True Hip-Hop Stories: Joe Ski Love

[kuklinski38]

That beats STILL fucking niccccccceeee

[gman1868]

Joeski Love is the man. Everyone can learn something from him, his attitude, his life.

[terrence763]

Thank god for Rufus Thomas, for you youngsters that dont know ,hes a brother that was on the stax label that made dance based songs in the late 60s early 70s..dubbed as the world oldest teenager!!!

[SuperFatrock]

Well said Joe Ski.

[TuMNepHaceS]

enjoyable moments..

[StoriesLovely]

very Good

[awalker773]

That is real talk at the end Joe. I like ICE-T on Law and Order SVU , but I don't agree with him when Ice-T says that the 80's were wack, He was in the movies Breakin 1 and 2 and he dissess the 80's. I dont understand why he disses it and that is a part of his genration.

[funkprodigio]

A verdadeira história do Hip Hop .

Lenda Joe Sky Love . (Joe Sky Love is legend )

[soulbrotherlegendary]

I love this interview, it was so pure. That''s how you are supposed to leave the game. He's dressed sharp, better than cats that's muti platinum now, he's at Peace with his contribution. I Love It

[kelsham18]

type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

[jocks0011]

@kelsham18 Do you go on every video and write that?

[Juliusharrold]

Wow..



[wizcoolc1]

what acool dude

[PS3xMedia]

love this guy, i wonder what he's doin now tho

[AddisTunes]

Yo, Joe...you still that dude! Real stand up cat!!!!

[CanvassBlack]

@AddisTunes Joe (Roper) Ski Love went to my high school Cardinal Hayes as a freshman but he transferred after only a month. He & a few friends caught a bad beatdown because He and his friends tried to stick someone up in Parkchester. Parkchester was a nice part of the BX. Little did Joe know that the dude they tried to stick was crazy azz James the head of the stomp committee. Joe's cousin supreme's teeth were kicked out. Joe transferred to Columbus and years later he blew up with Pee Wee

[CanvassBlack]

@Dirtymoney8 I'm happy for Joe. If anything, I'm reliving my glory days when dudes handled their business without guns. I saw alot of shyt growing up in the 80's and I must admit I do like retelling some of the stories especially since I matured and dont do any of that stuff anymore. It's nothing but an OG and his Barbershop talk about New York in the old days. If you knew dudes from that cloth, stories like this are common. Its a NYC Thang.

[Phililanguage]

Yeah. Everyone has his own perception of hip hop I guess. Souljah Boy did what others ain't do, whether you like his music or not. Bottom line, if he wasn't successful no one would care about him.

[dygga8]

fuck yeah

[askbigpoppa]

real talk!!!

[kingly0577]

Wow! Joe Ski Love made a good point when he talked about the whole Souljah Boy situation. He is not lying we all come from different places and points of view. Good point Joe Ski.

[LementicMusicTV]

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[UrbanCrunkMovement]

Check out rich kidd take it slow thats a great example of a smart creative club song

[gregnice25]

I can keep going and mention alot of artist & groups who did "dance songs". To keep this simple, if you don't like, you don't have to listen to it but at the same time you bitching about what's being played on t.v. or radio..wtf are you doing? thats easy, bitching about the wack ass shit you here on tv/radio..and guess what?...they're still playing it...I love the old school music, wish those rappers got props for their shit, but that movements gone now, what you hear now is what it is til then.

[victornewman06]

@gregnice25 name some wack shit back in the day. And when you do, can you tell me how many radio spins it got? Can you tell me if the wack rappers back then were in movies, on TV Shows, in front of the mainstream shucking and jiving being paraded around as stereotypical success stories? If you can answer those questions and come with some consistency, then I will take what you say more seriously.

[victornewman06]

@gregnice25 By the way, this is not about going back and dwelling on the past. People understand there is evolution in all aspects, but at the same time, people want to preserve the culture they grew up with in hopefully expanding that same measure of intellect and awareness that was going on in the 70s and 80s...I don't see that today. I see slaves with self hate and the whole "gettin' money" mentality squandering their money on bullshit!!!! No empowerment or even a dialogue is being raised.

[gregnice25]

ok dumbass, if you think about...who stopping Soulja Boy for doing his song?....no one...not you, not me, not anybody...oh wait, it doesn't stop there....D4L...laffy taffy....who stopping them for creating their song? ...no one....wait wait...Quad City DJs...C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)...that came out in the mid 90's....who was talking shit about them making that song?...no one...The music they came out with is not just for KIDS, is for everybody to enjoy. Did you forget , their "DANCE SONGS"?

[gregnice25]

JOE SKI, YOU ARE THE TRUTH AND YOU DEFINITELY SPOKE IT....HIP HOP WILL ALWAYS CHANGE,...PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT...SO FUCK YA FOR DISSIN SOULJA BOY, THE KAT MADE A "#1" HIT AND MADE HIS MONEY, LET ALONE, HE'S BLACK...SO YALL BROKE ASS BLACK FOLKS, NO NO...YOU BROKE ASS PEOPLE OUT THERE DISSIN THIS KAT, FALL BACK, CUZ WTF ARE YAAAALL DOING? .........NOTHING!!!

[victornewman06]

@gregnice25 When you get off your knees sucking white corporate penises, make sure you gargle. You can get off the record sales and making money bullshit. That wasn't the reason why hip hop was created. Your opinion is that...an opinion, but at the same time, it's motherfuckas like you that are the reason why this music is an embarrassment. Know your history if you want to have a legitimate debate instead of the "You're a hater" and the "They making money" comments. I welcome it!

[BermudaEntrepreneur]

Yeah but Soulja boy thought he was a gangsta AS WELL as a bubblegum rapper. Which is why nobody respects him. Check out a song called "Test my nutz" by Soulja boy. This ringtone rap's gone too far now JoeSki, so I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one.

[beowulven]

True legend.

[von333]

HipHop is a full human experience. Stop letting the corporate machine tell us who we are and own our identity as individuals and a people. Respect all. In the words of KRS:"Cause I don't walk this way to portray or reinforce stereotypes of today-like all my brothers eat chicken and watermelon - talk broken English and drug sellin-see I'm tellin and teachin pure fact-the way some act in rap is kinda wack and it lacks-creativity and intelligence-but they don't care cause the company's sellin it"

[von333]

After writing this, KRS went onstage and physically kicked PM Dawn off because they weren't repping his version of what HipHop should be. I wish he lived by what he wrote. Wish we all did.

[victornewman06]

{cont} I don't think these new schoolers EVEN know what the 4 elements of hip hop are, but quick to say they're hip hop. Ignorance sells and the commercialism took the bite out of hip hop, making rappers marionettes for their white corporate slavemaster(s). Instead of social commentary about the problems of the inner cities, it's become romanticized, becoming ignorant POP music, ALL FINANCED BY KKKorporate AmeriKKKa! Sorry Joe Ski, that excuse will not fly! Not now...not EVER!!!

[victornewman06]

{cont} Sure, it was gimmicky and yes it was arguably wack, but there were a plethora of songs and artists that drowned out the arguably wack shit. Artists stayed in their lane, just like he did. I get so sick of these old school artists try to be apologists for the wack bullshit out and justifying by mentioning parallels to what they did. We've become so dumbed down, we forgot what the culture of hip hop was and the original tenets of it were.

[victornewman06]

As much as I liked the Pee Wee Herman song and Joe Ski Love (even though it was corny as hell), I can't agree with him on that. He's trying to be politically correct. Back then, every cat brought a sense of intelligence to the game (Streetwise, book smarts, etc.), now ignorance is a badge of honor. Even if cats thought Joe Ski's song was garbage and he was the "Soulja Boy" of '86, there weren't copycats making mindless music with the same level of ignorance.

[NorthCentrality]

@victornewman06 right! and bacc then we had a variety of rappers to listen to. now its all the same. rappers even bite each other now. its crazy now!

[LadiUneek]

Wow! Much respect to this brother. I don't care for hip hop but I do appreciate his standpoint. Very mature, humble and honest. Blessings to him and his family!

[demoworld3000]

Wow Joe Ski said what needed to be said. He is incredibly insightful and well rounded in his point of view. Great interview D-Nice

[TheRealBrotherRob]

Super classic joint right here! Peewee Dance still gets the party kickin off for the real heads

[bboyillscience]

...YOU WOULD NEVER HEAR MONET SAYING " U KNOW I REALLY LOVE THESE BRIGHT COLORS AND SHIT...BUT BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAITS ARE REALLY SELLING THIS MONTH....FUCK THESE DAM LANDSCAPES FROM NOW ON! OH..I KNOW..I'LL PAINT A PICTURE OF EVERYTHING I OWN..THAT WILL EMPRESS EVERYONE AND THEY'LL WANT TO BUY MY PAINTINGS SO THEY NO WHAT MATERIALISTIC BULLSHIT THEY CAN BUY 4 THEMSELVES..YEA !!!! Art is about what your creating..that self expression...NOT ABOUT WHAT THE FUCK YOUR GONNA GET OUT OF IT-fuckmtv

[bboyillscience]

...Joe was where he was supposed to be at in his day..THATS WHAT MAKES HIM A LEGEND. Commercial america has finally found the perfect formula to plug everybody into that will produce the biggest return for their investment. Musical ART used to be a constant battle between the artist and the business,but now these "artist"(cough,cough) come in saying..What do I have to do to make a million. ART ISN'T PRODUCT. Its cool if your lucky enough to make dough at something u love...BUT...

[bboyillscience]

BAD ANALOGY...hiphop has elevated since then and all this commercial shit is taking us backwards. Every mc in hiphop back then was UNDERGROUND. Its like if u enter a bboy battle in 2010 and bust out a windmill and win like it was still 1980. Cats today that haven't stayed up on their lyricism or musicality are suddenly getting props. Every year hiphop kept raising the bar with lyrics,dancing,djing,ect. Then suddenly..BAM...mfs came in..BOUGHT HIPHOP OUT 4 A PIECE OF SILVER or other shiny object

[NorthCentrality]

@bboyillscience thats right

[RedSkullthagreat]

Look,let's get this straight right now.I dont know why Joe Ski even TRIED to compare himself to Soulja Boy bc,he(JSL) wasn't trying to shit on Hip Hop by doing what he did,in fact Hip Hop "dance songs" where nothing new,but the SAME artist would put DIFFERENT cuts on the same album,NOT talking about Lambos and Gold dog houses and shit! The difference is rappers weren't trying to become REPUBLICANS back then.

[NorthCentrality]

@RedSkullthagreat real talk!

[RedSkullthagreat]

@NorthCentrality Exactly. The "artists" of today have a different audience than back then.To me the kids were alot smarter and had more home training back then,than now. Kids today ,cant pay attention longer than 20 mins to 1 thing,unless that 1 thing switches up alot on it's own.So Soulja Boy is a direct reflection of where the youths mentalities are right now.

[NorthCentrality]

@RedSkullthagreat exactly. have you seen the newest sensation waka flocka flame? it is scary how dumb rap is now

[RedSkullthagreat]

@NorthCentrality LMFAO!! YEP! But i think skills will prevail anyway!! If we just stick to our guns and stay true to the true spirit of Hip Hop and be creative then it will all work out.Those of us that choose to chase the wrong set of ideals will separate themselves from Hip Hop.

[NorthCentrality]

@RedSkullthagreat but i learned somethin crazy about the derision of hiphop. care to know?

[RedSkullthagreat]

@NorthCentrality Sure ,lay it on me.

[beew87]

gotta respect dude

[nptrock]

Huh Wat!!!!....86 classic!

[ezlrockwell82]

Joe Ski was deep on this. I respect him so much after hearing him talk. Pee Wee dance definitely formed my early interest in "rap music", but I can totally see what he's saying.

[ELEMENTS268]

respect.

[Krazkage]

I love the old school hip hop. We should bring it back

[REGINALD0205]

DAMN!! i SAID THE SAME SHIT!! I dont like SOUJA BOY, but I cant diss him because I liked PEE WEE HERMAN DANCE. I learned that every rapper has their audience.. appeal to you audience. KEEP IT REAL

[IL360]

Respect..........

[ChessMandingo]

Well Said...

[delirious44]

This was far from a wack track . It was a formative joint where a joint was made for a particular dance , WHICH EVERYONE NOW IS DOING TO DEATH , The difference is there was balance in the game back then . There was room for this record alongside P.E , BDP , Ice T , EPMD , Run DMC , Rakim . Kane , G Rap , Mc Lyte , Latifah , De La Soul , Slick Rick Dougie Fresh

[NorthCentrality]

@delirious44 EXACTLY!

[TheRenegadeAssassin]

This man is talking like grown folks. Glad to see a black man from the streets who matured well.

[mastermindtone]

i did a remix out of respect fam big fan

[Arimanthael]

Shame on you Imation... you have not respect forv where the music came from...

[tislamic7]

NICELY SPOKEN JOESKI. BUT..........

[imationjay]

joe ski was whack and so is soulja boy lol

[authurunknown]

@imationjay...I agree, LOL.

[manitourow]

real talk peace joe ski.

[LazarusEinstein]

Much respect for Joe Ski Love. Peace all.

[jbthegrinder]

please drop a cd joe ski

[blackberrycobbler4me]

his feet are on the ground

[jody808]

good interview, for the love of hip hop!!

[sydshell]

Selling your soul for money is not respectful to the artform

[monkee74]

nuff respect to u joe ski, i understand what your saying out ring tone rappers, but if you listen to the lyrics of soldier boy he aint talking bout a dance he was talkin bout disrespecting women super soaking the hoes and super man is a man ejaculating over a womans back. these are not lyrics for kids in the charts, i would let my son listen to the pee wee herman any day over soldier boy. u cant really compare will smith, mc hammer or vanilla ice to the likes of lil jon lil wayne, soldier boy. 1

[cjjaxxon]

That's a good point you made 'cause I was thinking the same thing. Commercial rap then though we downed it ain't like what it is today.

[DoctorOpto]

@monkee74 are you serious? I never listened to what he was saying 'cause i thought he was just babbling. but if that's true then...woooow

[NorthCentrality]

@monkee74 true dat!!! very true

[michaelgatten]

That's cool that he admits rippin off Audio Two. Milk and Giz are way underrated

[OKrepresent]

Pee Wee Dance was so on point!! It was bumpin hard when it came out, and is still such a classic true hip-hop banger!!

[hearNyou]

It takes a lotta slices to make a loaf.......

pce

[yegsmitty22]

Pioneers are different than ring tone rappers. Young and up and coming rappers should show respect to the oldschool before they get their props.

[REVODK]

Real old skool

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[rakattack23]

excellent interview

[vvatchout]

dam yo these true hiphop stories make me think, music influences my life alot and changes your perspective on things

[thesouthrapsucks]

the reason why souja boy and 99 percent of tha niggas out now are called ring tone rapper joe ski no diss to you but, all them kats sound alike , when you dropped ya joint you were tha only kat talkin about pee wee herman and u had ya own style, now all these young kats are tha same..ohh im 19 by the way

[dontsay10]

dude the comment u seaid is right on point... and i all ways say that south has messed up rap...... only ppl i like from the sought is the geto boys and outkast

[NorthCentrality]

@thesouthrapsucks thats true as hell

[thesouthrapsucks]

aight legend

[djfuze187]

loving these stories ,keep them up...

[spke532]

That was a fresh interview. Luv the respect and luv what he is doin with himself. If you read this Joe i broke out the dance in the club when they played your song. I am the only one that knew how to do it. Much respect dude.

[BlakkSteel]

Joe's speakin' like a real grown man. Respect!!

[illwafer]

joe ski love is dat dude. wise words being spoken.

[Olutunu]

to passthemicyaheadcase & Joeski Love

I respectfully disagree to a certain extent. I know and underdstand that music comes from ones perspective. But back then everyone from Joeski Love to LL Cool J to Public Enemy could rhyme and on top of that they had dope beats. Now rappers are just saying Jingles with bad lyrics and are making millions. If you don't like R&B singers you can't sing then why does everyone want us to listen rappers who can't rap!!!!

[rakattack23]

great point what the hell happened to TALENT

[ILoveMe83]

I remember this dance, lol.

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

DOPE

[myspacedjraghkstar]

get busy ya'll! (does the wop) ~raghkstar (ill!)

[n0gar]

My man is still looking kind of cool. I am 36 and it is wild when you think of how long ago these times were. Getting driven around with the system blasting at 11,12, 13. The hip-hop back then (the modern, good stuff) had hot beats and lyrics and VARIETY in topics. Now everyone is a killer and a dealer and rhymes the same. The mid 90's was the only other era that compares. SAY JOE!

[vanglorioustv]

Man, I loved Pee Wee Dance, cause the movie was one of my favorites. I recently picked up Joe Ski's single on vinyl "Say Joe/My Girl" Couldn't believe it when I saw it. $1.00

[1995RangeRover]

I was just getting ready to say something about the 12" "Say Joe/My Girl" back in '86 Say Joe was banging!

[roboshuffle]

Huh! What!

I still bang this song like it came out yesterday...

[dr23rdbuchanmd]

Pee Wee's Dance was one of the first rap songs I ever liked.Thank you Joeski Love for your contribution to Hi Hop.

[thick1921]

Loved this interview and this whole series!!!! He was right about what he said too! Gave me a new perspective.

[supreme7g]

thats the truth Joe Ski Love.

it's all hip hop.......

[kidd72bc]

i feel the old school shit it was a simpler time in hip hop and life but i dont agree with the ice t analogy back then these fun records were hip hop the corny songs have had ther time and passed im still with ice on that one

[AR15SHOTS2U]

Peace to you Joe-ski...For a brief time in our Hip hop lives...we had a "SKI" in our tag...thanks for the jam too....and ur right...It WAS OUR OWN EXPERIENCES..who you knew and their particular flavor, as long as it was def.....

[RazorReg]

j-dilla, say huh what! that joe ski love ladies and gents. when i see cats rock this t-shirt , i alwayz think of joe ski and how the dj'z back in the day use to cut that part like dilla did. good work D-Nice!!

[mrred2000]

Was on point with the Souljah Boy situation! Pep's need to get over the fact of what hip-hop has become today. Internet and all this technology wasn't there when we was growing up! I'm 30 something and growing up in my era there's nothing that can explain how beautiful the hip -hop experience was for me growing up. Pep's need to get over what hip-hop has become and thank god that they we're able to experince the early ecensse of hip-hop back in the day! The Golden era was 87-97!

[mOjODiScO]

next up audio two and stetasonic

[Mahlercougar]

Yo!!! D-Nice *GOTTA* come out with Stetsasonic!

"Talking all that Jazz" was me and my brothers Joint!

[HughEMC]

Yo Joeski..yur ryhme skillz waz and iz tighter than Soldier Boyz..but I do feel were u coming from

[jjjjjaaaaayyyyyha]

YO!!! to this day, When I spin "SAY JOE"!....the crowd goes wild!!...Joe ski..You da TRUTH!!!

[pitchblackart]

I love this.

[EmEuroMobe]

......GREAT POINTS MADE.....Respect for this interveiw ..

[jayskilove]

my name is taken from his, a nickname given to me by my friend

[kingcapcobra]

god bless you my dude

[Gordon713]

My girl was the sleeper! that was my joint.

[blastmasterbiz]

I always thought a saw Ice-T in that video! I was right:D

[mrdeedz1]

Much luv to the old school. I still have my Joe Ski Love 12 inch record of "Pee-Wee's dance".

[raneroc]

Thiswas one of the better interviews. He was very engaging.

[misterbombay]

Im so glad Joeski got to speak his peace on his record and hip hop today. He makes a lot of sense & his record still gets played to this day on my turntables & will always bring back great memories from 1986. Thanks Joeski.

[xkaliber72]

i been sayin what Joeski said for 2- 3 year now!!

i still play the pee wee joint to this day!!

[richwebber1969]

Great interview!

[effu2]

dope shit

[cybersalad]

Hah, great find!

[BoogieNite77]

DAMN SON!!!!! i can't get nuff of em! the short you produce are sweet and bring back so many thoughts from back in the day! great work! RESPECT!!!!!

[LordPhresche]

Yet another introspective video D-Nice. Thanks for this. I like what he had to say about Soulja Boy and artists like him. I just want to point out though that Soulja Boy and other ringtone rappers aren't representing the kind of good clean fun that he did on that record. Their brand of fun is a lot more pretentious. Great video tho! Look forward to the next 1

[OGReppinNC]

Great Interview.Joe Ski spoke the real in this interview,alot of cats could learn something from him in this interview.

[rapguru]

fire

[liluprawk]

dope video keep killing them d-nice i love what your doing making moves in 2009 pleasedont stop

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