents are from Barbados but you don't hear me talking like I was born there. He doesn't even speak patois well tbh. half of what he is saying is mumbo jumbo and doesn't even make sense

[@mikesearcy5057]

This popped up in my feed after I went down a rabbit hole from my youth trying to learn this song. I had the 12 inches of snow cassette when my friends were listening to either metal or goth (I hung out with two different groups). I've almost got it after like 30 years of tyring to figure it out, lol. Anyway, thanks for the reaction (apparently I'm 3 years late on that, too).

[@Camille4Real]

@1:08 I laughed SO hard!! The shock on your face dude! 🤣🤣🤣 You were so caught off guard!

[@DennisRudin]

I think this style of music was called “ragga”, another artist who’s not quite as rapid mouthed is Shaggy and a song from about this time Boombastic.

[@nelliehunt3393]

Yeah Snow and Shaggy were around the same time.

[@ohgeereadmore]

It wasn’t me

[@yvettebowles9011]

Dancehall

[@Matty80822]

raggamuffin or dancehall

[@kruksog]

This was great. I appreciate how you're just here to enjoy. It is a fun song. Hell yea, man.

[@chateaumojo]

Based on looks, we put people in boxes and cubby holes they don't belong in, then we are surprised.

[@AyeJay-fe8pq]

I remember when this hit everywhere. everyone was buying this tape up, they couldn't keep it on the shelves where i live. this song still in my playlist lol

[@clairebarrett301]

Stunned 51 secs in. I remember my oldest brother playing this.... 😅 memories

[@TheLenyon]

Worth listening to Jim Carey’s “Imposter”

[@marcovalentini5741]

Jim Carrey is a suburban kid from Toronto that did not understand that in Toronto Jamaica has a huge influence on street culture. East Detention is still there. I new a dude who was also a first generation Irish, I think he was also from the East End, (Malvern?) grew up on the street spoke English with a Toronto Jamaican accent/slang. That is just how he spoke because that is who he ran with all his life. Ended up being shot and died in the early late 1999/ 2000's, around the Eaton center like many others. It is s T Dot thing. Off course they called him "Irish". they make fun of Drake for the same reason, I am not a big Drake fan, but Jamaican slang is part of Toronto street slang. And if you do not know that then you are probably not from the 6. Now do not get me wrong I find this song a little pop for my taste, but it brought the Toronto scene some attention so that is good.

[@crushingbelial]

Classic In Living Color moment!

[@steveenderman4715]

Jim Carey certainly plays the part well with his all-seeing-eye symbolish he flashes on a regular basis...

[@PalmsDesign]

@@marcovalentini5741 Its called a parody its not that deep im sure he understood fine.

[@mullaoslo]

@@marcovalentini5741 it's not like didn't know of the reggae scene and made fun of snow to be a dick.. But he also knew about the public perception of him from people who didn't know reggae is made all over the world from people of all colors.. He made that parody for them and they way outnumber the people who where in the know. That's also why he did i the ice ice baby parody

[@rabisneed1220]

You're first reaction is great. I was in high school when this came out. We were confused too.

[@amylicht4818]

Also, thank you SO MUCH for this!! I am OBSESSED with this song!!! 90’s kid for life!!

[@canadianbrownie1821]

His whole album was dope!! I was a teenager when this album dropped.

[@zaheer00]

The first initial 30 seconds of shock is quite normal when you hear it for the first time. Thats exactly what I experienced back in 1992 as a high school kid in the London (UK). This is why we had lyrics with every album back in the day! :-) Its still an absolute classic and still sounds fresh in 2021. Loved your reaction bossman! Peace and blessings.