Check this hour-long 2010 documentary about Freshco & Miz, the winners of the MC and DJ divisions of the 1990 NMS Battle For World Supremacy. Featuring appearances by Ice T, Ice Cube, DJ Enuff, MC Lyte, Treach, Kool DJ Red Alert, Monie Love, Dres, Phife, Yo-Yo, D Nice, MC Serch, Ed Lover & Dr. Dre,…
Category: Great Moments In Rap
Video: The Juice Crew All-Stars – Live At The Apollo [1988]
Although this looks like it was filmed on Dick Tracey‘s bionic wristwatch, this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. The debut performance of the ‘Juice Crew All-Stars World Tour 1988’ at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, backed by five DJ’s at once – DJ Chilly Q, DJ Polo, Mr. Cee, Cool V and Marley…
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…
Video: Early KMD Live Performance (1990)
Another video from the Hard To The Left event courtesy of DJ Iran, this time capturing a youthful Zev Love X and Onyx The Birthstone Kid on some Kausing Much Damage shit.
Video: First Leaders of the New School Performance (1990)
DJ Iran unearthed some classic Strong Island history from his archives. Thanks to crate digga for the tip.
Does Rakim’s Break The Wrath In Half Exist?
As Rakim tells it in the above video with RA The Rugged Man (who looks ‘like a teenage girl on her first date’ according to the YouTube comments ), he agreed to remove his four lines aimed at Big Daddy Kane from the first version of ‘Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ after Ant Live played…
Video: Lord Finesse – LOTUG Diss Freestyle (Rocksteady Jam 1992)
Here’s some rare footage of my favorite live ethering ever, as the Underboss dismantles Lords of the Underground‘s Mr. Funkee in classic BX tradition. Courtesy of brollinHH in the comments section of my original post.
Video: Schoolly-D Accurately Predicts The Future of Rap (1986)
I caught a proper screening of the Big Fun In The Big Town documentary the other week (which you might remember I posted back in 2009), and got to chop it up with the director, Bram Van Splunteren, who shot the film in a week in 1986 and was able to capture an impressive selection…
Jorun Bombay feat. Mantronix, Tricky Tee and Greg Nice – Get Stupid Pt. 2 (Beat Box Rap Version)
This is one of those examples when it’s a good thing that someone had too much time on their hands: This is a pieced together session from various multitracks. I took the original beatbox demo used and sampled for “Get Stupid pt 2” – grabbed the best parts, chopped each element and repieced them together…
Nas and Akinyele – Lunchroom Battles (1991)
Uploaded by gudtyme: In the summer of 1991, i was chilling at my boys crib @djwishbone. He was making a mixtape. This was a gem from that day. Akinyele and Nas doing their”Live at the BBQ” routine. Luckily i still have this copy. Fuck yeah.
Halftime Was The Best Brag Rap Song Of The 90s…
Disagree? Let’s break it down… 1. The lyrics are a ‘Good Combination’ of declarations of poetic superiority, explanations of his daily operations, product name checks, witty punchlines, casual blasphemy and a healthy dose of Eff The Police sentiment. What more could a rap fan ask for? 2. The beat is a masterpiece in understated SP-12…
Sorry Doug E. Fresh – Lord Finesse Is The World’s Greatest Entertainer
Turns out not all free rap show’s suck. The other night Lord Finesse blessed us with an encore performance that was nothing short of unfuckwittable. Figuring that the Funkyman would do a quick 15 minutes set and maybe spin some records and bounce, it turned out that he delivered an hour of lyrical gems –…