DJ Kool ft. Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh - Let Me Clear My Throat

From 1996 Album: "Let Me Clear My Throat"...[Artist info below].....
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John W. Bowman, Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Kool is an American rapper who, in the late 1990s, produced several popular rap singles. Born in 1959
in Washington, D.C., his influence from his years of working the go-go and rap circuits became apparent in his music. During the early- to mid-1980s, Kool
worked as a warm-up DJ for Rare Essence, until he was picked up by CLR Records.
In 1996, he recorded his most successful track, "Let Me Clear My Throat," which was released on American Recordings. The track peaked at #8 in the UK Singles
Chart in March 1997. The song prominently featured a sample of "The 900 Number" by DJ Mark the 45 King, (that song featured a sample from Marva Whitney's
"Unwind Yourself", repeated over a breakbeat for six minutes). The song also began by sampling "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool and the Gang. The song is a
recognizable dance floor-filler, and the track remains popular to this day. DJ Kool was featured on Mýa's 2006 single "Ayo!" from her 2008 album Liberation.
He was also featured on two tracks on Will Smith's 2005 album Lost and Found.
Updated & Extended Info:
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[@avisrobinson1150]

Who’s here with me in 2024! This is still a banger🔥🔥 Biz you are Deeply Missed!🥲 Continue to Rest in Paradise ❤️🕊️

[@Ciaooamigoo__]

I am 💯💯

[@StayinInMyLayne]

"Let me clear my throat "..I AM!!!

[@dianaw.8497]

I am with you ❤

[@N8jazzi]

Think I threw my back out cleaning around the house dancing to this !🎉

[@JasonlaroseLaRose]

At my age, dancing to this counts as cardio.

[@JanetElevating]

What a time to be alive man!!!!! Here in May 2024!!!!!!!! What a jam!!!!!!!!!!

[@bangkokgirls]

This is not hip hop, this is history.

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

Hip hop is history

[@Lerf8]

Nah this 100% Hip Hop

[@dreamerdoes_is_love8986]

one can be 2 things, actually one and things can be many things at once, things, ideas, and beings are multifacted.

[@jll5568]

no cap

[@patricialevy13]

Indeed❤

[@scottjones4333]

At 53 years old I'm still roller skating to this !!

[@kyndread71]

If you're still jammin to this in 2021 -- don't throw out your backs!

[@leonwright8643]

U 2 late! Good advise tho!😱

[@kyndread71]

@@leonwright8643 LOLOLOLOL

[@reneekane9912]

I just can't help it 😂

[@himdotcom]

😂 I wish I read your comment first. Lol

[@kyndread71]

@@himdotcom I got you, fam!

[@Zimani08]

You heard those opening horns and you knew it was about to get set off! Even in 2024, this Gen X baby ain’t tired yet!

[@christrammell-strategistla6211]

These horns are like lining me up for the Kentucky Derby 🐎 or 80’s dance 🕺 off!!

[@jodimcdaniel7224]

The real music from back in the day YEAH!!! Still good as ever in 2024

[@cashaiesha]

This my Grandad favorite song ❤ I sing this every year on his birthday

[@reggiehobson5852]

God bless you

[@gregoriolopes3771]

2024 - still hanging in there at 57 old skool still reigns

[@paintballtechpb]

RIP Biz Markie ❤️❤️ he set this song off!!

[@dwells1986]

Bruh. I'm here for the same reason. RIP Biz!

[@johnriggins3006]

We are all her for the same reason. R.I.P. Biz!

[@jjrivas3]

Blastin all his songs on my Pandora app crusin! RIP

[@theresasheff2984]

Fly high Biz Markie❤

[@mznetta3485]

💯💯 rest up to the legend

[@domjones_who3849]

2024...WE IN HERE😂

[@TheCombatCameraGuy]

Everyone aged 40 to 60 on here lit right now

[@StayinInMyLayne]

6 minutes..Doug E Fresh you're on!!!

[@Wilma.Flintstone]

Some of y'all definitely might not get it! If you aren't both Gen X and you weren't you up in the clubs every weekend, you won't understand how much this song was played, you used to leave the clubs DEAD from all the dancing you did!

[@joejones2427]

Man there was nothing better then when this would come on and n the club about 30 minutes before closing whoooooooo I could still kinda feel that feeling at 38 with a wife and two kids married for 13years I'd sure like to go back for a weekend

[@Trekapedia]

Somewhere Biz is smiling knowing he made people happy. R.I.P. Legend.

[@Emilia-lg1ll]

I just shed a tear and looked up to the skies, thinking the same. Thank you Biz ❤💖 R.I.P.

[@simplyme9487]

Amen

[@chillinntexas5699]

Yes he did....my son was 3 years old n use to b n his room singing oh baby you you got what I need now he is 38 WOW

[@hulkhoganstights6596]

Weirdo

[@k.h.1756]

I hope he repented of his sins and accepted Jesus Christ as his savior like we all must do, then he is in heaven with the Creator, otherwise he is not in a good place right now. Sorry to bring the mood down but reality had to kick in for this comment.

[@djtripnosys]

Even almost 25 years later, this song gets the party hype every time.

[@missmew3499]

I truly miss these type of beats!! We don't hear anything remotely close to this anymore. No more good hip hop. Going to the clubs used to be 🔥🔥. It was music you could dance and groove to!! Good times!!

[@shantahenderson9501]

Facts all day

[@swayb9448]

E'erytime!

[@HB76558]

Still one of my ultimate hype songs.

[@loop.love.of.music2024]

Or a road trip

[@RendoBaistu]

This typa kool will never be replicated again

[@mrmartywaring]

I was in the crowd that night. This was epic!!!!!!!!

[@marks7192]

Whoaaaa are you kiddin? That must have been so fun to be there !!

[@asatimmons7421]

You are a Part of history sir respect

[@johnnyspeed5885]

Dude, I KNOW that place was hype, haha!

[@guysmiley4830]

Peak hip hop

[@jonastronaut2942]

Are you my father?

[@johnmartinez5943]

Doug E. Fresh killed it with the beatbox

[@Ariesphoenix1]

Still rocking in 2024!! 🎉

[@L3Nstrum3ntalz]

This song literally gives me chills when I hear it...we used to party SO HARD to this! The days when men and women actually DANCED at parties to the point of leaving the club SOAKED in sweat.

[@mirandajones3114]

I grew up in the 90s so I was excited to experience that, then I got old enough and it wasn't the same I just knew it wasn't lol

[@MichiganPooper]

Crack cocaine was a hell of a drug! Still a straight banger to this day!

[@rrrrmcg408]

I swear I miss being absolutely soaking in sweat 😢

[@tracyneal1438]

Even after you brought a towel 😂

[@noelaponte2284]

💯

[@NeighborhoodOfBlue]

My high school marching band played this song, and I can still remember the steps and notes 20 years later.

[@mellotainment]

THAT WAS A HISTORIC NIGHT FOR US ALL IN PHILLY ALL THE GANG WAS IN THIS JOINT MY CUZZO DJ KOOL , DOUG E FRESH , KWAME , DJ 20/20 MYSELF DJ MELLO T, PHILLY’S OWN CHARLIE MACK AND OF COURSE THE LEGENDARY BIZ MARKIE !!!!! YOU DID UR THANG BIZ!!!!

[@jarretheller2244]

What was the venue The Trocadera?

[@EpitomeofALady22]

DJ, did DJ Kool do a mix where Whoodini's The Good Part is sampled? I can't get it out of my head and cannot find it?! Please help! #whenwegonnagettothegoodpart

[@DaveyJonesLocka]

I didn’t see Charlie Mack! Thanks for pointing him out!

[@akmw44]

Icons

[@loadedfun4764]

@@jarretheller2244 bahama bay, Philadelphia early 90’s

[@omdway]

Aged like a fine wine. Still fantastic.

[@drivs5642]

Age like fine wine. Back it up and play it and taste it again. "Moorestown resident brings fresh beats to Eagles songs ". And UFCW1360.ORG. yeah I am Darryl(drivs)Rivers that night shift guy that work at this Cova 19 time at Elbow lain shoprite. Yeah and I still say, "trap, Swoop Down and kill this now Cova 19.

[@thomasboykin3987]

@@drivs5642 +++0

[@drivs5642]

Age.age=a time to die. Yeah from Darryl(drivs)Rivers of Moorestown NJ. I am made to watch the parents die. Yeah after they gave everything to you.

[@nathanielloy5612]

Ain't no way to disagree with that

[@zapp224]

Damn right pour me a glass plz lol

[@user-ow8lr7go2f]

Dis is DJ Cruzr69r Topic from DDDallas Droppin old school jammz for tha world 🌎 in Tha 2024🎉🎉🎉

[@FlipStar26]

In the mid to late 90s, you HAD to be outside IN THE CLUBS to understand how impactful this song was/is! The moment you heard "let me clear my throat", crowd went NUTSSSSSS #Memories 🥺

[@paracleteconsult8677]

Only thing I have seen compare is when DMX brought us the Ruff Ryder's Anthem. Bedlam. Mayhem.

[@lunalea1250]

Just heard this while driving & remembering which club I was in, great memories! 🥳🥳💖💥

[@edmcclendon9588]

Yes indeed.

[@JaM-xg4vk]

I remember when Hot97 would pump this up..DJ Red Alert!!

[@algernonwilde9915]

Old School, is The BEST School!

[@liztaylor633]

52beatskid Capri

[@Gloverelacing]

ONLY SCHOOL!

[@lanuwelge4948]

7rr77r7rr77r7r777r7r7r77r7rr77r7rzrr777r7r7r7777777y7

[@barbeegirl7196]

And nothing but the best school!!it's all I listen to,Why listen to this trash they call rap these days when you got this?It's a no brainier!!!

[@raphaeloresanwo6673]

...if that ain't d truth

[@jesteravrgjoe2888]

This new rap/hip hop can’t hold a candle to this. Are you F’n kidding me???

[@gia4822]

Shout out to DJ 20/20!! He used to live upstairs from me with those damn 🔊speakers. Thank him for introducing me to hip-hop & ny rap! ❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@CFF1987]

2024 and still jumpin!...90s slicin and divine 4 life

[@hixlix70]

...and not a mobile phone in sight! These were the best times trussme! 📀

[@christopher399]

You don’t use phones?

[@andrewjones2133]

Sure was

[@andrewjones2133]

@@christopher399 WAYYYYYYYYYY B4 YOUR TIME

[@christopher399]

@@andrewjones2133 You don't know how old I am! I'm simply pointing out the hypocrisy. For most of us, if this had been something we witnessed live, our phones would be out recording and taking photos.

[@andrewjones2133]

@@christopher399 no disrespect my sister. I was merely making a comment. I’m 50 yrs old. I wanted to speak on it.....

[@user-wd8qj1mt8o]

2024 & LISTENING DANCING

[@tory1074]

2024!! “Let me clear my throat”

[@garrettm8630]

2024 like 🙌

Seeing this makes me smile.. People just having fun.. Miss these days..

[@firstnamelastname956]

This shit goes harder than the rap songs we hear today... Lol.

[@ceceoo3]

Even The cat in the hat Dr Seuss goes harder than rap we hear today

[@antoniomontana9430]

+Devin Gonzales At least I can understand the words unlike some of the gangsta rap shit today

[@Supro65]

Im not going to lie im 17 i rather listen to old school rap then what we have right now

[@ninas3882]

That is so true!LMAO

[@ko-rp7ge]

Just because it's old don't mean it's better lol

[@michaelbullock4990]

I remember this song when I went to Hampton University in 1994, 1995 and 1996. That's right the Hampton Pirates.

[@evangelinegonzalez4]

Im 50 2024!!!.. still my jamm!!

[@Honeedew1LUV]

This beat never gets old! 2pac, 2pac! I luv that part.

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Yep my favourite but saddest part as Pac had only just died as this was being produced.... extra sad with Biz M now gone too...

[@iamedwardbibbins9012]

When my pops bumped this we use to go crazy!!!

[@walidbouhdi3987]

Who’s gonna listen to this song in 2030?

[@TrillBelichick]

I went to a comedy show back in 2021 and the Dj played this as filler before the opener’s set began and the funniest part was the beginning of the song you could tell who has never been to a Comedy Show and who has never heard that song because a whole bunch of people stood up and started clapping and screaming and cheering expecting the headliner to just come out firing. So damn funny. 😂

[@afrobluatlanta2380]

New skool, gen z and all youngin's, y'all will never party frfr. The guys danced and danced with us. The whole entire party rocked! No wall flowers. No pretty boys. Just pure energy and tight beats! We had it all!!

[@timsullivan9642]

Well said and a truth BOMB!

[@leoking8325]

Say it again as the tears runnin out R.I.P. Biz

[@missmew3499]

And not a cell phone in sight!! Just being in the moment!! They were the best of times!!

[@denisewhite11385]

Well said. Us Gen Xers new how to party and party hard and we had fun doing it and nobody ended up in jail or dead

[@jaykebri-ana2416]

i can confirm this is not true. Just need to find the right people lol

[@lostthedog]

Fuck.. I'm 36 and this song still bangs.

[@mrscarter6279]

I’m 37. I sound like an old lady but , man some of those old schools , folks can’t touch em. Just hype n energy!

[@kas_kz]

I'm 43, bro still here😂

[@serenityshortz]

Never throwing this out. Still jammin in 2025

[@angelagoney3348]

49 and still here

[@DomiAvenger]

This song is a beast!

[@ranakona4140]

Who’s watching in Dec 22.. love this song ❤

[@rlportillo]

98 was an EPIC year

[@sjcflawless]

When this song drops…

[@grege.2113]

im a 54 yo chubby white man love love dancing to this and can rock it lol

[@CaddyDriva]

Well dance then... nobody mad at cha... cause we all dancing lol

[@stephylashizz7779]

Go papa that's my papa

[@gezi5927]

music is for everyone

[@gaildarden1893]

Alright now!!

[@spiff2268]

Quit copying me!

[@nicrico29]

2024!! Still listening

[@wendytaylor417]

Born 1981 this is the phat as!!!!!

[@SuperAvenger98]

Nobody beats the Biz! And that’s a fact! Legends never die. Classics never age.

[@RoeLuv1]

I was at this video shoot (Club Gotham Philly) yet i can never find myself. It was mad fun tho

[@RoeLuv1]

@@bucnasty9730 Pac had died about two months before this video was filmed.

[@RoeLuv1]

@@bucnasty9730 Pac had passed September of ‘96 I believe, & I wanna say this video shoot was November of that year I believe. So it was still heavy on people’s mind

[@raymondmorgan7589]

Film crewed this video( lighting) it was fun. Took pictures with the stars cool down to earth.

[@robertcolon5531]

Crazy I was there to on that angel dust can't remember shit was stuck all night 8 th butler boys good old days.

[@RoeLuv1]

@@robertcolon5531 not 8th & Butler 🤣🤣

[@kenyabutts3592]

MANN,, if i could go back in time, i'd land in this year!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ChristopherHallett]

This is LITERALLY the song that turned me on to hip-hop in the late 90s. It got played on a Saturday night on Triple J and it blew my fucking mind.

[@Sexonbch]

Platinum Baby! DC Stand up! Let Me Clear My Throat went Platinum today! Celebration on deck!

[@Rainbient]

Blacks and whites united having fun. Why can’t it be like this every day?

[@stormiemarie6997]

Because division makes more $$$$$

[@aperson2943]

@@stormiemarie6997 Truth. The sooner people figure this out, the sooner we can all come together and see who's screwing us over.

[@Chris-kc6nv]

If you’re here in ‘21 it’s either; a trip down memory lane, or; a privilege to virgin eardrums 🎧 🔥 have a good day ❤️✌🏻

[@anvilgreenman]

For sure a trip lol 😆 I remember an interview with him talking about how he got this song lol ATL 96 jammed with this

[@deborahthompson5041]

TRIPIN DOWN MEMEORY LANE YA'LL. R.I.P. BIZ

[@essencethedesigner7721]

Hahah

[@jilly82]

Memories for me and a lesson on good music for my daughter.

[@hanestshirtsarecool]

I was actually here in 1994. And it’s painful on my eardrums.

[@nataliegaines8722]

Bringing in 2024!!🎉🎉

[@morgana235]

Still jams today! LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT ...

[@DeadBlonde_80]

The sound of my teens. This track would pump up the entire place.

[@TheAStaudenmann]

I can't listen to this song without dancing! A true timeless gem!

[@seancottis3369]

Let me clear my throat

[@hanestshirtsarecool]

☝🏿👴🏿 I don’t believe you

[@cameroncawley8448]

Don’t ask me why I love to wake up smoke up and listen to this 😅🫡

[@wendysuePNW]

Great memories with this banger! Loved I TV and always made the whole bar go crazy to the dance floor!

[@macn4u]

Rest in Paradise Biz Markie you ignited crowds all over this planet 🌎💯❤️

[@anthonyjenkin1205]

2023 and still a banger

[@cualestugalaxy]

Sigo flipando con este temazo en 2023

[@Kracken_907]

it's 2023 and we still clearing our throats...

[@TheDexterFishbourne]

Back when hiphop was fun

[@sarahconner9433]

"Cough cough.....cough cough.... cough cough......GOD DAM!!!!!" The most sickest line in all of rap history!!! FOREVER!!!!....2022 DECEMBER

[@boundarysentinel4181]

Just introduced this to my 8 year old daughter by accident while decorating Christmas tree this year.... Ooooops Block party broke out!

[@sarahconner9433]

@@boundarysentinel4181 excellent!!! A new "clear my throat" Christmas tradition!!! "When keeping it real..... Goes right!!!!""

[@calebhayes8573]

@@boundarysentinel4181k

[@gaila.9852]

If you write “-est,” you do not need “most.”

[@sarahconner9433]

@@gaila.9852 The mostest, sickest, illistmost rap line in all of historicaldom!! ❤️💋🐱🙌🌋🔥

[@davidhale4832]

Still On Fire In 2024 Baby ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@auntissie]

2022! This is the best generation of hip hop!!

[@AnthonySmith-zi3li]

RIP BIZ MARKIE

[@user-oz7sw1sz3g]

Rip me soon

[@Imkrisp314]

If they played this at my mother’s funeral I’d def dance to it.

[@aliccianeal6459]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aliccianeal6459]

With tears rolling down my face and all!

[@martycollins8492]

She probably would too

[@stephylashizz7779]

HAVE MERCY MOM I HOPE YA DONT MIND

[@danieldicicco3605]

I was having trouble thinking what I could have going in... it's gonna be this. Baggy Trousers by Madness going out.

[@pipergolar7621]

The best party's days ever

[@Carson_family]

2023 and this is still the best song ever

[@Bstk1979]

Im old and it reminds me much better times and proper music...

[@jasonbrazen3732]

My god. You couldn't have spoken more truth. 😔 Good times. 🙂

[@oochiewally2783]

Yea man the clubs N bars were mad.chill

[@rachelr3230]

Can't believe I'm saying Rest well to the Biz Markie now mannn . Dam we losing to many of our legends.

[@Freeazabird]

They don’t make music like this anymore

[@peejay8519]

Never again will there be partying like in the 90s!!

[@brandonabel9883]

2021 still 🔥

[@avisrobinson1150]

This still hits in 2022🔥🔥🔥 Biz Markie was the Best he always set the tone he is truly missed the DMV was Biz 2nd home!!!And Dougie Fresh brings the party!!🔥🔥 this was the best collaboration ever! And DJ Kool always bring the Energy. My Washington, DC brother represents!!🔥🔥 Continue to Rest in Paradise/ Power King Biz Markie🙏🏽🕊

[@dr.madthumbz2689]

Homie? You know who's beat this is 2:26

[@pashawhite4252]

2024 2pac djcool biz let me clear my throat ❤

[@Colie.2010]

2023 and this is still the best collab to me.

[@Classy312]

Who still listening during quarantine 2020? It's still popping!!!

[@christopher399]

Only you.

[@kingphonsy]

When someone looks at you funny when you cough.

[@Classy312]

@@christopher399 your name fits you well! From the look of your pic it's clear that you wouldn't understand 😉 Take your negativity elsewhere! Have a great day!😊

[@christopher399]

@@Classy312 What is that supposed to mean?

[@MrGeirPaulsen]

2021!!

[@biz20072008]

They dressed so humble back then. Miss those days

[@jppryor4552]

Dang this all I heard has a kid elementary and just being young period was dope asf

[@loron99]

How can you not like this, if so you’re not hip hop

[@tyreesimsmcpherson1844]

We lost another hip hop legend 😢😢 R.I.P. Biz Markie 😢

[@lorij3451]

This was the jam! You couldn't beat Doug E Fresh and the Biz..lol what fun we had!

[@ItsMissChas5]

+Lori J YES! OH MY LORD... THE GOOD OL DAYS WILL NEVER DIE!

[@drivs5642]

Yeah from Darryl(drivs)Rivers of Moorestown NJ and Moorestown resident brings fresh beats to Eagles songs. Please never become a Death and dead dinosaur. Please keep expressing your self.

[@quezgary1305]

Mane this song suppose to be at a billion views

[@frankakini5713]

Classic Still Jamming In 2023

[@MeIn321]

Young people, enjoy our music but remember..it's ours!

[@aswadsaswad1759]

This song gets everyone on the dance floor, that beat is amazing

[@lindenbyass6902]

The sax sample is from DJ Mark the 45 King’s “The 900 Number.”

[@aswadsaswad1759]

@@lindenbyass6902 yeah man, found it a while ago. That sax player should be rich AF. Probably skint.

[@lindenbyass6902]

Ed Lover used this song whenever he did The Ed Lover Dance when he was with Doctor Dre on MTV.

[@90srapclassics]

u can't stand still

[@SkaMasta097]

@@lindenbyass6902 and the horn section sample is from Kool & the Gang - "Hollywood Swinging"

[@patricialevy13]

Still jammin on 2024!!🎉🎉

[@playapotnatv4885]

Ima 1990’s bby and this still gets me out my seat 💺

[@stephenw6234]

I was born in ‘98, I wish I was in my teens when this came out. Song hard af

[@mardaherz8243]

Math buddy math

[@stephenw6234]

@@mardaherz8243 I said I wish dude. Key word “wish” no math involved here 😂

[@jz8179]

I was born in 90 I was still a little to young for these kinds of party's but if I was in my teens in 90 I'd of been at party's like these.