Ghostface live, huh? Yeah, that shit was quality. It featured everything you’d hope for from a Starks’ set – an overpowering smell of weed surrounding the stage, winning live renditions of ‘Nutmeg’, ‘Run’ and ‘Mighty Healthy’, Ghost diddy-bopping around like an excited kid who just ate a bag of candy and….a bunch of cover versions?…
Author: Robbie Ettelson
Doo Wop – The Unkut Interview Pt. 2: The Bounce Squad
For the second part of our talk, Doo Wop discusses the Bounce Squad, issues with Kid Capri and teaming-up with Tony Touch… Robbie: So who was the full line-up of the Bounce Squad? Doo Wop: Rev. Gotti, All That, Snagglepuss, Uneek. Snagglepuss, towards the end he had brought his brother Leatherface – rhymed on two…
Doo Wop – The Unkut Interview Pt. 1: ’95 Live
The Uptown Bounce Master (aka Doo Wop) is a true mixtape pioneer. He took the idea of intro’s to the next stage by assembling an all-star cast for his two part ’95 Live series. He’s also nicer on the mic than most full-time MC’s. He broke-down the history of his classic tape features with me…
M.O.P Recall Upsetting DJ Premier
Photo: Alexander Richter Hip Hop Connection Digital just interviewed the world’s greatest rap duo. Here’s are some highlights: After being asked to talk about the making of each Mash Out Posse studio album in the new issue of HHC Digital, Billy and Laze (Fame and his mountainous belly were too busy gawping at a magazine…
Video: Nas Vs. Biggie – The Battle That Never Happened
Uptown tape king DJ Doo Wop threw me this exclusive blend video he made, which answers the question – What if Nas and Biggie had gone at each other on the same stage, verse for verse? Here’s how it might have gone down… [poll id=”46″]
Unkut Vs. Combat Jack: EPMD = Great, But Not The Greatest
If you have even the slightest clue about this here rap shit, then you have to acknowledge the fact that Erick and Parrish pretty much had the game in motherfuckin’ headlock with their first four albums. They brought a brand new funk to the scene with Strictly Business, delivered cutting-edge beat science on Unfinished Business…
Sha Money XL Talks About His Early Days With 50
Finally got around to transcribing my talk with Sha Money XL the other day. Between his work with G-Unit, his One Stop Shop Producers Conference and his Money Management Group, dude doesn’t eff around. I can’t drop the whole thing right now, but there were a few quotes that were worth putting up in light…
Unkut Vs. Combat Jack: M.O.P = Rap’s Greatest Duo
“M.O.P. are rap’s greatest duo….yeah I said it.” So I threw this out there the other day. “Huh? This douchebag can’t be serious, can he?” Damn skippy, sonny. Yeah, Run and them are bigger than rap now and let’s be honest, they’re Hip-Hop’s Greatest Trio. Outkast? Meh, they don’t even appear on my radar. Bill…
Prince Po Isn’t Mad At Nas, May Record New Organized Konfusion Songs
I’ve had this long-standing theory that Organized Konfusion felt some kind of way about Nas “taking inspiration” from their ‘Stray Bullet’ track for It Was Written‘s ‘I Gave You Power’. Robbie: When Nas did ‘I Gave You Power’ did you take that as a compliment to ‘Stray Bullet’, or were you like, ‘Hang on a…
Ghostface Explains Why His Next Record Is Straight R&B
Robbie: Can you tell me about this R & B album? Are there a lot of collaborations? Ghostface: Like when I did ‘Ice Cream’ and all the stuff like that. Remember ‘Ice Cream’? An album like that. A mixture of things, like you know how I did that Ne-Yo joint and ‘All That I Got…
Philadelphia – Home of The Greatest DJ Songs Ever
Nobody is messing with Philly when it comes to DJ’s…well at least they weren’t in the late 80’s. Here are nine examples of exactly why I’m obsessed with this here rap shit. It wasn’t the rhymes or the beats that first got me hooked – it was the cuts! Actual DJ tracks > songs about…
Chappelle Comedy Column In The Source, 1992
A young Dave Chappelle cracks some funnies for The Source‘s Punchline column back when House of Pain were considered “cutting edge” and “X” hats were a must-have item.