Why are you censoring the video? Do you know who your audience is demographically speaking? I would suggest you make videos for the majority of your demo, not the exception. The exception in this case would be young bucks shouldn't be listening to certain themes or words. I grew up with this music, and as you've learned, we didn't care much for censorship. It's OK when it's appropriate, but you're listening to hip-hop, gangster rap music from the 90s that was inappropriate in most cases. And then you censor it, weird contradiction, especially if you knew your demo. All the best.
Outstanding channel Boogie! Please consider reacting to the most IMPORTANT, rap song ever released. The tune that blew up all over the world. Every line still hits hard and is as true today as it was when it was released!! The world had to take 'hip-hop' SERIOUSLY after this. The song is called 'THE MESSAGE' and it is by 'Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five'. Thank you for being you brother!! Best wishes to you, from New Zealand.
I'm an old white dude who literally caused my teenage daughters to look for a place to hide at an amusement park when this song started playing..... I got into it, going word for word..... THEY WERE SHOCKED! And, another old white dude joined me about 10 bars in..... His kids couldn't hide their faces quick enough.... the best part was we and a bunch of other parents started actually dancing the Humpty Dance while singing it..... it was one of the most glorious embarrassments of my kids EVAR!
I am a 50 year old white lady from the suburbs...and I know EVERY word to this song. I jam out in the car with this as loud as possible. Instead of dancing in the clubs, I'm dancing in my car on the way to the grocery store. Also... google Digital Underground and Tupac Shakur.
Zagats did a survey a couple of years back asking Americans what the best mexican restaurant was... Taco Bell won, lol. I'm willing to bet not one Mexican person voted for Taco Bell, lol. BB saying this is the best song ever written, speaks more to BB's lack of musical knowledge and history than it does to this song's greatness, lol. Even the greatest hip-hop song of all time would be tough to swallow, but the greatest song... period? lol.
@@waxmania9868 Another deleted comment I made on this platform!!🤬 We aren't 5 year olds @youtube !! Get your sensitive act in check! This is the internet!! Stop coddling the weak!!
When this track dropped. It blew minds and windows with it's oscillating bass line. No one had done that yet and or ever quite duplicated it. If hip hop has anthems. This is one of them
The 80s was an amazing time for music. Didnt really matter what genre you listened to, it was all fun. It was a time wgen we didnt have to tip toe around a bunch of b/s because nobody cared. Nobody had a problem with white folks listening to rap and black folks listening to rock. We all got along and we were all just happy.
@ Peak Hip Hop was the Fat Boys and Run DMC, when they were doing their collaborations with other genres. Fat Boys and Chubby Checker, Fat Boys and The Beach Boys, Run DMC and Aerosmith. Nothing has topped that era.
I'm a white dude that was a 22 year old metalhead when this song came out and I had to recognize the pure genius that I heard when this song came on the radio. That bass line is still fire!
I remember when this song was popular. I was about 18 or 19. My group of friends at the time were all into heavy metal (and old classic psychedelic rock). I was at the house of one the people in the group one day, and this song came on MTV and everyone was jamming loving this song. Nobody ever talked about hip hop or rap at the time. Nobody mentioned listening to it or played it in the car. But this came on, everyone jammed out to it, nobody said a word, and we moved on. (Incidentally, this was in the house of the guitar player from the splash-in-the-pan metal band American Head Charge.)
Pre-Obama y'all were hanging on Drake's over produced garbage. Stop already. The intro of auto-tune and pitch correct ruined music. I'm a musician for 40 years now, Jazz, y'all listen to crap these days, and love Dr*g addicts like Lil Wayne. This was all "Pre-Obama!" Idiots.
You should watch them perform on the "it's showtime at the Apollo". One of the best and most unique performances ever filmed there for that show. They were loved everywhere!
Sex Packets album by Digital Underground is an insane album. Freaks of the Industry, Underwater Rhymes, Dowhatchulike, Sex Packets. I saw Digital Underground and Run DMC live at a club on 6th street in Austin, TX in the late 90s. Both groups missing members now. RIP to Shock G and Jam Master Jay.
I got to see them in KC at a Public Enemy concert! Kwame, Digital Underground, and then Public Enemy! Freaks and Sex Packets were awesome but Underwater Rhymes was a sneaky favorite!
When I was in college EVERYBODY was pumping this in the dorms, Black People , White people, all of us were pumping this!! (we were also all pumping Biz Markie "You got what i need " as well!!
He was a big part of a John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, and Chevy Chase movie back in the day called "Nothing But Trouble". One of my favorite childhood movies.
I know this comment was from a month ago, but I must share this with you. Look at Jim Carry in Sonic 3, the older character, and I bet you’ll see a resemblance to a character in Nothing But Trouble like I did. What a wild movie. I could actually be talking about either of them, both are a wild ride.
You said folks was trolling you in the comments, but I see a handsome, funny ass dude on my screen. They are hating! Keep doing what you’re doing and give them more to hate on! Happy new year king! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I literally have to get herniated disc surgery in 13 days. I’m in so much pain and can barely move. I feel ya cuz I’m over here doing the Humpty Dance too 😂
I wrote this on April 22, 2021: In high school I fell in love with a weird/hilarious/catchy hip-hop song called "Doowutchyalike" by Digital Underground. I bought the single (on cassette) and wore it out. Their second single was the popular hit "The Humpty Dance" and then they dropped their debut LP, a themed concept album called "Sex Packets" which presented Digital Underground as a huge cast of musical characters, including Shock-G, Humpty Hump, M.C. Blowfish and The Piano Man. The band's artwork was drawn by an artist named Rackadelic. It wasn't until years later that I learned that all the names I just listed above were actually ONE very talented guy: Gregory Jacobs. There were plenty of others who contributed to D.U. (including Tupac Shakur, who started as a DU roadie, then backup dancer, then MC) but Jacobs was the creative genius behind the weird and wonderfully unique Digital Underground. Sex Packets is still one of my all-time favorite albums, and I truly believe that if Tommy Boy Records would have been patient enough to let Jacobs create more carefully themed and executed concept albums, they might have been classics too. But they forced him to quickly push out new music to capitalize on the popularity of Humpty Dance. That wasn't how Jacobs liked to work, and the subsequent EPs and albums felt sloppy and rushed compared to Sex Packets. Gregory Jacobs died today... he was one of the most underrated and unknown creative geniuses in hip-hop history. With him dies the smooth rapper Shock G, the hilarious Humpty Hump, the virtuoso piano player The Piano Man, M.C. Blowfish, the quirky cartoonist Rackadelic, and a huge chunk of my musical heart. R.I.P. Greg Jacobs 💔
Another cool song from the days. The music scene was lit back then because there was so much to experiment with, new technology, new genres, and amazing exposure via MTV, which used to actually play music videos. A lot of the hip-hop was just so well done and very danceable, and it really didn't take itself too seriously on the surface but you know that they worked hard to get their sound. Gotta love a good groove.
I saw the Digital Underground in ‘92. Shock G did 1st half of the show as himself and then he changed into Humpty. AND… he actually pointed out a fat girl in the crowd when he rapped that line in the song 🤣
One of the OG songs back in the day. He brought people together. Play this for your grandparents. They know it. Everybody knew it. On the radio, in the club. I'm glad that you look at the history of great music. ✌️
You got it. Humpty was a character that Shock G portrayed. Humpty was such a complete persona that a lot of people didn't know that they were the same person.Rest in Power, Shock G.
I was a teenager working for holiday lawn care when this came out and I got the cassette single and we played it in the truck every day for like two months.
TYSM!! I forgot about this... You can't not move. It puts this 50yr old white lady back in time...this is when the cars in LA were beginning to bounce... A time when Snoop Dog was still drinking Gin and Juice not chilling with Martha Stewart. The World is a crazy____ place. Much Love Figure out how to do something besides Paypal. Would send donation through different method.
I remember hearing this on the radio driving in the backwoods outside of Portland. We could not pause music or rewind it. We could not look up the artist. My mind was blown and i had no idea what i had just heard.
I first heard it at a house party on a big horse farm. Can’t think of another song where I can exactly pinpoint the first time I heard it. Do people even have crazy house parties and field parties any more? The 90’s were so much fun.
I was lucky enough to hang out with Shock G. a bit, back in the day. He was wearing plastic glasses with an attached plastic nose. This one Halloween we hung out, and Shock went in costume as Humpty and no one seemed to realized it was actually him. Feel free to DM me if you want to see a pic.
This song was funky with a capital F. When this popped on, if it didn't get you movin, you wasn't alive or you was sauare as it gets. This is the ultimate party song that still hits as hard today as the day it came out. RIP Shock G
Love your reactions! When this song was played in the clubs the dance floor would get packed! So much fun to dance to this song! Fake nose and character he’s portraying.
I've always loved this song. I had fun playing it for my son when he was in high school. The look on his face was priceless. 😄 Im glad you young ones are enjoying these classics, especially because you’ll understand it better when we criticize today's music.
Shock G aka Humpty Hump, he was in a random store and saw those joke glasses with the fake nose and just decided to incorporate an alter ego. He's also the backup singer in the zebra striped hat in this video. Digital Underground were hip hop pioneers! RIP Shock G
Boogie, I love the bars he did in Were All in The Same Gang a collab of artists from then that time, some of whom you've reacted too before. Also around that 90's era, there was another song called Self Destruction, headed by KRS-ONE and popular rap artists collab as well. They are so very relevant today sadly. Please add those two to your reaction list, the bars are cold and the revolution must begin... again! Please do it for our people, Gen Z is in trouble 💗
Shock-G was super protective of his Humpty alter ego. He went out of his way to make them seem to be two different people. Also, you need to investigate Digital Underground in terms of George Clinton. 'Sons of the P' and 'Nuttin Nis Funky' are two of the finest tunes ever put down. R.I.P. Shock-G
I was born in '89 - this song is a core childhood memory that helped form my personality. (Thanks, aunties!) I love how it gives you permission to enjoy dancing like an absolute spastic. I took his advice very seriously as a child. I didn't realize he was supposed to look/act funny, back then. I thought he was legitimately very cool, in a non-ironic way. Little me was taking notes, dreaming of being that cool one day. 🤓 💃
Digital Underground was the Parlement of the 1990's. Shock G loved all the characters and personas that the band members would create on the 70s funk records and wanted to produce the same thing. You would buy the albums not only for the music, but also to get the next 'episode' of these characters. Humpy Hump was Shock-G's primary goofy pimp-esqe character. Shock-G grew up without much money, did a lot of mischief and petty crimes, used to DJ and play for small amounts of money, etc. But he was also the nerdy thug, he taught himself how to play piano and pushed himself with real money or anything to get a Music Theory degree. After trying many other things he found that if he embraced the strange and goofy he related to a lot more people and would stand out...and so that's eventually where Digital Underground came from. And then of course that's where 2Pac got his start. Shock-G's revolving cast encouraged and fostered a lot of people to get some experience and exposure and then go on to do their own things. RIP Shock
Boogie, You bring back great memories of New York City in the 80’s and early 90’s- The absolute best time for music and to be a part of the hip hop/rap scene.
Digital Underground's "Sex Packet" album was to hip-hop, what the Beatles "Sgt. Peppers" was to Rock & Roll. An amazing concept album that was way ahead of its time, especially in the rap genre. I was done with rap by the early 90's, so I don't know if any other great creative Hop-Hop albums ever reached the masses as good as Sex Packets was, but I'm more than happy with all I grew up with. As this track is still in regular rotation on my playlist, and "Sound of the Underground" is another banger off this album as well.
I love that you are discovering the classics! This reminds me of when my kids tell me about "this amazing new song" they've discovered on Tiktok only for me to tell them its around 30 years old. They never believe me until I start singing and/or rapping it word for word lol ! - Another old middle aged white dude
Humpty's true identity was one of the great hip hop mysteries of that age. Yo! MTV Raps even filmed the Digital Underground interview split screen so Shock G and Humpty were in the shot at the same time.
I felt just like this watching this video on MTV when it premiered! Thank you for spreading the joy & taking me back. I'm nearly too old to do the Humpty, but you got me jamming on the couch hard enough that my watch congratulated me about it! 😂
If you want to know what Humpty Hump looked like out of his costume, check out Tupac - I get Around. He's in the video without the big nose glasses and drops a verse
Shock-G was such a huge influence on the industry. I'm very grateful I got to see Digital Underground perform live with Coolio. Shock-G was influential in starting Tupac's career, and yes that was LL Cool J in that video. Digital Underground was the bomb! RIP Shock-G.
The dude in the zebra hat @7:21 is Shock G, AKA Humpty- same guy, Gregory Jacobs. Yes, he invented multiple characters. As an FSU alumnus, I can say; these guys used to play on campus frat parties all the time. This was pre gangster rap so, it was 50/50 black and white, and everyone had an amazing night. We can get back there, people...
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I Know My Audio Is Terrible I’ll Be Purchasing A New Microphone Tomorrow! 🎉
All good. Message delivered. Dig that.
Why are you censoring the video? Do you know who your audience is demographically speaking? I would suggest you make videos for the majority of your demo, not the exception. The exception in this case would be young bucks shouldn't be listening to certain themes or words. I grew up with this music, and as you've learned, we didn't care much for censorship. It's OK when it's appropriate, but you're listening to hip-hop, gangster rap music from the 90s that was inappropriate in most cases. And then you censor it, weird contradiction, especially if you knew your demo. All the best.
KOOL G RAP
- road to the riches
Outstanding channel Boogie! Please consider reacting to the most IMPORTANT, rap song ever released. The tune that blew up all over the world. Every line still hits hard and is as true today as it was when it was released!! The world had to take 'hip-hop' SERIOUSLY after this. The song is called 'THE MESSAGE' and it is by 'Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five'. Thank you for being you brother!! Best wishes to you, from New Zealand.
Thank you!
These young people have no idea what they missed growing up in late 80’s and through the 90’s.
baby got back
I'm an old white dude who literally caused my teenage daughters to look for a place to hide at an amusement park when this song started playing..... I got into it, going word for word..... THEY WERE SHOCKED! And, another old white dude joined me about 10 bars in..... His kids couldn't hide their faces quick enough.... the best part was we and a bunch of other parents started actually dancing the Humpty Dance while singing it..... it was one of the most glorious embarrassments of my kids EVAR!
@@KmartToaster-th2hm😂That’s awesome! Wish I was there to join you!
Preach
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I am a 50 year old white lady from the suburbs...and I know EVERY word to this song. I jam out in the car with this as loud as possible. Instead of dancing in the clubs, I'm dancing in my car on the way to the grocery store. Also... google Digital Underground and Tupac Shakur.
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Born in 1973 and still remember this song.. also I’m a white Nana 😂😂😂 my kiddos have no idea what me and pawpaw used to dance to 🎉 🤣🤣🤣
This!
Amen sista
It's my karaoke jam.
The Beastie Boys have said that the Humpty Dance is the greatest song ever written. Now that's some high praise.
Zagats did a survey a couple of years back asking Americans what the best mexican restaurant was... Taco Bell won, lol. I'm willing to bet not one Mexican person voted for Taco Bell, lol. BB saying this is the best song ever written, speaks more to BB's lack of musical knowledge and history than it does to this song's greatness, lol. Even the greatest hip-hop song of all time would be tough to swallow, but the greatest song... period? lol.
It’s not the greatest song ever written. LOL Their opinion is garbage. I do think it’s a great song though. Classic.
@@rexrocker1268beasties were jokin around noone would think this song is best written song ever
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@@cbyrne7609FFS the universal lack of humor is plain sad, especially on this song
Gen X RIGHT HERE. I LOVE The Humpty Dance. Let's go babAAAYYYY!!!
RIP Shock G ❤
😢. Never knew he died.
@@jamespeterson8826...yep, 3 years ago. Fentanyl claimed another.
I heard it was OD 💉💊 just like the rest of em. 😢@@jamespeterson8826
Shock G went out harder than Falco.
@@waxmania9868 Another deleted comment I made on this platform!!🤬 We aren't 5 year olds @youtube !! Get your sensitive act in check! This is the internet!! Stop coddling the weak!!
I'm a rocker, but Digital Underground and Shock G opened my world up. "Same Song" is another wonderful song from them.
Have you seen the movie "Nothing But Trouble?" :D
@@WanderingOldGuy was just thinking of that movie when they showed up and sang for the judge
@@WanderingOldGuyu came here to ask the same question lol
@@mrbackjr3938 @WanderingOldGuy I'm just going to say it loud and proud, I loved that movie. :)
Love that one
This Bass line is one of best in hip hop history.
i always had subwoofers in my Cars..and this BASSLINe Shake houses
Always luv'd the rolling on that bass line, still fire today. Can't listen to that song on mid volume, gotta pump it up instantly. 😅😅
When this track dropped. It blew minds and windows with it's oscillating bass line. No one had done that yet and or ever quite duplicated it. If hip hop has anthems. This is one of them
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The 80s was an amazing time for music. Didnt really matter what genre you listened to, it was all fun. It was a time wgen we didnt have to tip toe around a bunch of b/s because nobody cared. Nobody had a problem with white folks listening to rap and black folks listening to rock. We all got along and we were all just happy.
Not his real nose. Humpty Hump is Shock-G's alter-ego.
*Was. RIP.
Isn't shock g the alter ego?
Love watching these youngins “discovering” old skul classics
@@Shichiaikan my reply peace.
Oh Yeah, Shock-G was "the one who put the satin on your panties" ;) iykyk
This was music that brought us all to the dancefloor. You kids are missing out on the happiness of clubs and dancing of 1980 to 1990
This is why people really took to Sir Mix-a-lot, too. The rappers who didn't take themselves so seriously were very refreshing.
agree
This was just as/before the "gangsta" image took over the industry. Dudes were still allowed to just have fun.
Posse on Broadway is still a great track
Loved Sir mix a lot.
I almost forgot he existed
@ Peak Hip Hop was the Fat Boys and Run DMC, when they were doing their collaborations with other genres. Fat Boys and Chubby Checker, Fat Boys and The Beach Boys, Run DMC and Aerosmith. Nothing has topped that era.
Allot of my fellow long haired Metalheads back in the day used to secretly rock out to this when it popped up on MTV.
No secret about it!
There isn't a stereo big enough when this comes on.
yea i rocked to bands like motley crue and maiden sabbath but i liked this to .
Can confirm
It was played in clubs constantly, and was a funny song, you couldn't help but like it. I was a big four fan at the time, still am.
Lol some of us still do...😂
Never forget Tupac rolled with these guys.
Tupac was definitely part of the underground..
Hell yeah!!!!
He’s in this video isn’t he?
@@jeanine6328 He's one of the backup dancers.
And Amanda Rushing
I'm a white dude that was a 22 year old metalhead when this song came out and I had to recognize the pure genius that I heard when this song came on the radio. That bass line is still fire!
You're absolutely right when you say music back then was for everyone. We all one, vibin' together.
Yep, I'm as redneck as they get and we all grooved on Digital Underground back in the old days.
Until a certain Kenyan came along and destroyed the unity.
I remember when this song was popular. I was about 18 or 19. My group of friends at the time were all into heavy metal (and old classic psychedelic rock). I was at the house of one the people in the group one day, and this song came on MTV and everyone was jamming loving this song. Nobody ever talked about hip hop or rap at the time. Nobody mentioned listening to it or played it in the car. But this came on, everyone jammed out to it, nobody said a word, and we moved on. (Incidentally, this was in the house of the guitar player from the splash-in-the-pan metal band American Head Charge.)
Pre Obama
Pre-Obama y'all were hanging on Drake's over produced garbage. Stop already. The intro of auto-tune and pitch correct ruined music. I'm a musician for 40 years now, Jazz, y'all listen to crap these days, and love Dr*g addicts like Lil Wayne. This was all "Pre-Obama!" Idiots.
You should watch them perform on the "it's showtime at the Apollo". One of the best and most unique performances ever filmed there for that show. They were loved everywhere!
Sex Packets album by Digital Underground is an insane album. Freaks of the Industry, Underwater Rhymes, Dowhatchulike, Sex Packets. I saw Digital Underground and Run DMC live at a club on 6th street in Austin, TX in the late 90s. Both groups missing members now. RIP to Shock G and Jam Master Jay.
One of my favorite albums, Dowhatchulike is one of my favorites! Definitely check out the whole album.
I got to see them in KC at a Public Enemy concert! Kwame, Digital Underground, and then Public Enemy! Freaks and Sex Packets were awesome but Underwater Rhymes was a sneaky favorite!
Freaks of the industry 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Definitely one of the must owns. And one you gotta listen front to back often!
Freak of Industry with Donna Summers sample “Love To Love You Baby”.
8:12 yes it’s a character. Humpty is an alter ego of digital underground frontman Shock G
Beat me to it.
The good old days, when it was still mostly fun! 🎶🎉
definitly energetic days
agree
AMEN
When I was in college EVERYBODY was pumping this in the dorms, Black People , White people, all of us were pumping this!!
(we were also all pumping Biz Markie "You got what i need " as well!!
This is the song that the Black ladies on my floor in my dorm taught me how to dance to. "Look for the base, no-no, the BASE not the words".
And the WHITEST guy on the floor would blast Straight Outta Compton.
Bro I'm a DJ since 1986 and this came out hard and I still rock this at my events!
I grew up in the 70's and 80's, and man, the music we were exposed to. There was great stuff in the 90's as well.
I believe Tupac is a background dancer. Digital Underground is where he got his start.
And if not this video, he is in the Same Song video.
He is dancing in this video. Has a hat on backwards.
thank you.. was starting to get worried nobody else knew
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People didn't know Pac was ghay
RIP Shock G RIP Tupac Shakur. Bless you young man. You just stumbled upon the legend that helped discover the biggest legend of the all!!!!
He was a big part of a John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, and Chevy Chase movie back in the day called "Nothing But Trouble". One of my favorite childhood movies.
Thank you, I was tryng to figure out what that movie was.
The court scene, it was great😂
I know this comment was from a month ago, but I must share this with you. Look at Jim Carry in Sonic 3, the older character, and I bet you’ll see a resemblance to a character in Nothing But Trouble like I did. What a wild movie. I could actually be talking about either of them, both are a wild ride.
You said folks was trolling you in the comments, but I see a handsome, funny ass dude on my screen. They are hating! Keep doing what you’re doing and give them more to hate on! Happy new year king! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Here I am with an effed up back, laid out and this song got me wiggling, twitching, waving my arms and singing along. This song STILL slaps period.
😂😂😂I'm feeling your pain & the beat
You got it down when you appear to be in pain
@@MattGoldey I am in pain so I got it down LOLZ!😄
I have an effed up.back too... laying here in bed singing along and remembering the good old days.
I literally have to get herniated disc surgery in 13 days. I’m in so much pain and can barely move. I feel ya cuz I’m over here doing the Humpty Dance too 😂
I'm a 66 year old white dude, and I ain't gonna lie, Humpty was the one who even got me to give Rap a chance! I loved this one!
Shock G was a genius.
No question
BIG facts
Most ridiculously underrated…..
Shock G was George Clinton's nephew.
INDEED
You are officially an aficionado…great energy and commentary 😂😂👍🏾👍🏾👊🏾I’m enjoying each and every video 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾bravo good brother
I wrote this on April 22, 2021:
In high school I fell in love with a weird/hilarious/catchy hip-hop song called "Doowutchyalike" by Digital Underground. I bought the single (on cassette) and wore it out. Their second single was the popular hit "The Humpty Dance" and then they dropped their debut LP, a themed concept album called "Sex Packets" which presented Digital Underground as a huge cast of musical characters, including Shock-G, Humpty Hump, M.C. Blowfish and The Piano Man. The band's artwork was drawn by an artist named Rackadelic.
It wasn't until years later that I learned that all the names I just listed above were actually ONE very talented guy: Gregory Jacobs. There were plenty of others who contributed to D.U. (including Tupac Shakur, who started as a DU roadie, then backup dancer, then MC) but Jacobs was the creative genius behind the weird and wonderfully unique Digital Underground.
Sex Packets is still one of my all-time favorite albums, and I truly believe that if Tommy Boy Records would have been patient enough to let Jacobs create more carefully themed and executed concept albums, they might have been classics too. But they forced him to quickly push out new music to capitalize on the popularity of Humpty Dance. That wasn't how Jacobs liked to work, and the subsequent EPs and albums felt sloppy and rushed compared to Sex Packets.
Gregory Jacobs died today... he was one of the most underrated and unknown creative geniuses in hip-hop history. With him dies the smooth rapper Shock G, the hilarious Humpty Hump, the virtuoso piano player The Piano Man, M.C. Blowfish, the quirky cartoonist Rackadelic, and a huge chunk of my musical heart. R.I.P. Greg Jacobs 💔
Wow I didn’t know he was all of them! What a legend
Another cool song from the days. The music scene was lit back then because there was so much to experiment with, new technology, new genres, and amazing exposure via MTV, which used to actually play music videos. A lot of the hip-hop was just so well done and very danceable, and it really didn't take itself too seriously on the surface but you know that they worked hard to get their sound. Gotta love a good groove.
I absolutely love watching the kids react to the music we grew up on. Always puts a smile on my face.
I do the same thing 😅 makes me happy.
That got busy in a Burger King bathroom killed the whole game for a long time!!!!!!
R.I.P. to the late great Shock G.
A.K.A. Humpty Hump
A.K.A. the piano man
Peace and Humptiness forever.
- Humpty
😂😂😂😂😂😂GEN X HERE AND YOU GOT IT! WE USE TO JAM THISSS💃🏾💃🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾
I saw the Digital Underground in ‘92. Shock G did 1st half of the show as himself and then he changed into Humpty. AND… he actually pointed out a fat girl in the crowd when he rapped that line in the song 🤣
One of the OG songs back in the day. He brought people together. Play this for your grandparents. They know it. Everybody knew it. On the radio, in the club. I'm glad that you look at the history of great music. ✌️
You got it. Humpty was a character that Shock G portrayed. Humpty was such a complete persona that a lot of people didn't know that they were the same person.Rest in Power, Shock G.
I was a teenager working for holiday lawn care when this came out and I got the cassette single and we played it in the truck every day for like two months.
This beat was so hot and still holds up.
TYSM!! I forgot about this... You can't not move. It puts this 50yr old white lady back in time...this is when the cars in LA were beginning to bounce... A time when Snoop Dog was still drinking Gin and Juice not chilling with Martha Stewart. The World is a crazy____ place. Much Love
Figure out how to do something besides Paypal. Would send donation through different method.
I remember hearing this on the radio driving in the backwoods outside of Portland. We could not pause music or rewind it. We could not look up the artist. My mind was blown and i had no idea what i had just heard.
Those were the days❤
I first heard it at a house party on a big horse farm. Can’t think of another song where I can exactly pinpoint the first time I heard it. Do people even have crazy house parties and field parties any more? The 90’s were so much fun.
I was lucky enough to hang out with Shock G. a bit, back in the day.
He was wearing plastic glasses with an attached plastic nose. This one Halloween we hung out, and Shock went in costume as Humpty and no one seemed to realized it was actually him.
Feel free to DM me if you want to see a pic.
This song was funky with a capital F. When this popped on, if it didn't get you movin, you wasn't alive or you was sauare as it gets. This is the ultimate party song that still hits as hard today as the day it came out. RIP Shock G
I'm a 62 yr old white guy,good job son
Same here. I'm still in my 50s but this record was pissing my folks off from my bedroom in HS, lol.
@@hosswildcat Same! Club Gen X here.
This is my JAM!!!
Heard of 2 Pac ? He's starting right here ! Dancing this video and drops first rap on "same song". SAME SONG is the name of the song 🎵
Yup, definitely go check that out!
we NEED a react for same song
Money B and Pac worked at Music Unlimited in San Leandro for a few years. It's how the connected and started D U
“I get around” - Digital Underground
Was about to recommend Same Song. lol
This was a character he was portraying. The nose was part of his costume
I just wanna say R.I.P. to Shock G. I was stunned when I read he passed. This track is a complete classic.
If you look at the backup singers, the one with the zebra hat is the one who portrays Humpty. I'm 53, this was my era
“We’re all going to the same place at the end of the day.” Dropping straight truth, bro. 🔥
Love your reactions! When this song was played in the clubs the dance floor would get packed! So much fun to dance to this song! Fake nose and character he’s portraying.
Oh the controversy over the "Did it in a Burger King bathroom" blew up everywhere 🤣😂🤣 people came out of the woodwork soon as they heard that bar. 😂🤣😂
better than an Arby's bathroom eh? haha
Yep, our BK started locking the bathroom doors lol
@michellejones703 ours here in South Carolina did too 🤣🤣😂🤣😂
This was filmed that UC Berkeley California
Humpty Hump is a character Shock G created. Shock G is also in the video without the getup as the backup singer with the zebra hat and sunglasses
Was the boom then and still listen to it till this day. How can you go through a day without a little Hump'D'Hump
Damn, ain't heard this in 15 years. Still know every word!
I've always loved this song.
I had fun playing it for my son when he was in high school. The look on his face was priceless. 😄
Im glad you young ones are enjoying these classics, especially because you’ll understand it better when we criticize today's music.
Yes he’s in character.
Not his real nose. 🤣
I really miss the 90s!
Old Man Saxon always reminds me of Shock G when he performs. Maybe that's why I like him.
Boogie got me dying in this thing man lmaoooooo with his humpty dance !!! Get that shit youngster!! Haha
Shock G aka Humpty Hump, he was in a random store and saw those joke glasses with the fake nose and just decided to incorporate an alter ego. He's also the backup singer in the zebra striped hat in this video. Digital Underground were hip hop pioneers! RIP Shock G
In appreciation for Boogie's funky chair dancing 🕺.
Thanks I Appreciate The Donation And Support Means A Lot God Bless!🎉
Yeah, it must be really hard to do those moves at 50. 😆😅
But really, I'm 49 myself so...
I should know. 🙃 🤣
I am a classic rock guy and i LOVE this song. On my playlist. 🫡🫡🫡🤭🤭👍👍
It was a great time to be clubbin, the 80's and 90's was a lot of fun.
Showing up at the club with your boys dressed out like Public Enemy's S1W's! Ha!
Digital underground was my first concert in 1992 at the young age of 14. Song still hits after all these years.
I was 16 when this song came out! How time flies!!
Boogie, I love the bars he did in Were All in The Same Gang a collab of artists from then that time, some of whom you've reacted too before. Also around that 90's era, there was another song called Self Destruction, headed by KRS-ONE and popular rap artists collab as well. They are so very relevant today sadly. Please add those two to your reaction list, the bars are cold and the revolution must begin... again! Please do it for our people, Gen Z is in trouble 💗
Shock-G was super protective of his Humpty alter ego. He went out of his way to make them seem to be two different people.
Also, you need to investigate Digital Underground in terms of George Clinton. 'Sons of the P' and 'Nuttin Nis Funky' are two of the finest tunes ever put down.
R.I.P. Shock-G
I think he got the idea from Sir Nose Dvoidoffunk from the PFunk album
Shock G was a musical genius. I grew up on punk & metal, introduced to PE & DU in the late-80s and it changed my life.
Tupac over there on the background vocals! I remember having fifty people doing the party train to this track at the high school dance.
Saw digital underground live in a small venue
I was born in '89 - this song is a core childhood memory that helped form my personality. (Thanks, aunties!)
I love how it gives you permission to enjoy dancing like an absolute spastic. I took his advice very seriously as a child.
I didn't realize he was supposed to look/act funny, back then. I thought he was legitimately very cool, in a non-ironic way. Little me was taking notes, dreaming of being that cool one day. 🤓 💃
Digital Underground was the Parlement of the 1990's. Shock G loved all the characters and personas that the band members would create on the 70s funk records and wanted to produce the same thing. You would buy the albums not only for the music, but also to get the next 'episode' of these characters. Humpy Hump was Shock-G's primary goofy pimp-esqe character.
Shock-G grew up without much money, did a lot of mischief and petty crimes, used to DJ and play for small amounts of money, etc. But he was also the nerdy thug, he taught himself how to play piano and pushed himself with real money or anything to get a Music Theory degree. After trying many other things he found that if he embraced the strange and goofy he related to a lot more people and would stand out...and so that's eventually where Digital Underground came from. And then of course that's where 2Pac got his start. Shock-G's revolving cast encouraged and fostered a lot of people to get some experience and exposure and then go on to do their own things. RIP Shock
Boogie, You bring back great memories of New York City in the 80’s and early 90’s- The absolute best time for music and to be a part of the hip hop/rap scene.
I love watching young people seeing what they missed. The best time to be alive. Hands down! Please take me back.
Digital Underground's "Sex Packet" album was to hip-hop, what the Beatles "Sgt. Peppers" was to Rock & Roll. An amazing concept album that was way ahead of its time, especially in the rap genre. I was done with rap by the early 90's, so I don't know if any other great creative Hop-Hop albums ever reached the masses as good as Sex Packets was, but I'm more than happy with all I grew up with. As this track is still in regular rotation on my playlist, and "Sound of the Underground" is another banger off this album as well.
Sound of the Underground was only on the cassette, though. I was so sad when I wore it out, and replaced it with the Sex Packets CD.
This boy is an old soul. Makes me proud to be a teenager in the 80’s🫶🏽
still packs the dance floor every time!
I still smile and get up to do the humpty dance when the song comes on..still love it.❤
I graduated HS the year this came out. Such a good era.
I love that you are discovering the classics! This reminds me of when my kids tell me about "this amazing new song" they've discovered on Tiktok only for me to tell them its around 30 years old. They never believe me until I start singing and/or rapping it word for word lol ! - Another old middle aged white dude
Humpty's true identity was one of the great hip hop mysteries of that age. Yo! MTV Raps even filmed the Digital Underground interview split screen so Shock G and Humpty were in the shot at the same time.
I wasn't quite ready when this song first hit. But a little after. Old enough to be your dad. Love seeing this music live on!
Digital Underground has been and forever be one of my favorite Rap groups of the Bay! Can I get a YEE!
This was one of your best ones . Humpty was unbelievable back in the day- still is
I bought this single on cassette back then!
Those were the days
Man! I use to listen to this song all the time in my teens. One day, I listened to how do that dance 💃🏾! It was a wrap!!! 🎶💃🏾🎶💃🏾🎶💃🏾🎶
Thanks! Love the old school reactions..keep it coming. 👊
Thanks For The Donation And Will Do CANT Stop WONT Stop …🤘🏾🎉
I felt just like this watching this video on MTV when it premiered! Thank you for spreading the joy & taking me back. I'm nearly too old to do the Humpty, but you got me jamming on the couch hard enough that my watch congratulated me about it! 😂
I miss videos so much
If you want to know what Humpty Hump looked like out of his costume, check out Tupac - I get Around. He's in the video without the big nose glasses and drops a verse
The guy in the background in the animal print hat, doing backing vocals is Shock G , the main man in the band Digital Underground. He plays Humpty
Oh hell yeah! This song was, is and forever will be a call to the dance floor. Do da Humpty Hump!
Shock-G was such a huge influence on the industry. I'm very grateful I got to see Digital Underground perform live with Coolio. Shock-G was influential in starting Tupac's career, and yes that was LL Cool J in that video. Digital Underground was the bomb! RIP Shock-G.
Yeah that’s actually Shock G (a group member of Digital Underground) portraying Humpty Lol
If memory serves: Shock G is the one that put the satin on ya panties
@ yup, and was selling them sex packets too…😂😂. That album was hilarious
When I was your age that song was everywhere homeboy.... We were all doing the Humpty hump!!!! 🍻
The dude in the zebra hat @7:21 is Shock G, AKA Humpty- same guy, Gregory Jacobs. Yes, he invented multiple characters.
As an FSU alumnus, I can say; these guys used to play on campus frat parties all the time. This was pre gangster rap so, it was 50/50 black and white, and everyone had an amazing night. We can get back there, people...
Facts.