I am so happy to find someone who lives and breathes metal that also respects and adores hip-hop like this... it just great how one culture can mix into another so well...

@Otes

Жыл бұрын

I find that if you listen to the extremes of one music you kinda like the extremes of other music

@DavidTUTD

Жыл бұрын

@@Otes exactly

@hauntedbelle

11 ай бұрын

I love my whiplash inducing playlists. Cypress Hill, followed by Fear Factory, followed by Tears for fears, followed by Oliver Tree, followed by Lizzo, followed by Blondie, followed by Powerman 5000, followed by Tori Amos. I love good music, period.

@ShnarfKat

11 ай бұрын

Metal and rap always been chill,,, Koran built their image off it

@ShnarfKat

11 ай бұрын

@@hauntedbelle after the burial ...with Jesse....Koran first album.....patti rothberg , between the one and nine

The Amish Paradise bit cracked me haha. I was a little metalhead kid in the mid 90's and bought the Gangsta's Paradise record when I was like 13 in 1995, growing up in suburban Sydney, Australia in the 90's the 3 big things kids at my school were into were 90's hip hop, NOFX/Pennywise style pop punk and nu metal. I agree with your bit about kids knowing the songs but not the artists, so many songs from the past have been in media over the years they've probably heard some songs a million times and never thought of who the artist is, it's just a song that's always there, same with you I had that a lot growing up with classic rock.

@iamnutty8471

Жыл бұрын

also being a aussie 90s kids (you r 2 years younger ) recordingtop 100 onto tapes! hip hop never was big in oz at all! lookat ticketsales ! so you reference is shiot!

@nickgalea82

Жыл бұрын

@@iamnutty8471 not sure where in Oz you're from dude, I grew up in Penrith and finished school in '99, hip hop was massive amongst kids my age, there was a year or two in particular where it seemed like everyone was into Tupac, Dre and Snoop. Also, local Sydney hip hop local Def Wish Cast was a growing scene then too.

I had so much hope that Kriss Kross "Jump" would make the cut, love that song plus the novelty factor of it being kids would have been interesting to see them react to

@jennoscura2381

Жыл бұрын

Oh yea. That was the shit when I was in middle school. It was wiggida wiggida whack.

@ChuckADickiner

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same thing. Glad I'm not alone. Lol

@djbis

Жыл бұрын

True

@j-did2841

11 ай бұрын

A.B.C. (another bad creation) “at the playground” “Iesha”

@danarose2677

11 ай бұрын

I missed the bus hit for every fucking middle school kid the year that tape came out lol

I am 45yrs old. Born raised in Chicago. This brought back so many memories. Thanks for the reaction

I’ve introduced both my little brothers to 90’s Hip-Hop. I was lucky enough to be able to grow up around some of my favorite 90s rappers and have actual human conversations with them. I’m only 36 but I was hella privileged and honored to be able to experience that first hand. I am both a Metal Head and a hardcore Hip-Hop head respectively. Both my brothers 24 and 17 know about real Hip-Hop, and I’m a proud older brother for that. I’m honestly shocked they didn’t mention, SNOW!

as Ive watched more and more of these, Jackson has had the best range of music exposure and his parents need to get some serious respect for their taste and experiences transferring to him.

@dm7561

11 ай бұрын

Dude. Me and my wife say the same thing. Jaxon's parents raised him right as far as music and pop culture

Nothing wrong with immediately going to Amish Paradise. I probably listened to that more than the original, so it's just stuck there. A fun similar fact: Don McLean has said that he's almost started singing The Saga Begins instead of his own song plenty of times in concert since Weird Al parodied American Pie.

@sgtnubbings6501

Жыл бұрын

Whenever I hear it, 100% what would be in my head or would come out of my mouth at the chorus - My my, this here Anakin guy. Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry.

I love both metal and rap. It was actually a thing in the 90s.

Shock G was crazy underrated and they launched Pac. They where in the movie “Nothing but trouble” with Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Akroid and John Candy. Great movie!!

@khrashingphantom9632

Жыл бұрын

You mean Digital Underground. Lol. Shock G/Humpty was in Digital Underground. You ARE correct though criminally underrated.

@tanakinskywalker7089

Жыл бұрын

Death row. He just danced for them

@bigb2494

11 ай бұрын

​@@tanakinskywalker7089he started out as a road hand for Public Enemy with Treach. He got with Digital Underground and was a stage hand/ dancer while Shock G helped him learn how to pattern songs. He got his break with All Around the World, then signed with Interscope and released 2Pacalypse Now. He recorded the Strictly for My N's and Me Against The World albums on Intersope also. He signed with Death Row in '96

@chadlkilmer

2 ай бұрын

Nothing But Trouble was awesome! Definitely an oldy but a goody!

@TheRedNightmare757

Ай бұрын

There was no sublime so I'm not sold

Watching you get excited for all these songs (especially Digital Underground) made my day. Made me miss the days of watching MTV after school before my folks got home.

@jumperjosh1732

11 ай бұрын

Yo MTV raps!

So happy you were able to get the VOD. This one was so much fun. Post watch edit: leaving the realization you forgot to record was hilarious!😂

Gotta say, the production value in your channel has increased as you started to add the references to music styles as you talk about them. Thanks for the effort you put into this.

Im gen z and ever since i found my dad's eminem cd back in 2008 ive been listening to rap and through the past 7 years, I've been deep diving into different time frames and subgenres of rap.

Oh hell yes! Late 80s and early 90s hip hop is my favorite time period for the genre.

@artofstormdancing3319

Жыл бұрын

Easily the best period.

@TankTheTech great content, thanks for posting. Love that you're musical taste is diverse! I have and always will be a "rock chick" ; that said I love many different genres of music. Also, sometimes I'm not great at who the artist is, other times I can recite chapter and verse song titles , artist, a bands history. Weird how it goes, it is what it is. I'm genuinely happy I subscribed to your channel.

13:40 Everlast was in La Coka Nostra, featuring Ill Bill and Slaine. Everlast did make a rock song in the early 2000s that was a major hit at the time. Ill Bill and his brother Necro, both rap legends, had a metal band as teens that opened for Obituary and Sepultura. They both reference and feature metal quite often. Look up Ill Bill's song "War Is My Destiny" featuring Max Cavalera.

@ThePessimisticOptimist

Жыл бұрын

The song he had with Howard Jones was sick as well. I love the love Ill Bill shows metal.

@TheOneTheyCallShandy

Жыл бұрын

But never last, and Everlast is a Quitter.

@LibertySpam

Жыл бұрын

He was also in Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate early on!

Cool video! Glad Cypress Hill was at least mentioned. Would have been fun to see their reaction to the music.

As a Swede growing up in the northern parts, the first song with rap I heard was Finnish Boomfunk MCs freestyler and beasty boys sabotage(if I'm allowed to call that rap...)😂, but that's in the same time I heard about this little edgy but cool punk band in the next village to mine setting fires to meat trucks and calling themselves Refused...🤔

@ajs787

Жыл бұрын

Beastie Boys were VERY heavily respected in the New York hip-hop scene, so I'd say they count.

@TankTheTech

Жыл бұрын

100% true, but the Beasties were never in the conversation when it came to a lot of the East vs. West battles, which a lot of this came from.

@jonatanmarklund7473

Жыл бұрын

@@TankTheTech also true! East Vs west etc is very much the core of 90s hiphop

@WaechterDerNacht

Жыл бұрын

Boomfunk MC's freestyler was huge, also in Switzerland. I guess it's hard to find someone born between 1985 and 1998 that doesn't know this song. A couple years ago i found the Battledragon version of this song, which has a video that is filmed in the exact same locations (pretty hard to find the spots with that wide spread, extensive subway network of Helsinki... ^^).

@jonatanmarklund7473

Жыл бұрын

@@ajs787 as I've understood (not a American) and please correct me if I'm wrong; New York was an anomaly from the rest of the American music scene, it was often its own scene. In the way that the new york scene didn't care as much about the east vs west beef, even though it was a center for the early gangster rap (NAS etc). And that the punk and hip-hop scene in NY many times merged and collaborated, took inspiration and visited each others gigs, each genre of music wasn't as divided and segregated as in other parts of the US, NY has a long tradition of underground music pushing the boundaries of what's considered "x genre".

I’m proud to say my 19 year old daughter knows a lot of 1990s rap music especially Tupac and DMX etc.

HAPPY MO FKIN BIRTHDAY MY DUDE!!!! early or late i hope you have/had a great one and thank you for all the entertainment, information and great vibes!

metal and Hip-Hop always go hand in hand, you can go to a metal club night and expect 30 mins of hip hop tunes filling the dance floor

First, this video gave me my whole LIFE. This was the soundtrack to my childhood. Secondly, I knew Tank was a Metal encyclopedia. I was today years old when I found out Tank is also a Hip Hop guru too! Bro when you said DIGITAL UNDERGROUND...😲😲😲 That is one for the archives! Respect Tank, you know your ish ✊🏾🤘🏾🫶🏾

@scumdog666

Жыл бұрын

A lot of 90s metalheads also love hip hop. Three 6 Mafia is one of my favorite groups, and I'm in a grindcore band 😂

@aliasfakename2267

Жыл бұрын

​@@scumdog666definitely, it had the aggression we crave. Badass music is good regardless of the genre

been watching for a few months, forgot to subscribe. Your channel is cool. Thanks for your insights!

All these songs are my childhood. I grew up with ALL of these and i remember when they came out and how huge they were. And honestly all these hits are timeless and will stand against the test of time!

This is classic Gold!! Hahaha I love it man!

Rough rider anthem was my intro to rap - these videos have made my Father’s Day with a hurt back wonderful, gracias mi amigo

I just saw down and watched your Gen z music reaction vids from Slipknot to this, and I've just been adding songs to my playlist that I've forgotten about 😂

Love how at the wnd you were talking about how youre the "old person" now... and then realized you had forgotten to press record 😂 . As someone who has almost 9 years on ya I can only say, welcome to your future 😊

I respect the fact you’re so knowledgeable about hip hop yet you’re willing to admit when you don’t know something and or that you recently found out about something and not make it seem like you knew all along. That’s very genuine and I respect that alot

So REAL about the sampling issue! Thank you for speaking it to truth!

Growing up my dad had 2 cassettes: ZZ top and George Thorogood. Everything else while driving was classic rock radio, so I know the song, beat, lyrics but not the artist/band to so many songs. I can relate to that feeling very well.

Happy birthday! You’re one of the few KZread’s that doesn’t make me feel old. I’m 31, and most are in their 20s. Even people like Dr Mike. But don’t worry 36 is not too old yet. You have plenty of time

Applause to you for your Hip-Hop knowledge. Much respect. 💯

Your “Bring the Noise” clip was on point. Love that colab.

I’m 10 years older than you. You saying your old is making me feel really old. 😂 I love watching you react to the react videos. Keep making them. It’s gold.

I love you even more knowing you know your hip hop!! Real music lovers love hiphop as much as the heaviest of metals!!!!

@benwu7980

10 ай бұрын

My average playlist in a day could have the likes of Deicide, Slayer, Obituary interspersed with stuff like Dre, Wutang, Gangstarr

A both interesting and understated thing to note is understanding HOW Gen Z listens to music in general how they connect with it. With streaming you hear the songs on pre made playlists, BUT not necessarily connect it to WHO made the song. This was fun. It's cool to see how much Gen Z knows and them enjoying "older" music. Lol. 😉 Thanks for posting.

@MV-ri7zu

11 ай бұрын

This is a massive generalisation I dont know anyone that listens to those absolutely fkin horrible premade playlists then again my friends probably listen to more music than most and definitely more rap than most and more critical about it. Everyone has their own lists that mostly overlap, but anytime someone finds something new that deserves a spot on the list they play it in the car and everyone adds it to their list lol

This was a bad ass video bro, my son loves old school rap and r&b, there was an episode of Rick & Morty that featured Tony Toni Tone I was so proud he knew the song and artist’s 🤘🏼

Happy Birthday Tank

You saying you feel old and are turning 36 sent me since I just started getting into the KZread metal videos this year going on 39, love your videos regardless

I got 10 years on ya so its fun to watch you in these videos too. It really just the older you get the more you know type deal even with music. Like my knowledge of music is pretty huge with bands and everything from back when my parents were growing up too. I will say im less knowledgeable of newer bads and groups out, like I dont know many Screamo type bands. But I grew up on Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Slipknot, then high school days I was in to a lot of death metal like Deicide, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Death, I did get in to some rap also even though I was a long haired headbanger. Then you got bands like Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Limp Bizkit, Detones.... One thing most people can relate to is music!! Music is love!!

As a 90s baby I started with hip hop then moved onto pop punk and metal around 10, but then I also listened to everything my grandparents listened to (from Beatles to Sex Pistols to Iron Maiden to Bonnie Tyler was played in my house), so I feel ya on the being a metalhead but also 90s hip hop was a vibe

@jumperjosh1732

11 ай бұрын

bad religion and the descendants … growing up in socal and graduating in the early 90’s those were a couple of the staples of the punk scene!

Worked in a music store in the 90's and these were all on the playlists!

About the age thing. I turned 38 in March and know exactly how you feel. I didn't listen to much rap when I was younger just because of where I lived and my Rock/Metal father didn't particularly care for the music. Listened to it when I wanted to explore music, but on the whole I appreciate it when I come across it occasionally. I guess it really does depend on where/when you are at any on given moment. Can't wait for the collaboration, it sounds cool. Love from Australia ❤❤❤

Fun video. Earned my sub. Thanks for the entertainment

That Georgia Satellites example was perfect. We hear songs everywhere and don't usually have a dude like Casey Kasem adding who we just heard when it's done.

When you went Amish Paradise, I lost my sheet. That was hilarious!!

hahaha i loved how tank get the songs asap. Hahaha, thats a true lover of music man. And i share the thought about the thing that not only rap artist sample other music.

I really enjoy watching these videos and seeing everyone having such a fun time while I also get to learn neat facts! I also have a question that popped into my mind seeing all the groups that helped support each other on the scene being discussed (and this may be an odd/stupid question). Would Fort Minor (I think started by Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park) be considered a similar group, or was that just an album featuring other hip-hop artists?

Respect for these youngsters! 😆. I was born in ‘83. I knew all the songs, but I grew up in that era. I know a lot of music from earlier decades, but I would probably struggle with names and faces.

90's Hip-Hop was the best era by a long way!! Nothing will ever beat it, so much strength in depth. But I agree with you your prediction, that the tunes would be very mainstream and I was also surprised how many great artists were left out.

I found out a few years back about digital underground and 2pac and for some reason still blows my mind today. 2pac seems like such a SoCal rapper I forget he originally was from Oakland. Like Xzibit I forget he’s from Detroit yet he’s considered to be one of the biggest west coast rappers. Hip-hop/rap history is so fascinating if you look into it

@rikky383

10 ай бұрын

Actually, 2PAC is from New York/Baltimore. He only came out to California as an adult

Loved the Weird Al slip 🤣🤣

Thanx for that time travel. Greets from Germany.

I love Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II One of my all-time favourite hip hop song.

I wasn't much of a rap listener as a kid/teen so I didn't know a bunch of these songs, I did know all but 1/2 artists though. I mostly listened to rock and metal at that age. Like how I got to know Iron Maiden and Fear Factory because of a game called Carmageddon.

Jackson KNOWS every single song in every episode. KID HAS SOME DOPE RENTS! *sideways hip hop, crossed arms, sideway hat, windbreaker hat back to back Pose*

this guy is cool. subbed.

I love this

trip down memory lane. love from Maine.

I love these kids! They really know their stuff.

Same. Was raised in SO Cal born in 1970.. Watched Metal And Hiphop/Gangster rap rise.

Man, thinking back. The last cassette I owned was either a Meatloaf album or Skeelo lmao. That sounds pretty odd, but I've always been into all music. Even stuff from the 50's

Your comment about how kids know Ice Cube from movies reminded me. On other REACT videos, when Phil Collins shows up, the kids ALWAYS refer to him as the Tarzan guy. In the 1980s, it seemed like half the hits on the radio were Phil Collins, either solo or a Genesis song. Tarzan is like the tail end of his career, but pretty much all the kids know him for is that. I think Will Smith gets the same treatment, tbh.

Fuck yes on Illmatic! I'm East Coast and it was all about the Renaissance for me. Nas and Wu-Tang were my jam in my teens.

That went down the memory lane pretty well...before sticking to metal almost exclusively I was listening to all those 90's HipHop bands, and I agree that Nas Illmatic is top, my preference lay on the Wu-Tang Clan, specifically Method Man, for some reason I actually don't know anymore...and 2Pac of course, now that I think of it he definately ranked before Wu-Tang... Other favorites were Dr. Dre, Luniz, Outkast (specifically ATLiens), and the Fugees

ruff ryders anthem rolling with the crotch rockets and 4 wheelers doing wheelies got me into motorsports

I thought everyone my age knew 2pac came out with digital underground? The song in the vid is "Same Song" from the Nothing But Trouble soundtrack. Released Feb 1991. 2Pac debut album 2pacaplyse Now released in Nov 1991. I'm a late 80's baby, 90's and 00's Hip-Hop is literally the soundtrack to my life. I love it.

Damn, we're in the same boat. Loved '90s hip hop, super metal head, born a year apart, and feeling the age watching this. 😅

I think there were a lot of us that were coming into our own the ages of 12 through 14 as the 90s were starting that really didn’t give a fuck about the heavy-metal handbook that while we were getting into bands like Metallica and Pantera we were also listening to hip-hop as well. I grew up on metal and hip-hop and love them both equally. 2pac, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, Tha D.O.C. , Nate Dogg, N.W.A, Westside Connection, Bone Thugs, Biggie, Eastsidaz , Xzibit, WC, Kurupt, Mack 10, Souls of Mischief , Domino , Coolio, Bad Azz, MC Eiht.…. That was the shit that I really loved in the 90s. Then the end of the 90s and early 2000s it was everything that Dr. Dre kicked off with Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit . Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent, D12, G-Unit, Obie Trice, Game, etc.

@reactedboss9933

Жыл бұрын

Same here, My parents would bump all that stuff growing up so I ended up just listening to both genre's but I was born in '02 so I wasn't in the prime time for it but it still worked out lol

Great hip hop reaction.

Hey Tank, I can so relate to that 'feeling old' comment at the end sometimes. I'm about your age as well 😂 That moment, you look for an awesome song you still listen to on KZread and it states like "15 years ago"...duuude.😂 but good music will always bei good music. And damn, I had to wait for new Scar Symmetry to drop for 9 years, so..

I’m glad we can laugh and banter rather than get triggered that people don’t know this stuff 😅this is a good way to get younger people interested ! I’m gen z but grew up on this cos it’s what my parents listened to but if your parents only listened to rock or something how would you know !!

90’s hip hop was full of hard core lyricist

My favorite 90s hip hop song would probably be Dead Prez - Hip hop. The album it was on was released in 2000, but the single was released in March of 1999 so technically it's still a 90s track haha.

...love da comment ya gave,... about knowing older tracks/ songs word for word.. and not knowing what they looked like!... shit, we grew up with mtv/bet.. throughout our younger years!... they decided to change to reality tv shits! 🙄🤣🤣🤣

Shock G was an amazing producer and great piano player, I loved his Piano Man persona.

Fuckin slammed the like button once you mentioned Illmatic as your fave 😎 I sip the Dom P watchin Gandhi til I'm charged!

I love the reaction cycle. The gen-z'ers are reacting to the music, while you are reacting to the reacters. I do like you showcasing how the youngins are seeing the older generation of music (even if they can be cringey at times)

Same here! Hip-Hop and metal for ever!

As being basically one of the oldest gen z's this is the stuff i grew up on. Between an older sister and parents, cube, 50, biggie, pac, nas, tone, d.u., all of it was symbolic of my upbringing haha

I didn't know the "Jump Around" beat was declined by Cypress Hill and Ice Cube either! It definitely sounds like a Cypress Hill song! The only songs I didn't recognise myself in here were the Junior Mafia one and the Digital Underground ones, but Biggie, Li'l Kim & 2Pac surely got some hits here in the Netherlands at that time. (The somewhat related "New Jack Swing" R&B at that time was great as well.) I would love to hear more "quirky" beats again, like done by Missy Elliot, Timbaland and the Neptunes.

When you mentioned Nas, instant goosebumps thinking back to my Uni years, when I used to listen to that album almost nonstop on my walkman! Damn good times!

Iam a huge metal and rock listener but I also listen to 90s hip hop! It was really one of a kind back then..

The ending was great

Omg 😂 some of those took me back to middle school. I'm so old 🤣

Today I learned I DO know that song but had NO IDEA the artist. You're so right. Older songs we know but not necessarily who they are by. ALSO, props to thinking Weird Al first XD

Sampling is what makes rap so amazing and fascinating....

As a big fan of Cypress Hill and Beastie Boys, I'm a little disappointed they weren't featured. But at least Missy Elliott was included.

Lol totally into symphonic metal, Nightwish and Epica, but used to be into hip hop. Can't believe they didn't include: Slam by Onyx (was played at every dance I went to), Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray, and Whoop There It Is. 😂😂

90s hip hop will always be better than any hip hop made today!

I was a massive hip hop fan as I was born in 1987 but loved nu metal aswell. Cant understand when people say I hate this genre or this genre, to me good music is good freaking music. This days ill listen to soft rock, r&b, rock, jazz, and even pop ofcourse including hip hop and nu metal

Dude. The world is yours was my jam for a long time off that album.

Would love to see you and Nik do that video!

we used to have double cd's burned in school, one side metal n heavier stuff and the otherside had hip hop n rap. it was how i discovered a lot of music

When you said Illmatic, I shed a tear. Thank you sir.

I got to see Ice Cube back in the day at the first Korn Family Values tour!

I didn’t know who the duck the Georgia Satellites are, but I know all the words to that song. That changes today, though sadly only a couple comps from them on Apple Music: no studio albums. I’ve been making a point to dive deeper into classic rock artists who don’t have that recognition today: I’ve fallen hard for Budgie in particular. (Who for a long time I knew only from Metallica doing Breadfan)

California love beat was from joe cocker - woman to woman and the lyrics is from ronnie Hudson - west coast pop lock.

"My dad listened to a lot of classic rock." I hear songs I listened to when I was young on the classic rock station now. They should have had Marky Mark to absolutely blow their minds.