Remarks:
An old school rap from 1984. Used in the opening of Video Music Box in the 1980s.
Lyrics:
Now the party didn’t start till I walked in
An’ I probably won’t leave until the thing ends
But in the mean time, the in between time
If you work your thing, then I’ll work mine
We came here together so we could have fun
Me an’ you, baby, goin’ one on one
Now this is the last chance for us to get off
So either get loose, or you ought to get lost
‘Cause I’m just about ready to do my thing
‘Cause I’m the stone cold, New York rap machine
I’ma give you what I got an’ baby, that’s plenty
An’ never has one man rocked so many
Im’a make you wet an’ make you sweat
Just to see how funky you can get
Now, when I’m on the mic, I do serve well
An’ I go by the name of the Rapper Jalil
{Four minutes left}
Now sit back, relax, put on your head gear
Get ready for a trip through the atmosphere
Gonna take you for a ride through the Twilight Zone
I don’t need a space ship, I use my microphone
So hold on tight, with all your might
‘Cause I’ll be rappin’ like this for the rest of the night
It’s Jalil, y’all, your master rapper
An’ when I’m on the mic it’s a sheer disaster
‘Cause MCs crumble when we rumble
Some think I’m soft just because I’m humble
So all you MCs, I hope you’re real good listeners
‘Cause in this battle, I’m takin’ no prisoners
I’m slayin’ MCs right on the spot
‘Cause I’m the the master of the rap, the doctor of the rock
The ‘Jack of all trades’, the master of one
An’ the thing I’m at is called havin’ fun
We got three minutes left to rock this funk
To separate the good stuff from the junk
So get in the groove an’ feel the sound
An’ once you’re inside, spread yourself around
From the bottom to the top, the top to the bottom
Come on, Master Dee, get funky while we got ’em
{Three minutes left}
Me an’ my partner, from the start
We usually get together, after dark
Sometimes to rap, sometimes to sing
In the summer or the winter ’cause it ain’t no thing
An’ ever since I first came round
Side by side, we’d throw down
We came here to this here place
To serve you all right to your face
Because this jam here is our show stopper
We didn’t wanna do it but I guess we gotta
We’re the men of the hour, makin’ the ladies scream an’ holler
Too hot to trot, too sweet to be sour
I’m gonna set the record straight
An’ I hope that it is not too late
If you want the best, I wont settle for less
Put your money on me, I’m your best bet
Come on, one for the treble
Two for the bass
Three for the ladies
Four for the plaid
Five, minutes of funk, this ain’t no junk
So pull your bottom, off the tree stump
Ladies real pretty, city to city
But now we’re gettin’ down to the nitty gritty
From the bottom to the top, top to the bottom
I’m gonna rock ’em, while I still got ’em
Our rappin’ shower has style an’ power
An’ this is our disco hour
I dunno if all of you have heard
So it’s up to me to spread the word
About the man that we feel has got to be real
Our crowned Prince on the wheels of steel
He goes by the name of Grandmaster Dee
So if it’s alright with you, it’s alright with me
We gonna rock you people’s minds with ease
With some help from the Maestro, if you please
{One minute left}
{I’m sorry, your five minutes are up
Please begin your ending
Or your volume will be interrupted}
I wasn’t old enough to get into Whodini when this track came out, but still appreciate their contributions. I’m just glad I have an old-school rap station on my cable’s digital music section to catch up on the likes of them and others.
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Try this for size, now this is when I REALLY started getting into Hip Hop as a youngster – anyone else remember this one???
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@Demerera
Yeah, that and “One Love”…
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@CDF
Just had a listen to it on YouTube – dont remember that one CDF – I used to have to listen to this type of music on Pirate radio stations – they certainly weren’t played on mainstream stations in the UK.
Remember these, though they arent by the same artists but they came out at a similar time…
Would love to hear some other classics from this era that you guys might know that perhaps I wasnt privy to.
π
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@ Demerera & CDF:
I remember “Freaks at Night” and “One Love” too.
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@abagond
I used to go to a youth club kinda place on a Saturday and they used to play all the ‘latest’ tunes there. All the guys thinking they were Turbo or Ozone lol breakdancing about the place, mind you, I was impressed and impressionable…. π
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I love me some Whodini.
Now that you reminded me of this song, I’m throwing my hands in the air and bobbing my head along to the beat.
Love this track.
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notice the white breakdancers in the begining.
you never see that anymore in a hip hop crew
My point is blacks should take some responsibility for weak race relations. it goes both ways
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@dave
This is just a small part of a large issue – I dont think this is reflective or representive of the concerns regarding ‘race relations’.
Music is for anyone and everyone and listening to it stimulates different responses/feelings in people – when you add the dimension of visuals this can change perceptions entirely.
Being from the UK my ‘reality’ may differ from what you experienced in this time but where I lived in the late 70’s and early 80’s was a council housing estate. For the most part, the people I remember walking around with a ‘boom box’ or ‘ghetto blaster’ in one hand and carrying lino in the other hand were white guys. Then when I used to go to the youth club that I mentioned in my previous post, both black and white were there strutting their stuff π
Ok, it wasnt always harmonious – after all, at these times there was tension both racial and also social which affected ‘relations’.
Another thing that could have influenced music here was the fact that to listen to ‘new & innovative’ music by black artist, you had to tune your frequency in to a pirate radio station as mainstream stations would not give this type of music any airplay. I have to say though, this applied to certain types of other music too i.e. Punk when the UK Top 40 charts got ‘tampered with’ to prevent the song ‘God save the Queen’ being number one in the week of the silver jubilee.
Anyway, I dont think anyone is trying to shirk away from responsibility re race relations but it must be acknowledged that there are faults on both sides and we must try to understand each other to enable us to move forward cohesively – otherwise the same mistakes keep being made and no progress occurs.
Meanwhile, would love to know what music you enjoy @dave and what memories this conjurs up for you π
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notice the white breakdancers in the begining.
you never see that anymore in a hip hop crew
My point is blacks should take some responsibility for weak race relations. it goes both ways
How? By hiring white break dancers for their music videos? A simplistic approach that may work bizarrely enough!
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