TWO KINGS IN A CIPHER

Believe it or not this is a video from Deric Angelettie and Ron Lawrence, then known as D.O.P. and Noble Ahmen Ra, later known as D Dot and Amen-Ra who you all should know for their work with classic and overhated Bad Boy releases throughout the 90s. They met at Howard U in the 80s and dropped an afrocentric album in '91 called From Pyramids to Projects and then disbanded, leaving behind only this silly video where "hoooo" is pronounced "Ho." Then of course a legacy of classic 90s hip-hop tracks. For Ron Lawrence this ranged from the most utterly glossy pop anthem "Been Around the World" to his work on Jay-Z's "Where I'm From," probably the best straight-up hard-as-fuck street track Jay ever released. Here is a youtube where he explains, kind of generally, how he made the beat: