Grand Good came through in the clutch with this one – twenty minutes of the Ultra crew rapping on the radio. Wonder whatever happened to that Ced-Gee compilation that was meant to drop on Next Plateau?
Author: Robbie Ettelson
Afrika Islam – The Unkut Interview
Rising up through the ranks from the ‘Son of Bambattaa’ to the DJ at The Roxy and launching the Zulu Beat radio show on WHBI, Afrika Islam went on to release the very first cut and paste record, help found the Rhyme Syndicate and produce the majority of Ice-T’s first four albums after moving to…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: The Game – Talented underdog or world’s creepiest rap stalker?
A little from column a, a little from column b. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: The Game – Talented underdog or world’s creepiest rap stalker?
Best/Worst Live Rap Show?
I’ve been fairly vocal in complaining about shitty, boring rap shows I’ve attended in the past. While the infamous Ultramagnetic show of 2013 rates as perhaps the most soul-crushing disappointment of my adult life, picking the best one I’ve attended is a little trickier. It would have to be a toss-up between Public Enemy‘s 1989…
Download: A Salute To Eric ‘Vietnam’ Sadler
Eric ‘Vietnam’ Sadler was the Bomb Squad‘s secret weapon. It was his programming expertise that kept their ‘wall of noise’ production style in the pocket, assigned to translate Hank Shocklee and Chuck D‘s musical chaos into sharply welder tools of war. You can pick the tracks which have Eric’s heavy fingerprints in the way that…
Download: A Salute To The Least Awful Eric B & Rakim Remixes
For such an iconic group, Eric B & Rakim really had a rough trot as far as having shitty UK clun remixes tacked on to their singles. For reasons still I’m still trying to figure out, I thought it would be interesting to compile a collection of the least horrible remixes that were released over…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Lies That Old Rap Fans Tell You
A lot of the best rap music was made in the eighties and nineties, but some folks just get away with those rose-tinted Cazals. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Lies That Old Rap Fans Tell You
Donald D – The Unkut Interview
Microphone King Donald D has had a long and varied career, spanning back to the park jam era, onto the downtown club scene, radio and then records, both as a member of The B-Boys and as a soloist with the Rhyme Syndicate. Now residing in Italy, Donald took some time out to detail some of…
Great Consecutive Albums Runs
I was musing about the fact that EPMD had an amazing run of three four cutting-edge albums before they parted ways the first time, which is almost unprecedented. However, as Old Man Rap Twitter pointed out, there are a few other contenders: Run-DMC – Set the pace on their first three LP’s, although Tougher Than…
Download: A Salute To MF Doom
It could be said that the world doesn’t need another DOOM compilation, but considering that most of them are amateurish fan mash-ups I’d argue that a definite collection of the Metal Faced Villain‘s post-Zev Love X period is long overdue. These are the seventeen best examples of DOOM, as officially sanctioned by the CRC Advisory…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Can I Kick It? No, You Can’t
News that there will be some ‘special remixes featuring rapper’s who stan for Tribe’ on the 25th Anniversary Edition of People’s Instinctive Travels… has raised all kinds of alarm bells… No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Can I Kick It? No, You Can’t
The Zulu Beat Radio Show: An Oral History
Afrika Islam: I was a member of the Zulu King b-boys, under Afrika Bambaataa. That’s how I came into the culture, from the floor up. I went out to battle other b-boy crews across the city, representing the Zulu Nation. From there, my second step was becoming a Zulu Nation DJ – the first line…