jjcenterprises, Jul 6, 2006
No this ain't no Juvenile's video but yes they are using the
same song and they are both from New Orleans. Straight Outta of New Orleans...
DJ Jubilee bring the bounce music harder out of New Orleans map. This song
"Back That (Ass) Thang Up" has been blow up the south east regional
(gulf states) radio & video airwaves via local cable channel.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of New Orleans rapper DJ Jubilee's 1998 song "Back That Ass Up" (also known as "Back That Thang Up"). That video features Black men and Black women doing various twerking dances that DJ Jubilee called out.
This post also presents selected comments from several discussion threads of DJ Jubilee's videos and one video of New Orleans Bounce music. Most of these comments document opinions and attitudes about men twerking in the 1990s New Orleans and elsewhere to this date (2023).
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and entertainment purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to DJ Jubilee and other Bounce music performers for their musical and cultural legacies. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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WARNING- Some of the comments in this compilation are homophobic and don't represent my views about LGBT people.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THESE YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREADS
These comments are given in chronological order except for replies. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. Brief explanatory notes are attached to a few of these comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAxtgk5EJw
[This is the video that is embedded in this post.]
2006
1. @dboifresh
"No Homo on the dudes dancing in the video. I remember dudes
used to dance off this crap in school. It brings back good memories of ol'
skool dances but...only because the girls used to go hard. SMH"
2007
2.
"dats how us New Orleans ppl do so get used to it"
2008
3. @lilbitkay92
"it brings baq memories of de old days. and its funny how
dancin changed from then ta now, cuz in the video dudes danced and shaked their
ahzez. now, da dudes just act like gangstas and thugs...dey try ta act all hard
and stuff while da females dance crazy wit da big booties. datz nasty ta
straight girls, but dudes on da otha hand. mahn, its funny how stuff change ova
lifetime."
4. @SlimDBoy
"I guess Juvenile had to return the favor by stealing his
stuff, except he made the biggest club banger ever with his lol, Its funny how
stuff turn out. I peep how CMR was trynn be tough guys and was trying to call
Jubilee nem homo for the tight shiny shirts and twerkin they were doin as men.
Its all clearn now. I always wanted to see the videos that went with the dances
they was doin."
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Juvenile is a New Orleans' rapper. "His" in this comment refers to DJ Jubilee, another New Orleans rapper. Click https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jury-sides-with-juvenile-in-song-theft-case-71207/ for a 2003 article about Juvenile and DJ Jubilee. That article reports that a jury ruled against DJ Jubilee in his suit that alleged that Juvenile's hit 1999 song "Back That Azz Up" was based on Jubilee's 1998 song "Back That Thang Up" (also known as "Back That Ass Up"). The two New Orleans rappers had problems with each other prior to the release of both of those songs, as evidenced by DJ Jubilee's diss of Juvenile in his 1993 recird "Jubilee All".
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CMR= Cash Money Records (Juvenile's record label)
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5. @tdubblz
"yeah i do agree that looking in retrospect this does look
gay but back then at home this WAS how EVERYBODY danced.
remember the beenie weenie?
'Bounce fa da juvenile' / That ain't it! / Do
the Jubilee Aw / he made that sh-t*!"
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*This word is fully spelled out in that comment. The words "Bounce fa da juvenile' / That ain't it! / Do the Jubilee ", a diss to the rapper Juvenile, are part of the lyrics to that song. "the Beenie Weenie" is a dance that DJ Jubilee made up and called out in his 1993 "Jubilee All" record.
2010
6. @mizzundefined95
"I question all of these guys sexuality"
7. @thenixonsfrombmoretotexas7208
"Did they make the dance 4 males n females?? Lol"
Reply
8.@SassySax, 2014
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Reply
9. @freeX3yourself
"Back in the day it was okay for a boy to twerk.... But today
you get judged"
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Reply
10. @Mookie504
"Shouldn't really give a crap about who judge
you. If Missy Elliott, Mia X, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Lil Kim and Salt-N-Pepa
can rap like the fellas, then it's cool that men wobble, shake and twerk like
females. We worry about what people think of us too much. If they don't like
us, they can just F <%k off!!! Can't please everyone."
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This is the way that comment is written in that discussion thread.
11. @letstalkwithpatrickpodcast
"Twerking been out in the south since the early
90's. Funny how Miley Cyrus do it it is all of a sudden a new dance. I'm from
GA and we been saying that word for a long time along with N.O. and other
southern areas"
2011
12. @twirl2009
"is he gay..im from baton rouge and still cant tell if this
dude gay....ummmm can someone from the N.O answer that for me cuz guys dont
dance like this in baton rouge lol beat is hot though lol"
2012
13. @imperialcadsr
"To all the people saying this is gay,back then in the early
90's those were the styles then and a man got much play from the ladies if u
danced. That what we did and do in the
south. Tha N.O is a party Period this video is old and a classic that made a
lot of people famous,rich, and gave young blk men and women something to do
then hang on the block or kill so if you Aint been here before visit and I bet
my 401 k ur views change"
14.
"Classic song but suspect as f--k*, like wtf was going in in
NO , loon at the bounce scenes now full of gay artist. Going hard tho can’t lie"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
2021
15. @timsmith4631
"I never knew men twerking was a thing"
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Reply
16. @Mookie504
"It is. You don’t see that around too much"
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17. @Street__Tmz
"Grown men twerking wtf"
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18. @Mookie504
"I like seeing men twerk and shake. Men get discriminated,
homophobic, or sexist by other people for shaking and twerking . That’s nothing
wrong with a man shaking his ass or twerking. This was before Lil Nas X
Industry Baby where men was twerking. I don’t care if y’all agree or disagree
about men twerking or shaking. Cheeky Blakk, DJ Jubilee, & Partners-N Crime
also few New Orleans Bounce artist say twerk something, Ni--a*. I still shake
and twerk. That’s like saying Women not suppose to play football or any other
sport."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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2022
19.@orlandeuce6567
"DUDES TWERKING????"
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DISCUSSION THREAD #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCz5RP2gfY "DJ Jubilee "Jubilee All", published by Albatross Records\RN'D Distribution,LLC., Feb 29,
2012
2014
1. @gadjit07
"this is when it was cool for guys to twerk."
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Reply
2. @teem5642, 2020
" @lionheart4529 naah doubt it was. Gay people not known for
twerking. Ofcourse now it aint cool for man to be twerking. Think about it,
bright colors used to be big pimping, now embraced by gay people at prides.
Everything has its time i guess. Skinny jeans were considered gay but loads man
are wearing them now"
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3. @kgoldwire9706, 2020
"It was never cool for guys to twerk. IDK what this dude got
going on"
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Reply
4. @cameroncarter1639, 2020
"It was never cool for dudes to twerk"
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Reply
5. @Nino-zg4ux, 2021
"It was never cool for dudes to twerk wth"
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Reply
6. @beecool2888, 2021
" @kgoldwire9706 😂😂 never been and
im from new Orleans. Wtf he trippin off"
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Reply
7. @lql1094,2021
" @kgoldwire9706 I haf'ta agree. Dudes stickin' they ass out
just look gay. I still bounce to the music tho."
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Reply
8. @fa9183,2022
"Still cool in Africa lol"
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2017
9. @silvabackseth5334
"lol I've lived in new Orleans for about a a fuw months and
they got gay gangsters out there brah and dudes shake ass out there heavy sh-t* weird kuz in frome dha city I will never understand dha sh-t* it's gay"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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10. @Priinsu
"So the first recorded instance of a song or video of
twerking is men twerking? I think this drives the point home about gender being
a social construct. I mean typically when we think of twerking we think of
women doing it because it's mostly thought of as something women ( and effeminate
men) do but here in this video we see seemingly straight men twerking in rap no
less and proud of it. Somewhere along the line from this until now there was a
shift in gender expectations for twerking. Where even though one of the first
depictions of twerking was by men it became something more associated with
feminity and considered less masculine.
Idk I just think it's interesting the way it played out."
2020
11. @kennedyram
"Were those boys twerking?"
Reply
"Hell yeah"
2023
13. @jonathannorris2052
"Dude was sweeter than 5 pounds of sugar"
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14. @H2K480
"Most dudes in this video wuz killas"
DISCUSSION THREAD #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tLnYx7xbk "
Straight Outta of New Orleans... DJ Jubilee bring the bounce
music harder out of New Orleans map. This song "Do the Jubilee All"
has been seen in Bayou Classic & NBC nationwide during their halftime back
in late 90's.
2012
1. @1barbiedollboo
"I was in middle school.....lafayette la.....couldnt tell me
and my clique we werent the sh@/! at
those middle schl dances doing the jubilee, wearing gangsta nikes, starched
down jeans, with the tommy shirt and snkskn belt....kmsl"
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This is how this comment is given in this discussion thread.
2013
2. @tswagg504
"yeah this song is old...came out in like 93. It's funny to
see people think that twerking is something new, and I've known about it my
whole life. When I was in third grade back then, the girls used to twerk to
this on the school yard lol."
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3. @purpandorange
"HAHAH definitely early 1990s"
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4. @quavonlyons1874
"gives me a good picture of how adulta used to dance n
parties"
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5. @bigcartoonyIIV
"LOL. Shot out to the grown men that still do the
bennieweenie..lol"
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2021
5. @issaread5937
"yall notice its men twerking too! get it!"
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6. @Jijuane
"Real men are twerking 😩🤣🤣🤣"
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DISCUSSION THREAD #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZgp8vYsU8 "Ya Heard Me®..... New Orleans Bounce Music Film", published by Allgood Tvshow, Aug
10, 2006
2009
@saintdenis11
"is it me or are all the top bounce artist today gay? kattin
red, gotty boi chris, even old school take fo is gay. I know from the start
bounce had a gay side to hit. the only time i saw men shaking their ass was to
bounce music. but now it seems to be 90% gay? is it just me? i ain't trying to
dis bounce or gay people. I don't hate like that, but that is just something im
noticing."
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"Take Fo'" is DJ Jubilee's record label. "Fo'" here means "Four".
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DISCUSSION THREAD #5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvrfLQhQvBA&t=3078s NewOrleans Mardi Gras 1992, published by Gank D, June 28,2017
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2018
1. @SUNNYLEO24
"31:01 he doin to much "😑Lil Boy" "
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2. Reply
@edwardjohnson9282
"Smh.....I see y'all got the boys twerking too"
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3. @in_da_shade_wit_guccipaid510, 2023
"The boys was eating doe lol 😂😂😂 I’m
from north Louisiana and me and my boy cousins use to eat to lol my daddy and
grandpa use to gas me up to twerk back I. In the 90s I was 2 when this video
came out so by 2002 I couldn’t be touched in twerking 😂"
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"The boys were eating doe" = "The boys were eating though' .
In the context of this comment, "eating" means to do something very well.
"gas me up"= spur me on; encourage me
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4. @moniquegorman
"Been twerking.. The boyz was moving more than the
girls..mannnn I miss these days.."
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5, @captrodgers4273
"twerkin before it was twerkin"
2022
6. @dimviesel
"This is a trip
I thought twerking started in Miami…
Great classic footage🤙🏾"
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7. @gankd2154
"No bro don't let them fool Ya a lot of people think that,
but New Orleans started twerking first. DJ Jubilee & Cheeky Blakk created
the word "TWERK" it wasn't even in the dictionary. Thank you 💯"
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8. @freedomisthechoicesyoumake8594
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9. @gankd2154
"@freedomisthechoicesyoumake8594 yea I Know 🤣"
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10. @ga4l487
""twerking" has always been a Southern thing. So it
was everywhere, we justdidn't have social media to connect us."
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11. @macka1815
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12. @in_da_shade_wit_guccipaid510, 2023
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