Young Black Teenagers

Track Listings

1. Punks, Lies & Video Tape

2. Korner Groove

3. Traci

4. First Stage of a Rampage Called the Rap Rage

5. Nobody Knows Kelli

6. Daddy Kalled Me Niga Cause I Likeded to Rhyme

7. Chillin' Wit Me Posse

8. Mack Daddy Don of the Underworld

9. Loud and Hard to Hit

10. My TV Went Black and White on Me

11. Proud to Be Black

12. To My Donna

13. My Color TV

Average customer rating:

Roll with the Flavor
Young Black Teenagers
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002PRN
Release Date: 1993-04-27

Average customer rating:

SKILLS, SKILLS AND MORE SKILLS; STR8 UP TALENT, NO DOUBT.
More Gimmick Rap From The "Other Side" (1.5 Stars)
It's Time To Make the Doughnutz...10 years later
After Vanilla Ice and before Eminem, there was the YBT

Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
Young Black Teenagers
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Young Black Teenagers
Fu-Schnickens - Greatest Hits
Hard or Smooth
The Aftermath
Pure Poverty

ASIN: B000008MKP
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

In the House
Tap the Bottle
Roll w/ the Flavor
Sweatin' Me
Plead the Fifth
Soul Wide Open
Blowin' up the Spot
Y.B. Teenagers
On the DL (Down Low)
Looney Toonz
Outta My Head
Back For Your Head
First True Love Affair
Time to Make the Dough Nutz

Customer Reviews:

SKILLS, SKILLS AND MORE SKILLS; STR8 UP TALENT, NO DOUBT. .......2006-03-17

4 THOSE WHO DIDN'T SLEEP ON THEIR NICE 1ST ALBUM,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOMMY NEVER.
KAMRON GOT SKILLS OUT THE ANAL. THE ONLY MC THAT I KNOW WHO COULD COME EVEN CLOSE TO BEING COMPETITION IS ANOTHER
SLEPT ON WHITE MC, EL GANT. KAMRON ALSO WAS, I QUOTE,
"THE BEST DAMN DJ IN FREEPORT HIGH," SO NOT SLEEPING ON
MTV'S DJ SKRIBBLE, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULDA BEEN MAD NICE ON BOTH ALBUMS, IF HE WOULDA ALSO BEEN THE DJ.
THE REST OF THE CREW IS MAD NICE TOO.
TAP THE BOTTLE WAS NICE, BUT SHOUN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONLY SINGLE/SONG PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION TO. IF I COULD, I'D GIVE IT FOUR AND A HALF STARS, CUZ XCEPT FOR SOUL WIDE OPEN, DA WHOLE ALBUM BRINGS THE FLAVE, NO MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE.

More Gimmick Rap From The "Other Side" (1.5 Stars).......2004-09-03

Back in '93 a group of white kids dropped their sophmore LP called "Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz". I found a few things wrong with this CD. First of all, I have a personal beef with gimmick rap. Their name alone suggests a gimmicky approach to the rap game. Secondly, their skills on the mic are suspect. When this album came out back in '93, I had already saw the kid with the dreadlocks (another gimmick.....those dreadlocks were GONE by late '94) on House Party 2. He did a decent job on the mic in that movie, so I decided to go ahead and steal this album from the local moms and pops shop (what, you thought I'd actually PAY for something like this?). When I got home and gave it a listen, this album actually made me give up stealing. I didn't think this album was worth risking a criminal juvenile record (I was only 16) and I was pretty mad at myself for doing so. That's how bad this album is. Yeah, this album came out in '93, but rhyme styles back then were still light years ahead of these guys. And when you speak about Das EFX being imitated by so many MCs, this is one of the groups you're speaking of. They did manage to drop a lukewarm single with "Tap The Bottle" and "Soul Wide Open" is okay, but all positive aspects end there. Imagine Leaders Of The New School's debut album without lyrical skills and add some suspect production and you've got Young Black Teenagers. That's pretty much what it sounds like. Overall, this is a gimmick album. I have very little respect for gimmicks. This music was crafted by black people in the ghetto for black people in the ghetto. When white boys step on the scene, they are under a microscope and when they step on the scene with wack gimmicks they are less likely to be tolerated (word to Vanilla Ice). This would explain why we've grown to forgive MC Hammer (on the DL, I ALWAYS liked Hammer) but we still sh*t on Vanilla Ice. Artists like Eminem and 3rd Bass always get love because they stepped onto the scene with a respect for the craft. I don't do this often, but I have to give this album 1.5 stars. Therefore, this album has achieved the rare "coaster status". Use this to sit your drinks on, it'll serve a better purpose that way. As a matter of fact, I'm putting my copy up for sale on this website for $0.50, I don't even want it as a coaster anymore.

Standout Tracks: Tap The Bottle and Soul Wide Open.....that's it.

It's Time To Make the Doughnutz...10 years later.......2004-01-15

I remember being a young white youth in a small town in Wisconsin. I have been into rap since my brother bestowed upon me DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince present "Nightmare on My Street." A little white tape with black words, that was noise to everyone except me. Soon my tastes began to diversify and change...I wanted more. The one tape of my childhood that I can recall crystal clear ws the albulm "Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz" by YBT (Young Black Teenagers). To see a white group of kids trying to make it gave me a sense of power. I was outcasted in this hick ass town because I could rap. I was dubbed "rapstar" by the country music listening rednecks of my class. But whenever their taunts became to much I turned to the lyrics of YBT (example: Hey yo, hickory dickory dock I'm under the Brooklyn block yes/ Who's the next to testify and try and penetrate the vest/ Diggatie do re me fa so la ti do I drop back my prozac/I take it in track and give it a smack and cuttin no slack, jack (from Tap the Bottle)). Now the YBT albulm has been out of my hands for over ten years and I have finally procured a copy on Amazon. If feels like a homecomming, I am no longer the odd girl out (white kids across the world are the number one consumers of hip hop), I am now an accomplished poet who has since moved to the mecca of original rap...Brooklyn, NY, and I have recorded with the same giants who recorded with the Beasties, YBT, and Eminem. To others on the fence *cop it* or *don't cop it* I suggest that if you enjoyed the free flowing styles of 3rd Bass, Slick Rick, or even enjoyed the lyrical stylings of Ice Cube when he actually had lyrics (i.e. the Lethal Injection days) or even the crazy lyrical compilations of Ludacris then this is the c.d. for you. But if you simply like booty rap (i.e. 50 cent, Jay-Z) then pass this deal up, but know you're missing out on a sleeping giant of the early 90s.

After Vanilla Ice and before Eminem, there was the YBT.......2003-03-11

This album was back in the day when rap music was at its climax with hard-hittin' beats and phat rhymes, it was the second from Long Island's Young Black Teenagers (a white rap act trying to satirize rap music) and it's much harder and more polished than their debut album. Things start out pretty strong with Tap the Bottle, and Sweatin' Me is a head-nodder. Blowin' Up the Spot is the best track on the album, and Outta My Head is pretty decent. The lyrics are tight and the beats are in-your-face, but all the tracks on Dead Enz Kidz are hit and miss, depending on how you look at it. YBT has since broken up and have gone on to other things (DJ Skribble has made a name for himself with his Traffic Jamz albums), and most hip-hop heads dissed and dismissed this album. Dead Enz Kidz wouldn't cut it in mainstream hip-hop today but it's a good album to listen to if you want to remember how good rap music once used to be.

Average customer rating:

PACKED WITH SKILLS
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Young Black Teenagers
Young Black Teenagers
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

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Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody
Flavor Unit
Straight From the Soul
Non-Fiction

ASIN: B000008MKQ
Release Date: 1991-02-19

Tracks:

Punks, Lies & Video Tape
Korner Groove
Traci
First Stage of a Rampage Called the Rap Rage
Nobody Knows Kelli
Daddy Kalled Me Niga Cause I Likeded to Rhyme
Chillin' Wit Me Posse
Mack Daddy Don of the Underworld
Loud and Hard to Hit
My TV Went Black and White on Me
Proud to Be Black
To My Donna
My Color TV

Customer Reviews:

PACKED WITH SKILLS.......2006-03-18

WHOLE ALBUM, XCEPT 4 NOBODY KNOWS KELLI BUNDY IS MAD TIGHT.
THEY RHYME OVER EACH OTHER AND HAVE EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS.
KAMRON FOR ONE, HAS SKILLZ OUT THE ANAL.
YOU DON'T WANNA SLEEP ON THIS ALBUM;
IT'S A DEFINITE CLASSIC.

No reviews for this record?.......2004-10-22

I'm cool being the first one to review this album, but I'm a little surprised that there aren't any. No artwork sample or sound samples either. Almost like it was buried. The band caused a lot of controversy because of their name "Young Black Teenagers" and the fact that none of them were. The group was composed of 5 young men, four white and one puerto rican, so many thought the group was mocking hip hop when in fact it was the direct opposite. The group consisted of MCs: Kamron, First Born, ATA & Tommy Never with DJ Skribble. One listen to the album and it's obvious they have skills and that it's no joke. Couple that with backing of Public Enemy and the album being produced by P.E. producers, the Bomb Squad, and you have an album noteworthy to say the least. I admit the name concept may have been too strong for some to deal with, which is maybe one of the reasons why they didn't last or get recognition near the likes of Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass, or House of Pain. The big reason they're remembered is based on the name they chose, which is too bad because they turn in skillfull performances here. Some actually listened to the album and gave it a chance which I recommend you do as well (if you can get a copy). The original artwork concept was taken from the Beatles album (With the Beatles) where all members are in black sweaters against a black background so emphasis is on the faces. KISS did something similar with their debut album, but the YBT cover is basically a direct immitation. This album came out when I had just turned 15 and I was getting my rap recommendations via "Yo MTV Raps!". That was back when MTV was still playing music so you know it's been a few years. I can't remember whether I saw them on that show first or just picked up the tape on a whim, but I was very surprised by it. I recognized the producer credits from my Public Enemy albums, which I was captivated by at the time (actually I still am). I recommend tracking this album down. Don't dismiss it, without giving it at least one complete listen. YBT released one more album which contained their most successful hit "Tap the Bottle", but for me this album was their moment and a little too slept on in my opinion.

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