Watch Dinosaurs' Earl Sinclair Rap As Notorious B.I.G. In This Totally 90s Mashup

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By Nick Venable
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Are you ready for the coolest video involving dinosaurs that you’ve ever seen in your life? No, it has nothing to do with Chris Pratt or the plethora of beasts coming to Jurassic World. I’m talking about the early 1990s sitcom Dinosaurs, which inspired this superb performance from patriarch Earl Sinclair for the song “Hypnotize” from Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G.. This is the only mash-up your brain ever needed, but be warned of the NSFW lyrics.

Hah, more extinct than your average Poppa. Earl looks like he could be a legitimate gimmick rapper in this video, and the clips used by YouTuber Benjamin Roberts make me want to go back and rewatch that entire series, with the intention of counting how many times dancing happened. I know they never talked about DKNY or ridin’ dicks, but I guess I just blocked all that happy dancing out. All I can hear is “not the momma, not the momma,” over and over again.

This video is rather perfect. Maybe a little too perfect. There are quite a few conspiracy-ish theories regarding Notorious B.I.G.’s murder, but I’m at this point more invested in figuring out if Roberts went back in time and somehow got the Jim Henson Productions show to feature lines that could be interpreted as the lyrics to this song…which came out two years after Dinosaurs went off the air. (Using what is inarguably one of the greatest series finales of all time.) I mean, I GUESS it could be explained away by Roberts putting a lot of hard work into editing this thing exquisitely. But I like time travel theories.

There’s a good chance this video made you hungry for more prehistoric comedy, so take comfort in the fact that all 4 seasons (65 episodes) of Dinosaurs can be found on Netflix and watched in their entirety. Fran, the wife, is voiced by Arrested Development and Archer vet Jessica Walter! Plus the guest stars include people like Jason Alexander, Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Shalhoub and more. Sadly, no rappers were involved in the making of this show.

In case you were wondering what other kinds of madness Benjamin Roberts gets into, he also created this oddball video, in which all of the episodes in Friends Season 1 are played simultaneously. And yes, Ross is still a major goober.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to spend the rest of my evening trying to find videos of Big Bird singing “Straight Outta Compton” or the Fraggles doing “How Do U Want It.”

Nick Venable
Nick Venable
Assistant Managing Editor

Nick is a Cajun Country native and an Assistant Managing Editor with a focus on TV and features. His humble origin story with CinemaBlend began all the way back in the pre-streaming era, circa 2009, as a freelancing DVD reviewer and TV recapper.  Nick leapfrogged over to the small screen to cover more and more television news and interviews, eventually taking over the section for the current era and covering topics like Yellowstone, The Walking Dead and horror. Born in Louisiana and currently living in Texas — Who Dat Nation over America’s Team all day, all night — Nick spent several years in the hospitality industry, and also worked as a 911 operator. If you ever happened to hear his music or read his comics/short stories, you have his sympathy.