In this video, Schoolly D kidnaps a number of white rock musicians, gives them shock treatment, and programs them into loving rap while he laughs at them under his control.


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Man, I love that beautiful, grainy 80s film. It's funny to me how Jive went from this to the Backstreet Boys and Britney.

estelle81 said:

But as a rap label in the 80s, there wasn't many others that could touch it, except Def Jam.

Cinnie said:

Very true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ve_Records

Cinnie said:

Ohhh, I love me some Billy Ocean!





What's he doing now anyway?

Flock of Seagulls. Wow, memories.

estelle81 said:

I remember seeing their music on Jive and I thought, naw that must be some weird Arista/Zomba licensing later release thing, but no really they were on that label!

aaah i miss those trains

Ok fine,he doesn't like rock but why did he have to do two songs like this?


I remember an interview he did in Black Beat magazine,where he explained this song.He said that he actually likes some rock music,but disapproves of the way that rock artists "dress like homosexuals",looking all feminine with spandex,long hair and lipstick In this interview,he also expressed his dislike of Prince.

SoulAlive said:

yes!!

SoulAlive said:

It's like "cool, we get it, you don't like the way rock portrays itself but did you have to further explain?"

Nowadays he probably would LIKE more rock since people in his own genre are defacing hip-hop lol

I wouldn't go that far to say JIVE was a "rap" label since it did have pop artists in the very beginning but it definitely played a major contribution to rap.

He was probably just embarrassed of labelmates Flock Of Seagulls' fashion.

Cinnie said:

Well that's what he gets signing with Jive.

Cinnie said:

1. Billy was Jive Records' biggest star at the time.

2. Those tracks Full Force made for Samantha Fox are dance classics.

SoulAlive said:

With the exception of Afrika, Public Enemy, & Salt-N-Pepa, it seem that no rap artists from the 80's liked Prince. Sad but true.

TonyVanDam said:

Yet he stayed being the MOST sampled artists after J.B. it just tells me that those mofos weren't deaf after all.

And these 2 are my FAVE Schoolly D tunes..

Harlepolis said:

Big Daddy Kane was one of Prince's harshest critics. But yet, Kane & Marley Marl sample the living hell out of Pop Life for their track For The Lover In You.

It's the case of these rap artists that were (and still are) fans of Prince's music but hated his fashion statements & facial make-up.
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TonyVanDam said:

What did Big Daddy Kane say?

Harlepolis said:

Kane (using a sexual slur) thought Prince was gay for doing the Lovesexy album cover.

Harlepolis said:

They act like that was a cool thing to say. "Oooh Prince sucks because he's a punk." Knowing these same fools would've screamed like bitches had Prince came by. Hell they screamed like girls at Michael!

TonyVanDam said:

"Give me a James Brown, Funkadelic, or Prince beat / And watch me turn the microphone to minced meat" - Big Daddy Kane ("Get Bizzy", 1991)

Cinnie said:

Kane also sampled Rick James/Mary Jane Girls.

TonyVanDam said:

I'll willingly turn any topic, even my own damn thread, into a Big Daddy Kane discussion!!

Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

minneapolisFunq said:

That's how I knew it was him doing the theme song. I think he all did three for Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad.

Timmy84 said:

Who did what now?