Part 1 Here’s a very youthful and exhausted ATCQ talking to rap legend Kool Moe Dee for the Jive’s Rap Video Hits VHS tape. Apparently the fellas has been forced at gunpoint by the label to attend this session, as they all seem pretty spaced-out and disinterested, making for some amazingly awkward viewing! Are they…
Here’s the problem – Barry already owns several pressing’s of Illmatic. As a record company marketer – how can we convince Barry to pony up for yet another copy of Nas’ debut? The common answer is one of three options – a 7″ box set, a cassette tape, or some kind of limited edition coloured…
Here’s a classic article from the UK’s The Face magazine in 1990 documenting The Decepticons and the Lo Lifes back in the day.
New Musical Express was, at one point, my only source of (somewhat) reliable rap news. Sure, most of the time they approached it with a confused British journalistic approach (‘hang about, you can’t call women skeezers AND rap politics…can you?’), but to their credit they let Westwood compile his Future Rap chart every week. Here’s…
So the other night I was watching a Seinfeld re-run to grab some more essential fashion tips from CRC style icon George Costanza, and lo and behold – the next thing I see is America’s Greatest Postal Delivery Guy aka Newman bagging up a stack of wax at an old fella’s apartment with a Cold…
Finally, some DJ’s remember how great old Mantronik beats are and proceed to cut the living Christ outta those shits. Sadly they then move onto some non-Mantronik music but it’s still good times if you like a good beat juggle. This looks like it was worth the price of entry to the Fat Beats 25th…
A true CRC stalwart, Milano has dealt with all manner of setbacks in the music biz and yet still prevails. To whet your appetite before his Boulevard Author album with Showbiz is released on 19th July, please enjoy fifteen great songs from the big fella, who premiered a rough cut of his vaulted The Believers…
The ‘You’re Gonna Get Yours’/’Miuzi Weighs A Ton’/’Rebel Without A Pause’ single was the first record I ever owned, and the idea of the following video concept being shot in 1987 or 2027 would be equally inspiring. A lot better than watching them walk around London, that’s for dang sure. Click each image for a…
Music critic Robert Christgau is technically a former colleague of mine, in that we both wrote for Cuepoint in 2015. Obviously I never actual contacted him, since I don’t generally make a habit of writing to creepy old white guys on the internets. For reasons I can no longer recal I stumbled upon Mr. Christgau’s…
Thanks to the magic of Old Mouf Rap Twitter I was able to recall ten examples of rapping over mouth organs. Nullus.
Kind of sucks to be Snoop Dogg sometimes. How are you gonna make an inferior flip of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Have A Talk With God’ than was already recorded by Royal Flush Posse in ’91 when you have Stevie actually appearing on the effin’ song? I’d also like to take some time out to appreciate the…
Following on from Kane and Biz hanging out with Paul Simon in 1987, Quincy Jones’ all-star ‘Back On The Block‘ and Rick James’ ‘Loosey’s Rap‘ with Kane and Shante, Paul Shaffer (David Letterman’s band leader and the author of ‘It’s Raining Men‘), decided to blend doo-wop and hip-hop a full two years before Easy Moe…