This is possibly the most rare clip I’ve had the privilege of posting on themeaningofdope.com since our inception. First off, a big stupid dookie dope shout out to Matt Bane for hooking this footage up. Yes, the quality is pretty bad but I think that the rarity of the clip makes up for it.
We all know that the movie comes out tomorrow, and we all know that Ez Mo Bee isn’t a character in this movie. We all know that he had multiple beats on Ready To Die, and we all know that he was instrumental in the early success of Bad Boy with his signature boom-bap sound and was justifiably upset about being excluded from the film.
Clip 2. Bad quality and cuts short at the end. But that doesnt take away from the rareness of this clip. B.I.G. performing live on the old Jon Stewart show.
Stay tuned this week. We got some all out gems coming up.
…and another one. More dope clips to keep Biggie week rollin on.
This is a nice re-air of one of his performances at the Apollo. Whole Junior Mafia clique go in on the “Players Anthem”. I love every verse on the track.
Whoa, hold up..so there’s a movie about Chris Wallace’s life coming out this week cosigned by his camp and it looks to be pretty thorough. I’ll definitely go see it, hopefully with JC and the rest of the crew and am definitely looking forward to it.
However, what I really want to see is documentary footage and actual recordings of his career and more videos like this, not a feature film even though I know I’m probably going to really like it.
Regardless, to contribute to the overall excitement and do our own tribute to the man and his life, we’ve decided to open the floodgates on the rare and probably unseen or little-known footage that we have of B.I.G. doing the damn thing everyday this week.
Some may argue that this was actually B.I.G.’s biggest track despite not appearing on any album, it definitely got everybody talking about him and built up that reputation in the streets that helped him sell so many copies of his debut release, Ready To Die.
From the same Nike visor and Sergio Tacchini track suit performance as before, here’s a young and hungry Christopher Wallace blasting out his underground ode to R & B bitches, ‘Dreams’. When I first heard this I was doubled over with laughter at the Xscape, Sade, Chaka Khan references, shit the whole song is pure comedy and was completely untouched territory at the time. Considering how thorough this is, I can’t see anyone covering it and doing it justice. Why would you try?
Here is another rare commercial for the Dogg Pound’s 1st album. I always thought that rap commercials were pretty cool since they were harder to come by than videos. Even though in 1995 when this came out, it was still pretty hard from rappers to get any air time.
My buddy gave me a few tapes he found in his basement the other day and I found the holy grail. Chuck D & PE performing live in studio with Fab 5 after Freddy gave this dope intro under the Brooklyn Bridge. I have never seen this studio that PE was in, Terminator was cutting it up the S1W’s were dancing away and then about 53 seconds in, the tape cuts out…show over. So instead kids, you get this piece. Fresh Prince, Jeff and Fab 5 in a boxing gym. Goofiness ensues as usual. I still have have one more keeper from my buddy’s tapes yet to come.
Busta Rhymes’ tailor must have been paid well from about 1991-2002, since it sure looks like the work of the same guy who did these matching jumpsuits that the dungeon dragon and co. are wearing in this clip.
Can you imagine going to check your tailor to get fitted with 3 of your close friends for matching outfits with a contrasting colour stripe? Like, can I please wear the ultimate urban kimono? Oh, and can you make sure all my boys are wearing it when we perform on tv? It’s crazy how different rap fashion is from this period until now, but the clothing is just a sidenote in this particular video.
I have seen countless Party Machine episodes and never have I seen an artist or group NOT lip-sync their performance.
I wonder if Busta Bus, Charlie Brown and Dinco refused since they prided themselves on having one of the most electric and dialed-in stage shows in rap at the time? I wouldn’t be surprised, but either way it’s a treat to have actual vocals and backups on this show since their lip-syncing can almost ruin some other great perfomances that they had on there during the short period that this show was on the air.
I just ripped my Future Without A Past CD, so when I get my act together later I will update this post with a zip file for download.
Oh, 90’s Rap fashion! How I’ve missed you. Thanks hipsters and sneaker/hypebeast kids for bringing this ridiculous printed and neon shit back into fashion. Thankfully, I haven’t seen anyone at a party rocking airbrushed overalls without a shirt yet and let’s hope it stays that way..unless of course, my man J.R. Ewing kits one of his youngins out in it for promo purposes.
This performance of Mama Said Knock You Out on Arsenio has too much going on! My eyes dart from LL’s floppy teal mushroom hat to the dancers and their matching short sets to the dj cutting but not making a sound. Wow. Who’s idea was that slow video effect? I’m thinking the same guy who decided to use this faux strobe in the Black Sheep video I threw up before.
Here is some more west coast flava for ya. I have always liked Paris and despite his lack of popularity he is somehow still around today. He released another album in 2008. I was always surprised at how little flack he caught for his Bush Killa song and also the picture of him with a shot gun hiding behind a tree as George Bush was waving.
It is sad though that despite this message that P-Dawg is trying to spit, the main thing that I notice is he fact that there is guns and shooting in this video clip, no blurry spots. I also found the G-Thing video tonight with buddah leaves on hats and Warren-G rolling a joint, PC is outta control. Anyway enjoy.
Dope Redman interview during the Dare Iz A Darkside tour. Reggie speaks on being a “hardcore” rapper as well as sample clearance. Throw in a little concert footage and we got a pretty nice clip right here.
