Sometimes there’s more to being a legendary rapper than classic records. You might have heard Silver Fox on one of the three 12” singles he released as part of the Fantasy Three, but his legacy runs a lot deeper than a mere mid-80’s footnote. Having established a reputation as formidable MC through battling at parties…
Category: G Rap Week
Dr. Butcher – The Unkut Interview, Part 3
For the final part of our interview, Dr. Butcher offers a behind-the-scenes look in the creation of the first Main Source album and Large Pro’s The LP. Now based in Texas, Butcher just released new music with an artist called Understanding on the vocals, and is working on an album of instrumentals for the Vintage…
Dr. Butcher – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Continuing my talk with Dr. Butcher, we discuss Rakim, LL Cool J and the legendary Silver Fox. Robbie: Have you got any DAT’s of G Rap, Ak or Grimm songs that were never heard? Dr. Butcher: I think Grimm has released a lot of the material on his indy label. G Rap, a lot of…
Dr. Butcher – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
You might know the name but there’s a lot more to Dr. Butcher‘s story than I ever imagined when I first tracked him down for a talk. This first part focuses on his production and DJ work with Kool G Rap, Akinyele, MF Grimm and more. Robbie: What was the difference between what you and…
Great Moments In Rap Pt. 2 – Kane and G Rap Head To Head
Another snippet from the Dr. Butcher sessions, detailing what could be argued is the greatest “unofficial” rap song ever recorded. Robbie: It seems like even G Rap and Kane had a friendly rivalry. Dr. Butcher: Absolutely! I’m sure you’ve heard the version of ‘Raw’ with G Rap and Kane freestylin’ on it. The story behind…
Dr. Butcher Could Care Less About Run-DMC
Last December I was lucky enough to speak to Dr. Butcher for a couple hours, and he blessed me with some amazing stories about everything from his work to Kool G Rap, Akinyele and MF Grimm, plus a whole lot of shit I didn’t even know he was involved in. I’m not quite ready to…
Rugged Intellect Interview
It’s not all “classic rap” around the Unkut Dot Com offices. Between reviewing CD’s for magazines and getting sent free shit, I have to listen to pretty much everything that comes out, and it’s no picnic. let me tell you. I only really bothered putting Rugged Intellect‘s album on to hear the G Rap feature,…
T-Ray – The Unkut Interview, Part 3
Courtesy of Elemental Mag via SLurg The final chapter…of course I’ve saved the best ’till last. T-Ray covers working with Big L, Nas, Cypress Hill and Milano, and fires back at Mike Heron. Robbie: Then you did “Yes, You May (Remix)” and all that stuff with Finesse. T-Ray: Yep, and that was Big L‘s first…
G Rap Vs Kane / RapPages interview
Several weeks after the start of “G Rap Week” (which should really be “Month” but who’s counting) I’ve been able to dig up what I still consider to be the definitive Kool G Rap interview, thanks to Cheo H. Coker, B+ and RapPages. Pretty much everything you’d want to know about the early years is…
Kane and G Rap Go Toe-To-Toe
Forget all that talk about Kane and Rakim going at each other, this was the real war for rap supremacy right here. While they may have been connected through the Juice Crew, there was no shortage of “friendly competition” between G and BDK, as they tried to outdo one another with each new record. The…