Today’s music video of the day comes from the Baltimore-born rapper and producer, Sagat.

There’s actually two versions of this song.  The first one, which was released in 1993 and which is still played in the clubs on The Block to this day, was called Fuk Dat and was a list of things that annoyed Sagat in ’93 and which are still annoying today.  That version became a club hit but, when it was time to release the song commercially, it was obvious that the song would need a title that wouldn’t get radio stations fined by the FCC.  Hence, Fuk Dat became the slightly cleaner Funk Dat.

The music video for Funk Dat was filmed on the streets of New York.  The video features not only Sagat but also a really cool kid who has it up to here with the radio playing the same five songs over and over again.  This video achieved perhaps its greatest exposure when it was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butthead.  This song was also played on one of MTV’s dance shows on the 90s.  The dancers would all shout, “Funk dat!” in unison but everyone knew what the song was actually saying.

Enjoy!