When you grew up during the golden era hip hop and rnb (late 80s-mid 90s) songs like these are almost like breathing. I’m a 46 yr old middle aged white guy with two children. When I listen to classics like this, I’m transported almost to another world. Memories of great times and friends-Sports, music and girls/friendships was life back then as an adolescent. Hip hop from era transcends time and space. This is the original version which I always like more than remix’s Thanks Monie-you are a legend
Same here, my cut off point was late 90s, then record moguls started to dictate what hip hop should look and sound like. Still good stuff out there but you have to go independent.
My Sister- one of the best songs about gaslighting ever. It gives you a checklist on how to get out. It's a shame we aren't bringing this song back as the anthem for not taking sh*t.
That's what I came here to say! Underrated track! It's ear candy! I've always had a special fondness for Monie Love😊 and her rhythmic flow! It's always a treat to hear this one.
A young strong lady who helped me fend off the ugliness of my relationships listening to her music made me the strong woman I am today straight up. She made me realize my value and worth and to never settle for less..A pioneer of her generation long live her positive and strong lyrics Forever Monie❤❤❤
This song just popped up in my head today the melody&the hook this generation will never get the music we were raised up on and by the way I’m a 80s baby 💯🔥
88-90 was the sweet spot for hip house. Magical time I can only equal it to the late 60s must have been like when different music fused together to create a next sound.
@@darganx absolutely right, those years 88 thru 90 where very important in Hip Hop the sound was changing an Culminated after Ice Cube left NWA an went an worked with Hank Shocklee an the Bomb squad from Public Enemy, that’s what I call the, Merger, when West Coast an East Coast collaborated, after this the music style changed into what is 90’s Hop Hip, a lot of anti drug, anti Establishment type music, which is why at the end of the 90’s real Hip Hop got pulled off the radio an got replaced with the Bullshit you hear on there now.
❤ 2023. Still have this on weekly. Happy 50yrs of Hip-Hop monie. Im 44, thanks for the music. Ine of the best female rappers to have cime from the uk. You are a fundamental and game changer. 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥🙏💃
An awesome hip hop jam back in 1991 by Monie Love titled It’s A Shame(My Sister) was her only top 40 pop hit peaking at number 26. That song samples a classic Motown hit from 1970 It’s A Shame by the Spinners with G.C. Cameron on lead and was co-written and produced by Stevie Wonder which was their biggest hit on Motown before moving to Atlantic and hooking up with Thom Bell as their producer and it hit number four R&B and number fourteen pop. Monie Love did an outstanding job on that song.
Monie Love and Slick Rock were the major British Americans hip hop artists that had success in the 80s and 90s. UK had a nice stream of artists that had success over here during that time frame. Back II Life will never not get played as long as I'm breathing lol
I recorded this video on my vhs and replayed it back and again while I wrote the words to learn them, one of my first favorite rhymes as a young girl and I love it still, many great memories. Thanks Monie! You’re so great, a trendsetter and are a great aspiration to many.💚
This song sampled The Spinners' 1970 single "It's a Shame" written for the band by Stevie Wonder, where as the "Cool as..." mix samples the guitar riff from the Sister Sledge hit "He's the Greatest Dancer". Stilll jamming to this every year 1990 to present.
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It’s a shame how far down the shitter mainstream hip hop has gone. But at least we get a breath of fresh air from classics like this
Absolutely
Abszolút!
@@HazaireWorks
Nem olvastam a hozzászólásod. De, pont ezt írtam én is!
🙂
ice spice not to far from this compared to those rapping about violence and black on black crime.
Lol
How does this not have a million views it doesn’t make sense it never will
I'm also wondering 🤔😚😚😚
More or less my comment, having discovered this recently & being quite obsessed - in the best way :)
Yessssss❤
Let's Not forget to thank Queen Latifah for giving showing Monie to the world
This is when hip hop was fun... the material & content always had a valuable message. Classic by Monie Love
WORD☝️
Spot on my friend!!🙌🔥
These type of artist still exist y’all just be focus on the mainstream
Facts when rap was positive I miss it
Yes
NOW THIS WAS MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100% 🎶
Happy 53rd Birthday Monie Love!(Born July 2, 1970)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🎀🌷🌹💐👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾
I’m same age but I never let a lesbian agenda change me . There needs a documentary on that Public enemy concert. 😂
Fellow Cancerian 7/18. This is STILL the BOP.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
the 80s and 90s were golden era. perfect times to be alive❤
Yes. I was born in 83. Definitely miss the 90's
Absolutely! Born in 80. Miss those days. A better time in the world.
@@ryansmurda1552 ❤
Yes they were
@@terreciakennedy3265 I was born in the 80's in 1981 and miss the 80's + the 90's!
Class Act! I loved that movie. My friend and I watched it every day after school in tenth grade. Back when life was simple and fun. Sigh.
Riii that’s where I heard this
Netflix: House Party 1 & 2 got me here
For real.
TRUTH!!!!!
@Gildedbutterfly1976 she is also the real rapper behind the song Show Me How To Dance released in 1990 by The Bingoboys!🤗🧐🙏👍
I wish 2023 sounded like this
Let's add 2024 now dat it is, Sis
😁
I wish ♾️ sounded like this
When you grew up during the golden era hip hop and rnb (late 80s-mid 90s) songs like these are almost like breathing. I’m a 46 yr old middle aged white guy with two children. When I listen to classics like this, I’m transported almost to another world. Memories of great times and friends-Sports, music and girls/friendships was life back then as an adolescent. Hip hop from era transcends time and space. This is the original version which I always like more than remix’s Thanks Monie-you are a legend
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My kids love Monie Love. They want someone like her in the charts now. No gimmicks, just pure talent.
That just mean Mona did her job...
No gimmicks? She's English pretending to be American.
SethMcFartlane you don’t have to be so technical lol Laura was just admiring Monie’s rhymes and I agree with her. I miss songs like this too
Amazing dope classic music
Weeks later she got exposed
Blade Brown teaching Duncan how to dance lol
Yes indeed!
YES!!
Hahahaha yup
Brought me here
Man I’m the defest brother on the block!
Don't wanna sound old but this is from a time when music was music. I'm just about to hit 50 and the 80-90 were the best.
Haha, I can relate though I'm just 36 next Monday. I don't listen to new shit, this is thousand times better.
Same here, my cut off point was late 90s, then record moguls started to dictate what hip hop should look and sound like. Still good stuff out there but you have to go independent.
@@darganx you not lying after 99 hip hop took a turn for the worst
@@darganx you ever heard jcole and kendrick?
@@DaygoKid94 Bruh those 2 aren't enough and maybe not the next person's type.
My Sister- one of the best songs about gaslighting ever. It gives you a checklist on how to get out. It's a shame we aren't bringing this song back as the anthem for not taking sh*t.
Props to Monie Love one of a very few UK MCs who got respect in the home of hip hop, she was royalty out there for a bit too!
Her and Slick Rick
@@GodsMadeManand MF Doom, technically
Class act 💯💯💯 1990 finest 🔮
That's why I'm here!
Best yr
92
Word when Play was tryna teach Kid how to dance😂😂😂😂
I just made a comment about class act
When Hip Hop had a message of positive from a negative
The element of happiness and joy and freedom is what’s missing from modern day music. Simpler times.
This is a phenomenally underated track. Takes me back to the days when hip hop and house were everything. In Britain anyway, where Monie's from.
That's what I came here to say! Underrated track! It's ear candy! I've always had a special fondness for Monie Love😊 and her rhythmic flow!
It's always a treat to hear this one.
If she was rapping today the way she flow she'll be a rap star.
Nah people don't like this type of hip hop
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc Because it's dated.
@@AnastasiaLUVSU no it's cuase she rapping about positive things and not hoes things
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc But the rap style is dated. Nobody raps in that form anymore. It's very late 80s early 90s.
@@AnastasiaLUVSU yea I agree from her flow and everything,and she using slang like sistas and brother's
I heard this once on Living Color TV show and have never forgot it
This is STILL pure gold.
Facts
Yes, Monie Love could flow rhymes flawlessly
FLAWLESS!
A young strong lady who helped me fend off the ugliness of my relationships listening to her music made me the strong woman I am today straight up. She made me realize my value and worth and to never settle for less..A pioneer of her generation long live her positive and strong lyrics Forever Monie❤❤❤
I totally agree. She said it how it was. Shows great strength to stand up to a bully of a partner
Absolutely! Bless Monie Love
LOL because you certainly had no culpability in any of that...
I remember this song as i listened in my room in the projects!!; How I miss these days!! 😢
So, you're in your 40s or 50s reminiscing on better days, too, huh?
That’s right.
Oh yeah! I’m in my 50’s dancing and rapping in the mirror. Good old days for sure!
no 18 but like good music
@@chloestreeter3295 thank you for helping to keep old music alive
Yup!
God damn the nineties do not disappoint. Feel like I'm never going to stop finding gold from old school hip hop
This was a great album . I love the OG ladies of hip hop. No profanity, positive encouragement
This song just popped up in my head today the melody&the hook this generation will never get the music we were raised up on and by the way I’m a 80s baby 💯🔥
Same here and I had to look for it😂
Same for me, randomly started singing and said let me find the song on UA-cam. #Classic
The fact it’s 2021 and I’m just now finding out she ain’t even from America lol that’s crazy she is the first British female hip hop artist.
Just like slick rick. They are both from London with Jamaican roots.
Hey. I just said the same. Had no idea until i heard her on a podcast from last year. I'm 44.
@@SaritaLovesLiving ikr lol
@@RicoSoprano_ bro you just hipped me 😂😂. Damn I’m 35 and never knew this
And it was produced by two white guys from Birmingham, England, but what a record!
She was so underrated,at the time,hands down the best female MC,but she never got her props
Straight from a great movie "Class Act 1992 By Kid n Play
I am almost 40, Thanks Monie Love for the timeless memories 👋
One of the most underrated MCs of Hip Hop.
Omg this was my HAPPY CHILDHOOD ERA ❤😊
Stg
I love Monie love and this song! Timeless classic!
Little man stole the show in this video with the dancing. One of my favorite songs all time, classic.
Back when hip hop was fresh and culture
I remember when Hip Hop and House met during those years!
Hip house was a movement.
This comment is huge. Hip Hop and House. I never made the connection
Love hip house
88-90 was the sweet spot for hip house. Magical time I can only equal it to the late 60s must have been like when different music fused together to create a next sound.
@@darganx absolutely right, those years 88 thru 90 where very important in Hip Hop the sound was changing an Culminated after Ice Cube left NWA an went an worked with Hank Shocklee an the Bomb squad from Public Enemy, that’s what I call the, Merger, when West Coast an East Coast collaborated, after this the music style changed into what is 90’s Hop Hip, a lot of anti drug, anti Establishment type music, which is why at the end of the 90’s real Hip Hop got pulled off the radio an got replaced with the Bullshit you hear on there now.
Yeah, it was all squidged in together and it was massive in Britain. White people as well as black. Best time for music.
Old good days when rap was real
Monie, love deserves her respect and credit
❤ 2023. Still have this on weekly.
Happy 50yrs of Hip-Hop monie.
Im 44, thanks for the music.
Ine of the best female rappers to have cime from the uk.
You are a fundamental and game changer. 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥🙏💃
Just the kind of Hip-Hop I love - one that makes communities stronger, not destroys them
"Blade Brown Ya azzz Is Miiiine"
It's a shame...that they don't make it like this no mo.....
Aaaaaah I see what you did right there 😂
Know you want to talk about underrated rappers, Monie Love would be the poster child for underrated rappers! She was way before her time.
An awesome hip hop jam back in 1991 by Monie Love titled It’s A Shame(My Sister) was her only top 40 pop hit peaking at number 26. That song samples a classic Motown hit from 1970 It’s A Shame by the Spinners with G.C. Cameron on lead and was co-written and produced by Stevie Wonder which was their biggest hit on Motown before moving to Atlantic and hooking up with Thom Bell as their producer and it hit number four R&B and number fourteen pop. Monie Love did an outstanding job on that song.
London girl done well 🇬🇧
As a young girl I listened to the song over and over again to learn the lyrics and for some reason I was so in love with it.
Same here. I haven't heard this song in years. I still knew every word.
Way ahead of it's time. Masterpiece. The queen of female rap. I'd love to re-mix this.
Monie Love really had it going on... and she's still keeping it real in Atlanta... big up to you my gal🎉
This brought tears to my eyes yo this era is me especially with the kids dancing lol me all over again
This is real Rap Music
TRUE HIP HOP MUSIC, MONIE LOVE IS LEGENDARY.
Monie Love and Slick Rock were the major British Americans hip hop artists that had success in the 80s and 90s. UK had a nice stream of artists that had success over here during that time frame. Back II Life will never not get played as long as I'm breathing lol
Really this type of hip hop is missing in today's hip hop.
Such a breath of fresh air
We need to bring Positivity back to Hip hop in 2024.
80s N 90s we're the Best Rap ERA this one is a Great One.. YEAH
It's a shame Todays Rap is NOT as GOOD AS OLSKOOL... YEAH
I am here after the Eminem shout out in his HoF speech. First time to listen to Monie Love, a rapper waaaay better than some current rappers!
This magnificent track is a really great tribute to the original by The Spinners.
Memories 🌇🌆🏙️🌃🌉🗽
1990 had some great music.
I love how ‘80s’ the early 90s were !
Pure classic. Remember the bad boys singing the chorus and trying to get the heparties…was like damn…pure gold
most funkiest monie love track.
soulful, groovy, funky & deadly.
monie killed it with that banger.
timeless hip hop masterpiece.
Best delivery of an American accent in performance by a British artiste. Even better than Idris’ Stringer Bell
Them lil kids was JAMMIN
them kids remind me of me when i was 5 at that age. i was dancing like them
Faaaactzz
The chorus is the hook.🪝 It runs through my mind all the time. Love it!! ❤️ Should have been a bigger hit.
I swear it's a shame😅
Can thank Stevie wonder for the chorus. Was originally sung by the Spinners. I prefer how it's sang here though.
@@BIGUNK601 😂😂
@@H0n3yMonstahyessir I came here to say this Stevie wrote the original version
Monie went to my school in Battersea. I was blown away when I heard this. Amazing talent!
I Love her cover. She does the original super justice!!! Early British rapper❤️❤️❤️
Old 1990 highschool days. Love it!
Word still bumpin 2020!
seriously, one of the best samples... when i heard the original first i was like ''please god, let someone sample this.'' this is how i got here.
I recorded this video on my vhs and replayed it back and again while I wrote the words to learn them, one of my first favorite rhymes as a young girl and I love it still, many great memories. Thanks Monie! You’re so great, a trendsetter and are a great aspiration to many.💚
I DID THAT TOO!! THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I DID IT ON A CASSETTE TAPE THESE YOUNGINS WOULD NEVER KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
She's beautiful, and so DOPE!
My last names Nesmith too... Where you from bro?
Remember when female rappers were slaying the game, WITH THEIR CLOTHES ON?? BIG UP MY OVER 40s CREW
Oh my God! My childhood…today I’m 40 and I always love this song 🥰🥰
Oldies but Goodies.
Peace ❤❤
90's vibes forever ❤
YES, SABINA I LOVE YOU...
Man I loved this swag. That whole kid n play, de la soul, vibe it's like new jack mixed with jazz and disco samples. This was that golden era hip hop
Such a classic song. So apt.
"The way you hurt me."
Its a shame this video doesnt have over 1 million views. 2024 November we here!🫡
I watched Monie rock the mic last night in Miami 🙏
Thanks for Love, Monie! A classic!
London girl rappers invented this hip hop house style - Monie Love, Betty Boo, Wee Papa Girls, Neneh Cherry and Leila K (Sweden Baby!)
So happy to be a 80s baby
my girl joyce simms singing the hook. yasssss hunni
is that right? i thought it was a group called true image
Monie Love doesn't look a day over 30 to this day! Her since of humor matches her beauty🤩
Had this on cassingle!! Man that was some good days!!
Brings back so many memories, gives me chills. There was a lot of evil happening in the streets but at the same time, it was good times.
I agree!
True
Ahhh, this brings me back. Let’s go back and stay.
"It's a Shame." - the Spinners (song sample done by Monie Love....) a classic rap song, in "It's A Shame."
I forgot about this one. It was a good song then and still now better than today rap.
Ce son à bercé mon enfance, une époque formidable.
Big up from France
The sax adds a special flavour !!
What a rapper this girl was. This track is just BRILL
We need more female artist.
It starts by purging the chauvinistic male artists and producers
This song sampled The Spinners' 1970 single "It's a Shame" written for the band by Stevie Wonder, where as the "Cool as..." mix samples the guitar riff from the Sister Sledge hit "He's the Greatest Dancer". Stilll jamming to this every year 1990 to present.
Woooo never gets old KidnPlay ❤
This that feel good music right here
Memories 80s. I was sooooo young 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Happy Birthday to The Goddess Emcee Monie Love.