Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh - La Di Da Di Reaction

[@folklorico1979]

Every single second of this record has been sampled.

[@HelloThere-bj9rw]

Still blows my mind

[@dard4642]

You could just play this entire song in the middle of another song as a sample.

[@Rangerfan11]

Yes

[@mike04574]

Is this true?

[@theDavidChannel1]

Snoop used to say Slick Rick was one of his biggest influences. Rick is regarded as one of rap's greatest storytellers.

[@seanwright8786]

Facts

[@Torgo1969]

Stories about women fighting over him, and women growling like Tony The Tiger on the subway!

[@heidithatswho.2481]

Oh my gawd! I memorized this song when I was a kid. I'm 46. I have a 13 and 15 year old. I've driven them crazy their whole lives singing this😂😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Destyn2B]

Me too!

[@kenf3897]

Word !

[@KamrenMCOC]

I'm 18 and this is the first song I memorized and could sing without having the song playing. But I grew up with the snoop version

[@throwabrick]

This song is too good to exist. It is impossibly dense with flavour.

[@klasyk1532]

And notice the impact of this song..no instruments, just a beatbox! #HipHop

[@dcaseng]

I still remember this when it came out. You couldn't get through a single day in the summer without hearing this at least 4 or 5 times in the Bronx.

[@Dirtcake71]

I was in Toledo, OH and just like the Bronx, you had no choice but to hear it because everyone was playing it. Even one of the radio stations. They bleeped it of course and it was only played after 10 at night but everyone was listening to the radio at that time anyway.

[@nygroover397]

True in the BX it was either this or B.D.P. usually. How many cassette tapes were worn out just from bumping it on the block? I Remember how many I went through it different albums. My records lasted slightly longer. Snoop 's version was about dealing crack. The edited version changed it to weed. They do that I guess.

[@seanwright8786]

@@nygroover397 There was no BDP in existence when this song came out😄. KRS ONE AND Scott LaRock came out in '87.

[@nygroover397]

@@seanwright8786 If you actually read my post instead of stroking your internet ego. I said playing cassette tapes. Not to mention radio play. Some songs got perpetual play. If you grew up back then in the BX, then you would know no that. Mr. Google. Next time read. Or just sh...when grown folks is talking. Smdh

[@seanwright8786]

@@nygroover397 you mis- understand. I'm not on an internet ego. I was a freshman in high school when La Di Da Di came out. I'm from Brooklyn. Born and raised. I inky made a point based on on my teenage years. Sorry if I offended you. There was no disrespect intended. I was living in Flatbush when The Show came out but after I moved to East New York that's when BDP came out. That's all I was saying fam. It's peace. Not necessary to escalate

[@OpusWon]

Biggie Biggie Biggie can't you see, Sometimes your words just hypnotize me. Biggie Smalls - Hypnotize

[@YourMothersMan]

"When we rock the mic, we rock the Mic Riiiight" - Roc The Mic- Beanie Sigel n Freeway

[@m2c_tave689]

Snoop's version was a tribute to Slick Rick. Because by 1993 most kids didn't know about this song. It was Dr Dre that forced Snoop to do this song, because Dre was a huge fan of Slick Rick (and who wasn't). Dr Dre thought Snoop sounded so much like Slick Rick, it would be a natural fit to create an updated version of "La Di da Di" Snoop resisted because he knew he sounded like Slick Rick and didn't want people to think he was biting off his style.

[@seanwright8786]

YO!!!! YOU PLAYED THE ORIGINAL CUT!! Every teenager from 13 to 19 and early 20's) had this song committed to memory, word for word in New York City's 5 boroughs. Damn much memories. I'm 52 years old and hanging out on the block drinking quarts of Old English 800, we would start rhyming this joint while one of us did the beatbox. That was a favorite past time in the city among us young people back then.😄

[@m2c_tave689]

To see your face light up in reaction to this and many other songs just makes my day. It lets me and my fellow Hiphop fans know we didn't waste 10 -15 years of our lives enjoying Hiphop. Back in the day if you listen to Hiphop you viewed like a stoner on the couch in half baked. Glad to know others love Hiphop as much as we did.

[@rufiorufioo]

Slick rick is my childhood music. He's so unique and its just good stuff. He's Super talented

[@frankvasquez3560]

42 and remember this when i was 6 years old at family house party's i miss those times ..

[@m2c_tave689]

Great reaction. As a 45 Year fan of the song I have load of nostalgic memories tied to he song. Like dancing with my high school friend to this, or meeting my first girlfriend to this song. Or meeting my best friend as we discussed the lyrics and storytelling. This song still holds up over time. This is still a great great song and a hyper space jump for Hiphop music.

[@kendu1327]

1985 a true hip hop game changer..Everybody had a story after slick rick came out..a true hip hip fact. Slick Rick the first in hip hop with 2 personalities on the mic ..Slick Rick and Mc Ricky D

[@infinitecontent8001]

When Snoop and others did covers of these classics, they were given the blessings of the artists. This was so hyped in the States when it happened!!!

[@OpusWon]

This is one of.the bricks in the wall that built the foundation of hip hop.

[@GaryColemanNC]

I'm 62. I was there... Magic ❤.

[@RR64434]

I totally forgot the Biggie stole the “Biggie Biggie Biggie can’t you see” part

[@GeezuzKane]

The thing about Snoops version, at the time no one covered any rappers song. It was considered "biting". Snoop was the first to do so.

[@Dirtcake71]

Gotta remember Run-DMC did a cover of "Hard Times" by Kurtis Blow back in '84. They made it hit harder and frankly better than the original but big ups to Kurtis' original concept!

[@GeezuzKane]

@@Dirtcake71 i didn't know that was a cover. Thats pretty dope.

[@Dirtcake71]

@@GeezuzKane I didn't know either until a few years ago. Blew my mind! 😂

[@klasyk1532]

Another dope reaction! You should check out "The Show".....that was the b side single!

[@gymeni]

Straight dope, even today!

[@tabathacooksey6042]

This is real beautiful hip-hop music!

[@michaelwiggan7437]

Memories of hearing this and The Show playing everywhere..Teens will role up with their Portable Boom Box / Tape Deck playing at a High Level... I saw Snoop perform his version live at the annual Reggae Sumfest show in Montego Bay, Jamaica (felt like a Tribute to Legends who came before him)

[@Torgo1969]

This song is an immortal treasure!

[@keeper116]

I'm fortunate to have experienced BOTH versions. The original resonated with me & the times just as Snoops version did for those times. Only thing changed was what was poppin' at the time of release...Polo cologne vs Cool Water...Baileys & green socks vs Chucks & white socks, Kangol (hat) vs Indo (weed), etc lol

[@creamone]

Dougie Fresh is also a rapper, don't forget my request on Stream labs, I requested Slick Rick's, Hey Young World, a couple of weeks ago.

[@JustJammin]

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[@gerikwiley1916]

Just a little hip hop history, if you listen to early Will Smith he was definitely trying to be a PG rated Slick Rick. He had a La-di-da-di-esque song called "Rock The House" with Reaedy Rock C. Will Smith also had a song called "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" which was like a PG rated "Treat'em Like A Prostitute" by Slick Rick.

[@envyops]

Rock Da House was crazy, though.

[@gerikwiley1916]

@@envyops no doubt, wasn't taking anything away from will, he was probably 16yrs old when he made it. Just acknowledging Slick Rick influence

[@envyops]

@@gerikwiley1916 I actually meant to big up your comment. I'm a head that missed the influence. You put me on with that one. I hit that like quick.

[@mauricesantinomf]

The beat is so timeless Whodini were definitely ahead of they're time

[@quaddafismith8519]

The Fat Boys did a song similar to this called "Stick'em." No beat just the Human Beat Box beatboxing

[@BlackLionGriotMedia]

Now you see where the Biggie biggie biggie can't you see came from.

[@ants8527]

Slick Rick rappin And thats Dougie Fresh on the Beat Box!!!🎶😎

[@mr.goodenough3796]

I remember how hot this track was when it dropped my 1st year in high school. 2 of my friends rapped and beat boxed the whole song in Spanish class, the teacher got a kick out of it too.

[@bijanravanbakhsh3530]

snoops version was a tribute to the original. this is one of the most iconic if not the most iconic songs in hip hop's history.

[@jakeuhhb]

That intro man. I thought about how that was sampled on Lyrics To Go by A Tribe Called Quest

[@karengoodman1678]

I WAS 15 WHEN THIS CAME OUT, IT ALWAYS ROCKED THA HOUSE…

[@charlottepryor2041]

This so old school the best

[@dustieclipz2996]

Doug E Fresh actually invented Beatboxing. He was a rapper also.

[@justinwinn01]

Really?

[@yescarycan]

The song break he's singing is called {SUKIYAKI} by a taste of honey, you reviewed their hit song boogie oogie oogie.

[@spicyhot2552]

This takes me back to middle school .This was so cool 😎 & fun back then.

[@mariasantos-kf9pe]

Great song, love this takes me back.

[@starronin4580]

Wow man..I was a kid trying to breakdance again like a rush from the past...I didn't even remember that I knew every word to this song the instant the beat dropped ...

[@Enimity674]

Im 48, and White. I started with this song, then Fat Boys. I can beat box. Then N.W.A. Beastie Boys, New Jack city... pookie . Then Eminem. Michigan is good for something ...Go Browns!

[@vincentwilliams71]

Yea this is a beat box...the king of beat box dougie e fresh

[@yesdex5996]

Dougie fresh the show he raps and beat box Ive been telling you for a while

[@dard4642]

After this song came out, you couldn't walk down the hall of my school without smelling Polo Cologne.

[@robinstigator]

The Show was A side. La Di da Di was B side

[@robinstigator]

Slick Rick da Ruler, MC Ricky D, the storyteller.....

[@marcusaponte7871]

Classic hip hop Snoop Dogg his on version of this classic Rick the rule

[@klingkong9790]

The Ruler

[@bakercarl8518]

I remember this. ( Before cell phones).

[@klingkong9790]

Check out Virgo with luda Nas and Doug Fresh

[@bijanravanbakhsh3530]

i recommend afrika bambaataa and soulsonic force. a lot of early hip hop classics, by another legend, og breakdancing music.

[@codeblood2000]

Classic 🎤🎶🎶🎶👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@marskeins]

Don't no better than this kind of hip-hop.

[@alanpower8234]

Some songs are 2 good to be re done, this was one of them. My mind very quickly erased the snoop version

[@heidithatswho.2481]

There are several versions of this.

[@vincentwilliams71]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Bighjr88]

To me it’s nothing like the 80’s rap.

[@njjjjjjjjhhhs]

Classic

[@coolies2002]

Love it!

[@justicesupreme1643]

Check out Dougie Fresh "Ain't No Half Stepping".

[@raregrimebeats1352]

Can you please react to “slick Rick - adults only” it’s a crime that no channel has reacted to this yet

[@cano21]

Now Snoop's doing Tostitos commercials with Martha Stewart. I got ZERO respect for snoop.

[@grandgnd]

Routines!!

[@jbbj9720]

slick rick is the best at enunciating. you can clearly hear what he is saying instead of a bunch of rapid fire gibberish

[@Enimity674]

I know things. I can beat box? Ask for a submission ?

[@Moshyv2]

the slightly more modern version is better I think. It has a more crisp recording and it has crowd interactions in it that make it better imo.