Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds- Rock Creek Park

[BIGPREZY]

Nice House Party Song, Nice Chillin song, Nice Cruising song...Just a very cool song I miss the easiness of back in the day Music ...Man...it was so smooth sippin TJ Swann and relaxing..

[catwhisperer310]

OG Rollin' music 4 real!

[mallaes2006]

doing it after dark!!!!

[MsQueenLis]

This was the baddest song!!! Love it!

[MrOctnig]

Kwame & A New Beginning sampled this for Da Man in 1990

[BklynCreole61]

@MrOctnig You know they weren't the only ones! In the park...

[MrOctnig]

GTA San Andreas

[GriegoRok]

c mon Rockers...time to rock!!

[IPMOFAFFOHEALTH]

Remember the dance called "The Muscle?"...This song was the thing...Philly clubs and roller skating in Jersey,,,,

[BklynCreole61]

@IPMOFAFFOHEALTH - The Muscle! Sh*t, I'm still rockin' the muscle! OG BK in the house!

[oldschoolbx1970]

I love it when this is played at any true school event in NYC. That's when b-boys and b-girls get busy against one other to it.

[msbackindaday]

doin' it in the park, doin' after dark, oh yeah mitchel's the joint, oh yeah,mitchel's the joint! 76" S. Bx baby!

[DjLarryJetson]

melodious man....

[cakafella]

wdas sat afternoon at the PLAT!

[PaulGreen11]

I rode the #92 bus to the end of the line and jumped of the Calvert Street Bridge down on to Rock Creep Park!

[TheTEDDYSTONE]

PHILLY STAND UP

[MrRae7231]

I really miss my home DC stand up

[TheTEDDYSTONE]

@MrRae7231

[The808Prophet]

if it wasnt for gta san andreas i woulda never heard this

[BROOKLYN1977]

Evertime I hear this beat I wanna break out the roller skates

[SwhatleyD725]

I was at Howard when Donald was there......WOW the music department was fantastic ...1974

[TragicFires]

What year did this come out?

[rldp25]

@TragicFires 1973

[mikalajpayne]

Like if this makes think about buying a PS2 =) maybe

[goody2shooz]

Thanks for the upload - this takes me back!

[roryrook]

For years I been preaching that Donald "the other" Byrd, PhD is a geniusrenaissancemanmentor and all around musical GOD. His musical pedigree is 2nd to none. His willingness to expand into other genres while bringing up the musician seeds of the world and the breadth of knowledge he developed in areas outside of the world of music, mark him as a man with higher level knowledge. I have been planning a trip to Deleware so I can sit in on one of his classes at Delaware State.

[roryrook]

For years I been preaching that Donald "the other" Byrd, PhD is a geniusrenaissancemanmentor and all around musical GOD. His musical pedigree is 2nd to none. His willingness to expand into other genres while bringing up the musician seeds of the world marks and the breadth of knowledge he is developed in areas outside of the world of music, mark him as a man with higher level knowledge. I have been planning a trip to Deleware so I can sit in on onw of classes at Delaware State.

[BadVizion]

the funkness !!

[MrBrownstylenet]

DC!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flywonderful1]

This is one out of many B BOY ANTHEMS!!!!!! Hip Hop And ya Dont Stop, rock on!

[gtoracer65]

This is Music you youngsters sit down and listen.

[foxboy212]

@gtoracer65 As much as I love this song, I hate idiotic comments like this. They're talking about doing it, no better than people talking about doing it with a heavier hip hop beat. Shit.

[BklynCreole61]

@foxboy212 If u hate it, leave it. why you hatin' on us folks over here? get lost!

[foxboy212]

@BklynCreole61 Im not hatin at all, Im hatin on comments saying modern day hip hop is horrible cause just because its the hype thing to say when your on the internet. I LOVE old school/oldies, but i understand they were just as perverted they just came about it a different way lol

[BklynCreole61]

@gtoracer65 Yup, Yup, Yup!

[MzGeekySwaggStar]

dang im only 11....i was born in the completely WRONG generation! god i wish i was born in the 60s or 70s....

[Drea1239232]

@MzGeekySwaggStar Same thing I said!...lol But Don't state your age on youtube, there are Pedaphiles on here....LBVVS!

[MzGeekySwaggStar]

@Drea1239232 lol alright.

[BklynCreole61]

@MzGeekySwaggStar Doesn't everybody! 1961! I had it all! But that's alright young one, keep diggin' the old music and share it with your friends. It never dies!!!

[rpy76]

DOING IT IN THE PARK.....DOING IT AFTER DARK!!!

[enluv2]

Shout out to DC!!! Rock Creek Park...

[RightBeatRadio]

@enluv2 For sho!

[Jadervason]

doing it in the park, doing it just before dark and getting kicked out by the police

[Breakdance118]

San Andreas? How about thumbs up if you bboy and like good breaks....

[RMSthug]

@Breakdance118 yesss

[jhonatanderso]

Teza dels mucho esta canción! el negro aves Crek Rock Park

[kjchicago1]

Sounds like Heatwave's guitar riff on "Eyeballin'"

[btinsley1]

betta not try to "git it" in a park nowadays.....you'll end up with a tranny....

[BklynCreole61]

@btinsley1 Hold on, it's not "Trolling in the park", it's taking your girl for a quiet stroll and letting nature take it's course in the middle of nature. Guess you never experienced that one. And makin' it FUNKY!

[btinsley1]

@BklynCreole61: No i never "trolled" a park like the way you're trolling this thread dude...why don't you go do something constructive instead of showing us how LAME you are....

[BklynCreole61]

@btinsley1 Yo, trollina, throwin' stones? you're on this site all the time from what I see. Why don't you SAY something "constructive" ? tranny. clever.

[skins4life61]

4 dislikes should be buried deep downin Rock Creek Park

[nakita430]

HELL YEA I EVEN DID IT AT ROCK CREEK PARK

[djshotokan]

@nakita430 wanna do it again ;)

[Bakisch]

Hole Sweet Wonderful Jesus. Dat drumming. Holy damn.

[Funkywhiteboy63]

4 people aren't doin' anything in the park, or anywhere else!

[crouchhill]

DOESN'T GET BETTER,TRUST ME.

[Andylouisoulful]

Huuuuuge Track, man i miss those days!

[KeeperOfThe10]

Wow, I remember wen I was in college and was sent to Washington D.C. to attend the Journalism convention. On the way to the hotel I passed Rock Creek Park (a very long park). Never knew it was a real park... Thought it was cool I was actually there. Love "Rock Creek Park." The memories.

[BklynCreole61]

@KeeperOfThe10 Yeah, OK. But didja DO IT !?!?

[kofaali]

real music and musicianship.  can't beat it

[NTC01934]

I'm 14 and there's no way me making a comment about my music taste will make up for how worthless my generation is as a whole. 

[BklynCreole61]

@NTC01934 I keep reading this and I can't figure out if the poster is dissing us OG's or his own generation. next!

[Studio102]

I hate how youngsters always tell you how old they are before they make a statement. "I'm only 14 and I suck".

[pinkkizzez120]

@Studio102 They probably feel the need to do that because people who are older act as though people of that age can't "appreciate good music"...just saying. But yeah, it does get annoying.

[Studio102]

@pinkkizzez120 Well said.

[BklynCreole61]

@Studio102 Why you hatin' on a minor??? REAL LAME!

[soscambo]

thumbs up if you've ever been to rock creek park

[1265Yvette]

This brings back some good memories. Wow!!!!

[Dkano9]

THE BEST MUSIC E V A R!

[DYCKDOWNSRUS]

#classic ... NW DC STAND UP!!!!

[rhythmnsoulsymphony]

At the "TOP" of my funk list!!!

[ZeeMee4U]

Rock Creek Park!!! Oh Yeah!!!

[politicaljunkie1967]

OHH HELLL YEAHH !!!!

[artfulH]

Remember this from... the disco, when I used to dance to this. Oh yes, and I'm 50 :)

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

CLASSIC!!!!

[TheKidAdge]

My father use to play this when I was like 5 years old, I'm glad I was exposed to this type of music when I was little, now I'm a college student working towards my degree in Music Education, I LOVE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC.

[BklynCreole61]

@TheKidAdge That's great! Share it with your friends. Keep the music alive!

[rarebully]

Been after this tune for years -remember it from the 1991 film 'Young Soul Rebels' , thanks for posting this. Appreciated.

[paininthenuts]

Found this almost by mistake. What a classic !!

[heiswithus36]

whoa, i saw the title after listening to dominoes, a 45 that i had bought, i figured i must have heard rock creek park at one time, on 93KYS in DC, ~1976. Yep! take me back 35 years. Thank you thank you for posting. good tunes are always good tunes, and these people had no idea people not even born way off in the future would play and love their work. Well, now they do

[fantasykiddflyy]

Great song for everyone to enjoy.

#Vote Thumbs Up!!!

[choclatedon]

Back in the day I used to sneak over to ECSU to see cousin Viv and Her girl friends and she turned me on to a "Jazzy" side. This was one of those jams that stayed with me.Still rocks.

[summerbabetoo]

MY COUSIN SANG & PLAYED THE DRUMS FOR THE BLACKBYRDS, BOY WAS I PROUD OF HIM, YOU COULDNT TELL ME NOTHING IN THE 70'S.

[fooloof]

@summerbabetoo: LOL. that's dope! maybe you could ask your cousin if they used a Minimoog for the lead synth on this song. I'm talking about synth that's in the chorus.

[pryview22]

Once this tune hit the airwaves it became one of the most requested songs on radio until another group came along and made it the second most requested song that group was EWF.

[pryview22]

Stone cold jamming !

[discoAL]

this takes me back to when my daddy use to drink and drive..i didnt think nothing of it. i thought it was normal. the 70s were the best man..

[BklynCreole61]

@discoAL Ha, haaaaa!

[ancientraver19881989]

this was playing the first time i walked into one of the rooms at Caister well over 25 years ago - i remember the excitement of that moment as i'd been hearing about Caister from all the blokes down the pub for a few years then - half of the boozer used to disappear when it was Caister or Bournemouth. great times

[BklynCreole61]

@ancientraver19881989 From our cousins across the pond? ah-IIIGHT !

[caughtup956]

i was in rock creek park in dc when this cut came out people was partyin playin backgammon . i will never 4get that day oh yeah!!!!

[Netjunkie18]

I was born in 90 man. Im only 21, but thanks to my father this song DEFINED my childhood. Its all I ever heard! Smh I have no choice but to love it. lol

[jcolema7]

Dope track...sampled by EricB & Rakim "Doin' it with the R'....

[soap1919jt]

Are these two songs from the same album? I know that this song and "Fallin' Like Dominoes" were released within roughly a year of each other. "Fallin' Like Dominoes," I believe, was released first.

[kane28577]

@soap1919jt No that song is from the 'Places And Spaces' record. I think Donald and Mizell bros were in very busy sessions at the time

[simplysexee]

DO DAT SHYT....

[dcfunnyman]

DC stand UP!

[Siboba9]

nwa alwayz into something!! and gta san andreas :D:D

[carlosfbarrientes]

I've been Break Dancing to this jam since 1983 with my crew The Seattle City Breakers. Long live Rock Creek Park !!!!!

[Prodigy15ificatiable]

@carlosfbarrientes Amen to that brother!

[JRebel206]

@carlosfbarrientes Hell yeah, rep that 206! Do you know Pablo D, Nesto and the North City Rockers, those are my boys. I am in 206 Zulu, you might have been to one of our Jams>

[carlosfbarrientes]

I've been Break Dancing to this jam since 1983 with my crew The Seattle City Breakers. Long live Rock Creek Park !!!!!

[hardbodyhardbody06]

ROCK CREEEK!!!!!! (DMV SHIT) 3 people dont know shit about doing it in the park, doin it after dark, OHHHH YEEEAHHH

[archangel112064]

hey killertechno-you sure do have great taste in music for your age. kudos.The YOUTH keepin it alive!

[bboyblacksheepable]

locking already

[juicearibe]

Three people cant see to well.

[nickydeelite]

owwwwwwwwwwwwww my old shit!!!! HARLEM DAYZ

[MrKrime]

This has always been my shit

[nomadicronin89]

@sexyfatbastid

Who gives a shit just listen to the blackbyrds oooh yeeeah

[bbqny]

This was our jammmmmmm it goes doing in the park doing it after dark oh yea Lafayette Gardens Lafayette Gardens...Brooklyn NYC Lafayette Garden projects. LAfayette and Classon Ave. 

[SuperDink1000]

music love it rock creek park doing it in the park'old school

[almondhead1]

I really dig this! it's super funky!

[djhoop69]

doin at the park, doin it in the dark!!!!..oh yeah highland park!!!..hp mich in the bldg!!...class of 1988 and 1986...dj HOOP aka lil HOOP!!

[Gunnercv]

3 people don't like the dark

[remludj]

i cant stop listening to this song. One of my favorite blackbyrds songs.

[adotey76]

How could you not like a jam like this?

[GrandMasterBlaze420]

im only 21 but my jamaican aunt used to play the shit out this song

[SoothingSound]

3 people not doing it in the park after dark :(

[norfleetw]

Never been to Rock Creek Park, song was and still so jazzy, but we did have Macgregor and Duessen park in H -town , we all were on the same page in different places, clean up the ride and go chill , play bones and drink, eat , and shoot the breeze, oh yeah, days gone by !

[amd77j]

Thumbs up if you ever partied in Rock Creek Park in the DC metro area while jamming to this one.

[teempc5000]

@amd77j yeah i did back in the day when i was growing up in the 70's in MD i used to hear this song all the time coming home with my mom before the "Quiet Storm" came on...always...i used to think it was the Jackson 5...lol

[amd77j]

@teempc5000 I was in DC in the 80s and loved to put this one on while driving thru Rock Creek Park or when we had picnics there. And the "Quiet Storm"- YES!!! LOL.

[juicearibe]

@amd77j Yes behind the woodner 3636 16th st. NW DC

[SUGA4ONE]

THANKS FOR UP-LOADING THIS AMEN...

[hersheybar4u01]

Kimba " Stayed up 68thAve .........Philly style >>>house partys !

[forexample9]

i am going to do it after dark in the park ! :)

[silentopinion]

I first heard this on GTA: San Andreas, I know, typical. But this isn't only song I discovered on that game. This song was just one of the best, even if I was high and listening to it.

[Antman187]

@silentopinion Thats when I got hip to it too, I thought this was the Jackson 5 though....

[BrownIrisEyes]

Awwwwwww yeah!

Feel that groove!

Snap! Snap!

Thanks for posting KingPivit! You're the best!

[blacqwolff]

come on ya'll dance.........let's boogie !!!!!!!!!in rock creek park. this is the music of MYera

[m1m0xp89]

Break[D]ance ^^

[jsbeerman]

thanks for posting

[G1theone]

O yea O yea rock creek park rock creek park do it!!

[turolu]

Hey, who cares what they WERE doing in Rock Creek Park..... this song has just made me feel A L I V E again....

[DrManhasset]

Thumbs up if you heard this in GTA:San Andreas!

[Director012221989]

@DrManhasset lmaooo yessssssss lol

[doom5750]

doing it in her mouth.ohh yeah

[chuck57don]

CLASSIC hmmm.. where have all da music gone 2.... smh..

[Gunnercv]

groovaliciousness

[dreadtodred]

a lot of trees in rock creek to hide what ya doing,LOL!

[CoDaC35]

Doin it in the butt... doin it after dark.... aww yeah lmbao

[Girdz17]

i work out to these old songs from gta

[jojoda4thnigga]

GTA San Andreas.

[switchflipsallday]

3 people are doing it in the light, and not at the park.

[Malikthepoet610]

This song is off the hook!

[killertechno123]

I LOVE THEM and im 14 i have a good taste FOR GOOD MUSIC

[Girdz17]

@killertechno123 same here man!

[420LaYzIe420]

@killertechno123 or you played San Andreas before lol.

[misterblash97]

@killertechno123 im 13

[rjmorgan326]

@killertechno123

Yes, you do if you like the Blackbyrds...

[ljavery21]

@killertechno123 Yes you do. Good for you!

[Dkano9]

@killertechno123 YES YOU DO...we had the best music and it was all original...not like today...just sayin'

[keithramer123]

@killertechno123 Nobody cares how old you are.

[coffeegirl5912]

@killertechno123 Ignore the negative comments..glad you like our music. It would be nice if more teenagers would instead of TODAY'S sound....

[ciar67]

Battersea Park summer of 82. Great days indeedie do.

[jovetta08]

i remember bumpin this on Vice City:GTA

[m3s0Flii]

@jovetta08 you mean san andreas

[Micaroni715]

Hains Point on Sundays

[mcmickey625]

i used to break dance to this song with my brothers:)ahh good times

[kingrob29]

I can't give a big list of who sampled this but Nas and the Skinny Boys made good jams with this.

[joshfernanfez07]

i remember this song when i saw the battle of the year 96 in germany i had the video i lost it the crewz that battle to this song are funky gross angriff vs southside rockers since than i like the song its long time its still a jam also mine older cousin used to break to this soo i knew alot about b boy music you get to know ur knowlege about funk

[tonyfresh11]

yeah remember this one right back in the days click n play fresh