Pete Rock & CL Smooth With Fab 5 Freddy [YO! MTV Raps 1992]

[4play38]

i love cl smooths smooth flow

[robertoalmazansales]

de wuevotesssss

[rancorog]

when he says "off mt vernon"anyone know if thats the one in atlanta?

[Bcrawshaw]

@rancorog nope.... Mt. Vernon NY!

[CITYGROUPTV]

whats the name of the breakbeat loop pete rock is using in the beginning of the show ??? can somebody tell me?

[graffitiproof]

@CITYGROUPTV the break is harry nilsson - rainmaker

[Arhimman80]

yo watching how people join as they rap on the street is crazy.

[harrypuj0ls]

People could RAP back in the day.

[Mrhiphop4life1]

BRING IT BACK..BRING BACK YO MTV RAPS MANN.. 4 REAL IM SICK OF ALL THESE WACK CATS MAN

[LOOPWHOLEBEATS]

much respect fr this.

[missayawk]

Mt Vernon (for such a small area ) produces the MOST talent of ANYWHERE inthe U.S......Check the talent....Pete n C.L,Heavy D(Petes cousin),Talent,JB Smoove,Ben Gordon,The McCray Brothers (Rodney & Scooter),The Williams Brothers (Gus & Ray),Lowes Moore,Earl Tatum (these guys all played in the NBA) AND LAST BUT definitely not least....Mr Denzel Washington.....plus others I probably dont know/forgot. Lets see if ANY other town the size of "Money Earnin" can top that list.

[hiphoplegend1]

@missayawk no doubt Vernon rules shit....let's not forget that Dick Clark (American Bandstand), Al.B.Sure, Entouch, are all also from the VERNON!.....

[codycdoo]

who the fuck would dislike this video

[JayeP1976]

Yo Fab 5 freddy rockin' that Cypress Hill shirt........Nice.

[TheFinalPage]

1 years loooool

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

dude when it comes to tv party people are STUPID!

[africanmaan]

lil` c.l. is around 19 or 20 years old now!!! wow! how did so much shit go wrong in music in so little time?!!?!!?!!?

[DClean]

Two of Mt. Vernon's finest.

[chubroc87]

damn yo cl smooth is sooo nasty

[The4one4you4slept4on]

C l a s s i c at 2 mins in omg

[Etcher]

That loooks like the basement from the back of the Main Ingredient LP. And Pete's scratching Rob-O's freestyle from Mecca and the soul brother. Damn, it's a shame rap music is so unbelievably shit these days...

[dida4g]

'Mecca and the Soul Brother' IS the best Rap album of all time.

I bought it in 92' on hearing the 'shut em down pete rock remix'

C.L was way way ahead of his time.

[JimmyTheGentConway]

From which song is that "wassup pete rock come get on da cut"???

[Etcher]

@JimmyTheGentConway It's from the Mecca and The Soul Brother LP (Track 11 - On and On, Rob O freestlye) "What's up Pete Rock, com get on the cut, Rock to the beat get wreck on the regular, Listen to me because I cause mass hysteria PEACE!"

[RockytheBear]

If aliens landed in the future and asked "What is hip hop," someone should show them this 3 minute clip.

[howboutsome]

lol lil CL one years old haha

whassup pete rock!

[BongSau83]

Fuck this hip hop is dead shit. Hip hop is alive and well. Unfortunately the media has classified some pop/rap music, targeted at 13 year old girls as hip hop but just because they say it doesn't make it so. Again hip hop is alive and well your just not going yo find it MTV any more. Keep searching peace

[RockytheBear]

@BongSau83 I refuse to accept that excuse. I never had to "search" for hip hop before, why should I do it now? MTV and BET need to get back on their shit and show quality music again!

[Etcher]

@RockytheBear So you want the music handed to you on a platter? Those days are gone, get up off your arse and scrape the surface and you'll see there's plenty of good shit out there. And for the record I remember MTV and BET playing some awful shit between 92 and 96, the golden era still had some stinking piles of shit tracks.

[RockytheBear]

@Etcher uh... yeah i want it handed to me! not only do MTV and BET no longer exist when it comes 2 quality music, but record stores (remember those?) no longer exist and neither does good radio. I am no longer 16 years old, I'm a responsible adult...therefore I don't have time to spend hours on the internet searching for one good song within an ocean of lousy ones. And the golden age of hip hop was 87-92....you probably weren't there.

[Etcher]

@RockytheBear haha you dork. plenty of record stores in my town. I'm a DJ, I use serato, I buy records (vinyl) all the time. And people like you are the reason people say 'hiphop is dead'. Even the fact that you say you have to search for hours for one good song shows what a bellend you really are. See you later you old moany fart

[RockytheBear]

@Etcher hmmm..apparently, hip hop AND intelligence are dead.

[Etcher]

@RockytheBear Great comeback there numbnuts

[RockytheBear]

@Etcher yeah...and it didn't take me a week 2 come up with it, either.

[Chavadeacon]

Hip Hop. Pure and simple.

[massusm25]

shit

[IgnachoGB]

WASSUP PETE ROCK COME GET ON DA CUT...

[sexyasschick4life105]

take a deep breath

2 think of someone you like

3 press f10 five times

4 send this to five youtube videos

5 look at your background

[smallville7777]

smallville charade trailer on my channel.

Kneel before Zod

[DCP1292]

wow. they even used to do freestyles. its amazing how drastically music changes when more new generations come up. but the new generation out now completely destroyed the principles of hip hop in general. they messed with the game too much....its gokd to change, but damn. lol

[msnikish1]

yo thats my town i never seen this one oh man i missed

[IllmaticEscobar91]

2:11-2:54

SO HIP HOP!

[authentic76]

How do you go from "This" to the hot garbage that we have now? I almost shed a tear everytime i see these back-in-the-day joints.

[foulplay48]

i didnt know MTV actually played music.

[Toxicdemon2]

Yo Mtv Raps from the days Mtv actually played music. I Loved this show !!!!

[Borough81]

did thy ever use this beat?

[Puhrankh]

when fab 5 steps into that room, you know the party is banging! he is so funky fresh

[Jamal249999]

Did They Make A Song Out Of Wassup Pete Rock Come Get On Da Cut Or A Freestyle? Cause I Want This Song Or A Freestyle.

[tehuberskillz]

hmmm... you can find this freestyle you are talking about.on the beginning of "on and on" track (mecca and the soul brother - 92)

[mindlepin]

I got loads of these show on VHS, ahh good ol dayz

[k212xxx]

pass it((-:back in the dayz me and friends use the record this on vhs and audio tapes...still remember the whir on walkman headphones...GOOD OLD DAYZ-SAME STORY ALLWAYS.hip hop will never die!!!

[CWroyal88]

really? you think you can upload it on youtube?

[villiemack]

CLASSIC 

5*

[RuggedLike]

cl gone fishing

[cybersalad]

I think I used to rock that same vest back in the day.

[GOODORDERLYDIRECTION]

CLASSIC

[illbillie]

Apparently some people don't know the esscence

[GOODORDERLYDIRECTION]

IGNORANT FOOL

[h2junkey]

Shut the hell up!

[LBoggie32]

He used those drum samples for "In the House"

[simonkefa]

The main ingridient cover spot! Word up!!! One of the best hip hop album ever made Peace from south swizerland...

[Timmytoga]

pete rock and cl smooth steal show

[750CA]

What..what.. what... What's up Pete Rock come get on the cut!!!

Thanks for putting this dope shit up I've been searching for this clip for years. I used to have it in vhs but I think I may have taped over it. Thank you so much for bringing it to me... Hip hop in its purest form! Respect

[jjtiojohn12]

it's time for yomtv raps to come out on DVD!

[c0al]

mtv used to be good?

[periechontology]

Well MTV used to actually play music, which i guess they had to since reality shows hadn't been invented yet.

Some people see it as what eventually did away with Rap. Once it was on MYTv it beagn to mainstream, and we all know what followed from that.

Still, during this period both mainstream Hip Hop and MTV were quality.

[crunk617]

Beats + Rhymes=HipHop

[AkatsukiPain]

Rythm and Poetry its all in tha name

[prodbyme]

C.L. is underrated!

[kabutops87]

@prodbyme defiantly word up cl smooth is a great lyricist who can carry a whole verse without cussing

[CRIPPPLA247]

anyone remember atune on mtv raps were two guys were on a dating show, talking about how they in love with the same girl from a pizza shop[ ect. i think they may have been called. PHAT AND UGG

[sephardimm]

cella dwellas? phantasm the tall man & ug.

[theseniorvp]

yeah - cella dwellas - perfect match - beat was bananas.

[nptrock]

the good days of hip hop...

[x19llRedCyclonell95x]

is this mount vernon New york?

[endercmcd]

Aww man thats what its all about!

[polaracarmelo]

that was great!

[lsd322]

it's beautiful!

[Firstworldleader]

Is Lil' CL rapping now?

[Wiggitywigg323323232]

i miss mtv raps now we got trashy hip hop like soulja bitch

[monyetbesar]

hahah true!

[Wiggitywigg323323232]

For real

[JustinBlazzzee]

"one years old"

[SantaBadd]

If you were one years old you got to be my age like 18 or 19. Damn man I wish Hip Hop went back to these days. These rappers nowadays sound so fuckin lame. I honestly haven't heard a rapper put out any good song worth listening too. Makes me angry that I miss all the good stuff.

[jkbezo]

In a way I am happy that Im old enough to livethru the Golden Yrs of HH, but feel bad for the youngstas. I mean now you kids have to dig into the undreground just to get the good shit. Back then everything was good in the mainstream to the undergrounds. So much balance and diversity then. We had the wack dudes, but the GOOD far outwighed the BAD, We had the Video Music Box which showed 24/7 videos(commercial free) primarily HH/R&B mainstream /undreground. CLose to 1000 diffenrt videos. a day

[jkbezo]

MTV had the "Yo MTV Raps" BET had "Rap CITY", etc. Radio , the djs brought their own music (usually mix tapes) and took live cust req. We didnt hear tyhe repetitive BS like we do now. We probably heard over 200 songs a day as oppose to 50 of the same songs these days. I was in HS in the 90s. The vibe was just too diff. Well, WE are ALL hoping that the HH vibe and balnce comes back in the 2010s decade. Peace Out, bro.

[KrayzieJ47]

i was [-2] years old, i know i wasnt born yet. age dont require good taste in music.

im 15 right now. Good stuff mayne.

[SantaBadd]

You're a smart kid with good taste. That's right listen to the old school hip hop and fuck this hip hop today. Just keep doin what your doin.

[KrayzieJ47]

thanks bro but they are some people this days that spit similar to this artist. they got good known folks like blu [blue & exile: below the heavens], Nero [Alive & Vibrant], Quest [Distant Travels Into Soul Theory]. they're good to me etc.

[soundsfromnothing]

I honestly think any good hip hop that comes out in the future, is going ta be from artists that build & create new patterns off of older hip hop styles. Because HH has become (rhyme wise, subject wise, sound wise) so watered down, you almost have to go back to the past for complicated hip hop.

[jkbezo]

Hang in there kid, I think the HH scene is going to make a Resurection in the 2010s decade.

[smoovay]

Money earnin' Mt. Vernon....ahhh

[RDoubt96]

" 1 years old hmm.. well." This nigga Fab 5 freddy was a horrible host. But great show.

[defcreator]

man,hiphop was a positive force back then..

now it's a commercial business with no mercy..anyone trying to make something worth listening to is gettin' rejected by the greedy music & entertainment corperations..they only care about 1 thing..brainwashin' the clueless kiddies with fake nothin' 2 say rappers for nothin' but the mighty $.

pete rock came out at the right time,now he wouldn't even be plugged no more on the radio with the same music he did back then.

it's sad but true....

[Zermaa]

can i go back in time?? it's possible??????? PLEEEEASEEE

[mguer007]

man i was thinking the same thing

[DaLatinAbstract]

Lil CL !!! wow this is a throw back!!

[nevawrong]

yep, you was only like 5 years old when this was taped youngsta, lol lol lol : )

[extrem1008]

whats up pete rock come get on the cut :)

[qahtani]

Thanks for the upload man.

[OrignalMuthapukkca]

what's that song playing at 1:45

[ohalexusss]

i love this show <3

[nevawrong]

this show was out when u was in diapers youngtsa, lol lol : )

[soundsfromnothing]

Is this clip from '91 or '92? Fab says he's going to play "the creator" video (which came out in '91) but the poster behind C.L., is from Mecca &Tthe Soul brother.

[Etcher]

This was aired late '91. The Creator is off All Souled Out (as you no doubt know) which dropped late 1990/early 1991 and was followed by Mecca - maybe that was a fresh pressing of the LP behind CL's son, before it was out to the public. Damn, I love both those records!

[soundsfromnothing]

Thanks for the info, Etcher! :) Pete Rock & C.L. were awesome. Not only was Pete use inventive samples & ingenious arrangement, but C.L. was a great MC & they always had a great message. You don't see that in rap anymore. Mecca's my fav album of theirs.

[Etcher]

I love Mecca too. Every track's drums were so well put together. Couldn't get enough of it!

[jkbezo]

Yeah this was in 1991(winter) no doubt. I remember my brother and i were recording this on the VCR after playin Mike Tyson Punchout (Nintendo). lol we all loved this show. I was a Sophomore in HS that time and our footbal season just ended. So I had a lot free time just going to skool and working at Lil Caesars. lol Memories, yo Word Up! All that Universal love and respect we had for one another back then. U never heard someone say "HATER". SHit we need this vibe back, bro. 4 real.

[soundsfromnothing]

Yep, you're right bro! I can't even listen to the new junk coming out. I mean, I try to keep an open mind, but with the weak rhymes, boring subject matter and poppy overused production, I can't stand it. I hear ya on the "hater" thing too. If a rapper puts out weak material, and someone calls him on it, then that rapper labels the person a hater (instead of just stepping up his game). Ya know, I was just thinking the other day, too, that CL was 1 of the few NY MCs that wasn't letting W. Coast

[soundsfromnothing]

Gangsta rap rhyme patterns overttake his sound back in 92. He kind of played w/the G. Rap sound. I remember that every1 else was either into the rowdy posse kinda sound (like Redman), the Naughty sound, or the diggtty sound. They were all cool, but it seems like the G. Rap sound faded out a bit until Wu Tang & Nas brought it back

[jabron1973]

i remember this episode....thanks for posting