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Where is UNCUT AT!!!??
written by 4bars

Aight, so I know I’m usually on some “we need to save our community and hip hop” type ish because honestly that’s how I feel. Our community needs a lot of change and hip hop has a ton of influence on said community so it needs change too. So with all that said, I was driving the other day and all I could think about was….BET UNCUT!!! BLACK JESUS! JOKER THE BAILBONDSMAN! WHERE ARE THEY NOOWWWW!!???!! For real though, how much do you miss Uncut? I mean, I know Wiz and I used to stay up waiting for Anchorage’s Finest (Joker the Bailbondsman) many a night. Do you remember Bizzie Bone’s hypnotizing “UHHH HUUHH, UHHH HUUUUHH, ain’t nuttin like money in the Ziplock bag…”? How classic was Mighty Casey’s “White, guuuuuurrlllsss…” video? I wanna hear from ya’ll man, what was your favorite video? Best memory from Uncut? The joint that you would watch and laugh at yet you were still lookin like “yo, I gotta call ol girl, I got an idea…”.

While I clearly have fond memories of Uncut, there are also ones I’d like to forget. Just the thought of Lil Flip’s forgettable “You'ze A Trick” video brings a terrible feeling to the pit of my stomach. Now that I think about it, though, Lil Flip’s acting like a “balla” in the video is what spoils a song that actually had a hot ass beat; but of course “Flipparachi” promptly ruined any redeemable qualities.

The video of all videos, was the video that, for many, started the cult like following: UUUUHHHH OOHHHHHHHH, “Tip Drill”. This unforgettable Uncut staple often ended the night and sent me to bed with a ridiculously large uhh, ‘grin’ on my face, haha. The fact that I could turn on the television and not only see it “raining” but I witnessed things that simply didn’t get old; ie “The Swipe” was priceless. Did anybody else wait in anticipation for that chick with the DONK to do the Chicken-Head? You KNOW which chick I’m talking bout.

Whether it’s the high pitched flow of Joker the Bailbondsman or the UNFORGETTABLE “What That Thang Smell Like”, I miss Uncut dearly. I know that BET has taken its fair share of criticism (and for good reason) for questionable programming but Uncut was the accepted exception. It’s like using the N word in public being wrong, but its ok around family (“Niggaaa pleeeease…”). I miss Uncut, dammit, bring it back, please?