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Fu-Schnickens featuring Phife Dawg - La Schmoove
I was digging through my crate of old cassingles today, and I came across the above song, which I hadn't heard in years. Listening to them now, I can see how some of the younger generation may find Fu-Schnickens to be a little corny with their Das Efx style of delivery, but growing up my older brother used to have La Schmoove on a constant loop, lending a very strong sense of nostalgia to the song whenever I hear it these days.
Fu-Schnickens seem to primarily be remembered for being the group that unleashed Shaq-Fu onto an unsuspecting public - a full decade before dropping the classic diss track Kobe, how my ass taste?, Shaq was recruited to sing the hook on What's Up Doc? after the group was unable to clear a sample of Bugs Bunny - overlooking the fact that they put out a pretty solid album two years before that, with F.U. Don't Take It Personal. While there were several hip hop acts that attempted to merge rap with dancehall during the early 90's, Fu-Schnickens were the only American group (that I can recall) that managed to gain credibility in Jamaica, with their song Ring the Alarm. And although they never really got credit for it, Fu-Schnickens were the first hip hop group to really build their image around old Kung Fu movies, a couple of years before Wu-Tang came onto the scene.
While searching for La Schmoove, I also came across a video with Phife and Chip Fu that I had never seen before, most likely because the song was released a couple of years after the Snow phenomenon had played itself out. Peep:
Whitey Don featuring Phife Dawg and Chip Fu - Artical
7/17/2007 08:35:01 PM posted by Fresh