#9- Ed and Dre in Guantanamo Bay- This was back in 1991. My how things have changed…

#8- Fab 5 Runs With The Bulls- Fab really did go international

#7- Grammy Hate- Who would expect rappers to boycott anything nowadays? I sure don’t.

#6- Dennis Leary on “Who’s The Man?”- Such a classic hip-hop movie

#5- Tupac Remembered- Ted Demme and Tupac in one clip, two legends who left us before their time.

#4- Wu-Tang Clan On Set- How dope was the video for “Da Mystery Of Chess Boxin?”

#3- Busta’s Big Breakup- The end of Leaders of the New School right on set

#2- Ed Lover’s (second ever) dance- The dance that made Ed famous

And #1 is… DING! DING! DING!!!!

Run DMC Gets Live! On Yo!- Rest in peace JMJ

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#9- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock- “It Takes Two”- I wanna rock right now….

#8- Eric B and Rakim- “Microphone Fiend”- The 18th Letter shows you how it should be done

#7- Salt-N-Pepa- “Push It”- Gotta love those jackets and dookie rope chains

#6- Ice Cube- “It Was A Good Day”- O’Shea Jackson was watchin Yo! MTV Raps, put some haps on the craps

#5- Public Enemy- “Fight The Power”- Elvis, was a hero to most, but he never meant sh*t to me…

#4- The Notorious B.I.G.- “Warning”- Biggie was always predicting his own demise…

#3- 2pac- “Keep Ya Head Up”- This was the joint for women on the grind strugglin…

#2- Run DMC- “Run’s House”- What, you thought they just named the show that for nothing?

AND THE THE #1 VIDEO IS…. DING DING DING!!!

Dr. Dre- “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang- This was just two loc’d out G’s going crazy…. This joint literally ushered in the Chronic-era in hip-hop, where it was all West Coast hip-hop, all the time. It also led to Snoop Dogg becoming the star that he is today, and spawned the careers of countless other artists.

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#14- NWA- “Express Yourself”- Dre goes from saying he doesn’t smoke weed or cess, then goes on to make an album called The Chronic. But I digress…

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#14- T-Money as Michael Jackson- T-Money is the often forgotten third member of the Ed and Dre team. This impression of Michael Jackson is crazy.

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It’s good to hear Fab 5 Freddy talk about the Afrocentric movement in hip-hop, because it was such an important component of the culture at one point. In the late 80s/early 90s, it was like everywhere you turned folks were embracing their roots, their African heritage, via medallions or T-shirts, or style and colors of the clothes themselves. And the music reflected it as well. You had acts like Public Enemy, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Poor Righteous Teachers, and even alternative groups like Arrested Development. I think the movement climaxed in 1992 when Spike Lee’s biopic, Malcolm X, came out. From there, the West Coast gangsta rap era took over, and hip-hop went in a completely different direction altogether.

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