Rappers React To Deftones "Back To School"!!!

[@ChaseVonnegut]

Mooooooore Deftones. I'd dedicate a day to them/Chino between Deftones/Palms/Crosses/Team Sleep + a bunch of collabs you have years.

[@happywebster7151]

thats true though

[@scottkitchingman9884]

I second this

[@nickdanger108]

☝️these people know what’s up

[@The_Fat_Turtle]

I was in high school when this came out, it was like an anthem to me, because I was always in hoodies, smoking cigarettes/weed and not really caring about my grades outside of doing enough to graduate, skipped school a lot, listened to mostly metal. This hit all the right boxes for teenage me. Still an awesome song but I'm older and boring now.

[@johncarpenter3751]

I had just graduated when white pony came out, June 20, 2000!! This album was and still is amazing. I’m pretty sure I got my wife pregnant two separate times to this album

[@sociald324]

Graduated in 03 and this song couldn't have possibly hit harder for me back then

[@bitteranjel6782]

He'll yeah we need to bring back JNCOS n Bucket hats

[@JapandaaaTV]

Exactly ! Class of 1999. Chino was one of my idols back in the day.

[@microgirl3789]

This song was not on the original White Pony album (gray cover) but the record company wanted more singles so they wrote this as a spin off of Pink Maggit which is the last track on the album. This is the first track on the reissue album (white cover). They also had limited edition White Pony albums that had red and black covers that featured "The Boy's Republic". You know I will always be down for more Deftones. Check out: Engine No. 9 Root Birthmark Lhabia Mascara Be Quiet and Drive You've Seen the Butcher Just to name a few. You guys rock! Great reaction! 🤘❤️

[@HeavyWalkBXR]

Hey bros, please react to 'Pink Maggit', that's the original version of this song (that's why this song is also called 'Mini Maggit'), it's totally different and I think is one of the best Deftones songs ever. And you can hear more of that insane voice talent in 'Hexagram', in that song you can hear how Chino delivers all the power of his voice. Deftones has very hard songs: 'When Girls Telephone Boys', 'Leathers', 'Headup', 'Bloody Cape', 'Diamond Eyes', 'Needles and Pins', 'Prince', 'Poltergeist' and 'Rocket Skates' are just examples.

[@NijFix]

Baggy pants absolutely are coming back in UK - Carhart, cargos, moleskins. Also noticed a whole wall of woodcutter flannel shirts in TK Maxx for last Autumn/fall season. Also some cherry red Dr. Martin's appearing in stores. Edit: Also saw Tool live in Manchester the other week - sensational.

[@coopsnz1]

Dc shoes 👟

[@DocRobert]

Get me to the UK. 😁

[@Alifesalife]

Alt will never die in the uk we started it!

[@mrBerntsenE]

I get a lump in my throat every time I see Chi. I miss that guy.

[@morganhayes1589]

Same...

[@fernandom1743]

Just yesterday I was listening to Deftones while having a few beers, this song could not be missing from my playlist. Greetings Trash Talkers! I hope you can react to more Deftones songs. 🤘🏻🔥

[@zackzaharko89]

Deftones’ first two albums are almost no question considered nu-metal. They are part of that early group movement that really helped carve that niche of music genre at first but then quickly broke away from it around White Pony (2000) era. White Pony was mostly considered alternative metal at that point besides some tracks like this one.

[@deemonik]

Deftones definitely started off as what is considered Nu-Metal, but I feel they quickly broke off and basically became their own genre

[@lulu-fp7im]

Hell yeah 👍

[@carlesmacuaid]

I know Deftones were formed before them but I would say Korn were probably the genesis of nu-metal as everyone knows it in popular culture. I agree though that Deftones completely transcended any genre as they evolved. They're a lot like Primus in that there is literally nobody who sounds like them.

[@metalguru85]

This was from White Pony. Chino has said in an interview the record label weren't happy as the album had no 'hit singles' on it. Chino and the band knocked this out in minutes. They went a long time hating that they compromised but when I saw them in 2019 they closed with this.

[@NijFix]

I think this Mini Maggot version was added as a digital release of White Pony though, right? Back to School on the orrginal album was a slow jam at the end of the album.

[@erikboris5634]

@@NijFix Pink Maggit is the last song on every version of the album, Back to School (Mini Maggit) was added to the album less than a year later

[@sharinglungs3226]

@@NijFixsort of. Because it wasn’t included in the original release the label let you download the song for free off of a website. I can’t remember if you needed the cd or not to do it. This was back before people were buying their music digitally. I’m still kind of pissed I didn’t know there was different release of WP as I definitely would have grabbed the version with Boys Republic.

[@Drivestort]

They absolutely hated this song, the label said that Pink Maggit wasn't good enough and they needed a single, so Chino just wrote some raps that he just half assed for this.

[@seanmcgee8981]

Pink Maggot was so much better too

[@honeyandlavender_]

They wanted something marketable, and Chino thought that it was easy to make something that was gonna be a hit. And he proved it lol.

[@sharinglungs3226]

Pink maggit wasn’t meant to be a single and the label wanted a rock rap song to cash in on that trend at the time. Deftones just used the hook from that song to make this one. It is true this was a throw away song for the label and the band proving to them how easy it is for them to write a rock rap song. Not surprising they left it off the 20th anniversary version of white pony.

[@heidi82]

You really should do Mascara and Lhabia off their Around the Fur album. The whole album is a masterpiece. My favorite Deftones album is Adrenaline which brings it way back to the beginning and much more heavy sound. Their self titled album and Koi No Yokan never get enough love but hopefully you will get to those as well.

[@joemiller7082]

You’re both right. They fit in with no metal but they were different. They pulled more from hardcore punk and 80s alternative than the rest of ‘em. And they were more experimental too.

[@mattboselli1099]

I knew you guys were going to do something like this Deftones is definitely a new metal looking forward to this happy Sunday everyone

[@himynameis3664]

Deftones all day guys... absolute beasts

[@taurusbull8276]

One of the best nu metal songs of all-time is "Southtown" by P.O.D. I haven't seen anyone react to that song yet.

[@johncarpenter3751]

I got my pencil…. Gimme something to write on- hot for teacher , Van Halen

[@sanaakinney7935]

Y’all are my favorite- so happy to see more deftones

[@KP-xn7bq]

You guys ROCK!

[@vvvwva]

deftones ❤

[@earthboundmother205]

Hell yeah, this song slaps! Love me some Deftones in the morning!

[@phe0385]

...Literally, all of my jeans are JNCO. I haven't bought new jeans since like '98. It's just a style that I can't let go. They're also super comfortable. One pair has legs is as wide as my waist. The brand still exists, and you can buy the classics. The cost of high fashion is pretty steep though. The next Deftones song for your checklist has to be "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)".

[@tomnorthcutt4754]

deftones took over a real high school for this vid all the kids were real studemts

[@kristaspecht]

Morning! Hell ya! Love def tones! Love Chino's voice! Need more def tones! Lol. Thanks guys!❤️🤓

[@christophersmth07]

I got to see Deftones a few years ago. They played a small venue (1,700) in the town I grew up in. Still ranks in my top 5 greatest shows I've been to. I have video on one of my old phones of Chino grabbing this girls cell phone out of her hand while she was recording. Filming the band during the song, then filming the crowd, then sticking the phone down the front of his pants. And then throwing it back to her lol

[@mendyrckz76]

🦋 "Deftones Forever" I'm so early this is Awesome! That conversation reminds us all that there is knowledge in all genre that is worth knowing. Great Reaction Guys! Keep the Amazing Music Flowin' and Btw I wear clothes from way back, up to now. I love my bell bottoms. 🤘😏 But I also Love my New Rock Boots Also. It's good to have a variety. ✌

[@HurtHead]

I saw them yesterday in Montreal. It was awesome!!! Perfect setlist. Back to school was not there though.

[@Hollywood6IX]

SO JEALOUS

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

This is one of the best nu metal songs ever.. The best is and always will be, Blind by Korn

[@joshuaguerra2651]

Did y’all catch Deftones on their spring 2022 tour? If y’all didn’t then y’all definitely should if you still have the chance!!

[@TorrMup]

Man there are soooooo many good Deftones songs that nobody taps into. I personally would love to see a Birthmark reaction.

[@zaynebonshire4860]

I remember Deftones performed this song at Conan O’Brien, but Chino’s voice was fucked up.

[@Luvly_kittycat]

You nailed it....we wore alllllll styles in the 90's. We had some serious style back then....some of it was ridiculous but on average, hard to top.

[@nateaurand1601]

The best part was hearing you guys debate Nu Metal VRS Rap while most of us knowing full well that Back to School had rapping in it

[@gilbertgarcia8002]

Hollywood said JNCOS!!!.. that was my style back in the day..used to buy the cannons!!!

[@tkelly830]

Fellas, Chino said they wrote this song because the record company wanted a single that was similar to the genre that was going on at that time. He didn't want to, but wrote it literally in a day to show how easy it was to do so.

[@Spudz76]

If you scream lyrics into an empty beer can, would that be Bru-Metal?

[@Hollywood6IX]

🤣🤣🤣

[@livylu6287]

My all-time favorite band since I was 15! They will always be the best in my book. Chino!! ❤😍

[@SquirrelSeb84]

For a song written in 10 minutes and being their worst overall song this is still great. But as somebody said y'all should check Pink Maggit, the song that closes White Pony and from which they built Back To School. That middle eight where Hollywood was mind-blown hits even harder on Pink Maggit, a dream-pop/shoegaze influenced epic 7-minute song. With that being said I must insist y'all react to Slowdive, Ride and My Bloody Valentine as a starting point for shoegaze. Won't regret it.

[@DustyDigits]

This is far from being their worst song...

[@bmac0]

There are absolutely some worse/weird songs in thir catalogue. This one is atelast super fun, gym song

[@dmen1k345]

Their BEST TUNE to date. Nuff said! DEFTONES FOREVER

[@ChrisJK280]

Engine No 9 Deftones is another that goes hard

[@nuclearnova4881]

Definitely check out Pink Maggit next. Lots of parallels between that and Back to School. Loving the vids 🔥🤘

[@twothouse123]

Engine #9 is their best rap/metal song!! The whole adrenaline album is fantastic!

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

My fashion sense hasn’t changed since 1997 when I was in 6th/7th grade,wide leg pants and band/horror movie shirts,chain wallet,spiked jewelry,black and other colors of nail polish and makeup black lipstick and eyeliner

[@LAFC.]

Funny how they were talking about wanting a nu metal deftones song not knowing they were about to listen to a numetal classic! FYI: The first 3-4 Deftones albums were during the NuMetal era. The latest albums stepped away from numetal and embraced more the alternative metal sound (which was a sound only slightly used in their first albums)

[@coopsnz1]

Miss those days riding skateboard to intermediate in New Zealand

[@DustyDigits]

Saw all the Kool Keith mentions on Smack My Bitch Up, but there's also a Kool Keith interpolation in this track. Metalheads seem to love Keith...

[@mimzyrising4145]

Was my seen, rocking the flow

[@horror_fam0847]

I worshipped the white pony album I believe its the most essential Deftones album that any metal head should own

[@Kevin_Fiol]

This one's for Smokey 😁... Back in the day Clutch went on tour with Sevendust and Limp Bizkit, and Smoke Dog caught that show in concert. Clutch ended up HATING Fred Durst. Not the whole band... Just Fred 🤣. And they wrote a Nu-Metal dis track about him Check out Careful With That Mic by Clutch 😉

[@Robert-rl7rd]

The bar where he says "and just like Keith I'm flipping it while you just keep it simple" is a reference to Kool Keith but I'm sure you guys figured that out real easy. This song is basically a huge diss to nu metal and the trend that was current at the time.

[@timwhite5877]

Love your reactions guy, don’t know if you’ve done it already but if not I think you’d really enjoy 36 crazyfists-slit wrist theory

[@jasonjtd79dunne88]

Time to break out the JNCO’s again they are available again lol Met Chino outside of the MSG employee entrance when they opened for Ozzy and he is a really cool dude.

[@billramirez8686]

Fair to Midland-Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow

[@richardm6985]

My take on this song: Yet another one of their nods to the grunge/y rock of bands like Sonic Youth. Good on them for having a wide range of inspirations. See also Be Quiet and Drive.

[@ngillette80]

He originally didn't want this on the album actually wasn't even on the original album what the record company really wanted a nu nu metal sounding song and they liked pink maggot so they morphed that song into back to school and the album got re-released with back to school as the first song on the album Chino doesn't consider that the official album because he didn't think that song was all that great and record label made them make it

[@johncarpenter3751]

Don’t get stuck on Rap, rap doesn’t equal Nu Metal ….. Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Wikipedia Disturbed / Sevendust / SOAD / Evenessence all can be classified as NuMetal but don’t incorporate elements of Rap in the music. Please don’t mention the one song the the bands have that do incorporate rap and not mention the rest of the bands catalog that doesn’t

[@Rayvn7]

....No.

[@johncarpenter3751]

@@Rayvn7 great argument. It’s funny when someone provides the definition of a thing and examples of said thing and ppl still think their opinion is right. You were so dumbfounded by my facts that your opinions no longer fit inside the truth box, so your immediate response is “uh no” with no actual facts to back it up. Bye Felicia

[@jangles1839]

Lol! My daughter is 16 and she can't stand it when I call her jeans "mom jeans"! She wore 00 waisted low rise for so long because she was dainty and long legged and now that she's filled out some, she's able to wear more brands. Awesome video fellers! 🤘🏼💙🤘🏼

[@najera2020]

haha! and lately the 90s style is all the rage with these kids again. and Deftones got big again just some time after this video was done. It all comes full circle I guess.

[@tjm6983]

This song was 'nu-metal' or had that many rap vocals, because their label wanted a song that style after seeing the success at the time of Linkin Park, for example, but others too. So Chino said he wrote it very quickly to show them how easy he considered it to write that style of song.

[@ilegallaws3741]

Those people were from high school !! I’m can guarantee that!! What a banger of a song!! Have you done above it ?? Such banger!!😊

[@pillboss1987]

React to Hatebreed “I will be heard”, I’ve asked enough times and it’s about time y’all checked it out.

[@Phallica-js7ht]

Or any other Hatebreed song, they're all the same.

[@F13fan]

Good shit bros. My favorite Deftones song would be Digital Bath and Elite(and Passenger but I know you did that one lol). Give some Highly Suspect and The Amity Affliction a listen. And for Gods sake do more Primus and Static-X! Lol

[@ShaneChristopherWicklund]

Gotta check out Lotion, When Girls Telephone Boys, Bloody Cape, and Rocket Skates 🤘🏻

[@mikenguyen4855]

Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

[@anthonymarcos5447]

Boys I think it’s time to delve into the world of Canadian Post Hardcore. A great place to start would be a personal favourite of mine: This Could Be Anywhere In The World by Alexisonfire. I can see Hollywood loving the smooth vocals of Dallas contrasting against the harshness of George’s. I hope you give them a shot. Much love from Australia.

[@stevenrosensteel4311]

If I may make a suggestion Type O Negative, Everything dies and life is killing me. Two different songs two different vibes. I enjoy your content!

[@impulse4079]

damn caught this one early

[@ignorethefashion]

This song is from White Pony, their record label wanted another single and didn't think anything else was good enough. They recorded this song just to please the record label and show them how easy it was to make something radio friendly. Also with White Pony they didn't want to be lumped in with the whole "nu-metal" thing and be part of a passing phase. They purposely went in another direction with White Point and it's probably their most successful record.

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

This brings me back to high school

[@leerabey3580]

Rocket Skates! Absolute banger. Please and thank you.

[@Raksasa187]

you guys gotta peep out Royal, Cherry Waves, The Spell Of Mathematics or Ceremony (de last 2 songs are from their newest album) and there is ofcourse [L] MIRL!

[@michaelw4620]

Everyone in this video is in their 40’s at this point! You guys are about 20 years late to the party 🙈🤣

[@mistymichelle9957]

🎶💙🎶💙🎶 I'm with Hollywood; there's just something about Chino's voice. White Pony is a permanent fixture in my collection. By the way, I still own & wear my JNCOs. P.L.U.R.R. from ATX!

[@PaulMG33]

check that out below

[@Boosti__]

public service announcement - Its been well over a year since you guys have reacted to any KARNIVOOL songs. please react to SIMPLE BOY

[@singularitywatch]

Bruh...you turned him on to 7 words 👍💪

[@krisfrederick5001]

There was this one time a long 5 minutes ago that I suggested you listen to this song on your reaction to "Head Up." Yeah, go ahead and not worry about that. 👀

[@shewa.tg17]

I love your channel and I love Nu Metal. A band that has rap on singing is not necessary Nu Metal, for example Faith No More (Alternative Metal) and Rage Against The Machine (Rap Metal). Nu Metal is a subgenre of Alternative Metal, that combinates different styles like Rap, Funk, Industrial, Alternative Rock, Groove Metal, Grunge, Progressive, Trip-Hop, Post-Hardcore, Reggae, etc. It's not necessary to have all that genres, the key is the final product, riffs, rhythm, singing, bass sound and more. You have Slipknot and Incubus (from beginning to 2006) and they are differents, but both Nu Metal. And that's the beauty of the genre: versatility. So, we all know that KoRn and Deftones gave life to Nu Metal, and I consider that Deftones still is. But from White Pony, Deftones went beyond the Nu Metal (like Adrenaline and Around the Fur), experimenting with Trip-Hop, Shoegazing and that put closer to an Alternative Metal band, but I consider they turned an evolution of Nu Metal. Deftones and KoRn will be always the kings, and they never will be far of that genre. Saludos from Chile!!

[@RA-ww8og]

One love for Chi ❤

[@Ian_Ah_Nee]

Btw korn released a live version of wicked with ice cube

[@Lewphi]

MORE Nu-Metal PLEASE!!!!! This 90s vibe has got me sooooooooooo happy!

[@saint19741]

You should REALLY do a reaction to this band called Aldious Songs is called we are. Damn good!!!

[@chriskelly7593]

These metal sub genres are hard to define and overlap they definitely are nu-metal. And you don’t absolutely need rapping to be considered nu metal. Don’t worry about that stuff.

[@Phallica-js7ht]

Bruises by Skindred. I'll keep saying it. :P

[@slingslang2934]

Awesome thanks

[@bluedevil8306]

Chino didn't want to do this song but the record label made him make this but they still let him put pink Maggit in there

[@Ben_jammin2086]

hed ( PE ) - The Meadow / bonus track

[@lovelyleesa1]

real school real students back in the say

[@jeremylacuna4824]

Please please please please PLEEEEEEEAAAAASE do "Headup" next

[@rmay69]

They are from SACRAMENTO which is in nor cal not part of the so cal nu metal scene .also papa roach is from nor cal if you have not reacted to them yet you should check them out.keep up the killer work.

[@enabId]

Chino looks like Mike Perry (without face tattoos) or Brian O'Halloran from Clerks lmaoooo

[@TheMarathonomahos]

Late 90's early 2000's fashion was very Ni Metal style which ironically wasn't too dissimilar to the early 80's

[@SammyRebbo]

I'm not sure why you're thinking nu-metal means it has to have rap in it. nu-metal is more about the time the music came out rather than the actual sound of the music. Love this White Pony album!

[@Ennui.]

The rapping/hip hop influence was the trademark of Nu-Metal... Korn, Limp Bizkit, Coal Chamber, Linkin Park, Incubus and even early Deftones all had hip hop/rap elements in their music... While it wasn't absolutely necessary, rapping was still a quintessential element for a metal song to be recognized as Nu-Metal.

[@DeusExMachina0000000]

@7:50, naa, that's just how we used to took back in our day in highschool. We had to age fast.

[@dang1086]

Guys check out senser Glastonbury 1994. Age of panic. Or my personal fave whats going on. Rap with meaty metal vibe where doing numetal before it was a thing. Before linkin park or limp bizkit rage against the machine. Almost like ratm we’re copying them.

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora cuzzies CITY NEWTON BOMBERS LIVE AT GALATOS.. that's it

[@Ogr3-22]

the question of from the 90s, right now.....the economy lol

[@johnord684]

We dressed so much better back in the day

[@mimzyrising4145]

They chill long shorts metal

[@chrono050]

they were forced to make this song .. I still love it though