MC Tunes Vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites '99

[TheSupermental]

watch dust junkies he stepped the fuck up

[TheSupermental]

tuuuuuuune!



[tobietera]

I was into Hip Hop at the time, this tune and certain tunes by Rebel MC, Ragga Twins and Shut Up & Dance made me switch to the Rave scene. Over 20 years later im still producing drum & bass and playing at raves with all my heroes. This was never a fad, it was a lifestyle....

[iguanna41]

1989

[CHINESEB0XER]

I must confess that I only watched this all the way through for the skating.............

[Blitz3677]

Daaaang this is taking me waaay back. Ain't heard this song in a minute loved it from way back still a banging tune from MC tunes

[bankslord]

The only thing thats changed in skating is how big the pants are.

[TheHughesyboy75]

sweet if your stuck in the late 90's, oh well thats me

[skibadabomski]

I used to go to school with him.. he always got sent out of class for beat boxing and oh err.. URRGGHH -ing.. lol

[fenbogle]

WICKED OLD SCKOOLL TUNE.

[L365YQ]

pre eminem/house of pain/3rd bass(well same time) gas face!!!

[simonW8090]

Still puts a massive smile on mi kite!

[taraluvsthis]

ughhh!!!!!! lol x



[KrillLiberator]

MC Tunes bit my ass.

[Gunnercv]

good laughs back then!

[NedsMissingTeeth]

Oooooh, yes please. 808 State, the best Manchester had to offer, although Morrissey is the bollocks. Both legends though.

[ACIDunicorn]

MC Tunes makes Emenem look like a premature hamster. Goin' hard in '99! Feel It!

[antoniotarver]

takes me back. such a talent. Need more uk talent. WaspRiot are my fave at the mo they should be massive soon as i saw them live and there were girls takin there clothes off an sh@t, crowd went mental.

[AntmystaTV]

This is fucking amazing! its like Eminem, mixed with Vanilla Ice on acid.

[mrordinaryuk]

Anyone ever seen MC Tunes and Derren Brown in the same place at the same time??? :o)

[madwalrus]

'89 not '99



[usernick999]

@madwalrus Nah, this is the 99 remix/reissue :-)

[AlanWattParrot]

@madwalrus '99 not '89

[madwalrus]

@AlanWattParrot Yeah, I know now. At the time I didn't realise there was a '99 version. Sounds exactly like the original to me.

[FILABJBOY]

What a way to use the Magnificent 7 break , totally classic , love it .....

[peteg330]

Yep remember My Own Worst Enemy. Very dark song about a druggy dying after being hit by a car! They don't make music like they used to...

[richybaby123]

Awesome :) I heard this once when I was like 14, ever since I wondered who it was by and now I know :D

[Spoookyii]

classic...tunes would wipe the floor with tdays uk rappers..silver bullet too,he was the dogs bollicks

dam why did we have to age,i wish i days had this type today.:)

[YMZA89141]

the rhyme does bite!

Mc Tunes Rocks.........even now

[jasonshaw1]

Don't get much better than this!!!

[damaniack1979]

Iloved this when I was a kid. 808 were legends, sick days, silver bullit crew, mc tunes, mad rave scene kickin` in, shit love them days and miss them so.

[TheBryan61383]

I have not heard this song in years good song

[actionjackospaige]

all those 8 gays that dont like this fuck u ittttttttttttttttt bitesssssssssss

[TheToolwielder]

the only thing that bites is mc tunez ... i am the originator ...

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

five stars classic

[hor007]

Frickin awesome, big up to N Eyers, wish we were back in the day, would of made much more of it.

[DARKnDODGY]

Kiefer sutherland.........

[DARKnDODGY]

tuuuuuuuuuuuune

[jugsyjohnstone]

classic tune - love it

[davidsan01]

UUUGH!

[homes9846]

yes tune

[lmestanza]

Classic.

[dixon97a]

What am i wrong then?

[dixon97a]

SMACKHEAD. . .

[drewy232]

@dixon97a KNOBHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

im wuth ya hes a dick this big track

[ev3nflow]

lockett, how are ya lad...mc choons crazy fucker that you are...

[dantheoriginator]

Good tune, video captures the memory of that era.. Nice one!!

[boney2k]

legend track

[RoseyUK]

OMG im so glad I found this, used to go crazy whenever I heard this......excellent track

'just play the music and the walls will tumble down' uhh

[blackbird69xxx]

sad fucks !  get real he was Class!

[hib3032]

18 got my head in guiletine 0 prospect but that dont mean a thing 8 stone 3 my own worst enemy

[unusualsuspect71]

"The North at its Heights" was a fuckin mind blowing album, Id love to get hold of it again. This guy was the real deal unlike Vanilla Ice and Eminem. He'd batter both of them, they're totally weak compared to Tunes.

[blackbird69xxx]

so true, and i hate the tossers who call the guy, get a life..

[m4rKo7]

Classic!5stars!

[chalkyindahouse]

y slag him off when he was better than all u lot not rapping these he had few hits  man

[NickerSkids]

Mind i fell into a gig in Glasgow in 1990 , Mc Tunes turned up and blew the place away.

Top guy.

[eyewoodsay]

i met him once back in the daze at a party...i thought he was a alright fella....friendly....hope he s still rappin were ever he is

[kram666666]

This guy used to go in 42 st on a friday and saturday and thought he was the real shit........i thought he was a tosser to be honest.

[k3nny184]

yeah he did i remember that, i thought he was a wanker you wasnt on your own

[kram666666]

Yer good nights off my head but allways used to see this prick rapping to his own tune when it was played and he thought he was the real deal,but he didnt realise us and other people were just laughing at him poor guy.

easy fella.

[jimijable]

Love the western sample.

[LollieSmith]

I wasnt expecting that grunt at the end. i nearly choked on me morning brew.

[Mrsredhead01]

@LollieSmith PMSL. I used to have the record of this... That GRunt isn't on the record.

[Squab1972]

cool tune

[greengate1999]

he is not in the nick and he is not goldtop

[modsheff1]

MADCHESTER MADCHESTER!!!

[kingybaxterthethird]

Go Tunes!

[pinnedblueeyes]

Wasn't this done in 1990 or very early 90s? 1999 doesn't seem right

[risteard01]

Yeah, this was a re release. I read he's in the nick now...

[rentchart]

yeah 91 I think

[skeelo69]

Can someone assist with my question below.

Is MC Tunes and MC Goldtop one of the same person?.

[DJOVERDOSEMUNICH]

MC Goldtop and MC Tunes are not the same persons. AFAIK "MC Goldtop" makes now acoustic music under the name "Paul O'Kane"

[anotheroxygenthief]

Superb tune from back in the day! 5*

Does anyone remember another track from his album called 'My Own Worst Enemy'? Now that was a tune!

It chronicled a day in the life of a smackhead, from a mugging, to jacking up in some guys bathroom, until an untimely death after bouncing off the bonnet of a car? Now that track was ahead of its time!

[mc5kotjmf]

oh wow! I remember. I don't care because brown is my favorite colour.

[NoPrivacyANYMORE10]

@anotheroxygenthief yeah "i feel sick / like i ate a pound of raw pork" lol

[mrnicholl]

@anotheroxygenthief "Yo what do you think you're doing you dirty little smackhead coming in my gaff tootin' your gear, get out am gunna bust you up".... b-e-a-u-tiful

[Datathief100]

@anotheroxygenthief Yeah, i remember it. Thats how i got to this link, coz i was looking for that track.

[gideongarkwright]

@anotheroxygenthief YEAH MAN I GOT IT LOL AND I NO TUNES :)

[martyscott1974]

I fucking loved this song back in the day, still sounds great now

[ali0tis]

yeah, most of 808 state sounds just as fresh today & better than what i hear the kids playing on their tinny PSPs or cell mp3 players around here!

[jamminjuk]

fucking tune! big up tunes! big up 808 state! brap

[MrPants1970]

What was the western series that they used the theme tune in this mix?

[ECG3485]

"The Big Country" (1958 movie) - music by Jerome Moross

[rhoady1]

Long time no hear. Tip top track. Cheers

[county4life]

I knew a guy at college who was actually mugged by MC Tunes...!

[ddiddydo]

you mean 90'

[thrillkillphil]

I know MC Tunes is like almost 40 years old now but I would bite his rhyme anyday this song is so good. I bet he got even hotter as he got older.

[liam2k9rowell]

crap !!!!

[mikenewton23]

crap ???????

are u fuckin gay or what this is a fuckin pioneering track u cunt

[uglytings]

Yeah MC TUNES is still recording. To see what he's up to just join my uglytings channel. He's also due to release a remix of The Only Rhyme That bites for the upcoming reissue of the North At Its Heights Albumn

[mike87dun]

man what a funky tune that why i love this song because it is a rythm that really bite you and never lets go until you die

[Aelkamal]

UUUUHHMMM!!!

[jimbob94]

UUUUHHHH

[kewldevice]

UH!

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

yea dust junkies i do and also mc shine ,tunes top love this track

[somebadboy]

any one remember the dust junkies?

[georeff23]

Scooter R' shite!

[rafainzy]

Nikki Top lad

[notdavesmith]

wicked. this bloke could split the fuckin' atom if he wanted

[johnny24865622]

this tune rocked back in the day and silver bullets 20second2 comply omg the memories 5stars

[kinkykev306]

best ever

[bulletandblaze]

This was 1991!

[davidsan01]

Nope ,its def 1990 this tune was released. I remember it and ive got the album.

[moedem]

i know him lol

[neverbeen2]

he is vanilla ices uncle :)

[roidroid]

lol this is pretty terrible for '99.

i'd expect this kindof quality from 15 years earlier

[777system777]

yeah, this must be a re-release from late eighties

[hoaxey]

This is aint from 99, this is from 1990

[roidroid]

ah, it seems "The Only Rhyme That Bites" was released in 1990. But it was re-released in 1999 as "The Only Rhyme That Bites 99" - it's probably a remix.

[sexynutta]

loved this tune bak in the day....playin it now and goin hey....i luved this tune bak in the day.....lol...still sounds cool....

nutta xx

[audiotrauma]

Loved this song!

[suspectdevice7]

Tunes had some fucking ill ryhmes and he wasn't plastic like all these new MC's.

If the Uk had OG's Tunes would be one.

Just listen to some of these ryhmes,, vicious!

[rava4lyfe]

I liked the song they did called 'primary rhyming'. Twas a classic ;)

[nabzdabz]

yes lockett

[cydonia2012]

10/10 top tune - gr8t video/sound quailty

[quingquong]

Good chune but 'Bites' has a different meaning today; he is now effectivly saying to any younger listeners out there that this is 'the only rhyme that sucks' as when something bites then it means really sucks.

[paul20motorbikes]

Dis tune ruled bak in da day. Makes me want ta git all da DJ quip owt agin n spin some tunes. F*****g splendid.

[lfc7250]

does anyone know what happened to MC Tunes?

[pgmuscles]

Brings back memories !

[thenewt1400]

is it me or am i old now . used to love this tune still do

[GSIBOSS]

My numba 1 tunnaroony

[pritch2k6]

top top tune but who's got the proper video , this sucks !!!

[Tufty3174]

best rap since stan

[soheil87]

fucking tune you getmeh

[broon1972]

fuckin loved it

[modsheff1]

FUCKIN FINE!

[deabendata1987]

noel love and miss you aka mario

[mark862k8]

yo is that nicky locket of collyhurst????

[b533419]

yeah.

[smooth92]

"Leave your chill cause cool is my blood type" Classic. Love 808 State. MC tunes did good job with them too it must be said.

[fidgitx]

biggup mc tunes but this tune is just comedy. straight to top of the pops when released. "the only rhyme that bitess-AH, get down. EHHH!"

[majorsnag]

1990...had n' abit...sorted now!

[CoolColJ]

Nice tune for BBoying and breakdance :)

[kromeboy1884]

absolutely fuckin wicked tune!!

[scubasharron]

top choon

[LIVERNIL723]

1990 - Age 12/13 - rushey mead secondary school, fifa 1990 world cup -hottest summer - I LOVE IT WITH ALL MY LIFE - and if I had a time machine, I would visit myself listening to mc-tunes ;-)

[BlackcloudsUnderdogs]

Thats my dad =]

I am astarday lockett!

[greengate1999]

this is before all londoners turned into ali g, Manchester always stays strong.

[Pauluk33]

this is fine combination, i love that bassroll

[djmcc1981]

On the back of this (which is awesome) and 'Tunes Splits the Atom' I bought the MC Tunes album 'The North At It's Heights', expecting more of the same. It was absolutely dreadful. Proof indeed that without 808 state, this guy wouldn't have got as far as he did.

[dazzadooby]

In response to DJMC1981 - the stuff MC Tunes did with the Dust Junkys is absolutely tremendous. Granted, this isn't up to much, but we all start somewhere!!!

[djmcc1981]

I will check out the Dust Junky stuff, have heard other people recommend it so it's only fair to give it a chance :D

[raveinabedroom]

HELL YEAH!!!! :D

[pinkycharlie1997]

Someone please upload tunes splits the atom - the video makes that song.

[electronicshark1873]

am surprised the tunes splits the atom video aint on here

i found tunes splits the atom live on da word but would love the actual video version

[electronicshark1873]

the bleep at 1:32 is so old skool it rocks!

[electronicshark1873]

good stuff

[060820000]

what a muppet

[upyaronson]

top bananana

[s4matt]

totally original british rap. doesn't need american skateboarding shit in the video

[squeeky1968]

had the privilage of seeing this performed live when the Waterfront in Norwich (UK) opened,what a night -- even the walls were sweating !!!!

[mr2gti]

1990, then a '99 release, and is still in Tune Splits the Atoms' shadow.

Great old school though.

[vamp75]

awsome skate dayz!!!top notch track!

[d0m93]

shame though coz hearin the lyrics some of them are quite good

[d0m93]

this sounds like utter shite

[hyperwhizzkid]

This isn't the original video, I'm sure the skateboaring/snowboarding wasn't there originally.

[Skratchworx]

Most definitely not the original. Had more dancers in it and no boarders at all.

[nethead4223]

Right. But thx god they replaced the dancers with sk8ters. The dancers s** a**

[Skratchworx]

Yeah but the dancers were just so right for the time. Can't go messing with history!

[HateB33d]

sux

[dibzzz]

Fucking world of it's own! Get In!!! Fuck off every cunt!¬

[hessioa]

takes me back

[vvh77v]

what you had,? whats your?name where you from?

[theboombaptist]

he was in a group called the dust junkies in the late 90's. pretty good.

[DJmisplacedmarbles]

pretty good Dust Junkys are THE best band I ever heard for years...

some vids of them live are up ( got a few on my page and some classic house mixes)

peace and love

[newagent]

Packing JAMs like a party in a tin-can. JUSTIFIED

[postie21]

808 state were top notch back in the early 90s,use to do the radio on sunset 102 aswell ,the kickin fm,omg the yrs av flew by

[bodypopin]

mc tunes get back into the studio youv got a talent there dont wast it db manchester

[Monsunamii]

MC TUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!

[Kellysquire]

Aceville!!!

[MrMikeHunt]

He went inside for doing over some geezer with a baseball bat.Great times pony tailed up with our rs/gt turbo's.

[barnardrobin]

a classic western movie theme meets hard core million mile an hour rap / hip hop and cuts like a knife - kewl!

[tohrasup]

Great tune, where are 808 state now?

[pxyzyzygy]

Down the Job Centre