I came across this video while helping out a friend who is having jambalaya tonight, because having and especially cooking jambalaya without listening to Fats Domino is kind of sinful. I’m sharing it with you because of the two absolutely outstanding saxophone solos and also the completely inexplicable yo-yo guy. The one guy waving a hankie ends up playing the trumpet eventually. The other guy? He’s a mystery.
Tag: Yo-Yo
#ATOZCHALLENGE, Day 25: Yo-Yo
Artist: Yo-Yo
Best Album: Make Way for the Motherlode
Best Song: You Can’t Play With my Yo-Yo
This Letter Could Have Been About: Uhhh… YG, maybe? Young MC? One of the lesser Youngs? Nah.
Why I’m Writing About This Artist: Uhh… this one’s kinda weak. I’ll admit it. I thought of Yo-Yo immediately for this letter, realizing after a couple of minutes that I really couldn’t come up with any other alternatives. Everybody else on this list was someone I had music from on my computer already, and for most of them I still own the CDs I bought back when they were new. I had to redownload Make Way for the Motherlode to make sure it held up, otherwise I was gonna be writing about Bust a Move, which I didn’t really want to do.
Here’s the good news: Motherlode actually holds up pretty well. Ice Cube discovered Yo-Yo, and has a prominent guest role on her most well-known song and a couple other spots on her debut album. She’s talented, if perhaps not on his level. This song at least is a classic, although she’s kind of a one-hit wonder. It’s still worth a listen.
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