Skip is the truth! I got my nickname from playing street bball as well. They called me Trash. They would say stuff like, "Don't pick him he Trash." And, "How you let him score twice? He Trash."
I grew up in Fresno when he was at Fresno State when they made that NIT run. My mom was a student there at the same time so I was lucky to go to some of their practices (never caught a actual game though). What Tark did with that crew was SPECIAL to watch
I remember going all over town looking for those And1 dvds. Him and Hot Sauce were my favorite. My fat ass was ALWAYS on the court trying out his moves. LOL
Man, good times. Remember I had a Red Hot Sauce Jersey when I was a yungin, think I found it in a Burlington factory or modells or something NE Philly area. That was my go to for any poppin weekend event, red high top Pony’s matchin and 1 ball shorts sheesh 🔥🔥 Always made this man my started on the rockets on 2k7 🤣
@@clr977 that nigga said them ponys we definitely same age I had tge joints all red with the black check ✔ though them was some Js till my brother was like naw nigga them tge knock offs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but them shoes was still hard in my book definitely miss my childhood no lie 💯
I was waiting on this part. He was apart of my childhood. I remember watching them AND 1 tapes on VHS/Video Games with my brother, & cousins. We tried to imitate their moves, & of course he (Skip) was my favorite player. I remember when he finally got into the NBA. I couldn't believe it. I would choose the team he was on, just to play with him. Those were the days.
Wow - I'm stoked to see this one, I did a lot of the branding for the AND1 Mixtape tour prior to the brand being sold. Rafer is a legend, other cities they visited just wanted to get on the AND1 bus.
Imagine....an interview where the person interviewed is talking about himself & what he's done. I was also saying to myself, it's nice to not hear about who got shot & who shot who when VLAD slid in with the question about beef & grief.
@@chris2tipsy I’m from Ohio. I only knew him the mixtapes. So all I knew was “Skip to my Lou”. So when I heard about some dude named Rafer, how was I to know that? Lol
Duke Tango! Man that dude is a legend and gave some of the best nicknames of all time. The Don Cornelius of street ball. That would be a dope interview!
I can’t lie, Duke Tango damn near is as much of a reason that And1 and them mixtapes blew up as the players were. Duke had me in front of my DVD player thinking I was there!!!
@@PhilPeeVa I could cry thinking about it. All jameer had to do was foul dereck Fisher. And at least the magic win one more game. Skip to my lou would've 4sure made the right play
It sounds as if he's saying 'tornaments" instead of tournaments. Love it! I never seen him play in the AND1 tours. I use to enjoy watching Hot Sauce, The Professor, Spyda, Escalade, Main Event, Sik Wit It, AO, Helicopter, and 1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing. It was something special, like the futuristic Harlem Globe Trotters.
People give Vlad a hard time about his question style and knowledge of things and etc… but, you gotta appreciate him having stories shared and history documented some of this stuff is rarely heard
Agreed. He's really a journalist. But I do appreciate the legends he brings on. Same ppl that talk shit are still watching... breakfast club should have his guests on
No disrespect but….how tf Vlad got an interview with Skip to my Lou before All the Smoke, Knuckleheads etc …”that’s blasphemy” in my Stephen A Smith voice
I remember when his blue-and-white skips came out they was white on one side and blue on the other and I thought I was the only person in the world who had them shoes
Yessss I remember that lol didn’t it happen because skip accidentally hit half man on the head and knocked him out I remember after that main didn’t wanna be around skip there must be more to it tho lol
I’m 30 years old, AND1 was my LIFE as a kid! in jersey we ain’t give af about scoring, if I crossed you or dropped you that’s better than the bucket! Still have the DVD’s, I use too do the hot sauce on the cell phone and dribbling and scoring lol AND1 LEGENDARY BASKETBALL. A lot of REAL HOOPERS
Vlad got something wrong. And1 team was not embarrassing "locals" on the road. They were legit games. I saw the And1 team get beat by 30+ when they came to Richmond VA in 2001
The Rucker and the Towers were my two favorites. I didn't learn about the league in Cali until last year some time. Some good memories. These tournaments were phenomenal. And big RESPCT for the organizers. They gave us a venue to gather, work, watch, learn and enjoy, as well as a springboard for legends, that are still relevant to us today. Thanks for the memories. Thanks for the post. ✌👍✌
Basketball is comparable to Jazz with the improvisations that happen. People like Skip are like Jazz artists like Parker or Lion Smith. They have a natural feel for their craft to the point where they can improvise like breathing
Vlad just gotta ask about shootings and fighting he can't help himself lol Vlad can do an interview with a pastor and still would ask did anybody ever get shot at Bible study 😩
I remember And 1 back in the day going outside asking ppl to guard me and I would cross them up mimicking Hot Sauce moves lol. And 1 was so big back then. Rip Flash, Alimoe, Escalade.
u know you old...when you had to go to the and1 website and had to watch them 15 to 20sec clips of teasers they would drop of footage that ended on the mixtapes later on..🥶
The original Kyrie. Probably the first point guard that had handles, that could shot from the 3. Down side was, he had no mid range, and didn’t finish at that rim. And played no defense. He is better equipped to play today’s game, then when he played.
Skip is the truth!
I got my nickname from playing street bball as well. They called me Trash. They would say stuff like, "Don't pick him he Trash." And, "How you let him score twice? He Trash."
🤣🤦🏾♂️
LMAO, looool
🤣🤣🤣🤣this comment was highly underrated lmao I’m fucking crine
one of the greatest YT comments
🤣🤣
I would love to see a new series about AND1 team! RIP Escalade btw… loved seeing these guys hoop.
Rip flash and alimoe to fasho!!!
@@kennethcolbert3190 damn forgot about them rip them too..
That Had To be 1 of the best Time for Street Ball !! And Hip Hop Culture!!
Legendary era
Wow they all passed. Thats crazy
Hell of a story gave Me goose bumbs , this guy is a legend on the park an He did well in the NBA as well.
Those mixtapes introduced me to some classics, and those OG And1 shirts bring back a lot of nostalgia.
Damn what about that unreleashed remix to so fresh and so clean by outkast that was my first time hearing that version on the tape back then
@@TheIcpfan23 I don't remember hearing that. I'm gonna have to check that out now
@@NewYorksMostWanted i think it was on vol 2 or 4
@@TheIcpfan23 it was on Vol. 4 my dog. I definitely remember that!
@@factzfromakt1860 thanks bro that was the jam as well as the original
“When I squeeze you hear more Ooouuus than a Skip to my Lou move at the Rucker”
-Banks
PLK
Too smooth to stutter...
🐐
Y’all heard his new album?!?!??!! Shit slapppps
@@YardratZ COTI❗❗❗❗
AND 1 tapes changed my life, I practiced those moves everyday all day and came back the court a whole different baller cause of them!
Vlad you have to interview Hot Sauce, that guy is legendary.
Super Saiyan FACTS!
💯
Definitely
faccs
That'll be crazy if he had him next 🤞
RIP ESCALADE RIP BLACK WIDOW. WAS BUYING THESE TAPES (VHS) AND REWINDING CONSTANTLY IN AMAZEMENT
I grew up in Fresno when he was at Fresno State when they made that NIT run. My mom was a student there at the same time so I was lucky to go to some of their practices (never caught a actual game though). What Tark did with that crew was SPECIAL to watch
And your telling us this because?
Because I felt like it, the same way you felt like butting in with a comment
Here's a interesting fact, we don't care!
@@thomasbooker1996 Im sorry he forced you to read that.
Ur mother was a bopper
50..Skip...Hot Sauce..Escalade..Half Man Half Amazing...The Professor..etc
AO ALOMO SPIDER BABY SHACK HEICOPTER THE AIR UP THERE MAN THEY HAD SOME FUCKING PLAYERS SILK
baby shaq was my dude
Gotta include the Air Up There because of that legendary 720 dunk...maybe the best dunk all time 🤔
Bone Collector
He will not let glad talk over him lol 😂😂😂
Fareal
I remember going all over town looking for those And1 dvds. Him and Hot Sauce were my favorite. My fat ass was ALWAYS on the court trying out his moves. LOL
Shit I had the tapes skip 50 and old school with the fucked up teeth then that tape with kobe at the Rucker
Still love Hotsauce 😍
Yeah that was a big part of my childhood
Man, good times. Remember I had a Red Hot Sauce Jersey when I was a yungin, think I found it in a Burlington factory or modells or something NE Philly area. That was my go to for any poppin weekend event, red high top Pony’s matchin and 1 ball shorts sheesh 🔥🔥
Always made this man my started on the rockets on 2k7 🤣
@@clr977 that nigga said them ponys we definitely same age I had tge joints all red with the black check ✔ though them was some Js till my brother was like naw nigga them tge knock offs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but them shoes was still hard in my book definitely miss my childhood no lie 💯
I was waiting on this part. He was apart of my childhood. I remember watching them AND 1 tapes on VHS/Video Games with my brother, & cousins. We tried to imitate their moves, & of course he (Skip) was my favorite player. I remember when he finally got into the NBA. I couldn't believe it. I would choose the team he was on, just to play with him. Those were the days.
Wow - I'm stoked to see this one, I did a lot of the branding for the AND1 Mixtape tour prior to the brand being sold. Rafer is a legend, other cities they visited just wanted to get on the AND1 bus.
Imagine....an interview where the person interviewed is talking about himself & what he's done. I was also saying to myself, it's nice to not hear about who got shot & who shot who when VLAD slid in with the question about beef & grief.
Vlad understands his algorithm. He'll ask about violence when he really doesn't need to.
😂
📠.
That’s crazy to lol smh
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I’m not gonna lie… I was mind blown back in the day when I found out his real name wasn’t Skip or Lou. Mind blown. Lol
No offense but how sway?😂
@@chris2tipsy I’m from Ohio. I only knew him the mixtapes. So all I knew was “Skip to my Lou”. So when I heard about some dude named Rafer, how was I to know that? Lol
Same and I’m from Brooklyn 😂😂😂
@@dennisthemenace855 lmao… exactly. Like if we ain’t know, how we supposed to know! Lol
Yeah I didn't know his name until he got to the NBA.
Them Rucker days were epic n legendary… dam I miss that tournament… 55th has never been the same..
I think about that too. You go there now it's a bunch of washed up nobody's. Dyckman took over the limelight
Duke Tango! Man that dude is a legend and gave some of the best nicknames of all time. The Don Cornelius of street ball. That would be a dope interview!
@SpacePurpBarney (cough cough) every dude 30+ at a HS game with his phone.
I can’t lie, Duke Tango damn near is as much of a reason that And1 and them mixtapes blew up as the players were. Duke had me in front of my DVD player thinking I was there!!!
@@WatchMilesTV Hearing him say “Oh Baby” and “Here we go” are iconic! 🤷🏾♂️
@@hoodratpat5228 big facts bro. Big fuckin facts! Lol
@@WatchMilesTV What a time to be alive!
This interview is so surprisingly interesting its insane... So much respect earned for "skip 2 my lou"
Rafer Alston probably one of my favorite magic players of all time
I think the momentum they had with him at the point with Jameer out could have beaten the Lakers. Van Dummy ruined that run.
@@PhilPeeVa I could cry thinking about it. All jameer had to do was foul dereck Fisher. And at least the magic win one more game. Skip to my lou would've 4sure made the right play
The legendary battle between Skip To My Lou and Alimoe highlights was what started the And1 mixtapes.
Facts
“I’m off the court, Skip to my Lou, trapping a sport!” - Future
Very underrated
@@DAK272 it's not
Why’d he smack Eddie House like that?
😂😂😂😂😂💀
Spun that boy headband 😂
Cuz house was bussing his ass 🤣
Smacked his headband crooked lol
Eddie had the game if his life that night 🤣🤣🤣😭
Really appreciate u interviewing these underrated goats 💯👌
I still remember homes slapping Eddie Howes headband a quarter turn
That And1 tape had me dribbling a ball to school EVERY DAY in 7th and 8th grade.
Class of 2000...And1 was a big part of my childhood my first tattoo was the And1 guy lol good ol days!
Bring Steve Francis on
It sounds as if he's saying 'tornaments" instead of tournaments. Love it! I never seen him play in the AND1 tours. I use to enjoy watching Hot Sauce, The Professor, Spyda, Escalade, Main Event, Sik Wit It, AO, Helicopter, and 1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing. It was something special, like the futuristic Harlem Globe Trotters.
People give Vlad a hard time about his question style and knowledge of things and etc… but, you gotta appreciate him having stories shared and history documented some of this stuff is rarely heard
XACTLY...I REALLY RESPECT VLAD...
Agreed. He's really a journalist. But I do appreciate the legends he brings on. Same ppl that talk shit are still watching... breakfast club should have his guests on
@@hittz2581 Exactly
Is so many great and amazing things that came from that need to be made a series on Netflix
Street Ball Hall of Famer and living icon, 'Skip'🚀🚀🚀
And1 dropped the ball, literally. They should still be coming out with the mixtapes.
Most Definitely.
Vlad ain’t really a sports dude so this interview ain’t gonna hit like it should this dude is a legend
Bruh he was unreal in JUCO at Fresno City
Skip To My Lou is the dopest name too fr. Fits him perfectly
Hot Sause
I spent countless hours watching And 1 mixtapes
Last time i was this early i had to help set up the party
Him and almoe Aka black widow battles was legendary
RIP Alimoe
I didn't know his real name til he went to the league.
LMFAO naaaaah the sequence he described is crazy but the fact that he thought of it on the spot makes it even better 🔥🔥
NASHTY!!!!!!! THE LEGENDARY SKIP TO MY LOU!!!!!!!! That volume 1 AND1 mixtape is still the best.
Man Skip to my Lou/Energizer was the truth back in the 90's
That ladies abd gentleman was how Skip to my Lou was born!! Legend.
No disrespect but….how tf Vlad got an interview with Skip to my Lou before All the Smoke, Knuckleheads etc …”that’s blasphemy” in my Stephen A Smith voice
He wasn’t interesting to them…
I remember 1999, when that tape was everywhere and we tried to copy it in basketball class lol. 2000 I was never in class haha
And 1 volume 2 changed my life forever
Everybody in New York knows Skip😎
and1 was so fun to watch back then, those guys had hella swag
And1 for life!! Rip to Escalade and Flash!! 💪🏾👑
Used to play against buddy on Ps2 on AND1: Street ball . . Bro was a beast
Respect to Glad giving us great free content
I remember when his blue-and-white skips came out they was white on one side and blue on the other and I thought I was the only person in the world who had them shoes
He has a great story and he was the most exciting players on And 1
I remember ordering the 1st mixtape off off of dial-up internet! Then few years later they were on ESPN!
I want to know about the beef between him and Main Event.😂😂😂
Yessss I remember that lol didn’t it happen because skip accidentally hit half man on the head and knocked him out I remember after that main didn’t wanna be around skip there must be more to it tho lol
Skip and Alimoe was legendary
And 1 Vol 3…life changing !
Interview Hot Sauce next!
I’m 30 years old, AND1 was my LIFE as a kid! in jersey we ain’t give af about scoring, if I crossed you or dropped you that’s better than the bucket! Still have the DVD’s, I use too do the hot sauce on the cell phone and dribbling and scoring lol AND1 LEGENDARY BASKETBALL. A lot of REAL HOOPERS
Skip is one of my favorite rucker players next to the Master Rob & Alimoe!!!!
Vlad got something wrong. And1 team was not embarrassing "locals" on the road. They were legit games. I saw the And1 team get beat by 30+ when they came to Richmond VA in 2001
We need that vlad "ok" compilation video
This is legendary!
This dude is a legend still watch the AND1 Mixtapez till this day
AZ album is super Dope 🔥
Skip ⏭ to my lou days was Fukkkin legendary man🆔😂😭😭💯📌💯💯😎 U wasn’t there in my camron voice ‼️💯💯😂😂😂
Rafter Alston and Robyn Kennedy (sick wit it) Juco Legends
Them And 1 days was special
The Rucker and the Towers were my two favorites.
I didn't learn about the league in Cali until last year some time. Some good memories. These tournaments were phenomenal. And big RESPCT for the organizers. They gave us a venue to gather, work, watch, learn and enjoy, as well as a springboard for legends, that are still relevant to us today. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for the post.
✌👍✌
The towers? Where was that… Rucker at that time was legendary n kingdome was great tournament also
@@cv1368 at that time the king dome also went by the King Towers.
Legendary is right. Good times ✌
@@1jonbarnes1 good times indeed… in the middle of fosta projects… had to b there… somebody build a time machine already lol… glad we experienced it
@@cv1368 oh yeah!
Skip to my Lou had summers at the Rucker
L🔥T in the mid 90s 💯
Facts and the cops be on the roof of the polo grounds wit rifles and stuff
The 🐐4 real kyrie Irving handles not messing with skip to my lou🔥🔥🔥
Basketball is comparable to Jazz with the improvisations that happen. People like Skip are like Jazz artists like Parker or Lion Smith. They have a natural feel for their craft to the point where they can improvise like breathing
Appreciate you for this one Vlad 💯🙌
Vlad just gotta ask about shootings and fighting he can't help himself lol Vlad can do an interview with a pastor and still would ask did anybody ever get shot at Bible study 😩
😂😂😂
He definitely would ask of he ever molested any of the altar boy’s or some weirdo shit lmao
He a suburban goofball fascinated by the streets
I’m from ENY Brooklyn and we would go up and see Skip at Rucker’s . It was a scene
The original ball is life
I remember And 1 back in the day going outside asking ppl to guard me and I would cross them up mimicking Hot Sauce moves lol. And 1 was so big back then. Rip Flash, Alimoe, Escalade.
Who went back to watch AND 1 mixtapes after this interview? lol I most definitely did
Vald can u interview Hot sauce from and 1 next plz
u know you old...when you had to go to the and1 website and had to watch them 15 to 20sec clips of teasers they would drop of footage that ended on the mixtapes later on..🥶
NY, Philly, Chicago, LA, St. Louis....different type of street ball. Its real grown man shit
Yup none of that cute but I will say LA didn’t start taking over basketball wise till the late 90s
Vlad you gotta get Philip Champion aka Hot Sauce on here... respectfully
Facts
I learned about skip when he hit that game winner on the Mavs when he was playing for Miami lol i knew his Government name before his nickname
Finally! AND 1
Skip to my Lou! Salute!
Good content
And1 was once bigger than the nba at one point
Legend
The original Kyrie. Probably the first point guard that had handles, that could shot from the 3. Down side was, he had no mid range, and didn’t finish at that rim. And played no defense. He is better equipped to play today’s game, then when he played.
How is he the first kryrie if he couldn’t finish at the rim? Kyrie is one of if not the best below the rim finishers of all time.
How is he the first kryrie if he couldn’t finish at the rim? Kyrie is one of if not the best below the rim finishers of all time.
Huh ? Skip one of the best nyc finishers ever .. don’t let the nba stuff fool you the guy held his game back on that level to last longer
I love Skip, but their is only one Kyrie...pump your brakes bruh..lol...Kyrie has the best handle ever...maybe the most skilled player ever frfr 🤔🤔
I wonder if he ever got paid for the Skip to my Lou move in NBA Street?
yal need to get hot sauce
Facts
Omar from "The Wire " voice: Indeed...RIP
Wicked talent
A true artist 💯
Vlad brought a great interview here 👏 👍 🙌 👌
Need that hot sauce interview too!
Legendary
Whenever u seen skip to my Lou, spider, hot sauce or the proffeser.. u knew the game was gone be entertaining!
Great nick name.. fitting for sure