Straight Up, I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson

OK, so I've been on an 80's video game kick the last few weeks. I so loved me some Mike Tyson Punch Out with Glass Joe, Piston Honda, Bald Bull, Mr. Sandman, my personal favorite - the pec-flexing Super Macho Man, and of course Mike Tyson. Here is a video of the game, and this guy makes it through the entire game getting hit only once... as an added bonus, I had to add the 1989 DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince video for "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"...
Lyrics | Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince lyrics - I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson lyrics "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince from the album And in This Corner… Released February 28, 1989 Format 12" Recorded 1989 Genre Rap Length 4:50 Label Jive/Zomba Writer(s) Smith, Townes, Harris Producer Smith, Townes, New, Harris

Don't Mean To Bust Your Bubble

Today's video is one of the first rap tunes I ever heard when I was in high school... a funny little funky jam that sampled the "I Dream of Jeannie" music... it's the debut single of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince with their words of wisdom - "Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble"...




Lyrics | Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince lyrics - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble lyrics

"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble"
Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
from the album Rock the House
Released 1986
Format 12" Vinyl
Recorded 1985
Genre Hip hop
Label Sony

I'm Rough Like a Freight Train, Smooth Like Ice

For those of you that remember the original Nintendo gaming system, if you were a sports fan like me, then you spent a good deal of time training Little Mac in the ways of boxing so that you could cut through opponents like Glass Joe, King Hippo, Soda Popinski, and Bald Bull on your way to a matchup against Mike Tyson himself in "Mike Tyson's Punchout."
Well, a few years later when this song came out, it provided an instant anthem in my dorm room anytime me or my friends broke out the game... released just months before the real Mike Tyson went down in Tokyo at the hands of Buster Douglas, here is Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince with "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"...

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - I Think I
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Lyrics | Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince lyrics - I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson lyrics

“I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”

Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
from the album And in This Corner…
Released 1989
Format 45" Vinyl
Cassette Tape
Recorded 1989
Genre Hip-Hop/Rap
Label Jive/Zomba
Writer(s) Will Smith
Jeffrey Townes
Pete Q. Harris
Producer Will Smith
Jeffrey Townes
Bryan "Chuck" New
Pete Q. Harris

Mom, Dad, How Was Your Trip?

Will Smith and Jeff Townes were better known in the late 80's and early 90's as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince and instead of gravitating toward the hardcore, thug life rap that was really beginning to emerge as the sound of rap, these two took rap a completely different direction, and to much success... probably the duo's most famous rap song of all time, here is the duo from Philly with the song that won the first ever rap Grammy - "Parents Just Don't Understand"...

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Parents
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Lyrics | Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand lyrics

“Parents Just Don't Understand”

Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
from the album He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Released 1988
Format 12", cassette, CD single
Recorded 1987
Genre Hip-Hop/Rap
Label Zomba/Jive

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #12