Young MC - Principal's Office

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Yes, Young MC did have another hit song after the year long chart run of Bust A Move, though nowhere impact of his first hit Principals Office did do some damage on the charts and was seen everywhere.

[@Tower1151]

I performed this for my elementary school talent show when I was in 5th grade... I still know all the words!

[@peterdarker1]

lol That's dope

[@GonzoLarry]

That's hilarious! Did you get sent to the principal's office?

[@Rogelle]

He's the only rapper that will never escape my memory. The first thing I knew about Young MC was that he had a college degree around the same time Bust a Move came out. Not only did he get a Bachelors in Economics at USC; he was very successful as a music artist all these years. Bust a Move is a classic.

[@JoeyP322]

Love the piano in this... What an awesome song... Too bad they don't have songs like this anymore

[@bramleydragon]

That piano is from a song by Lee Michaels called Who Could Want More. Check it out, it's better in it's original form.

[@JoeyP322]

+bramleybull wow !!! Just listened to it! Thanks for the info!! That's a great song. Young MC did it justice as well. Thanks again !!

[@bramleydragon]

+Joey P No worries pal, glad you liked it.

[@Schlong47]

I would have to say this was the golden age of hip hop.

[@dansheehan1993]

Word

[@EugVR6]

And I was there😎

[@TheStandardBearer]

and you would be 100% correct in your saying. 💯👍

[@Elyasib38]

It really was and you didn’t have to fast forward at all on his tapes, lol…

[@OGT4204]

Naw 90s was the best shit.

[@robertorolfo]

This is legit rap and hip hop. The subject matter might be light, but 99% of today's rappers couldn't pull this off.

[@alumofcu]

One of my favorites

[@cannon29]

Light?? I suggest you never got your note intercepted in class then..

[@hakeem2lari]

Truth

[@rikkicarter8044]

Slick lyric ,, I brown baggin it ,, recess

[@brockshelton]

robertorolfo

[@poprip]

I always been a rocker, but I must admit this one got me hooked for weeks when it came out! Real instruments, super groove, and excellent rapping. Plus the lyrics are funny.

[@bramleydragon]

They stole the backing from Lee Michaels 'Who Could Want More'.

[@matthewestrada5217]

​@bramleybull who wrote the song?

[@newclothes8165]

Its a sample

[@MrStatYT]

'Principal's Office' by Young MC. This takes you back to a time when the rap music genre didn't feel the need to use explicit lyrics to be popular.

[@jeemysmith7868]

***** wow your dumb. Do you normally contradict yourself when you talk too ? Cause during this time all there was , was explicit lyrics. Young Mc is Hip Hop not Rap.

[@MrStatYT]

Well Jeemy, "you're" not sounding too smart either. I can name a ton of songs from that general era that didn't use the f word or n word to sell records (Bust a Move, Whose Cadillac is That, It's Tricky, Mary Mary, Whomp There It Is, 2 Legit 2 Quit, Can't Touch This, Rapture, Informer, Ice Ice Baby, Everybody Dance Now, Baby Got Back, etc. etc. etc.). Also, differentiating between rap and hip hop is like differentiating between an SUV and a crossover vehicle.

[@jeemysmith7868]

Well aren't you special ! Do everyone a favor and STFU! I even have a brand new acronym for you. It's F.O.C.U.S. It means Fuck Off Cause Your Stupid. It's quite obvious you haven't a clue what contradict means. But oh well I guess going to school is optional where you live. Just goes to show you can fix ugly but you can't fix stupid.

[@MrStatYT]

Anyone who uses expletives to make a point in his incoherent ramblings is not a person worth arguing with. I'm glad you know what an acronym is, even if you don't know what "you're" is. Keep striving for that GED and have a nice day.

[@craigmosley]

Ryan Sems dude, you missed the fact that you're is with a y. where in his f.o.c.u.s is a Y?

[@joshuahuber9668]

I had this on tape and would listen to it on my walkman while mowing the lawn. Great album.

[@roddh8852]

Dude!! This 1000% 👏👏🤝

[@michaelolin2219]

Man I hope this guy is ok, great memories of my youth with his music. God bless ya Marvin

[@lisajanebrooklyn]

He is still around and a short interview with him was on the Professor of Rock channel this week.

[@javerkligen]

20 years now, and still a great song..love it..thanks for sharing!

[@dharkknight4747]

30+ years now.. 😏

[@snuffleupagus9949]

Young MC had some of the most creative lyrics and videos ever. I really miss music/video combinations like this.

[@NamesZKP]

"Yo you think this is bad wait til I get my report card." Hahahahahaha, that's funny

[@ihavenohair1975]

This always makes me smile. Plus, every lady in the video is a 10/10!

[@azmdorado]

MTV 1985-1993 Time of my life, in music.

[@robertorolfo]

You and me both...

[@velenjak4ever]

👍😄

[@skycross1712]

This song was so fresh, I had to record it on VHS when I got home from junior high and saw it on "Yo! MTV Raps."

[@jamiebilich8161]

Yep the best

[@edwintroy6957]

Ya i felt 88 t 94 my yrs bro

[@storiedworlds6261]

For all of those too young to know, this is exactly what high school was like in the early 90s.

[@tyedyejedi]

Yep. Highschool in Cupertino California in 90 was this video

[@TessasDaddy7132]

It’s how it was in the late 80s as well.this song came out in 1989.

[@e.kharimbrazille-onhitente4275]

Facts!!

[@lawnmowerrepairsandstuff3154]

This is the only man who proved that rap/hip-hop can be done without swearing!

[@analydiate1102]

Ahem, Redhead King Pin

[@vinnygillies]

Will smith and fresh prince are both going to swear at you for that comment 😁😁

[@jarlconson3847]

i made a decent track n i gotta say i jus swear alot to fill in extra sylabbles that are sometimes need in the sentence to make it sound more rythmically correct, i mean sure i could fill it with child friendly words, but were adults here, and besides swear words give it more effect and impact than jus "damn" or something... why not swear? jus a word man

[@vinnygillies]

@@jarlconson3847 fcuk off hahaha😂👍🏆

[@TessasDaddy7132]

Run DMC as well.

[@jjlinert]

Amazing dance, amazing vocals/raps, incredible song. This stuff needs to get re released to a new generation.

[@EricTheBody]

Goddam! The best thing about this is the dope acoustic beat. The bass is amazing. The piano riff is perfect. F’ing cow bell! The flow is amazing. Take notes, class. This is how you do it.

[@ericparker1346]

Lee Michaels and Frosty!

[@johntracy72]

More cowbell.

[@shamelessplug5952]

I can remember thinking this song was so soft when I was a hard rock in 1989. Now, when I hear the trash hip hop songs of today, I wish I could hear lyrics half as good as this was!

[@damianedwards2327]

Me too

[@TheStandardBearer]

I see you are also a person of culture. 💯👍

[@laissezfayre]

This is such a funny song! Back in the day when rap had a sense of humour and wasn't about depressing shit like crime, drugs, pornstars and gangs. Also fact fans: Young MC is actually English. He was born in Neasden in North London, the same place that pop diva Samantha Fox is also from. :)

[@codymiller3877]

Laissez-Fayre What rap song is about pornstars?

[@coolbian513]

Cody Miller bruh every song is about hoes and sht,.

[@robertorolfo]

Totally agree man. The modern rap scene is full of nonsense.

[@Mr.A_LDN]

Another fact....Flea from the Chilli Peppers plays bass on this tune

[@rong805]

Plus he wrote Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing for Tone Loc. Not sure if he wrote the whole album but those he wrote or at least co-wrote.

[@nickthabit420]

The beauty of this can't be overstated.

[@dansheehan1993]

Still dope 30 years later yo

[@chrispompano]

Can't we just all go back and stay back in the day!

[@chrisirving8712]

The whole album. Is increadable 🤒🍁📚📚💕💕💕💕💕

[@Eazy-ERyder]

God I remember these old classics with great fondness

[@jeopardy60611]

I have fond memories of playing tracks from this record back in 1990 when I was a DJ on the radio station at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. When this song got to the drum solo, I would always turn on the mic and say "This is WRDP, Radio DePaul, doin' 'The Principal's Office.'" I made "Bust A Move" my featured song, and used to turn on the mic and rap along with it. I also loved to play "My Name Is Young."

[@tinytechs482]

So I left school in 1989 (16 yrs old) and this lad was my thing, this one, Bust a Move Know How Loved him And the beautiful lady in the sexy black dress dancing above the school door, set the bar VERY high I remember her being in other videos for Tone Loc etc ...looking again now my teenage self had GOOD taste

[@straightblown]

Omg, haha, i know this whole song by heart and its always a good listen. "She read it word by word and line by line and everybody that was laughing was a friend of mine"

[@Genny-Zee]

My dad used to play this song all the time and by grade 1 I knew all the words. So underrated these days ... cmon TikTokers make it a school anthem

[@SwampSatan]

even tho I love metal and punk and all that, I love listening to Young MC, he's so awesome!

[@agentbl]

I haven't heard this song in years, but I still remembered it. I didn't think I would still like it after all these years, but it is still good after listening to it. I miss all those old school joints. Back then, hip hop was fun and good to listen to. I miss the good old days.

[@nik-kv7nh]

I actually bought this album. On a whim no less. In a shop that specialised in musical releases! R.I.P them days. But this'll live on. It did for me after all. I have probably unfounded faith in the youth.

[@BigBlueBeast]

I used to sing this song whenever I went to the principal's office. I went to the principal's office at all 5 schools that I attended and all 3 schools that I worked in. I also have been to the principal's office in four other schools.

[@tupufolasa1170]

Me too. Still listening to this in 2013. thought it was so funny back then. Ol school. All good.

[@dcole2]

How nice is it to see deliciousvinyl uploading their videos. Give up some props, people....

[@mdjcsmith]

"she read it word-by-word and line-by-line, and everybody who was laughing was a friend of mine," Classic rhyming lyrics

[@punkyjrox]

❤ this is a dope groove ! Still to this day! Slaps ! Young MC talented af!!

[@Miss79er]

my aunty use to listen to this when i was 10/11, i am now 32, and STILL LOVE IT !!LolZ

[@indianajonesfamilywi]

I am going to build a time machine that takes me back to that exact moment.

[@IRON5]

***** The two of you can't leave me behind..

[@christinagreekct]

Take me with you

[@biastad]

Safety not guaranteed

[@sitelmao9625]

IM COMING AS WELL

[@lamontgardner5120]

I dont appreciate this song enough, that all stops today!

[@johnnycockatoo1003]

from wikipedia -- ---- Young MC - Principal's Office --- "Life and career Young was born in London, to Jamaican immigrant parents. He left the United Kingdom at the age of three and later moved to Queens, New York, when he was eight years old.[1] Young attended Hunter College High School in the Upper East Side of Manhattan (he was honored at the school’s 2018 convocation).[2] He went on to earn a degree in Economics from the University of Southern California (USC).[3] At USC, he met Michael Ross and Matt Dike from the record company Delicious Vinyl.[3] Young rapped over the phone for Ross and Dike, who ended up delivering a record contract to his USC dorm room. In 1989, Young collaborated with Tone Lōc on the songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".[3] Young gained fame with the release of his single "Bust a Move", which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance.[1] The single helped Young's debut album, Stone Cold Rhymin', to reach No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and attain platinum status in the United States. The follow-up single, "Principal's Office", was nominated for 'Best Rap Video' at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards."

[@recklessconduct.8231]

This is my jam. Back when rap was good. I was 12 or 13 back then.

[@JoeyP322]

438th TRS SQ, McGuire AFB, NJ - 1986-1990 miss those days

[@jeopardy60611]

This video makes me think of my days of being in high school. I was never late to class, didn't cut class to go out and play basketball, and I never passed notes in class, but I heard of plenty of other kids getting called out of class for things like that. I went to Lane Tech HS in Chicago, IL. The teachers would tell bad kids to go to Room 144, which we knew was the Discipline Office.

[@darrentylor5473]

Playing Super Mario to this is the best, Thanks for the great childhood!!!

[@gregorygriffin6341]

4:05 that footwork is INCREDIBLE!! Love that move.

[@andrewmckee6580]

I listened to this tape wo much I wore it through. Man I miss this era of rap. Young MC was so amazing!

[@daleo79]

This song is responsible for introducing me to the love of hip hop. Loved the old skool, story telling is scarce these days.

[@1funkyangel]

Flea's bassline really set this song this song off ! :)

[@eternalyfeful]

That was on his first song "Bust A Move"

[@DarthHayes]

@@eternalyfeful this one too

[@MrCraiglicious]

I still love this song,even after all these years..it is soo funny and cleverly written.

[@rc-fannl7364]

Definitely. Not sure what Young got on his report card, which at the end of the song, he hints at it being really bad, but when it comes to catchy raps, he's A+

[@JoeyP322]

I am a hardcore metal fan, but man, this is great, even after all these years!! Go Young MC!

[@juan-ksporty7348]

LA Dorsey high school 1987 best years this song brings so much nostalgia!

[@basslobster]

The real deal. It's groovy, whitty, contagious and packed with love.

[@chrais78]

My cousin and i used to listen ti this song back in 1990 going into the 6th grade. Memories bro...

[@naughtybutter]

1989 🎉 What an album. I still love it now. I was 14 😂. My eldest daughter is 28 and she learned the words to fastest rhyme when she was 9 😂👌🏻

[@GOdjCbostyles]

Lots of people missed the bus on this one for sure, Young Mc established himself during that time of Gangster rap. This was his second best song on that album. I was more of a gangster rap dude however I didnt ever turn away from songs like this. This video is super dope

[@74kid]

Incredible hip hop artist. Loved this as a teenager.

[@signalsyyz]

...can't believe this is over 30 years old ..wow.....sounds like Flea on bass...he plays on Bust A Move...

[@Genny-Zee]

I still can’t nail the braaaaaaaannnnnnggggg bit to this day quite as perfectly as MC.

[@EddymaisAdesivos]

Som envolvente e fez parte da minha juventude , saudades!!!!

[@waynetaylor4034]

is it o.k. for a 47 year old white man to like the hip hop?

[@nesbittheisman10]

Does the pope wear a funny hat?

[@waynetaylor4034]

no...but yo momma does!

[@benjiefields3499]

Wayne Taylor im 41 and grew up with this type music

[@rikkicarter8044]

Lurrrveeee

[@peryvindjohnsen9642]

In the immortal words of Lemmy Kilmister: "If you think you're too old to rock 'n' roll, then you are".

[@titantiff]

my god, I was a mop head kid dancing around in my room with a hair brush rapping my butt off to Young MC. Drove my parents crazy! Thanks for posting this.

[@robsrandomness7824]

Reminds me of a DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince tune. I actually bought this album when it came out during my senior year of high school.

[@johnmall9028]

Ikr sound exactly like em, even the story-based lyrics in it.

[@jarel43]

im 15 and lovein this we aint all the same u know some of us got common sense

[@LGKids]

Virtual teaching brought me here! Great storytelling! Peace!

[@nickbagelboy]

the reason people say it "lost" popularity, was cause of a thing called "musical evolution". its just cause every decade in the 1900's had a new type or form of music. it was something new and everyone forgot about the last decades style of music. but now, since we are in the 2000's there really hasnt been a new good style of music, and more and more people are realizing how good the old school hip - hop was. this new shit suxz!! and thats that. long live the old school hip hop!

[@billygoat4591]

Good stuff back in the day....real hip hop!

[@joshuagutenberg1901]

Brings back great memories! FUNNY AS EVER! Added to my playlist. Great quality thanks very much for posting!

[@SapphirexGoddess99]

ahhh memories. this cd was always bumpin at my house

[@elocoetam]

This is one of the first hip/hop, rap, songs I heard when I was growing up. I'm glad I found it again.

[@lubbockmissionchurch]

One of the best breaks ever! “Recess”!!!

[@kvong615]

Love this old school rap. He was telling a story. Like Slick Rick's children's story. And many more back in the day

[@v0lt35v]

yea! I remember memorizing and rapping on all his "stone cold rhythm" album when i was 12...good times!

[@Chuloloc]

Awesome. One of the best songs by the MC Young. Love old school hip hop. Hail Young MC.

[@SpearM3064]

He's still performing, too. And he still goes by Young MC. Then again, I guess "middle-aged MC" doesn't have quite the same ring to it. XD

[@Chuloloc]

SpearM3064 Hey, as the saying goes. "As long has to you still have the passion for it, you can do it as long as you like."

[@SpearM3064]

Chuloloc True dat. :)

[@andrewwalker8557]

Who needs swearing and devil worship give me young mc makes me smile .Marvin for my hip hop cravings.

[@christinagreekct]

I miss these songs times were good 2014 love this song

[@tomtairua1619]

New Zealand early 90s I must've only been 12 I had this verse on lock 💪🤣🤣❤️❤️oh the Innocence of early hip hop

[@jameslewis9904]

This is life I'm 40 yrs ol now

[@thabozzofficial]

Not being funny but if my teachers, school nurses and principals looked like that I'd have 100% attendance and grades!

[@williamberkowitz9388]

Especially the Principal. So Hottest

[@kimwright8768]

I Love This Jam By Young M.C. Principal's Office From The 1989 Stone Cold Rhymin Album❤

[@h2nx]

Todays music has high definition, old days music had high quality!

[@Xscapefan4ever1408]

I thought that this was the best song from his "Stone Cold Rhymin" CD.

[@MatthewADever]

Still as good as it was in 6th grade-good video production/editing also imo

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I remember I saw this once on Yo MTV Raps back in the day I was only in the 4th grade

[@VegasGuy1975]

Awesome time machine KZbin has become.

[@tomatisator]

"Stone Cold Rhymin`" - My first vinyl LP! Classic!

[@MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR]

Still the PRINCIPAL LOVE YOU YOUNG LOVE YAH

[@MultiMrMiles]

Bring back the 80s baby- best decade for real- Soo many fine girls in this video- whoooo

[@mcsuchnsuch]

i dont how but i still remember all the words....thanks for the post. Great song.

[@NealDamiano]

When hip hop was light hearted, goodtimes, and everyone didn't take themself too serious... man I miss those days!!

[@robertevans3211]

Young MC Really was a wordsmith😊

[@dfailsthemost]

I want to live in a Young MC video.

[@crombiehawk]

I turned 13 in Dec. 1980...Lawd how I miss this kind of music!!

[@uncomn]

what a track! still as fresh now as it was then!!

[@EmWilly]

I've loved this song for like 20 years.

[@ivyjones-holloway312]

Back when we passed notes instead of texting!😂😂

[@earlyreed357]

Young MC was ahight to me....his first album was so fckin underrated wit gems. OH YEAH.....anotha ol school track wit some go-go in it.

[@dudetocartman]

ur right. this is the REAL hip hop/rap! best of all, it's clean, not one foul word, and kids can listen to it without parents complaining! Ima try to fix this rap in the industry before parents get out of control and the world. Ima rap clean and try to get people back to rap is in again! wish me luck.

[@supercooled]

Seriously, why can't rappers be more like this guy and let the talent speak for itself. Not all these gold "grill" up on yo face and rollin' on dubs and all that nonsense! This song brings back good vibes.

[@sweetcgardner]

just late 80s rap forgot about this 1 wow thanks 4 the post takin me back in the day