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- (FBE) Today we're gonna see how well you know '90s hip hop.
- Like music hip hop? Oh no.
- There's, like, no way I'm getting anything today.
- Not making any guarantees, 'cause I never do well at these.
- I feel like every time I come in here
and you guys tell me to do '90s stuff,
I feel like y'all think I'm a '90s kid, but I'm not.
- I think I'll do great.
I still listen to '90s hip hop now.
- Okay, let's do it. Okay. You're in my element now.
- Hey.
I'm gonna do way better,
'cause I actually listen to '90s hip hop.
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♪ (tranquil hip hop) ♪ - Yep.
♪ (vocalizing along) ♪
- (rapping along) ♪ Waking up in the morning, gotta thank God ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I don't know, but today feels kinda odd ♪
- ♪ No barking from the dog ♪ - This is a straight-up classic.
- ♪ And mama cooked a breakfast with no hog ♪
- This sounds familiar. I definitely have heard of this song.
- ♪ ...pig out ♪
♪ Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out ♪
♪ Hooked it up for later as I hit the door ♪
- I like this. - ♪ "...another 24?" ♪
- Don't know who it is though.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- Honestly I have no clue.
- I know for a fact it's Biggie.
"Today Was a Good Day."
Wait, no.
Ice Cube. I had to think about it.
- "A Good Day" by Ice Cube.
- Yeah, it's Ice Cube, "Today Was a Good Day," on The Predator.
- "Today Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube.
- (FBE) So this is "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube.
- (scoffs) My gosh, yeah, okay.
- Corrected myself. See? Redemption.
- Oh, I know who Ice Cube is. He's an actor now.
- (FBE) So this song was meant to be a contrast
to the rest of his songs on his album Predator,
which was recorded during the time of the L.A. riots.
Ice Cube said he knew people would expect him
to rap about the riots and the bad days,
but he also wanted to rap about his good days.
- Yeah. That's crazy,
'cause I lived right next to where all that happened.
So right across the streets from my apartment,
everything was burnt down.
- It's a good self-reflection of that,
while all these things are happening,
there's still a bright side.
- That's one thing I like that Ice Cube shows, is that
we have good days just like you guys. There's no difference.
It's just, shit happens in the hood.
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- ♪ No need to be greedy, I got... ♪
- Oh! Oh my god. Uh, um... ah.
Okay, this is Biggie for sure.
- Yes, I know this song too.
- That's-- there you go. There's the Biggie song.
- ♪ I love it when you ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Call me Big Poppa ♪
♪ Throw your hands in the air like you's a true player ♪
- ♪ I love it when you call me Big Poppa ♪
♪ To the honeys getting money ♪
♪ Playing fellas like dummies ♪
- Wait, I know this song. I've heard it before.
- ♪ You got a gun up in your... ♪
- Man, just the G-funk on this is beautiful.
- (singing along) ♪ They should be having my baby ♪
- ♪ Baby ♪
- It's like very, like-- the beat's very catchy.
- High-key! We should just-- screw this.
Let's just start chilling.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - Uh-uh.
- "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G.?
- "Big Poppa" by Biggie Smalls.
- (FBE) This was "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G.
- Yeah, okay. So that's-- okay.
I recognized that song, which I didn't expect me to at all.
- I don't go out of my way to listen to him.
But if he ever comes on, I just gotta let it play.
- Rest in peace, Biggie.
Please, God.
Take Justin Bieber and give us back Biggie Smalls, please.
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- ♪ When I step up in the place a-yo I step correct ♪
♪ Woo-Hah! ♪ - I absolutely don't know this song.
- Oh my god. I know this. I know I do.
- ♪ And you know we come through to wreck the discotheque ♪
♪ Woo-Hah! I got you all in check ♪
- It was hella '90s. That beat?
That... ♪ (imitates quirky melody) ♪
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I do not know this song.
- No clue.
- It was good. I liked it. I just don't know the song.
- I think it's ODB.
- It's gonna say Busta Rhymes,
but I have no idea who or what the song is.
- I don't know the name of the song.
But I know it's by Busta Rhymes.
- (FBE) So this is "Woo-Hah!!" by Busta Rhymes.
- What? This is Busta Rhymes?
- Oh. I know Busta Rhymes.
- Busta Rhymes? Oh, I was close.
- The voice was what was really killing me.
I was like, "Why does he sound so familiar?"
- This is Busta Rhymes? Really? Aw man.
He can just get on the mic
and start spittin' and spittin' and spittin'.
And you're just like, "Damn."
- No one has a voice like Busta Rhymes.
He even talks like that. It's crazy.
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- ♪ Ooh, what, grab my nut, get screwed ♪
♪ Oww, here comes... ♪ - Oh, Wu-Tang Clan.
- ♪ True B-A... ♪ - I love that sound. ♪ (imitates) ♪
(snickers) That's so '90s.
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- (singing along) ♪ C'mon, baby-baby, c'mon, baby-baby ♪
♪ C'mon, baby-baby, c'mon ♪ - ♪ Yo ♪
- (singing along) ♪ You best protect ya neck ♪
- (FBE) And do you know it? - No.
- No, I don't.
- Nope.
- I don't know this song, but it sounds like it's a group.
- I'm gonna go with my gut and say it was N.W.A.
- "Protect Ya Neck," Wu-Tang Clan.
- "Protect Ya Neck" by Wu-Tang Clan.
- (FBE) So this was "Protect Ya Neck" by Wu-Tang Clan.
- Wu-Tang Clan?! [Bleep]!
- Yeah, see, I would've never known.
- Okay, I know who Wu-Tang Cla-- I've heard of them.
- Argh! Oh! My dad's gonna kill me.
You guys aren't gonna see me for like three weeks.
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- ♪ You know you blew up when the women rush your stands ♪
♪ And try to touch your hands like some screaming Usher fans ♪
♪ This guy at White Castle asked for my autograph ♪
- Wait, wait, wait.
- (singing along) ♪ "Thanks for the support, asshole" ♪
- ♪ Hi, my name is... ♪ - Oh.
Yeah, I know exactly who this is.
- (imitates) "Chka-chka!"
I love that part! That part is iconic!
- ♪ What? My name is, who? ♪
- (singing along) ♪ My name is ♪ - ♪ Chka-chka, Slim Shady ♪
♪ Hi ♪ - He barely made it in this one.
This came out in 1999. I was a year old.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I don't know.
I just know it's Eminem.
- Eminem, "Slim Shady."
- "My Name Is" by Eminem.
- It's "My Name Is" by Eminem.
- "My Name Is," Eminem.
- (FBE) This is "My Name Is" by Eminem.
- "My Name Is"! But yeah, it's the same, "Slim Shady."
- I got one though, so I'm pretty proud of myself.
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- ♪ Felt it in my hips, so I dipped back ♪
- (gasps) Oh, I like this one!
- ♪ ...for a tip, make me wanna do tricks for him ♪
♪ Lick him ♪ - I've definitely heard this.
- ♪ ...should be licked ♪
♪ Came to my senses, and I chilled for a... ♪
- I don't know very many female rappers.
No offense to female rappers. It's just I haven't heard 'em.
- ♪ ...wanna shoop, shoop, shoop ♪
- Oh no... uh, shoop.
♪ Shoop ba-doop, ba-doop, ba-doop ♪
- I liked it. A female hip hop artist. That's like dope.
- (FBE) So do you know it? - I do not know.
- No, I don't know who it is.
- Either MC Lyte or Lauryn Hill.
- Song's called, like, "Shoop" or something.
- I wanna say "Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa.
- This is "Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa.
- (FBE) So this is "Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa.
- Man, I've been messing up today.
- The "shoop ba-doop" part was familiar,
because I heard it in Deadpool.
- I've never heard of Salt-N-Pepa.
- (FBE) So Salt-N-Pepa was the first female rap group.
Its members were Cheryl James, Sandra Denton, and Latoya Hanson.
- Dang. First female rap group. That's huge history.
- They were the pioneers to this.
- There's nothing holding girls back from being able to rap.
It's just a stereotype that it's a men thing to do,
which kinda sucks.
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- ♪ ...like you bustin' grapes ♪
♪ Think you holdin' weight, then you haven't met the apes ♪
♪ What? Stop ♪
- I kind of like this, but I have no clue who it is.
- (singing along) ♪ Oh, oh ♪
- (singing along) ♪ That's how Ruff Ryders roll ♪
- DMX's voice is very-- it's hard not to know.
- ♪ Open up shop ♪ - Go, go.
Makes me wanna fight. - ♪ Oh ♪
♪ No ♪
♪ That's how Ruff Ryders roll ♪
- All of these songs I just imagine those really old cars
that can go up and down with the beat with these.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- No.
- This is DMX by-- I don't know the song title.
- "Stop Drop" or something like that.
It's by DMX, I'm pretty sure.
- Yeah, it's DMX. I think it's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem."
- "Ruff Ryders' Anthem," DMX.
- (FBE) This is "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" by DMX.
- Oh my god.
I know of him, but I don't listen to his music.
- Never heard of either.
- Okay, that makes sense. "Ruff Ryders' Anthem."
Yeah, 'cause we're Ruff Ryders.
- (FBE) So after a very successful rap career,
DMX has become a pastor.
He currently preaches at a Christian church in Arizona.
- (giggles) He's a pastor? What?
- Anyone can go anywhere, I guess.
- Why are you being a pastor? Go make more music.
What are you talking about?
- A super hood rapper to a pastor?
I mean, interesting transition.
'Cause you're going super-hard rap to "praise the Lord."
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