Monie Love - Monie in the Middle (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @NellzM60
    @NellzM60 8 місяців тому +59

    Really miss when jazz played a big part in hip hop

  • @davidrosemale3573
    @davidrosemale3573 Місяць тому +12

    Old school is the best, 80s & 90s hip hop

  • @mysticakhenaton1701
    @mysticakhenaton1701 Рік тому +64

    My Generation X 1965-1982/the days when Hip Hop Music was KOOL and FUN to listen too.

    • @JokersNtheOddball
      @JokersNtheOddball 9 місяців тому +1

      wtf you talking about? this is my generation. this came out in 90. and I was born in 81 was never part of gen x

    • @bettywhiterules5
      @bettywhiterules5 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@JokersNtheOddball '81 is the tail end of Gen x

    • @JokersNtheOddball
      @JokersNtheOddball 9 місяців тому

      @bettywhiterules5 no. It's technically not. It's technically the start of millenials. But we who are of 77 to 82 are a blank generation. We understand what nobody else does. Believe that

    • @mysticakhenaton1701
      @mysticakhenaton1701 9 місяців тому +5

      people who were born between 1965-1982 belongs to Generation X. rather you want to or NOT. blame your parents not me. I'm from that generation too.

    • @JokersNtheOddball
      @JokersNtheOddball 9 місяців тому

      @@mysticakhenaton1701 *1980

  • @MD-lf3gt
    @MD-lf3gt Рік тому +41

    I’m 74 and I think this is outstanding

  • @timdumah7737
    @timdumah7737 16 днів тому +1

    Nice job! The best British female rapper

  • @brutalityhonest96
    @brutalityhonest96 4 роки тому +115

    Miss these 90s style and videos

  • @DLICIOUS42
    @DLICIOUS42 3 роки тому +128

    I thought she was from New York back then but she's actually from London. Definitely a classic!

    • @saintlegend7424
      @saintlegend7424 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah man from the UK I was always impressed by her and that fact she was representing England made me feel good. And she was doing tunes with the he heavy hitters like queen latifah

    • @latrecelockett4930
      @latrecelockett4930 3 роки тому +4

      Yes dope

    • @jimlewis7200
      @jimlewis7200 3 роки тому +7

      Still a classic new york or where either in this planet.

    • @DLICIOUS42
      @DLICIOUS42 3 роки тому +11

      @@jimlewis7200 True...my point was though that there weren't many rappers from the U.K. back then or even now. Most rappers during that era were from the New York area. I couldn't really hear a British accent in her music

    • @jimlewis7200
      @jimlewis7200 3 роки тому

      @@DLICIOUS42 agreed

  • @lamaracwest8580
    @lamaracwest8580 4 роки тому +177

    Happy 50th Birthday to one of the most charismatic, insanely talented rappers ever Miss Monie Love. ❣️

  • @jonathansantiago8093
    @jonathansantiago8093 2 роки тому +68

    When lyrics had meaning in the rap song. This will never get old!

  • @KarynaNationArt
    @KarynaNationArt 5 місяців тому +8

    I haven’t heard this in decades!!! This was my jam!!!🥹

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 4 роки тому +99

    HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY
    SIMONE GOODEN
    "MONIE LOVE"
    (JULY 2, 2020)

  • @ElginJohnson-cw6wp
    @ElginJohnson-cw6wp 6 місяців тому +10

    Notice artists that have talent don't need to accommodate anything else. ....talented speak for itself

  • @lavishmisfittink3214
    @lavishmisfittink3214 4 роки тому +473

    See how she can rap about a women and two men without taking her clothes off and cursing God I love her 🙌🏾❤️

    • @everydayabovegroundisagood1693
      @everydayabovegroundisagood1693 4 роки тому +19

      Talent

    • @user-md8ws7fx1z
      @user-md8ws7fx1z 4 роки тому +13

      Yes!

    • @yvetteivy714
      @yvetteivy714 3 роки тому +11

      Originality at its best.

    • @aquafox4218
      @aquafox4218 2 роки тому +11

      Saw her on do this Pass The Mic. Very talented and pure good vibes!
      Love Monie

    • @CrowdPleeza
      @CrowdPleeza 2 роки тому +6

      I took notice of this with women rappers.
      Rappers like Lil Kim,Foxy Brown and Lauryn Hill blew up around the sametime in the late 90's. Since that time we've seen more versions of Lil Kim and Foxy Brown and fewer versions of Lauryn Hill. Maybe it's because it's easier to find women rappers like Lil Kim? I mean,any woman can do what Lil Kim did. Lauryn Hill's thing was more creative/complex. So it may be harder to consistently find Lauryn Hill types that can also sell. This may account for why we hear so much of the samething when it comes to the current women rappers.

  • @kingwilliams5414
    @kingwilliams5414 4 роки тому +43

    Her flow is art

  • @fahs
    @fahs 2 роки тому +30

    The world was not ready for this masterpiece

  • @terenceburnett7529
    @terenceburnett7529 4 роки тому +89

    One of the greatest female rappers to never get a real opportunity

  • @blujaygirl85
    @blujaygirl85 4 роки тому +156

    80s 90 was no joke

    • @sergioinoa1421
      @sergioinoa1421 4 роки тому +2

      I am with you 100% blujay girl!!!

    • @natedablack7857
      @natedablack7857 3 роки тому +1

      I know. I lived thru both...

    • @themoonandthesky4803
      @themoonandthesky4803 3 роки тому +5

      Literally the best decades for music to get the crowd. on the dancefloor steaming.....I was DJ at that time. Simply no words to describe the weekends.....

    • @emanueletorregrossa4218
      @emanueletorregrossa4218 2 роки тому

      Amen to that!!!

  • @darcanjel7
    @darcanjel7 4 роки тому +135

    Nobody was flowing like Monie back then. Before her I don't remember anyone spit their lyrics so fast and staccato. People of Jamaican descent just seem to ride a beat different from other rappers.

    • @3434abab
      @3434abab 3 роки тому +11

      Lisa Left eye was very memorable too. rip sweet girl. Love Monie; she looks great today. !

    • @CP-ir4ey
      @CP-ir4ey 3 роки тому +12

      It's not where you're from. It's just that you have to know the lyrics and have good lung capacity

    • @Amidat
      @Amidat 3 роки тому +5

      correct - toasting as it was called - is definitely embedded in jamaicans and their descendants

    • @JuicyLucyTV
      @JuicyLucyTV 3 роки тому +19

      Roxanne Shante did it first and was the Queen of Battle Rap before Moni.🤷 I still loved them.both but Roxanne definetly did it first!!

    • @JuicyLucyTV
      @JuicyLucyTV 3 роки тому +15

      @@3434abab TLC wasn't even heard of during this era Moni Love, Roxanne Shante, MC-Lite and Queen Latifha!!!

  • @francescamcgeorge1319
    @francescamcgeorge1319 4 роки тому +355

    Who still rocking this in 2020

  • @ramire7heavenz252
    @ramire7heavenz252 7 місяців тому +5

    Didn't understand what she was talkin bout back then cuz i was like 8, but i knew the hook. Queen Monie!!

  • @allorethebrand4458
    @allorethebrand4458 11 місяців тому +28

    2024, we still dancing and having a good time to this. Gen after gen enjoying this

  • @MsCANDYBAR09
    @MsCANDYBAR09 5 місяців тому +30

    HERE IN 2024! NASTOLGIC MEMORIES!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @jimmyferris
    @jimmyferris Рік тому +13

    This is the ONLY rap song I can do start to finish. I’m 65 BTW 😂

  • @schlemmerreise570
    @schlemmerreise570 3 роки тому +52

    This song never gets old

  • @foodbychefty
    @foodbychefty 3 роки тому +12

    This remains one of the best HipHop House cuts of all time...

  • @gigipoet
    @gigipoet 3 роки тому +72

    Still loving this song in 2021! Her flow was tight. Me and friends on the playground getting our young life rapping these bars...(lol) you couldn’t tell us nothing.

    • @yolanda3868
      @yolanda3868 3 роки тому +1

      Aww so cute!

    • @aprilsunshine7565
      @aprilsunshine7565 2 роки тому +1

      Lol!!!!!! I heard that !!! I remember her and so many other female rappers from the late 80's and early 90's!🔥🎤🎵🎶🎵

    • @melissaharrison5718
      @melissaharrison5718 Рік тому

      Me too!!

  • @anicialugo8997
    @anicialugo8997 9 місяців тому +1

    Monie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @aprilsunshine7565
    @aprilsunshine7565 2 роки тому +16

    She's going to appear on a new season of "Unsung" TV series..in march..can't wait to see it!👍

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 5 місяців тому +12

    Happy 54th Birthday Monie Love!(Born July 2, 1970)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🎀🌷🌹💐👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

  • @big_mike_nyc
    @big_mike_nyc 2 роки тому +27

    Monie’s style and flow is so incredible! Its nice to see real hip hop how I remember it! AND when artists still made music videos! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @salsafirejrivera1037
    @salsafirejrivera1037 Рік тому +5

    Oh my gosh!!! I know I’m late with this comment but this is when everybody just freakin got along man! Every genre had their own peoples enjoying their music and nobody gave a flying flip. Living life to the max. Who can relate?!

  • @tajmabruno
    @tajmabruno 3 роки тому +21

    A classic. Monie Love remains one of my favorite female lyricists. Her flow, delivery, and lyrics are top notch.

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit47 2 роки тому +9

    Monie Love performed this song on In Living Color during its second season in 1990. This takes me back when I lived in Maryland during that time ('90-'91) when this song came out.
    At the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991, "Monie in the Middle" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance, but lost to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This." The following year, in 1992 at the 34th Grammy Awards, she was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance again for "It's a Shame (My Sister)" but lost to LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out."

  • @facerip2222
    @facerip2222 3 роки тому +12

    Bro the beat to this song has been stuck in my head for 30 years. That electric organ riff in this song is killer. And that bass line too, it's just unreal.

    • @melissaharrison5718
      @melissaharrison5718 Рік тому +2

      Me too!!

    • @facerip2222
      @facerip2222 Рік тому +1

      @@melissaharrison5718 I love to hear that. I don't think I've ever met a person in real life that knows this song, let alone likes it as much as I do. You made me happy :)

  • @TzadikTheManic
    @TzadikTheManic 3 роки тому +41

    Takes me back to Video Music Box, Yo!Mtv Raps, buying 12”s w my friends as a tween on Fordham Rd in the boogie down (Bronx), and *PROPER* hip hop in general. I had such a mad crush on Monie ;) One of the world’s greatest MC’s of all time

    • @MrTaz081
      @MrTaz081 2 роки тому +2

      I can't even remember what color was the label lol. Constantly playing and using it for park parties

    • @hereisayana8207
      @hereisayana8207 9 місяців тому +1

      Yep when Fordham Road and the rest of NYC used to be FLY

  • @michaelalexander1503
    @michaelalexander1503 3 роки тому +15

    2021, The Female Treach Of Rap/HipHop!

  • @tunechitv5548
    @tunechitv5548 4 роки тому +21

    Mone' love never dies out

  • @tmoore7049
    @tmoore7049 Рік тому +9

    QUEEN OF RAP MONIE LOVE 💕

  • @brookelynn4149
    @brookelynn4149 4 роки тому +19

    After watching her bless this in the virtual Pass the Mic on DJ Cassidy IG, had to come here. That Pass the Mic made me feel some type of way,. Greatest thing I've ever seen on IG, at least in 2020.

  • @westcoast6860
    @westcoast6860 3 роки тому +23

    Who still listening to Monie love ❤️ 2021?💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @jamesgarrity8163
    @jamesgarrity8163 3 роки тому +8

    Just saw Monie perform last night@Lava Cantina Boo Bash! HipHop Queen at it’s finest

  • @Cuffski
    @Cuffski 4 роки тому +21

    Here's the thing it's 2020 and they still haven't caught up to this joint, Monie rocked this hard as hell. This is what Hip-Hop is missing today that vibe, that feel, that ant any minute you can set it off. Monie 4ever, PEACE !!!

  • @davonjohnson6117
    @davonjohnson6117 Рік тому +2

    I just had to add a comment, I am loving the backup dancer! A lot good Memories of all the good old school music video just great fun...

    • @nglza
      @nglza 8 місяців тому

      💯It is one of the reasons why I keep coming back to this video. In this period, dance moves, hairstyles,and gear was ill. The B-boy/Breaking/Graffiti era was wicked as well.

  • @Neilpoe
    @Neilpoe 4 роки тому +13

    This song is everything. I miss this sound.

  • @mz.monieg.7329
    @mz.monieg.7329 3 роки тому +14

    This still my shhhh..... Still listening in 2021🔥🔥🔥

  • @kareemsupremet.v.5189
    @kareemsupremet.v.5189 4 роки тому +34

    This was the first cassette I ever bought, I was 10 years old i caught the bus by myself downtown to buy it from record town.

    • @jimlewis7200
      @jimlewis7200 3 роки тому +1

      10 years old today is different from back than,lol kid catch the city bus today, in couple hours , parent reporting missing, worst, they have a cell phone.lol

    • @kareemsupremet.v.5189
      @kareemsupremet.v.5189 3 роки тому

      @@jimlewis7200 facts a lot of ten-year-olds don't even know their way around the city

    • @MRVISTA-wz7vj
      @MRVISTA-wz7vj 3 роки тому +1

      I did the same except I was thirty 😆 🤣 😂

    • @chicoredd7414
      @chicoredd7414 3 роки тому

      And her album was wack

    • @kareemsupremet.v.5189
      @kareemsupremet.v.5189 3 роки тому

      @@chicoredd7414 it sounded just fine to me.

  • @phillyspitta8147
    @phillyspitta8147 3 роки тому +2

    U wouldn’t even had known she British her American accent is spot on n she killed it

  • @barryguy2680
    @barryguy2680 4 роки тому +15

    Old skool early hip hop at it's best

  • @yohan1996
    @yohan1996 4 роки тому +11

    Bruh how come this video dont have a million views smh this song ia better than Cardi B Wap bring back the old school 90s hip hop

  • @lisamarieclark6778
    @lisamarieclark6778 3 роки тому +2

    Waste no time ya'll we kept it real.
    College was better than High school.
    Music with a positive voice.

  • @ricardoburton7688
    @ricardoburton7688 3 роки тому +13

    Back when Hip Hop told stories, took you on journeys, could be anywhere in the world and feel like you're right there with them as they flow!! Long live the Legend of Monie Love, Queen LA, Mc Lyte, YoYo, Heather B, and all femcee pioneers!!

  • @andredixon7961
    @andredixon7961 3 роки тому +7

    Maaaaaan we was jammin back in the day.

  • @uglytuco3829
    @uglytuco3829 4 роки тому +13

    Talent just oozing out of her pores. I was in junior high when this dropped. The entire current top 40 doesn't hold a candle to this. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @patricejeasley_1974
    @patricejeasley_1974 Рік тому +2

    One of the REAL AND CLASSY FEMALE MC'S. Imiss this era of hip-hop soooo much. Im so Gen-X!!!

  • @Altered-By-Christ
    @Altered-By-Christ 4 роки тому +65

    Who's listening to this during Covid-19 😁😁😁

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA 3 роки тому +9

    When rap was great and talented.

  • @Nissii4Yah
    @Nissii4Yah 3 місяці тому +6

    Here in 2024!!🎉🎉❤

    • @chefjonsf
      @chefjonsf Місяць тому

      Hell yeah. Had the biggest crush on Monie Love when I saw her in first grade.

  • @gayrambo4529
    @gayrambo4529 4 місяці тому +1

    Brings me back to junior high. Track is straight up fire.

  • @blackcosmos
    @blackcosmos 4 роки тому +5

    Horn section classic 💯💪

  • @fevah1st604
    @fevah1st604 3 роки тому +4

    Damn i miss my 80s-90s dancing days

  • @noniway8013
    @noniway8013 4 роки тому +6

    Monie was cool. Always liked the song and her video.

  • @fifihoward770
    @fifihoward770 Рік тому +5

    This is really good rapping skills, l really enjoy her style and respect for the art of rapping, in the highest degree. A lovely sister indeed. Real Talk 👄

  • @jorgecastro4309
    @jorgecastro4309 Рік тому +2

    I miss this Era so much!! Take me back please!!!!

  • @benwalker843
    @benwalker843 Місяць тому

    Her skills is killing it in this song!

  • @TheoWrites
    @TheoWrites 3 роки тому +6

    so good

  • @ShondraJenkins-hg3lm
    @ShondraJenkins-hg3lm 6 місяців тому +1

    Been here over 25 years ago;. I know she's going to laugh! Everytime I eat cheesy and good food. I think of her. She's in the middle, like cheese.. My Sister!. Good times in my 20's. Now I'm in my 50's. It's very rare that we love artists like this. I'm Blessed to Still hear her on Atl station 104.1. My Sweetheart 💋😘. I'm sure that I'm older but she's still my inspiration ❤❤❤. She even kept Queen Latifah together but if course she never gotten credited for it. When you get so Famous and Big, you tend to leave certain people behind. But what goes around comes around 😢😮😂

  • @conniemitchell3086
    @conniemitchell3086 4 роки тому +3

    I’m so connected
    Thought of her music 🎶
    In 7th the knucklehead walks in & sits down beside me....”
    Then low & behold
    It’s her birthday?!?!!!!
    Happy Birthday Monie 💕

  • @vietbond
    @vietbond 5 місяців тому

    Saw her perform this song last night at the Hollywood Bowl. So good!!

  • @robertmallon9142
    @robertmallon9142 Рік тому +1

    Miss this vibe & the dancing styles that encompassed the 80s & Early 90s hip hop.

  • @ben-vf
    @ben-vf 4 роки тому +21

    She had flo

  • @NadiaLenay
    @NadiaLenay 4 роки тому +10

    1:39 am I the only person who loves when she says pursuing?💕💕

    • @SunnyIlha
      @SunnyIlha 2 роки тому +1

      Purse - Seeoo - Win
      😁

  • @danetspeaks8708
    @danetspeaks8708 2 роки тому +3

    I miss this kind of music 🎶 😩😩😂 bring it back please

  • @SuperBlizzack
    @SuperBlizzack 4 роки тому +10

    What if I told you that I still have her 1st album on cassette???

  • @kurtismarin1652
    @kurtismarin1652 4 роки тому +19

    🔥🎧🔥2020 still rocking this legendary classic hip hop old school baby stay safe world😷💯💪🏿

  • @annatevesbanzon1359
    @annatevesbanzon1359 3 роки тому +4

    I remember this album was my first CD bought ever. When I crossed over from audio cassette to CD.

  • @pjlarson1716
    @pjlarson1716 2 місяці тому

    This record just popped in my brain. I’m 43 now. This was one of my first rap records? I think??

  • @brandywine0710
    @brandywine0710 4 роки тому +18

    Look at the editing! Wow! They did an excellent job even if this was her only big hit

  • @maxine2425
    @maxine2425 3 роки тому +8

    Girl! I forgot how awesome this was! Gotta download it so I can jam! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @erickanew
    @erickanew 3 роки тому +9

    30 year ago,,Always thought those guys dancing at the end were really good,,,

  • @acasualgamer2809
    @acasualgamer2809 3 роки тому +7

    Just seen her live. She still got it

  • @3434abab
    @3434abab 3 роки тому +4

    wow she look so good today. it’s true black don’t crack!

  • @antoinettebarnett2635
    @antoinettebarnett2635 Рік тому +1

    That's a wicked dance step at the end. let the twerk rappers try that.
    she always stood out.. from the "ladies first" video to "buddy"

  • @car3030
    @car3030 3 роки тому +11

    Never realized how great we had it in the 🇺🇸 USA!!!! Then!!!!!

  • @JDDavis-ef9wv
    @JDDavis-ef9wv 5 місяців тому +1

    Another Top Number One Legend HIp Hop Music 🎶🎶 Artist ❤❤❤👍👍👍👍💯🔊📀

  • @AssataHoliday
    @AssataHoliday 5 місяців тому

    I am living this song now and constantly re.minded of James Kenneth Williams 2nd who was my high school sweetheart that broke my heart and took another girl to the prom. We dated all years and he told me days before that he is canceling on me. It was sad. It was so sad. Then he went on to Marry a Carribean Queen. His college sweetheart. God bless America. My home sweet home.

  • @rashondaoliver1238
    @rashondaoliver1238 4 роки тому +7

    Monie in the middle 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

  • @TheSstretch68
    @TheSstretch68 3 роки тому +1

    CLASSICAL!!!!!!!!! MONIE LOVE IS A LIVING LEGEND!!!!

  • @TheRealNativeSun
    @TheRealNativeSun 3 роки тому +2

    One thing I can say about British artist that sing or rap with an American accent is always like butter. The word punctuation always gives it away. Even 21 savage included. 🔥

  • @AAAASMAR
    @AAAASMAR 11 місяців тому

    Best female emcee
    of all time

  • @electrojones
    @electrojones 4 роки тому +7

    I'm glad they all found another band once Fat Albert retired.

  • @DoubleOTEN
    @DoubleOTEN 4 місяці тому

    I miss these days of Hip Hop… Shit was just so Fresh back then…Every Artist was original & had there own style… I’m glad I grew up in that era. 💪🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @havefaith.staypositive.ble9219
    @havefaith.staypositive.ble9219 3 роки тому +2

    I use to have a big crush on her back n the day hell still do lol where u at Monie?😂😍

  • @Knucklesdeadlypunch
    @Knucklesdeadlypunch 7 місяців тому

    80’s baby 90’s kid era of great music plus my siblings were teenagers in this era so they put me on game with old school music. I love it!

  • @keyopronin4134
    @keyopronin4134 Рік тому +2

    Damn, this jam just dropped me back into one of my H.S. classrooms!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

  • @2uSweet2uMistreat
    @2uSweet2uMistreat Рік тому +1

    I loved her back then & still love her until this day. ❤❤

  • @inkoinfinity2
    @inkoinfinity2 4 роки тому +4

    Nice, finally official uploads of her

  • @KDIZZZZY08
    @KDIZZZZY08 3 роки тому +4

    Still a whole vibe in 2021 and beyond

  • @roseclarke7271
    @roseclarke7271 5 місяців тому

    I miss this era of female rappers ie; Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, Yo-yo Monie Love and many more that didn't have to sexualise themselves to get their points across. So talented 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @Jeus-h3o
    @Jeus-h3o 3 роки тому +4

    I'm still rapping this in 2021😘😘

  • @quindellwilson7134
    @quindellwilson7134 2 роки тому +1

    Best era of music