Reezy Re just can’t seem to hold it back, much like a young Kevin Madison.
Category: Steady Bootleggin’
Holding it down for angry loners & the unemployable
Capone-N-Noreaga feat. Tragedy Khadafi – Half A Mil
No idea how this one slipped past me for the twenty two years. Produced by Jae Supreme.
Stream: The Source Magazine Fat Tape May 1992 (Don’t Curse)
This dropped a week ago: Reezy Re sez: This is The Source Magazine Fat Tape for May 1992 … As its May i went with a May tape.
The Source System 1994: Best Records of the Year
Couldn’t find the original mag although I’m sure I have it somewhere so enjoy the world’s smallest JPEG. November 1993 to October 1994: 01) The Beatnuts – Street Level 02) Nas – Illmatic 03) A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders 04) Organized Konfusion – Stress: The Extinction Agenda 05) Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to…
The Source Magazine – The Best Records of 1993
At this point, it’s becoming clear that The Source Mind Squad are beginning to lose their cot damn minds. I understand that they wanted to reflect their rapidly broadening readership by catering to the entire spectrum of regional rap…but some of these selections are just baffling with the benefit of hindsight. And thanks to their…
80’s Rap 101: The CRC Edition
‘You wot, mate?!’ In the spirit of eighties Answer Rap, here’s my list of alternative’s to the Martinator’s 80’s Rap 101 list. I’ve stuck to his original list of artist’s (except for a few who only had one record…or one good record) and presented an alternative to each to demonstrate just how great the best…
Stream: The Source Magazine’s Fat Tape for May 1991 (Don’t Curse)
Thanks to Reezy Re for putting together this tape based on The Source‘s Fat Tape playlist for May 1991.
’92 Source System – The Best Records of the Year
Although the editorial crew didn’t bother ranking these fifteen, here’s my top fifteen for ninety two…
The Source Mind Squad’s Top Ten Rap Albums of 1990
Click for full-size image. Unlike The Source’s 1991 list, which I just re-ordered, this one is not something I can co-sign at all. Even if we allow for the weird November 1989 – October 1990 time frame they seem to use, the lack of Funky Technician and Fear of A Black Planet alone is mind-boggling….
The Source magazine’s Top 15 rap albums of 1991 revisited
Click for full-size scan Quite the line-up there, huh? With the benefit of twenty-seven years hindsight, I would have ranked them as follows:
Download: A Salute To Bonus CD, Tape and Vinyl Tracks
One thing that really used to scrape my avocado as a rap fan was when many of the jerk-faced record labels tried to play possum by introducing certain ‘incentives’ to buy more CD’s and tapes – namely throwing on bonus tracks which weren’t available anywhere else. In some cases, like with G-Rap’s Live and Let…
Revisiting the lost Council Era album, twenty years later
Listening to this album again reminds me of a few important facts. For starters, certified mentalist The Jaz aka Jaz-O was making some great beats in the late nineties. Secondly, apparently Avirex still held some weight in certain sections of Brooklyn in 1998. Thirdly, this vaulted LP from the guys who would later put out…