All of these clips are equal parts bizarre and amazing. The first features interviews with Schoolly-D and Mantronix while they were on tour in the UK, while overlaying ‘witty’ comments and alleged statistics about violence at rap shows in a manner which suggests that the producers of the segment were either taking the piss or genuinely concerned that hip-hop was going to corrupt the youf. Next up we have the always lovely Real Roxanne performing ‘Bang Zoom (Let’s Go)’ in front of a crowd of slightly confused children, before some of the braver kids are shoved onstage to ‘bust’ some moves of their own. Finally, we get to see the spikey-haired host declare that Full Fiorce is her favourite group during an episode of Music Box in 1986. Some fine work from the Beat of the Street You-Toob channel for bringing us these ‘special’ moments.
Naughty by Nature around 1992 did a live set on British TV at the Smash Hits Poll Winners party to a crowd of screaming 12 year olds, and Philip Schofield.
What about Rod Hull (R.I.P) and Emu attacking Snoop on The Word?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUdTCsvYWUg
@Daps: Ha!
@DrZ: Do you have the footage?
Nah got rid of the vhs a long time ago.
I remember that Real Roxanne clip on Get Fresh – – don’t remember it being so embarrassing.
They also had Big Audio Dynamite with Beatbox Sipho RIP another time.
This probably wont be “bizarre” enough for you but back in the early 90s, the BBC commissioned a kids’ TV documentary about this hippity hoppity thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1hKKgj7GWA Well worth a watch.
By FAR the most bizarre bit of hip hop on British television EVER is the participation of Ice-T & Coco on Phillip Schofiled’s “Celebrity Mr & Mrs.”
Ice Cube on “Chris Moyles’s Quiz night” is bizarre in its own horrendous way.
Dino I had to have months of therapy to forget about the OG’s appearance on ‘Celebrity Mr & Mrs’ with Gordon The Gopher’s sidekick.Gangsta it wasn’t!
http://youtu.be/a3rLg5TrKQk
Sorry Sonny.
memo to ice-t
sometimes you need to turn down an appearance or two, they all are not worth it.
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@Daps… Sh*t is hilarious!
Mantronix spoke some real sh*t, same sh*t different era
@Dino: I like how they play ‘Ice, Ice Baby’ in the background when Ice is talking about his ‘glamour model’ wife.
@ Robbie: To be fair, it’s not as if they could use “Let’s get buck naked and fuck” or “evil dick.” [Peter Griffin voice] Boy you think that’s bad?
KRS ONE’s “Sound of da police” is the goto bed/bumper music for everything vaguely policey on British television. I seriously wonder if any of them have listened beyond the chorus.