Great TV performances by rappers

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

The Firm & Half-A-Mill doing the Firm Biz remix live on Keenan Wayans in 1997. Foxy being a selfish bitch and not throwing on a Canadian Tuxedo like the rest of the team :



The Furious Five doing The Message on UK TV in 1983. Bacon Bra levels are off the yeltzebub in this clip and poor Duke Bootee is forced to dress up as a cop and have the group humiliate him at the end :



Foxx, Boosie & Webbie doing the Wipe Me Down remix on BET in 2007. Boosie and Webbie bro-ing out like Rocky & Apollo on the beach at 01:07 :



Puffy stuntin' on a conveyor belt as Nas does Hate Me Now at some award show in 1999 :



Puff & Ma$e doing Been Around The World and Mo' Money, Mo' Problems on Rosie O'Donnel in 1998. Rosie's audience of soccer moms and Earl Hindman lookalikes getting jiggy and Ma$e's dancing >>>>>>>>>> Elvis' TV debut in 1956 :

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Mary J. and Puba doing What's The 411? on YO!.. Pretty much the G.O.A.T YO! performance off Mary's legs in those short shorts :



Jonzun Crew doing Pack Jam on some Kraut TV show in 1983. Rick Moranis in Spaceballs swag on a hunned trillion :



Mystikal performing Y'All Ain't Ready Yet live on Soul Train. Mostly notable for Mystikal getting M.C UGK-ed when Stacey Dash introduces him as "a super talented rap crew, they are known as Mystikal!" :



Onyx doing Throw Ya Gunz on UK TV. What duz it mean to buck? Peep this, Nicotine :

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Grand Puba doing 360 (What Goes Around) on YO! in 1992 :



CNN & Tragedy doing L.A L.A and T.O.N.Y on Teen Summit in 1997. Because if there's anything impressionable teens to listen to it's Tragedy rapping about icepicks :



Snoop's freestyle dis to Eazy on Arsenio :



Snoop doing Gin And Juice on UK TV in 1993 :



Cam'Ron & Jim Jones doing Horse And Carriage on Canuck TV in 1998. Very secrete & rare footage of Cam dancing :

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

GZA, Method Man and Masta Killa doing Shadowboxin' and GZA's verse from Duel Of The Iron Mic on Teen Summit in 1996 :



The Firm doing Phone Tap on some show in 1997. From the era when Nas used to wear a stetson :



Fucking NBC have had the time LL did Go, Cut Creator, Go with Cut Creator and DJ Bob Cat removed from Youtube

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Three 6 Mafia & Lil' Flip doing Ridin' Spinners on BET in 2003. Video solves the mystery of why blk ppl always carry towels :



Legendary medley of Dipset Anthem, I Really Mean It and Dipset (Santana's Town) at the Source Awards :

[intuition]

great work in here.

[peanut butter]

Thread makes me miss RNT


PEACE

[Y@k Bollocks]

Some more UK ones...

Eric B & Rakim miming on Top Of The Pops (1987)


Run DMC miming on Dance Energy

[Y@k Bollocks]

Rebranded MC Hammer on The Word

[bbatson1]

[Beatorious]

?

[sleazy_j]

Rebranded MC Hammer on The Word

wow. definitely worth watching once.

[ScholarWenis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmV4wVscm84

I'm not sure why I can't get this to embed, but this is the first live show on Mad TV, featuring Ice-T & Rhyme Poetic Mafia.

[Spartan]

Hijack performing The Syndicate Outta Jail on Dance Energy and the headlock scene.

[AWAE]

[LilLeftBrain]

[youtube]v=steakknifeontheblazebattle[/yotube]

[Larry2times]

Great thread


Rakim - not miming Know The Ledge on In Living Colour


Mase - Feel So Good on All That for the little dunns


BDP - We In There on Yo! MTV Raps 1992

Hip Hop vs Rap too. cant find Mantronix on Soul Train anymore, its the business

[money]

amazing thread

[Mark 563]

Rebranded MC Hammer on The Word

Great interview. I loved The Word. This interview, the one with Shabba Ranks and the Rod Hull & Emu vs Snoop were highlights.

[Mark 563]

Some more THE Word moments:

Snoop performing Gin & Juice 1994



Snoop Dogg vs Rod Hull & Emu



Gravediggaz performing Bang Your Head 1995

[Mark 563]

Cypress Hill performing Insane In The Brain 1994



Da Lench Mob performing Freedom Got An AK 1992



Craig Mack performing Get Down 1995

[Gyangsta 4 Life]

Jigga promoting virulent racism on MTV's Unplugged in 2001 (mind you this was before he had really blossomed into a prominent political figure)


Guru and Tigga in the booth, probably around '98. Guru kills it.

[Y@k Bollocks]

Great interview. I loved The Word. This interview, the one with Shabba Ranks and the Rod Hull & Emu vs Snoop were highlights.

Plus there would generally be some tits in it.

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Harlem World doing Cali Chronic on Soul Train in 1998. A historically significant moment where the weed carriers surpassed their boss since this was a better song than everything on Ma$e's Double Up aside from Get Ready :



Run D.M.C. on Graffiti Rock in 1984. A game of two halves indeed with a great performance of Sucker MC's after yung Gallo helps introduce them and a freestyle battle where the Treacherous 3 hand their asses to them :



Eazy-E on Arsenio in 1993. Starts with the legendary interview where he came out in his bathing robe and fires a multitude of zingers at Dre, before performing Real Compton G's with Yella, Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out :



Beasties doing Posse In Effect and Brass Monkey on Soul Train in 1987. Also include an interview where Mike D tells Don they've got more money than Barry White :



Onyx doing Slam on Phat Jam in 1993. Blk ppl are so much better at mosh pits than white ppl and their corny ass karate moves :

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Juvenile, Baby & Mannie doing U Understand on MTV in 2000 for that Ca$h Money Millionaires show which came out on VHS. A rare example of a clean version being better than the regular version :



From the same concert, Baby telling the crowd Wayne missed his flight before he runs out and storms through Tha Block Is Hot :



Wayne & Mannie doing Go DJ at the Source Awards in 2004. Wayne got him some Bathing Apes :



Wayne and Alan Thicke's son doing Shooter on Leno in 2005. Wayne got him some more Bathing Apes :



There was an even better performance of Shooter on another show where Wayne was wearing all camo but I can't find it

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Mobb Deep doing Shook Ones Part 2 and Hell On Earth on Teen Summit in 1996. More helping solve difficult teen issues of the day with Q.B dunn-rap about murder :



Beasties doing Fight For Your Right To Party on Joan Rivers in 1987. Joan having a Mike Tyson calling Stone Cold Steve Austin "Cold Stone" moment during the intro when she refers to the Beasties debut as "Licensed To Kill" :

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Ice-T doing Lethal Weapon on UK TV in 1990. Tracy got great breath control :



Public Enemy doing 911 Is A Joke on UK TV in 1990 too. S1W ear-wiggling on deck :



Trick Daddy doing Take It To Da House and I'm A Thug at the 2001 Source Awards. Trick really did luh da kidz when the stage is invaded by pre-teens on scooters :

[Markshot]

[sleazy_j]

let's not forget this amazing performance of "Fight For Your Right"
"I'll kick you out of my home if you don't work that dick"

[Pronay]

GZA, Method Man and Masta Killa doing Shadowboxin' and GZA's verse from Duel Of The Iron Mic on Teen Summit in 1996 :

@ those kids "where the beat go / what are we witnessing?" faces @ 2:34-2:37