Most known for his hit "The Show" Doug E Fresh had a good run on the R&B charts through the mid to late 80's. There were two notable answer songs to "The Show" (Having answer songs in 80's rap was the sign of a bonified rap hit) one called "No show" by the Symbolic Three and one by a group known as Super Nature called "The showstopper (is stupid Fresh)". Super Nature later changed their name to Salt 'N' Pepa. Slick Rick got his start with Doug E Fresh as MC Ricky D. (Slick Rick in the mid 80's was a name of one of the members of Rockmaster Scott and the Dynamic Three, but that's a different thread :lol: ) Slick Rick can be heard rapping the whole song "La Di Da Di" which was later redone by Snoop Doggy Dogg and sampled in numerous other rap hits. The line "Tick tock you don't stop" heard throughout Color Me Badd's "I wanna sex you up" is from the song "La Di Da Di". Some of his other R&B hits included "all the way to heaven" and "Lovin' every minute of it" To say Doug E Fresh was an influence on today's artists is an understatement. Did you like him?

A virgin thread! :eek::lol: I loved 'The Show'...can't go wrong with the Inspector Gadget theme running through it :lol: I've always been into Slick Rick (Ricky D, whatever ya wanna call him :lol: ). A great rap storyteller...:cool:

I loved Doug E Fresh , and Slick Rick.

I love, "The Show" and "La Di Da Di"! Doug E. Fresh used to play free shows here in DC alot back in the day. I remember seeing him perform with local go-go band, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers in front of the White House back in 1989/90 (I can't remember the year) and he was fantastic. :)

It's too bad that today's rap has turned out so incredibly bad, cause back in the 80's and early 90's I really enjoyed it.

Liked Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. Played "Children's Story" out recently and somebody came up and asked me if that was new...