Twenty-three years after the ‘Stress’ single came out, the world has finally been blessed with the instrumental version of Large Professor’s supreme remix, courtesy of Slice of Spice records.
Author: Robbie Ettelson
Video: A Tribe Called Quest – Dis Generation
This video is pretty slick. Can we have a clip for ‘The Space Program’ next, please?
Who was MC Kool Breeze Steve?
If the YouTube comment section is to be believed (which it is, natch), this is a tape rip of a party on Feb 14, 1986 at Central High School in Philly where DJ Cash Money and DJ Jazzy Jeff first publicly unleashed the infamous ‘Transformer’ scratch. It also featured Kool Breeze Steve, who rolled with…
For The Culture
Suddenly the days of a pack of Newports and some Puma sweats seems like a deal. For The Culture
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Shirt Biz – Should rap t-shirts be reserved for ‘real fans’?
Bootleg genius gave us this ‘Biggie and his three wifeys’ tee. Don’t get shirty. Shirt Biz More amazing shirts:
The Return of Greg Nice, Positive K and Group Home
Rap old timers are having a bumper month if you’re idea of fun is listening to eighties and nineties favorites have another stab at making records, with the release of Positive K and Greg Nice’s Gr8te Mindz and a new Group Home LP titled Forever. The realist in me is none too keen in hearing…
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Raekwon – The Wild album review
Missed it by this much… Raekwon – The Wild album review
Rap doc fail
So sick of the same ol’ story being repeated ad naseum… Rap doc fail
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Just another case of hip-hop history repeating
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Just another case of hip-hop history repeating
Download: A Salute To Beatnuts Deep Cuts
Granted, a few of these songs aren’t exactly Atlantis-level deepest of the deep cuts, but the whole idea was to make a compilation of Corona’s finest that avoids the usual ‘Watch Out Now,’ ‘Off The Books’ and ‘Props Over Here’ Bermuda Triangle. Download: A Salute To Beatnuts Deep Cuts Track listing:
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Stuff that Tupac Was Better at Than Joey Bada$$
In response to Joey’s claim that he is better at rapping than Tupac… Stuff that Tupac Was Better at Than Joey Bada$$
Ranking Kool G Rap’s Albums
There’s a new Kool G Rap album due some time in the near future titled Return of the Don, featuring Sean Price, Raekwon and Saigon. Following on from the KRS-One LP ranking I thought I’d take a shot at ranking the discography of the greatest MC of all time.