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Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
1989) Of the many studio-based dance music projects which dominated the charts during the early '90s, few were so popular, or such an improbable success story, as Technotronic. Emerging from Belgium -- never a musical hotbed in the first place -- the multicultural group helped push the deep bass grooves and insistent beats of house music out of the club scene and into the pop mainstream; ironically, they did so largely by hiding behind the photogenic visage of an African-born fashion model who, it was later revealed, did not even perform on their records. In reality, Technotronic was the brainchild of Jo Bogaert (real name Thomas de Quincy), an American-born philosophy teacher who relocated to Belgium in the late '80s in the hopes of mounting a career as a record producer. Bogaert's intent was to fuse house with hip hop, and towards that aim he sent demos of his work to a variety of rappers, including the Welsh-born MC Eric and a Zairean-born teenager named Ya Kid K (nee Manuela Kamosi), at the time a member of the Belgian rap group Fresh Beat Productions. Technotronic's first single, 1989's "Pump Up the Jam," was a smash hit across Europe and eventually the U.S. While the record featured the raps of Ya Kid K, she was nowhere to be seen in the accompanying video, which instead featured Zairean-born fashion model Felly lip-synching the lyrics; little did fans realize that not only was Felly nowhere near the studio at the time the single was recorded, in truth she did not even speak a word of English. She was also featured on the cover of Technotronic's debut LP, Pump Up the Jam: The Album, further blurring the lines between truth and fiction; in the end, Bogaert admitted that Felly's services had been engaged purely to establish the group with "an image." When Technotronic toured in support of the 1990 hit "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)," Ya Kid K and MC Eric were alone behind the microphone, and Ya Kid K was also rightfully featured in the song's video. The LP Trip On This: The Remixes soon followed, and in 1992 Ya Kid K went solo, albeit with Bogaert still in the producer's seat; her debut album, One World Nation, scored with the hit "Move This," originally a Technotronic cut released as a single after finding success in a cosmetics commercial. The 1995 Technotronic comeback attempt Recall was not a success. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Author: Ichnos71x2
Length: 03:41
Uploaded: 24.11.2008
Viewed: 351725×
Rating (609×):
Video Category: Music
Tags: Technotronic, Pump, Up, The, Jam, classic, video, videoclips, videomusic, clip, music, musica, song, retro, 80, 80s
1989) Of the many studio-based dance music projects which dominated the charts during the early '90s, few were so popular, or such an improbable success story, as Technotronic. Emerging from Belgium -- never a musical hotbed in the first place -- the multicultural group helped push the deep bass grooves and insistent beats of house music out of the club scene and into the pop mainstream; ironically, they did so largely by hiding behind the photogenic visage of an African-born fashion model who, it was later revealed, did not even perform on their records. In reality, Technotronic was the brainchild of Jo Bogaert (real name Thomas de Quincy), an American-born philosophy teacher who relocated to Belgium in the late '80s in the hopes of mounting a career as a record producer. Bogaert's intent was to fuse house with hip hop, and towards that aim he sent demos of his work to a variety of rappers, including the Welsh-born MC Eric and a Zairean-born teenager named Ya Kid K (nee Manuela Kamosi), at the time a member of the Belgian rap group Fresh Beat Productions. Technotronic's first single, 1989's "Pump Up the Jam," was a smash hit across Europe and eventually the U.S. While the record featured the raps of Ya Kid K, she was nowhere to be seen in the accompanying video, which instead featured Zairean-born fashion model Felly lip-synching the lyrics; little did fans realize that not only was Felly nowhere near the studio at the time the single was recorded, in truth she did not even speak a word of English. She was also featured on the cover of Technotronic's debut LP, Pump Up the Jam: The Album, further blurring the lines between truth and fiction; in the end, Bogaert admitted that Felly's services had been engaged purely to establish the group with "an image." When Technotronic toured in support of the 1990 hit "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)," Ya Kid K and MC Eric were alone behind the microphone, and Ya Kid K was also rightfully featured in the song's video. The LP Trip On This: The Remixes soon followed, and in 1992 Ya Kid K went solo, albeit with Bogaert still in the producer's seat; her debut album, One World Nation, scored with the hit "Move This," originally a Technotronic cut released as a single after finding success in a cosmetics commercial. The 1995 Technotronic comeback attempt Recall was not a success. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Author: Ichnos71x2
Length: 03:41
Uploaded: 24.11.2008
Viewed: 351725×
Rating (609×):
Video Category: Music
Tags: Technotronic, Pump, Up, The, Jam, classic, video, videoclips, videomusic, clip, music, musica, song, retro, 80, 80s
| These days they'd ... (dinkoman) | 21.11.2009 |
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| These days they'd have epilepsy warnings all over this. My God the world has gone down hill! | |
| pump it up! (omgGYGYGY) | 19.11.2009 |
| pump it up! | |
| I thought there was ... (thesilverspider) | 18.11.2009 |
| I thought there was a Black chick singing this song. On one of the other videos, the chicks who sing this song are White. | |
| wow the quality is ... (tamonique22) | 18.11.2009 |
| wow the quality is HORRIBLE... The song is the jam tho | |
| el único y ... (LUIGGILIGHTS) | 17.11.2009 |
| el único y auténtico !!!! el disco que cambió la historia del dance !!!!! | |
| Invicteble Hit (Unzaman) | 16.11.2009 |
| Invicteble Hit | |
| SUPER JAJA CUANTOS ... (mariahcanaria95) | 16.11.2009 |
| SUPER JAJA CUANTOS RECUERDOS | |
| love this! into ... (uniquebart) | 15.11.2009 |
| love this! into this too /watch?v=x4jXggZBwYU | |
| Yeah man,u ... (Higginz1991) | 14.11.2009 |
| Yeah man,u definitely got a great youtube life LMFAO no room 4 hate,no?Well,well done by talkin like a priest u fuckin retard lol Don't worry man, I'll leave u alone,cuz by the looks of it,u got some fuckin serious problems of ur own to work out LMFAO it's been hilarious,get help,freak. | |
| As a matter of fact ... (thawizkid09) | 13.11.2009 |
| As a matter of fact I am THE DON you clueless cunt. How about you just go back to your special ed class, but then again i don't want to insult the disabled because not even you are worthy enough of being associated with disabled people you fucking cum guzzler. So scoot on back into your little special ed class with your threee little friends and ring your special little bell...RING RING BITCH. So when grown people are talking shut your mouth bitch and quit being a lame asshole loser twat. k bye! | |
| yeah i should of ... (thawizkid09) | 13.11.2009 |
| yeah i should of known you were a kid , you have no idea who you are dealing with :) but life is great ya know, i have no use for hate in my source ,i'm sorry your sprit is feeled with such ignorance and hate , i pray that you get a life instead of wasting your time insulting people that do have an great life on youtube. But i come in peace SON! :) | |
| :)E (thawizkid09) | 13.11.2009 |
| :)E | |
| how rude of to say ... (thawizkid09) | 13.11.2009 |
| how rude of to say such a thing to me , it not my fault you have an small penis but hey that's just life huh? | |
| OK we get it, u hav ... (Higginz1991) | 12.11.2009 |
| OK we get it, u hav a vagina. | |
| world peace that is (thawizkid09) | 12.11.2009 |
| world peace that is | |
| where has music ... (thawizkid09) | 12.11.2009 |
| where has music went to? music now these days have no spirit and very low vibe and selfishness , music is the key to peace | |
| @167497 That's ... (fortunad) | 12.11.2009 |
| @167497 That's true, I started looking for this video after watching the zohan last time and reminiscing of the good times of this awesome hit :) | |
| the zohan,this song ... (167497) | 12.11.2009 |
| the zohan,this song is playing in the movie when he cuts his first custumers hair =D haha best movie evah! | |
| One of the best ... (MadameMorticia1706) | 10.11.2009 |
| One of the best dance songs ever... but OMG, the video is hilarious!!! | |
| this is richard ... (ukiyozoshi) | 10.11.2009 |
| this is richard simmons morning routine video.. haha.. imagine him doing the runnning man to this .. perfecttttt | |
| good song, bad video (OdaNobunaga89) | 10.11.2009 |
| good song, bad video | |
| i was 2 but wot ... (Mac87Paddy) | 9.11.2009 |
| i was 2 but wot TUUUUUUUUNE...pump it up man yeah the jam...go for it ..lmao | |
| haaa, yo i was 8 ... (villereal) | 9.11.2009 |
| haaa, yo i was 8 when this came out and its a good jam, but i think the "borning" of real club dance culture took place quite a bit further back in history my friend! | |
| make my day, make ... (ellenschniedel) | 9.11.2009 |
| make my day, make my day , yeahh | |
| yo! my childhood I ... (disbalanced) | 9.11.2009 |
| yo! my childhood I think it's borning ofthe real club dance culture | |
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