Dane rhyme style and Hurby's production proved to a perfect marriage, as "Delancey Street" became a hit in the tri-state area. The song again highlighted Dane's penchant for storytelling, as he describes being robbed by a trio of sexy women while hanging in the famous shopping district in Lower Manhattan. Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor was working on Salt-N-Pepa's debut album, Hot, Cool & Vicious, when he was tapped by Dane to produce "Delancey Street," the rapper's second single for Profile. The song became a major hit for Dane his first single hit the R&B charts and the music video became a popular fixture on video shows. Fresh and MC Ricky D, the label signed Ricky's former partner-in-rhyme, noted for his vocal similarity to Rick.ĭane delivered his first single in 1985, a comedic horror rap called "Nightmares." With his affected British accent and witty rhymes, Dane told the story of a horrific date experience to his psychiatrist. and, after that groups' first two albums had gone gold and platinum, respectively, sought to push further into the Hip-Hop market. The label was seeing major success with Run-D.M.C. Fresh's Get Fresh Crew and scoring hits with 1985s "Ladi Dadi" and "The Show." Dane was primed for his own big break, and he would soon land a deal with Profile Records. As MC Ricky D, Ricky would break big fresh out of high school, landing a gig as a member of Doug E. The Brooklyn rapper had been part of The Kangol Crew alongside his Bronx mate, Ricky Walters. We were both into looking and being fly." Also my friendship with Rick had something to do with it. And can’t forget the blaxploitation movies they had a lot to do with how I interpreted my style. My moms would always take me there because they had good bargains, but they also had fashion styles that appealed to the future Hip Hop culture.
I was buying material and designing my own tailor made pants at the age of 11 and even then Delancey Street was my spot to shop.
"Which in turn, somehow rubbed off on me. "Coming up in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and basically, my moms was always into fashion," he explained to The Business Of Hip-Hop in 2019.
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