Liquid Liquid - "Cavern" 1982

This is the only video commissioned by the legendary 99 Records in NYC. It was produced during 1982 by the Michael Sporn Animation Studios and then released in the Spring of 1983. Mike was my Brother-In-Law at the time. He'd never made a music video, so he jumped at the chance. We could only afford $500 but Micky didn't care. Everybody thought that it came out great!
Of course many listeners will immediately pick up on the bassist Richard McGuire's unmistakable baseline. Liquid Liquid were four white friends who were more a part of the No-Wave scene at the time. This track ’Cavern' and the rest of the EP's tracks were produced at the Radio City Recording Studios by their house engineer, Don Hunenberg and the labels owner, Ed Bahlman. Right after recording Ed hightailed it over to Manhattan's local cutting edge urban radio station, WBLS, and got it right into legendary DJ Franky Crocker's hands. He and their entire staff LOVED IT! For the next three months Liquid Liquid's “Cavern" went ballistic. Ed and I couldn't keep it in stock! Then one day I went to work, and no Liquid Liquid. **POOF**. Gone, baby gone.... About a week later, new artist “Grandmaster Flash" debuted a track called ‘White Lines". Thus began the world's first “Sampling Law" battle.
Long story even longer as per your requests:
NYC 1979
In one of the long vacant basement storefronts of the West Village, a British ex-pat had setup a small shop.
The shop was at 99 McDougal street. I lived just four blocks away at 313 Avenue of the Americas, right next door to the Waverly Theater. I was working at an enormous Legacy law firm as a file clerk. My friend Joe Miller told me that a new Punk store had opened over there. Joe ran the Jazz department at the Golden Disc record store around my corner on Bleeker Street. I recognized him from a Times Square record store called ‘Colony' that he used to work at and I used to hang out at.
Gina Franklyn is a designer. She was one of Londons original English Punks of 1976. She'd been there at it's exploding apex without even knowing that there had been a detonation. Like so many others, she'd been absorbed into Great Britain's massive post-WWII Socialists State. A nuclear reaction brought about by its Monarchy's inability to protect the population and it's own future from the inevitable collapse that coincides with the End of Empire. She was making her own clothes and selling the supplies one would need to decorate yourself for a personal revolution. I bought a bottle of Blue/Black hair dye and a few pins. Punk Flare. A month or two later I noticed that there were some imported 45rpm singles hanging in one of the two large plate glass windows. I scampered down the rabbit hole into a Brave New World.
A guy I'd noticed at local shows had setup a couple of turntables on a low counter he'd built on one side of Gina's shop. He only had a few records for sale but he had plenty more that he began to play for me. I wanted them all. I had been buying my music at Bleeker Bob's a few blocks away. That and Golden Disk around the corner on Bleecker Street were the only games in town to find anything that was imported or independently released. Those two other stores, well let's just say they had their own issues. I really didn't like spending my money there. The kinda places where you felt like you were impinging on the staff by asking questions.
Ed Bahlman became my Gatekeeper. Every Friday I'd cash my paycheck from my boring fukin job and dash over to 99 to spend most of it on whatever new records Ed had brought into their shop.
Every time before I'd leave I'd tell Ed that if he ever needed anybody that I'd love to work there. He started to believe me. The store was not a profit center. At all. He still worked his union job as a maintenance man at a building on the Upper East Side. He would finish up there and than run down to 99 in the afternoon.
Unbeknownst to all of us, 99 was becoming the off-center nucleus of a coalescing music scene. It was as surprising to Ed as it was to everybody else. By 1978-79 the NYC “punk" scene had been coopted by a few major labels. They in turn were fighting against the establishment press and radio to even recognize bands like Television and Talking Heads.
At 99, we were looking for something different than that.
Something like a phenomenon.
Sonic Youth, Bush Tetras, Glenn Branca, James Chance, Mars, Liquid Liquid, Misfits, Lydia Lunch and Lori Anderson weren't even bands yet but each of them and their members were regular customers. Tony Wilson, Vivien Goldman, Adrian Sherwood, Keith Levine and Martin Hanett made expeditions. Seminal club DJ Larry Lavant was a regular customer. So were all of the staff's of Danceteria, Hurrah! and the Mudd Club. Jack Rabid could smell the vinyl from his place. Trish and the girls from Manic Panic would buy records and steal/share ideas from Gina. Rick Rubin and Tim Sommer headed up the NYU delegation....tbc

[@101airbourn]

This bassline will live forever.

[@rafsewamg]

I am also saddened to know this whole time I never knew this was stolen .. well wherever you are liquid liquid I rocked out to your song many of times and loved it, still do. Thanks

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

See, you were never supposed to know that they stole it

[@rafsewamg]

@@TerryTolkinnnn well I beat them thanks to you and KZbin lol

[@stonedtommy403]

@@TerryTolkinnnn R.I.P Terry.

[@derrick4544]

How can you people NOT know this?🤨

[@glen-kun]

Same here! But to be perfectly honest, most of the rap back then was sampled from other music, like it was a major feature of rap music to sample, so Im not really sure why I never thought about this either!

[@Yaknshell]

Mind blown! Cannot believe it is 2021 and this is the absolutely first time I've ever seen this video! 🤯🤯🤯

[@done1675]

This video absolutely captures NYC in 1983. Brilliant really.

[@paulpullspunches]

How do you know

[@rayvon6386]

It’s possible he lived there at the time isn’t it you flippin’ donut?

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

Greetings,@@paulpullspunches! First off, please allow me to apologize for the delay in my responding to you but as I've had this video posted up here for well over a decade now, it's entirely possible that I don't stay on top of it's activity as intensely as I once had. In recalling the source of my knowledge of anything that took place in my Life over 40 years ago at this point, the comment left by your fellow responder, @RayVon, is indeed one of the reasons that I gained such intimate knowledge of the events in question here. It also took me quite a bit of concentrated reflecting time that also (but only just barely) contributed somewhat to the slowing down of the entire response process as well ;-). I also realized that much of the genuine responsibility that you, or possibly that of any reader, lies at my door in that I guess I could have been more expansive about how I came to acquire such an intricate knowledge of those events. Indeed I did include much of that in a first burst version of my commentary but when I read those parts all back to myself there just seemed to be no real need to puff up the personal stuff in order to float the vital history and the basic facts across. And plus also too it seemed too egomaniacal of me as well hahaha I started working as a clerk at the record store/label (99) in 1978, just before these events began to unfold. Additionally, I was the ONLY employe of theirs at the time so I was very upclose and personal to the situations at hand. The production of this video was done concurrently by my then Brother-In-Law, Michael Sporn, and the staff of his animation studio as I had "volunteered" them into creating it for next to nothing. The only other job that I'd held before this was as a Clerk Librarian and a Paralegal research assistant at one of the oldest (the 2nd oldest one actually) Law Firms in the United States. As such I did have a somewhat greater understanding of the functionality (or dysfunctionality) of the American legal system and when I found myself beyond my rudimentary knowledge I would simply foist my self on those legal eagles and beagles at my previous employer. Also, I was sleeping with a member of the band in question, Liquid Liquid. So and (finally) in conclusion, I do so solemnly swear that I hope this bit of additional background info goes someway towards filling in some answers for your valid query, @KoMan. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Tolkin en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.6_Records

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

HAHAHA,@@rayvon6386, and "Thank You" for your "support" ! P.S....just where do "flipping donuts" come from? ;-%

[@stbuddha3547]

I'm lost inside the weird part of KZbin again and I loooooove it.

[@seasonsstarsstudios]

You know how long I’ve searched for this video? Years, since I saw it as a teen. Great to just jam out to.

[@qd3710]

I lived in 5 countrys. Tonight im in lisbonne and everybody is dancing. 70 80 are masterclass

[@angie-2112]

RIP Terry... you have a magnificent mind... wherever you are now using it to stun and amaze. Sorry we missed each other. Another life time, perhaps.

[@user-vl3co3si6m]

Tell more

[@seraphimprince]

​@@user-vl3co3si6mhe passed away a little over two years ago.

[@rocknrap12]

Listening to music and watching videos from the back then and hearing stories from my parents, co workers, and other adults really make me wish I wasn't born in 95.

[@OceansCeilings]

Great video. Greater story. Being a kid from The Bronx I remember this song being played in Cedar park and the school yard at P.S. 82

[@darqman82]

This cut was hot in the NYC / NJ clubs in the early 80's.

[@GREGORYABUTLER]

I remember when this video first came out in '83 (when I was a 15 year old High School kid), and it was RAW... I haven't seen it since - watching it brings back a lot of memories!

[@TheHumanexcrement]

I can somekind understand you.. i was born in the early 90's. i can't imagine what happened in that time man.. BUT i can say .. i've had an awesome childhood.

[@garagedancer122]

Saw Liquid Liquid live at the Paradise Garage in 83, Larry turned the smoke machine on and we were in outer space.

[@blahblah606]

So jealous. That sounds amazing!

[@f1guremeout]

Jim Lambie!

[@clubhead433]

I was there that night too! They rocked. Not too long after or before ESG performed live there as well. Dope times!!!!

[@dez5]

Thank you for sharing the History, which is so important.

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

And,"Thank You" so much back for noticing and for being brave enough to actually leaving a written testament to your opinion on the entire topic. It'd make a really exciting and informative documentary, don't you think, @DesmondWalker?

[@tonitonieves3001]

Tremendous classic from the 80s when break dance was danced at school here in Puerto Rico🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@donnalee7379]

AMEN 🙏🏻 Finally, the good stuff ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@GeneTrujillo]

I LOVED "White Lines" back in the day. I did not know how much was "borrowed" from this :(

[@InaEsin]

You are too generous. Imagine if someone did this to you. I've had art and all sorts of creative art literally stolen (started in High School). It's downright evil.

[@HolyRollerTV]

you dudes actin like hiphop isnt based on breaks and loops...

[@HolyRollerTV]

@@InaEsin its hiphop..cut the bs...

[@huycon311]

Damn this song is so Magic ! Half disco half break .

[@sharonmcmenamin8790]

Thank you for this share! Brings me right back to high school in NYC, graduated in 1983. A glorious - and dangerous, but worth it - time in NYC.

[@aarchiewaldron]

Haha! Same here. Bleecker Bobs, Uncle Floyd, Smith jeans and three boys from Bronx Science. Fun times!

[@biggareth06]

Timeless and still the best.

[@maclennan73]

Totally underrated, grand master flash did nt do much more to it, superb.

[@steverotters3218]

College radio 1997. I used to play this all the time when the Beastie Boys reissued it on Grand Royal vinyl. So much better than the other stuff we had to play in our rotation.

[@stevegoss57]

THIS SONG WAS ITTTT FOR ME BACK THEN, STILL SOUNDS AMAZINGLY COOL!

[@yochill1]

perhaps but this simplicity of this is magnificent

[@Radiokillaz]

Thanks for the history lesson. They must have been great times to be around NY, so much artistic creativity and different styles going on 🙏💣💥

[@xStephism]

Been thinking about this song all day! I had to search it up and listen to it!

[@stonedtommy403]

R.I.P TERRY!

[@litlgrey]

Perhaps still the most definitive video on early 80s paranoid living in Lower Manhattan. And still remarkable stuff.

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

Terry, I know I speak for many here when I say we're grateful for your being so forthcoming with the backstory behind this amazing track, and the tragedy that befell 99 as a result of its greatness. Like most young kids, I first heard White Lines and loved the song, mostly due to the rhythm section. It was a decade later, on a late-night airing of MTV's Liquid television that Sporn's video played, and I first heard Cavern, and understood who sampled whom. I've been having a blast ever since, collecting the vinyl pressings.

[@hugoc4606]

All my bucks to the man who mix all the song like in the 25th hour in high quality

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

?

[@holdenrains]

Proto house for sure, this track was huge at paradise garage, one of Larry Levan's favorites. He is considered one of the godfathers of house.

[@HolyRollerTV]

labels labels labels..can't this just be liquid liquid music?

[@suzannemaria5594]

Reminiscing about WLIR radio station.This is one of my favorites they played on it. 🥰

[@ZINCOVIX8754]

that bassline forever resting in its rightful legendary place inside our kinder eggs...

[@anthonychristy4074]

I met these guys at 99 records with Ed Bahlman who was a friend. Saw them numerous times.

[@tohara6636]

DJ used to play this track at an all ages club we all went to in the mid-80s - I loved White Lines, played the 12" to death - also thought this was great, but never stopped to think which came first or who sampled who, with that baseline cranked up loud, it didn't matter.

[@YouShouldntBeDancing]

Can't get enough of this dang track!

[@BrotherApexx]

1: this looks like some animation you would see on Sesame Street or Electric Company 2: the bassline is sick 3: I came here because I teach "Here" by Richard McGuire, who I found out plays the bassline on this track 4: my mind is blown by all of the above

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

#thanxforsharing, #itworksifyouworkit #justkeepcomingback

[@Backngoth]

I have been looking for this song for so long!!! I so love this song I was 11 when this came out. Thanks to the movie Chef I found it and thank you for posting this song. Please do not remove! :)

[@DJRICKRULER]

1st heard this at the Prince Street loft Soho. Been hypnotized ever since.

[@kevind7422]

Thanks so much for putting down the history. Looks like YT is the place to preserve art, memories and testimony. And yes, I spun this n all White Lines variations out in clubs back in the day. It had a good beat and you could dance to it.... lol

[@carrie4148]

Liam Gallagher brought me here. 🎶🌟💙

[@Tomsm8]

what did liam gallagher say and when?

[@carrie4148]

@@Tomsm8 He tweeted the song. Not sure why but probably because he likes it.

[@ErinMConnolly]

James Murphy brought me here! LCD SOUNDSYSTEM!!!!

[@lukastaylor9544]

thats how it starts...

[@deejaygps]

Liquid Liquid are so awesome. I saw this video first about fifteen years ago, and never forgot. Have the record, love to loop all sections of it, especially the bongos.

[@skaijohni3938]

No wonder I couldn't remember the name, I never knew it. lol this was one of those break dancin anthems in the 80's. This rocked the house clubs!!

[@lstradamus]

*sings* Something like a phenomeon! LL Cool J - Phenomeon

[@lcozzarelli]

Lyrics of ‘White Lines’ include ‘Something of a phenomenon, tellin’ your body to come along’. @ 0:93 Also @1:09 ‘Don’t you get too high’ , and @ 0:19 sounds like ‘White Sines, turn on’…let’s just say they were heavily inspired by the ‘lyrics’ of this song, and completely stole the music.

[@mooshism1]

the 73 dislikes ....just don't get this track tiny record label no wave inspired Hip hoppers in the bronx got used with some great lyrics brought to the mainstream the evolution whats not to like?

[@HolyRollerTV]

dont watch them, they are irrelevant

[@trustwithin7188]

Very trippy 💜💙💚💛❤ I like the bongos near the end 🥁

[@jenatlax]

I love Liquid Liquid.

[@fahrenmintah7905]

I feel bad now I’m only finding out the true origin of this song. But happy to know that it’s the only version I’ll be listening to from now on

[@blad...]

I can't do it. White Lines is just so much better. These guys clearly had the creativity and thankfully they did, but the other guys made it catchier and more fun.

[@pioubang]

the bass lines are insane!

[@KenMerlin]

I met richie hawtin once and we talked about this track

[@bryangiusto7509]

Thats awesome. How'd you guys get to talking about this?

[@amancalledjim5382]

you probably talked about Afriqua sampling the bass in his track Slap.

[@jetb179]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKmqZaJ8o95lhs0

[@eti313]

@@jetb179 LOLZ! BTW, I met Richie Hawtin once and this track never came up.

[@zangeejoe]

eti313 I went to see Ritchie hawtin on the decks efx 909 tour in The Ambassador in Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 easy one of the best techno sets ever. An the best E. Place was rocking legendary night.

[@bach1750]

Just found out that this is the basis for White Lines. I need to learn my history.

[@musicheadjesse]

bach1750 Just now?

[@pannohouse]

This track is like an LCD bassline. Gorgeous song by a band that never got enough coverage.

[@bigmansbmetvshowproduction2615]

This songs takes me back to my younger days and I remember practicing dance moves with the God Shondu and Supreme in Shondus mother's basement to go to Paradise Garage.

[@zk100yyy]

old school never die

[@HolyRollerTV]

new school never lived

[@cloudmusic01]

one of the first records I bought (the original). I'm from LA a long way from NY. but the best hip hop has always come from NYC imo

[@tochiRTA]

the grit and eclectic nature of NY wins every time

[@micjakes1]

It's like hearing White Lines for the first time. Not sure which is better. Thanks for this upload!!!!!!

[@toasty4710]

The red creatures are terrifyingly cool, nice animation

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

This band was cool......I used to imagine this is what the talking heads would have sounded like if they focused more on downers followed by uppers than on psychadelics.

[@anthonysbarat]

Damn...White Lines didn't just sample the bassline...they pretty much hijacked the whole track! I actually pretty bummed to find this out now after all these years. LoL. White Lines is a classic. I'm diggin this...gotta try and find it on vinyl

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

Anthony Barat, Sugarhill didn't just steal every important aspect of ‘Cavern' they bankrupted our little record label too fighting them in court. After a furious two year precedent setting legal war, we won a quarter of a million dollar judgement. Two weeks later Sugarhill Records declared bankruptcy and never paid 99 a single penny.

[@anthonysbarat]

Wow...that's messed up. I've DJed a bunch of parties and played around with mashups and beat juggling to repeat a breakdown...doing on the spot remixing maybe vocals off a track onto another track's beat...never to make an album tho... and this...this is just a total ripoff. Top to bottom ripoff. And it was their biggest hit...everybody knows White Lines...they must have sold a ton of records...yet I'd never heard of this original. That's just wrong. And no royalties...so wrong... several years before the big Biz Markie case too, right? I'm sorry to hear that dude...smh

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

Anthony Barat , Yeah. This was THE legal case that coined the term “sampling". Even that word was a piece of very carefully crafted legalise. As you've already noticed they didn't “Sample" anything. They just fukin rapped over LL's studio click track! Effective sampling technology only existed in Ultra high-end recording studios at the time. We enjoyed unexpected acceptance from NYC's highly influential Urban radio station, WBLS. Frankie Crocker put “Cavern" on the map. They played it two to three times an hour for about 4 months. We could hardly keep up with production. Then one day I came in from my two days off. Ed Bahlman, 99's owner and the guy who produced “Cavern", was all kinda d weirded out and stressed. I asked what was up? “Man, Terry, BLS hasn't played “Cavern" once since Sunday. I called Frankie but he won't answer. I'm glad you're in. I'm going to go up to the station and see what's up" Well, Ed came back an hour or so later saying that they wouldn't let him upstairs, let alone seeing Frankie. This went on for the next few days. I'm not sure now exactly how many days but it was less than a week. We'd always kept the radio on. Suddenly, BOOM, there it was! “Cavern" was playing again! I knew Ed would be so relieved and happy so I called him at home right away. He tuned in while I was still on the fone. We both realized at exactly the same moment that this was NOT our record.

[@anthonysbarat]

Holy smokes...wow dude, that's almost unbelievable. Helluva way to hear what they did to your track, on the radio like that...I was only about 9 years old when the Liquid Liquid original was released so I can see why I didn't hear it back then...but I've gotta believe there was a conscious effort to keep it in the dark while this "big hit" took off...besides the added rapping, it's exactly the same track...even the "something like a phenomenom" calls....wow, tonight I've learned a dark tale of music business bullshit...wow. I remember the Biz Markie case involving samples and when Vanilla Ice ripped off the Bowie tune...neither of them were as blatant as this tho. The Beastie Boys had the one album Paul's Boutique when they went completely nuts with the sampling and had to pay out so much and involved such legal headaches that they started playing their instruments again...best move they could have made! That's a shame bro, I hope fate was kinder in later projects...

[@anthonysbarat]

I remember WBLS btw...grew up just across the river in jersey

[@KidCarlyle]

Classic tune, perfect visuals ...

[@BTNYCTBK]

Good Ole' Days .. Bombing Trains and Hanging out on The Corner .. 1980's Action !

[@raminkhalili2291]

I love 80s 😻

[@rpants]

Mind blown. End of.

[@maccagrabme]

What I like about this type of music is that there seems to be absolutely no commercial intention. It's pure music for musics sake and it lead to influencing other artists and artforms, something which is sorely missing from the scene today.

[@etmeyutub]

White Lines brought me here. Love both.

[@kreuhnkohrman]

Great stories! I went to 99 after hearing the 1st Liquid, Liquid ep on the radio in ''82. Tried to buy a Pere Ubu bootleg ("Live at the Interstate Mall") in the bin, but the cashier told me it was reserved for an employee!

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

??? why would you take a job as a sales clerk in a freaking Record Store if you were going to refuse to actually sell records to your customers?

[@aaronfrank9649]

They played this in the smart bar in chicago a long time ago….. fun times.

[@CANAM65TV]

When I searched for this, I didn't think that I would find it. WOW!!

[@vitoiacobellis7649]

Questo è l'unico video commissionato dalla leggendaria 99 Records di New York. È stato prodotto nel 1983 da Michael Sporn Animation Studios. Mike era mio cognato in quel momento. Non aveva mai realizzato un video musicale, quindi ha colto al volo l'occasione! Potevamo permetterci solo $ 500 ma a Micky non importava. Tutti pensavano che uscisse alla grande! Ovviamente molti ascoltatori capiranno immediatamente l'inconfondibile bassline del bassista Richard McGwire. Liquid Liquid erano quattro amici bianchi che facevano più parte del No-Wave sceane. Dopo aver registrato questo brano "Cavern", il proprietario delle etichette, Ed Bahlman, ha fatto un salto alla stazione radio locale all'avanguardia di Manhattan e l'ha fatto proprio nelle mani del leggendario DJ Franky Crocker. Lui e il loro intero staff l'hanno ADORATO! Per i prossimi tre mesi la "Caverna" di Liquid Liquid è diventata balistica, Ed e io non siamo riusciti a tenerlo in magazzino! Poi un giorno sono andato a lavorare, e non ho avuto Liquid Liquid. ** POOF **. Andato, tesoro andato ... Circa una settimana dopo, il nuovo artista "Grandmaster Flash" ha debuttato su una traccia chiamata "White Lines", dando così inizio alla prima "legge campionaria" al mondo

[@Iridium242]

Great tune! Man this brings back memories of the clubs in NYC back then!

[@mikecailean2053]

CHEF BROUGHT ME HERE, GREAT MOVIE

[@oneiione]

THIS SONG BROUGHT ME TO CHEF

[@SlowSlowSloth]

Thanks Liam.

[@HE9JSD]

ultimate breaks and beats

[@joeharvey3873]

No word's 💯💯💯💯ever hall of Fame class by it self👍

[@Outliers4Life]

honestly love the way this is mixed a lot more than the one on spotify

[@dynamicsamurai3803]

Man that bassline always gets too me ! Thats how you know you've just heard a good ass record.

[@emopandan]

i love all that is oldschool!!

[@dirtbag1713]

Slip In And Out Of Phenomenon

[@theflyroller]

It's cool to meet the other guys who have this on vinyl! Cool shit then....and now!

[@mickymac6571]

love "white lines", bought it on 12" when it came out, this is even better.

[@bomac10]

great memories on this one

[@AbbottSupreme]

Classic!...

[@cheesewhizzboy]

Thanks so much for putting this up! :-)

[@hardcorehouse]

@goonerballs This was the original, from which Grandmaster Flash lifted the bassline and did a nice job with their version of it. Hot in NYC underground clubs summer '83, when NYC was the incubator for today's dance musics.

[@dre_allday24]

Thanks for the music history lesson. All these years I thought Grandmaster Flash came up with this beat.

[@f1guremeout]

They've been sampling since samples could be sampled. That's culture for you folks

[@f1guremeout]

Theives? Culture is made to be interpreted, repeated, and remixed. That is how the knowledge gets passed on. We copy what we learn, music is the same way. Innovation, though, comes from seeing those past "mistakes" we build from and make anew. Don't forget where [you] come from!

[@WillScarlet1991]

f1guremeout As long as credit is duly given. Did G-Flash acknowledge publicly where they got their sample from?

[@f1guremeout]

I don't believe so, however in leaving the mystery for those searching for truth in the music and those who already knew can meet somewhere in the history and share the blessing good music offers. Consider it a conflict of interest, Madlib would encourage discovery of true listeners to find the source material and that way the music can never be lost. G-Flash sampled not a popular song, but an obscure one for a reason: to highlight the music itself and those who know it, would be the first to know. He, nor any other artist, creates in a vacuum.

[@harunal-muhajir5555]

Guys like Melle Mel rhymed over these records every night. When hip-hop transitioned into the studio, MCs still wanted the breaks they were familiar with. Some instances occurred where DJs cutting the breaks actually got pressed on wax, but in general that was not polished enough for mass consumption. Labels like Sugar Hill and Enjoy would employ house bands whose sole job was to recreate records MCs were used to rapping over. Probably half of those early records with house bands simply were recreations or interpolations of popular breaks that most hip-hop listeners, particularly in NYC, were well aware of. It's not so much that they were trying to steal or pass a record like this off on their own, it was more of an assumption that the target audience already knew it originated from somewhere else.

[@suds5866]

This is going to blow up.

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

It's a little late but long overdue

[@josephblair8637]

went to grade school with Scott what a jam!!!

[@Stockmuncher]

The video fits perfectly. It's well edited with a decent rhythm and pace. Also, the eeriness and hypnotic effect of the song come across in the animation. I'd be remiss if I didn't add that the song itself is incredibly powerful and hugely influential.

[@featherycoffee1401]

Straight Banger

[@DieMenschMaschine85]

Going to see them this weekend! :)

[@eduardorivera4343]

Love it!! Both versions are good..When one likes something he digs.

[@eduardorivera4343]

Glad Grand-Master Flash added a horns section and fun Lyrics everybody knew.

[@TerryTolkinnnn]

Mike, my Brother-In-Law and creator of the video, (since deceased) would have truly loved your comment.

[@dirtycrumbs]

forever and ever groove dont die

[@ulgerman]

absolutely brilliant !!!

[@mr.miyagi3784]

Get your roller skates ON!!!!!

[@hardcorehouse]

@SPAZZOID100 Another NYC gem. This was big on KISS & BLS FM NYC, on the boxes in the parks and in the streets, summer '83. NYC, the world's incubator for house, rap, hip hop, electro and to some extent, techno. Those who lived it know exactly what i'm talkin bout, ya'll.

[@sbrycroft]

News of the upcoming movie “Here” starring Tom Hanks, based on Richard McGuire’s graphic novel brought me here. Richard played the bass on this track.

[@EsopoffTrune]

Music from *Marc Ecko's Getting Up* yeah!

[@punchanellax5724]

omg what is that crap seriously gaming ?

[@apersona4734]

I've noticed uploads of the gameplay with Russian and Eastern European KZbinrs guess the game has had a Eastern European revival recently glad to see great game made my childhood tbh

[@shady89able]

Chef brought me here

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

AncientArts Earthkeeper 25th Hour?

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

***** Thanks, I vaguely remember the movie but I remember this cut!!!

[@retrob9346]

This dope af 🙌