Vid is from '97. Never seen El with hair this long-and it sure is purty. The man can sang!

He's a cutie. That was a good performance.

"HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE OLDIES IN THIS BE-YATCH????..MAKE SOME M-F'N NOISE!!!"..

Damn Quik..Show some respect. El is smooth.

scriptgirl said:

His hair is tied back in a BUN . It doesn't look particularly long...just, um, in a bun.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Those first 10 seconds totally set the tone for this performance and was a complete turn-off for me.

Foolish, trifling, and a step above coonery...pity he had to take that gig and share the stage with those fools...but musicians have to eat, too
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I enjoyed that.

What city or venue would this have been in to be presented by The Beat 92.3 in 1997?

El Debarge still got it and its a shame he had to share the stage with those fools.

El's hair wasn't even that long. That being said, it is a good performance but damn Quik, did you and your crew had to be that incredulous. "Make some noise in this bitch, y'all like old school, mothafucka?!"

Timmy84 said:

It kinda threw me off for about 1 second, but jeez, orgers need their diapers cleaned if they can't handle that

I am not sure where this is. Quik is from Oakland or Sacramento, I believe, so I think the venue was there.

It is sad that El had to be onstage with those thugs, but let's not forget, El is pretty ghetto himself, he just masks it well and his looks help in that regard. Quik and his crew are incredulous because they most likely have never been around someone with El's talent. I mean, come on, who these days can sing live like that and with El's skill? El even one over those in the audience who most likely never heard of him when he hit those high notes.

I like those crunchy 90s drums in this version. Sounds like a Quik production.

Cinnie said:

I was alright with it but damn, I thought it was funny when one of them said "SANG THAT SHIT!"

Timmy84 said:

Cinnie said:

92.3 The Beat (currently called Hot 92.3) is a radio station here in L.A.
The venue was the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (currently called Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

oh, thanks tA.


SANG THAT SCHITT!

Cinnie said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Cinnie said:

Now y'all KNOW I'm one of the most drinkin-est, cussin'-est women on this entire board, but DAMN! He came right out the starting gate with the craziness and it just kicked my "grandmaw-ness" into gear

Ottensen said:

I guess i'm the Grand-paw to your Grand-maw cause i've never understood why folks thought/think outbursts like that are hip/cool.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

SPYZFAN1 said:[quote]"HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE OLDIES IN THIS BE-YATCH????..MAKE SOME M-F'N NOISE!!!"..
Damn Quik..Show some respect. El is smooth.[/quote]
@ DJ Quck and I mean Quik and his boys.... Yeah someone did say "Sang that shit" while El was hittin' them notes... Hilarious!!!
El sung the pants off that song, great performance....he made chills go down my spine Now we know how he got them 11 kids!!!

One thing I never understood though was when he went through the "DJ Quik" association phase I do remember around this time he was on some show on BET with Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kim Whitley and some other chick, they were hosting a show together, seems to have slipped my mind what the name of it was....but anywho, El was on this show with DJ Quik who was at the time, his "entourage" or something...El sung a song on that show acapella I believe and still sounded good....and I do remember that El's hair was at his shoulders and was so beautiful.

Update: the BET show as called "Oh Drama"
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Cuz DJ Quik is a slick hip-hop producer.

And Debarge was enjoyed a resurgence through all the sampling. Remember LL Cool J and Warren G both looping this song?

Oh Drama-damn, I remember that show, but I think it was also syndicated on another channel, cause no way in hell would I be caught dead watching BET. I wish someone would put that up on youtube

scriptgirl said:

Oh Drama...I remember how must that show sucked.*smh*

theAudience said:

does stupid bastids ring bells? Man we never acted a fool and now look...

What amazes me is he was 36 and didn't look a day over 25.

DaTruthdotcom said:

Yeah, the show was like the poor man's version of "The View." I'll never forget when El was on there with DJ Quik. He had on an all black leather outfit with his hair hanging down to his shoulders. I was like, "What in the hamhocks?" Nonetheless El sounded good when he sung a snippet of "All This Love."

Slenderoni, did you think he looked bad?

scriptgirl said:

Nope. He's from Compton... they wanna be like...

What do you mean, "they wanna be like"?

scriptgirl said:

No, I don't think he looked bad. It's just I wouldn't expect El to be in an all black leather outfit like Chico or Bobby Brown. And I definitely didn't expect him to be around someone like DJ Quik and his crew. Then again I thought El was the shy, soft-spoken, spiritual type.