What with the closure and surprise re-opening of UGHH, I thought I’d dig up this unseen footage of the time rich direction and myself visited the store while in Boston. Hopefully this guys bizarre haircut won’t hamper his search for a new job…
Category: In The Trenches
Pretty Tone Capone [Mob Style] – The Unkut Interview
Pretty Tone Capone in the studio with Real Live, 2004. Photo: richdirection The infamous Pretty Tone Capone from Harlem’s Mob Style is about to return to the rap game. While I haven’t heard his new material yet, his work with the group and as a soloist has given us some of the most authentic street…
The New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy: An Oral History
The NMS Battle for World Supremacy was the place to be if you wanted make a name for yourself in the late 80s. Here are some of those involved reporting directly from the front line… The New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy: An Oral History
Rap Game DeLorean
So Doc Brown shows up and says you can borrow the modified DeLoran to go back in time. Where do you go? Here are a few rap related suggestions once you’ve tired of trips to ancient Egypt, seen the dinosaurs and punched Hitler in the throat: 1. Checking out Kool Herc DJing his sister’s rent…
Ultimate Breaks and Beats: An Oral History
Photo: K-Prince. This one has been cooking up for long time now, but it’s finally out of the oven and ready to throw on your plate with a side of mash – the history of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series told by the people who put them together and some of the DJ’s and…
The Booze Hound Files: Grand Daddy I.U.
Here’s a heart-warming tale of drinking too much from Grand Daddy I.U. from the interview I conducted with him in the carpark of a bar in Long Island, circa 2013. Living proof that doctor’s don’t know shit a lot of the time, and that drinking non-alcoholic beer really is a fate worse than death itself….
DJ Too Tuff – Part Time Rap Star, Full Time Drug Dealer
Photo: richdirection My second piece for Cuepoint tells the story of DJ Too Tuff‘s life after Tuff Crew as he turned to the drug trade to survive, and barely made it out alive. DJ Too Tuff – Part Time Rap Star, Full Time Drug Dealer
Illa Ghee – The Unkut Interview
Illa Ghee was known as a Mobb Deep affiliate in the early days of his career, having appeared on Hell On Earth as General G, but his latest LP, Social Graffiti, has allowed him to free himself of any constraints and push his rhymes beyond well-worn street themes. While he was riding the subway the…
An Oral History of New York’s Early Hip-Hop Clubs
Phade, Gizmo and Milk at the Latin Quarters, 1987 During the formative days of the mid 80’s, when Run-DMC, Kurtis Blow and the Fat Boys were the biggest names in rap, the New York club scene was a vital part of the hip-hop food chain, providing both essential networking opportunities and the chance for new…
Unkut TV: Episode 23 – AG Live In Melbourne, 2014
The Giant performs “Soul Clap,” “Next Level,” “You Know Now,” “Spit,” “Full Scale” and an accapella before an enthusiastic Australian crowd.
ASAP Ferg Live Show Review – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Photo: Michelle Grace Hunder Following the always entertaining festivities surrounding the Carbon festival (which I’m under strict orders never to speak of publicly), heading to the A$AP Ferg show at the Corner Hotel seemed like the perfect way to cap off a week-long bender. The venue was filled with excitable kids eagerly throwing-up ‘bows to…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Pologate – Let Us Never Forget
A look at the greatest Sunday night in the history of #Str8Flourishment. Don’t forget to tip DP’s Pra’Li account a little something something if you became part of the 65% Nation. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Pologate – Let Us Never Forget