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Network:
MTV
Season:
August 1988 to August 1995
Genre:
Music

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MTV Arcade | YO! MTV Raps: The Quiz
MTV Arcade | YO! MTV Raps: The Quiz Get ready to go retro because this April is 'Yo! MTV Raps' month. Our funky fresh quiz is sure to flash you back to hip-hop's golden era in celebration of the TV show that changed the music world forever.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Top 20 Video Countdown
Yo! MTV Raps: Top 20 Video Countdown DJ Cipha Sounds counts down the top 20 hip-hop videos in the history of 'Yo! MTV Raps,' with some help from the originals.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Suckas For Love
Yo! MTV Raps: Suckas For Love In between the streets and the game, meet a few MCs who found time to get romantic on the mic.
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Yo! MTV Raps: My Posse's On
Yo! MTV Raps: My Posse's On Want respect? You gotta represent. In these videos, there's no doubt these crews are in full effect.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Droppin' Science
Yo! MTV Raps: Droppin' Science Not everyone jumped on the dookie rope bandwagon when hip-hop hit. Open your mind to those who kept the struggle of the streets alive.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Ladies First
Yo! MTV Raps: Ladies First Watch Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa and more fearless females who paved the path for women in rap.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Hottest Videos of 1990
Yo! MTV Raps: Hottest Videos of 1990 Digital Underground, Salt-N-Pepa, Hammer and more
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Classic Yo! Moments

Yo! MTV Raps: All-Star Yo! Drops!
Yo! MTV Raps: All-Star Yo! Drops! Watch old-school 'Yo!' shout-outs from the biggest names in hip-hop, lifted straight from the shows.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Fab 5 Freddy's Main Moments
Yo! MTV Raps: Fab 5 Freddy's Main Moments Watch the godfather of 'Yo!' make his mark in these old-school hip-hop highlights
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Yo! MTV Raps: Freestyles Caught on Camera
Yo! MTV Raps: Freestyles Caught on Camera Slick Rick, Beasties, Busta, Queen Latifah, Fab 5 Freddy, and the Fugees drop rhymes in these original 'Yo!' clips.
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Yo! MTV Raps: The ABCs of Slanguistics
Yo! MTV Raps: The ABCs of Slanguistics From chillin' to illin,' Doctor Dre, Ed Lover and Doug E. Fresh school you in the necessary slang.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Famous First Times
Yo! MTV Raps: Famous First Times Watch history get written when Wu, Nas, Jay-Z and Jennifer Lopez made their 'Yo!' debuts.
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Yo! MTV Raps: Ladies First!
Yo! MTV Raps: Ladies First! Watch Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa and more fearless females who paved the path for women in rap.
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mtv base in the uk showing yo! mtv raps 28th/29th june 2008
by Richard at 3:31pm on June 29th, 2008
well i see over here in the uk we get this several months after it is shown in the usa.
i dont know if anyone else watched last night(28th) or tonight(29th) i got it on now,they tell you they going to show an old classic song it comes on for about 1 minute then cuts to some new song that just out now,why cant they just show the classic songs and leave the new stuff for other shows.
i am a mad mad yo fan but this is really doing my head in.if i wanted to watch kayne west or some new snoop song i would watch myv another time,this is supposed to be yo mtv 20 years celebration,so please stick with th eold classics and in full not a 1 minute clip like i been getting all night long....

dj fuze(the original) s.k.p(style kings posse) stapleford nottingham uk

it our 20th anniversary too.
skp 1988- 2008 20 years old.


peace..........
Yo Rap 20 top moments
by Tiana at 8:01pm on April 29th, 2008
In the era of under skilled MC's and wack protege's its no wonder the wizards of MTV LAND and Fab 5 Freddy got hip and decided to revive the historical legacy set by the best show ever to showcase hip hop, Yo MTV Raps. I can not remember life before it and damn sure and sad about the down ward wave hence. But not to worry my fellow heads with moments like the eDlOVER dance, the punk out by Queen Roxannne, and the unforgettable swager of the late great Tupac Shakur its only that the hip hop and RAP we use to know may slowly making an needed comeback. Peace to Heavy D who should of had a moment because he's heavy!Much respect to Run DMC because Bboys still shine and to the lady who found the dudes behind the first rap song, I give a hip hop to the rhythmn of the boogie da B!
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Giuseppe wrote at 6:58am yesterday
DE La SoUL anD WUtAn Clan......FOR EVER !!!!!!!!
Mamoudou wrote at 12:59pm on October 3rd, 2008
i remember the freestyle with Raek Nas and Mobb Deep : TERRIBLE( in french!!!!)
what's the name of the third guy with them: Mr.... i don't have his name, Can someone help me ?
Mads wrote at 10:57pm on September 28th, 2008
YO! MTV RAPS!!!!!!!! FTW!
Kelsey wrote at 6:09pm on September 28th, 2008
Childhood memories. This brings 'em back on the real. Ed Lover, Dr. Dre were clowns, but the show was my
first exposure to all things hip-hop.
Craig wrote at 9:10am on September 28th, 2008
no good if you live outside of the u.s?

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Website:
http://yo.mtv.com
Schedule:
August 1988 to August 1995
Starring:
Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover, Dr. Dre
Directed By:
Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty
Plot Outline:
Yo! MTV Raps is a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995. The program (created by Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty) was the first hip hop music show on the network, and was hosted by Doctor Dré (not to be confused with N.W.A. alumnus Dr. Dre), Ed Lover and Fab 5 Freddy, premiering on MTV on August 6, 1988.

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Yo! Artists

Public Enemy
Public EnemyPublic Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s...
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N.W.A.
N.W.A.N.W.A, the unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangsta rap....
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Dr. Dre
Dr. DreMore than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise...
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Ice Cube
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Tupac
Tupac2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, ...
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of the music ....
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Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-PepaBy the late '80s, hip-hop was on its way to becoming a male-dominated art form, which is what made the emergence of Salt-n-Pepa so significant....
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Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy KaneEmerging during hip-hop's massive creative expansion of the late '80s, Big Daddy Kane was the ultimate lover man....
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A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called QuestWithout question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest....
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KRS-ONE
KRS-ONEKRS-One (born Kris Parker) was the leader of Boogie Down Productions.....
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Nas
NasBeginning with his classic debut, Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of New York City's leading rap voices....
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Geto Boys
Geto BoysThough the controversial subject matter of gangsta rap wasn't much of a barrier to popular success during the '90s...
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LL Cool J
LL Cool JHip-hop is notorious for short-lived careers, but LL Cool J is the inevitable exception that proves the rule...
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Queen Latifah
LL Cool JQueen Latifah was certainly not the first female rapper, but she was the first one to become a bona fide star...
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Notorious B.I.G.
Notorious B.I.G.In just a few short years, the Notorious B.I.G. went from a Brooklyn street hustler to the savior of East Coast...
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De La Soul
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Eric B. & Rakim
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Two Live Crew
Two Live CrewNo rap group (save, perhaps, N.W.A) has stirred more controversy or provoked more heated debate than the 2 Live Crew...
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Cypress Hill
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Leaders of the New School
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang ClanEmerging in 1993, when Dr. Dre's G-funk had overtaken the hip-hop world, the Staten Island, NY-based Wu-Tang Clan proved to be the most revolutionary rap group of the mid-'90s...
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My Feeds

April 30
#9- Ed and Dre in Guantanamo Bay- This was back in 1991. My how things have changed… #8- Fab 5 Runs With The Bulls- Fab really did go international #7- Grammy Hate- Who would expect rappers to boycott anything nowadays? I sure don’t. #6- Dennis Leary on “Who’s The Man?”- Such a classic hip-hop movie #5- Tupac Remembered- Ted [...]
#9- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock- “It Takes Two”- I wanna rock right now…. #8- Eric B and Rakim- “Microphone Fiend”- The 18th Letter shows you how it should be done #7- Salt-N-Pepa- “Push It”- Gotta love those jackets and dookie rope chains #6- Ice Cube- “It Was A Good Day”- O’Shea Jackson was watchin Yo! MTV [...]
April 29
MTV News caught up with Soulja Boy in Atlanta last week, where he talked about his upcoming 2nd LP, Back To School. According to MTV News, in addition to the project, which will drop around the time students head back to school (think late August/early September), he’s also “dropping the Soulja Boy sunglasses, his own [...]
The Roots 10th studio LP, Rising Down, hits stores today.
It’s a youtube vid, so click HERE to watch it. Finally, a great follow-up to “Ya’ll Should All Get Lynched.” NYOIL is making some serious statements here. Do you agree with him?
April 28
*****DOWNLOAD****** Lil Kim- “Rider Freestyle” Not a bad verse from the Queen Bee.
April 25
To be fair, it’d be very easy to throw V.I.C. in with the rest of the dance rappers that have come out in the past few years. There are enough to fill up a VH1 “Where Are They Now?” special at this point. V.I.C. argues though, that he’s anything but one of those types of [...]

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