Here’s a classic article from the UK’s The Face magazine in 1990 documenting The Decepticons and the Lo Lifes back in the day.
Category: Steady Bootleggin’
Holding it down for angry loners & the unemployable
Download: A Salute To Milano
A true CRC stalwart, Milano has dealt with all manner of setbacks in the music biz and yet still prevails. To whet your appetite before his Boulevard Author album with Showbiz is released on 19th July, please enjoy fifteen great songs from the big fella, who premiered a rough cut of his vaulted The Believers…
That time Paul Shaffer from Letterman made a rap song with Larry Smith, Ecstasy and The Fresh Prince
Following on from Kane and Biz hanging out with Paul Simon in 1987, Quincy Jones’ all-star ‘Back On The Block‘ and Rick James’ ‘Loosey’s Rap‘ with Kane and Shante, Paul Shaffer (David Letterman’s band leader and the author of ‘It’s Raining Men‘), decided to blend doo-wop and hip-hop a full two years before Easy Moe…
Spoonie Gee for Prez
Spoonie Gee isn’t talked about enough in terms of the greatest rappers ever. The popular dialogue will sometimes include Caz, Mel or Moe Dee as the token old schooler, but I still put Spoonie in my personal top ten to this day. Just taking a look at some of his achievements should really set the…
Why 1986 Changed Rap Forever
While many people think of Run-DMC as being the epitome of 1986 rap with the dominating force of the Raising Hell album – which was an undeniable cultural and musical testament to the power of rap music – it’s also worth noting that the next generation of rappers has already moved on from the Shout…
Download: A Salute To Diamond D Solo Shots
The original ‘Best Producer On The Mic’ is showing no signs of slowing down in 2019 with the release of The Diem Piece 2, so I thought it was about time to showcase those rare moments when he takes centre stage. Grown Man Talk and The Diamond Mine from the early 00’s had some great…
Download: The Unkut 40 Oz. 2018
Five and half months late, here are the forty best rap songs from 2018 according to the Conservative Rap Coalition. Due to a recent influx in the Drum Free Rap genre and the sheer number of releases from many CRC stalwarts, we’ve really been spoil for choice. I’ll always choose a great beat before anything…
JVC Force lyric mystery finally solved, thirty years later
#Wow I just came across the original print in a crate… pic.twitter.com/son1vRMJHn — Curt Cazal (@curt_cazal) September 29, 2018 All these years I could’ve sworn that the line was ‘Like a video game, in Elenor’s computer’… I also thought that Schoolly-D’s DJ was called ‘Cold Money’ at one stage. What’s the worst line you mis-heard…
Download: A Tribute To Aretha Franklin Samples
Aretha Franklin passed away last Thursday at the age of 76, with a catalog of forty-two studio albums under her belt. Here are fifteen seventeen rap songs that made good use of the Queen of Soul’s music (not to be confused with Mary J. Blige – the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Roxanne Shante – the…
Stream: The Source Magazine June 96 Fat Tape (Don’t Curse)
This edition is a lot better than the last one in terms of the track listing… Reezy Rez sez:
The 1995 Source System – The Best Albums Of The Year
This old November 1994 to October 1995 bullshit really makes this more difficult than it should be. GZA’s album might be on the border who cares at this stage. The Meth, Redman and Keith Murray albums were all enjoyable enough back then but I’d rather revisit these fifteen long players if I had the choice….
Download: A Salute To Soundtrack Songs That Weren’t Singles
Courtesy of the comment section of the last post, here are twenty rap soundtrack songs that never got commercially released as singles at the time…with a limit of one track per movie. Download: A Salute To Soundtrack Songs That Weren’t Singles Track listing: