Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube sound file and a YouTube video of the 1985 Hip Hop classic "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick.
Selected comments from the discussion threads for the embedded examples are included in this post. Most of these comments focus on the commenters' lists of their favorite old school Hip Hop recording artists.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick for their musical legacies. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIP HOP RECORD "THE SHOW"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Show_(Doug_E._Fresh_song)
" "The Show" is a single by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. Described as "a reality show of a Hip Hop performance" the track focuses on a conversation between Doug E. Fresh and MC Ricky D (later known as Slick Rick) as they prepare for a show.[1] The song incorporates portions of the melody from the theme song of the animated series Inspector Gadget.[2] The original issue of the song featured a line where Slick Rick mockingly sings a verse from The Beatles' "Michelle" (1965), but all subsequent reissues have removed this line since the rights to the song were never secured.
Originally released as a single, the track was later remixed and included on the 1986 Oh, My God! album.
Reception
"The Show" was named Spin magazine's top rap single of the year, and in Europe (where it received air time on pop music stations such as BBC Radio 1) it broke the record for the best selling rap single of all time.[3] The song peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1985[4] and was #8 on Jet's top 20 for the same month.[5] The record was produced by Dennis Bell & Ollie Cotton for City Slicker Productions.
While one 1985 critic for Spin included the song in a list of "stupid music"—making fun of Doug E. Fresh's lyrics about his shoes, and calling Slick Rick's sendup of "Michelle" "pathetic"—he still concluded that the single is "the sh&t*".[6] Billboard refused to take it seriously, declaring it the "funniest comedy album of the year".[7] Even when it became only the fourth rap single ever to reach gold record status, the same reviewer stated that it only proved that "talk isn't always cheap".[8]
Legacy
The song is featured in New Jack City and CB4, but is not included in the soundtrack album of either film. Chris Rock, who starred in both these films, would later have Slick Rick perform the song live to introduce his HBO special Bigger & Blacker.
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"The Show"
Single by Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
B-side "La Di Da Di"
Released: August 13, 1985
Recorded: 1984
Genre: Hip hop
Length: 6.40
Label: Reality/Fantasy Records
Songwriter(s): Douglas Davis; Richard Walters
Producer(s): Dennis Bell and Ollie Cotton; Doug E. Fresh (co.)Teddy Riley
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[6]. John Leland (November 1985). When Stupid Music Happens to Smart People: The Sounds of Nonsense. Spin Magazine."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this article.
Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-show-lyrics-doug-e-fresh.html for the complete lyrics for this record.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
Example #1: Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick-The Show
92Rare X Kingston ON, Jun 3, 2008
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Example #2: The Show - Doug E Fresh
CousinSinister, Feb 11, 2011
Performance from Soul Train.
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SELECTED COMMENTS
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDkqz5C62SM [given above as Example #1]
Rosa Evangelista, 2011
"The art of Story telling is lost in today's jibberish. Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick together...OMG, untouchable. Back when rap was an art and the artists wrote their own lyrics. Fun music, made you dance, and new dances came out with every new jam. House parties, teen age clubs , Kangols,fat shoe laces, Gazelles and Dookie gold ropes. Fun just remembering my early teen age years."
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Joe Smith, 2015
"Being a 12 year old white kid in1985 . Hearing this for the first time my brain exploded . Run DMC ..UTFO . Public enemy, Whodini , Dougie fresh ,slick rick, etc.... These black artist opened up a whole new world to middle class white kids who never really heard to much black music around the house."
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REPLY
John tito, 2015
"@Joe Smith Tell me about it. I was 9 in the midwest and a new kid moved to town from Cali with some tapes. This was one of the first rap songs I ever heard and it just blew our minds. Doug E Fresh, Run DMC, LL, LA Dream Team, Egyptian lover, it was like music from another planet. All the older kids were listening to hair bands and thought we were freaks, and we thought they were so far behind it didn't matter. It really was a whole new thing, fresh."
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Greg Stokes, 2015
"....I've lived in So Fla my whole life and some of the people in NY moved down here in the early 80's and brought this to me. The Rappin Duke, UTFO, Kool Moe Dee, Eric B & Rakim, and many others got me into early hip-hop....great post, bro."
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REPLY
Greg Stokes, 2015
"@Greg Stokes KRS One"
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Don't worry Be Happy, 2018
"Yessss I love duggie fresh was the man slick rick big daddy cool mo d special ed LL cool j n let's not forget biz marque its more but I was young so I am trying to remembere (:this made my nite thank you God bless old rap old school oldies goodies because it was the best Amen"
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chessdrummer, 2018
"Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" 1980 was another anthem. It was the first one to go big."
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In addition, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-concept-of-nommo-power-of-word.html for other comments from this discussion thread that include the use of the African American Vernacular English words "Word!" and "Word up".
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SELECTED COMMENTS
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Pmp8VtJwI [given above as Example #2]
1. Erik Stone, 2011
"I Believe This Was A Video Clip From The 493rd Edition Of "Soul Train" On December 14, 1985."
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Daphne Dwritewell Williams, 2011
"Okay for ALL ya'll that DON'T know THIS IS CALLED THE SHOW, CLASSIC HIP HOP RIGHT HERE And 4 the Record Dougie Fresh from Harlem, NY created the Dougie "The Dance" i.e his name and claim to fame ... Bally's Had me a pair, Classic Coca Cola shirt, WOW look at him and Slick Rick, I use to LOVE HIP HOP... U MISSED THE SHOW NO NO NO WE DIDN'T ... HUMAN BEAT BOXER = Dougie Fresh"
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