Musical guests on "All That."

Rashmi Kalubowila

2012-04-27 15:06:57 UTC

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« Thread Started on Apr 18, 2012, 6:24pm »
Does anybody remember that on All That, there used to be performances
at the end from a group or singer/rapper? One thing that I have
thought about before was that back when All That was in its earlier
seasons, they used to have rappers and R&B singers (Even some unknowns
or less-than-well-known artists) perform. One thing that I find funny
now because I am an adult is that All That had TLC do their song
"Creep" on that show and while that song was one of their bigger hits,
the song has to do with infidelity. LL Cool J performed the remix to
"Loungin'" which if you listen to the lyrics, he is talking about
sexual things (I could just imagine if Nickelodeon had him perform
"Doin' It") and even the video for that song had some rather sexual
parts like pouring chocolate syrup on a girl and such.
Also, while acts like Naughty By Nature and Coolio may have done some
of the clean versions to their songs, those acts aren't really kid
friendly. Hell, I still think that when Coolio performed his
"Smilin'," he said the N-word on that show.
Of course, later on, they had the pop acts of the late 90s perform
which I guess were more family-friendly. I still find it funny looking
back, Nick execs allowed some rather adult-oriented performers to
perform on their show. Of course, R&B acts like Immature weren't that
bad for it.
« Reply #1 on Apr 18, 2012, 6:47pm »
Yeah, thinking back to it, I always found it odd what musical acts All
That had at the end. These were not Nick friendly acts, nor were they
really acts getting spots on SNL or the talk shows due to the demo &
the nature of their acts.
It's all the more jarring when you think about, as you mentioned, the
drastic shift in musical acts later on. I think someone higher up
finally caught on to what they were doing and put an end to it. Heck,
alot of early All That has alot of sketches that when I watch them
now, it makes me wonder how they managed to get this joke & that joke
through. Lord knows if the execs were watching more closely, they
wouldn't have allowed them to slip by.
« Reply #3 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:03pm »
You know, another song that also baffles me now that they allowed was
"He's Mine" from short-lived female R&B group Mokenstef. Read these
He might be doing you, but he's thinkin about me
So lady think about another lover
And go find another brother
I know he's my man, he's holding my hand
It feels good when he calls my name
Don't you wish you had the same
Feeling this stud's working your stuff
Till he thinks about mine
Now he's feelin real high, you ask why, he's mine
Went out on a date, wasn't out too late
He took you to a room and you gave it up too soon
Paid you like a trick, cuz you let him hit
Now he's comin' home to a lover that is strong
I got all this love, baby, don't try to take it
You wanted a piece, you were mistaken
Cause he belongs to me, baby, can't you see?
How this got past Nick execs is beyond me. Of course, I guess things
were different in the mid-90s, huh?
« Reply #4 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:21pm »
How this got past Nick execs is beyond me. Of course, I guess things
were different in the mid-90s, huh?
Nick didn't really clamp down until the early 2000's. Look at Ren &
Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, You Can't Do That on Television...none of
these would fly on today's Nickelodeon.
« Reply #5 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:34pm »
How this got past Nick execs is beyond me. Of course, I guess things
were different in the mid-90s, huh?
Nick didn't really clamp down until the early 2000's. Look at Ren &
Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, You Can't Do That on Television...none of
these would fly on today's Nickelodeon.
Granted, this is right about the time that parents also became very
involved in what their kids were watching on TV as well. In the 90s I
don't there were near as many media watchdogs as their are now.
« Reply #6 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:40pm »
I remember Nas did a guest spot, and so did the Twins
Nas was at least a bonafied rap star, I'm more shocked that the
smurfing TWINS got on.
They were like a c List west coast Rap group who got shouted out a few
times by Snoop Dogg.
« Reply #7 on Apr 18, 2012, 7:51pm »
The musical guests were my favorite part of the show. I was slightly
shocked when Ice Cube did "We be Clubbin" on the show.
« Reply #10 Yesterday at 8:42am »
I always thought it was pretty progressive to have all the musical
guests be either hip hop or r&b acts. Dan Schneider has had a few
misses, but his track record is pretty solid and he does seem to have
a finger on the pulse of what the young people will be into. I think
going after the "urban" demographic without necessarily pandering the
whole show towards us helped give the show it's own unique feel.

It is astounding that most of the song themes were performed for the
kids in the audience, both at the live shows and at home. I can recall
Ma$e, whose performance I recently saw on YouTube again, a '90s rapper
of the Bad Boy label, who later went on to leave the rap/music
industry to become a pastor in a church and then return later and
leave and return (but that's another story); he did try and change
lyrics for the audience and you can tell he felt uncomfortable at
times having kids clap their hands to some of the themes he was
uttering, it was a fascinating site. The show really stood out to me
at times as it was so racially diverse (as was Nickelodeon at the
time), during the 5th season there was an African-American majority,
which is where I think Nick has really moved backwards with today,
dealing primarily with token characters in their big successors, even
though I still have love for the network.
It's ironic that, when All That did start moving away from the Hip Hop/
R&B acts and began moving into the bubblegum Pop bands, which were
definitely a lot more marketable to the young audiences, that is where
the show started going down hill. I don't think this was a realisation
of the Hip Hop themes but more a change in culture, Rap was past its
prime, golden years and becoming very commercialised so, alongside the
summer tours All That were doing, they had to begin affiliating the
show with Pop music acts. I remember they tried to combine Hip Hop
with Pop very well on the All That LIVE 100th episode, having Busta
Rhymes and Britney Spears as musical guests but Britney was injured
and replaced by Lauryn Hill at another location, which is great
because Lauryn was a positive, successful image of Rap.