NINTH GRADE IN THE SHADE
My nephew was born during my ninth grade school year. In a couple of weeks, he will graduate from high school. Dear Baby Jesus, I’m old…and much too depressed to write a proper intro. Enjoy these videos from that year while I sip some prune juice, apply a little Ben Gay, and tell these damn kids to get the eff off my lawn. Holla!
K-SOLO | “MOMS IN MY BUSINESS”
“Ya moms. Ya moms. Why is she so nosy?” This is the song that made me swear off marriage. OK, not really. It did kind of scare me though. I thought all moms were meddlesome and intrusive. And of course, most of them are. I kid. I’ve met some very cool moms. But old chicks love me, in general. They think I’m an upstanding young man. If they only knew what devious things I had in store for their daughters. Cue sinister cackle.
MARIAH CAREY | “VISION OF LOVE”
Believe it or not, there once was a time when Mariah was all about the music and not about wilin’ out on TRL, showing MJ her breasts, starring in execrable movies, or shamming the world into thinking she really loves Nick Cannon. Speaking of said tetas, they look just a TAD smaller back then. Maybe she was just a late developer. OK yeah, probably not. Anyhoo, that Christmas my mom bought me a CD player along with this album. That’s not very gangsta, but I was the only kid on the block with a CD player so HA HA!
DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE | “SUMMERTIME”
“Back in Philly we be out at the park.” Still the unquestioned, number one summer jam of all time. Say what you want to about Will as a rapper, but he Ken Griffey’d this one out of the park. Perfect beat. Smooth, relaxed lyrics. What more could you want? p.s. I’m dedicating this video to my boy Mizzo. See, I don’t hate everything out of Philly. Just those Godforsaken Iggles! lol
BBD | “I THOUGHT IT WAS ME”
“The girl was serious.” Overalls. Why? Dear God, why? Anyway, for some reason this song perfectly sums up ninth grade to me. The guys look like they’re having so much fun in the video and even though I hated school, I had an absolute blast that year. Remember when you used to have fun? You didn’t have to worry about bailouts, high gas prices, salmonella in your peanut butter, or horrific Kanye West hairstyles. I remember. Them were the days.
D-NICE | “THEY CALL ME D-NICE”
“I’m the TR-808. But just call me D-Nice.” This beat…this beat…I wanna take it to my bedroom and remove its unmentionables. Sorry for the visual…
Diallo Tyson is a filmmaker, writer, beat miner, [self-proclaimed] comedian, and old school music junkie. In his spare time, he contributes to the music blog, Finessed & Blessed and is a collaborator for the sports/pop culture blog The Commission. He can be reached at ddog_tap@hotmail.com. Step into a groovin’ time machine every other Monday on UTC.
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Uni Tee says:
Ok, these are some pure classics! |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Ingrid says:
See, you killed it with the K-solo!! I loved that song! With the Frankie Beverly sample…good to hear that one again |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:27 am
verily merily says:
Mariah…those were the days when you were just a pure sanga! |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Travis Utley says:
BBD reunion! |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:35 am
frankie baybee says:
man…talk about feeling old. I can pull out cassette tapes of every one of these songs LOL |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:41 am
thelma says:
Aww Will was so cute! He has gotten better with age. And this is still the only rap he has ever done that I like |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Yvette B. says:
fabulous! |
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Nu yawk says:
damn i forgot mariah got a little more top heavy ha ha |
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April 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Diallo Tyson says:
@Ingrid |
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April 15th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Smooth says:
Man they don’t make songs like they used to. Now we get joints like Make the Trap Aye and Turn my swag on |
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April 15th, 2009 at 10:07 am
just2bee says:
where the stanky leg at? LMBAO |
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April 15th, 2009 at 11:38 am
MR TIBBS says:
i’m an old fogey too… this music is perfect |
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Bailey says:
ohhh |
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Tristian Eames says:
I will bump some summertime anytime |
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Jane Kennedy says:
you make a funny old man |
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April 16th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Tina says:
Man K-Solo, I LOVE IT! |
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April 17th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Ashley says:
I was in tenth grade and D-Nice was going to be my husband! |
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