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Today we're testing Gen Z to see if they know '90s hiphop in a song battle. You're going to hear 19 songs in different ways. So, you might not hear it. You might see it. You might hear it. You might feel it. I feel like there's a whole section of '90s hip-hop that I do know. And then there's a whole other section where I'm like, "You lost me." Thinking baggginess everywhere. I'm thinking backwards jeans. I'm honestly thinking of like the best era. Like, I wish I was born in the '90s.
All right, let's jump into the easy round. Audio clues. You're going to name the song or the artist. You're going to get one point for correct answer. Short audio clips. Sabrina Jump by Crisscross. It is Jump Around House of Pain. Where have you heard this on? Have you heard it in a movie? Movies. It was just playing in the bar at St. Patrick's Day. It was like going crazy. That would go hard. I think the guy is Irish. I think he's in I think he's Irish.
Okay. I see on commercials. Really? Yeah. Like a lot of commercials. I could see that. like a car commercial or Yeah. Okay. Number two. Talk to me. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a caller. I wish I had a rabbit and a hat with a bat. I wish by Skilo. It is I wish by Skilo. Correct. He made an entire hit song just listing reasons his life would be better if he were hotter, taller, richer. Can you think of a song released today that has a similar perspective?
Olivia Rodrigo. She's a lot of like being out and proud about not being great with herself. I actually found that on TikTok that sound. I didn't know it before. It was that trend where like they would go out and come back in and the parents would dress up like their kids. Vice vers. Yeah, it's one of those. Okay, that's cool that like social media is bringing old music back cuz I'm baby like Oh, four baby. No way. You're making me feel so old. Number three, Sabrina, it says um uh this is Wuang Clan. Is it
the Wuang Clan? Isn't that what it's called? It's Cream by Wuang. Yes. It's like Cash. What does it stand for again? Cash rules everything around me. Yes. Wuang helped spark the East Coast rap comeback in the '90s, and their gritty sound, plus all those kung fu movie samples in their songs, made them one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history. Interesting. Yeah. Interesting. Number four, Shook Ones by Mob Deep. Oh, wa. Shook Ones. How good is that song? So good. Iconic. Really?
They came off though. We've all heard this song before. Yeah. I think I'm a bit slow, you know. You're not slow. Cuz No. The problem with me is I have to listen to hear it for like a couple seconds and I'm like, "Okay." Yeah. Do you feel like you know the sound of '90s hip-hop more than the actual artist and song titles? Definitely. Yeah. Cuz they have a specific beat. Like it's more like boom. Do you know what I mean? It's slower. It's like slower. Today almost corresponding with like people's shorter attention spans. Like they have to be crazier and more intense now than ever. It also sounds a little bit more like it just has like a undertone of
like aggressive almost like a kind of like a really hard kind of definoop like you know. Number five that it's Will Smith. Oh my god. It's getting jiggy with it. Oh yes, big job, dude. I'm so bad. I was like, is it Switch? Is it Miami? Yeah, Will Smith getting Jiggy with it. This is one of the biggest examples of Will Smith fully crossing over from TV star to hitmaker. But I suppose you could say he was a hitmaker during the 94th Academy Awards, too.
He's been a hitmaker. Oh no. Keep my wife's name out. Moving on to number six. Why do I know this? Oh, this is um this is disappointing because I have this on one of my Instagram pictures. This is giving me anxiety. Fake fans. Oh my gosh. Like Oh. This is um a tribe called Quest. Uh yes. It's a question. Huh? Can I kick it? I GOT IT CUZ I IF I would have heard the Lou Reed sample, then I would have it would have fully kicked in.
I'm so impressed with y'all's knowledge. It's going to get harder than this. This is what I'm saying. I can't hear the song. Y'all, she looks like a total prostitute. OKAY. NO. OH MY GOD. I don't know the artist though. It's I like big butts. It's it's actually open now. Anyone Well, what's the name? And it is um I'm think about Anaconda by Nicki Minaj. It does sound like that rem. That's so interesting. Like what an interesting thing that they in modern day and maybe they've always done this in rap and hip-hop but sampling previous hip-hop songs like no other genre really does that. You don't hear like rock
sampling older rock in their current rock songs. Maybe that's the future of I feel like they're running out of beats to make personally. Hey you guys, let me tell you this about Sir Mixelot Baby Got Back. You've probably heard this in Charlie's Angels. One of the most famous movie uses of this song ever. Have you seen Charlie's Angels? Yes, but not since I was a child. I feel like I just have heard this in so many things. This is like in everything. Now we're moving on to the lyric battles where you have to either guess the song or artist from the lyric or you're going
to have to finish the lyric and it's two points but correct answer. This next one is a lyric battle. I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom. Brandon Ice Baby Vanilla Ice. It is Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. collaborate and listen. I actually only know that from um the Menendez brothers Netflix. Oh my god, you're aging the hell out of yourself. Crazy. You know what? I honestly Mine is even worse cuz I feel like I where I go to is Step Brothers.
Yeah, he does it at the talent show. Uh he does. Yeah. This beat actually was built on a baseline from Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie. Have you heard uh Vanilla Ice talking about why it's different? Basically, there's like a tiny pause in between like the third and fourth beats and he's just like theirs is like this and mine's like this. So, he's basically just saying this isn't a sample. This is an interpolation. Yeah. It's it's really funny cuz everyone's like interesting. So, you're talking about the controversy that happened with this, right? Is that what you're saying?
Yes. Yeah. This is around that time. All right. Number nine coming at you and it's a finish the lyric. So, you're going to hear the lyric and then hit the button if you know it. Okay. Insane. Sabrina. Insane in the membrane. Insane in the brain. Insane in the brain by Cypress Hill. I'm going to accept it. So, here's the thing. The actual lyric just went right to Insane in the Brain. Oh, but I'm going to accept it. There's a movie. I don't remember what it's called, but it's with Brennan Frasier about talking animals, and that's all I think about when I think of this song.
Furry Vengeance. Free Vengeance. That's the one. Yes, Is this making you realize that you know more of the songs than you thought or less? It's making me feel like I know the beat and the lyrics, but not the name and the artist. This is on like Pitch Perfect, right? That's how I know it. Oh, like when they're in the underground battle where you have to rip the ripoff. Let's see if you know this song. Rolling down. I think that was Christian. We knocked it over, but we'll take it. Rolling down the street.
Wait. Oh, I KNOW THAT. YOU DO. YEAH, YOU DO. YOU GOT IT. LET'S GO. WHAT are we sipping on? Smoking. way back with my mind. On my money. On my mind. Money on my money. On my mind. Nope. It's open. It's going to be Jin and Juice if I sne. Sorry guys. I was thinking of making my way downtown. That was Snoop Dog, Jin and Juice. And here's a fun fact. The music video is basically a rap parody of Home Alone. Snoop throws a giant house party while the parents are away. Awesome. The parents away, the rappers will play. So true. This is finished the lyric audio. headphones on.
Yeah, you know me. Let's see. Yeah, you know me. Get out with LP. Yeah, you know me. Yeah, you know, Clay, what's LP stand for? Optimus Prime Protect. Sure. Oh, yeah. I actually don't know. Look it up. Let me look it up. Other people's What? I don't like You don't care if she has a boyfriend. You don't care. Other people. That was very gender forward of him to say other people's. Yeah. This is a lyric battle. My music. case me. So, Serena, sorry, Tricky.
Nora, I just can't touch this. I have to hammer. Oh my god. I get that mixed up, guys. My music hits me so hard. Oh my god. Thank you. The artist Rick James actually ended up getting credit on this because the song bites the groove from Super Freak. Superak. Isn't that crazy? You know what I love? Super Freaky Girl by Nicki Minaj. Why does Nicki Minaj keep coming up in this?
She keeps dating in the name. Yeah. Tell me this, Jenzi. Do you think artists in the '9s could get away with sounding like or ripping other artists off more easily than they could today? Probably not, because then you would be able to just instantly look it up. Whereas, like before, it's like if you didn't know the other song, you didn't know. Gen Z, we're entering the hard round. Three points per correct answer. And this is visual clues. So things like silent music videos, emojis that will make up the name of the song in some kind of way. Number 13. This is a silent
music video and it's to guess the title of the song. Sabrina, so close. Christian, this is a This is Notorious VI. It is Notorious BG. Yeah. I'm trying to remember which song. Oh, I love it when you call me Big Papa. It is not that song. Oh, it's going to be Juicy by the Notorious B.I. That would be Juicy. Brendan, man, I don't know music videos like that. Did you know it was Juicy? Yes. Let's He's right there. And it's going to be emojis. And it's to guess the title of the song. Emojis.
Kind of the sun. Oh, it's '90s rap. Don't. It was a good day. Yes. It was a good day by ice cube. Nice. Today was A GOOD DAY. MY BRAIN COMPLETELY BLANK. I know it, but it's not coming into the melody. Like, he goes to the park. They had a triple double. The Lakers beat the SuperSonics. Yeah. He literally just described his day. Well, you know what's interesting about that? Fans got so obsessed with this song that they tried to figure out the exact day he was talking about.
There's three. You know the dates? I don't know the dates, but I know that they've narrowed it down to three. And there's a favorite. Do you want to know the day? The favorite day? January 20th, 1992. Awesome. That's that's the favorite or at least the one they think that it is. That's beautiful. Do fans get as obsessed with artists as they used to. No. Yes. You think it depends. Really? Yeah. Okay. If it's K-pop or Taylor Swift, people are like digging for clues in every single not even just lyric that she has, but like Instagram post.
They're like, "Oh my god, it's orange in the background. That means something big is coming." Yeah. Or you'll get doxed if you talk. So, this is a silent music video. Sabrina, is this Big Papa? It is not. Oh, wait. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. My bad. Oh, is this poison? It is not poison. Is it the Was it want to be a baller? No. Three, two, one. It is Warren G. Regulate. Oh my days. The most British thing he has said.
Oh my days. Asand. Oh my Nando. Is Nando still very popular? Do you know? Oh, yeah. I'm actually depressed cuz like it's not here. I feel like I had Nando. I had a cheeky Nando from the East Coast. I didn't really like it. I didn't really like it at all. Did you not like it? I was fine. It was fine. KFC is better. Okay. Yeah. Loki. But like I miss it. Here we go. It's It's kind of challenging, but it is the hard round.
The sun represents summer love. Very close. Okay. Danny Zuko. Very close. Number 11 happened so fast. Uh, CALIFORNIA 11. CALIFORNIA. OH, CALIFORNIA. NICE. CALIFORNIA. YEAH. All these songs just make me think of GTA. Yeah, right. We live in GTA for real, dude. Right. Number 17 for three points. Tilent music video. Oh. Rough riders anthem. DMX. Yeah, I saw DMX and I'm like, which one is it?
I'm so mad. I can't even win. X going to give it to you. But DMX Ref Riders, DMX actually didn't even want to do this song at first because he thought the beat was too simple and then it became one of the most iconic records. Let's see what happens. This is images. So, you're just going to see images. You're going to have to put them together in your mind and come up with the uh song name. Hey girls. Very close. Hey Ladies. Hey Ladies by Beasty Boys. You guys know this song? No. I know. Intergalactic by Beast.
Intergalactic. This is not a good song. Like I'm sorry. The Beasty Boys. You want to do Intergalactic? Where's Britney out? Let Britney out. Free Britney. Brittney. We have one more bonus round that could change the game here. Christian. Five points. Name the song or the artist playing in the following movie scene. Or the artist. Or woman. I got you. Nice. How'd you know red was my favorite color? And I can see the heavy. Another one. No. This is '90s hip hop. That's weird.
This is um Hippity Hop by Isn't that what? It's Grandmaster Flash. Okay. It's not Hip to the Hop. Hip. The hipp the hippie hippop. These are correct lyrics but not the name of the song. The song name has no hip-hop in it. Can I call Chachi PT? Can I call my dad and tell him just say hip hop a hip idiot hip hop whatever. And then if he says the name and the artist. Yes, you can. We're going to allow one phone a friend. Okay. And if he's wrong, you all have an opportunity to hit the button and get a phone of friend.
Oh my god, this is so exciting. Hello. Hi. Okay. Wait. I'm filming right now. Can you please tell me the name and the artist of that song? The hip hop. The hippie to the hip hop. That's sugar gang rappers delight. Yes, it is. Thank you so much. You scored me a point. Thank you. Love that for me. Thank you so much. Love you. See you later. Okay. Bye. All right. Shout out Sabrina's dad. He didn't even think about it. He knew exactly what's on the back. Unbelievable. Well, what a clutch thing.
Yeah, that was Rappers Delight, the Sugar Hill Gang. This is one of the legendary scenes from Kangaroo Jack where Charlie is hallucinating due to dehydration and the song Rappers Delight by Sugar Hill Gang famously plays in the background. We've all seen the movie. No. What? Have not. Watch it tonight. That will just fill you with joy and love. Such a great movie. The winner of the day, drum roll, please. BRENDAN. WHOA. I LOVE YOU. No way. All right. That's amazing. It was close. Tell me this, Gen Z. Do you think Gen Z actually knows '90s hiphop or maybe just pieces of it?
I think pieces of it. Pieces of it for sure. I think we kind of attested to that. You guys all killed it though. You all generally I know you didn't Your trigger finger wasn't there, but the problem wasn't your knowledge of '90s rap, Christian. It was just that we had some lightning fast Lightning McQueens over here. Yeah, you guys are like boom. You should be judges, guys. Oh, yeah. Or you should be in karate because you're just moving so fast. I was in karate. Thanks so much for watching this episode of React.
Did you know any of the songs? Let us know in the comments. Yeah. Bye. Yeah.
