ABOUT THE EVENT
What would Yo! MTV Raps be without the videos? That's like Flavor Flav minus the clock, Ice Cube without a scowl or Slick Rick with no gold chains. Hip-hop took the moving image set to music to the next level with some of the most creative music videos MTV has ever played. We've dug deep into our vault and unearthed the hottest videos from back in the days of Yo! We've got all the music videos that shaped the sights and sounds of hip-hop as we know it today. Check out these classic clips from the Yo! era in our year-by-year and themed playlists.
Yo! Year By Year
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Yo! Top 20 Videos From 2 Live Crew to Tupac, Dr. Dre to Run-D.M.C., Naughty by Nature to N.W.A., these are the all-time top 20 'Yo! MTV Raps' videos.
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Hottest Videos of 1988 Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy Slick Rick and more hip-hop highlights from 1988.
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Hottest Videos of 1989 Tone-Loc, N.W.A., Big Daddy Kane and more.
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Hottest Videos of 1990 Digital Underground, Salt-N-Pepa, Hammer and more.
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Hottest Videos of 1991 Hip-hop highlights from 1991.
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Hottest Videos of 1992 The Pharcyde and more hip-hop highlights from 1992.
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Hottest Videos of 1993 The Roots, Wu Tang, Snoop and more.
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Hottest Videos of 1994 From Nas to Ice Cube to Pete Rock and Biggie, these players ruled rap in 1994.
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Hottest Videos of 1995 These Old Dirty Bastard, Tupac, The Roots and Brand Nubian videos ruled 1995 -- the final year of 'Yo!'
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Hip-Hop In a Post-Yo! World The show ended in 1995, but hip-hop didn't. In the late '90s, these hip-hoppers picked up where 'Yo!' left off.
Yo! Themed Playlists
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Gangsta's Paradise From Dr. Dre's 'Nuthing But a 'G' Thang to Snoop's 'Murder Was the Case,' these videos were the VIP gansta rap hood hits.
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Classic Rump Shakers! The Yo! era dance tracks were the original dance floor party jams.
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Suckas For Love In between the streets and the game, meet a few MCs who found time to get romantic on the mic.
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Ladies First Watch Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa and more fearless females who paved the path for women in rap.
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My Posse's On Want respect? You gotta represent. In these videos, there's no doubt these crews are in full effect.
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Droppin' Science Not everyone jumped on the dookie rope bandwagon when hip-hop hit. Open your mind to those who kept the struggle of the streets alive.
