Yo-Yo - You Can't Play With My Yo Yo

[@chrisleon2841]

Just Had a pleasure of sharing the stage with her she is a amazing person

[@roselynholloway7863]

Are you a rapper

[@mrhawk1924]

Stop lying

[@mrhawk1924]

Not Like Us

[@chrisleon2841]

@@roselynholloway7863 no bass player

[@chrisleon2841]

@@mrhawk1924 lls the video is up on KZbin slim lls

[@CordDont3TV]

Yoyo was hard ASF while being beautiful and dropping knowledge. I miss the 90s even though I was just a child lol

[@brownsamurai3070]

I was 20 or 21 when this came out. A child compared to me now, but mentally, I never left that age. Best time of my life.

[@tremelhoward5656]

Yup me the same tru

[@truthseekertv8858]

Man I miss the 90’s! The last great decade!

[@finocastro318]

Mammoth 😊akjwjwjwjwh

[@DexterHaven]

I'd do her.

[@DONTCALLMETHAT]

I love that they sampled earth, wind and fire (devotion) for the beat. that's one reason this song reached audiences of all ages

[@MariahTheElusiveSongbird]

I never noticed until I saw your comment.

[@CredoEnt]

thanks for the comment I'm over hear like I know this beat or rhythm

[@ishaa5948]

That explains why my dad loved this. 🙏😅❤️

[@karonbarwick541]

Yo Yo need to be in the hip hop hall of fame .

[@karonbarwick541]

@texas legend Pretty much

[@GamerecGame]

@texas legend facts

[@keystheproblemfanpage4875]

Why? She has no significant achievements

[@karonbarwick541]

@@keystheproblemfanpage4875 Ice Cube did brought her to the hip hop biz.

[@Transcendent-Economics-101]

@@keystheproblemfanpage4875 This track is the only notable thing I remember about her too. But she did it so well, Ice Cube earned my respect.

[@derred723]

When Ice Cube bring out a female rapper that was harder than half the dudes in the game. lol. "Stompin' to the 90s."

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

@@mirroredname3389 .....nigga what

[@mirroredname3389]

@@Iknowyoumadnow Is anyone doing this style of hip hop/rap today? Like new music?

[@elenagreen1123]

@@mirroredname3389 not at all 💯💯

[@eugenastewart140]

"I think it's time that we defeat / By standing on our on two feet / If we wanna live with justice and harmony / How many more rounds must I go / in order to let my people know / Times were hard, things have changed..." This song has so many dope & insightful lyrics, but if I had to choose, its definetely the last verse for me.

[@africanbella28]

@@eugenastewart140 I definitely agree with you!!! Her lyrics were pretty insightful and dope💕

[@dawndawn45]

June 2024!!! This is my year of 50yrs old!!! Omg 😱 I remember this song 🎶 My era was the best in hip hop!!! I’m Blessed to have lived in an era of pure fun!!!

[@dreddabarber6315]

I'll be 50 in November. And I play this for my 35 yr old girlfriend

[@Shanna-s7v]

@@dreddabarber6315 Yes, keep good music alive!

[@Rachelle100]

Congratulations. Im a 1874 baby too. I agree that this is best hip hop era. 🎉

[@henrympittman6452]

agree

[@BertaAlvarez-er1fp]

Yes Darl

[@tonyathroughjesusimfree374]

unsung brought me here. this brings tears to my eyes. back when there was no social media. what I would give to go back to the old school ways

[@smartypants4571]

@James E. Stanton III It is a double edged sword .

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

Some here

[@cherylnewsome9508]

Girl me to …..it’s all crap now

[@on_whitekaze5150]

Stfu nobody cares

[@jonw.415]

All fax...delete yours if you haven't ready

[@THEINFAMOUS1011]

Man this beat was cold

[@eg8640]

Yessssss

[@FireMedicMoody390]

ESPECIALLY the Earth, Wind and Fire sample...

[@stonecuttr7]

Devotion by Earth Wind and Fire...❤

[@williemakeit2346]

30 plus years later and still this joint is so damn hard

[@MarthaGonzalez-ht4jt]

Who listening to yo yo and ice cube. you tryna play me out in 2024

[@JokersNtheOddball]

ive had it playing since it came out kills

[@littlesaiyan]

Yep. From BC, Canada

[@sonyaunderwood933]

🫡

[@lasseharbitz9506]

I listen to twenty sack often, from her 2nd lp, not this one so much

[@weldplanet8806]

Memories!!!! 1980 baby!!!

[@paranoyd29906]

People ain't even tripping off how dope this song is and was. Substance in them lines and she spit several verses.

[@mattsheezy5469]

This was an excellent first single for her, she’s the perfect balance of hardcore rhymes, & femininity, plus she’s beautiful, & an outstanding writer. With Cube’s Co-sign she was unstoppable 💟

[@kimberlyangle4487]

I looked up her so much. She was smart streets & books, gorgeous, tough af but all woman. Tried to uplift other women. She was real AF.

[@kevinshell8392]

This was actually her second single

[@larryiarossi2858]

I love this song ! The beat is sick... Randomly in my head "You can't play with my yoyo "

[@christopherbanks962]

Devotion by earth, wind, and fire.

[@markwhite7604]

Pause

[@BuffaloJenny79]

Yea literally just popped in my head like two days ago 🤣

[@africanbella28]

This song showed how you can be intelligent and have street smarts!!! Loved her lyrics in this song too👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@vincentstarks8514]

What l like alot about this song is the music that anyone can listen to anywhere you go.

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

IBWing with my Crewin'

[@tinyking11]

Her voice & flow is everything. 💕🔥🔥😮‍💨 Straight heat!

[@Gametight601]

Yes straight flow!! Chill bumps

[@niviaholman1185]

When the female rappers was fully dressed it’s 2022 and this is still the jam

[@marshallartist78]

Preach

[@josephfrancis7257]

Classic real hip hop from the left coast Ms,Yo,Yo the industry wasn't ready 4a lyrical and beautiful and intellectual props 2 her 4eva the classics.

[@ojparker3160]

Agreed,this came out in 90-91 my moms senior yr HS n she said every female was a fan of YoYo cause she was a bit more street oriented than MC Lyte and Queen Latifa even tho they were "hood" too

[@CCCosta-he4ov]

This was off the hook in the summer of 1991

[@rollotiggs3603]

Yes sir

[@AHamSandwich516]

Damn I wasn't even born yet and I have a 15 year old child now so u know this old

[@trustnooneg21]

2022 and this is still a hit for me

[@I.-..-.-andMyCat_plays]

yeeeeeeeeet

[@racheller]

✌️!

[@speway]

You already know. 🤷🏿‍♂

[@mimiz7937]

Same 😊

[@travonbaptist1033]

​@@I.-..-.-andMyCat_plays lpnnvv

[@GeeMoney843]

Such a beautiful and talented woman. Shout out to the IBWC. The whole song is hard. Then she comes with the last verse and spits knowledge over that beat and demonstrates an EMCEE truly respecting the culture and the craft

[@YouGotOptions2]

Exactly

[@iriswood3744]

Intelligent Black Women Coalition

[@millenniummind424]

Yo yo better than a lot of rappers today

[@lawrencewise4140]

Being from NEW YORK...i have to say...THIS IS A REAL L.A. BLACK QUEEN..SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL 💯🙏

[@jaysoncarter5093]

Yes indeed. LA was rough in those days aye B.... ,or What up H.? I got into scraps over my homegirls from Skyline ESP 1980s because I wasn't having it. Sad times. Good wake song.

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

Fact and Yo-Yo is still beautiful to this day.

[@amyb.1249]

They don’t make music like they used to!! 🥰 🎶

[@claytonallen5428]

YoYo needs to come back and dominate the music industry again with Ice Cube. What a classic joint from the 90s!!! ❤❤❤

[@86reyleon]

Take me back to the ‘90’s 🎶🔥🥳

[@StaceyAK]

The background vocals are dope. Great harmony💕.

[@vandatisdale8772]

Brings back so many good memories!!!

[@jimmysida]

Loved this! Friend texted me yo yo and this song came in my head. What ever happened to her?

[@DexterHaven]

Most underrated song of all time! A fun jam!

[@aliaswizard6963]

She was standing on JJ Fads shoulders. She kept that torch going for female rappers in California 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@richenelpanchoe3879]

Mann, she killed it..!!

[@RamsonOpoku]

Man I fucking miss the 90's

[@TAYLAY1100]

She said cisco. This was the jam in the 90's

[@DexterHaven]

Yeah, this and "Nicety" were dope jams from that era, plus, Lisa Lisa "Wonder if I take you home" also.

[@Jryder933]

@@DexterHaven Lisa Lisa's "Wonder if I take you home'" came out in 1985.

[@DexterHaven]

@@Jryder933 Yes, that's why I said "era" instead of the '90s in my comment, btw.

[@marcojeffries8375]

I love me some yo-yo the sexy hip hop rapper

[@Cryptoknight416]

It was the clothes it was the music it was the culture producers and artists had to earn every nickle no clout chasing hands down best era ever.

[@johndoe1719]

This and Mary J/Method Man were my 2 favorite Rap collaborations!! And Yo Yo was stunning. And even though I've never been an Ice Cube fan, I thought this was a Masterpiece!! 👍

[@YouGotOptions2]

Sheeit to me Ice Cube was 2 Pac before 2pac

[@Kwaku211]

Classic joint from Key Lo Lo!

[@naturallyaplatinumblonde2772]

This is a REAL MC!!!

[@Terrance-dq4bs]

Bless

[@iam1remnant]

People love to forget the impact YoYo had on female rap - she was gorgeous, sexy and hard AF.

[@Shanna-s7v]

Those of us who know have to keep it playing. Pass it on.

[@angelapolin8080]

Best Female Rapper of All Time. Point blank.

[@EpsiIonEagle]

I was 10 years old when this came out and it's still so dope

[@ExcelCannabisLimited]

I remember the first time I heard NWA I was about 10 and I was hooked. To this day Cube is my favorite rapper of all time. YO-YO doesn’t know it but she was a pioneer

[@corduerorose9747]

I was 3

[@giovannicarter3076]

8

[@kreshag]

IT'S THE YEAR 2024,still listening to this song❤❤❤❤

[@Thoopy76]

This went hard! Her flow was dope an her voice fit tha narrative! 90s Realj Hip Hop 2023

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

MAN! i remember when this was brand spankin' new, and it STILL sounds fresh today. To me, at least.

[@rosemarylytle7537]

Just saw her in DC at MC Lyte's show. Crowd went nutz!

[@marybair6401]

Love this song

[@bobbyblue46]

This was a straight up game changer back in the day .

[@fantasybouthour6679]

She’s always had the prettiest eyes.

[@lovebbqnoles367]

The song will. always be one of my Favorites 4sho! YoYo, Those Lyrics, Those Mesmerizing Eyes & That Body Lawd Hav Mercy!💕

[@seanwright8786]

Say it bruh. This sister was my crush back when this came out.

[@YouGotOptions2]

This beat is STILL one of my favorites, also listen to her last verse

[@SimplyGetPaid]

🧐🤔 ..I’VE BEEN COLLECTING OLD CD’s AND WAS DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT IT HAD AN ‘ALTERNATE’ VERSION OF THIS SONG..😢 🎼 ..DOES ANYONE REMEMBER HAVING THIS ALBUM WITH THIS VERSION ??? 🎶

[@justjuangoodcitizen4297]

Damn I was 11 years old but I'm still in love with some Yolanda 😆 I miss when female rappers were sexy and not trifling and could rip the mic!

[@yizzlekizzle2311]

I didn't realize the song was so smooth. Listening to this after many years, I hear all of the instruments and the melodies. Awesome!!

[@ExcelCannabisLimited]

I remember bumpin the fuck outta this song… Damn I miss the 90’s

[@MrFox-qb1jx]

I miss the era where black women rapped about self respect aside from Rapsody

[@lillady1770]

Yes fun❤

[@viralbuthow000]

90s hip hop is undefeated, bro, Nostalgia will bring tears

[@mookiemookie3758]

Damn i wish i was a teenage in the mid 80s and can enjoy the 90s too. I’m 24 and this song is so dope 🔥🔥.

[@acebrown414]

Damn, I miss this era of Hip Hop...

[@elisavetsandoval5362]

This song still bomb af!!!!😍😍😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥

[@jinthehouse3210]

this song is gangsta, and it has a vibe, she was jamming, I'm impressed.

[@aliiftikhar929]

Yo-yo yolanda whitaker - boyz in the hood - still chilling to "street mama dont take no mess".. evergreen

[@christinakarosi8325]

😂!

[@danandhibb]

These so call female MCs need to check out YOYO.

[@jamedstrouse3092]

You know how Eazy told Dr. Dre he's a Genius?? I think he meant to tell Cube HE WAS THE GENIOUS! 😲😲😲😲

[@dmemcfc3]

My girl Yo-Yo was one of the wickest fiercest female Mc's from the 90's

[@CapitalBankcard]

2020 poppin

[@evamckenzie2596]

🤗👍🏾

[@jadabonney191]

Yesss

[@tremainworrell5997]

2021

[@elenagreen1123]

Old school

[@mikeingersoll7344]

April 9th

[@jeremybear573]

Love Yo Yos American Flag fit!

[@nelomedia805]

She kilt that last verse.

[@maliburonni8136]

1:28🧡💯 #punkin this song is a forever favorite, I grew up listening to your music and watching you as an actress. thank you for being a great woman role model, I wish you the best!💎

[@treywilliams4730]

This came out 1990 I was 9 years olds summertime in the projects unforgettable times

[@UnreleasedUnderratedRnBgrooves]

Some foo in a 2017 Spanish interview really asked Yo Yo straight to her face, "Now that you're older, can they play with your yo-yo now?" And Yo Yo was lookin' at him dead - "Oh boy, you trippin'". I can't.

[@rathecreator4047]

This was my girl.....She was gangsta. I loved her even tho Queen Latifah tried to come for her... but You can't play wit my Yo Yo🤷🏾‍♀️😉✌.

[@DjTIMEJD]

You mean Roxanne Shante. She came at Yo Yo, Lyte, Latifah and Salt N Pepa. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYCvqqGuppmeb9k

[@rathecreator4047]

@@DjTIMEJD No I mean Queen Latifah came at her on Unity. The last verse. But like Yo yo u don't hear me tho... Remember

[@DjTIMEJD]

Rhonda Gregory “It ain’t nothin wrong with being strong, but you don’t hear me though” - Yo Yo “Black Pearl. Latifah was referencing Yo Yo’s lyrics not dissing her. They are friends and have made songs together. You probably shouldn’t get your Hip Hop info from the LA Times.

[@rathecreator4047]

@@DjTIMEJD I was alive when that was out. U shouldn't get info from the LA times. She wasn't referencing to Yo yo's song. She said...but like yo yo You don't hear me tho. U run around tryna be hard n call yourself a gangsta B*tch because u saw Apache's video. She was referencing to Apache's video🤷🏾‍♀️. Yeah they r friends now. But as a woman It is wrong and hypocritical to make a song called Unity and come at another woman in it. That's shady n personally I feel like she was trying to be a bully n start beef. They squashed it. It still was wrong. I know the song they did together Brandi's remix. N I guarantee u Dana apologized to Yo yo about that bull. FACTS

[@DjTIMEJD]

Rhonda Gregory Again, “It ain’t nothin wrong with being strong, but you don’t hear me though” - Yo Yo “Black Pearl...was repeated 3 times before the hook. Latifah was referencing here lyrics not dissing her. But I get it, it’s fun to try to pinpoint where disses are in rap songs. This one just so happens to not be a diss.

[@NewlifeNewbeginnings2]

In my 1991 bag!! From a 79 baby!!

[@divinesoulutions]

Back when everything was real. I'd give 10 years of my life to live 5 years back in the 90s

[@munyamubaiwa4313]

Watching this after watching the kids series Saturdays with Yoyo and trying to explain to my 12 year old that Yoyo is a west coast female legend MC and used to roll with Ice Cube who was part of NWA and .... never mind. And remembering she was Key Lo Lo on the Martin series rollin with Shenaynay.

[@richardmccormick859]

Her two songs was 🔥 🔥 🔥 This one and Bonnie n Clyde

[@charb820]

I love yo yo I met her today!!! Pull up to aMelbss Harlem. The best soul food in town. She’s a Leo like me. Good energy ❤️🙏🏾💯

[@curtiswhiteheadjr1322]

Brotha Ice Cube and the Queen Sista MC Yo-Yo. This is how you present the sex appeal and POWER of Black Woman at the same damn time! ✊🏽💖🎤

[@kath1017]

So underrated 🔥💗

[@DjVictorrr]

All Time Classic

[@VaraMusic123]

I remember my mom listening to this on tapes lol she loved her some Yoyo

[@greenecr2]

The song was dope. The lyrics over some people's head. And she had shape, size, color, age and type of sister in the video

[@jameshowardclarkiii]

I love the beat breakdown

[@robertgreene105]

Nicki Minaj and cardi B can't hold a candle to yo yo she would spit some hard bars.

[@williemakeit2346]

Cardi B absolutely cannot hang. Nikki on the other hand got bars. Don’t let that Barbie bulls**t fool you. Nikki would give Yo-Yo a run bar for bar.

[@rudygaona5657]

Now,this is a Real Female Rapper!

[@BrianJMusic828]

This was the jam!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HanadHashi-wx3yc]

I an listening in 2024 in Africa Somaliland

[@laurenb359]

What a true beautiful BAD ASS!💯

[@patriciarembert8941]

Yoyo going to always be my girl ❤❤❤

[@bangbangtispyrofireworks3648]

Yo yo was a monster

[@claranceperry2936]

Still watching in 2024🕺🏻💪🏾💪🏾

[@marcopolo_7429]

My west coast crush and she had lyrics❤

[@ramonamccandies59]

That's my girl! All day! Give her, her props 👏forreal!! The first lady from LA

[@lamarwest9467]

One of the best Earth Wind And Fire samples ever. One of the best beats ever.

[@gregorymaxwell6080]

I love this song since it came out ❤

[@billyripp]

I love this joint, but I also love the original mix.

[@Lmiller83]

Loved this song. Yo Yo is beautiful and dope and Ice Cube co sign really made this a classic. Its one of the songs you wanna have on repeat and it takes back to that era of great music

[@deenabraxton7252]

Yo-yo my sister in Louisville, Kentucky talks about seeing you a lot in Compton,Ca. ❤️

[@Boxingfan13]

Bro she went OFF and this beat is fire these wack ass female rappers nowadays need to take notes

[@nellyluscious]

My girl YOYO THE ORIGINAL AROUND THE WAY GIRL!!!!

[@tjjohnson779]

I was in junior high when this came out. I used to use my brush as a mic and knew every word. You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t yo yo!!😂

[@Terrance-dq4bs]

😂

[@bertaalvarez349]

I was my second year in college grasshopper

[@vaughnwalker1840]

Man that earth wind and fire sample.

[@chancregister2714]

"just a fight back on the destruction" "times are hard things have changed" man they was kickin knowledge back then!! Is it me or do I hear Earth wind and fired's Devotion on the baseline??!! Love Hip Hop 4eva and Yo Yo is still fine!!

[@ronmoore9138]

yes sir def devotion by earth wind and fire

[@calitostratford5751]

That flag outfit was on point.

[@prod.byyoungandsamplebeatsYEET]

This Song Is My Childhood Ain't no doubt 💯💯💯

[@Blessed-1988]

Facts

[@eternalthruchrist1]

Love Yo Yo ! I used to watch this video back to back! ❤