Bizarre 90s VHS artifact presented by Hanna Barbera aims to teach kids basic knowledge through rapping and dancing

Curated by The Sadnesses

Total Runtime: 0:31:22

"If you’re looking at that cover and hoping to see Fred Flintstone rip up the mic, then you may be disappointed with Rappin’ N’ Rhymin’. However, you do get Damon, the most ferocious MC since Chuck D. Jay-Z, Nas, and Q-Tip better watch out, because this kid’s gunning for their GOAT status.
You know you’ve got a classic on your hands when the first song has a hook like, “YOU LIKE RAP? THEN FOLLOW ME. YOU LIKE RAP? WELL THEN, COME WITH ME.” Damon is calling, motherfuckers. Time to follow.
The next track is a G-Funk classic. You could easily imagine Nate Dogg belting the hook and Snoop swaying along to the beat. It’s all about numbers, and like the opening lines of “Nuthin’ But a G Thang,” numerical subject matter once again provides plenty of opportunity for elaborate wordplay like, “Three is a number that you’re gonna like/When you count the wheels on a three wheel bike.” Three Stacks couldn’t dream that shit up.
Damon (and his partner Micki, who together form one of the greatest duos hip hop has ever seen) is fascinated with complicated rhyme structure. He’s definitely the first MC I’ve ever heard rhyme the words “street” and “beat.” There’s more internal rhyme genius in his brilliant “Rhyme Song” than in Eminem’s second verse on “Renegade.” One of his other solo tracks, “A Foot is a Wonderful Thing” celebrates his foot fetish in glorious detail.
That’s not to count Micki out, though. Her retelling of the Cinderella story rivals Nas’s storytelling abilities circa Illmatic (think “NY State of Mind”). Reimagining the European beauty as an inner-city black child and Prince Charming as a man fifteen years her senior was a brilliant stroke, serving as a searing indictment of age and race politics in modern America.
Damon and Micki aren’t the only stars of Rappin’ N’ Rhymin’, though. They’re backed up by the best dancers in the biz, like Al Bee and the Dynamite Hip Hop Three.
Sadly, Fred and Barney and Yogi and Boo-Boo never get the mic passed to them. In fact, their segments have almost nothing to do with rappin’ OR rhymin’, aside from Barney entering a poetry contest. I would have loved to see a “Burn Hollywood Burn” style posse cut featuring these Hanna Barbera legends, but sadly, it wasn’t meant to be.
That omission aside, Rappin’ N’ Rhymin’ is a stone cold classic of early ‘90s hip hop. Too bad this shit was never released on disc. I’d bump it in the car all the time. Damon hasn’t done anything since, but as he tells us at the end of the video, “Just in case you guys miss me, you can always hit that rewind button, if you know what I mean.” Yeah, we know exactly what you mean, Damon. Lay back, spark a blunt, and watch the entirety of Rappin’ N’ Rhymin’."
-vhsshitfest.com

Collection - Hip House

Tommy De Roos collects the best tracks ever from the subgenre, hip house!

Curated by Tommy "FFF" De Roos

Total Runtime: 0:47:35

Chicago Hip House Documentary 1989
"Keep on flowing, smooth and keep a party groove". Absolutely great (and as far as I know the only) Hip House documentary. Featuring Fast Eddie, Tyree Cooper and Rocky Jones of DJ International Records in The Underground Studios and much more. Uploaded by DJBoogieman, make sure to check his youtube channel for the amazing "DJ International Records House Music Concert" recorded in Rotterdam in 1988. Would've loved to include it here but am going to keep it strictly hip house ;)

Tyree f. Kool Rock Steady - Turn Up The Bass 1989
Collaboration between 2 legends of hip house. Turn up the bass was a hit around the world and an absolute hip house anthem. Recorded live for the British tv show Top Of The Pops.

Tyree cooper
Collection of a few Tyree Cooper classics. Definitly one of the biggest names in hip house. He's still active as a DJ & producer.http://www.tyreecooper.blogspot.nl/

The New Dance Show
Fast Eddie's Yo yo get funky getting played at Detroit's New Dance Show. They're getting funky indeed!!

Kool Rock Steady - You Ain't Nobody 1989
Music video of Kool Rock Steady's KRS One diss. Made after KRS One dissed the hip house scene in an interview.

Nine:Thirty reports on Hip House 1990
Great item on hiphouse & house music. Includes interviews with mr DJ International Rocky Jones and Fast Eddie and a performance by Fast Eddie of the (as he claims here) 1st hiphouse track. Yo Yo Get Funky. With some "scratchmaking" by DJ boogieman.

The Beat Masters - Rock da House
Credited as the 1st UK hip house track. Released in 1987 and includes vocals by the Cookie Crew.

Hip house music videos
These tracks are not really my favourite tunes. But since there aren't that much hip house videos. And for the tunes that I do love most of the times there are only videos with a still image online and I don't want you to sit trough a bunch of those ;) But on the other hand the videos itself are overall great!

Network Awesome's Wild Stylez! ... The MegaMix

all the clips played in the first 12 episodes of our weekly hiphop show minus the "specials" and the ones that went down since first broadcast.

Curated by Markus Fiedler

Total Runtime: 2:57:12

100

Das EFX "Mic Checka" (Uncut) (0:04:27)

Bahamadia ft. K-Swift & Mecca Starr (Prod. By DJ Premier) - (0:04:05)

The Pharcyde - Pandemonium (0:03:37)

Da Bush Babees - We Run Things (It's Like Dat) (0:04:14)

De La Soul "Buddy" (0:04:50)

Terminator X - Juvenile Delinquintz [Explicit] (0:03:11)

Terminator X - Homey Don't Play Dat (Feat. Bonnie 'N' Clyde) (0:03:18)

Leaders Of The New School - The International Zone Coaster (0:04:01)

Outkast - In Due Time (0:04:41)

Missy Elliott - Sock It To Me (0:04:25)

Kool Keith - Livin' Astro (1999) (0:04:32)

Antipop Consortium - Dead in Motion (0:03:41)

Rap Machine - Whodini (0:03:47)

MC Luscious - Boom I Got Your Boyfriend (0:04:12)

Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - Summertime (0:03:18)

X-Clan - Xodus (0:04:16)

De La Soul "Saturdays" (0:04:29)

Monie Love - It's A Shame (My Sister) (Video) (0:03:32)

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Dr. Bombay (0:03:58)

MC 900 Ft Jesus - TRUTH IS OUT OF STYLE (1989) (0:04:54)

Soul Sonic Force-Renegades Of Funk (0:05:23)

Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics - Best Kept Secret (0:04:00)

MC Lyte - Poor Georgie (0:04:21)

Naughty By Nature - Klickow-Klickow feat. Rottin Razkals, Cr (0:04:29)

Mr Lif (0:03:57)

Diverse, Lyrics Born & Rjd2 - Explosive (0:03:58)

Roots Manuva - 2001 - Witness (1 Hope) (0:04:45)

Biz Markie Spring again (0:04:04)

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches (0:05:02)

H.E.A.L. - Heal Yourself 1991 HQ (0:04:28)

Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent (LP Version) [Video Blend] (0:04:49)

U.M.C.'s - Never Never Land (0:04:20)

Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip (0:04:23)

Naughty By Nature - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (0:04:10)

Masta Ace - Music Man (0:04:19)

Mantronix - Bassline (0:03:55)

Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U (0:03:33)

Hieroglyphics - At The Helm (0:03:57)

Bahamadia - Total Wreck (0:03:26)

Ultramagnetic Mc's - Make It Happen (0:04:26)

UMC's - One To Grow On (0:03:34)

Da Nappy Headz - I'm Nappy (0:03:50)

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Leaders Of The New School (0:03:32)

Kool Keith - Plastic World (0:04:05)

Heather B. - I Get Wreck (0:03:37)

Special Ed...The Mission (0:05:19)

Das Racist - Coochie Dip City (0:04:15)

OutKast - Ms. Jackson (0:05:07)

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