"Showtime At The Apollo" Appreciation Thread

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

for those that don't know, the Apollo was the chit back in the day. it ran for a WHOPPING 21 YEARS from 1987-2008(and of course, its been back on TV for like a year or 2 now). and thru the vast majority of those years, it was the main show you checked for when you wanted to see live performances. and of course, you had the legendary amateur competitions.

to keke shepherd. she prolly STILL look good.

THIS HAS TO BE THE GOAT MOMENT, AND I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO.

 

[ℒine ☈acks]

i love that song...

 

[Reverend Jesse Jackson]

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

THEY TEAR THE ROOF COMPLETELY OFF @4:15.
BBD PERFORMING "POISON" IS THE GOAT PERFORMANCE IVE SEEN ON THIS SHOW, IMO.






BIV 10 TAKEOVER!!!!!

 

[BuddahMAC]

 

[aRoMaN21]

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

and this is supposed to be a goat group on this site!!??

lol. this has to be the deadest Apollo crowd for a rap performance EVER.

they look like the amateur contestants up there.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

LEMME SLOW IT DOWN ONE TIME.

THOSE SUITS.

mark curry had his chit on too.



THE JOINTS THAT STARTED IT ALL.

R.KELLY & PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

#WhiteExcellence

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

#WhiteExcellence

this just goes to show how far confidence will get you in life.



this is like the greatest chit ever. but if he didn't show up zoned out, he would've got booed out the building immediately.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

TLC HAD A LEGENDARY ONE.

@StillNotSoft you gonna recognize and pay homage to this movement. had to call you out skillet.




KRISS KROSS SHUT IT DOWN.

AND KELLY DROPPED AN N-BOMB.

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

i remember i used to sty up late waiting for this to come on....specifically for the Apollo Kids segment.

I'd always be like

nikkas ain't even that talented....i could do that.


























i ain't getting in front of all those nikkas tho.....i remember i went and they were just straight up ruthless. i think nikkas was just booing for fun

 

[Taadow]

GOAT Apollo moments:

1. The Asian Lady who sang "Through The Fire" for like 5 weeks and still won
2. The first time Will E. was on.
3. Ne-Yo and his group gettin' booed off
4. Lyfe Jennings being on the first time and me thinking he wasn't gon' be chit.
5. The interlude on Rah Digga's album

 

[Lord Scion]

TLC HAD A LEGENDARY ONE.

That was the one I was going to post. T-Boz going in on those movies, the hype crowd, the remixes = classic performance.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

great thread.

this is easily the GOAT apollo performance