Classic Hip-Hop Throwback Footage Pt. 5: BET Rap City- Notorious BIG (1997)

Almost done upping more tapes, still working on it, dont worry.....back to the vault shall we?

Now this is a rare treat!! Biggie made a appearance on BET's Rap City about a month before he passed out in LA. I do remember seeing it. Sadly enough after he passed BET re-aired the interview couple weeks after. I remember catching it at night when they re-showed it, all i could do is just stick a tape in the VCR and record it before i went to bed for school the next day. Once again thank god i recorded this cause its so rare!! It just makes me sad cause i know Biggie had plans for the Life After Death album. Many questions i wish coulda been answered...did he & Jay got started on the Commission album? what was gonna b the next video planned for Life After Death after Hypnotize? did he feel like he was being watched out there in LA? what was Puff's Hell Up In Harlem (it was not named No Way Out originally, Puff changed it after Big passed) really was gonna sound like and what he was gonna add to it? So many questions man, i just wished he would have left LA unharmed....



Biggie On Rap City '97 from Brandan Evans on Vimeo.

Classic Hip-Hop Throwback Footage Pt. 4: BET Rap City- Notorious BIG Tribute (1999)

Still uploading tapes for u guys, just gonna take a lil time. Bare with me, but in the mean time lets go back into the vault!!

This was one of those times im glad i was channel surfing the right way. This was sometime during the middle of my senior year (1999) and i was flipping channels to see what was on and i stumbled across this on BET. So i missed the beginning part but i hit that record button real fast! Back then BET wasnt re-running stuff like this, it was neither u saw it or u didnt! One this day they gave a tribute to the late great Notorious BIG interviewing people that he was close to plus others that worked at Bad Boy. Real classic how this was put together and im happy i decided run across this on TV!

Biggie Tribute on Rap City '99 from Brandan Evans on Vimeo.

Classic Hip-Hop Throwback Footage Pt. 3: BET Rap City- Best Of The Booth Pt. 2 (2000-2003)

Lets stay in this cypher as we continue on wit more more rhymes........

Best of the Booth Pt. 2 from Brandan Evans on Vimeo.

Classic Hip-Hop Throwback Footage Pt. 2: BET Rap City- Best Of The Booth Pt. 1 (2000-2003)

So while im still trying to upload new mixtapes for u guys lets keep rollin in my vault shall we?

BET Rap City used to b one of the dopest hip-hop shows around! Im talking about from the origins wit Joe Clair & Big Lez during the 90s to Big Tigger in the 2000s. In the 90s it used to come on 2wice a day, so if u missed it at 4pm u could catch it again at 9 or 10pm!! I missed those days man!! When Big Tigger took the reigns for his Bassment in late '99 he introduced a new feature which was a actual booth when the guest of that show can show off his rhymin skillz!! Some was nice, some was wack but it was what it was. Believe it or not the man dude that was consistent in the booth all the time was Tigger!! And yes he freestyled better than some of ur favorite rappers on the show!! So lets take it back with part 1!!

Best of the Booth pt. 1 from Brandan Evans on Vimeo.

Classic Hip-Hop Throwback Footage: BET- Legend Of 106 & Park Freestyle Friday (2003)

If u guys was a supporter of my blog from years ago then u know i had uploaded a ton of vintage vintage hip-hop vids from my collection to share wit u all. I know i gained many more followers since then so lets re-open that vault and go back to the good ol' times!!

People need to know that when 106 & Park first started in 2000 it was the first live show ever on BET! And it was pretty darn good but the highlight of the show was The Freestyle Fridays!! The dude that got the hype started was PostaBoy!! His rhymes was all of that and he was really nice!! The crazy thing was after winning 6-7 in a row he stopped!! Like he retired cause he was getting offers from labels so he just hung it up. The Legend was born from there and many people got their shine on from this show but i will always say the best ones was from 2000-2003!! It didnt get no better than that!!

The Legend of Freestyle Friday 2000-03 from Brandan Evans on Vimeo.

The Source Magazine Fat Tape: July 2000

The Source Magazine Fat Tape: November 1997