whos old enough to remember when it came out

Song was huge and was one of the quintessential rap/break-dance songs of that time. You'd hear it every day.

In 1984 you would find these things. Cardboard mat, parachute pants, boom box, Jam On It, and crazy breakdance moves. Everywhere...

This was essentially hip hop evolving from Rapper's Delight to more modern, innovative hip hop.

This song dropped around the same time breakdancing hit. If you saw cardboard flatten out and a boom box you were hearing “jam on it”.

This song was Huge then- I’m 49 btw, and this song put them on the map. I was a B-Boy then and it was an awesome time for hip-hop. So happy young people are finding these songs. They were outer space hip-hop group here to rock earth with badass groves.

Remember, this beat is 40 fucking years old...

I'm 57 years old asian and this song is it!

At the club, this song got everyone out on the dance floor! It was an extended version and we loved it!

This song was very popular at the skating rinks. They used to have skate competitions to this song. Back in the 80's.

This is an iconic song. Electro pioneer. Break, hip hop and electro mixed... Pioneer!

First time I heard this was around 1984 aged 12. Blew me away! Always will be a special one for me. ❤ (& was this a first public airing of the 'Minions'? )

Arguably the greatest break dance song of all time. This song was the anthem for some of the most legendary battles in the 80's

I’m 33 and found this song like 10 years ago… been bumpin it ever since! Slaps so hard lol

Not only is this a classic. Its a hip hop Masterpiece!!!!!

I was only 10 when this song came out. Back then, you could hear this song playing on every boombox on every block in every hood. And at any given time there would be would be a breakdancing or rap battle going on. Back in those days kids like me ran the streets from dawn to dusk. We were all up in the mix.

This is an early hip hop classic. That beat is hypnotic. You should check out a classic video where they breakdance to this. Then check out a recent one. It still gets people dancing.

this jam was so hot it is still being played today hahah jam on it !!!!!!

This is a hip hop classic 👌

Boogie Down Bronx - Man Parrish ft Freeze Force, 🎶💗🎶

Top 20 in my book every day.

Bro! Everybody was break dancing and popin and locken to this song in 1984. I was rockin this song with my boombox wearing my parachute pants!! Lol

the nostalgia is too strong in this one ,cant take much of it

On repeat play on the jukebox back in the early 80s

Never stop till u get to the end. That's what she said

Probably one of the biggest early rap/bass songs of all time!! A game changer indeed!!

This is when 2 turntables and a microphone started ...trying to mix different beats and synth

I miss the old school hip hop/rap. I always come back to it, still gets me pumped up. And I'm pushing 50 now, and I'm bopping to this like I did back in the early 80's ♥️

Pass this song along. People need some happy music right now.

this song is FOUNDATIONAL to RAP and HIP HOP. Electro breaks all day. The rapping is the bridge between Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC. Rap progression ladder has a rung with this song on it.

This had production values way ahead of its time

When i 1st heard this track. My life was transformed. I was 9 or 10. I'm 50 years young now. If my fractured memory serves me. There was a film called Beat Street with this track. If you wanna learn how to dance, there is no need. Just get down to this.

Alot of young people today see all the divisiveness in the world today and think that its always been that way. Today people say i dont see color, but back then we saw color and appreciated what everyone brought to the table and were down with it. As much as we make fun of the 80s, it was the greatest time for creative expression. Didnt matter who you were or what you did, it was the original real recognize real era.

Excellent!!! The whole time i was like "someone tell him its for Breakin..." Its long so the whole crew got a turn.

This was big breakdancing anthem jam .. during the 80s and still rocking that beat at old school backyard boogies .. if you are 46 to 54 then you know ..

Jammed to this at the roller skate rink!

May be my favourite song of all time

This song was the chit back in day when we were in the club safe with no SHOOTINGS!!

I was in 5th grade when it came out and it was huge!!

That’s the classic breakin song. And freestyle classic

This was at the height of breakdancing I would say about 84-85

Favorite breakd dance song 😂😁👍🏼👍🏼 love that era... ❤️❤️

The Superman part was always my favorite! This was a hit worldwide

This was 1984 big man. And the comments are correct we were wearing parachute pants and breakdancing. Back when Michael had the one glove...

Some massive talent in making this track!

🔥🔥 CLASSIC 🔥🔥

Song was huge that time

Nah lemme give some facts on this song. You gon trip on some of this. Nucleus was a one hit wonder. Never heard nothing after this. No lie, this may be the first rap song using the still new 808 drum machine! Only pop and RnB used it and NO SONG programmed it better than this song! (Trap kicks, low end boom and bass lines and definitely snares all come from this same drum machine! Wait I’m wrong… Planet Rock used it before this! But it just looped with no change. Plus they just remade a record by Kraftwerk. This was an original composition! Anyway… can’t have trap without this machine. Especially the snare! True NY hip hop heads and street cats hated this song! For about a week then loved it on the low! It played 1000 times a day on the radio! Break dancing was on the way out (or reached it’s peak) till they dropped this record. Then break dancing became an American institution. Blacks created break dancing! We did it for about 6 months and then the Puerto Ricans made it famous! That’s right! Big up to the Puerto Ricans! (That’s why you see very few blacks breaking in the old 80s videos. We was done wit that!) But break dancing is hip hop to this day! So yes, Bronx Puerto Ricans are are a big part of the story of hip hop! Rappin on a mic wasn’t their initial contribution but they had hip hop breakdancing on lock! I was there! This song was like another rapper’s delight. They just found some No named ngas and had them copy styles from the real rappers of the day. Who were only hood famous because ngas didn’t have record deals yet. (The ones that did used bands that played what DJs chopped up!) Hip hop has an incredibly beautiful timeline. Nobody cares now but that’s the streets. This song counts! Why? Record labels still wasn’t moved by hip hop record sales! They was still dissin hip hop in the 90s. They thought it would die and couldn’t wait till it did so they could get back to “real music “. But when A&Rs went to the clubs and saw ngas going bananas over songs like this they convinced the check writers to sign hip hop. So yeah, in 2023 ngas need to honor this song. It got hip hop heard. I may be off on small details bet I’m right about the general idea. After that hip hop lit -ter -ral -ly changed the world! Blacks and whites and Latinos and whoever… Never had a musical genre that they all shared! NEVER! NEVER BEFORE THIS THING CALLED HIP HOP! For an OG like me to see y’all still loving hip hop, the music me and my rejected street ngas made, gives me goose bumps. If some other group in the future tries to steal y’all legacy by saying we didn’t make this, Holla at me! Unk gon set em straight! I know the entire step by step history of our multi trillion dollar invention.

How big was this song? I was 13 when it dropped and it was everywhere. It was all so new back then...and dope. Recently someone asked me my top hip hop songs of all time and I named this one as of them. And honestly I never looked at Newcleus as mcs. They were more of an electrofunk group. That bassline is everything. The drums, keyboards, All of it. I love how animated Cozmo D is with his voice. The emotion. Chilly B was nice too. RIP Chilly B....

It was huge!❤

What an amazing song. Yes, it was pretty popular at the time... probably one of the best breakdance songs ever. There are a few lyric mistakes in this video. Superman cools his AMPS not his ASS with his super breath. The ladies seen thru his X-Ray Vision were LOOKING SWEET... they didn't THINK ITS SWEET. But yeah, the beat and all the layered chords and vocals really sets a mood on this song.

this jam came out when i was 13 yrs old and it was a big hitwith the underground seen never hit mainstream radio , they weent ready for it but 40 yrs later this still jams ,i be bumpin it still and i get alot younsters asking whos that and i ttelllm way before ur time u dont twerk to this this is is real music

It was the soundtrack for a movie, they made a small movie video of this song for the real movie which i think is better than the other live version video. No FB , no tik tok it would take months before you heard the new music sometimes if you weren't in LA ot NY

I have this on vinyl...my kids listen to it rather they want to or not

We had Newcleus and Frankfie Smith, in the 80s.

Along with this, "Din Dada" and "The Message" were the top three tracks for breakdancing in my neighborhood. Go over to the apartments with no locks on the laundry room doors, get down there with a boom box and practice your moves.

A timeless beat with unrecognizable social context for you young ones 😂. Cosmo is outer space timelessness, as evident in you ❤the track. I love it too

Dude, Definitly one that tugs at the hearts funk strings. Been on 2 Turntables since 1979 . I was commin of age when HipHop Started and Disco was on its last few years. HipHop was Mostly Samples, Drum Machines,and in some case still real instruments, yhis one was one of the earlier songs with electronic sounds in it. Along that lines you should check out another more (Avant Guard) HipHoP Break Dancing Staple. Numbers from Kraftwerk Enjoy

How big was this song...lol. it was HUGE. Flattened cardboard was everywhere

Back in the day, we weren’t afraid to let that beat simmer for a minute…makes it taste better…

This song was huge if you listened to the rap / dance / R&B stations. When it came out if was on heavy rotation and you definitely heard it in the club. Even white people heard of it

BIG , BIG,AND BIG

40 years old ‼️‼️

Cerwin Vega speakers are required when listening to Newcleus

^ the studio version ^

Heavy rotation, the age of the B-Boys

Dancing and parties is what Hip Hop was invented for..Breaking, Poppin, Boogaloo (a bit b4 me) but it was about making the crowd move!!! P.S. He's a King of Burgers(Burger King) with a bag of Big Mac's (burgers basically)...imho

I grew up in the 70s and 80s with the best music of all time and this was my favorite song for a couple weeks. I still listen to it today, just sayin.

🎶💗👏💃👏💃👏💃👏💗🎶

I'm a 52 yo white male and this song first came across my radar back in the 80s when I was in my teens. I have been playing it ever since. Most of my high school friends from back then are well versed in it and probably can rap every lyric throughout the song. As well as "The Show" by Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. Great times back then and I miss intelligent lyrics opposed to the garbage that most are putting out these days. Go back to school, start reading and learn how to write poetry before you pick up a mic! Record companies take notice!

This is the lowdown for this song as I remember. Newcleus first track was a song called Jam on Revenge (the Wikki Wikki Wikki song). It was massive, the go to body popping song back in the early 80s. When it came on everybody hit the dancefloor body popping. You must listen to Wikki Wikki Wikki song to get context for Jam on It as their 2nd release. Newcleus released an LP & Jam on It was released as a single at the same time & that ended up being a hit for Newcleus too. Although the LP was good it had lots of storm noises at the start of each track making it difficult for DJ’s to mix. Newcleus disappeared after their first album.

React to X-clan 1. Funkin Lesson 2. Heed the world the brother

So much better when you watch the version with the movie clips. Maybe copywright issues. But hopefully you watched that version privately. If not check it out

Two years to late but, The burger king with Big mac's bag is a dance battle between the two, So who won? Mcdonalds or burger King?

I miss the 80s rap

That song was a little to old for you to understand!!Hip-Hop was only about 3-5yrs old.This song came out in 83,84.What you need to watch is the video that goes with the song

This track is a staple of B-Boy culture. Every time I hear it, I think of a piece of cardboard on the corner.

Wow this brought me back, Check out five minutes of Funk, you’re gonna love it

Great song but, to be honest you keep stopping it way too much. I know it’s a reaction video but, a little too many stops for me.

Today youth over think stuff, so back then when that came out we would just to it because it was dope, regular or break dancing

Sorry but the new stuff out today doesn't hold a candle to the old school stuff. IMO this is when Hip Hop was the best.

are these lyrics legit? I thought it was "don't need no fans to cool my amps" double check them.

Choon

Come on man! It was fun! Just plain beats making your body move. It was fun back then. Not all this serious crap, making you angry 😡

I would like to hear Pac over this beat

I agree 100%.new rap and hip hop SUCKS!! it has no thought provoking lyrics, terrible beats etc..I wish this hip hop/rap would come back

I know it’s a reaction bro but you pause it waaaay to much. 😂 just my opinion. Also the rhymes are super simple but you gotta think about when this came out. This was one of the first rap songs. Super plain back then.

Dude you talk too much🙄 Let the music play🤨

This reminds me of back when I was 7 or 8 outside on my cardboard attempting to breakdance. I miss growing up in the 80's. ♥️

Man when this song came out it was rocking it was a banger. Everywhere you went even on the bus on the way to school they was playing this banger.

The song was Big and I mean big I mean it was a hit it was all you heard on the radio it was the newest thing and it was hitting like nothing else. These guys are pioneers in Hip-Hop they were a part of the hip hop movement in the creation of Hip Hop. This song along with Beat Street became the anthem for the B boy and the breaking dancing culture.