Seven Clash is a new series of features based around seven days in a particular city, from the three-man team of Anthony Harrison (aka Tony Bones), Alexander Richter and Sean Stewart: We’ve gone to see the elephant. Sevens Clash is a compendium of serialized reports from our travels. Volume One is dedicated to Kingston, Jamaica,…
Author: Robbie Ettelson
Prince Paul and DJ Pforreal – Negroes On Ice Album Review
Comedy albums are a strange animal. The great ones are hilarious for two or three spins, but rarely stand-up to repeated listens. Hip-hop comedy records have the advantage of beats to accompany the gags, which significantly added to the lifespan of Prince Paul‘s Psychoanalysis record, but did little to help Bobby Jimmy and the Critters.
Video: Skinny Boys Perform on Miggs B TV [1987]
Here’s some priceless footage of Shockin’ Shaun, Jockbox and Superman Jay performing ‘Jockbox’ and miming ‘Rip The Cut’ on public access TV in 1987, on the Miggs B on TV show, which apparently had a run of 400 episodes ‘featuring guests such as Martha Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, Penthouse Pets, Patty Hearst…musicians, artists, psychics, healers, actors,…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: BET Hip-Hop Awards – Better Than Nothing?
Should we be happy to even have a Hip-Hop Awards show anymore, despite how shitty it might be? Or would we be better off not giving these guys excuses to play dress-ups? No Country For Old (Rap) Men: BET Hip-Hop Awards – Better Than Nothing?
Was the 1989 NMS MC/DJ Battle Fixed?
After speaking to Uptown (of ‘Dope On Plastic’ fame) the other week, he mentioned an interesting story about his involvement in the 1989 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy: Uptown: I battled for World Supremacy – that was the year that Freshco and Miz won. I made it to the semi-finals – it was…
Just Say No To Termanology
The time has come to put a stop to the biggest threat to hardcore hip-hop in 2012 – Termanology appearances. Originally hailing from MA, this PR MC moved to the BX a few years back after his breakthrough ‘Watch How It Go Down’ single with DJ Premier. I copped that record and even interviewed him…
Shimrock [Point Blank MC’s] – The Unkut Interview
Duke Bootee‘s Beauty and the Beat label was responsible for hardcore, speaker-smashing classics such as ‘King Kut’ and ‘Triple Threat’ and ‘Hard To The Body’. The latter was performed by a teenage crew from Elizabeth, New Jersey by the name of Point Blank MC’s. Lead MC Shimrock sat down with Unkut to tell his story…
Would You Sell Your Entire Record Collection?
Twenty five years of amassing records, CD’s, tapes and magazines is all well and good, but having relocated the Unkut Dot Com HQ on numerous occasions over the past two years has really stretched the friendship. Having all of your music on a portable hard drive is not such a bad thing when you’re living…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Should We Care About Mobb Deep Breaking Up?
Months after it went down, I finally talk about the alleged Mobb Deep situation: No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Should We Care About Mobb Deep Breaking Up?
No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Can We Bury The Term Boom Bap Yet?
Boom, Bap, Original Rap? Not so much. No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Can We Bury The Term Boom Bap Yet?
No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Cruel Summer Album Review
I took this bullet so that the rest of you might be spared the horrors of war… No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Cruel Summer Album Review
Neek The Exotic – The Unkut Interview
Neek The Exotic has been known as the hyper-energetic understudy to Large Pro for his entire career, but this year he’s decided to branch out on his own two with the release of his Real Deal Hip-Hop EP in a couple of weeks and the Hustle Don’t Stop LP to follow. Battling poor phone reception,…