Doug Bangers, Having Fun, and The K-I-Double

I came across this post on TikTok and as a 90s kid I love it. The creator talks about a few music bangers that appeared on the 90s cartoon classic "Doug".

Look if you're not a 90s kid you might not get it, but this cartoon was classic material.

When I heard Killer Tofu, it immediately took me back. Something about that song brought me back to the 90s. 

I haven't heard that song literally since the 90s

But I remember it. The lyrics, the vibe, the cadence. It all came back. It was this weird transport back in time. And, somehow i still remembered it like I just heard it the other day. 

It's the power of music.

Such a silly dumb song can embed itself in your brain and forever have an impact on you. It sticks with you. 

Music In Your Coming-To-Age Years

This is especially true for music in your coming-to-age years. Somewhere between 12 and 24 or so...maybe even more broader than that. 

I was talking to a friend about this artist Millyz. I never heard of him and never listened to his music. A YouTube vid of his came up in my algorithm. Normally I would keep scrolling past, but this video featured Jadakiss.

As a 90s kid, I grew up listening to Jadakiss. He's one of my favorite artists and one I listened to a ton in my early teenage years. 

So anytime he pops up, I'm listening. It's been decades since I first listened to him, but, it's the J-A-D-A-K-I-Double, one of my favorite rappers since I was a teenager. 

There's something about music in those years, that when it connects, it's forever. It can be a song, a jingle, an artist, when it hits, it sticks.

It's Kind Of Cool When You Think About It

The idea that you can make music and people will still listen decades later. And when you release new music, they're still checking for you. Or the idea you can make a song that decades later gives you instant nostalgia.

I know it might seem like a given, but I think it's awesome. 

It's the power of music. The way music or an artists can make such an imprint. Songs can literally stick with your decades later. 

As an artist you have the capability to do this. It's fresh.

Have Fun

Jada always struck me as someone who loved rap, loved to rap, and loved hiphop. More importantly he seemed to have fun making music. Even now on his podcast with Fat Joe he just seems to be having fun talking about music (and still making it). 

Killer Tofu (and the Doug intro) are silly songs. If I had to guess, the creators had a ton of fun making those songs and that cartoon.  

The point is, go ahead and make your music, have fun, put it out and do you. You never know what will stick. You never know the impact. 

It might hit today, might not. Might hit decades later. You never know the impact it'll have. 

When I think about this for me, I probably stressed way too much about putting out my work. Taking it too seriously, doubting myself, trying to be like another artist because I think that's what people want. It was work. And not fun. 

Really, I should have just had fun with it and enjoyed the process of making music without the stress.