The World According 2 Chriz: You Stole It Sunday Vol.2

The year was 88'. Fades, big chains, and finga waves were in effect. Shoes with no socks, Aiddas, Troop, and LaConSportif jumpsuits were in. N.Y. was on top of the rap game. Doug E. Fresh is the name. It was 1985 when he and then partner Slick Rick rocked the world with "La Di Da Di." The two combined to give birth to one of the hottest club (party then) jams on vinyl. Pure brilliance. With Slick Rick spittin' and Doug E...well...spittin', it was a match made in heaven. Then both decided to test the solo waters as all the great combinations do. Doug E. Fresh got with the Get Fresh Crew and released "The Worlds Greatest Entertainer" in 1988. Now the album got lost in the shuffle and let me give you a few reasons why.

Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
Eric B. and Rakim - "Follow the Leader"
N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
Slick Rick - "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Stetsasonic - "In Full Gear"
E.P.M.D. - "Strictly Business"
Jungle Brothers - "Straight Out the Jungle"

With all these hip-hop classic albums released in the same year, including Doug E. Fresh's album, it's easy to see what happen. But in my opinion, "Keep Risin' To The Top is by far the symbolic song that makes me think of Doug E. Fresh as bonifide in the rap game.

Now before I go too far. Doug E. Fresh's greatest hit was a hit before he sampled it (well at least in Chicago, Keni's song peaked at no. 63 on the R&B charts in 1982). Does anybody remember the man on the far right? Well take a look everyone. That's Keni Burke!!! Yeah, I know your saying who the hell is that. Well in music history he's someone. As member of the teen group The Five Stairsteps he recorded the song "O-o-h Child" which became a huge hit in 1970. The group enjoyed major success for the next 5 years and then became erased by another relatively famous band The Jackson Five. But anyway as rap usually does it makes the irrelevant relevant and PRESTO... Keni's back again. Well at least for crate diggin' purposes. Anyway, let's kick it off with the songs and then I will present to you the video seen all around the world. I hope you enjoy.