@@chillwillfromthevilleThat's not cap. The last 20 years with all these reality shows have been TRASH! That scene where Andre addressed that boy in prison wouldn't be allowed today. It would be OFFENSIVE......SMH
I must admit watched this when I was a teenager and I didn’t appreciate how much I needed this back then until now at 43 years old!! And here in 2024 it’s still VERY RELEVANT!!!
The game dont change and Roc in real life used to be a gangbanger known for busting dudes heads..he spent many years in Jail and got off on fighting til he had a change of heart...this show let him flex his own life and experiences and some of the show was unscripted and live..its why ppl laugh at times they shouldn't ..they didnt use cues or tracks because Roc wanted a show that felt real...and it did
Can you see "Cliff" portraying this type of character on the Daytime Soap, "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS" giving the likes of "Victor Newman" MORE THAN WHAT HE BARGAINED FOR?? VICTOR WOULD HAVE HAD A STROKE!!!
The ONLY reason it isn't, is because it wasn't filled with comedic punchlines like the others....we're so accustomed to being laughed at on the screen, that when drama hits, people want to look away. Love Bill in the Cosby show, but Roc is the true father kids could honestly resonate with.
Better than both. ROC should never have been a comedy. It should have been a dramedy. And lord knows that's an INCREDIBLY difficult genre to get right.
Black sitcoms like these are dearly missed. Younger kids today don't know anything about Roc. This show can easily help prevent many kids from falling into gangs and drugs.
@@dennismcdaniel1 Barry , TV shows help mold a mind and set the trends a long with music . There is thousands of suburban kids with great families in gangs . You know why ? Because the see it on tv and here it in music . Like if rap didn't exist they wouldn't be in a gang
The confrontations and conflicts portrayed were between a "MAN" who was employed as a "SANITATION COLLECTOR" and another male who as indeed, just another "TRASH" man(?).
ROC Emerson and Andre Thompson has problems with each other all the time and they have something against each other all the time and they are still mad with each other
The show was like a haymaker to the face with this fued. This is as real as it gets... two masculine men on opposite sides standing their ground until finally a breakthrough was met. You just don't see this kinda stuff on television anymore.
@@aseamin2529 He meant that the tv show South Central had a storyline like this. Honestly, South Central went harder than Roc. That's why they cancelled it after 1 season and then replaced it with Moesha aka South Central lite.
@hermansmithjr561 very underrated. South Central was actually more dramatic than Roc. I remember it fondly. It was also on FOX if I am not mistaken. FOX started distancing themselves from Black casted shows around 1996-1997.
@@aseamin2529 South Central was cancelled after eight episodes because Fox thought it was too raw (which is bullshit), which was why Roc got axed after three seasons. Big networks apparently didn't (and still don't) want TV shows that the Brothas and Sistas can relate to
maybe as a whole but this part of it wasn’t , crack was in full swing , this show showed exactly what happened in blue collar communities . I would like a remake but we have seen what Hollywood has done with remakes in the past lol
they wouldn't even be capable today, they would have forced an lgbt side plot in and diluted the real important issues that this show addressed. It was a 1 of 1
kinda. there was def no other show like it. for sure. but that reality was def a thing in those times. i was almost in andres shoes at one point. this show. The one where the kid was killed is what Literally turned it around for me. i still cry watching that
This is not a realistic depiction unfortunately. This is, rather, an idealistic view into what could/should be. If gangsters were as honorable as Andre our neighborhoods wouldn’t look the way they do. People are killed for far less than what rock did everyday. Here in Baltimore you could get followed home and killed over a minor dispute at a club. It’s sad but true.
For ANY Black person, in ANY ERA, PERIOD, and GENERATION SINCE CIRCA 1619 A.D. in this part of North America, to merely "SURVIVE" one MUST BE "GOOD " at one's endeavor, and that's "the bottom line." The requirements to be "successful" are such as having an abundance of passion, fortitude, resolution, perseverance, along with aptitude and talent and possessing the knowledge that one MUST BE TWICE AS "GOOD," and WORK THREE TIMES AS HARD AS HARD TO ACQUIRE SOME "Semblance" PARITY THAT IS GIVEN "GRATIS" TO Caucasians here in this country .
@@MickyTubbs1985 Same old model minority BS. Same said in Latino communities, Asian communities, etc. At what point does it end? And when it does end, what will the black community do next with no one to play the victim or the underdog against?
black shows in the 90s and early 2000s were taking over the TV sitcom slots, then "You Know Who" pulled the plug and canceled them all so blacks would never have media might and gain power ($$$$) Living Single was #1 hit show got canceled so Friends (copycat version of 6 adults living together in New York) could prosper off the momentum.
Good LORD!!!!! The acting in this show. 🤯🤯🤯 Charles S. Dutton & Clifton Powell tore the roof off of all these scenes. Shame on me for never knowing this existed.
@@axe2grind244 I remember seeing my grandfather watching when I was a kid, but I of course had no interest in it. I was more of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle kinda guy back then. Lol but yeah as adult looking back at this, the acting is just amazing, man.
@@qc1679it's strange because I was the same kind of kid like you but I used to watch a lot of sitcoms. This was one of them. I just loved TV as a kid. That's mostly the difference. There are shows that I can remember most don't
@@TheDumontShow Right. Like as far as sitcoms that I definitely know I watched, it’d be Fresh Prince, Martin, and A Different World not in any particular order. But I definitely want to watch this series, just off of this UA-cam clip alone.
I was around the same age or a lil older than 10. The 90s can't ever be duplicated. Everything was top notch. Especially Black folks on TV. They were at the height of their greatness.
Andre's character mirrored Charles Duttons early life in many ways. It was almost like he was trying to talk to the younger version of himself in these scenes to change his ways.
I remember seeing the pilot for this show. We were in the mall and they asked us to watch it and vote on it. I was glad when the show finally aired. This was a good show.
I remember being a teenager and not liking this show when it came on because I didn't understand it. Now I'm grown and in my 40's I'm seeing how deep this show was and the acting is superior.
This show was too raw for television. Wow. Roc and Clifton Powell chemistry is superb. This clip is powerful. Give them their flowers now. The cast of ROC deserves it. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I am a fan of Roc. Shameful that this show only ran for 3 seasons. Why? Any show to uplift the Black Community never stands a chance. That's why we need to support our own and have our own like other communities have that I admire and respect. Thank you so much for this compilation.
You are right about that my friend Rodney Perry he knows Clifton Powell they work together also I got a friend named p o o h man was on the movie menace to society with Charles s . AKA Rock
@@vince11harris A show by itself can't stop crime but it taught valuable lessons they literally don't can can't make sitcoms like Roc anymore that showed blk community in a more realistic positive light.
@@ShamanTiers how? By having people deal with gangs members bitching them half of the time. Lots of tv shows did PSAs on drugs and gangs but it didn’t stop shit. That’s up to to the communities and the government
Whether it helped or not the message was still there, and it sure isn’t on tv today so if they felt the audience wouldn’t take it seriously they’d still have tv shows like this
What’s crazy in this scene is that Roc (Charles S Dutton) was the person portraying an honest working man but in reality came up through a prison system that altered his trajectory. Clifton Powell’s character here could’ve easily been what Roc became in real life
Roc reminds me so much of my father, a pillar of the community, strong loyal and a faithful leader. I really wish the show was taken way more seriously than it already was back in the day.
*A pillar of the community... a pillar is those big, strong columns that hold up the front of a building or the columns that hold up a bridge... A pillow of the community would mean he was super soft and slept on... pillar, bro... pillar
This is what real sitcom TV should be like, impactful, meaningful and emotional. TV nowadays concentrate too much on humor alone and has no substance. Not this show....I used to watch with my Pops and entire family back in the 90s and we always talked about what we saw and what it meant to them. That's why these episodes and show resonate so deep in me after all these years as a 47 yrs old man.
Straight up GROUNDBREAKING! ! ! ! ! I'm now 45 and dis shit HIT DIFFERENT. Now that I'm a full-grown man and done BEEN THRU SOME SHIT, dis show is a whole notha different type of powerful! Back then when I was in my youth, it was a favorite, but now, all the jewels are more readily perceivable!
I’d definitely be the one like, “Who turned the music and the TVs off? And where the hell is my drink, bartender?! What is this, a bar a improv group?” lol
Clifton was a beast on Dead Presidents. Still get chills today as a 40+yr old man. It taught me to always take care of your family and don’t ever let another man do it.
Damn I forgot Tone Loc was in this! Man… Fresh Prince and Martin get all the love for black primetime sitcoms of the 90s, but Roc was a cut above. It’s due for a serious rewatch. Cmon Netflix or somebody: give this the Friends treatment. People need to see this.
Clifton Powell was one of my regular customers in Los Angeles and man, let me tell you he was such a good guy on and off the screen. Humble, funny and never showed an ounce of disrespect. Oh, and yea, he did the Pinky scene from the movie Friday lol.
@@jamesgibson3716after 1999, fox got what they wanted... Ratings and no sense of respect afterwards. Fox from 1988 to 1997 they were crushing it. Every show was good. South Central, roc, martin, living single, in living color, New York undercover and then poof... They sold us out.
The Television Show Roc was very Powerful it was something to really relate to poverty The Crime element violence and Real life situations the storyline was hardhitting and very accurate. And most of all it had a very positive message. Charles S. Dutton and all of the phenomenal cast Did an outstanding job and they were so very underrated I wish that the Fox Network had kept them on Amazing performances you all Deserve Academy Awards. For this Masterpiece of Black Excellence.
This show is Legendary. God damn. I still get emotional watching this. Absolute great acting and has so many powerful messages. I pray our community gets back to this level of heart and integrity.
But there are shows like this. Queen sugar, Carmichael show had moments like this. House of payne, my wife and kids. This is us. Blackish There are shows like this or with moments like this.
This is more than a show or sitcom, it taught everyone who watched it about - real life. How to stand up to the pitfalls of society and the streets, to be courageous in the face of uncertainty. We are missing shows like this, shows that show and teach us all to be better people, a better society. We need stories that touch all parts of the human spirit, the hurts, the pains and all the joys that make us who we are. And the love and understanding that brings up together...togetherness is what is missing in our society. We all could use a piece of "Roc" in our hearts to make our skin strong and hearts soft at the same time.
This is so much more relevant today than it ever was. Drug dealing and addiction, and all the societal problems they perpetuate, are running rampant in the streets of so many cities and towns across America. We're witnessing the collapse and degradation of society as we know it.
Yes, he completely got into character. Real acting!! And they did live audience episodes too. Plus, i think charles s dutton was a boxer & in jail when he was younger too, a tough dude for real!!
@user-dk3up2nl1m Charles S. Dutton was very compassionate about uplifting our communities, so you are right, he was being naturally himself. All of a sudden, he started getting roles as a villain in movies like Surviving The Game & A Low Down Dirty Shame.
@@DennisCast7days Whatever, you don't speak for all of America. It was never a top-rated show, so most Americans didn't even watch it. The show had a urban-theme
@@killersentra imagine seeing it when it first aired. Just seeing it as a kid was insane. Network TV was innovative back then. You were always guaranteed to get something fresh and different from every other show.
Two of the realest to ever do it for the culture. We need more acting like Dutton and Powell to show reality joints to the children in today’s society. 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
Classic show with many real messages. I watched it long ago and this brings back memories. Clifton powell and charles dutton are phenomenal actors they camceled the show because it was too real and they wanted more comedy type shows and shows with less messages for black people. Andre was a stain on his community but as the show progressed you can tell Rocs words did have an impact on him because he knew it was all true. The point is this tho THERE ARE DRUG DEALERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND WE DESTROY OURSELVES THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN POVERTY . THESE YOUNG KIDS TODAY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE 80S AND 90S. THE MOST POWERFUL SHOW AT THAT TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST EVER WRITTEN. ALWAYS ENDED WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT DRUGS AND GUN VIOLENCE AND AIDS ETC.
The chemistry between Charles Dutton and Clifton Powell is so raw 🔥
Both outstanding actors
Why they never get they flowers I never know why
Thanks I forgot Charles Dutton name. S/O. Menace to society.
🐐🐐
Yes 🥲
Clifton Powell is a seriously underrated actor. He didn't get the high recognition that he deserves.
Excellent actor!
Facts
He plays the same roles in every movie/show, that's why his career us a standstill
@@cashmoney7042 He was able to play a funny role, as well as a serious role. What are you talking about??😂
That's why he is Big smoke off GTA San Andreas
The black community desperately needs shows like this again
They were afraid of this one
For what purpose?
@@ForGlory11:50
No they need that black Bible.
What city is the Black community in that needs this
THIS SHOW IS FIRE!!! CHARLES DUTTON AND CLIFTON POWELL ARE LEGENDARY ACTORS!!
Two powerhouses!
Clifton Powell is underrated actor
Pull the words out of my mouth...
Intense
This 30 minute video was better than the last 20 years of sitcom tv combined!!!
Real talk
No.
It was a great show but that’s 🧢. At least you got the likes you were fishing for.
I could FCKN AGREE MORE!
@@chillwillfromthevilleThat's not cap. The last 20 years with all these reality shows have been TRASH! That scene where Andre addressed that boy in prison wouldn't be allowed today. It would be OFFENSIVE......SMH
I must admit watched this when I was a teenager and I didn’t appreciate how much I needed this back then until now at 43 years old!! And here in 2024 it’s still VERY RELEVANT!!!
I feel the same way
The game dont change and Roc in real life used to be a gangbanger known for busting dudes heads..he spent many years in Jail and got off on fighting til he had a change of heart...this show let him flex his own life and experiences and some of the show was unscripted and live..its why ppl laugh at times they shouldn't ..they didnt use cues or tracks because Roc wanted a show that felt real...and it did
Same here! This is the kind of television we need in 2024 and beyond!
Amen 🙏🏾 preach! 🙏🏾
Clifton Powell...the hardest working black actor ever.
Charles S. Dutton is the most underrated actor ever.
He should of all the awards for acting in tv and movies.
Can you see "Cliff" portraying this type of character on the Daytime Soap, "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS" giving the likes of "Victor Newman" MORE THAN WHAT HE BARGAINED FOR??
VICTOR WOULD HAVE HAD A STROKE!!!
@@freddy8479Victor definitely would have a stroke
@@brandonjohnson7729
MOST DEF!!!!
@@brandonjohnson7729 or showing "Abe Carver on The Days of Our Lives"
WHO'S "THE REAL BROTHER" IS!!!
This show should be held up in the same light as Fresh Prince and Family Matters
Facts
The ONLY reason it isn't, is because it wasn't filled with comedic punchlines like the others....we're so accustomed to being laughed at on the screen, that when drama hits, people want to look away. Love Bill in the Cosby show, but Roc is the true father kids could honestly resonate with.
Better than both.
ROC should never have been a comedy. It should have been a dramedy. And lord knows that's an INCREDIBLY difficult genre to get right.
I really agree.
@@gary9346 Yes,indeed! Roc was most definitely better!👏💯
The acting on this show was severely underrated.
And this was all live.
They don't make shows like this anymore
Black sitcoms like these are dearly missed. Younger kids today don't know anything about Roc. This show can easily help prevent many kids from falling into gangs and drugs.
I agree with you
@@barry3426 TV shows don’t prevent kids from gangs and drugs etc….prevention starts in the home and community.
@@dennismcdaniel1it's better to have media fighting against degeneracy than supporting it like nowadays
@@dennismcdaniel1 Barry , TV shows help mold a mind and set the trends a long with music . There is thousands of suburban kids with great families in gangs . You know why ? Because the see it on tv and here it in music . Like if rap didn't exist they wouldn't be in a gang
It was too positive and showed us in a good light. Made too much sense. Many people don't want the masses to see positivity like this.
The acting dynamic of a trash man against a drug dealer is great
The confrontations and conflicts portrayed were between a "MAN" who was employed as a "SANITATION COLLECTOR" and another male who as indeed, just another "TRASH" man(?).
The real drug dealer was the cia
🤯
ROC Emerson and Andre Thompson has problems with each other all the time and they have something against each other all the time and they are still mad with each other
They need to put this show back on! Great acting and powerful messages! Ratings would be enormous! 🎯💯
Don't forget ROC was a live recording so this is phenomenal acting 💙... Tv shows of today could never
Oh forreal never knew it was done live this is awesome
@@yungcash8800 Yea. They run off set everytime commercial come on 😂
@@4.20MCOC😂damn
When it first aired it wasn’t done live but after season one they added a live studio audience.
Not all episodes were live
Andre and Roc scared me, and they weren’t even talking TO me! Good acting!
Right Andre was scary but Roc was terrifying too.
@@jessediaz1293 For real!
They both was stressing me out especially when they are fighting at the bar. Just give me my food so I can eat. 😅
The show was like a haymaker to the face with this fued. This is as real as it gets... two masculine men on opposite sides standing their ground until finally a breakthrough was met. You just don't see this kinda stuff on television anymore.
I like that it was reoccurring made it seem real and not like 1 after school special
ADONIISS✊🏾
"You might just able... to negotiate yourself... a cool spot... in Hell..." he was still roasting him
That was straight savage.
@@brandonwilliams5526Yes, Roc was "That Dude" fr! Every scene with him and Andre was very intense!😳
Savage line
One of the best shows ever. Hit on real issues. Charles Dutton was fire. Clifton Powell was on point.
Friday October 25,2024 and this far in 7:24 my emotions are all over the place!!! This was when TV was literally life!!! I love this show!!
Thank you for putting this together. No sitcom EVER had a storyline like this. So damn good.
South Central
@@hermansmithjr561 canceled after 3 seasons the networks wanted to replace the real with the comedy shows of the 90s
@@aseamin2529 He meant that the tv show South Central had a storyline like this. Honestly, South Central went harder than Roc. That's why they cancelled it after 1 season and then replaced it with Moesha aka South Central lite.
@hermansmithjr561 very underrated. South Central was actually more dramatic than Roc. I remember it fondly. It was also on FOX if I am not mistaken. FOX started distancing themselves from Black casted shows around 1996-1997.
@@aseamin2529 South Central was cancelled after eight episodes because Fox thought it was too raw (which is bullshit), which was why Roc got axed after three seasons. Big networks apparently didn't (and still don't) want TV shows that the Brothas and Sistas can relate to
This show was 30 years ahead of its time
Fully agree, and it's a shame u just don't get this type of quality television anymore.
maybe as a whole but this part of it wasn’t , crack was in full swing , this show showed exactly what happened in blue collar communities .
I would like a remake but we have seen what Hollywood has done with remakes in the past lol
they wouldn't even be capable today, they would have forced an lgbt side plot in and diluted the real important issues that this show addressed. It was a 1 of 1
kinda. there was def no other show like it. for sure. but that reality was def a thing in those times. i was almost in andres shoes at one point. this show. The one where the kid was killed is what Literally turned it around for me. i still cry watching that
Agree to the fullest
I lived through this in the 80s& 90s and it brings tears to my eyes to know how this show depicts real life in the hood for our people
This is not a realistic depiction unfortunately. This is, rather, an idealistic view into what could/should be. If gangsters were as honorable as Andre our neighborhoods wouldn’t look the way they do. People are killed for far less than what rock did everyday. Here in Baltimore you could get followed home and killed over a minor dispute at a club. It’s sad but true.
I totally agree with you. You said nothing but truth
So true these young kids will never know
The passion of acting in this era is unmatched . It’s like you actually had to be good at what you do .
For ANY Black person, in ANY ERA, PERIOD, and GENERATION SINCE CIRCA 1619 A.D. in this part of North America, to merely "SURVIVE" one MUST BE "GOOD " at one's endeavor, and that's "the bottom line." The requirements to be "successful" are such as having an abundance of passion, fortitude, resolution, perseverance, along with aptitude and talent and possessing the knowledge that one MUST BE TWICE AS "GOOD," and WORK THREE TIMES AS HARD AS HARD TO ACQUIRE SOME "Semblance" PARITY THAT IS GIVEN "GRATIS" TO Caucasians here in this country .
@@MickyTubbs1985 Same old model minority BS. Same said in Latino communities, Asian communities, etc. At what point does it end? And when it does end, what will the black community do next with no one to play the victim or the underdog against?
The 4 mains were stage veterans, so this wasn't much of a leap for them in terms of acting ability, but a leap for Rocky Carroll for sure it seems.
Clifton Powell my favorite actor. I get the whole Denzel thing and all, but Clifton is low key on that level. He is criminally underrated
#FACTory
Menace 2 Society
Plus he's versatile. His comedic characters are funny asf
FACTS
@@Fgaentertainment true. He can play a convincing drug dealer one minute, then the next minute he can play a convincing preacher. Lol
I was too young to appreciate this show
I'm ready to give it a go.
Same over here
I saw this when this was airing as a kid but couldn't get the message
Watching the clips as a adult wish i watched this more
Show should have been swimming in Emmys
That is a absolute fact!
Most definitely
Too black for the committee
@@freddyvidztoo REAL for the committee
black shows in the 90s and early 2000s were taking over the TV sitcom slots, then "You Know Who" pulled the plug and canceled them all so blacks would never have media might and gain power ($$$$) Living Single was #1 hit show got canceled so Friends (copycat version of 6 adults living together in New York) could prosper off the momentum.
Good LORD!!!!! The acting in this show. 🤯🤯🤯
Charles S. Dutton & Clifton Powell tore the roof off of all these scenes. Shame on me for never knowing this existed.
Incredible. I was the whitest suburban kid ever and this was my fav show lol. Even at 11 years old I knew Charles Dutton was the man.
@@axe2grind244 I remember seeing my grandfather watching when I was a kid, but I of course had no interest in it. I was more of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle kinda guy back then. Lol but yeah as adult looking back at this, the acting is just amazing, man.
@@qc1679it's strange because I was the same kind of kid like you but I used to watch a lot of sitcoms. This was one of them. I just loved TV as a kid. That's mostly the difference. There are shows that I can remember most don't
@@TheDumontShow Right. Like as far as sitcoms that I definitely know I watched, it’d be Fresh Prince, Martin, and A Different World not in any particular order. But I definitely want to watch this series, just off of this UA-cam clip alone.
And the whole 2nd season was done completely live with hardly any recognition for that feat at all.
Clifton is a friend of mine. He told us, Charles Dutton was choking the shyt outta him, during that scene. Charles was a true method actor.
if i ever met clifton powell, id shake his hand for this role. one of the best underrated actors, i love his acting, its real and raw
🤣🤣🤣
I met him in Charleston SC. He was doing a play . I drove a transport bus for him the others to Columbia SC and then Va...
I heard that too. Charles Dutton was the truth
Shows like this South Central and New York Undercover was my era! I was 10 when these shows came out 👍👍
Me too the good days
10 lol damn youngin
@@tarataylor6489 This is why morals will never be forgotten to me
I was around the same age or a lil older than 10. The 90s can't ever be duplicated. Everything was top notch. Especially Black folks on TV. They were at the height of their greatness.
@@TheDumontShow yeah! I know I was young, but older enough to understand morals; especially growing up in the projects with my mother it was hard.👍👍
Damn in 2024 I am feeling these scenes......this is powerful.
The 90s was that era.
Todays tv cant even compare!
Me too bruh
Same here my friend 🤝🏾
Yes I miss this show
Andre's character mirrored Charles Duttons early life in many ways. It was almost like he was trying to talk to the younger version of himself in these scenes to change his ways.
Give Charles S Dutton
&
Clifton Powell their flowers 💐 they always been top tier actors.
They make our people look good.
Preach
Before Pinky owned his record store.
😂Facts.
😂 damn
@crazysquadnation Hell, this is how he got the money for the record store. 😂
Well he WAS told by Rocc and his supporters that "maybe it's time to change yo business".
@craigchandlee "Who sent you, nukka?!" "Ewwwwww!!! Say something else!!!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember seeing the pilot for this show. We were in the mall and they asked us to watch it and vote on it. I was glad when the show finally aired. This was a good show.
Clifton Powell doesn’t get the recognition he deserves and in my opinion has earned.
📍🏹📣🎯📢📌
The chemistry between Charles Dutton and Clifton Powell is phenomenal… I miss tv shows like this such powerful meaning and messages ✊🏽❤️✨
I remember being a teenager and not liking this show when it came on because I didn't understand it. Now I'm grown and in my 40's I'm seeing how deep this show was and the acting is superior.
This last episode showed that Andre would’ve probably been a dynamic youth counselor or speaker has the show continued.
He told lil dude some real shit that episode!
Man I would have loved to see Andres redemption
Agree
This show was too raw for television. Wow. Roc and Clifton Powell chemistry is superb. This clip is powerful. Give them their flowers now. The cast of ROC deserves it. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
This hands down is some of the best acting I've ever seen. Clifton Powell and Charles Dutton deserve Oscar's.
This is superb acting and writing. RESPECT to Charles Dutton and Clifton Powell.
I am a fan of Roc. Shameful that this show only ran for 3 seasons. Why? Any show to uplift the Black Community never stands a chance. That's why we need to support our own and have our own like other communities have that I admire and respect. Thank you so much for this compilation.
It's a shame that someone like Tyler Perry doesn't try to recreate something like this with a strong black heterosexual male lead
@@ledgic1317 I agree. Tyler Perry more than likely knows that a show like that wouldn't last.
Them white folks ain't letting Blk Ppl back up.
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You are right about that my friend Rodney Perry he knows Clifton Powell they work together also I got a friend named p o o h man was on the movie menace to society with Charles s . AKA Rock
Not just my parents help me get through hard days but shows like this also helped ❤❤❤
People don't realize this was real acting this was live.
I remember the entire season was Live episodes. I only saw one mistake and Charles Dutton's improv corrected the mistake
They didn't have to act. Being themselves worked perfectly
@@CeanMurq🔥👍💪💯👏
That's right! I remember that. Roc was shown live for an entire season, right?
You can feel it too.
Half of the "Menace to Society" cast is on the show 😂😂😂
There were/ are only so many jobs for Black actors in Hollywood.
Chauncey 😂
@@marlostanfield8127😂😂😂😂 damn I was going to say that 👊😬
@@gutterbois Tone Loc was on Poetic Justice
@@adriansmith1939 who said anything about tone loc
This video is absolutely educational, why are we not showing our kids these impactful memorable videos??
Shows like this low-key put sense into our heads back in the day.
No it didn’t. Drugs was still running rampant in the community so this didn’t do shit
@saehisaya I’m just being fr. Folks saying that this show helped the black community. How?
@@vince11harris A show by itself can't stop crime but it taught valuable lessons they literally don't can can't make sitcoms like Roc anymore that showed blk community in a more realistic positive light.
@@ShamanTiers how? By having people deal with gangs members bitching them half of the time. Lots of tv shows did PSAs on drugs and gangs but it didn’t stop shit. That’s up to to the communities and the government
Whether it helped or not the message was still there, and it sure isn’t on tv today so if they felt the audience wouldn’t take it seriously they’d still have tv shows like this
I would like to see reruns of this show like they do Martin, Family Matters, fresh Prince, Good Times, and others
On Pluto TV in the Black Classics!
It’s on PlutoTV….. great app for lots of classics.
Too much realness and positivity
Thank you very much@@jalisabradford6201
Walmart has all of them in all seasons box sets 👍🏾
What’s crazy in this scene is that Roc (Charles S Dutton) was the person portraying an honest working man but in reality came up through a prison system that altered his trajectory. Clifton Powell’s character here could’ve easily been what Roc became in real life
I SAY DAT ALL’A TIME!!!!!!!!
They need to give Clifton his star on the ground at the Hollywood hall of fame ASAP!
Washington DC’s finest fr ! Best actor we got ! A part from Samuel L being born here but Clifton a bad boy !
Outstanding actor ❤ when he playing a good guy or a bad guy love him on tv show south central..
Clifton's son is dating one of the Obama girls.
U have to pay for those stars they aren’t free most of the time unless u a global entity
Both Clifton and ROC
This show has some powerful actor's!
Drop the apostrophe on "actors", and you'd be right.
😊😊😊Lowkey (thank you)
Roc reminds me so much of my father, a pillar of the community, strong loyal and a faithful leader. I really wish the show was taken way more seriously than it already was back in the day.
*A pillar of the community... a pillar is those big, strong columns that hold up the front of a building or the columns that hold up a bridge... A pillow of the community would mean he was super soft and slept on... pillar, bro... pillar
This is INTENSE! There's not stuff like this anymore.
This is what real sitcom TV should be like, impactful, meaningful and emotional. TV nowadays concentrate too much on humor alone and has no substance. Not this show....I used to watch with my Pops and entire family back in the 90s and we always talked about what we saw and what it meant to them. That's why these episodes and show resonate so deep in me after all these years as a 47 yrs old man.
humour or just all out soft core corn
Man i miss when shows like this that actually talked About something Real. And Clifton was such a Underrated Actor , he deserves his Flowers 💐 💯
This show was just too real for its time
Straight up GROUNDBREAKING! ! ! ! ! I'm now 45 and dis shit HIT DIFFERENT. Now that I'm a full-grown man and done BEEN THRU SOME SHIT, dis show is a whole notha different type of powerful! Back then when I was in my youth, it was a favorite, but now, all the jewels are more readily perceivable!
It was right on time in them days
Perfect timing, this show was always heavy.
Facts i had my girl watching it with me
Yep
I wonder if the people in the bar started to think "damn, I can never relax and have a quiet drink at this spot" 😂
ain't nooo dancing, pool, dart tournament or nothing 🤣🤣 just Roc and Andre beefing ✌🏿
@@GreenMile2Stepper😂😂😂
After all that fighting, I will never return. 😂😂😂 Stressing me out and all I want is food hour happy special.
I’d definitely be the one like, “Who turned the music and the TVs off? And where the hell is my drink, bartender?! What is this, a bar a improv group?” lol
You got jokes!😅
How the hell did this show not win Emmys?? Such powerful acting. The cast was perfect for each other. Damn…
You know why
@@mkrs01gWe All Know Why.
@@mkrs01gall because of skin color🙄
Who is here in 2024!
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Watch this when I was 9 years old and it keep me out of prison
I use to love this show. They had to get rid of it because it taught real life lessons. Kept alot of us out of jail. For awhile atlest
This was classic! Much needed episode during those times.
Man this is ROCK.
Don't matter what year it is.
Clifton was a beast on Dead Presidents. Still get chills today as a 40+yr old man.
It taught me to always take care of your family and don’t ever let another man do it.
These type of sitcoms need to come back!
Dynamic acting from both actors right to Clifton changing his voice after he got shot. If anybody else noticed that.
His character had a hole in his lung after he got shot.
Facts
We Need This Show Back ASAP 💯
ROC Was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Now see...why don't I remember this existing?....These clips alone had a millions gems and Oscar worthy acting...very dope...
This sitcom was serious but true.
These were the most inspirational shows ever. I got to show my kids these shows. I miss these times
I met Mr.Powell at a store in ATL and he is such a humble,respectful,down to earth and fun person to meet. He is amazing and a great guy
TrashMan vs DopeMan rivalry in Roc is very captivating
He hate seeing his community got dragged in drug…
This great acting by Charles Dutton and Clifton Powell.
Damn I forgot Tone Loc was in this! Man… Fresh Prince and Martin get all the love for black primetime sitcoms of the 90s, but Roc was a cut above. It’s due for a serious rewatch. Cmon Netflix or somebody: give this the Friends treatment. People need to see this.
Roc had that grown man strength
Old school ish lol
The James Evans of his time.
NAhFR!!!!!
@@scenesthathit1958The 90's was an intense time!!
In real life Charles S Dutton did time on a murder one. He just had to let Andre know it's still in him, if need be
This was a primetime black sitcom.
This show was so raw and real …..miss the 90s like fr
To this day i still wish this would have continued past Andre's change of heart moment. This series was Extremely necessary
Clifton Powell was one of my regular customers in Los Angeles and man, let me tell you he was such a good guy on and off the screen. Humble, funny and never showed an ounce of disrespect. Oh, and yea, he did the Pinky scene from the movie Friday lol.
Haha that must have been dope
I remember watching this live. I remember it like it was yesterday. Such a underrated show
In the end Roc has a final heart to heart moment with Andre that almost had him in tears.
Fox was full of crap for not showing this sitcom love and respect.
@@jamesgibson3716after 1999, fox got what they wanted... Ratings and no sense of respect afterwards. Fox from 1988 to 1997 they were crushing it. Every show was good. South Central, roc, martin, living single, in living color, New York undercover and then poof... They sold us out.
Cause he finally understood Andre
The acting performances by Clifton Powell and Charles S. Dutton is nothing short of Perfection!
I watched every min of this proud I was alive when this came out. We need shows like this again no more reality shows
Roc be acting his ass off
I don't think he was acting,he was Real with The Characters Message etc.I remember him playing another as a drug dealer in some movie
Roc should have gotten on Enmy for his acting.
@papmaster8874 guess he never moved to Kansas 😂😂😂
The roc did a bid for murder , I don't think he was acting.
In everything, he definitely deserves a star on the hollywood walk of fame!! He was good in alien 3 too.
The Television Show Roc was very Powerful it was something to really relate to poverty The Crime element violence and Real life situations the storyline was hardhitting and very accurate. And most of all it had a very positive message. Charles S. Dutton and all of the phenomenal cast Did an outstanding job and they were so very underrated I wish that the Fox Network had kept them on Amazing performances you all Deserve Academy Awards. For this Masterpiece of Black Excellence.
This show is Legendary. God damn. I still get emotional watching this. Absolute great acting and has so many powerful messages. I pray our community gets back to this level of heart and integrity.
They don’t air shows like this anymore for a reason smh. Keep your minds liberated young kings and queens
But there are shows like this. Queen sugar, Carmichael show had moments like this. House of payne, my wife and kids. This is us. Blackish
There are shows like this or with moments like this.
Amen
This is more than a show or sitcom, it taught everyone who watched it about - real life. How to stand up to the pitfalls of society and the streets, to be courageous in the face of uncertainty. We are missing shows like this, shows that show and teach us all to be better people, a better society. We need stories that touch all parts of the human spirit, the hurts, the pains and all the joys that make us who we are. And the love and understanding that brings up together...togetherness is what is missing in our society. We all could use a piece of "Roc" in our hearts to make our skin strong and hearts soft at the same time.
Sorry we were teens at the time and we didn't care about the show. Yeah it's a great show, we watch it, then 30 mins later its back to real life
Thank you Roc. After this episode he quit selling drugs, changed his name to Pinky, grew a jerry curl and opened a record store in Rancho Cucamonga
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This is so much more relevant today than it ever was. Drug dealing and addiction, and all the societal problems they perpetuate, are running rampant in the streets of so many cities and towns across America. We're witnessing the collapse and degradation of society as we know it.
The crazy part is Charles S Dutton wasn’t acting.
True that he was real
When i was a kid...he seemed like he was acting natural...i can always feel him be angry
Yes, he completely got into character. Real acting!! And they did live audience episodes too. Plus, i think charles s dutton was a boxer & in jail when he was younger too, a tough dude for real!!
@user-dk3up2nl1m Charles S. Dutton was very compassionate about uplifting our communities, so you are right, he was being naturally himself. All of a sudden, he started getting roles as a villain in movies like Surviving The Game & A Low Down Dirty Shame.
Growing up in Baltimore I can’t stress how real of a situation this was for hard working law abiding people in the city.
Two legendary actors on a SERIOUSLY underrated show! These two actors brought 100% realism to these characters!
Roc was intense. His eyes were locked in on Andre. Incredibly powerful scene.
Facts.... A man with no fear to protect what's his, is a VERY dangerous man.
I haven't seen this show for years, this is the best acting in any show of the 90's, perfectly cast, powerful show !!!
Roc was a ground-breaking show. They actually broadcast the show live, which shows the skill of the cast.
Not sure how I landed here, but I'm here for it.
I watched the whole video!😢🙈
You started off with the cosby show
Me too lol
Same
If this show had one more season, we probably would’ve seen Andre finding redemption and getting some help to turn his life around
I agree
Those last couple of seasons made Roc one of the best black TV shows in history
wrong. One of the best American TV shows@@muskegontribune
@@DennisCast7days Whatever, you don't speak for all of America. It was never a top-rated show, so most Americans didn't even watch it. The show had a urban-theme
so rating determine if something is worthwhile? @@muskegontribune
We need more shows like this. They don’t have these anymore. Very powerful and relevant even today.
☝️🤡☝️
They not unfortunately they like Wretchedness
Better production and acting vs 90% of todays movie and television. In 1 epsisode.
@@killersentra imagine seeing it when it first aired. Just seeing it as a kid was insane. Network TV was innovative back then. You were always guaranteed to get something fresh and different from every other show.
YES !
Two of the realest to ever do it for the culture. We need more acting like Dutton and Powell to show reality joints to the children in today’s society. 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
Shed a lot of tears watching these clips and show!..shows how great the acting is and how our community is still suffering from these atrocities 😢😊🙏🏾
Folks in the bar was probably tired of Roc and Andre. “Man I’m just trying to have a drink, here go these two fools again” 😂
Lolll
Haha they thought damn. I just wanted a buzz 😂
Facts🤣🤣
It really looked like Charles and Clifton hated each other.for real Amazing acting.
That’s what happens when two powerhouse actors share a scene.
I felt this whole video scene by scene. This was one of my favorite shows. It is relevant today!
Classic show with many real messages. I watched it long ago and this brings back memories. Clifton powell and charles dutton are phenomenal actors they camceled the show because it was too real and they wanted more comedy type shows and shows with less messages for black people. Andre was a stain on his community but as the show progressed you can tell Rocs words did have an impact on him because he knew it was all true. The point is this tho THERE ARE DRUG DEALERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND WE DESTROY OURSELVES THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN POVERTY . THESE YOUNG KIDS TODAY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE 80S AND 90S. THE MOST POWERFUL SHOW AT THAT TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST EVER WRITTEN. ALWAYS ENDED WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT DRUGS AND GUN VIOLENCE AND AIDS ETC.