Sadly I do not own this VHS tape. I recently copped the Music On Vinyl 2LP pressing of the immortal Penicillin On Wax, thinking it would be great to give my battered old copy a rest and enjoy the wisdom of Timothy Blair in all of it’s wide-grooved glory. Imagine my shock and horror when…
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Download: The Unkut 40 Oz. 2018
Five and half months late, here are the forty best rap songs from 2018 according to the Conservative Rap Coalition. Due to a recent influx in the Drum Free Rap genre and the sheer number of releases from many CRC stalwarts, we’ve really been spoil for choice. I’ll always choose a great beat before anything…
Slick Rick Demos Are Better Than Your Entire Life
The 30th Anniversary special edition vinyl of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is finally available, and you can opt for the double vinyl version (with a whole side dedicated to demos) or go all-out and cop the $100 collector’s pack with an eye patch (!?), reproductions of lyric sheets and some kind words from…
JVC Force lyric mystery finally solved, thirty years later
#Wow I just came across the original print in a crate… pic.twitter.com/son1vRMJHn — Curt Cazal (@curt_cazal) September 29, 2018 All these years I could’ve sworn that the line was ‘Like a video game, in Elenor’s computer’… I also thought that Schoolly-D’s DJ was called ‘Cold Money’ at one stage. What’s the worst line you mis-heard…
The GOAT Rap Book We All Missed Out On
The year? 2002. The Internets was still but a niche amusement for those with the patience to wait five minutes for their dial-up modem to connect through their phone line to spend another fifteen minutes to load a nude. But then the publishing world was blessed with a shining beacon of light to guide us…
Download: A Tribute To Aretha Franklin Samples
Aretha Franklin passed away last Thursday at the age of 76, with a catalog of forty-two studio albums under her belt. Here are fifteen seventeen rap songs that made good use of the Queen of Soul’s music (not to be confused with Mary J. Blige – the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Roxanne Shante – the…
Da Buze Bruvaz – Ni$&@tivity album review
This might be the best project that these distinguished gentlemen have released – ‘Torture Chambah’ in particular has been in constant rotation all week. The limited edition run of 200 CD copies are available from here, as is the digital. Cop this shit! Here’s a quick break-down of what’s in store:
Rap Vinyl Reissues Are Outta Control
This is the old Leg And A Boot version. Not so long ago I compiled a wish-list of old rap records that I’d gladly shell out for (new money for old rope style) once again. Over the last month or so, I’ve noticed that both MCA and Priority have chosen to release 2LP version of…
Dr. Knockboots or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Live Streams And Love Rapping Over Live Instruments
A funny thing happened today. I found myself in the precarious (although not altogether unwelcome) position of having to recant my previous hardline stance involving the combination of rapping and live instruments at shows. Following on from the underwhelming Mobb Deep reunion of 2011 and the slightly less unfortunate 50 Cent show, I was utterly…
Stream: The Source Magazine June 96 Fat Tape (Don’t Curse)
This edition is a lot better than the last one in terms of the track listing… Reezy Rez sez:
The 1995 Source System – The Best Albums Of The Year
This old November 1994 to October 1995 bullshit really makes this more difficult than it should be. GZA’s album might be on the border who cares at this stage. The Meth, Redman and Keith Murray albums were all enjoyable enough back then but I’d rather revisit these fifteen long players if I had the choice….
Download: A Salute To Soundtrack Songs That Weren’t Singles
Courtesy of the comment section of the last post, here are twenty rap soundtrack songs that never got commercially released as singles at the time…with a limit of one track per movie. Download: A Salute To Soundtrack Songs That Weren’t Singles Track listing:












