Before he was a judge on the Danish X-Factor, Soulshock was getting busy on the proverbial wheels of steel as a DJ and remixer. Here’s an hour of his best rap stuff. Download: Soulshock Remixes Mix
Author: Robbie Ettelson
100 Funny Moments in The Source, aka ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists demo lists
Not sure if this was just a trial run or the actual inspiration for the book, but seeing as though Elliott Wilson was the Music Editor and Chairman Mao was a contributor when The Source‘s 100th issue was published in January 1998, it’s interesting to see how some of these made it to the retail…
King Tee 12-Inch Mix
King Tee will always be a firm favourite at CRC HQ, on account of having Act A Fool stuck in my Walkman for months when I was in high school. If I recall correctly, it was one of those metal TDK tapes that weighed as much as a can of 7Up, and I had Def…
Tarrie B’s Top Ten Rap LPs
Tarrie B was signed to Eazy-E’s Comptown Records imprint, where she was marketed as the Madonna of Rap and recorded ‘Ruthless Bitch’, where she calls out Dr. Dre for punching her in the face at the Grammys (?!). After the standard stuff about his old Wrecking Cru outfits, Tarrie delivered the hardest diss Andre ever…
Dove and his Denim Twin
Hip Hop Connection magazine, August ’90, proving once again why it was Rap’s Greatest Magazine via the Hall of Fame column with reader’s pics of them mugging with rappers.
Gang Starr – So What [1986 Demo]
Listening to the 2LP reissue of No More Mr Nice Guy from last year, I noticed that one of the bonus cuts was the dub version of ‘So What’, which I’ve never heard of (there’s also the unheard ‘Return of the Bass’ mix of the title track, which sounds better than the normal one just…
Mobb Deep Bootleg Mix
Going to try and knock these one-take vinyl mixes out once a week, since this is the closest I think I’ll ever get to podcasting or whatever you want to call it. Here’s an hour of unauthorised Mobb remixes, white labels and guest appearances with rapper dudes who wanted some of that magic thun dust…
Download: Showbiz featuring AG – Goodfellas [cassette advance version]
Update: I lost the first version of this so here’s a new comp, plus a bonus quote from AG: ‘I definitely didn’t like Showbiz featuring AG, that little tape that they put out. I don’t know what PayDay was doing at the time, but it’s all good. We gotta lotta songs like ‘Ain’t No Fun’…
Large Professor – That Bullshit [demo version]
This isn’t all that different from the mix we heard on the official release in 2009, but the ‘down the dial’ radio intro and amusing ad-libs on the fade-out make it the better option for all the ‘funk bitches’ out there.
Why hasn’t the first Tribe Called Quest demo tape ever hit the internetS?
So I picked-up the 2015 edition 2LP of Peoples Instinctive Travels And The Paths of Rhythm, mainly in the hope of getting a nice loud version of ‘Footprints’. This was a dummy move, as it turns out it actually sounds worse than my single vinyl version. Blame not-so-great modern re-mastering, maybe? At least I finally…
Harry Allen’s 12 All-Time Favourite Underacknowledged Hip-Hop Cuts
A salute to a classic rap chart. Illustration by Aeon Hand. Download: Harry Allen’s 12 All-Time Favourite Underacknowledged Hip-Hop Cuts
J-Love Is Still A Vintage Weapons Fan
One of the highlights of old J-Love CD’s was when he would flaunt his extensive collection of weapons – both medieval and modern. Pictured on the inner sleeves of these two albums we see a variety of maces, flails, clubs and axes. Were these close-combat instruments passed down through generations or is there a spot…