WNYC-TV - Video Music Box opening - 1989

[1frankgulko]

Old school memories..bk to the fullest!!

[biga83foundation]

*homework

[biga83foundation]

I remember these days damn I miss my younger day I remember when I used to come home afterschool do all my home and at 4 turn to channel 31 and watch video music box I never missed a episode

[castlewhore2007]

That brings back memories of my youth in the streets of brooklyn

[LucoLuchi]

enjoy come back to the past!!!!!!!

[sikeyourmike]

Dag I miss those days. Queens NY baby!

[guitarsandsuchetc]

Does anybody know the reggae artist who sang a song that went like this,

"She likes to give it me She likes to give it me"?

[jcm638]

WOW!!!

[1975ELBRAVO]

i never missed that show back in the bronx....

[TheBelieverAmen]

Thank you for posting, It is a grand pleasure.

[MultiSinoda]

*Teary eyed*

[nyra9799]

Twin Hype at the end of the clip!

[RANGECEO]

DAMN WHEN U HEARD THAT WHODINI COME ON U KNEW HIP-HOP WAS ON AIR!!! LOVE THOSE DAYS....IT AINT THE SAME ANY MORE!!!

[thedevo01]

Back in the day, when musicians were musicians.

[milt74]

JAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJA  RICHIE RONE USED TO LOVE RECORDING THE VIDS

[lou305]

I remember beening a kid in Orange NJ trying to tune into the UHF chaneel 31 on the TV just to watch video music box!!

[thebronxnyc]

Used to watch this everyday after school!!!

[myvinylweighsaton79]

@thebronxnyc Me too man!  God i miss those days! Peace!

[JuliusMalemaisgod]

Video Music box was for all the people in New York that could`nt afford Cable.And remember if you did have cable or Satelite you had to unplug it form the back of the T.V and plug back in the Antenna in order to watch Video Music Box?

[Milyon2008]

wooooooooooooooow cant belive you have the intro. channel 31 i miss those days. damn i want to go back.

[gadget609]

i used to love this .. i watched it every day after school

[TimeKoder13]

For some strange reason I was tuned to the UHF channel 31 holding some pliers to the antenna to get better reception in Jerz the day this show started on the air. Couldn't tell you what videos they played that day tho'. I just remember fiendin to see RUN-DMC.

[IantheLiberal]

Our past is so much endlessly cooler than this early Century. Dropping mainstream corporate hip hop immediately is vital for recovering said coolness

[youthinkyourecute]

Omg!!! I watched this everyday when I was a kid with my brother.. that's how I knew about all the new rap music. Channel 31 @ 4PM I remember watching big daddy kane videos...

[americanidol434]

i remember this

[LadyJay114]

I wanna cry. Brings back soooo many memories. And damn I miss channel 31! I remember the italian show that came on right after WMB.

[blackwolverine1]

me too! sis me too!

[wolf07837]

the first dragon ball z used to come on right after this. i was looking for that intro. cool Asian song.

[ArrogantCancerian]

people born in the 90's take heed

[pr1978]

@ArrogantCancerian...LOL...you said it best, my friend.

[RonnieLott42USC]

Does anyone know what site I can go to in order to download the instrumental of Whodini's "Five Minutes Of Funk"? I just want the instrumental version of the song.

[thespanishrobg]

It sounds like they might have looped it

[jdiazyt]

i was in elementary / jhs when this was running. i used to live in hollis queens back then and i had to watch it everytime. brought it back, thanks :)

[NotyNoty]

I want my childhood back! NOW!!!!!!!

[CaramelMamiChula]

me 2,lolz!

[Brinah]

*sobs* me too!

[SDSOverfiend]

this Intro is Synonmous with Real hip hop.

[Hev1974]

Same here I watch it as much as I could. When you consider it was on a channel that was so far off the beaten path. It had to be good for so many people to have found there way to it. Thanks Ralph

[blove03]

Post up the first episode of video music box from 1984 and the rest of the years 1985-1988

[mrceebees14]

This was High School.

Damn.

[Caligula138]

Damn i thought i was back in high school for a minute!

[manny73330]

wow, so many memories.. good memories. I watched Video Music Box all the time

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[intoodeep7106]

Video Music Box comes on the air late night Saturdays @ 12 am on WNYE, channel 25

[amfcrew]

East Coast hip hop owes alot to this man.He s a Legend.

[RonnieLott42USC]

I wonder if there is a ring tone for the Video Music Box intro?

[YoungMCwasAwesome]

My dad was too cheap to get us cable back in the day so, man, this was the shit - miss them days. Remember seeing Juice Crew and all them classic rappers doin it for real.

[BenJett]

Does anyone remember the cable show "Goldie's Hot Raps" ?That was another great cable hip hop variety show from the 80's NYC.

[cinnaminson]

This brings back so many memories of the 80's. Thanks for posting!

[superdogman789]

i remember watching this. back in 93

[jtch75]

loved video music box everyday!!

how about nervous thursdays with crazy sam

miss the good ole days

[wtcvidman]

Hell yeah, this opening was the shit. I used to watch VMB every day after coming home from highschool. I still remember Old Skool Mondays.

I know this show is on cable now (don't have it). Does it still have the same opening?

[WHALEDOGS9111]

This was the shit for people who didnot have cable old school baby

[RpKingman]

I loved the part with the ghettoblaster and city skyline!

[40dogg]

the only video show i like..,FUCK BET

[CaramelMamiChula]

co-sign!

what part ny u from?

[DaHoodDameJassy]

this still come on bcuz i watch it on saturdays at 12 am well itz really sunday lol

[nuwavegurl]

That was the shit. I use to love that opening back in the day, never grew tired of it. Great to see the show showcase the artists that were popular during that to and to also pay homage to the legends (Kendricks, Ruffin, Hendrix, and Marley).

[CaramelMamiChula]

co-sign!

[mookie1228]

wow i didnt know that was david ruffin and eddie kendricks...learn a new thing everyday...damn i miss this show. brings back so many memories. weekdays at 4 on public access manhattan

[JLikesIt]

I used to watch this after school and Saturdays at 12, the good ol days

[DAPRODUCK]

word up ... when shit was sweet vmb every day

[iencyst]

Yea, man, rush home from school to catch Uncle Ralph.

[pr1978]

Wow! Haven't seen this intro in 20 years. I remember those days living in East N.Y. (Linden Blvd./Pink Housing Projects). Much luv to N.Y.C.

[jddavisnyc]

Wasn't there a guy named Carlos or something that also hosted when it started?

Anyway, Big Props to ENY. Linden Plaza/PinkHouses/Cyprus, etc. PS224/IS 218...

Anyway, I remember the earlier version which had a montage that included some folks vibing to No Sell-out by Malcolm X....that must've been the original.

[EtherealScribe]

That was Carlos DeJesus from NY Hot Tracks!

[sonnicheeba]

all you people are stupid video music box still airs on ch 25 in nyc its not the bridge show thats another show - its completly different now but its still hot 1983-1997 were the best years

[sadiqa07]

o.m.g mucic box stopped wehen i was brorn

[bkchrome]

Real NY!! Miss those days!!

[CaramelMamiChula]

co-sign!

and im from nyc,lolz!

[papichulo2534]

Word mami! That was the realness when I used to run home from school to catch it on Ch. 31 back in Queens! Man, I just turned 30 yrs old and it STILL feels like only yesterday when I watch this intro. GOOSEBUMPS!...Haha. Much respect to Crazy Sam and Uncle Ralph McDaniels.

[CaramelMamiChula]

so did my sister until this dumb ass mother fucker named giuliani fucked it up.hip hop will never be the same like it was.btw,my sister is 33 and im 22 so its like 11 years difference,lolz!.

[InspectahDeck718]

i remember the old Channel 31 (if you live in NYC) showing VMB back in the day. felt like yesterday. a lotta old school/underground rap made it big off this show. if you made VMB, you're going places for sure...

[tapthat2012]

the bridge has been featuring the 25th anniv. show of vmb.

[RolloSmokes]

I've been missing these episodes. I hope to catch one before the year is out.

[AFROHISPANIC7]

I'll go way back remember Gold's Hot Raps on New York Public access MNN....That was before Hip Hop blew up it was the early 80's, you could find everyone on that show Kid N Play among others...That joint was really low budget!

[Irockgswift]

The ground-breaker for black music videos.

[pdheartbreak]

Ralph McDaniels and the frizz kid (Lionel C. Martin) were the hosts, but they quit after seeing how wacks the rap videos were playing. So they quit and become music video directors themselves. Ralph did the famous, Wu Tang's Icecream and C.R.E.A.M. videos. Lionel did the famous, Boyz II Men's End of the Road and TLC's What's about your friends?

[DarkCeaser7]

You Mean The Vid Kid

[AFROHISPANIC7]

While Ralph did move into directing videos as did the VID KID...Ralph did not quit VMB...Actually he hosted the show and did interviews for a very long time. He then stepped back somewhat, and brought on Tuffy and Crazy Sam to do some interviews, Even featuring Crazy Sam on Thursdays.. Slpiting the interview duties among the three. There was this other cat that came on board after Crazy Sam and Tuffy left. He then took over the bulk of the interviews.

[therealsoulproduct]

I remember their "old school Mondays" too where you'd see the best old school Rap, Funk, and Soul videos. Now the show sucks and all they show is the mainstream garbage. I don't even think they do the old school episodes anymore.

[DarkCeaser7]

Your wrong Bro he has a show called The Bridge which comes on every Saturday Night at 10:00.

[therealsoulproduct]

That's right. I've seen that program and it's pretty cool. But it's just not the same.

[therealsoulproduct]

Hell yeah, I remember this. his was back when Video Music Box was the Hip-Hop show to watch in NYC. And it was even cooler back then because it wasn't just limited to Hip-Hop. They played stuff from way back like Jimi and JB, and even some New Wave stuff that crossed over like A-Ha and Talking Heads, and the pop stuff like Prince and Madonna. They were hip to showing good music.

[jakjup]

DAMN i can remember seeing the opening scene and hoping that Self Destruction would be the first video on

[klc28]

what is the name of this song that plays when video music box starts?

[CAUZEFEKT]

i believe its a whodini song

[RolloSmokes]

"Five Minutes of Funk" is the name of the song. That has been mentioned before here; all you needed to do was scroll down the messages to find the answer.

[willdathrill13]

i think crazy sam died

[poppa2gza]

No he live in harlem!

[thesupernova777]

The good ol' days. Channel 31 UHF lol

[blacksglpower]

whoa this is my first time seeing uncle ralph back in the day yo this is crazy

[kpbuckley]

I miss Crazy Sam. Anyone know what he's doing now?

[YoBebeMama]

I miss this damn show. I grew up on this. lord have mercy. i feel so old and im only 27 ..lol definitely not 106 & Park, but it was way better. especially the shout outs at the club

[BDizzleNY06]

It's funny how the song five minutes of funk always reminds me of video music box every time I hear it. Does anyone remember another show called Video trax which used to come on channel 25 every Friday.

[InspectahDeck718]

yup!! remember that like it was yesterday

[sjallday]

Uncle Ralph kept this same intro to this day...The realest video ever, all these rappers owe Ralph, nobody was playing hiphop videos back then, not MTV, BET, NONE OF THEM, they got in when there was money to be made off of hiphop, Ralph Mcdaniels was the one who broke rap videos on TV..

[sjallday]

Video Music box still comes on Friday nights on Ch 22, NYCTV, Ralph Mcdaniels has another show called "The Bridge" that comes on the same channel. For my NY heads you can still catch The Box, Uncle Ralph been doing it for about 25 years now...Real Hip Hop niggaz know...

[propbiker]

he would always play a video. the dude looked like he was either from queens or brooklyn. they would be smoking a stiff one and they would always block out the shottie in the corner of the room. i cant remember who that is. does anyone know?

[teerockjelli]

Video Music Box was the greatest thing to happen for NYC hip hop!!! Even if you wasn't from NYC, if your video was viewed on the show you was good.

And all these youngins who don't know who Uncle Ralph is, they are not real hip hop!!

[Bluechron]

i remember uncle ralph lol i remember watching video music box back in the days brooklyn on regular t.v. when i ain't even know what cable was as a youngin lol had to put the aluminum foil on the antenna to to make the t.v. more clear lmfao but damn 1989 i was born in 87 aint even kno this was on that long lol

[YoBebeMama]

Remember the shout outs?!?!?

[leftybean]

man i miss video music box..wish there was more of it on youtube

[nikimas]

wow! okay wait, am i the only one who would run home after school to watch this at 3:30!?! then of course they changed the time to 3, then 4...but im just saying!

[s81166]

yeah!! music box!! heheheheheh!! funny hairs, rappers!! nice!!

[thunderchunk69]

IF ANYONE COULD UPLOAD THAT WHODINI - FIVE MINUTES... INSTRUMENTAL(better quality), I'd appreciate it.

[hoodrichGMP]

lime wire baby !

[retroguy1976]

I miss video music box that was my show back in the days when rap was awesome not this overplyed crap they got now

[jessijordanmusic]

oh i am totally gonna post it tomorrow. Ralph looked so young in 1989!

[jessijordanmusic]

did u know that this show still airs in NYC?! I have met Ralph McDaniels...he is still giving new & up & coming hip hop & r&b artist a shot. My video "Hustle" was just played on his show last week.

[anniedomino1]

Whodini intro...

Run-DMC/Disco 3 (The Fat Boys)/LL Cool J/Bruce Springsteen and The Temptations (The "Sun City" Video)/Prince ("Kiss")/David Byrne of the Talking Heads/Madonna

/A-Ha ("Take On Me")/Jimi Hendrix/James Brown

Robert Nesta Marley O.M./Bernard Wright ("Who Do You Love")/I do not know who was doing athe backspin...

This is an era when Black or "Urban Music" was full spectrum...

We had various genres of music we would enjoy in 1980's NYC...

[clynetell]

Haha....Channel 31!!!! the inro with that Whoodini instrumental!!

[CandiTee]

Those were the good 'ole days!

[mookie1228]

omg i remember coming home from daycare and watching this with my oldest brother on our old ass floor model tv lol. he taped every episode. damn this brought me be back...I LOVE UNCLE RALPH!!!

[mookie1228]

omg i remember coming home from day care and watching this wit my oldest brother on our old ass floor model tv lol. he used to tape every episode...damn this brought me back.

[badabingnyc]

yo which day did they play the old school joints? damn i cant remember...memory is fading fast!..old school back then was some ol herbie hancock, grandmaster flash joints ..now old school is wu...we getting fucking old maaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[jaywellmillions]

Damn, I used to watch this show everyday after school. I remember getting upset when Video Music Box wasn't on and they had some Italian soccer game on instead. Man, those were the days.

Anybody remember Tuffy?

[mikeygeneral]

i always did love the james brown an bob marley part.

[trentd0]

What is old school WITHOUT the intro to Video Music Box??? Now THAT is old school.

[SaPpHiReChArmZ]

I miss this! I used to watch Video Music Box everyday after school. What you know about channel 31?! They showed all of the best videos! Ralph McDaniels & Bobby Simmons were the best!!!!

[RolloSmokes]

Bobby Simmons and "Flava Videos"...ahh man, another great show. Now, if anyone can get some clips of that up on here!!

[SaPpHiReChArmZ]

Yes! Bobby played ALL the videos and he kept his audience up to date on what was going on with everything! He's doing some type of online radio thing these days. I forget the link though. He said he was supposed to be coming back on tv too.

[Mochasbor]

Yes, I used to rush home to watch the Box @ 4! Then my girlfriends and I would talk about the artists and sing the songs the next day in school. Good memories.

[bighowbxfinest]

Does anyone remember Ralph's co-host, Vid Kid??? Alot people don't go that far back but it was him and Vid Kid in the earlier days

[RolloSmokes]

WORD!

[Timmyfunk1]

Vid Kid was his partner Lionel Martin, who used to work at Tri Boro Record Store on 165th street right off of Jamaica Avenue in Queens, N.Y..

[YoBebeMama]

Jamaica High School!!!! I miss the Coliseum Block.

[JLikesIt]

I miss channel 31. I miss being young. I used to watch it when I would come home from school at 4 o clock.

[ecuacuban]

that was twin hype at the start of the show1

[TheDuke67]

That dude spinning on his back looks like a dude from RSC in Beat Street.

[mcorivervsaf]

It is! It's from the part where the Rock Steady Crew battles at the Roxy.

[Fuzzyboy1976]

where is Crazy Sam ,,i miss that dude !!!! and old school Thursdays!!!!!!!!!!!as soon as i got home from school by the way Grover Cleveland H.S. 1994 class represent in Queens ,New York !!!!!

[SaPpHiReChArmZ]

I saw Crazy Sam last winter time on 34th Street. He still looks the exact same with his dreads!

[Fuzzyboy1976]

Run-Dmc,The Fat Boys,LL Cool J,Bruce Springsteen,Prince,David Byrne of Talking Heads,Madonna,A HA,Jimmy Hendrix,James Brown,Bob Marley,Ziggy Marley and the last guy spinnig on his back is ME !!!! so am i the true Hip Hop Vet ,,well i am 31 and grew up in Brooklyn ,,,,!

[dominoize]

ALMOST right, the guy after Bob Marley is Brenard Wright in his "Who do you love?" Video. Where's the WORD segments, lol.

[zulaica83]

oh my god this takes me back to when i lost my two front teeth. i used to love seeing the drawings from the take on me video, and hearing don't disturb this groove.

[jameshunterIII]

He's a cool brother!

[LonelyHeart878]

Wow, this brings back some serious memories!

This was like the poor man's version of BET/MTV... for some of us that didn't have cable at least we were able to watch Video Music Box!

[pachwi25]

Tell me about it. To me it's was better than most of the other video channel anyway. A TRUE classic for anyone who REALLY grew up around the origins of hip hop. Now, if you can remember the PREVIOUS opening for VMB then you are a TRUE Hip hop VET.

[SaPpHiReChArmZ]

Foreal! Remember when TVs had the dial you had to turn & you got tight when your antenna would act right?! Aww man...

[anniedomino1]

Ha Haaaaaaa!!!!! I feel you on that one!

[izakteaz]

Man I used to LOOVe this show when I was little! U also helped me find a video I was looking for for years....the one with the guy kissed the girl and they are rolling..what is tha name of that song???? I used 2 like it wen I was little. Man LOVED this show...grew up on it too.

[jmedley71]

i'm pretty sure the song is called "who do you love?" i remember the chorus, it was a call and response between the girl and the guy; "who do you love?/girl i'm in love with you/are you sure?/sure as the sky is blue"

[dominoize]

bernard wright - who do you love?

[AyoNito718]

wait are you saying the box ended...cause if you are it still comes

[AyoNito718]

5 mintues of funk you damn nubies..people say they hip-hop fans but never know the old skool song i never understood that

[m0fo]

Man, it's sad to see Ralph not get his props. Yeah peeps might know Tigga, Clair and Freddy, but Uncle Ralph was one of the pioneers of this shit.

[lexyota]

@m0fo The fact that Ralph does'nt get his props from the mainstream,, means REAL Hip-Hop is still ours.

[plstatus]

does anyone know the artist and song name of the intro song?

[jova626]

whodini five minutes of ????

[RolloSmokes]

For the answer, read the rest of the comments...

[TheBobcatChannel]

whodini - five minutes of funk

[dmizzle79]

Damn.....I miss this show back in the late 80's and Early 90's.......

[myrurgia]

Best video show on TV. This was like religious instruction after school for me, everyday. Thanks from Mount Vernon.

[jwhtheman]

You took back in time,wow the memories!!!

[CrookedO]

Much respect

[bronsonblack]

a true classic

[urbanempire]

cool, i love this

[RBGkid]

Damn this is a throw back momment. I remember this shit. I remember watching this way before I started waching music videos on BET.

[Tabby78]

OMG, I rememeber rushing home after school to watch these everyday. It came on six days out of the week and it would show the flyest videos, interviews, and live concert footage and parties. My favorite day was Old School Wednesdays. I loved this show!

[johnfinbarburke]

ooh dear ,,..

[4dville]

Omg Uncle Ralph with hair! You should see him on The Bridge he looks mad different.

[RolloSmokes]

Well, it has been 18 years since this clip...

[denmark555]

I remeber running home from jumior high to catch this

[Brinah]

3:30 baby! lol

[Brooklyn1919]

Takes me back 2 brooklyn..

[beatminerznyc]

yoooo this takes me back when i was youngin watch all the hip hop greats of the golden era video music box was the truth

[Kaifukuryoku]

Oh my goodness! Ch. 31 was litrally my Childhood. From Sesame Street, to Video Music Box, all the way to the Chinese dramas that would come on late at night. DAMN!!

[Brinah]

Haha, I didn't undersand a word of the chinese dramas, shows, but I watched them anyway; the Japanese soap operas/shows I loved on Saturday morning/afternoons because they had subtitles! Best of all I loved Video Music Box! :)

[Brinah]

lol I didn't understand the chinese dramas but I loved them nonetheless!

[handsumbum]

The worlds greatest video show no other is better if you never seen it you ll never know.

[saif210]

I grew up in Queens, NY and this show was the ONLY program showing rap videos then. Thanks for posting this, it brings back lots of great rap memories, back from when Hip-hop was pure.

[Azone01]

NY Hot Tracks played Rap videos too, but not as much as Video Music Box. That debuted in 1983, same time as Video Music Box.

[JMDogg]

What is the song played during the show intro?

[RolloSmokes]

The instrumental of "Five Minutes of Funk" by Whodini.

[Brooklyn1919]

I recall coming home from Automotive High IN BK 2 peep VMB.

[dmizzle79]

oooooooooooooooooh Shit Damn long time no see.

[MoFlusH]

YOOO! ISAW MY 1ST VIDEO IN VMB

[waysub]

I started watching VMB when they were showing clips from the Fresh Fest Tour.