I've always said that. Most people didn't really pay attention to the lyrics of 'Chocolate Rain.' They only laughed at the video. Tay Zonday was on some next shit, with this classic song. The brother was most definitely "woke." While most people were sleeping on the knowledge he was kicking in Chocolate Rain. Maybe they'll see it one day. 💯
There's a phenomenon I've observed, and I'm sure I'm far from the only one to notice, where the average person hearing a song listens to hooks and choruses (which are often but not always the same thing) but verses don't register at all. Take "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy feat. Rik Rok, for example. A lot of people don't even know Rik Rok's character in the song decides to apologize to his girlfriend and calls Shaggy's character out on his advice being complete nonsense at the end, because all they remember is "it wasn't me" and they don't even pick up on the key detail that Shaggy is playing the idiot friend who gives terrible advice. Then of course there's "I'll be watching you", "You're beautiful" and who knows how many other songs about creeps that are widely misunderstood as love songs. English is my second language, but I knew what Chocolate Rain was about the first time I heard it and thought it was disturbing how people were treating it like a joke and apparently not even getting the very straight forward message of it. I have since learned that those of us who pay attention to lyrics are the weird ones.
@@Clementine_D You forgot to add the fact that e 200 pound man high on fentanyl that was a career criminal,resisting arrest and deliberately throwing himself on the ground.
Eternal Void Jesus dude you don’t get it... nobodies claiming every instance was abusive. It’s just that none of that abuse is experienced by white people. Why do you think for generations in pop culture, it has been referenced in comedy, art, movies, music, etc. if several generations of people say it then it’s gotta have some weight. We’re not saying only Black Lives Matter, we’re saying just that they do. The fact that you came to watch a video about an anti institutional racism song, yet get defensive like that. It’s not one side that’s right or wrong, it’s down the middle. Some were justified, and a lot aren’t.
@ajthekid1992 you're right, no good for movies!!!! But production of original interesting content... they are better online. TV one has better content with the Unsung series especially with Uncensored. I actually really enjoyed that.
@@ebonylover539 A baritone really only has a vocal range that goes down to roughly an F below small C. A bass on the other hand, can definitely sing a 3rd, 4th or more beyond/lower than an F below small C...
Honestly, the entire transition from "going viral" being some sort of special and unique thing to it being an everyday phenomenon has been such an surreal thing for me. I've pretty much been on TH-cam since the year it started, and the entire concept of "going viral" has evolved to such an extent that I have a hard time comparing the "going viral" of 2007 to the "going viral" of today.
Darrin Harris I was 9 when I first heard it and I never knew it was about racism. I revisited the video this week and understood the racial context the moment I heard the lyrics
When we were younger everyone laughed and said it was ab sh## but well we were kids who took it out of context. Only the deep kids knew it was more than likely ab racism...
@@velky_reeds Repetition isn't inherently lazy. It's a stylistic choice. Maybe one you don't like, but that doesn't make it lazy. He still had to write all the other lines in the song.
@Gabrielle Edwards Do you honestly think that I haven't heard this bs a million times before? There's a reason why my channel has been disrupted from an organic growth! The slave owners of this matrix don't want people like me or people like me trying to wake you from your brainwashing, sleep walking zombiefied state! You can beLIEve whatever you want but don't waste your breath trying to tell me what I KNOW! Go and sell that fearmongering, draconian BS to someone who don't know any better.
I knew after hearing it once it was socially conscious. The lyrics are pretty straight forward. This coming from a mixed kid..its whole black people who think racism doesn't exist. Power to u my guy!
But I dont think many people realized that that's what's it about. They just say this dude with a nice voice that didnt match his face and the fact that he moved away from the mic when he need to breath. Most didnt see past that.
It's crazy how social media went this direction.. I almost feel like the power fell into the wrong hands instead of staying pure and curious like when this video came out
It was more "woke" than YA'LL (not I) realized. I always knew what the song was about. The song was ahead of its time. In 2007, the Black collective wasn't as "woke" as it is now.. "Wokeness" had yet to be re-mainstreamed. A decade ago, whenever I'd speak about systemic racism, I'd get looked at like I was crazy for saying the same things that I've gotten applauded for in the last two or three years. Folks were woke in the post-Civil Rights Movement era (late 60s-70s), but afterwards, we went through a long period in which successful assimilation and respectability were the "standards". Now , that we're living in this Black Lives Matter/Black Girls Rock/Black Boy Joy, hashtag era, people suddenly understand the song. It's no longer just a funny song by an unique looking guy with a mismatched voice.
Nick somebody, I think you meant, "YOU'RE the the problem." If you're going to troll, at least be literate....or else you make yourself appear to have only a "half of a brain".
tincredible lol keep thinkin you are better than everyone else. That is why i said you are the problem. Everyone knew what the song was about not just you. But i guess this is the only place you get to feel like you are smart lmao
nick - I vividly remember when the song was released and the critical reception that followed. Most people commenting and reacting to the song's video back then were simply yapping about his voice, appearance, etc. I'm not thinking I'm better than anyone. I'm simply repeating my observation from 2007 and comparing it to today's commentary on the video. I never said that some people didn't know that the song was about justice and humanity. I was referring to what the MASSES were thinking based on their own reactions. I wasn't speaking about what you--a complete stranger--INDIVIDUALLY thought about the song. PS: I don't need TH-cam to "feel smart". I'm accomplished in REAL life. Perhaps you should strive for the same.
Gene Williams in his defense he most likely signed the deal not knowing they wouldn't like any of the original pieces he wrote. By then he probably owed them a commercial and they pitched that he did Chocolate Rain
its 6/3/2020 and i listened to this song in 2007 when it came out on YT but this is my first time watching this interview. He just said Minneapolis MN is where he was doing open mic nights......................................................HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Gerry Alga I was shown this as a kid by a friend so that’s how I figured out it existed, we used to joke on it so hard because we didn’t know what it was actually about and the fact that it kept saying “chocolate rain”
Lord Zanthar Teh Allen no probably you have time and spend many many hours online see I work most of the day and when I’m not I’m running errands so you may know more about all the hip new videos and new slang 🤷🏽♂️ not very impressive tho that’s all 🤘🏽
"Tay Zonday’s 'Chocolate Rain' Was More Woke Than We Realized" According to whom? The lyrics from the very beginning are pretty transparently about race relations and its lack of equality.
Im always amazed that people didn’t understand what this song was about. I understood as a child. But maybe that’s how it is to grow up black you know more stuff about racism than adults.
He's so chill he needs 2 more jackets to stay at body temperature
GoodMusicFeedsMySoul 😂
GoodMusicFeedsMySoul Lmaooooooooooooo
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
GoodMusicFeedsMySoul it’s a vest under the jacket 😐
This man got jackets on his jackets
White Midas 😂😂😂😂😂
Inside jacket look like silky beef jerky
Yo Dawg I hear you like jackets...
White Midas 😂😂😂 it’s a vest underneath .
man's not hot
Why he like 40 buh still look 14
Chocolate rain is a rejuvenating substance
I was dead thinking this while scrolling 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏾♀️
black don't crack gone extreme
@@indeeditiscirro....Chawklit dont crack
Dude looked 14 and 44 at the same damn time! He looks great though I used to be obsessed w/ that video, I sang that shit all the time!
Ash A. Facts
Lmfaooooo
Oh my gosh this comment! 😂😂😂😩
Bjork is like that too. Even her voice
😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆
I always thought he sound like Plankton
Siana Repmad 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
Siana Repmad He does sounds like him..😂😂😂
cannot unhear
😂😂😂💀
I swear he related to the jacksons
More like the jacketsons
He does sorta have that Katherine Jackson nose
@KreemA1rZ ugh 🙄 you're one of those
@KreemA1rZ nobody ever backs off a brother jeez
Illegirl애정 white kids really on that leaving neverland bs
My dude has a bubble vest WITH a leather jacket, you can’t do it like Tay 😂
LOGICAL MIND who hurt you
He probably was cold lol
ZipperSkull he might be cold but he sure ain’t comfortable, that jacket is fitted lol
😭😭😭😭 I didn’t even notice until I read the comment. Now I can’t stop noticing it 😭😭😭😭
Lol......looks a little crazy, but I guess he has his own style.
Dam he looks 12, 17, and 35 all at the same time. Plus he needs to take off those mom jeans.
😂😂😂😂
@Julia Smith dum
😂😂😂😂
N P ya he looks like a boy and a man and a lesbian female at the same time too
Back off his jeans!
*Reasons why:*
1. Deep voice
2. Enunciation
3. Androgyny
4. Double jackets
5. Boyish face
6. Hairline
Deena Daggett not to mention how curly that mans hair is
You forgot his back Posture
@@carmencamille5101 😂🤣
It's actually a good song too
Androgyny? The hell are you talking about lmao? He's a dude who looks like a dude
I knew it was a message when I heard it. His voice was just hella deep and it had me SHOOK
😆
'Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks...
Sebastian Hersey Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
shooketh
Lol
"You are pregnant with a child, you give birth to the child, you immediately put that child up for adoption" *smiles at camera*
It went dark incredibly fast
By the public...😐
Me: you ok dude
That quote was enough for me to burst out in laughter and the smile was icing on the cake
😂😭💀
His voice don't match his face. 😂😂 that's cool tho. I just wasn't expecting his voice to be that deep
Lmaaaaooooooooooo i thought the same thing
SAME SKSDBKSKFFGJ
This is lil bibby
I thought it's his singing Voice
You’re telling me after hearing the song you didn’t think his voice would be deep...?🤣
both Chocolate Rain and Gangnam Style flew under the radar with their wokeness
Tay is the bestest, can confirm this is also true in person
uhhh..., hi!
Gangnam style? Lol. Is oh my dayum and dead giveaway woke too?
Seoul. He's Korean. Gangnam is a District is Seoul.
schmoyoho Rebecca Black’s Friday also
Please explain what is woke.
When being social media famous first started.
That part
lol, no./.....internet famous, yes
Lol
This man belongs to the Jackson Family
😂😂
Yes they just don't know it😂😂😂😂
Lol
Lol facts
How old is he? Could be Janet's secret child she allegedly had in the late 80s or early 90s lol
oo he's making me think of the time that passed by so fast. Alot can happen in 10 years
Zachary Aghaizu see how these 10 years have went by in a flash. That is how a life time feels like according to my late Granddad. Madness
A lot
I've always said that. Most people didn't really pay attention to the lyrics of 'Chocolate Rain.' They only laughed at the video. Tay Zonday was on some next shit, with this classic song. The brother was most definitely "woke." While most people were sleeping on the knowledge he was kicking in Chocolate Rain. Maybe they'll see it one day. 💯
Aaron Verico1 It was always pretty straight forward to me, as well. Metaphors were kind of just oddly worded truthful statements.
Roy Thomas Stop it. Mist people missed it easily as they always do.
Jason Bourne Shinobi of the hidden mist village are woke too, though...
Aaron Verico1
I dislike the fact that I didn't realize he was actually saying something deep
Aaron Verico1 im with you 100%
I always knew it was woke lol "the school books say it cant be here again" "history quickly crashing through your viens" i mean its pretty obvious
"The bell curve blames the babies DNA" rather straightforward
Ensiferum Fan no?
@Ensiferum Fan its not that deep
There's a phenomenon I've observed, and I'm sure I'm far from the only one to notice, where the average person hearing a song listens to hooks and choruses (which are often but not always the same thing) but verses don't register at all. Take "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy feat. Rik Rok, for example. A lot of people don't even know Rik Rok's character in the song decides to apologize to his girlfriend and calls Shaggy's character out on his advice being complete nonsense at the end, because all they remember is "it wasn't me" and they don't even pick up on the key detail that Shaggy is playing the idiot friend who gives terrible advice. Then of course there's "I'll be watching you", "You're beautiful" and who knows how many other songs about creeps that are widely misunderstood as love songs.
English is my second language, but I knew what Chocolate Rain was about the first time I heard it and thought it was disturbing how people were treating it like a joke and apparently not even getting the very straight forward message of it. I have since learned that those of us who pay attention to lyrics are the weird ones.
Yeah. It's more woke than you realize if you didnt listen to the damn song. 😂Come on!
I swear he looks like he could be one of Germaine or Tito's children!
Geo Cyo 😂😂😂😂😂
I used to ALWAYS think that, thank god I'm not the only one😂
i instantly thought Germaine , he could be the older brother of Jafaaahar jackson and Jamerjesty
Geo Cyo h
He does give me Jermajesty teas lol
He didn't age
Sauce Obtainer he been aged lol
He drank chocolate rain
Sauce Obtainer I have no idea how old he is
Felicia he’s 35
@Panama Jack not middle aged
“I had been singing at open mics around Minneapolis” Oh the irony in that statement in the current day, especially since this song is about racisim
The same crime has a higher price to pay....
Yes. Death for accidenrally passing a fake $20.
@@Clementine_D But judge and jury swear it's not the face
@@Clementine_D You forgot to add the fact that e 200 pound man high on fentanyl that was a career criminal,resisting arrest and deliberately throwing himself on the ground.
Eternal Void Jesus dude you don’t get it... nobodies claiming every instance was abusive. It’s just that none of that abuse is experienced by white people. Why do you think for generations in pop culture, it has been referenced in comedy, art, movies, music, etc. if several generations of people say it then it’s gotta have some weight. We’re not saying only Black Lives Matter, we’re saying just that they do.
The fact that you came to watch a video about an anti institutional racism song, yet get defensive like that. It’s not one side that’s right or wrong, it’s down the middle. Some were justified, and a lot aren’t.
@@Twizzzums just go back to Africa and you won't have racism. Problem solved.
This is the child Janet Jackson gave up for adoption 😂
He IS giving me DeBarge vibes, actually 😂
Bruuuhhhh
He does look like a Jackson.
@@tehaniaweau-garcia8286 well that child that janet allegedly gave up was by her then husband, James debarge
Why is BET's best content on youtube?
EXACTLY!!!!
Shhh I need to see Baby Boy for the 100th time
@ajthekid1992 you're right, no good for movies!!!! But production of original interesting content... they are better online. TV one has better content with the Unsung series especially with Uncensored. I actually really enjoyed that.
look at your style - goodness so Sharp
Edvonn Taylor right!!!!!
His youthful looks do not match his deep baritone voice.
He's half black and white they tend to age slower (look wise)
Bass voice.
Thats part of the Star appeal, you gotta have something unique to be remembered
@@BenjaminGessel (Deep) baritone !
@@ebonylover539 A baritone really only has a vocal range that goes down to roughly an F below small C.
A bass on the other hand, can definitely sing a 3rd, 4th or more beyond/lower than an F below small C...
It wasn't just the song, it was his mannerisms too LMAO
Ashley Campbell and the ‘I move away from the mic’ shit always cracked my ass up
Ashley Campbell Yesss!!! I remember me and my best friend were addicted to this guy for some reason! 😭 watched all his videos... 🤦🏾♀️
Immediately went and watched chocolate rain after this.
Rickyfyied So true.
I thought he was from India. Wow just biracial black and white.
Beautiful voice.
Yea half white half black kids can come out any color. I look Hispanic lol
Negan Yeah true, I came out magenta
I thought he was Indian too.
I thought that too lol
Hispanic isn't a race
He looks like a combo of three ppl TONY BRAXTON, JANET JACKSON & any lesbian art teacher 😝
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Kandice Grazelda. Lol u said 'any' lol
Kandice Grazelda lol
Toni* Braxton
All he need is the headwrap 😂
This man looks like lil bibby if he was a nerd
My exact thought. Same deep voice and everything
Mario Cruz truee
LMFAOOOO
😂💀They need to collab
Mario Cruz onG except lil bibby got lighter eyes
“My mom is Black and my dad is White.”
Me: So Janet Jackson and Jeff Goldblum are your parents?
Lmaooo I can totally see that 💀
LMAO!!! YOU NAILED IT
I didn't see it, but after you said it, I see it.
That’s comedy gold right there! 😂
Mic drop! 😂
Is it just me or doesn't he look like Janet Jackson? 😁
Carter J He definitely looks like one of them lol.
Omg lol
Carter J not Janet 😂😂
Yeah Jermaine Jackson
Idk why but I just love this guy and his baritone voice on his innocent nerd face XD
Bernadette Okoli I was just think the same thing
same!
same
He's bass probably
@@stoplayin21 hes a super bass haahahaha
He got a Member’s only jacket on top of a bubble coat! 😂😂😂😂
Members only 😭😭
Racism? I swore up and down the song was about diarrhea
Oh my god
lololol
Correct...the diarrhea if society's bowels.
Lol
😂😂😂😂
"I tried to bleep that for you" so considerate, thank you 😭
The more I see this guy the more I like him. He’s just so damn likable and has a good head on his shoulders.
I agree the circumference of his skull Is magnificent
He always reminded me of Gustavo from breaking bad
Itd be cool if he played his son or nephew or something like that.
Bruh. I kept thinking there was something familiar about him....
😂😂
Oh my god, yes
I just said that to lol
He's got the best posture i've ever seen, not a moment where he hunches even a little bit
Rare
I’m honestly glad to hear going viral made a major positive impact on his life. I know so many cases where that just isnt true
Chocolate Rain used to be my ringtone
Real Shontelligence.
Why would you ever change it from that?
Sleepless in Wokeness: Chocolate Rain
If lil Bibby grew up in the suburbs of Chicago
I scrolled down knowing I wasn't the only one
koefigga1 you two aren’t alone lmao
im dying
😂😂😂😂
Bes comment ever
Honestly, the entire transition from "going viral" being some sort of special and unique thing to it being an everyday phenomenon has been such an surreal thing for me. I've pretty much been on TH-cam since the year it started, and the entire concept of "going viral" has evolved to such an extent that I have a hard time comparing the "going viral" of 2007 to the "going viral" of today.
He's biracial? Hey someone go tell Logic that he's not alone.
lil reese buttercup there’s literally millions of biracial people, famous ones too
Logic not fuxking Biracial
XFire the joke is Logic claims to be biracial.
Ever heard of sneako
Lewis Hamilton
I’ve seen Tay speak so many times but this is the first time I’ve ever seen him look truly confident. I’m so proud of our little swirl bean.
Haha swirl bean. That sounds cute AF 😭😭❤
Sometimes God makes miracles and gives us another Jeff Goldblum.
A Jeff Goldblum that sings and is woke
LOL
A Cablanasian Jeff Goldblum mixed with a sassy Sigourney Weaver
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That was literally ALL I was thinking about💀
The way they word themselves and act is the same
Not in a bad way tho, it's satisfying to watch
Who didn’t know this? I thought everyone knew it was about racism.
Darrin Harris I was 9 when I first heard it and I never knew it was about racism. I revisited the video this week and understood the racial context the moment I heard the lyrics
Right? The discussions we are having today about race and racism is nothing new but a lot of younger people act like it is.
I was 23 and i still think its about diarrhea
When we were younger everyone laughed and said it was ab sh## but well we were kids who took it out of context. Only the deep kids knew it was more than likely ab racism...
Was I the ONLY one smiling through the entire video 💖
He was the first meme I’ve seen :0
Okay Zoomer
@@ethetic_1128
I bet Nazi propaganda was the first meme you saw boomer
Vakas OOOOF.
Wrecked
LOL. Could do better. Btw why’d you steal a “comeback” from Google?
Woooooow... after all these years I’m just realizing he was speaking some real shit in this song.
What was real about what he spit I still dont get it
X Plicit he clearly said it was meant to be about systematic racism
People would have understood the message better if he didn't lazily right "Chocolate Rain" 32 times in the song 😂
@@velky_reeds
Repetition isn't inherently lazy. It's a stylistic choice. Maybe one you don't like, but that doesn't make it lazy. He still had to write all the other lines in the song.
Repitition legitimizes
He looks likes one of the Jacksons that kept his Original nose.
This video said nothing about the song's lyrics or wokeness
There was like 10 seconds where he explained that it was about institutional racism. Other than that? Nothing else.
jermaine jackson's secret son lol
-he looks like 14 and 45 years old at the same time.
-his shoulders don’t move.
-his voice makes it more confusing to know his age.
Omg they really don’t move 😂😂
He looks like the lost son of Herbie Hancock.
DrClaw77 I see it; maybe we're the only 2 old enough?? 😁
OMG.. he does! lol I forgot all about Herbie until I saw your comment.
DrClaw77 😨😰 good eye!!!
Lisa Jones 😂😂😂
DrClaw77 I was about to say the same thing.
Dude stiff af
dana taylor 😂😂😂😂😂😂
He hasn't changed a bit then lol
Called confidence!!
Mustle Man bullshit, called being an awkwardly built dork
stagm3 wouldn't that be more of a hunchback
Can't tell if he's 5'6" or 6'5".....🤔
😂🤣😩😩😩
Google says he’s 5’8”
This dude stayed true to himself and put himself out there. True Rockstar.
this guy is the youngest looking 30 year everrrrr
“I’m like big bird, I can’t hide.” -Tay Zonday, 2018
The piano in this song is amazing. It's a really good song!
Truly. As a pianist, I appreciate it's complexity.
First time I heard chocolate rain I was 9 years old, now I'm 20.... damn i feel old
ChameleonTrapper I heard it at 25 damn I’m older lol 😝
@@Shortlady82 I was 28, even older 😆
This is my 1st time seeing him or hearing this song Chocolate Rain. His voice is aaaaaamazing! Great Job!!!
Not surprised that he's 'woke' because he was my very first TH-cam subscriber! That's a bit of history for me!
ABB a.k.a. AstralBooBaby u mean he was the first subscriber u had or he was the first channel u subscribe to?
XSean K.dot He subscribed to my channel - the very first 😊
shiittt thats a wild story to tell ppl lol it should be an honor
I bet everyone in here $100 that Gabrielle Edwards has no evidence for his claim.
@Gabrielle Edwards Do you honestly think that I haven't heard this bs a million times before? There's a reason why my channel has been disrupted from an organic growth! The slave owners of this matrix don't want people like me or people like me trying to wake you from your brainwashing, sleep walking zombiefied state! You can beLIEve whatever you want but don't waste your breath trying to tell me what I KNOW! Go and sell that fearmongering, draconian BS to someone who don't know any better.
This man is wearing a vest and a leather jacket
Now that a look
I knew after hearing it once it was socially conscious. The lyrics are pretty straight forward. This coming from a mixed kid..its whole black people who think racism doesn't exist. Power to u my guy!
He looks like Michael Jackson
True he does look a bit like him. Except that Michael had a high voice whereas Tay has a deep voice. There's a bit of a nice contrast there.
MRGOODVIBES JACKSON
You're clinically blind. Get a doctor
Gonna have to disagree with you there brotha
Which era Michael Jackson?
nah. not really
i never missed the message. buy hey. im from the streets of Detroit.. the struggle was real💪💪
have we established wether he’s 14 or 40 yet?
13/50
I remember this song was everything to us in school, everything.. like all the things
They got #TayZonday to agree to creating mockery versions to #ChocolateRain ultimately becoming redirections for the ORIGINAL message in the song
I was thinking the same. That's unfortunate.
Wow....sad!!
He's the only biracial person I've ever seen that's looks are literally 50% of each split down the middle even lol
Honestly that was probably the best ad I ever saw. I was excited as hell to see Tay Zonday on the TV. Love that dude.
i thought he was indian
Me too.
Me too.
he does to me
LOGICAL MIND how you know that person is black.
chill we know he is caucasion and black. y'all relax
“More woke than we thought” he went viral over a song that was about systematic racism lmao
But I dont think many people realized that that's what's it about. They just say this dude with a nice voice that didnt match his face and the fact that he moved away from the mic when he need to breath. Most didnt see past that.
It's crazy how social media went this direction.. I almost feel like the power fell into the wrong hands instead of staying pure and curious like when this video came out
Hopefully he’ll be a voice over actor. *PERF* 👌🏾
He is in fact.
3:14 packing some HEAT
You saw that too huh
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED!!!!! LMAOOOOO XD
It's always the weird looking guys
Ya’ll nasty
Valar morghulis hey I’m weird looking
It was more "woke" than YA'LL (not I) realized. I always knew what the song was about. The song was ahead of its time. In 2007, the Black collective wasn't as "woke" as it is now.. "Wokeness" had yet to be re-mainstreamed. A decade ago, whenever I'd speak about systemic racism, I'd get looked at like I was crazy for saying the same things that I've gotten applauded for in the last two or three years. Folks were woke in the post-Civil Rights Movement era (late 60s-70s), but afterwards, we went through a long period in which successful assimilation and respectability were the "standards". Now , that we're living in this Black Lives Matter/Black Girls Rock/Black Boy Joy, hashtag era, people suddenly understand the song. It's no longer just a funny song by an unique looking guy with a mismatched voice.
tincredible your the problem
Im not racist. Its just anybody with half a brain knew it was not just a funny song by unique guy lol. All im sayin.
Nick somebody, I think you meant, "YOU'RE the the problem." If you're going to troll, at least be literate....or else you make yourself appear to have only a "half of a brain".
tincredible lol keep thinkin you are better than everyone else. That is why i said you are the problem. Everyone knew what the song was about not just you. But i guess this is the only place you get to feel like you are smart lmao
nick - I vividly remember when the song was released and the critical reception that followed. Most people commenting and reacting to the song's video back then were simply yapping about his voice, appearance, etc. I'm not thinking I'm better than anyone. I'm simply repeating my observation from 2007 and comparing it to today's commentary on the video. I never said that some people didn't know that the song was about justice and humanity. I was referring to what the MASSES were thinking based on their own reactions. I wasn't speaking about what you--a complete stranger--INDIVIDUALLY thought about the song. PS: I don't need TH-cam to "feel smart". I'm accomplished in REAL life. Perhaps you should strive for the same.
anyone else thought dude was indian the whole time turns out he’s mixed hahah
Hint... Hint...
How to make a India?
Well the fact that he went viral for a song about racism against black people in the USA should have thrown the whole Indian thing out the window
When i was 12 i didnt notice the depth of the song at all, now when i re-listened i saw how much he was spitting
I swear this guys a vampire it's been over a decade he hasn't aged
He weird.
He sold out big time for that Dr. Pepper bag. All of a sudden, that song wasn't so political. LOL
Gene Williams in his defense he most likely signed the deal not knowing they wouldn't like any of the original pieces he wrote. By then he probably owed them a commercial and they pitched that he did Chocolate Rain
A man needs to eat
Sold out, by sold out you mean achieved his goal of making money from his craft? What did he sell out from?
Panama Jack good point, O just see it as him trying to to be become relevant for another 15 minutes.
its 6/3/2020 and i listened to this song in 2007 when it came out on YT but this is my first time watching this interview. He just said Minneapolis MN is where he was doing open mic nights......................................................HOLY FUCKING SHIT
I thought this might be a middle aged female, so the voice took me aback.
Please do charlotte takes a tumble next. Pleaseee
You mean Scarlett
Omg! I remember that video, it's still funny today😂😂😂
Omg yes!!!! Lol
“....and I can’t helppppp but think.”
It’s Bangalore
He look like micheal Jackson and Janet Jackson
LMAO
Lmaooo
Randy Jackson!
Well thats why he got famous fast we lost Michael Jackson and got Tay Zonday
More like Tito
He could be one of the Jacksons
Tay Zonday gets memed a lot but he seems like a genuinely cool guy
I’ve never heard this till today.... guess I been living under a rock all these years 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Gerry Alga Yes you’ve have
Gerry Alga I was shown this as a kid by a friend so that’s how I figured out it existed, we used to joke on it so hard because we didn’t know what it was actually about and the fact that it kept saying “chocolate rain”
Lord Zanthar Teh Allen no probably you have time and spend many many hours online see I work most of the day and when I’m not I’m running errands so you may know more about all the hip new videos and new slang 🤷🏽♂️ not very impressive tho that’s all 🤘🏽
Gerry Alga Touched a nerve, did I?
Lord Zanthar Teh Allen no just bored so I have time to kill 🤷🏽♂️
Wow...I mean never paid attention to the Lyrics..smh..was speaking knowledge..
I still love Tay!!
He looks like a lot of other people
Ayà. Mai nah to me he looks like tay zonday
So you’re saying it isn’t about rain made out of chocolate? My life is a lie.
"Tay Zonday’s 'Chocolate Rain' Was More Woke Than We Realized"
According to whom? The lyrics from the very beginning are pretty transparently about race relations and its lack of equality.
If i hear the word woke one more god damn time, im going for a swim with my toaster.
Happy swimming
Ehem.....
*W o K e*
Doesn't the toaster have to plugged in to work🤔
i woke up this morning
You think anyone gives a shit?
Was trying to tell people this back when it dropped. Substance matters more than sizzle.
Im always amazed that people didn’t understand what this song was about. I understood as a child. But maybe that’s how it is to grow up black you know more stuff about racism than adults.
I thought he just made meth and fried chicken on AMC. Now I hear he’s an amazing singer, too? Man, Mr. Fring really has it all.
The man you're thinking of is giancarlo esposito
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