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Speech Is My Hammer’s Top 5 Dame Dash Moments


January 28, 2008 | Tags: none

Dame Dash has always been one of my favorite figures in hip-hop. Granted, he was with the Roc in the late 90s/early 2000s, when I was first getting into hip-hop and Jay-Z was my favorite rapper. But even though he’s one of the figures who was prominent during the time which many believe hip-hop was on its downfall, he remains one of my favorite people in the industry to this day. Dude was incredibly funny, but unlike a lot of hip-hop figures now, he also balanced his goofiness with an intellect that made you laugh with him instead of laughing at him. Plus, dude was actually having fun while so many of his peers were/are busy trying to look hard. Pause on this post, and I know the timing is random as fuck, but I present: Speech Is My Hammer’s Top 5 Dame Dash Moments.

 

5.) AllHipHop’s documentary/shadow of Dash.


An example of Dame Dash’s humor and swag. Along with showing how he made his successful ascension in the music/business world, classic moments include his complaints about being given the wrong kind of private jet, and his love for the dough. “I like all kind of money. I like the Dollar. I like the Euro. I like the Pound. I like the Frank, pause! I like the Yen..."

 

4.) Dash’s entire music video career.

 

 

 


This cat constantly stole the show in his music videos. My Cultural Vibe cohost J-Young the General says that the Big Pimpin dance was Dash’s top moment ever, but I contend that his best music video appearance was at the beginning of Cam’ron’s “Oh Boy” video, when he’s humorously berating chicks on either side of him. “You’re really just gonna put your feet next to my cereal? Are you serious?”

 

 

3.) Dame Dash’s words for Kevin Lyles in the Backstage DVD.


I haven’t seen this, but apparently dude clowned Kevin Lyles, saying that Def Jam was simply hopping on the train that Roc-A-Fella had already got going. For dude to do that on camera, and to Lyles’ face, is nothing short of hilarious.

2.) Dash’s “Rocapads” skit on Chappelle’s Show.


This is a classic moment in hip-hop history, IMO. This captured all that is Dame Dash – the blatant name-dropping, the silly-though-enterprising business acumen, the charismatic mannerisms, the classic quotables. This could’ve been pulled off with other hip-hop figures, but no one would’ve been nearly as funny with this. “So if your period’s dropping, we catch it. Yanahmean!”

 

 

1.) Dame Dash & Cam’ron’s appearance on The O’Reilly Factor.

 


In territory where rappers are notoriously stultified, Dash and Cam teamed up to handle themselves well and to give O’Reilly a taste of his own medicine. Cam’ron handled the ignorant factor (the original occurrence of the infamous, “You maaaaaaaaaad, you maaaaaaaaad!”), while Dame brought intellect along with humor. They didn’t necessarily solve any hip-hop problems with this, but kudos are due to them actually holding their own against Bill O’Reilly without looking like complete idiots, along with being stupidly entertaining. This gets my #1 spot. "I thought you were mediating? ... Bill! Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill!"

Honorable Mention: His entire existence in the State Property films, his overzealous cackle at the beginning of "Bring It On," and his mini-cameo in "Paid In Full."

What are you guys' Top Dame Dash moments?


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