1985-1989HIP HOP
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, and Doug E. Fresh live at the Apollo Theater, 1988
Doug E. Fresh live on tour in New Orleans.
RUN-DMC
Doug E. Fresh and crew tour Africa (no performance) 1987
Doug E. Fresh live on tour in New Orleans.
RUN-DMC
Doug E. Fresh and crew tour Africa (no performance) 1987
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Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, crowd participation raps.
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| 00:00:04 4.73 |
Reel opens electronic sounds, bright flashing red lights
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| 00:00:10 10.72 |
Explosion on stage, puff of smoke, DJ visible on stage at the Apollo Theater, strobe lights flashing..
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| 00:00:23 23.26 |
Rappers (featuring Rob Base and his 2 hip hop dancers) run out onto stage, show begins. Audience participation. Crowd cheering wildly. Captive audience.
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| 00:04:06 246.85 |
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Make it Hot
(live)
featuring Rob Base's two hip hop dancers
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| 00:05:25 325.63 |
Performance ends. Base introduces his two hip hop dancers, John and Tray.
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| 00:05:56 356.15 |
Base encourages audience participation, asks how many women in the audience aren't lesbians and how many "fellas in the house ain't homos". Audience responds cheering loudly and waves hands up in the air.
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| 00:07:08 428.09 |
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
It Takes Two
(live)
Featuring hip hop dancers, Tray and John.
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| 00:11:22 682.01 |
Performance ends. Performers and DJ exit stage curtain comes down.
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| 00:11:43 703.84 |
Blank
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| 00:11:50 710.43 |
Host Fred "Bugsy" walking out onto darkened stage in spotlight, talks to audience.
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| 00:13:04 784.63 |
Doug E. Fresh show intro coming out of Globe stage prop and crowd participation, doing the human beatbox.
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| 00:13:10 790.88 |
Bugsy introduces next act, Doug E. Fresh, aka the original human "Beat Box"
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| 00:13:26 806.05 |
Black
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| 00:13:37 817.99 |
Eerie music, stage is dark, empty and a bit smoky, lights come on pointing down at center stage. Lights fade out again, then slowly come back on and brighter.
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| 00:16:34 994.93 |
Show starts revealing two DJ's on either side of the stage, a giant globe and ladder in the middle.
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| 00:17:20 1040.45 |
Beat-boxer Doug E. Fresh enters stage, coming down ladder arms up in the air, audience cheering loudly as he paces back and forth.
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| 00:17:30 1050.88 |
Doug E. Fresh
Beat Bubba Beatbox
(live)
He's unbelievable. Beatboxing at its finest.
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| 00:20:57 1257.07 |
Performance ends - audience applauding cheering loudly
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| 00:21:04 1264.22 |
Doug E. Fresh
Guess Who
(live)
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| 00:24:38 1478.06 |
Performance ends in applause. Fresh announces next performance.
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| 00:25:11 1511.37 |
Doug E. Fresh
Everybody Got to Get Some
(live)
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| 00:27:55 1675.66 |
Doug E. Fresh
DEF
(live)
Performance keeps going no pause.
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| 00:29:41 1781.55 |
Song ends. Dr. Fresh back to audience turns around and interacts with audience a bit, gets them to clap their hands, and begins next performance.
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| 00:30:19 1819.38 |
Doug E. Fresh
Nuthin'
(live)
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| 00:33:28 2008.45 |
Song ends in applause. Fresh talking with audience, getting them all riled up, drinks water from large gallon jug. He talks about New York having the finest ladies, audience cheers as he talks about how to treat a lady.
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| 00:35:36 2136.82 |
Doug E. Fresh
Cut That Zero
(live)
Doug E Fresh performing, dancing, high energy and audience loves him.
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| 00:39:28 2368.15 |
Performance ends, Fresh's hand up in the air and standing in that position for awhile. Audience applause.
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| 00:39:43 2383 |
Doug E. Fresh, crowd participation raps and talking about the old days of block parties.
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| 00:45:03 2703.25 |
Doug E. Fresh
All the Way to Heaven
(live)
Fresh takes off his jacket, performing in a white tank top and large gold chain with a medallion. Audience hands up in the air.
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| 00:50:35 3035.36 |
Song ends in applause. Lights go dim. Fresh takes a sip from gallon container of water.
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| 00:51:43 3103.69 |
Doug E. Fresh
On the Strength
(live)
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| 00:56:11 3371.25 |
Doug E. Fresh
The Show
(live)
Doug E Fresh performing, strobe lights flashing. Wide shot of stage, audience arms up in air. High energy.
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| 01:01:05 3665.98 |
Fresh playing harmonica and beat boxing at same time.
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| 01:03:09 3789.28 |
Performance ends, stage goes dark and quiet. Lights come back on Fresh climbs up stairs and stands arms up high against the globe.
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| 01:04:17 3857.92 |
Fresh standing back to audience takes off his shirt. A big box is brought onto stage, Fresh pacing back and forth then climbs into box. Box comes apart, stage is dark and Fresh disappears.
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| 01:06:31 3991.94 |
Large white poster of Fresh at top of stairs. Poster rips open, Fresh pops out, shirtless and wearing shiny black bike shorts and white knee high sneakers.
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| 01:07:04 4024.48 |
Doug E. Ffresh
Keep Risin' to the Top
(live)
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| 01:13:04 4383.98 |
Fresh brings all the performers on stage to dance at end of concert. He introduces the band.
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| 01:15:31 4531.75 |
Stage darkens. Announcer unseen asks audience to "give it up for Doug E. Fresh"
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| 01:15:38 4538.29 |
Blank
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| 01:15:41 4541.49 |
Doug E. Fresh and the magician.
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| 01:15:43 4543.61 |
Lights come back on. Fresh is on stage with Magician. He gets back into box, does a few push ups and drops inside. Magician performs magic tricks with a dove. Fresh pops out of large poster at top of steps again.
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| 01:18:10 4690.12 |
Doug E. Fresh
Keep Risin' to the Top
(live)
Fresh performs wearing black tights with white stripes and shirtless.
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| 01:22:45 4965.73 |
Performance ends, Fresh goes up the stage, and enters the Globe.
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| 01:23:04 4984.81 |
Doug E. Fresh and crew backstage after concert in dressing room goofing around.
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| 01:29:01 5341.68 |
Run-Dmc performing "Walk This Way" on unknown tv show.
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| 01:29:05 5345.66 |
Run-DMC
Walk This Way
(live)
Run-DMC performing Walk this Way on unknown TV Show. Audience jumping, waving hands back and forth. High energy.
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| 01:31:54 5514.71 |
Wide shot of studio, large audience, the smoky stage in the distance
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| 01:32:09 5529.95 |
Performance ends in wild applause. "Coming up" Duran Duran and Boy George photos overlay audience and studio.
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| 01:32:12 5532.57 |
Doug E. Fresh
(music video)
Cut away to music video
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| 01:36:30 5790.93 |
Close up Black man unknown, eating a piece of bread
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| 01:36:37 5797.71 |
White sneaker - partially seen. some talking indiscernible
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| 01:36:49 5809.11 |
Doug E. Fresh and group tour the streets of Africa, buying bottled drinks from a street vendor.
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| 01:37:18 5838.91 |
Peds on the street of unknown African city - women wearing traditional Africant style robes and Doug E. Fresh and band entering retail shop
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| 01:37:37 5857.35 |
Peds seen walking down narrow gritty looking side street, cars parked, litter, man carrying boxes, woman walking into building.
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| 01:37:49 5869.39 |
Fresh and the boys shopping at an African street market, Fresh pointing finger at camera
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| 01:38:05 5885.79 |
zoom over to other street in unknown city in Africa, red awnings on buildings, cars parked in street, some trees line street, peds on street corner
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| 01:38:15 5895.91 |
Doug E. Fresh wearing an African style shirt, green with elephants motif, standing leaning on sign.
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| 01:38:21 5901.88 |
Traffic and cars parked on street in unknown modern African city. Pan the tree lined street, many cars, store fronts, noise from traffic and honking horns, peds walking about crossing streets
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| 01:38:42 5922.47 |
Doug E. Fresh and his crew getting into cabs
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| 01:39:08 5948.41 |
POV from moving taxi. Side street, cars parked on narrow street halfway on sidewalk, traffic sounds honking horns, some litter, peds and bicyclist crossing intersection - no traffic control, low one to two story buildings, store fronts, man carrying box on his head, man carrying briefcase - a mix of people!
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| 01:40:17 6017.69 |
Doug E. Fresh and boys walking through primitive African street market, looking at the goods, pan the dirt streets, different items being sold from primitive booths - sculptures, pictures, Africans in native garb sitting on the ground selling their wares.
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| 01:41:42 6102.63 |
Z'in on person sitting on the dirt ground hammering a wood sculpture with a primitive tool.
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| 01:42:05 6125.45 |
Carved African sculptures
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| 01:42:19 6139.92 |
Shaky camera following Doug E. Fresh from behind as he walks through the market.
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| 01:42:59 6179.55 |
Doug E. Fresh and boys sitting at picnic tables, fooling around, dancing to their own beat, laughing, Fresh performing his own solo dance. Could read as patio party, African American house party.
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| 01:45:57 6357.58 |
Close up Doug E. Fresh, shirtless, wearing long heavy gold chain, home movies, the boys at picnic table, z'in on gigantic gold medallion hanging from chain on Doug E. Fresh.
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| 01:46:43 6403.89 |
z'in gigantic gold medallion (hanging on Fresh from thick gold chain)
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| 01:47:26 6446.11 |
Doug E. Fresh, arms open wide back facing camera
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| 01:47:32 6452.63 |
Blank
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| 01:47:37 6457.93 |
Var shots Doug E. Fresh antics, push ups, sitting on lounge chair eating, laughing. wide shot the boys sitting casually at a picnic table, lounging, eating, drinking, talking, relaxing on vacation. 12/24/87 Could read as patio party, African American house party.
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| 01:49:46 6586.58 |
Doug E. Fresh band member Ricky looking over balcony at view of the city, turn and kicks his feet up dancing, laughing.
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| 01:49:55 6595.95 |
More footage from shaky hand held camera - Doug E. Fresh and the boys on vacation in Africa hanging out on balcony, eating laughing relaxing.
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| 01:55:07 6907.22 |
Footage from inside hotel room. 12/26/87
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| 01:56:53 7013.45 |
Busy streets in African city, peds walking on streets and sidewalks, storefronts with awnings, boxes piled up, street vendors, goods lined up on the ground.
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| 01:58:00 7080.84 |
More footage from inside hotel room. Could read as room party.
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| 02:03:43 7423.38 |
Static - End Reel.
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