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LMAO! In Livin Color was the isssh back then! 🤪 They were always clowning on someone! The best part though, IMO, was almost everyone at school would see it too! It was always a good way to start the week!
I had the opportunity to meet snow in the early 2000's. He walked up to me backstage at a show and introduced himself as Darrin. Just a super genuine, nice guy who took the time to say hi to a stranger. Very down to earth super cool dude. Hope the best for him.
Snow was and is still is one of the only white reggae/dancehall artists to get pure love from Jamaica..they had respect for snow but not only for his talent but because of his authentic love for the music..when you got ninjaman calling you his brother you damn we’ll know this man’s got Jamaicas respect
@@koDaffi I was in Palm Beach (FLA) Co jail and we were all watchin COPS one night and one of the inmates came on the TV, a bust on COPS, drunk and stoned at the wheel. Boy, never heard such cheering.
I learned the lyrics, bored as hell, while at school at West Point in NY...had plenty of time to learn the lyrics considering I didn't have but 1 weekend off away from school...so I learned the lyrics, on repeat, I dont know how many times, learning the breathing patterns. Dude. I trip people out at kareoke night...one of my all time best flows to surprise people with....and its fun to see so many peoples eyes light up when they hear the song come on and wonder if I actually know the words when I step up to the Mic. Thank you for this gift bud...
Dude I did this too, learned it in college and its hilarious to see peoples reactions. When I was in the Marines my buddies arranged for me to do it in front of the entire unit at our Marine Corps Ball. Legit one of my favorite party tricks.
As a white kid who lived in predominantly black neighborhoods growing up, I thought Snow was some fake wannabe gangster from Canada. After hearing this, I see how wrong I was to misjudge and hate on him. He’s really been through some struggles. Respect to him for his success.🙏
"I was in Toronto during a Blizzard and this white boy started spittin' some reggae verses for me in my hotel lobby...I looked out the window and saw the crazy weather, and said yo..ima call you Snow" - T.K. Kirkland
@@jzen1455 Humility is overrated lol. To me humility is more often socialized silence and brevity in a world where a lot people don’t want to feel how small they are. I’d rather call it being respectful to the process… NO HIGH PERFORMER is humble… they’re respectful of the process Check out Tom Brady’s interview on The Shop with Lebron and the crew. He presented a humble facade, but he wanted to kick your teeth in and rub your nose in it when he was gunning for Super Bowl rings
M.C. Shan is a rap legend he helped a lot of people forming the "Juice Crew", Marley Marl actually passed on Eric B & Rakim's album "Paid in Full", Shan said "it's a hit they have something" but Marley Marl got the producer credit and M.C. Shan mixed Eric B & Rakim's first album.
I was absolutely crazy about Snow when he came out in 1993 I wore his tape out and drove my friends nuts in the process 😂 I wish he would’ve stuck around longer because this man is extremely talented and his career was way to short lived!!!! Love you for life Snow❤❤
I was in Jr. High when Informer came out. We used to listen to it walking to school in our walkmans at the same time. Lol Its cool to hear him talk about it.
'12" of snow' is one of the classic records I grew up with. The album embodies my childhood and brings me back to my youth more than any other. Classic album that easily holds up to this day. Love this guy.
Never knew how rough his life was growing up. My mother asked me if i wanted to go to his concert when I was a kid. He came to Montreal but I was Hating on him back then thinking he was another gimmick whiteboy who was biting my Jamaica heritage and being successful at it. Meanwhile still singing along anytime Informer came on. Which was alot in the 90s. All that to say now as a 37 year old man. I'm sorry my guy Snow. I was looking at it from an immature kids point of view. I totally respect him Now and appreciate what he did for The Canadian dancehall/Reggae scene. He is a Canadian legend 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Cap, back then you was in jamaica barefooted selling bootleg lady saw cassette tapes to tourists durning the day and robbing them mfkrs with a rusty machete and a aluminum foiled plantain at night.
Back when everything in media was made up and put together we called people like snow fake, not realizing he was one of the few real dudes out there. He just a humble dude that loved reggae, and he sang about things he actually lived.
I think u mean the single was...i cant really say his overall singles did well like that. "informer" is the single that they refer to him as a 1 hit wonder for but its immortal fukk that
How can you not love this guy. You can see why he was and is still able to break down race barriers. Besides being talented he is just a real person and that makes him relatable and likable. Same reason Beastie Boys found success as a minority in their genre.
@J I think he just means that Snow was able to go to Jamaica and collab with Reggae legends, like he did on Anything For You, and they all accepted him even though white guys rarely do dancehall. I think that speaks to him being authentic and likable
I'll never forget this guy - black man - who was desperately trying to get some space on the Canadian air waves from the CRTC [like the FCC in the US] for the Toronto area. He still hasn't succeeded. He was facing alot of institutional prejudice that questioned whether this proposed station format would have a "universal appeal" [nobody asked that of Country 101.5 or whatever]. This guy, in a heartbeat, pulls Snow's name out of his mouth, saying, "this guy is both white and Canadian - I don't really know that much about him but they love him in Jamaica" Snow is legit. He's a bit of cultural unicorn, but he's legit.
@@user-xx7tv1sz6c He did in his personal life. And lots of Jamaicans respected him in Toronto. None of them were talking about the Tragically Hip in that time.
Wow, I still remember Informer even though I was only like 7 or 8. I was living in Amsterdam at that time and I remember having that song on my "walkman". I vaguely remember hearing different remixes of it too. Everybody in my neighborhood was bumping it.
He was one year behind me in High School.....a few of my friends would get into scraps with him and his brother.....but peace was eventually made. Heard the demo of Informer before it came out.....I knew it was an instant hit!!
@@JeffBenoit-h1rhe doesn’t need it out of fear, he’s given out of respect. Unless you’re from Toronto like me, tell me who else from Donmills was bigger than him, other than maestro fresh Wes?
@@TYLERDraden "given out of respect" - Fact remains that some people feel like he needs protection. From what? lol He is an artist. Artists should not need to be protected because of their work lol
@@dxfifa Tupac came from a lineage of revolutionary, civil right fighters, who fought the government and many of them died in that battle. You can't compare Tupac to Vanilla Ice. Research his mother Afeni Shakur's history.
Imma have to apologize to Snow cause when I was a kid and Informer came out I was like…. Eh… another Vanilla Ice (just with a tighter flow). But damn, he was thoro in them streets (and with how he approached the artform). Salute! Imma have to catch on Snow now
INFORMER was a solid Hit ! and such a Great Song ! SNOW is a very talented Raggamuffin Artist , i got most of his Albums and they all great ! Specially his 3 first records :12 inches of Snow / MURDER LOVE and JUSTUSS ( My favorite !! )
What people don't know is that Vanilla Ice grew up very poor in the Dallas projects. He was performing dance and rap in all black night clubs at 18. He was no suburban moneyed kid. Black and Asian folks put him on the scene and arranged for him to have a record contract
i played 12 Inches of Snow OUT. Wore that cassette completely out. Whole album was great, no skipping and fast forwarding. Part of my junior high soundtrack, no doubt about it. and then I got Murder Love my freshman year of HS. another classic. sigh, memories. Shout outs to Snow.
I was in high school when the album was released. runway, informer, lonely monday morning & girl I’ve been hurt are all classic tracks that formed part of my teenage memories…
@@weknowbetter592 lmao since the msg comes from a level of intellect that couldn't tell the difference between knowing _your_ shit, and knowing _you're_ shit, serves as one of those beautifully timed Uno reverse cards that in turn reveals Vtor isn't the one here sparking actually pity and much needed well wishes from onlookers. So on that note... There, there, buddy. You'll catch on one day. Just keep sounding out those vowels and practice spelling those 3 to 5 lettered words. Starting only with the most basic and applied. Then, in maybe eight or ten more years, that fifth grade grammar will come naturally. But the best part of all, you actually WILL "know better". Here's hoping. 🤞
@@weknowbetter592 And I'm guessing you're the type to bump Drake's new dance album and say it's a masterpiece while wearing skinny jeans tryna to make your booty clap.
The part of his lyrics that goes "Informer, I went to K-mart for the sale, I like blue light specials as well" really moved me, man! I liked blue light specials too!
It's really unfortunate that having attempted murder chargers is being "real" in today's society. I know this comment was posted a long time ago and I'm not hating on what you said. I would probably have thought something similar. Its just sad how much everything is so warped today and what we glorify.
@@jordanhendrick7248 You're completely missing the point. OP is talking about "real" in the sense that Snow was actually singing about things that happened to him, he wasn't just making it up to sound cool. For example, Informer is about being charged and locked up for a murder that he did not commit. Most people at the time had no idea, they just thought it was manufactured persona. It wasn't, he was real.
Jamaica used to be filled with pirates for like 200 years I think that’s where they get a lot of their good free living vibes from that attracts a lot of wild free spirited people from other cultures. I.E. like Snow being Irish an growing up drinking and fighting.
I love stories like this, esp. supposed "one hit wonders" who are still enjoying life and feeling blessed. It's a shame that the music industry is so cutthroat, chewing up and spitting out artists because they "don't hear a hit single". Imagine people like Bob Dylan, Elton John or even Bob Marley trying to come up today?
Those are bad examples because the men you listed also have a stage presence that helped overcome the weaker places in their music, like not making sense (Dylan).
Man, that early 90/91/92 scene was incredible. Informer was something different. Like a das efx and then came bone. If u like that fast shit, it was the best time to be alive.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I zsaw “Snow”. There’s a bunch of young ass cats asking “who the fuck is Snow” right now And those glasses are dope as f@ck
I had a Cassette tape of snow when he came out 12 inches of snow loved his songs back in the day with my cassette player and head phones I though he was a Jamaica the voice but later on I didn’t know he’s from Canada but he broke the barriers back then a white guy who rap and have a reggae voice and had a number one song and album at the time
Great story!!! I grew up in Toronto and everyone loved that song in the 90’s it was catchy and he basically put Toronto on the map for the urban scene. Along with maestro… shoutout to kardinal
When I heard the Daddy Yankee mix and seen Snow in the video I teared up🥲..always loved his track and collabing with one of the best in the Latin music game just made it sweeter, glad DY brought him in it.
@@lofiakai23props74 im very familiar with Onyx and thier story. How they caught Jam Master Jay in traffic. Im a big Onyx fan. Still dont beat Bone’s story imo…I feel like Bone’s story is even better than NWA’s
Bone needs a biopic…only group ever to do songs with Eazy E, Notorious BIG, 2Pac AND Big Pun while they were alive…thats LEGENDARY! And they also worked with Jam Master Jay cuz Flesh-n-Bone was on Def Jam records in 1996…the lead single had Rev Run
Saw this guy live in Victoria. He gave up on the first song, saying the sound was no good. The crowd thought it was fine. But he walked off quite rudely and then Tone-Loc came out and killed it on the same sound system. I think he was pissed about something else other than the sound.
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I still have no idea what the chorus is after the word Informer
"INFORMER blah blah blah blah blah blah blah daygo - licky boom boom now"
@thecloneguyz something about stabbing someone down a lane, and the police looking for someone to blame, I believe.
What a freaking motivational tool!
Yooooo when Jim Carrey spoofed his song on In Living Color I was in tears when he did the Popeye voice 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO! In Livin Color was the isssh back then! 🤪 They were always clowning on someone! The best part though, IMO, was almost everyone at school would see it too! It was always a good way to start the week!
@@TdT2211 Good times for sure!
@@TdT2211 Frfr! I would always try to remember the skits and then do them the next day in class
😂😂😂 I remember that
I thought it was vanilla ice he spoofed.
I had the opportunity to meet snow in the early 2000's. He walked up to me backstage at a show and introduced himself as Darrin. Just a super genuine, nice guy who took the time to say hi to a stranger. Very down to earth super cool dude. Hope the best for him.
No you didn't. I was at the show and you weren't there
@@maccusmc I was there and you weren't there
@@brandonharner5222 no I was there and he was there. YOU weren’t there. I know cause I was lookin for you…
Hi Darren...I'm Darrin
@@growmiezhomiez8760 lol
Snow was and is still is one of the only white reggae/dancehall artists to get pure love from Jamaica..they had respect for snow but not only for his talent but because of his authentic love for the music..when you got ninjaman calling you his brother you damn we’ll know this man’s got Jamaicas respect
shame we live in a woke world now. today it’ll be called cultural appropriation
I remember a Rasta telling me this back in the 90's.Definitely true
Your forgetting about "Yellow man" he was da first white jamaican dancehall artist...& He was actually Jamaican
@@Horhay_Hustle..TheGwopLord yellow man was an albino..he was full black and a born Jamaican yes
@@nowujaloofficial5897 Yup.
Imagine being in jail and seeing yourself on TV for the first time. What a life-altering experience.
Canada jail sound like summer camp
Reminds me of that My Name is Earl episode when their episode of Cops comes on when they're in jail and they get mad respect for it.
@@koDaffi I was in Palm Beach (FLA) Co jail and we were all watchin COPS one night and one of the inmates came on the TV, a bust on COPS, drunk and stoned at the wheel. Boy, never heard such cheering.
@@Darkness-ie2yl it's extremely violent.
@@Darkness-ie2yl lol Milhaven max
I learned the lyrics, bored as hell, while at school at West Point in NY...had plenty of time to learn the lyrics considering I didn't have but 1 weekend off away from school...so I learned the lyrics, on repeat, I dont know how many times, learning the breathing patterns. Dude. I trip people out at kareoke night...one of my all time best flows to surprise people with....and its fun to see so many peoples eyes light up when they hear the song come on and wonder if I actually know the words when I step up to the Mic. Thank you for this gift bud...
Late,but you're my hero! If I could rap that I'd be at every karaoke event in America. Lol
Cool story bro.....Hilarious at same time.
Dude I did this too, learned it in college and its hilarious to see peoples reactions. When I was in the Marines my buddies arranged for me to do it in front of the entire unit at our Marine Corps Ball. Legit one of my favorite party tricks.
Can you film your next karaoke of informer and post it? 🤔🤔🤘🏾
This is inspiring! I know what I'll be doing for the next three weeks now.
As a white kid who lived in predominantly black neighborhoods growing up, I thought Snow was some fake wannabe gangster from Canada. After hearing this, I see how wrong I was to misjudge and hate on him. He’s really been through some struggles. Respect to him for his success.🙏
Facts...me too!!👏👍❤
Same mate 🍀🇬🇧👍
Same here bro...
Rappers need to stop bitching about struggles. We all have em, stop whining. Have some fun. Go outside and throw a ball.
And you're a doctor?
Snow is super talented and Informer was a dope track. He came out at a period where you had to be tight..now we have the Island Boys.
You probably haven’t heard everything from Island Boys so shut up. They call stuff that’s fire
Unfortunately
😂😂😂😂 facts
@@ADMAFIA210 mc shan..
🌨️ can colab with them 😂
Fuckin love this guys charisma. I only knew him from a couple songs, but his authenticity is real
"I was in Toronto during a Blizzard and this white boy started spittin' some reggae verses for me in my hotel lobby...I looked out the window and saw the crazy weather, and said yo..ima call you Snow" - T.K. Kirkland
All Hail Snow
L😃L
Its funnier coming from T.K.
@@PriCEGotBeats Beats are better from Swizz.
@@countmackular4108 lol hahaha feelings hurt much aye
Dude was blessed bcuz he was real. No imposter at all. He named off tons of Reggae artists. That ain't no culture vulture.
Would you like fries 🍟 with that?
Fo real dawg. I can name lots of rich folks so you know I be rich too. Can’t be no imposter.
Facts
i hear he is well liked in Jamaica too
@@michaelhawthrone2184dawg?
You got it white knight.
Snow is a humble dude… I commented a few times on his YT channel and he responded back immediately every time!
Respect to this guy
Wow I bet that made you super excited
@@allenhaywood9608 *super hard
He reminds me of a more humble, real, and down to earth Mike Rappaport.
Nice
@@jzen1455 Humility is overrated lol. To me humility is more often socialized silence and brevity in a world where a lot people don’t want to feel how small they are.
I’d rather call it being respectful to the process… NO HIGH PERFORMER is humble… they’re respectful of the process
Check out Tom Brady’s interview on The Shop with Lebron and the crew. He presented a humble facade, but he wanted to kick your teeth in and rub your nose in it when he was gunning for Super Bowl rings
If they still playing Mark Morrison return of the Mack in the club I know they still playing his song somewhere in this World!!
Return of the Mac never gets old
This song Informer is a classic
I just heard return of the Mack last week at the club that's crazy it's a cool song though
"Lulululululu" lol
@Cayenne Captain why you a hater
M.C. Shan is a rap legend he helped a lot of people forming the "Juice Crew", Marley Marl actually passed on Eric B & Rakim's album "Paid in Full", Shan said "it's a hit they have something" but Marley Marl got the producer credit and M.C. Shan mixed Eric B & Rakim's first album.
Juice Crew.....Lol....
og with the knowledge
Whenever asked if Marley Marl had anything to do with Paid In Full if Shan was telling the truth: “M.c. Shan is a crackhead!” - Eric B. 😆
"Hiphop - was set out in the dark, they used to do it out in the park. -- Yeah thats a quote from MC Shan without it I′d be an empty man." ~~ PACEWON
@@kitsunegiblaze8022 Livin in a World of Hip Hop
awesome
What a fantastic storyteller he is! A perfect balance between brevity and detail.
Reminds me of alpo.
It's because he's Irish
This song was a hit in Ghana 🇬🇭. My big brothers had it on repeat in the 90’s
The irony of the Informer video where he was in jail coming out while he was literally in jail is priceless!
Right
Snow, man you made a classic that's still holding up today. Much respect!
You seem like a nice person.
Na man…💩 is WAK!!!!! 😂
@@nathaniellowry3861 🙄 meanwhile, his sales numbers are still going up. Numbers don't lie...
This track was/is a jam! 🥳
@nathaniellowry3861 but watching the interview 😂
Still holding? Dude it'll never stop holding up!
I was absolutely crazy about Snow when he came out in 1993 I wore his tape out and drove my friends nuts in the process 😂
I wish he would’ve stuck around longer because this man is extremely talented and his career was way to short lived!!!! Love you for life Snow❤❤
Me too! I still remember my mind being blown the first time I heard it.
Too true love the song !!!
true!! snow is amazing
Dude is super charismatic...informer was a dope song!
Dang I remember him at house parties in Ajax. Best time to be alive, dancing and no cell phones and social media stunting. Kids are missing out!
I miss just playing cards at house parties too
They're not
I was in Jr. High when Informer came out. We used to listen to it walking to school in our walkmans at the same time. Lol Its cool to hear him talk about it.
Good memories. It's crazy a lot of us have the same experiences
12 inches of Snow is a CLASSIC album!! Amazing artist. Also "Anything for you" both original and the all star remix is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The name has me dead omg 😮😂
I remember firsr hearing informer playing on the radio back in the early 90s, everyone just assumed he was black 🖤 that track is still dope. Timeless
Until in living color lol
My boy Jim Carey hahahaha
'12" of snow' is one of the classic records I grew up with. The album embodies my childhood and brings me back to my youth more than any other. Classic album that easily holds up to this day. Love this guy.
Ditto
Yeah it was a really great album
Never knew how rough his life was growing up. My mother asked me if i wanted to go to his concert when I was a kid. He came to Montreal but I was Hating on him back then thinking he was another gimmick whiteboy who was biting my Jamaica heritage and being successful at it. Meanwhile still singing along anytime Informer came on. Which was alot in the 90s. All that to say now as a 37 year old man. I'm sorry my guy Snow. I was looking at it from an immature kids point of view. I totally respect him Now and appreciate what he did for The Canadian dancehall/Reggae scene. He is a Canadian legend 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Cap, back then you was in jamaica barefooted selling bootleg lady saw cassette tapes to tourists durning the day and robbing them mfkrs with a rusty machete and a aluminum foiled plantain at night.
I still remember the Jim Carey spoof on In Living Colour.
Snow I had on repeat. Tape cassette style haha
snow was a beast. i felt the same as you back in the day. boy were we wrong. his first two albums are incredible
@@kitsunegiblaze8022 heard about it. Don't think I seen it
I love Informer definetly a 90's classic still sounds amazing!
As a Torontonian growing up in the 90s I soooo remember this song... was a huge in grade 9
He had that legal song Poppin in the early 00s too
Back when everything in media was made up and put together we called people like snow fake, not realizing he was one of the few real dudes out there. He just a humble dude that loved reggae, and he sang about things he actually lived.
So you’re blaming the media for your own judgmental attitude. Y’all crack me up with that shit. Historically stupid.
Back when? Try now
Vanilla Ice and his fabricated press biography really poisoned the well for a lot of white guys to become rappers for a good couple of years.
Snow was big in the 90's. Good to see he's still doing good.
I think u mean the single was...i cant really say his overall singles did well like that. "informer" is the single that they refer to him as a 1 hit wonder for but its immortal fukk that
Snow was not big in the 90s
@@ImperialCarWash if you know you know lol
Dude was big for one year maybe two. Stop it!
@@BAYOUBOOM I'm talking worldwide. Stop it if you know you know lol.
How can you not love this guy. You can see why he was and is still able to break down race barriers. Besides being talented he is just a real person and that makes him relatable and likable. Same reason Beastie Boys found success as a minority in their genre.
Lol he didnt break down any racial barriers 🤣
@J I think he just means that Snow was able to go to Jamaica and collab with Reggae legends, like he did on Anything For You, and they all accepted him even though white guys rarely do dancehall. I think that speaks to him being authentic and likable
I'll never forget this guy - black man - who was desperately trying to get some space on the Canadian air waves from the CRTC [like the FCC in the US] for the Toronto area. He still hasn't succeeded.
He was facing alot of institutional prejudice that questioned whether this proposed station format would have a "universal appeal" [nobody asked that of Country 101.5 or whatever].
This guy, in a heartbeat, pulls Snow's name out of his mouth, saying, "this guy is both white and Canadian - I don't really know that much about him but they love him in Jamaica"
Snow is legit. He's a bit of cultural unicorn, but he's legit.
Dollar tree vanilla ice. He was a one hit wonder wannabe
@@user-xx7tv1sz6c He did in his personal life. And lots of Jamaicans respected him in Toronto. None of them were talking about the Tragically Hip in that time.
“He said I heard you can sing and I was like “blelrlrblrrrbrlrllah” ….he was Yooo!!! Come to my house! “
- Snow
😂😂 this had me dying
I know right!? That was hilarious!🤣
lmaooooo
😂😂😂😂😂 I'm dead
Dead 😂😂
Wow, I still remember Informer even though I was only like 7 or 8. I was living in Amsterdam at that time and I remember having that song on my "walkman". I vaguely remember hearing different remixes of it too. Everybody in my neighborhood was bumping it.
Me too in Canada I was like 9 ✊🏽
I'm from the Caribbean... Was in my mid to late teens when snow's music dropped... Pure 🔥🔥 man... Especially his hit "anything for you"
I love how straight up honest he is about it all. This is great 😁
I can’t look at this dude without seeing that Jim Carrey skit on In Living Color. 🤣😂🤣🤣
I just seen that shit the 1st time. Man, I was 💀💀💀.
Or Al Bundy in Married With Children
@@ArtisanWindchimes wait, he did a joke on this guy?
@@masonldn8647 nah but he looks like Al Bundy now the way Al looked back in the day
I yam whut I yam…skeeboodipdoodrruppdooo 🤣
He was one year behind me in High School.....a few of my friends would get into scraps with him and his brother.....but peace was eventually made.
Heard the demo of Informer before it came out.....I knew it was an instant hit!!
Hahaha coconut college I went there only one year in 92
Victoria Park?
Snow's Informer was my introduction to music I was 4 when it came out.
This man is still respected and protected here in Toronto.
as he should be. he got ricky powell vibes
Most white people are. Nothing special.
The fact that he needs "protection"....
@@JeffBenoit-h1rhe doesn’t need it out of fear, he’s given out of respect. Unless you’re from Toronto like me, tell me who else from Donmills was bigger than him, other than maestro fresh Wes?
@@TYLERDraden "given out of respect" - Fact remains that some people feel like he needs protection. From what? lol He is an artist. Artists should not need to be protected because of their work lol
He had more street cred than Robert Van Winkle.
Splitting hairs
Haha Facts! 😄
Dont forgot Drake as well..
He had more street credit than art school pretty boy tupac.
@@dxfifa Tupac came from a lineage of revolutionary, civil right fighters, who fought the government and many of them died in that battle. You can't compare Tupac to Vanilla Ice. Research his mother Afeni Shakur's history.
That song Lady with the red dress on is one of my all time favourite tracks ever
What an awesome story Snow! Thank you for sharing!
Imma have to apologize to Snow cause when I was a kid and Informer came out I was like…. Eh… another Vanilla Ice (just with a tighter flow). But damn, he was thoro in them streets (and with how he approached the artform). Salute! Imma have to catch on Snow now
Same here. But the song always grew on me. Then he just won me over!! 💪🏾
INFORMER was a solid Hit ! and such a Great Song ! SNOW is a very talented Raggamuffin Artist , i got most of his Albums and they all great ! Specially his 3 first records :12 inches of Snow / MURDER LOVE and JUSTUSS ( My favorite !! )
I had to play this a few times a night in Honolulu clubs back then I still have the original pressing. Dope times great memories! -Mahalo!!
Over in Lewards st area?
Ho brah, you dakine?
Video was everywhere! I remember having the tape
This guy had major balls. Nuff respect.
I love that his impression of himself is the same way I sing most of informer.
I like this dude already lol. Because of Vanilla ice some of us in the hood thought he was a studio gangsta crazy he was really about that life lol
What people don't know is that Vanilla Ice grew up very poor in the Dallas projects. He was performing dance and rap in all black night clubs at 18. He was no suburban moneyed kid. Black and Asian folks put him on the scene and arranged for him to have a record contract
Born in 1980 and Informer gives me hella nostalgia, when life was good!
I was just thinking this same exact thought....born in 1981. The 90s are definitely a time that was good
Same!
A lickie boom boom down. I remember being 4 yrs old and always singing it. I'm 33 now
LoL 🤣🤣🤣
i played 12 Inches of Snow OUT. Wore that cassette completely out. Whole album was great, no skipping and fast forwarding. Part of my junior high soundtrack, no doubt about it. and then I got Murder Love my freshman year of HS. another classic. sigh, memories. Shout outs to Snow.
You did what with a dude named Snow and his 12 inches?? 🧐
@@therealdondada3208 I think I was pretty clear, internet roach. Now go outside and play.
@@mrsain19 😂
@@therealdondada3208 childish. Grow up.
@@mrsain19
😂😂
I was in high school when the album was released. runway, informer, lonely monday morning & girl I’ve been hurt are all classic tracks that formed part of my teenage memories…
I'm sorry that was your experience..hope your doing a lot better now.
@@weknowbetter592 lmao since the msg comes from a level of intellect that couldn't tell the difference between knowing _your_ shit, and knowing _you're_ shit, serves as one of those beautifully timed Uno reverse cards that in turn reveals Vtor isn't the one here sparking actually pity and much needed well wishes from onlookers. So on that note...
There, there, buddy. You'll catch on one day. Just keep sounding out those vowels and practice spelling those 3 to 5 lettered words. Starting only with the most basic and applied. Then, in maybe eight or ten more years, that fifth grade grammar will come naturally. But the best part of all, you actually WILL "know better". Here's hoping. 🤞
You’re a few years ahead of me. Class of ‘99, but got down with snow at the time.
@@weknowbetter592 And I'm guessing you're the type to bump Drake's new dance album and say it's a masterpiece while wearing skinny jeans tryna to make your booty clap.
I was in Middle school, and let me tell ya' he didn't have well
The part of his lyrics that goes "Informer, I went to K-mart for the sale, I like blue light specials as well" really moved me, man! I liked blue light specials too!
kmart is done son
@eazzy blue not back when this song was hot! Dirt roads and k- marts everywhere
@@robsim4692 youre right about that😁
DAM!!! Murder charges as a teen and doing jail time?! I ain't know Snow was real like that.
I think it's attempted murder charges to be precise
That's real
It's really unfortunate that having attempted murder chargers is being "real" in today's society. I know this comment was posted a long time ago and I'm not hating on what you said. I would probably have thought something similar. Its just sad how much everything is so warped today and what we glorify.
@@jordanhendrick7248what is your point
@@jordanhendrick7248 You're completely missing the point. OP is talking about "real" in the sense that Snow was actually singing about things that happened to him, he wasn't just making it up to sound cool. For example, Informer is about being charged and locked up for a murder that he did not commit. Most people at the time had no idea, they just thought it was manufactured persona. It wasn't, he was real.
Jamaica used to be filled with pirates for like 200 years I think that’s where they get a lot of their good free living vibes from that attracts a lot of wild free spirited people from other cultures. I.E. like Snow being Irish an growing up drinking and fighting.
Bloody amazing story! All the Jamaican girls I went to school with [in Canada] loved Snow!
Always loved that track. Never heard Snow speak. Decent guy
I love stories like this, esp. supposed "one hit wonders" who are still enjoying life and feeling blessed. It's a shame that the music industry is so cutthroat, chewing up and spitting out artists because they "don't hear a hit single". Imagine people like Bob Dylan, Elton John or even Bob Marley trying to come up today?
Those are bad examples because the men you listed also have a stage presence that helped overcome the weaker places in their music, like not making sense (Dylan).
I wouldn't say he's a One Hit Wonder per se. He had like 3 or 4 hot songs, although "Informer" was the biggest one.
I was 6 years old when Informer came out. I remember singing it all the time it was my favourite song at the time.
I use to come home from school in the 90s and bump the shit out of “girl I’ve been hurt now I need another lover”
The track had that heavy baseline.
I knew Snow was a good dude, really cool, Kudos to Shan for recognizing him, we loved his music here in Afrika
As a guy who lives in Canada, Toronto ---- this is the artist Snow so nothing else to say, he is still the best.
Man, that early 90/91/92 scene was incredible. Informer was something different. Like a das efx and then came bone. If u like that fast shit, it was the best time to be alive.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when I zsaw “Snow”. There’s a bunch of young ass cats asking “who the fuck is Snow” right now
And those glasses are dope as f@ck
Fair play mate! Cracking tunes you made that can still be played today and sound good!
Anything for you is and will always be my fav song 🇯🇲❤💯
Big tune,i still drop it when i dj👍✊👍💯%💥💥🔥🔥
I was 12 when informer came out. It was awesome!
Man said I can sing "Blablablabla👅"
Had on repeat for a number of days in my teen years: "Girl I've been hurt now I need another lover"
The whole album is very good and still holds up! Girl Ive Been Hurt & Runway are straight bops!
I had a Cassette tape of snow when he came out 12 inches of snow loved his songs back in the day with my cassette player and head phones I though he was a Jamaica the voice but later on I didn’t know he’s from Canada but he broke the barriers back then a white guy who rap and have a reggae voice and had a number one song and album at the time
This dude really think he is a Jamaican immigrant🤣🤣🤣 his accent even changes
This made me realize I need to watch more Snow interviews. The dude is hilarious.
"would you, would you like fries with dat...a hot apple pie with dat"? 🤣🤣🤣
Legend from Toronto. We love this guy.
That’s a whole meme “balbalbalabalala”
Dude is a real talent, back when if you weren’t talented you got kicked to the curb. Respect
Do all white people think Jamaicans sound like that? "AHLABLAHAHBLAH"
Great story!!! I grew up in Toronto and everyone loved that song in the 90’s it was catchy and he basically put Toronto on the map for the urban scene. Along with maestro… shoutout to kardinal
I was like 15/16 when that Informer video was out. 😂
Shan said I heard you can sing let me hear something... blublublublublub 🤣🤣🤣
He’s so charismatic. Great artist too!
Shout out to Queens, NY in the 90s! Thats where I grew up! Silvercup studio is OLD SCHOOL IYKYK
This interview is shaping up to be classic!
When I heard the Daddy Yankee mix and seen Snow in the video I teared up🥲..always loved his track and collabing with one of the best in the Latin music game just made it sweeter, glad DY brought him in it.
Boy with the yard buzzing like that, it would’ve been hard for him if that video did not come on that night!💯
I remember hearing informer,at a frat party in Plattsburgh NY a couple years before it blew up in America
One of the dopest stories in hip hop period!!!
Huh? Check out Bone Thugs story
@@andy1181-l3m Check out Onyx story
@@lofiakai23props74 im very familiar with Onyx and thier story. How they caught Jam Master Jay in traffic. Im a big Onyx fan. Still dont beat Bone’s story imo…I feel like Bone’s story is even better than NWA’s
Bone needs a biopic…only group ever to do songs with Eazy E, Notorious BIG, 2Pac AND Big Pun while they were alive…thats LEGENDARY! And they also worked with Jam Master Jay cuz Flesh-n-Bone was on Def Jam records in 1996…the lead single had Rev Run
Lonely Monday Morning - what a tune. Thanks Snow!
Snow is cool af if like to see him on his own podcast he would kill it
🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲This Guy had a massive impact on Reggae Music the Colab with Bernie Man was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
USE TO BE AT THE POOL JAM IN HIM YO !! GREAT TIMES
One of my favorite albums of all time
Much respect to snow.
Vlad’s channel is like a time machine
There was so many actually great artists to choose from back then.
for me that informer song is just one of thoses songs that will forever give me joy.
Saw this guy live in Victoria. He gave up on the first song, saying the sound was no good. The crowd thought it was fine. But he walked off quite rudely and then Tone-Loc came out and killed it on the same sound system. I think he was pissed about something else other than the sound.
So dope to hear about this stuff from
his perspective!