You know you remember every one of them!
La Bouche
Nikki French
Real McCoy
Cici Peniston
Alice DeeJay
Eiffel 65
Sonique
And I bet you danced a little too.
- Kali
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Sure it’s a cliché, but sometimes it happens to be true. And oh my, did I ever find truth in that cliché while watching the Yo! MTV Raps marathon that’s been running on digital channel MTV Jamz for the past few weeks. Thank Baby D’s “I’m Bout Money” clip for providing this revelation. Now, there is absolutely nothing remarkable about this video. It’s every cash, hos, bling clip you’ve ever seen. But what I do find remarkable is that I remember The Roots parodying this exact video — 12 years ago. “What They Do” was a perfect send-up of mid-90s rap video excess. There’s something sad about the fact that it’s still just as relevant over a decade later.
- Amirah
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The Roots - What They Do
Who could forget the Vengaboys? Many of us tried and failed, especially when Six Flags resurrected “Who Likes To Party” for their own commercial purposes. Or if you ever saw the fateful karaoke of “Boom Boom Boom Boom” that Art Brut posted online, enough said. But go onto YouTube and type in their name, and sure enough over 1000 results show up from Asian guys singing in their cars to the “two girls in a bedroom singing” skit to even the Simpsons dancing to it (20th Century Fox has removed this clip now). Now relive the good old days of the Vengaboys; just promise me to still avoid Aqua.
- StEvO
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Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom
If you are my age you were mesmerized. If you are younger than I am, you have this man to thank for any “cool” videos you’ve ever seen:
This video from 1987 (I was 6!) still holds the record for the most VMA’s ever won: 9. Little known fact: the stop-animation in this video was created by Nick Park of Wallace and Gromit fame. Park also worked on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. That factoid may be significant to those who remember Pee-Wee as a Saturday morning icon rather than a sexual deviant… or an intern on Murphy Brown.
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