Kid 'N Play - Gittin' Funky video free download


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From 1988 Album: "2 Hype"...[Artist info below].....

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Among the first groups to tame rap's hardcore mentality into a positive, message-oriented music suitable for teens and mass audiences, Kid 'n Play debuted in 1988 with the platinum album 2 Hype, which the duo later spun into a deal involving films and a Saturday-morning cartoon show, the first involving a rap act. Though their recording activity became limited during the gangsta-dominated '90s — 1991's Face the Nation was their last album — the group managed two sequels to their original House Party film, as well as the 1991 teen flick Class Act.

Kid (born Christopher Reid; Bronx, NY) and Play (born Christopher Martin; Queens, NY) first met while performing in rival high school groups (the Turnout Brothers and the Super Lovers, respectively) and initially teamed up as Fresh Force. Play's former bandmate, Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, became the duo's manager and signed Kid 'n Play to Select Records in 1987. Despite the predominance of James Brown samples during the mid-'80s, Azor gave 2 Hype a production job more rooted in disco and pop; thanks to the near-Top Ten R&B hit "Rollin' with Kid 'n Play," the album eventually reached platinum status. Though many rappers were more successful at the time, Kid 'n Play became film stars due to their clean-cut image — Kid's six-inch "eraserhead" hairstyle, which seemed outrageous to white audiences, was vindicated by his honest, well-scrubbed face. The film House Party became a moderate success upon its release in 1990, and the duo even managed a proper LP that same year, Funhouse. During 1991, two Kid 'n Play films appeared: a sequel to House Party and Class Act. That same year, the album Face the Nation showed a growing reluctance to pander to pop audiences, but the duo was already entrenched in their style. A second sequel to House Party appeared in 1993, and little has been heard from them since.

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8 years ago

AMEN RAH

Back when the girls were "fly",not bitches or hoes....

8 years ago

AMEN RAH

People slept on kid n play lyrically but they showcased their rhyme skills in this one,one of the dopest videos of all time,the "golden age" of hip-hop!!!

8 years ago

CrowdPleeza

I miss this era. Back then you weren't cool unless you could dance.

9 years ago

Quebec Girl

Kid N Play was the shit, Im still playing this one after all these years, it's still 2 Hype.

9 years ago

Sam, Bobby Bboys

You can't just sit when you hear this song so Classic!

9 years ago

PATHH88

Play ain't got the moves, too tight, Kid is smooth...

9 years ago

Ahmawan Yasharahla

I use to could be able to do all these steps....lol.. Now... ummmm I'm old!!

9 years ago

Picasso Venom

This is still my shit

9 years ago

LA1988to2005

The late 80s was the most jolly and happy time in hip hop. Minus NWA lol.

9 years ago

Jeffrey Israel

Kid 'N Play - Gittin' Funky:

9 years ago

nathar40

Electric Africa . 

9 years ago

ROLi djXtraordinar

my peoples back in the day.

9 years ago

Richard Myers

Ahh the good ole' days when you could understand the lyrics. This is poetry and story telling, not just throwing words together to make them ryme no matter what it sounds like. "Gangsters don't dance" idiots.!!!!!! This is what got all the girls back then, especially for caucasian guys like me who could dance.

9 years ago

Loue afrigue

when black kids danced back then you knew. not like naw

9 years ago

AOD2874

Da Funky Charleston. Lol

9 years ago

Charles Lawson

2 Hype A Classic

9 years ago

Roger James

When ladies were actually showing their skills as true dancers in videos

9 years ago

gilgamess

Who directed this video?

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