The
Young Black Teenagers were an
all-white rap group in the
early 90s,
specializing in
obvious irony and
rhymes with
varying
degrees of
humor. No, they aren't
the Beasties... their
skills aren't even close to
3rd Bass... and I think the
House of Pain, never
great artistes to begin with,
whupped them silly just last week. But at
least they'll
beat out
M.O.T. in a
blind taste test.
Their self-titled and self-indulgent first album, one of hundreds to rip off the Meet the Beatles cover art, was produced by the Bomb Squad (of Public Enemy fame). The Allmusic guide calls this LP 'impressive' and gives it 4 and a half stars out of five, proving that there's no accounting for taste. The second (and last) album, Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz (note the 1337 spelling), featured the mind-deadening MTV anthem-of-the-minute in mid-1993, 'Tap the Bottle'. Then, mercifully, they jumped ship, presumably to pursue solo careers. I think that only one Young Black Teenager went on to enjoy any kind of success later; DJ Scribble, who spun the wheels for MTV's jiggleflesh escapades in the late 90s.