Who diggs this tune? raises hand I Asked my man victor what he used to do for fun, he said he learned to shoot a gun before the age of 21. ok..
Пікірлер: 1 200
@cecilroberts19719 ай бұрын
For those in their 50s. We will always cherish this period of music.
@carlsagan4955 ай бұрын
damn right!
@perrynnlynch1883Ай бұрын
Well said. Where have all those years gone?? Top comment.
@cjknox1973Ай бұрын
You damn Skippy!!!
@meganmckenzie1767Ай бұрын
And early 60's if you please!
@truthdude88498 күн бұрын
And early 40s
@iwapelemovement9 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥 I'm 47. I feel blessed to have grew up listening to emcee's like this. We had African pride big time back then.
@lorenzbeaumacc11756 ай бұрын
I don't get it. What caused the switch ? Gangsta rap ?
@niradnagrom2356 Жыл бұрын
That "New Jack Swing" has stood the test of time! Teddy Riley is a musical genius!
@legacyrsme3 ай бұрын
Teddy Riley was the man alright back in my homie days
@darrenfinch510411 жыл бұрын
He wrote it for Spike Lee's movie of the same name, but Spike apparently wasn't feeling it and went for Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' instead. It's a lost classic that has stood the test of time.
@TheStandardBearer2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 💯
@Tee-kk6tj2 жыл бұрын
That’s a dope fact! This song fits well
@musiclover-cn7tb2 жыл бұрын
@@Tee-kk6tj it sure does I wish spike would have used it .
@loki22402 жыл бұрын
Hard to knock the decision to go with Fight the Power, though.
@Sonyb3ats2 жыл бұрын
That's messed up
@terrencebell35832 жыл бұрын
I'm still rocking to this in 2022, this should be airing all over the radio in today's time
@nellinelnmj Жыл бұрын
Well said bro. Much love I agree. ❤
@Saveyourbs Жыл бұрын
I dance like this when I go out to dinner and bingo.
@SpeciaListMK Жыл бұрын
And you are not fucking alone dude ;-)
@SpeciaListMK Жыл бұрын
CAuse... WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN "B"
@parrface1 Жыл бұрын
Teddy Riley at his finest! ❤️
@kevinh87362 жыл бұрын
I was 21 when this jam hit the airwaves. Red Head should've gotten waaaaayyyy more recognition. He was a damn good lyricist!!!!
@kentalks281810 ай бұрын
I’ve always thought that. He comes up in my mind a lot when it comes to early 90’s hip-hop but no one ever acknowledges him. He had lyrics, the look , and could dance. All the songs he dropped as singles that I knew were tight. His stage name was ill too. Kingpin? Come on man. I’m see if there’s an interview of him talking about all of this.
@tanyahall16405 ай бұрын
Come on Spike Lee… this would have been a great addition to your soundtrack for that movie 🤷🏽♂️
@otisboyd-wl3do2 ай бұрын
Born in the late 60s
@speaktomybeadlehand10 жыл бұрын
I remember this like yesterday. I'm fucking 42 now still doing the right thing. Classic redhead respect
@ziziros110 жыл бұрын
True
@louiepr7 жыл бұрын
speaktomybeadlehand I'm 49 and ever time I hear this joint it takes me back to that time. Funny how these new rappers only make me throw up jajajaja
@Militantreturns6 жыл бұрын
speaktomybeadlehand I feel you I'm about to be 38 and I'm still trying to do the right thang
@AmazonMom225 жыл бұрын
Word to big bird
@Proletariat-19143 жыл бұрын
42 here here
@trevorgolding9200 Жыл бұрын
Haven’t heard this song in 30 years! I thought of it & the next minute I was listening to it. Thanks KZbin! This song is a lost classic.
@kbw.rvwhntr15 жыл бұрын
The New Jack Swing era, I miss those days with a passion! And this is one of my all time favorites.
@keziahstockholm48692 жыл бұрын
Right.
@funkysexy69 Жыл бұрын
Ditto!! 😎👊🏽
@cosmicstargazer10 Жыл бұрын
Sure as eggs is eggs I miss NJS too. It's like I turned into a grandma "they just don't make it like this no more", indeed all-time favourite. I love the whole album, I have it on cassette but it's stretched a bit, the CD is great in the car - I can have it as loud as I want!
@Hey_me9 ай бұрын
Classic. They never do it like this anymore. ❤
@sloanestockton965 Жыл бұрын
48 and still rock to Redhead puts me in SUCH a better mood!!💜
@cosmicstargazer10 Жыл бұрын
Truth!
@sharleneandrews2276 күн бұрын
Born 1974, Australia, this was 1 of the biggest songs in the 90's I still listen. 😂 I think our nursing homes are gunna be tha bomb. Teach the young ones how we all got along. Saturday 31st August 2024 Australia 🎉
@joels12323 күн бұрын
74 here too! I was in Wilmington Delaware clubs and Phillly clubs getting my dance on to this song
@rollnstyle3 жыл бұрын
2021 still 🔥🔥🔥 Back then when music was inspiring & sent positive messages...
@AM-um6jt3 жыл бұрын
That message has changed dramatically over the years....What a great song with a great message. Good then and still great.
@walkerwagon1615 Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! I remember watching "the people under the stairs" movie when I was young and this song come on at the ending. I always loved it. It was the perfect song for the ending.
@tlig9 жыл бұрын
Back when it wasn't uncool to have a positive message......
@michaelbull43444 жыл бұрын
I miss that
@brachelliejoshua11954 жыл бұрын
Absolutely and unique
@nonenja77754 жыл бұрын
im the truest mofoker eva
@nonenja77754 жыл бұрын
and i say red headrocks hard
@Shon_Janel4 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!
@zyrover3 жыл бұрын
RedHead had serious flow. This was back when rap was fun! I love it!
@johngarrett94182 жыл бұрын
Why can't rap be like this in today's times? Back when rappers kicked knowledge and rap was fun and uplifting. This trash today can go somewhere. Smh.
@abeware87832 ай бұрын
Because it wasn't fully supported back then and now 20 years later the masses all of a sudden has a moral compass but where was they back when this project needed our support? I visibly remember black radio out here (Lake Charles LA) was told to not play this song. Luckily I bought the soundtrack so screw radio.
@letabrothaknow16 жыл бұрын
This is still the JAM!!!!!!! My Kids are amazed no cussing and this song is older than them. This makes me wanna watch HOUSE PARTY.
@liarasomers4053 ай бұрын
I love house party
@irfk4173 Жыл бұрын
2023 this still bangs. Memories !!
@jmoney47086 ай бұрын
2024* 🔥🔥
@Krishwa14 жыл бұрын
Bro this was the ishh back in the 90'z .... totally support this guy !
@reeseyclemons394110 жыл бұрын
any else remembers this playing at the end of People under the stairs?
@adambriceland346610 жыл бұрын
of course one of my all time fav movies...fool did the right thing for sure in that movie....
@gemini289 жыл бұрын
Love the movie and the song!!!!
@harrunsonk82717 жыл бұрын
That's what brought me here lls
@missprincegirl6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Great movie
@ruffnek20726 жыл бұрын
Reesey Clemons Hahahahahaha yeah,I was into Breakdancin and Hip Hop (still am) and had this on 12", watched"People under the stairs"and next thing credits are rollin,cash is flying everywhere, people under the stairs are runnin around and This iz blastin out,I was like WTF Hahahahahaha
@michaeljackson32713 жыл бұрын
When Emcee had the background dancers but still dance along with them. Golden Era.
@cosmicstargazer10 Жыл бұрын
Still relevant still rockin' the spot. Every time I hear this I'm a kid again in my Kickers boots & pin-rolled dungarees. So glad to have been a kid back then because being a kid now is way harder. Everybody everybody in the world you got to do the right thing...
@ANious-co8py Жыл бұрын
Still the jam! Some music never gets old or goes out of style!!! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
@gc64974 жыл бұрын
Who’s still listening 2020?
@callumbrowns4 жыл бұрын
Me lol might be a little random but would you know of his height & weight it's not on Wiki ?
@Horford733 жыл бұрын
The message is still relevant for today.
@jujigatame78203 жыл бұрын
Me for sure , this track gave me the love for the dance and I'm still dancing at 46, Paris 1990 Reprezent Malakoff 92240 !!!
@charlesspencer52613 жыл бұрын
🙋🏿♂️🙋🏿♂️🤦🏽♂️😁😁✊🏿💞
@ZOKI.SAVIC.07113 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite Songs 😉 😎 ✌🏼
@empressdoinalot9 жыл бұрын
People Under the Stairs brought me here. Classic film
@glennbrown72419 жыл бұрын
Yes Teddy Riley and possibly Gene Griffin on production. Lee Drakeford (Big Bub) from Today on Vocals!
@brachelliejoshua11954 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@YamashitaTsubasa4 жыл бұрын
And sampling "UFO" by all female punk band ESG, like so many others
@demontemorton63812 жыл бұрын
No no Gene Griffin. All Teddy.
@RuffmixxMusic Жыл бұрын
Lol Gene never produced a thing. Just took credit for Ted's genius and ripped him off
@clipzmozart6557 Жыл бұрын
Say this is before my time my dad used to play this when I was a kid and me and brother used to replay this song on people under the stairs…. Moral of the story I grew up as man to do the right thing…. Much love brothas and sistas
@seanwjones078 жыл бұрын
Don't think you'll ever hear songs again talking about "do the right thing" in today's world...sad.
@davidgentile46528 жыл бұрын
this could be killer mikes Bernie selected theme song
@jaseallenson3164 жыл бұрын
Plenty of songs about it. Problem is they arent usually backed by the industry and pushed like the songs promoting the streets, drugs and division. But you can find plenty of artists pushing positivity if ya do just a little digging, and dont care about your circle ribbing you for listening to shit that isnt "cool". And to be honest there are even some very popular artists that promote positivity through their music.
@dennisveneman94696 ай бұрын
True😢
@humannature7125 жыл бұрын
This was and still is my jam...lyrics like this no longer exist in Hip Hop what a damm shame
@exf207 күн бұрын
Who's keeping Redhead Kingpin's music alive till this day? 👐🏾💪🏾
@cidered7888 Жыл бұрын
AMEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS LISTEN,,, MUCH LOVE PREACH ON WORD X
@anthonymascarenas4850 Жыл бұрын
Omg!!! I asked god to help me find this song and now I found it after years and years and years!!! 😂🎉❤ been since 2009!!!
@SupastarDjs13 жыл бұрын
Classic.......takes me back to 88'-89'......don't we all miss it!!! 9real hip hop music that is...back when you could actually FEEL the music!!
@ceedagr8159 Жыл бұрын
Never knew the lyrics this dude rhymed til late appreciate this joint and redhead ..bless new Jack swing
@yankeesuperstar10 ай бұрын
Positive message we all need to get back to- loved this song and still do🙏🏼
@atlinsomniach39014 жыл бұрын
I wasn’t even born when this song was made, yet it makes me kinda sentimental. Late 80’s/early 90’s was so innocent.
@BRUTHAWAR2 жыл бұрын
It actually wasn't. Gang bangin & violence was crazy in the 90s, BUT the cool thing was there were more positive alternatives to just Gangsta rap. So more variety, including positive & pro Black Hip hop.
@WayneBoucaud8 жыл бұрын
Man,you forget how brilliant these tracks were...Heavy..!!
@joesolese9 жыл бұрын
back in 89 was the bomb
@christianpool9 жыл бұрын
The People Under The Stairs
@NewJeansHowSweet4 жыл бұрын
WES CRAVEN ~~
@khordkutta14 жыл бұрын
Underrated and Underappreciate cat in hiphop, classic album right there!!!
@TheStandardBearer2 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOW! A classic for sure. I remember when he dropped this we danced and life was good. 💯✌👏
@rwaller21065 ай бұрын
Teddy Riley producing, Redhead Kingpin’s lyrics, and Big Bub (Today) on the hook/ chorus = still a hit🥰🥰🥰
@jasonabernathy5355 Жыл бұрын
Redhead Kingpin much respect! Gotta do the Right Thing ✊🏾
@DanRafter36516 жыл бұрын
What a lot of people don't realize is that Teddy Riley opened a whole genre of Hip-Hop back in the 80's/ early 90's and continues to work with todays artist just as low-key as he was back then. "New Jack Swing" was what they were calling his style of music when I lived in VA. Guy and Blackstreet Had the same Hip-Hop feel with an R&B twist...or he'd switch and make a R&B song with a Hip-Hop feel. I remember swinging to this watching this on MTV RAPS.
@SpaceGod7189 ай бұрын
Man this song is truly a masterpiece 🎭
@portia_eportia2 жыл бұрын
Loved this song...that was playing "People under the Stairs Movie" in the closing credits...
@damon.martin84828 жыл бұрын
that hook still goes hard
@shanedpain77342 жыл бұрын
I get lifted. KC and the Sunshine Band
@musiclover-cn7tb2 жыл бұрын
@@shanedpain7734 yep is that big bub singing the hook ?.
@musiclover-cn7tb2 жыл бұрын
@@shanedpain7734 oh yeah a popular sampler record 112, Snoop , Biggie , Keith Murray and so many more .
@khameronsmith1082 жыл бұрын
@@musiclover-cn7tb indeed it is 🔥🔥
@grantdavis58398 жыл бұрын
Heard this at end of the late great Wes Craven's film The People Under the Stairs
@thatboyace15 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! I can't believe I'm hearing and seeing this. Super classic tune. That just did my week. Respect to L.A.Y for posting this... Yizzur!
@singboyy15 жыл бұрын
I USE TO WACTH PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH MY COUSIN'S. We Love It and this song, it's our jam too! "Do the right thing".
@iluvmyboba14 жыл бұрын
When music had a message. I miss this era!!!!!
@moneyforever62010 жыл бұрын
I saw redhead kingpin and the fbi in concert back in 1988 in brisbane,Australia. What a blast I couldn't get enuff of this red head dude talk about legit rapping without shit true to the word and never let his fans hang like some other imposters do. peace:---)))) I'm outta ahere
@khalilarashid6 жыл бұрын
Money Forever I was in Brisbane, Australia in 1988 as well. Great Time!
@latinoporvida Жыл бұрын
I remember having this on vinyl record
@primusmoss-ln6jc9 ай бұрын
They used it in People Under The Stairs at the end credits! Awesome song fo sho! I just got through watching the movie and thought that song at the end was seriously TUFF! We need to get back to funky feeling in music! It's so timeless and you never get tired of listening to it! Redhead Kingpin tore that one out the frame!!!
@xXTrakkStarrXx8 жыл бұрын
This song suddenly popped into my head and I looked up the lyrics and found it. Then I had to remember where I knew it from, the end of People Under the Stairs!
@htowngurl177 жыл бұрын
xXTrakkStarrXx just got though watching this movie and had to come look up this song
@jmbo727 жыл бұрын
Very same thing just happened to me! ;)
@lorenzomedina3419 Жыл бұрын
Old Skool, Lovin" it.
@ajtowin4 жыл бұрын
The whole world is acting like a giant Howard Beach" I remember the tensions in NYC at the time and this song was released some years after that in 89 when Yusef Hawkins was murdered in Brooklyn
@realrecognizereal662211 ай бұрын
I just tried to like everyone's 👍 comments, This Song is the definition of rap 🎶 music, yeah yall...Redhead Kingpin was all the way lit on this joint. People Under the Stairs, Yall know the rest. Love ❤️ the 90s forever.
@ro3snowman8 жыл бұрын
that new jack swing !
@Godblack6814 жыл бұрын
This treasure dropped when i was a 21 yr old flat top fade rocka baybee ! 6 feet tall and 175 lbs from all that dancin ! NUFF RESPECT 4 postin this GEM !
@MegaElle774 жыл бұрын
Thank you KZbin for allowing the posting of songs from my childhood days. Nice to see and hear this during these unprecedented times and the message is fitting at this time. 💙
@esoligh11 жыл бұрын
Man I was so young when I used to listen to this guy at school socials and now I realise how dope he is!! Wow!! I feel so lucky to have had such good messages going in my ears, even if I didn't realise what they were at the time.. almost 23/24 years ago now when I was in intermediate school in Birkdale, NZ.
@speaktomybeadlehand11 жыл бұрын
Fucking absolute classic riff. Remember it like it was yesterday.
@AnonymousWaz Жыл бұрын
2023. Still listening. More relevant today than it ever was. Do the right thing folks, it's gonna be hard.
@balearicsound21963 жыл бұрын
I try to do the right thing....from today December 11th 2020...Try too✌
@tralonwilliams64992 жыл бұрын
I got hooked to this song when I was 5 years old in 1991 when I watched the movie (people under the stairs) And I've Loved this song ever since
@Panzerreich8 жыл бұрын
Really good song with a great message. I wish there more songs like this nowadays.
@PrAnG20008 жыл бұрын
This was a massive club hit, but I can understand why Spike Lee never used this for his movie of the same name...it just wouldn't have fit.
@FabThePenMan Жыл бұрын
@PrAnG2000 You'd be surprised, it might have given the move more crossover appeal. I love FTP,but my gut tells me that Spike should have gone for a Double-Barrelled OST. I just know that somehow it would have worked!💪
@bitterbold Жыл бұрын
This was dope back in the day. Well, it still is.
@TheRealStreetJoker9 жыл бұрын
This track featured on "People under the stairs" classic film.
@DirrtyJerzy91 Жыл бұрын
New Jack Swinging in 2023! Crazy song with dancing, beats & with messages intertwined like a shredded wheat biscuit. Do the right thing...
@simonfisher4792 жыл бұрын
"You're not the only one in the world that has problems. Keep your head straight and you can surely solve them." great lyrics.
@steeveditona4806 Жыл бұрын
Je me souviens que c'était à l'époque du Night fever! Ce fut la meilleure époque de ma génération. Pour tout ceux qui ont connu le Night, le Studio one, ils savent de quoi je parle.
@_Cannibal_Holocaust_2 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing about horror movies that came out in the early 90s, is that they had some pretty good music to go with the movie, this song being one of them 👌
@Joey7Z7Horror Жыл бұрын
I know exactly what movie you’re talking about :) truly Craven’s most underrated work I’ve ever seen
@davidandrews89633 жыл бұрын
This is me back in the 80s boy did we drop to this and Eric B and Rakim good days 👆🍀😎🍾🎤
@CCJJ160Channels7 жыл бұрын
Loved 90's music. You got a message, a great beat, awesome lyrics, and a workout (if you danced) all in one song!
@bastionbooger5 жыл бұрын
But this is 80s music. The best of all.
@marinamohidixon28792 жыл бұрын
So true! It’s actually the perfect fusion of of joy for mind, body and spirit 😁
@CPZBLH2 жыл бұрын
I was a High School freshman when this dropped...dope song from a dope album. Great memories.
@JamesYisrael9 жыл бұрын
Songs like this kept me on the right track..along with a few azz whippings from pops lol
@stephenkercheval26528 ай бұрын
I'm glad I grew up in the 90's best decade of all time. I was a freshman when this came out
@MsChanteJ7214 жыл бұрын
This song takes me waaay back! Back to a time when hip hop was REAL!!
@cree19god5 жыл бұрын
This was one of my top five songs. Hip hop lives!
@Alphadacka16 жыл бұрын
This song pumps me up every morning before I go to work.
@amichremy293710 жыл бұрын
Quelle performance, le son a été trop bien monté. pour le fond musical il me rappelle "Knowledge Is King de kool moe" dee. BRAVO LES ANCIENS et à un de ces jour à ABIDJAN...
@golfraven56694 жыл бұрын
One of the vinyls I bought in my teens ... still funky 😎
@danielmaher29774 жыл бұрын
First rap I learned all the lyrics to off by heart. 30 years later still remember this word for word....ckassic
@morrisman6415 жыл бұрын
THIS GUY WAS ONE THE BEST RAPPER EVER!! Cool video too.
@Deedee-ee1sgАй бұрын
Sounds better than most anything in the current Top40 charts!!! A proper cool choon.
@subatomic108 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this in 89
@AladeenofWadiya14 жыл бұрын
subatomic10 ok boomer
@irismbabyy4 жыл бұрын
Admiral General Aladeen Of The Republic of Wadiya Nice bud, a casual 5 year old saying “ok boomer” to somebody sharing their memories.
@mugatu20173 ай бұрын
Love this music , from Brasil 2024
@kaydenpat9 жыл бұрын
Finally, the classic version of this great rap song. Thanks for posting.
@17Bayberry15 жыл бұрын
Piece of the pie may never happen...but staying should...you only have one. These guys had a true message. Bless them.
@MangoMango12308 жыл бұрын
I can't stop saying AW YEAH!!!
@cassandrabeverly11707 жыл бұрын
Chuby Chuby The 0 Of Chubs I will be a good
@irismbabyy4 жыл бұрын
cassandra beverly you probably aren’t young anymore but I have too.. R/YOUNGPEOPLEKZbin
@tumbel993 жыл бұрын
Classic Classic Classic,Man I love this,memories 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
@NPGLAMB2 жыл бұрын
I’m a big fan of him. I wish he did more albums.
@SkinnyEMedia Жыл бұрын
One of the great hip-hop and new jack swing tunes!
@jiggamannodoubt16 жыл бұрын
What a record! I still have my vinyl copy from wayyyy back when I were a nippa. Why cant anyone make hip hop like this any more? BigD is right, Never take this down dude.
@angeldeeva16 жыл бұрын
dis shit brings bak alot of memory!!! 15 yrs ago!!! me & my boys we had da moves!!! we were da BOMB bak den!!!(im still da bomb) dis was one of our favourite tunes!!! miss thoses days!!!
@Remember-Death2 жыл бұрын
I recently heard this song again and was struck by how much it sounded like a New Jack Swing/Teddy Riley produced track. But I didn't remember Teddy being affiliated with the group. So I did some digging. Apparently, this track was produced by Teddy's little brother (Markell Riley) which explains why it has that Teddy feel to it. And I'm sure Teddy was behind the scenes, helping his brother out with the production. Dope track. I remember this song when it came out, it was catchy-as-hell.
@musiclover-cn7tb2 жыл бұрын
I heard one of his songs on in living color the fly girls did a routine to it .
@The_torero2 жыл бұрын
True. This has Teddy all over it.
@yahtrunamepsalms68492 жыл бұрын
It’s indicative to that time back when so yeah it is a new Jack swing thing
@arranboon12 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@RuffmixxMusic Жыл бұрын
TR credited as "mixer" and "arranger". Hard to know who really did what during the Gene Griffin era. But yeah odds are that Ted was instrumental (pardon the pun) in the making of this record. Would have to be him taking it to church on the keyboard solo plus the talk box bits plus the vocal ad libs (yep yeps and more!). And would have to be the legendary and hugely underrated Lee "Bubba" Drakeford singing the hook.... The unheralded voice of many New Jack classics!