First time hearing Snow "Informer" Reaction | Asia and BJ 

Snow is a Canadian dude from an island neighborhood in Toronto. He grew up in this shit, that's why he's so legit with it. Props to Snow!

No boom-booms are licked in this song, y'all, lol! In a ’93 documentary, Snow says the line implies fisticuffs-“’A licky boom-boom down’ means, like, I’ll hit down the informer; I’ll knock the informer out”-yet the music video’s pantomimed gunshots suggest something more lethal. The song is about Snow's arrest and incarcerations for what he refers to as "a couple of bar fights," including an attempted murder charge from a fight where he and a friend attacked a couple of guys with butcher knives and one of the dudes got cut or stabbed. He was eventually acquitted when his friend confessed to the actual stabbing but, because of his record, Snow was barred from entering the US. As a result, radio stations stopped playing his music when they realized he wasn't going to be able to tour and do promotion. In fact, to this day, he's still not allowed to enter the US without a waiver of some sort.

"lick your bum bum down" is a Caribbean term for I'm going to knock you off the planet ...or get rid of you .....to knock somebody down. He doesn't look like it but he was the real deal Gangsta in the day. He recorded this, but was actually in the can on an assault charge when it blew up and started getting airplay! Snow was charged and imprisoned for attempted murder but was later released. He grew up in a mostly Jamaican neighborhood. He's not putting on an act, this is what he listened to and was around all the time!

This was a club banger back in the day, dance floors were always packed when this came on! Miss those days!

This song is about snitches. He wrote it while locked up on attempted murder charges in Torontol

Ini Kamoze "Here Comes the Hotstepper" it's like a pie in the face Asia...good and sweet.

When this song was originally on MTV, they ran subtitles on the bottom of the screen after popular demand.

I watched a Caribbean girl react to this song, and she knew exactly what was going on from the beginning!!!

Growing up in Scarborough this was the jam at the time. Snow is legit.

Always had the utmost respect for Snow and his unbelievable talent! Not to even begin to preach on how FIRE this song is!!!!

The hardest thing about singing this song (once you learn the lyrics super well) is the whole "WHEN DO I BREATHE?!" factor.

can't believe I still remember every word

And when he's done rapping he looks like he can do your taxes.

This song is like fine wine. It gets better with age. It's an absolute BANGER!

I loved when Snow said “I really really really wanna play some Atari” 🤣

This dude was actually for real, he was charged with attempted murder, he did some time for assault. This song means ‘I’m going to shoot the snitch’.

TRUE CONFESSION... I know EVERY word to this song. I had to learn ALOT of Jamaica slang to get it right, but I know this whole song! And when this dude proclaims that he's the "Article Don"... 😱 That took the kinda balls that made him realize people may try to kill him for saying that shit! For REAL!

Look up the interview with Snow about this song. He's rapping in Jamaican patois and it's not about what you think.

This song would go to the top of the charts if it was released today. I was just out of high school when this one came out. Everybody liked it.

Maybe SNOW can teach the island boys how to really rap with a reggae accent lol

The dude at the beginning that tells him the cops are looking for him is MC Shan from The Juice Crew. He produced the track and the album. Snow was a real gangster in Canada. This was the jam!!!

I live Toronto and have seen Snow three times in my life because he drives a white Porsche everywhere he goes. Seriously, this guy has one of the best selling singles of all time. 😀

The song is about someone snitching on him for a stabbing in an ally, and how he is going to get the snitch. Oh and how he is innocent. He was in prison on double attempted murder (unrelated to the stabbing) when this came out. The prison went nuts

"Hit's from the bong" !!!!! Cypress Hill. Please do a reaction🤟

reminds me of "the hotstepper" by ini kamoze. Early reggaeton, Pato Banton and them.. very carrabean pidginy.

It was one of my very favorite songs back in the day. I still love it. Oh yes I love the Jamaican accent too. ❤️❤️✌️👍

This song was hott!!! I can't tell you another song he sang. But he made Millions off this Gem.

Should check out other Snow tracks. Runway, Legal, Anything For You, Lonely Monday Morning and my favorite Snow track, SHAME featuring Mykal Rose. I'm a stereotypical white Canuck from the same area as Snow and I can sing all of Informer. Been listening to Informer since I was a kid when it came out. Nobody has done a reaction video to SHAME yet and that's disappointing because it's such a great song.

Oh this throw back I forgot about. Haven't heard it in forever🤗✌️

I'm Canadian and I remember when this came out - it was a HUGE hit in Canada. Snow is awesome! He grew up with people in his neighbourhood that were from the islands. Even though he's white, the islands are in his blood!

Love me some Canadian content 👌🇨🇦

Love how Asia is just vibing with it and smiling and then at the end like "I have no idea what he's saying". :D

Memories of crossing the river to Hull, Quebec to sneak into the french clubs. BoomBOOMing the night away till closing time LOL!!! And poutine afterwards before going back to Ottawa, Yes the same place the news is focusining on with the truckers!!! Great memories to start the day with!!!

When they played this video on MTV back when it came out they had the words scrolling at the bottom cause no one could understand it. Lol. Like learning your ABC'S with a bouncy ball.

Jim Carrey making fun of him on in living color was hilarious

Love this song. Haven't heard this in a very long time. Thanks for the reaction. 👍😁

Fun fact... snow was locked up when this song hit number 1. It was his only #1 hit ever and he couldn't enjoy it.

You guys keep doing these artists at this rate, you'll have all us Canadians here :P

Yes!!! My husband would play this one to death back in the day; great to hear it again!! Snitches get stiches, lol! Love the variety that you react to, and Asia's face when she says I don't know what he's saying most of the time either, lol!

In 100 words the one verse said "I sound Jamaican but I am white and from Toronto" in one of the coolest ways to say it

Biggest ❤ to you both, thsnx for listening to THE MAN, of the 80's love your gutz bi time. ❤ bella.

🤣🤣 what he say!! 🤣🤣 takes me back

Great Song...takes me back to Dj'ing. Showing how old I am I bought the Single Cassette. lol. Some of my favorite Old School Hip Hop and rap songs: "Groove is in the Heart", "Wild Thing", "Now that we Found Love," "Humpty Dance," "Welcome Back to Cali", "Mama Said Knock You Out", "Bust A Move", "Funky Cold Medina", "Gangsters Paradise", "Everybody Everybody", "Strike it Up", "Rebirth of Slick (Kool Like Dat)", "Cantaloop" By US 3, "Things that make you go Hmm", "I've Got the Power," "Baby Got Back", "Wipeout" with Beach Boys and Fat boys (first Hip Hop song I ever heard; cousin played it for me), "It Takes Two", "Jump Around" House of Pain, "Insane in the Membrane", "Pump Up the Jam," "Pump Up the Volume", "Because I Got Hight" (Note I dislike drug use), "Push it", "I want to Talk About Sex", "Free Your Mind", "My Lovin' Never Gonna Get It", "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred ( I know this isn't Hip Hop but it was popular around this time), "Everybody Dance Now", "Poison", " "O.P.P", "Hip Hop Horray," "Parents Don't Understand", "Summertime", "Rico Suave" "Mombo Number Five" (I know this really isn't Hip Hop but I had to play this everywhere), "You Can't Touch This" "Boom, Boom, Boom, Take me Back to my Room," "Blue" (again not necessary hip hop), and "Rhythm is a Dancer." A few Soul Songs/Love Songs/Slower I like from this era: "End of the Road," "Killing Me Softly", "No Ordinary Love", "Sweetest Taboo", Angel" Shaggy and Rayvon, "I will Always Love You" Whitney Houston", and "Kiss From a Rose". Obviously there is more to add to the list and there are later artists and songs that were awesome too. I'm purposely picking Hip Hop Songs around the late Eighties and early Nineties.

Jamaican slang for shooting the informer. Boom Boom down! He’s also from Jamaica.

There is a slightly slowed down version of this called "Lonely Monday Morning " . I have the cassette single of "Informer" and "Lonely Monday Morning " is on the B side. I don't think it matches word for word, but many lyrics match.

This brings me back 🔙 To a time when I turn on the radio 📻 And this playing ▶️ The 90s was awesome and it still is.

Up here in Canada we had the Much Music channel (TV not RU-vid) when this song came out. Still awesome today!! Snow, back in the rotation.

I was in high school when this came out. I didn’t understand what he was saying, but we danced. 🤟😎👍

This song is about shanking(stabbing)an informer in prison as explained by French Canadian rapper Snow in the old Arsenio Hall Show.

Best thing about our city of Toronto in Canada we accept and incorporate all cultures. He grew up in a neighborhood with lots of Jamaican patois so it came to him naturally.

I dig the way you guys dig this. I remember when this came out. I've always liked it. Lots of us have. And most of us still have no idea what he's talking about.

I don't care what it is saying, I love the groove It was big, back in the day

I saw Snow perform this track live when I was 7, back when it was brand new. Time flies.

Yep we understand every word!! we are Caribbean people...Reggae, Dancehall and Soca is what were breathe...I know I am late with my comment...LOLLLL

This song was huge in the UK! Not having the internet back then we only saw the video and couldn't het our heads round it. My friend at college, his parents were Jamaican and he used to swear there is no way he can be pretending he must be Jamaican. He was also the one who told us it was about getting revenge on informers for snitching to the police - ie 'blam' . We had no idea, it was a big song you heard it on the radio all the time lol.

Such a classic! Check out the in living color skit "imposter" with Jim Carrey. Lmao!

I really love your reaction. Thankyou.

Everybody wants to be like you - Snow No one else has reacted to that yet and it’s his second biggest hit. Great reaction as always!

You should watch the Spanish version daddy yankee ft snow called Con calma i promise you will love it!! 😁

And yeh, that was MC Shan 👌💜

"It's such a groove track." Sums it up.

Back in the day on MTV, they used to put the lyrics on the screen sometimes so you could read along and understand what he was saying. lol

Oh my blast from the damn past. One hit wonder that is totally awesome! Good Gawd. Excellent. Thanks for the react! BJ same thing happened to me. When David Bowie "Fame" first came out I was 7 or 8 and my mom heard me listening to it on the radio totally vibing and she shut that shit down. She said, "we don't listen to that man's music in this house". At 55 years old I still can't believe that happened to me. LOL!

I have this cd still. Lol 😆 it was very popular back in the day. Have no idea til this day what hes truly saying lol

Huge on the dance floor back in the day!

HECK YEAHHHH. Snow - Informer was one of the BEST SONGS :P Recently, Snow & Daddy Yankee (and even Katy Perry) made a remix/collab re-do on this song, called "Con Calma".

Before i even watch this i have to say thankyou. i love this song and its very rare to see a reaction on it. I also 100% confident that youre going to love it (and only understand 1 word in 10 lol)

This is definitely on the soundtrack of my childhood, we were steady making our own lyrics though cause we didn’t understand half of what he was saying 🧡🧡😂😂

Wow, totally remember this one! Classic. Suggestion: Soul to Soul--Back To The Life. Thanks!

Great reaction....and let me say...you are one beautiful woman and one handsome man. Love to you both :D

Snow was gangsta AF

I heard it back in the 90s. Recently downloaded the song after the DJ Vlad interview.

“Licka boom” is Jamaica slang for taking out a snitch.

We used to call that tripling down back in the old days

This was Back in In the day when people appreciateed this video and music because they didn't say he was Appropriating from black people he was Showing appreciation For the culture Because that's what he knew.

There are a lot of great songs on this album. Y’all should check it out!!

Still can't believe this ish came back out in circulation but I effin love it brings back my early 90 days

This song was just on the series Yellowjackets.

I remember buying this album on tape.......a lot of people don't know this but "Lonely Monday Morning " is the same lyrics but slow and smoother

Loved this song from back in the day. Still remember all the lyrics by heart: "Informer a siddy dum beebee dum snow a leeky boom boom dum". Great stuff

I don't know why, But this song always reminds me of Ini Kamoze's "HIGH STEPPER" Lick ya down means to knock you out

It's a hard lyrical song to understand what SNOW is singing. I remember when this came out and it was a banger for sure. Asia, I think he is singing " Lick your boom boom down, instead of Lick your boom boom now"... That made me laugh when you made that comment... I think BJ should make a video of him singing this song with his southern drawl..... Love you guys, always bringing a smile to my face watching your reactions... Music has the power to bring all of us together to enjoy!!!!!!!

He says, "I Licky Boom Boom Down". So, just as suggestive as what you guys thought. I remember when this sopng came out, radio was playing it like every 30 minutes. It was a hot record and super soulful from a white guy. wow.

The original snitches get stitches song. Great reaction y'all! Peace and much love from Scarbz

YESH!👍👍💙💙Go BJ, go BJ😆

Apparently the line "a licky boom boom down" means to shoot the informer with a gun. "Boom boom" is the sound of the gun, and "licky" has to do with the flame that comes from the barrel. I had to look all this up.

and almost nobody mentions that that's the legendary MC Shan on the rap. Yes, that MC Shan.

His delivery is masterful but I never knew what he was saying. Asia is fine dancing.🥰

Oh, yeah! School years))

This was a thing back in the day, lots of artists were doing this. Was SO GLAD it went out of fashion.

Such a catchy beat 😂😂😂💜💜💜💜😍

This is the first reaction to this song I've seen where the reactors did not say something like "what the heck is he saying?"

Totally recommend y’all lookin up the lyrics. They hard!!!

A licky, " pull the hammer back " boom boom " pull the trigger " down, is self explanatory.

You should check out Buju Banton's song "Untold Stories" and then his song "Champion" Both Amazing Reggae songs!

BJ's right, this did used to be on TV. They'd play it in between Saturday morning cartoons in the early 90's. Around the time the X-Men and Spider Man cartoons were on FOX. They did something similar when Britney Spears came out, the music video debuted after the Simpsons.

“Police-a them-a they come and-a they blow down me door” not lick ya boom boom down….lol

Horns are fire in this. Though the lyrics are the star. Genuine St James Town, Regent Park, Jane-Finch patois thats incomprehensible to outsiders (cops). And incomprehensible two blocks over, too. LOL

This my home boy from Canada

Ah, you like this so you may like Shaggy performing Boombastic, It Wasnt Me, Angel etc.