Digital underground was an american alternative hip hop group from oakland, california. I was told tech blog posts should start with rap lyrics, so there you go. Shock g formed the group in 1987 with jimi chopmaster j dright of berkeley, california, and tampa hiphop radio deejay kenneth kennyk waters. All right, stop whatcha doin because the latest muppets mashup video is here and it features gonzo taking on digital undergrounds the humpty dance. The group was fronted by ron brooks, known as moneyb, an active member of digital underground who produced this album as a side project with fellow group member david elliot known as dj fuze. Digital underground no nose job official music video. The humpty dance is a song by the rap group digital underground that was featured on their debut album sex packets. Do the humpty hump, do the humpty hump shock g aka humpty hump. Digital underground same song lyrics genius lyrics. Digital underground were disciples of parliamentfunkadelic. Jacobs born august 25, 1963, known by the stage names shock g and humpty hump, is an american musician and rapper. Digital underground was an alternative hip hop group from oakland, california. Digital underground the humpty dance official music video. Gregory jacobs, known professionally as shock g and his alter ego humpty hump, is an american musician, rapper, and lead vocalist for the hip hop group digital underground.
It was my homeboy shock, a mellow type of fellow that i knew from up the block, he walked in and said. He is responsible for digital undergrounds the humpty dance, 2pac s breakthrough single i get around, and coproducer of 2pacs debut album 2pacalypse now. He is also an accomplished pianist, visual artist, and music producer, responsible for d. Once again, the underground is in the house id like to send a shout out to the whole world, keep on doin the humpty dance, and to the ladies, peace and. Download fear of a mixed planet bonus edition by shock g on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. More than likely, fans who were looking for pop singles such as dowhatyoulike, and the humpty dance, wont find them on this album. The humpty dance is a song by digital underground, which was featured on their debut album sex packets. The oral history of 2pacs digital underground years.
Jacobs born august 25, 1963, known by the stage names shock g and humpty hump, is an american musician and rapper, known as the lead vocalist for the hiphop group digital underground. The tone of the album is set from the getgo with keep it beautiful which showcases shock g rapping over a laid back and calming beat. Digital underground built most of their music from pfunk samples and developed a similarly weird sense of style and humor, highlighted by shock g s outrageous costumes and the whole bands parade of alter egos. The freaks of the industry tell the wild story of tupac shakurs journey from roadie to icon. Get all the lyrics to songs by humpty hump and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
Digital underground built most of their music from pfunk samples and developed a similarly weird sense of style and humor, highlighted by shock g s outrageous costumes and. Provided to youtube by tommy boy music, llc the humpty dance digital underground the best of digital underground. The digital undergrounds leader is greg shock g jacobs, who also went by the stage name of humpty hump. A few easy standouts would be holly wanstaho and brand nu swetta. But there will never be another humpty, nor a better reason to get busy in a burger king bathroom. If you dont recognize his name, then im sure youll recognize his alterego humpty hump. Ice cube says youre making more than donald trump so yo, go on and get your nose fixed, hump dr. The humpty dance by digital underground sampled the vibrettess humpty dump.
The full dossier of humpty hump edward ellington humphrey iii would, like digital underground and all of shock s characters, evolve over time and be recounted in different ways, but humpty s official anthem, the humpty dance, was birthed from a simple bass line shock wrote during a jam session. The single is sung by shock g s alter ego, humpty hump, marking the charac. Gregory jacobs, known professionally as shock g is an american musician, rapper, and lead vocalist for the hip hop group digital underground. And yes humpty hump and money b have appearances on the album. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of the end of the beginning 2003 by murs at mp3caprice. Accuradio is free customizable online radio with unlimited skips.
This is an experimental collection of music that is not yet available for public release. He is responsible for digital undergrounds the humpty dance, 2pacs breakthrough single i get around, and coproducer. Download stream follow our official spotify playlist. Humpty hump shine the lights, this is harlem nights true, digital u and papa hump s bringing that slump you can bump to, boo shock g dont be sleeping heres the opportunity to let that dove out humpty hump. Digital undergrounds leader and mainstay was greg shock g jacobs also known as humpty hump. Shock g formed the group in 1987 with jimi chopmaster j dright of berkeley, california,and tampa hiphop radio deejay kenneth kennyk waters. Digital underground performs in the music video the humpty dance from the album sex packets recorded for tommy. The album spawned two songs that were featured in the wayans brothers film dont be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood. Humpty hump is a character created by digital undergrounds leader, shock g greg jacobs. Jacobs spent most of his youth in new york city and southern florida. Here a hump, there a hump, everywhere a humpty hump verse 5. The name is a play on thelonious monk, the famous jazz pianist. As shockg tells it, tommy boy wanted to see a group, so i had to get one going.
Provided to youtube by universal music group same song digital underground resurrection. First things first, you couldnta hit me at a better time, them four cars behind me, they with me all women, all dimes, the redhead shes mine she wanna hump me, yo thats my brother humpty humpty hump. Production of the album was handled by acclaimed hip hop producer jswift who was responsible for the pharcydes debut album, bizarre ride ii the pharcyde and producer squeak e. As usual, humpty hump becomes crazy as hell on return of the crazy one. With numerous releases under his belt already, shock g dropped his solo album fear of a mixed planet on 33rd street records in 2004. The bodyhat syndrome explicit by digital underground on. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Downloadstream digitalundergroundthehumptydance follow our official spotify playlist. The oral history of 2pacs digital underground years sex, drugs and the humpty dance. Shock g fear of a mixed planet bonus edition cd baby. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Digital underground the return of the crazy one music. Stop whatcha doin cause im about to ruin the image and the style that ya used to. Find digital underground same song lyrics and search for digital underground.
Rap, hiphop, west coast hiphop digital underground. Puerto ricans, do the humpty hump, just keep on doin the hump samoans, do the humpty hump, do the humpty hump lets get stoopid. My favz, cherry flavad email, cinnamon waves, baby you okay. Digital underground keeps up those paralament and zapp samples that they have used throughout their career. Shock g i came for the party to get naughty, get my rocks on. I always wanted digital underground to be this big super group, but we didnt. Before he was an icon and movie star, tupac was doing the humpty dance with oaklands own funkadelic freaks of the industry, taking on. Future rhythm is the fourth album from rap group, digital underground, and also marks their first independent release. Live from the styleetron is the debut studio album by oaklandbased hip hop group raw fusion. The humpty dance is a song by the rap group, digital underground. Not humpty dumpty, but humpty hump here a hump, there a hump, everywhere a hump shock g ah shut up and just listen not dissin dont get me wrong but to me its just the same. Everything you always wanted to know about hump, but were afraid. Gonzo, of course, plays the role of shock g, which is fitting since the rapper is known to don an unusual artificial schnoz when he adopts the humpty hump. Their personnel changed and rotated with each album and tour.
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