I came here looking for this comment or was going to post something similar The other 3 letters are BDP Although I will say what the uploader touched on is on point as well
@@shaquanthedon6184you don't think his choice to do drugs effected him and his career? When you're on drugs, you have no idea how much money 💵 you have burned.
@@nemya9586 sounds good now when we have everything on the internet but back when he was young someone would have to tell you. Those people were trying to take advantage of him. He’s intelligent because he’s still hear and owns his soul. As he said he still made money and don’t have to tour all year to be good.
He’s a cool dude, I hit him up on Twitter one day and asked him to do a deejay drop for me. He said send me your email and 5 mins later it was in my email! One of my favorites from back in the day!
People forget that he pioneered that Monotone style rhyming a year before Rakim blew up and later by Emcees like Guru and Nas.Shan was that Dude back then
He wasn’t trying to play the game & he didn’t want to be controlled. To watch his freedom is beautiful. He loves building things, party buses, cars whatever it is he makes it with his hands. He made decisions most don’t agree with because he doesn’t live the way people thinks he should live. A real man lives by his own rules and true happiness is within and owned by self. I tell you one thing he made the right decision with Snow , some can’t even say that did that!! Kudos to Shan the legend that real hip hop heads won’t let anyone forget!!
Shan was my favorite emcee before rakim blew my mind and the beef with BDP didn't tarnish his character to me at all, I know that I shouldn't be commenting about myself but the old head that I am now is proud of my younger self (about 14 or 15) for not d*** riding because even though people felt that KRS-1 destroyed emcee shan I still had much love for both and still to this day when I'm listening to my Playlist and the bridge comes on I still get that hype feeling as if I'm hearing it for the first time shan was my first favorite!
That whole Golden Era we talking 82-90 was the foundational era for hip hop commercially, before that it was a park jam/night club thing…so to see young rappers disrespect these men that kicked down the doors for them is sad and disheartening How you rapping but dont know who a MC Shan is or KRS or Rakim its shameful we should be ashamed as a culture
I love how you left out the rest of the 90's..how the hell is 90 the peak of Hip Hop when Nas Mobb Deep Jay-Z OutKast Wu-Tang when plenty of others aint even blew up yet?? The entire 90's is the golden era it does not stop at 90
@@DIRTYSOUTHSHINOBI the 90s is not considered the golden era its more like the silver era, hip hop was at its creative peak in the 90s but not in its purest form you gotta realize gangsta rap dominated in the 90s, hip hop was never about that it was about having fun, unity, tagging, dancing
MC Shan was one of the hottest artist from the late 80s to early 90s, but he took the business industry arrows for those to follow. It's his biggest contribution to hip hop culture outside the inspiration he was for Queens and New York musically. His career was interrupted by bad business and never reached the potential it could've.
You need to learn how to ADD 🤣🤣🤣 you said he was born DEC 1965 that doesn’t make him 53 YEARS OLD 🤣🤣🤣 that makes him 57 on his last birthday a FEW WEEKS AGO‼️🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
😂😂He said look at Will sell out ass taking a picture with another man's finger on his chin. Mc Shan wasn't going for that butt ritual crap with Quincy and Benny
@@marvmon4735 that explains Will's behavior and him letting Jada clown him along with his daughter outright saying she wishes Tupac was still alive so her mom and him can get together... YIKES
SALUTE TO MC SHAN, He was one of the dopest Rappers in the 80's & 90's He was the first rapper I seen rocking the Kangol, Was a Smooth Ladies Man with lyrics. Yeah not having the business straight messed him up along with the drugs Also Turning down that will Fresh prince of bel air Role and standing on who he is not folding to Benny Medina and others like him in the industry. Mc shan produced that song for snow INFORMER. I'm old enough to remember his influence in hip hop and regardless to what others might say or think I still rock with and respect MC shan salute from chicago #60621certified
I think that Shan had one foot in the streets ...he wasn't focused like BDK , Kool G Rap, or Biz Markie...the beef he had with LL Cool J and KRS One/Boogie Down Productions overshadowed the music he put out later...I remember listening to his music on Hip Hop Music shows on the radio and hearing his songs...his legacy remains etched in stone because Shan was essential to the success of Cold Chilling , the Juice Crew All Stars, and Marley Marl...who coincidently helped LL win a Grammy when he produced the "Mama Said Knock You Out " album!
Shan saved me one day when a kid from Brooklyn went to Queensbridge to see a girl and brothers out there who didn't like that. let us just say if you not from that town you couldn't fight and win.
MC Shan is actually one of the best lyricists. I think his falling out with his cousin, Marl, had a lot to do with his stunted growth. But I heard he also had a coke habit. One could even argue, wrong place wrong time. The industry didn’t take the culture seriously and plus a lot Titans were out at the same time. MC Shan had Russell Simmons begging him to leave LL alone in the early days. Let’s give him his props.
MC Shan (The Cousin Of Marley Marl)....I admire him for not compromising his moral & belief systems, play 2 gay, or engage in some weird rituals to achieve stardom & fortune. We all heard the story about how he was supposed to be the lead on "Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" before Will Got the part. He claimed that Benny Medina, the shows witer & producer, proposed him wanting Shan engaged in sexual activities to win the part as lead actor. Shan, wasn't with that so Benny gave it Will Smith. After allegedly Will dun did what Shan wouldn't..,..,So Shan is my hero for keeping his morals. Question, what rapper that but MC Shan's style ? I give you a hint.....this rapper is world renown, love the ladies, & now an actor ? 🌎🌞🤩🌛⭐🌎🌞🌛⭐
We don’t really know if Will did it or not. Sounds like regular casting couch stuff. How that usually goes is they have a person they are thinking about going with, but if you could “persuade” them, they will pick you. If not, they will just go with the person they had in mind. Will might have been a better actor or just funnier at the time and that gave him the edge. But think about it, if Shan or Will didn’t do the gay act, what would have happened? Would they just keep propositioning random people until someone did it? Lol come on. So Will probably didn’t even need to do it…at that time
I respect that statement as far as I know it's a proving fact that's gay and other diabolical rituals are required to advance your career of being an actor or a rapper in the music and the film industry. That why I respect Mc Shan!
@@60NXNP09 True indeed....! In this world you are not going to be a successful entertainer & not play " Hellyweird USA" game & think you gonna be a household name......The entertainment industry is now demonic. Having morals, positive belief systems, godly intent makes us the bad guys in a hellish industry. That's why I respect rappers like Shan for his rebellion against a industry that encourage wicked behavior.....
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO YOU TOLD IT AS CLOSE TO HOW I SAW IT .. I NEVER TAKE OFFENCE TO GOOD JOURNALISM.. THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR COMIMG FROM A TOTAL DIFFERENT ANGLE THAN ANYONE ELSE .....
How many of us are fallen soldiers in this thang that was mainstream labeled as Hip Hop. As soon as I realized as a kid in the 70's that what we did, M.C., D.J., Breakdancing etc was being labeled as Hip Hop by big mainstream corporations. See back then in every rhyme we said Hip Hop and Don't Stop!!!! Mainstream observed what was being said in our rhymes then conveniently labeled what we was doing as Hip Hop. I knew what we enjoyed doing as kids was being stolen from us,,, right before our very eyes. The business aspect of this so called Hip Hop actually destroyed many young artist. I see where M.C. SHAN is coming from. Great Post!!!!
When you don't let them play in your back door you can't get the success,so that's why the other artist are successful today. Mc Shan wasn't going for it that's a real stand up guy,not willing to do anything for a check.
@@CharlesChristinaWH you might have a point. Sprite is corporate but at least they ain't corny and they at least try to preserve some realness. The commercial Sprite put out last X_mas with the three Black youth singing Joy To The World and the buffoonish brotha asking if he could be a play cousin and they told him no was cute. Had a very authentic feel.
Stunt # 4 and I hate to say it and it’s OBVIOUS…him losing to BDP’s The Bridge Is Over. He hasn’t fully recovered after that, while BDP and KRS-One continued to make great classics throughout the years after. And remember, the same thing happened when 50 Cent ruined Ja Rule and Murder Inc’s career.
Well said, especially the comparison to Ja Rule. I agree and commented the same thing. If you've ever seen the Beef documentaries (the only way I know about this brother since I'm a 90s babies/2000s kid) then it's plain to see.
Hip Hop doesn’t have nothing to do with anything! The problem started out when Greedy executives starting having an interest in our culture and taking advantages of by putting Hip Hop on a chokehold
@@stephenheath8465 right and it's not always gay sex, it could be a agent or moguels daughter or sex trafficked girls they and they use that to keep them from leaving or they sacrifice close friends or family members
Right🎯💯🤣. On that note. That reminds me of years later on down the line such as... 2Pac vs. Biggie Cash Money vs. No Limit 50Cent vs. JaRule T.I. vs. Lil'Flip But that's a different topic in the same "Hands Down" category.
I was told that MC Shan is the cousin of my preschool teacher I still see her till this day and I didn't know that MC Shan was her cousin till my dad told me recently 💯
Son, smoking Crack in the 80's was NOT the same as smoking weed these days. Crack has ALWAYS been a hardcore/stay-away from drug. Please don't mislead ANYONE, especially the youth, to believe that this drug was common or used casually amongst the masses. Anyone who used it, was considered a disgrace. To be a "Crackhead" was shunned upon.
MOST, if not ALL of the HIPHOP artists from the 80's got JERKED, HORRIBLY. I'm GLAD to see that some of them are STILL TOURING to THIS VERY DAY, because their MUSIC is just that TIMELESS. LEGENDARY EMCEES such as Big Daddy Kane & Lord Finesse are doing shows in RUSSIA, NOWADAYS ! And they are WELL RECEIVED !
He wasn't a sacrifice he just didn't take shit from the music industry and refused to be controlled by Warner bros not to mention he pissed off Benny Medina who had him blackballed by everyone and also played apart of the reason why he was only in the movie LA story in 1991 along side Steve Martin Shan was a straight up rebel
In my opinion Hip Hop for Hip hop kids growing up in the 80s only lasted for a couple of years before it got infatrated by drug dealers And gang members. The fun and happy days when Hip hop was live was from about the summer of 1984'' to about the summer of 1987'' after that the fun days of Hip hop came too a end after Scott La Rock was Murdered. All rap music that was made after 1987'' 88'' was really Glorified by gang members, And drug dealers rapping about either sex, violence, money or drugs, And thats how we got to were we are today, By teens not wanting to be a rapper but teens selling crack and weed becoming a gangster/drug dealer who take on the image of a rapper, And thats were we are now today in this era!!!
Shan was blackballed by the industry. Why? Because he refused to play the game. Nas, on the other hand, has been playing their game up to this very day. That's why the nigga is still relevant and successful. Nas sold his soul to the devil. Shan did not. I gots mad respect for Shan!
Oh yeah, and here's an honorary 4th stunted growth reason because let's be honest: KRS-One burying him 12 feet in the dirt with The Bridge Is Over (and then again years later in the 2010s when Shan tried to re-spark the beef).
MC Shan is 58 Years Old in 2023 my Immigrant friend who did this Video. I grew up a couple of miles from Queensbridge in the 1970s my Immigrant friend 😂. I say my "Immigrant friend" because a naturalized Black American would've Known this... 🤨
Yo salute to my big homie.. MC Shan I had the opportunity to DJ for him biz markie and Roxanne shante when they came to club efx and miracles on Clinton avenue Rochester New York... Salute The Rock City legend Mixmaster@... Peace to the FUA...crew....!!!!!!
There was not an existing infrastructure in the hip hop business. Shans' success came early when was WHAT???? There was no blueprint. GOD bless him and others who founded this.
What MC Shan iam 49 and at thirteen his art is one of thee album triple knowledge on young street Hustler jeeps benz even instrumental especially in a impala beets + verbals experienced for sure .
It's not three reasons it's three letters, K R S lol
🙌
Yessssss
I came here looking for this comment or was going to post something similar
The other 3 letters are BDP
Although I will say what the uploader touched on is on point as well
Wrong it was Benny medina the Krs beef was never that deep since they have met in person around that time
@@shaquanthedon6184you don't think his choice to do drugs effected him and his career? When you're on drugs, you have no idea how much money 💵 you have burned.
Man, he was ahead of his time. he already knew how politics in the music industry worked
He may have been better off knowing how the business worked instead
A lot of people get jerked but a lot do get their shit right. You can’t expect record executives to look out for you.
@@nemya9586 sounds good now when we have everything on the internet but back when he was young someone would have to tell you. Those people were trying to take advantage of him. He’s intelligent because he’s still hear and owns his soul. As he said he still made money and don’t have to tour all year to be good.
@@happ13e you're right
"Jane stop this crazy thing!"
He’s a cool dude, I hit him up on Twitter one day and asked him to do a deejay drop for me. He said send me your email and 5 mins later it was in my email! One of my favorites from back in the day!
Lucky you 👍🏾
lol
Word up
You would’ve sh*tted on him if he didn’t do that drop!
@@Ishbikes lmao😂😂😂
Mc Shan one of my favorite 80s rappers
facts
Mc Shan always get left out of the Hip Hop discussion unless it's the beef with KRS-One and that's not right Shan was dope
True indeed
Mc shan is so influental in hip hop i heard someone say that mc shan is wack but i think he is a great mc
People forget that he pioneered that Monotone style rhyming a year before Rakim blew up and later by Emcees like Guru and Nas.Shan was that Dude back then
He wasn’t trying to play the game & he didn’t want to be controlled. To watch his freedom is beautiful. He loves building things, party buses, cars whatever it is he makes it with his hands. He made decisions most don’t agree with because he doesn’t live the way people thinks he should live. A real man lives by his own rules and true happiness is within and owned by self. I tell you one thing he made the right decision with Snow , some can’t even say that did that!! Kudos to Shan the legend that real hip hop heads won’t let anyone forget!!
Shan was my favorite emcee before rakim blew my mind and the beef with BDP didn't tarnish his character to me at all, I know that I shouldn't be commenting about myself but the old head that I am now is proud of my younger self (about 14 or 15) for not d*** riding because even though people felt that KRS-1 destroyed emcee shan I still had much love for both and still to this day when I'm listening to my Playlist and the bridge comes on I still get that hype feeling as if I'm hearing it for the first time shan was my first favorite!
Spoken to him on IG, seems like a real good dude just maintaining now with his family.
That whole Golden Era we talking 82-90 was the foundational era for hip hop commercially, before that it was a park jam/night club thing…so to see young rappers disrespect these men that kicked down the doors for them is sad and disheartening
How you rapping but dont know who a MC Shan is or KRS or Rakim its shameful we should be ashamed as a culture
I totally agree!!!
It’s like wanting to be a big tech mogul and having no idea who bill gates or Elon musk are.
I love how you left out the rest of the 90's..how the hell is 90 the peak of Hip Hop when Nas Mobb Deep Jay-Z OutKast Wu-Tang when plenty of others aint even blew up yet?? The entire 90's is the golden era it does not stop at 90
@@DIRTYSOUTHSHINOBI the 90s is not considered the golden era its more like the silver era, hip hop was at its creative peak in the 90s but not in its purest form you gotta realize gangsta rap dominated in the 90s, hip hop was never about that it was about having fun, unity, tagging, dancing
I say 92-99 cuz money starting coming In
Swear to god I actually felt the spit flying off Shan's lips during that "fuck hip-hop" rant 😭
lol
I'm dead Lmao
You felt that crack residue. Hope you don't catch a contact. It's a shame what he did to himself with drugs.
@@missshannon9790ugh 🤢
MC Shan was one of the hottest artist from the late 80s to early 90s, but he took the business industry arrows for those to follow. It's his biggest contribution to hip hop culture outside the inspiration he was for Queens and New York musically. His career was interrupted by bad business and never reached the potential it could've.
Do shyheim from wu tang
How about doing Jae Millz
juice crew stunted growth maybe on the way after this 🤷🏾♂️
You need to learn how to ADD 🤣🤣🤣 you said he was born DEC 1965 that doesn’t make him 53 YEARS OLD 🤣🤣🤣 that makes him 57 on his last birthday a FEW WEEKS AGO‼️🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@donjonestv When he said f hip hop he was 53, not talking about how old he is now. How you feel? All them emojis for that...
Also he was asked to do fresh prince but he refused for the exact same reason he didn’t wanna be groomed and I respect it
😂😂He said look at Will sell out ass taking a picture with another man's finger on his chin. Mc Shan wasn't going for that butt ritual crap with Quincy and Benny
@@marvmon4735 that explains Will's behavior and him letting Jada clown him along with his daughter outright saying she wishes Tupac was still alive so her mom and him can get together... YIKES
Yea let’s all applaud a now broke man in his 50s for making a horrible career choice tnat cost him millions , RESPECT 🎉
SALUTE TO MC SHAN, He was one of the dopest Rappers in the 80's & 90's He was the first rapper I seen rocking the Kangol, Was a Smooth Ladies Man with lyrics. Yeah not having the business straight messed him up along with the drugs Also Turning down that will Fresh prince of bel air Role and standing on who he is not folding to Benny Medina and others like him in the industry. Mc shan produced that song for snow INFORMER. I'm old enough to remember his influence in hip hop and regardless to what others might say or think I still rock with and respect MC shan salute from chicago #60621certified
I think that Shan had one foot in the streets ...he wasn't focused like BDK , Kool G Rap, or Biz Markie...the beef he had with LL Cool J and KRS One/Boogie Down Productions overshadowed the music he put out later...I remember listening to his music on Hip Hop Music shows on the radio and hearing his songs...his legacy remains etched in stone because Shan was essential to the success of Cold Chilling , the Juice Crew All Stars, and Marley Marl...who coincidently helped LL win a Grammy when he produced the "Mama Said Knock You Out " album!
Shan saved me one day when a kid from Brooklyn went to Queensbridge to see a girl and brothers out there who didn't like that. let us just say if you not from that town you couldn't fight and win.
Lol...that's anytime you go to a neighborhood where they don't you...I had this happen in Brownsville...I'm from Queens..
He Saved Your Life But You Can’t SPELL HIS NAME (SHAN) RIGHT; OKAY ✅.
@CHILL SILLEGO Nah, he didn't save my life. He saved me from going to jail. Maybe from doing life.
@@ChillCityNightsthat’s wassup!
MC Shan is actually one of the best lyricists. I think his falling out with his cousin, Marl, had a lot to do with his stunted growth. But I heard he also had a coke habit. One could even argue, wrong place wrong time. The industry didn’t take the culture seriously and plus a lot Titans were out at the same time. MC Shan had Russell Simmons begging him to leave LL alone in the early days. Let’s give him his props.
HE GOT BLACKBALLED,JUST LIKE CANIBUS LATER
Russ begged him to leave LL alone? Interesting.
He couldn’t leave the drugs alone….
Left me lonely will always be my fav
Born To Be Wild was a dope album, loved that joint.
Bro, you should do the group Philly's Most Wanted. They were the duo that worked with the Neptunes before Clipse
They were the proto clipse so please don’t mind how they do.
God Bless dat man 4 holdin' on to his manhood
Shan has an album that was finished in 1993 w/ features from Snow, Kool G and God knows who else but It was never released.
Sad.
That must be his family on the third album cover. Respect to him for that.
Mc shan said something that's important handle your business and don't trust everybody.
Much respect for your hard work and originality in Hip-Hop….. a survival story indeed!
Thank you for doing this, M.C. Shan was 1 of my favorites back in the day with classic tracks. TRULY a hip hop legend & icon!
Smoking crack and snorting coke in the 80s WAS NOT like smoking weed now. It was taboo...
I love your insight into the careers of these older artistes
This message was well needed 💯
Loved his drink champs episode. Authentic all the way
MC shan spoke about being approached to do Fresh Prince before Will i think that was a turning point in his Career. No excuses but you never know
MC Shan (The Cousin Of Marley Marl)....I admire him for not compromising his moral & belief systems, play 2 gay, or engage in some weird rituals to achieve stardom & fortune. We all heard the story about how he was supposed to be the lead on "Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" before Will Got the part. He claimed that Benny Medina, the shows witer & producer, proposed him wanting Shan engaged in sexual activities to win the part as lead actor. Shan, wasn't with that so Benny gave it Will Smith. After allegedly Will dun did what Shan wouldn't..,..,So Shan is my hero for keeping his morals. Question, what rapper that but MC Shan's style ? I give you a hint.....this rapper is world renown, love the ladies, & now an actor ?
🌎🌞🤩🌛⭐🌎🌞🌛⭐
LL
The Artistic Culture is separte from the dirty filthy Industry which is a byproduct of filthy American Capitalism
We don’t really know if Will did it or not. Sounds like regular casting couch stuff. How that usually goes is they have a person they are thinking about going with, but if you could “persuade” them, they will pick you. If not, they will just go with the person they had in mind. Will might have been a better actor or just funnier at the time and that gave him the edge.
But think about it, if Shan or Will didn’t do the gay act, what would have happened? Would they just keep propositioning random people until someone did it? Lol come on. So Will probably didn’t even need to do it…at that time
I respect that statement as far as I know it's a proving fact that's gay and other diabolical rituals are required to advance your career of being an actor or a rapper in the music and the film industry. That why I respect Mc Shan!
@@60NXNP09 True indeed....! In this world you are not going to be a successful entertainer & not play " Hellyweird USA" game & think you gonna be a household name......The entertainment industry is now demonic. Having morals, positive belief systems, godly intent makes us the bad guys in a hellish industry. That's why I respect rappers like Shan for his rebellion against a industry that encourage wicked behavior.....
Don't say kids smoking Crack back in the day is like kids smoking weed now weed was around then yo he made a choice to do that
Ikr crack was wack even back in the 80s.
Thx for telling the story 🏆
Suggestions : MC Breed, Dayton Family, Ray Cash, Crucial Conflict, Do Or Die
Much respect 2 Mc Chan.. I'll never 4 get those moments from jr high
Respect to the old school who laid the foundation
Right on Brother Shan, don't let them play you.. My brothers played his music all the time, ln Atlanta was one of the songs.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO YOU TOLD IT AS CLOSE TO HOW I SAW IT .. I NEVER TAKE OFFENCE TO GOOD JOURNALISM.. THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR COMIMG FROM A TOTAL DIFFERENT ANGLE THAN ANYONE ELSE .....
MC Shan is a Legend, but he never got the push he needed, especially after the BDP beef.
How many of us are fallen soldiers in this thang that was mainstream labeled as Hip Hop.
As soon as I realized as a kid in the 70's that what we did, M.C., D.J., Breakdancing etc was being labeled as Hip Hop by big mainstream corporations.
See back then in every rhyme we said Hip Hop and Don't Stop!!!!
Mainstream observed what was being said in our rhymes then conveniently labeled what we was doing as Hip Hop.
I knew what we enjoyed doing as kids was being stolen from us,,, right before our very eyes.
The business aspect of this so called Hip Hop actually destroyed many young artist.
I see where M.C. SHAN is coming from.
Great Post!!!!
Snow was a blessing for Shan with that song Informer.
MC Shan was that dude. His flow is overlooked. He represented Queens quite well. Glad he wasn't naive👏👏
When you don't let them play in your back door you can't get the success,so that's why the other artist are successful today. Mc Shan wasn't going for it that's a real stand up guy,not willing to do anything for a check.
EXACTLY!! 💯
💯💯💯
Growing up I always felt like the "Mad Rapper" was based on MC Shan
because of Shan, we also got Snow haha! I know he's still eating off Informer and that remix they made a few years back!
Rappers were getting jerked before Shan... Sugar hill gang got jerked too. Musicians been getting jerked, even before hiphop was created.
Sugar hill deserves it they stole that song they made from grandmaster caz
@@hittingdasauceCaz is that man foreal!
Now that you look at it you see a lot of MC Shan in Nas
Smoke crack was not like smoking weed …..
...Exactly
thanks cuz i was like i didn’t hear that right he might mean popping pills kids these days smoking crack it in the songs
When he said that, I was like, UM UM, GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT! 😂
Have you done one on Ed. O.G. and the Bulldogs? 🙂
They need growth on them. Definitely should've blow up after their debut album.
He and KRS was in the Sprite commercial together in the late 90s.
I remember that!
@@missshannon9790 I'll always rock with Sprite because they always respected real hip-hop to this day
@@CharlesChristinaWH you might have a point. Sprite is corporate but at least they ain't corny and they at least try to preserve some realness.
The commercial Sprite put out last X_mas with the three Black youth singing Joy To The World and the buffoonish brotha asking if he could be a play cousin and they told him no was cute. Had a very authentic feel.
Mannnnnnn I been rocking with you for a minute! Gon head and do biz markie since we in this era ! Ijs!
Had his tape when it came out. Man I miss those good ol'days.
Shan was one of my favorite MCs back then and now….
MC Shan vs KRS1 back in the day was str8 up heat classic Hip Hop ✊🏿
Mc Shan tracks was & still is hot 🔥 if played at any event today.
Hey can you do one on Spooks? The group that sing Things I've Seen.
He look like LL cool j in the thumbnail lol......maby it the redd hat 😂🤣💯🎯🎯
LL "borrowed" a lot from Shan...
Stunt # 4 and I hate to say it and it’s OBVIOUS…him losing to BDP’s The Bridge Is Over. He hasn’t fully recovered after that, while BDP and KRS-One continued to make great classics throughout the years after.
And remember, the same thing happened when 50 Cent ruined Ja Rule and Murder Inc’s career.
LL and Canibus also
Well said, especially the comparison to Ja Rule. I agree and commented the same thing.
If you've ever seen the Beef documentaries (the only way I know about this brother since I'm a 90s babies/2000s kid) then it's plain to see.
McShan, didn't want to give that backshot boogie. No Vaseline for real. One of my favorite Mc. Real brother. The rap industry is prostitution today.
Hip Hop doesn’t have nothing to do with anything! The problem started out when Greedy executives starting having an interest in our culture and taking advantages of by putting Hip Hop on a chokehold
KANYE IS RIGHT
@@stephenheath8465 💯
@@stephenheath8465 right and it's not always gay sex, it could be a agent or moguels daughter or sex trafficked girls they and they use that to keep them from leaving or they sacrifice close friends or family members
I don’t knew about 3 reasons but 3 letters why his growth is stunned K R S 😂
FACTS
Right🎯💯🤣. On that note. That reminds me of years later on down the line such as...
2Pac vs. Biggie
Cash Money vs. No Limit
50Cent vs. JaRule
T.I. vs. Lil'Flip
But that's a different topic in the same "Hands Down" category.
I was told that MC Shan is the cousin of my preschool teacher I still see her till this day and I didn't know that MC Shan was her cousin till my dad told me recently 💯
MC Shan made Suede Puma’s popular in the world 🌎 of Hip-Hop fashion. Much love and Much respect.
After watching this, I realized you need to do a video on Barz N Hooks. MC Shan is always referenced by Mike Delorean.
Son, smoking Crack in the 80's was NOT the same as smoking weed these days. Crack has ALWAYS been a hardcore/stay-away from drug. Please don't mislead ANYONE, especially the youth, to believe that this drug was common or used casually amongst the masses. Anyone who used it, was considered a disgrace. To be a "Crackhead" was shunned upon.
Do ICE T Next why ? Because he was one of the first to transition music to movies and he was a b boy rapper first originally from the east coast .
I was always convinced Gary Coleman and Webster's growth was purposefully stunted
Lol
MOST, if not ALL of the HIPHOP artists from the 80's got JERKED, HORRIBLY. I'm GLAD to see that some of them are STILL TOURING to THIS VERY DAY, because their MUSIC is just that TIMELESS. LEGENDARY EMCEES such as Big Daddy Kane & Lord Finesse are doing shows in RUSSIA, NOWADAYS ! And they are WELL RECEIVED !
Straight up facts 💯👌
That’s the true mc shan for real
My favourite rapper back in the day
He wasn't a sacrifice he just didn't take shit from the music industry and refused to be controlled by Warner bros not to mention he pissed off Benny Medina who had him blackballed by everyone and also played apart of the reason why he was only in the movie LA story in 1991 along side Steve Martin Shan was a straight up rebel
Request: Rampage Last Boy Scout
A tell it like it is type of guy not going to go along to get along.....this gets you black balled in a room of powerful people.
I would love for you to do a deep dive on Mickey Factz, a 10 to 15 minute video is well deserved. Love the content by the way 👏🏽
Can we get something about Lord Superb or even Schoolly D
Shan is LEGEND STATUS!!! Jibril brought me here!!
In my opinion Hip Hop for Hip hop kids growing up in the 80s only lasted for a couple of years before it got infatrated by drug dealers And gang members. The fun and happy days when Hip hop was live was from about the summer of 1984'' to about the summer of 1987'' after that the fun days of Hip hop came too a end after Scott La Rock was Murdered. All rap music that was made after 1987'' 88'' was really Glorified by gang members, And drug dealers rapping about either sex, violence, money or drugs, And thats how we got to were we are today, By teens not wanting to be a rapper but teens selling crack and weed becoming a gangster/drug dealer who take on the image of a rapper, And thats were we are now today in this era!!!
Salute to Shan and SGM for the breakdown.
Shan was blackballed by the industry. Why? Because he refused to play the game. Nas, on the other hand, has been playing their game up to this very day. That's why the nigga is still relevant and successful. Nas sold his soul to the devil. Shan did not. I gots mad respect for Shan!
Oh yeah, and here's an honorary 4th stunted growth reason because let's be honest: KRS-One burying him 12 feet in the dirt with The Bridge Is Over (and then again years later in the 2010s when Shan tried to re-spark the beef).
Haaa yea I rememba dat n I listened 2 da song Shan had n it was trash smh but Shan was fire from like 84-87
11:31 Nicki Minaj ain't from queensbridge 😅 smh reading from a piece of paper type vibes
MC Shan is 58 Years Old in 2023 my Immigrant friend who did this Video. I grew up a couple of miles from Queensbridge in the 1970s my Immigrant friend 😂. I say my "Immigrant friend" because a naturalized Black American would've Known this... 🤨
He was my crush they did him dirty but he dust himself off and proceeded to do him. They don’t make rappers like him anymore
Yo salute to my big homie.. MC Shan I had the opportunity to DJ for him biz markie and Roxanne shante when they came to club efx and miracles on Clinton avenue Rochester New York... Salute The Rock City legend Mixmaster@... Peace to the FUA...crew....!!!!!!
Great content 🏆
Shans rhymes were elementary and he couldn't fight his crack addiction well enough as compared to those others who partook in those days...
😆naw man! smoking crack in the 80s was not like kids nowaday smoking weed is like kids nowaday smoking crack
There was not an existing infrastructure in the hip hop business. Shans' success came early when was WHAT???? There was no blueprint. GOD bless him and others who founded this.
Dam what year was this filmed? Shan is 57 yrs. old
Yes crack was poppin in da 80s n 90s BUT its not like kids smokin weed 2day but I get wut u sayin lol
Right, cause people was smoking weed back then, too. Crack was a whole nother level.
@@SANTANA0910 EXACTLY lol Crack def was anotha level lol
Yea maybe a lil much
What MC Shan iam 49 and at thirteen his art is one of thee album triple knowledge on young street Hustler jeeps benz even instrumental especially in a impala beets + verbals experienced for sure .
Still banging .
What’s the instrumental on the video
3 reasons why MC SHAN growth was stunted....
SOUTH BRONX..THE BRIDGE IS OVER AND I'M STILL #1
MC Space my favorite joint from him
You should do Da Youngstas next
What Happ to Mr. Grimm?
He had that one song.
And where organized noise?
Can you do an episode on
Channel Live if you haven't already?
You should do Lost Boyz if not already
He looks like Martin Lawrence. If Martian Lawrence was a rapper
He's just bitter and mad
Bad Decisions
and Drugs
But in the 80" s he was
Certainly
the Man
Hands Down
Mc shan
was The man
Respect
Can you do your next video on Camp Lo?
The Benny Medina story is wild
What about mc shyD love the videos bro