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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Throwback Thursdays: Digital Underground

DateThursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:55AM

Yesterday Syd and I were talking about current top 40 hip-hop songs.  He referenced both the "Stanky Leg" and "Teach Me How to Dougie".  I said, as much as I hate those songs they're no different than "Da Butt" or "The Humpty Dance".  He looked puzzled - he had never heard of "The Humpty Dance".  I gave him a crash course on Digital Underground and let him hear a few songs, including this one - "Same Song" which was featured in the 1991 movie Nothing But Trouble.  A film that had an overabundance of stars (John Candy, Dan Akroyd, Chevy Chase) but lacked anything resembling worthwhile entertainment.  I remember watching it anyway just to catch a glimpse of Digital Underground (which at that time featured a backup dancer and singer by the name of Tupac Shakur).

 

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