You Can’t Yank The Plug On The Vibe
» Published by Ace Six
First off, big up to our left coast peoples at ittakesanationofmillionstoholdthissac. If you guys can weigh in on the comments section about what the vibe was out west when Rascalz first started getting national exposure, I would really appreciate it.
Now, let’s get down to the matter at hand. When ‘Really Livin’ dropped, it was the video that put me on to it. There was a distinctly different production value and colour treatment and creative editing that I wasn’t seeing from any Toronto or other Canadian acts at the time. Mind you, I don’t think many copies of the OG ‘Really Livin’ single made it out east, so the first Rascalz release I picked up was the ‘Really Livin Remix’, I think it had ‘Funky Migraine’ and something else on it too. I loved the minor switchups in the verses, and the remix beat was a total departure from the OG. In fact, Kaeweezy and I both agree that this is one of our favourite remixes of all time since it made our remix post V1.1 not too long ago.
Luckily, they scrap the almost-confusing long ass intro and get straight to the verses on this live performance in the Muchmusic environment. Red 1’s Canucks shirt is so classic, I don’t even know what to say about it but I had to give it props. Major bonus point for having our man, Prince Orange aka Zebroc aka Zeb Munir of Nomad Toronto all up in the video acting a fool on the sidelines on some goofy b-boy shit. Loving it!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Oliver makes me wanna rob an innocent construction worker of their brick and smash someone’s nose and teeth in beyond dental recognition.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
bwahahahahahahaha
I didn’t even mention it, because I knew you would say something anyways!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Mostly I want to know who the camera gyal is on right is.
can we get a where are they now?
April 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am
one of my all time fav canadian joints right here! this remix is nice but i still prefer the orig!!!
on a sidenote ive only seen a copy of the Rasclaz OG really living 12″ once, when they were still callin themselves The Ragamuffin Rascalz. I’m sure glad i grabbed it when i did!
April 30th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Be on the lookout for an OTA Live bio on the Rascalz… Its in the vault and ready to be aired soon!
May 1st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
oliver was a bit awkward wasn’t he?
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I got a shoutout from Misfit! Yeah that’s homie from time. Me and Fit met in high school and formed a dance duo called “Strictly Dope” naw mean!!!! These 12 remixes were so dope. Kemo has always been on top of shit. I’m gonna try to get these 12’s and put em up on our site. There’s a second part to this appearance where dedos and zeb get down and zeb almost takes olivers legs out (too bad).
What else can I tell you? Dedos is the best pop locker I’ve ever seen and the most naturally talented artist I’ve ever known and Zeb was ALWAYS
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
rocking fresh gear. Kemo always had beats! Red 1 still doing it too!!!
Shout out to the orginal 4 elements hip hop group of Canada.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
This brings me way back… What’s dope is how each of these guys progressed as artists specially the dancers, Dedos and Zeb Roc.
Check out Dedos and Zeb do their thing w/ Contents Under Pressure bboy crew.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6qL1WOp7j4
May 8th, 2009 at 5:08 am
OH SHIT!!!!!!
PRINCE ORANGE!!!!
KRISPY BISKUT CREW!!!!
ITS 92 ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!
May 12th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
+1 on Dedos having the skills.
that logo on Romeo’s shirt was printed so fucking low….ahha.
August 31st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
love this track! great post.
do you guys have the 12inch with the instrumental for Really Livin?
i`ve been lookin for that for ages! the instr for the remix would be appreciated as well……i never even knew this remix existed!