Finally an interview from someone who matters in Hip Hop & not another ignorant rapper glamorizing lowlife hood shit that'll be forgotten in a year or 2. Great seeing a legend like this & learning some history, he was one of the 1st rappers I ever heard as a child in the late 80's.
Brad Brad I can understand what you're saying to a degree. But if J Cole is what ur sayin he is (why the alliance with Jay Z )? Where's the music and the activism about what's going on amongst the BLACK community ? If the brother is as "deep" as many claim he is , why even sign with a major label ? As an independent artist he could say whatever he wants & not have to worry about the label censoring him or controlling his art. The same with Kendrick (that King Kunta garbage & the trash performance on the Grammy,s)...ish like that shows that he's a waste ; not to mention his new alliance to the devil worshipper Rick Rubin. The bottom line to all of what's goin on with RAP is about money 💰 & who and how many people they can influence. Those dudes wearing skirts and other feminine apparel lose credibility with me INSTANTLY. Symbolism & femininity from males is what they project in their videos ( you can't tell me that they have no say so abt what they wear or abt the imagery in their vids). Dude this ish is BIGGER THEN HIP HOP...You're fav two rappers & those above & below them needs to be scrutinized.
8:10.. Shan describing how a producer would connect a keyboard and sampler or sound module thru a midi connection, to "trigger" the sounds... lol.. back then, midi (musical instrument digital interface) was the greatest invention to musicians.. u had all these different companies.. yamaha, roland, korg, akai.. etc, comin together so all of their equipment could talk to each other, and stay in sync with watever tempo u used.. and here we are now, over 30yrs later, and its still on the back of most modern equipment.. salute to the inventors of that.. im forever grateful.
I remember that Sprite Commercial when Krs-one was battling Mc Shan they should have had Roxanne Shante on that Commercial too cause Krs-one was battling Shante they went back and forth on records
About time Vlad interviewed Mc Shan. People think Nas and Mobb Deep put Queensbridge on the map but they didn't. It was Marley Marl, Mc Shan, Roxanne Shante, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi (Juice Crew)!!!!
MusicIsAWayOfLife Yeah they brought it back no doubt. But I see comments all the time from young fools saying Nas & Mobb deep put QB on the map. One fool even argued with me Nas put Queens on the map lol. As if there was no Run Dmc, LL, or even Kool G Rap.
They calling him a crack head but in the 80s that was the cool drug and they didn't know the after effects just like all of sudden syrup is our generation drug but he's def a legend despite what his d.o.c is...
Nye Money Crack is more highly addictive and gets you higher faster than snorting cocaine. Crack has more ingredients like baking soda and you cook it.
MR. MAGIC RAP ATTACK! WOW, THE MEMORIES! I RECORDED MANY CASSETTES FROM OFF THE RADIO WHEN I CAME TO EAST ELMHURST TO VISIT FROM DOWN SOUTH ALONG WITH RED ALERT ON KISS AND 89-U! I WISH I COULD FIND THOSE CASSETTES NOW.
After growing up hearing the music on the boom-boxes int he RTD buses out here in LA I discovered Hi-Hop at age 8 in 1986 taping off KDAY radio this music and was forever impacted upon me. Not too many people realize how this music got through to different people of all races.
I respect Shan to the fullest. At one point in time he was my favorite, but then THE BRIDGE IS OVER came out, and I had to choose. lol Shan 1st album was classic. His 2nd album was dope, but I was highly disappointed when that 3rd album dropped. I was forcing myself to like it, and by then BDP was putting out fire. Kane, Rakim, G Rap and others, and I forgot about Shan, but I still respect the man. He is a legend.
nigga that 3rd 4th and 5th bdp albums were light. they had the dope singles and like 1 or two cool album cuts and the rest were trash, keep it networth. when the last time you felt the need to hear the blueprint,edutainment, and sex and violence or whatever it was called and be honest yell
The second album's quality was better, but the mastering was not good, too much bass and vocals not upfront. I also don't recall ever seeing a video from the album.
Back when hip hop was still fresh and everybody wasn't a rapper and you could count ever hot rapper on 2 hands, back when if you saw a nigga in a brand new merc or bmw you jaw would literally drop you knew it was either a big time dealer or a rapper, The game has moved on and so it should the new breed are doing their thing its all good but nothing will eve rcome close to the golden era, its like when the ps1 first came out and we got 3d games, playing tomb raider for the 1st time blew your mind, now we have ps4 which is 1000 times better technically, but it will never recreate that feeling you got from playing the ps1 the first time. The only thing that will come close is some virtual reality type shit.
ABC 123 the ps comparison is wrong..look ps4 better than older ps1!?yes? but golden era (older)is was and will be better than this new trap music. yes!? so technology doesnt apply to this situation
ABC 123 question why is it that the era today is talked about like garbage when there are ! bunch of unique MCs and rappers out today just like then? problem is most of those guys are either underground and it takes a bit more work than listening to the radio to hear them. only a few are actually on radio like kendrick lamar, j cole, wale, vince staples and whatnot. now the radio is dominated by mumble rap and other garbage sure. but to find the good stuff we are doi n what hip hop did in its infancy when they were in the disco era and to even see hiphop or djs you had to really be vigilant in finding the artists because they were not on the radio like that initially. anyway i blame mainstream and radio for the lack of pushing actual good records out here for people to hear.
OG knowledge. If you grew up in MC Shan era you can relate to everything he saying.Its hard to respect hip-hop of today if you know anything about what he saying. Respect my brother.
My apologies to Mc Shan You are one cool dude!! I didn't like you at first but after listening to you speak about how you got started and different things I have a different and new respect 4 U STAY Kool!
That is how it was back in the days. I could never understand how different cities in Jersey couldn't get along but once we were out of state, we would click up and wreck shit!
I Still Cant Believe That It Really Took Him 30 Fucking Years To Man Up Wit Krs One.Lol.But he Still A Legend No Matter What & I Put Some Respek On It💯✊
I never met him myself, but I remember my uncle knew him somehow and they used to hang out back in the day, I think he got some family in Philly or something.
In a interview Marley Marl said he used the Emulator to make the beat for the Bridge. The Emulator is the first SP-12 before they replace it with the SP-1200. Marley sampled the drum sounds from Impeach The President by the Honey Drippers & then he distorted them....
tfw you a 90s kid who knows about and respects the Juice Crew yet still enjoys nowadays hip hop and you click on this vid and the comments is just a bunch of old dudes with golden age syndrome dissing anyone who's debuted in the past year which they've been doing for the past 10+ years without even buying an album since...
Real talk, I was just telling someone the other day any new MC that can create a dirty basement party mixtape with that sound of a cassette will have a great mixtape.
8:16.. right here Shan must be talkin bout midi.. bcuz back then midi was new, and it gave music equipment from different brands the ability to connect to each other, and play ur melodies and sounds the exact way u record them .. the best thing to happen to music hardware at the time.
He used to trigger the digital delay with the 808 trigger out thats why you always heard him using 808 hihats on his beats coz the digital delays sampling time back then was like not even half a second he was the first to use break drum sounds they were usually used for vocal edits like on frantic situation soul sonic force
MC Shan, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shawnte', Nas, Mobb Deep, Mic Geronomo, Lost Boyz, all from Queensbridge. Kid-N-Play, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Ed Lover, Irv Gotti, DJ Clue, Queens NY
Give Shan his credit regardless of smoking crack. he is a pioneer.
networth yell
Shan put QB on his back, battled KRS when no one else from the Juice Crew would step to him, Shan is that dude.
+Matthew Olden that right battle MC shan was the only one he is the best regards to what the hate
Soul Acension but don't forget Dmx do crack to so why do they put Mc shan down when Dmx is a bigger crack head then Mc shan
Soul Acension He definitely get his props fucking with me I got most of his catalogue on deck... from the mid 80's till the 90's!
Nice, Another legend on VladTV. Keep up the work man!
yeah
Shan, please write a book... I need more of this story again and again of how it all got started way back when!
Finally an interview from someone who matters in Hip Hop & not another ignorant rapper glamorizing lowlife hood shit that'll be forgotten in a year or 2. Great seeing a legend like this & learning some history, he was one of the 1st rappers I ever heard as a child in the late 80's.
Zero Tolerance
+Zero Tolerance i thought he was Russian?
Karl Kani Russians can't be Jews ? Sounds like somebody needs to read up about so called Jews 👊
+Zero Tolerance never said that just figured most russians would be Catholic
Brad Brad I can understand what you're saying to a degree. But if J Cole is what ur sayin he is (why the alliance with Jay Z )? Where's the music and the activism about what's going on amongst the BLACK community ? If the brother is as "deep" as many claim he is , why even sign with a major label ? As an independent artist he could say whatever he wants & not have to worry about the label censoring him or controlling his art. The same with Kendrick (that King Kunta garbage & the trash performance on the Grammy,s)...ish like that shows that he's a waste ; not to mention his new alliance to the devil worshipper Rick Rubin.
The bottom line to all of what's goin on with RAP is about money 💰 & who and how many people they can influence. Those dudes wearing skirts and other feminine apparel lose credibility with me INSTANTLY.
Symbolism & femininity from males is what they project in their videos ( you can't tell me that they have no say so abt what they wear or abt the imagery in their vids).
Dude this ish is BIGGER THEN HIP HOP...You're fav two rappers & those above & below them needs to be scrutinized.
No matter what you say about Shan just make sure you put legend in front of it!!!
Shawn Steed you right... about that..
true story
Shawn Steed Legendary crackhead
TexicanMr Stop it bro🤔
Left Me Lonely is still on repeat till this day!
Stephen A. Smith FACTS
i just discovered it recently. timeless!
Now this is a legend! Nice to see MC Shan on here ☺
8:10.. Shan describing how a producer would connect a keyboard and sampler or sound module thru a midi connection, to "trigger" the sounds... lol.. back then, midi (musical instrument digital interface) was the greatest invention to musicians.. u had all these different companies.. yamaha, roland, korg, akai.. etc, comin together so all of their equipment could talk to each other, and stay in sync with watever tempo u used.. and here we are now, over 30yrs later, and its still on the back of most modern equipment.. salute to the inventors of that.. im forever grateful.
Man I still want that Planet Phat.
@@Breakbeats92.5 yes.. that has great sounds on it.
The great MC Shan in the place to be.
This guy is a legend, made one of the best songs of all time!
when Shan dropped Marley's scratch it was the dopest song I ever heard in my life / Long Live MC Shan
trill speak yell
Jokernose69 tht was an INSTANT CLASSIC! It's one of those rare songs tht no matter how many times you hear it it never gets old...
Still play Marleys Scratch to this day
Yeah Mayne!!. Definite classic!!!!
"The Bridge" is a certified hip-hop classic.
"You love to hear the story, again and again..."
I prefer these interviews with legends rather then some no name youngster trying to prove how G they are
me too
me too
no doubt
Thank you fam i thought i was the only one who feels the same lol
Who remembers the 'Obey Your Thirst' Sprite commercials from the 90s?
Special K i do
classic
Special K I do shan was better than KRS one
I remember that Sprite Commercial when Krs-one was battling Mc Shan they should have had Roxanne Shante on that Commercial too cause Krs-one was battling Shante they went back and forth on records
There will never be a clique like the Juice Crew ever again!!
true story
About time Vlad interviewed Mc Shan. People think Nas and Mobb Deep put Queensbridge on the map but they didn't. It was Marley Marl, Mc Shan, Roxanne Shante, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi (Juice Crew)!!!!
TheEdub1 Don't think anyone thinks that Nasir n Mobb put on Queens on the map FIRST but they definitely did bring it back post KRS/Shan
MusicIsAWayOfLife Yeah they brought it back no doubt. But I see comments all the time from young fools saying Nas & Mobb deep put QB on the map. One fool even argued with me Nas put Queens on the map lol. As if there was no Run Dmc, LL, or even Kool G Rap.
TheEdub1 haha I feel you
Facts!
Certified Legend!
TJ Swan be killin me with that "Oh oh oh oh girl...oh my girl...why'd you have to leave...leave me so" lol
Damn....the Bridge...such a classick record....one of the ILLEST SOUNDED RECORDS....SALUTE
best interview i watched in a while
They calling him a crack head but in the 80s that was the cool drug and they didn't know the after effects just like all of sudden syrup is our generation drug but he's def a legend despite what his d.o.c is...
Nye Money Crack was never the cool drug in the 80's. Powder maybe crack no.
Crack as far as I know was never the "cool drug". Coke is another story.
Nye Money I thought Cocaine was ok back in the days, not crack.
Cameo Coney cocaine crack w.e it the same substance different form like how water is to ice
Nye Money Crack is more highly addictive and gets you higher faster than snorting cocaine. Crack has more ingredients like baking soda and you cook it.
Shan was the shit back in the day
Love hearing this old school stuff! Much respect for Shan!!!
MR. MAGIC RAP ATTACK! WOW, THE MEMORIES! I RECORDED MANY CASSETTES FROM OFF THE RADIO WHEN I CAME TO EAST ELMHURST TO VISIT FROM DOWN SOUTH ALONG WITH RED ALERT ON KISS AND 89-U! I WISH I COULD FIND THOSE CASSETTES NOW.
mc shan is a OG he was defitlently one of the first rappers that was doing it in the 80s
After growing up hearing the music on the boom-boxes int he RTD buses out here in LA I discovered Hi-Hop at age 8 in 1986 taping off KDAY radio this music and was forever impacted upon me. Not too many people realize how this music got through to different people of all races.
Peace Shan! I could listen to the brotha drop history all day. Real Hip Hop.
Never knew there was a Juice Crew before the Marley Marl and Kane Juice crew. Dope that he acknowledge that!
I respect Shan to the fullest. At one point in time he was my favorite, but then THE BRIDGE IS OVER came out, and I had to choose. lol
Shan 1st album was classic. His 2nd album was dope, but I was highly disappointed when that 3rd album dropped. I was forcing myself to like it, and by then BDP was putting out fire. Kane, Rakim, G Rap and others, and I forgot about Shan, but I still respect the man. He is a legend.
second album is better than the first, yell
nigga that 3rd 4th and 5th bdp albums were light. they had the dope singles and like 1 or two cool album cuts and the rest were trash, keep it networth. when the last time you felt the need to hear the blueprint,edutainment, and sex and violence or whatever it was called and be honest yell
The second album's quality was better, but the mastering was not good, too much bass and vocals not upfront. I also don't recall ever seeing a video from the album.
+Nickey Black I totally agree with everything you said!! Shan's 3rd was garbage to me. I don't think Marley Marl produced anything on that album....
+Charles 91771 strong possibility because he stopped working with Marley
DIRTY BASEMENT SOUND !!!!!!!! I SWEAR THAT SOUND JUST TAKES ME TO THE 80s DAMNNNNN
MC Shan is freakin cool. Straight talk, no BS.
The father of Queensbridge, and Marley Marl is the Godfather!
Classaic hiphop. It brings me back to my childhood.
networth Violet yell
BOX5 BASTARD not in those days. Hip hop didn't make money til the 90s
Yes it does, mamí!
interview more NY rap legends PLEASE
Respect to the legend Shan!
salute a true legend !
the bridge the bridge the bridge!!!!
This is an interview here, salute on this one.
Back when hip hop was still fresh and everybody wasn't a rapper and you could count ever hot rapper on 2 hands, back when if you saw a nigga in a brand new merc or bmw you jaw would literally drop you knew it was either a big time dealer or a rapper, The game has moved on and so it should the new breed are doing their thing its all good but nothing will eve rcome close to the golden era, its like when the ps1 first came out and we got 3d games, playing tomb raider for the 1st time blew your mind, now we have ps4 which is 1000 times better technically, but it will never recreate that feeling you got from playing the ps1 the first time. The only thing that will come close is some virtual reality type shit.
ABC 123 an you had to be fucking original period those were the days
K.T. Harmon For real, every rapper sounded unique and distinct, you could dam near tell who was who from the instrumental alone.
ABC 123 the ps comparison is wrong..look ps4 better than older ps1!?yes? but golden era (older)is was and will be better than this new trap music. yes!? so technology doesnt apply to this situation
*****
It was an analogy, nothing to do with technology, the same way rap has no thing to do with video games lol It wasn't meant to be taken literal
ABC 123 question why is it that the era today is talked about like garbage when there are ! bunch of unique MCs and rappers out today just like then? problem is most of those guys are either underground and it takes a bit more work than listening to the radio to hear them. only a few are actually on radio like kendrick lamar, j cole, wale, vince staples and whatnot. now the radio is dominated by mumble rap and other garbage sure. but to find the good stuff we are doi n what hip hop did in its infancy when they were in the disco era and to even see hiphop or djs you had to really be vigilant in finding the artists because they were not on the radio like that initially. anyway i blame mainstream and radio for the lack of pushing actual good records out here for people to hear.
Love to hear more of the technical side, of making all that great music. Vlad need to do a series on the early process of how they made this stuff.
MC Shan!!!! #Salute
shan is fresh needs his credit
OG knowledge. If you grew up in MC Shan era you can relate to everything he saying.Its hard to respect hip-hop of today if you know anything about what he saying. Respect my brother.
Mc Shan. The way I shine I got splendor I’m the real thing and not a pretender. How could I fell off boy I help pioneer this. Legendary❤❤❤ 100
mc shan - left me lonely
My apologies to Mc Shan You are one cool dude!! I didn't like you at first but after listening to you speak about how you got started and different things I have a different and new respect 4 U STAY Kool!
hip-hop was set out in the dark
they used to do it out in the park
Living Hip Hop History, authentic & real...Love
Mc Shan is true old school!!!, respect!
Seems like a real solid guy.
Respect O.G. ✊🏾
That is how it was back in the days. I could never understand how different cities in Jersey couldn't get along but once we were out of state, we would click up and wreck shit!
Peace to the God Shan . This Tasheem from 41 side of vernon
Interview Slick Rick Vlad
Yes would love that interview
Yes a true OG!
Real ogs right there
U know what's funny? When asked about who was the Juice Crew members? None of them mention Glamorous and she's on Juice Crew Allstars.
Yes!!! This is what I want to see/hear, and I think more of your fan base does as well. Good stuff Vladimir(sp?).
I Still Cant Believe That It Really Took Him 30 Fucking Years To Man Up Wit Krs One.Lol.But he Still A Legend No Matter What & I Put Some Respek On It💯✊
young mackie tosh he answered Kris back in the day but after the bridge is over nobody cared
I never met him myself, but I remember my uncle knew him somehow and they used to hang out back in the day, I think he got some family in Philly or something.
I Bramblebush He does.....He straight NY though
I Bramblebush your uncle smokes crack then
Major props Vlad for that interview.
Shan the man... knowledge on top of knowledge
I wanna see him and KRS battle
High Guise Aaah I lived it... I was a young in but they battle was Off the F charts
In a interview Marley Marl said he used the Emulator to make the beat for the Bridge. The Emulator is the first SP-12 before they replace it with the SP-1200. Marley sampled the drum sounds from Impeach The President by the Honey Drippers & then he distorted them....
True Hip Hop legend!! And overall good brother!!
The 80's rap game!
Haven't seen this man since the Beef dvd series. Dope!
tfw you a 90s kid who knows about and respects the Juice Crew yet still enjoys nowadays hip hop and you click on this vid and the comments is just a bunch of old dudes with golden age syndrome dissing anyone who's debuted in the past year which they've been doing for the past 10+ years without even buying an album since...
MC Shan in the house! Legend!
My 6month old nephew got the same hat
Shahan Hahaha!!! Maaann run 25 yards and slant right and I'm going to throw you the "W" in the back of the end zone!!! (back shoulder fade)
Doe Boy Hahaha ima catch that W then pass it right back 2u
Shahan CTFU
i use to think he was so cute when i was little
October Reign Me too!!
The Legend MC Shan
"On the four track cassette" : OL' SCHOOL FLAVA BABY! ;)))
Krs vs Shan.... Greatest battle ever
+DoingIt2Death or you could say MC shan and ll cool j was a good battle to
¡Salute! To a legend.
In my opinion, the greatest rap song of all time.
finally another good one. ...
MUCH LOVE PEACE & BLESSINGS TO U MC SHAN NUFF RESPECT SALUTE THE SUPREME GRAND PIONEER OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIP-HOP!!! [999]
Real talk, I was just telling someone the other day any new MC that can create a dirty basement party mixtape with that sound of a cassette will have a great mixtape.
MC Shan was an inspiration in Queens, besides Run-DMC! LL Cool J even bit his style! 💯
Imagine if Marley and Shan do another MC Shan album Down By Law 2. Daamm that be dope.!!!
The best interviews come from When VLAD DOESNT TALK AND A LEGEND IS PRESENT SO HE CANT
3:02 Shan had me goofin🤣
About time
8:16.. right here Shan must be talkin bout midi.. bcuz back then midi was new, and it gave music equipment from different brands the ability to connect to each other, and play ur melodies and sounds the exact way u record them .. the best thing to happen to music hardware at the time.
Shordy u ain't leaving wit dem! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He used to trigger the digital delay with the 808 trigger out thats why you always heard him using 808 hihats on his beats coz the digital delays sampling time back then was like not even half a second he was the first to use break drum sounds they were usually used for vocal edits like on frantic situation soul sonic force
nice interview
S/o my nigga MC Shan
That moment you realized Shan was the rapper in Snow's Informer.. #mindblown
Props to Shan for giving up the facts on the real Juice Crew. #Google #Discofever #Bronx #Salabatello #SweetG #Mr.Magic
Real history lessons
The juice crew needs a biopic movie 🎥🍿
get interview with utfo kango kid or slick rick or mantronix great beatmaker back in the day my jam was fresh is the word ,crime master T
best beef MC Shan amd KRS lol hands down the bridge is over lol era
WOW he mentioned sweet G the host at the devil's Nest/the fever along with Andy Panda who both worked for Sal abbatiello.
True legend in this game, salute!
Interview the rest of the juice crew instead of these mumbling nuckas.
Keep it up Vladdyboy.
MC Shan, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shawnte', Nas, Mobb Deep, Mic Geronomo, Lost Boyz, all from Queensbridge. Kid-N-Play, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Ed Lover, Irv Gotti, DJ Clue, Queens NY
Queens Bridge God💯
Roland 808 on two digital delay samples. Marley already did the whole story here on UA-cam.