If you don’t know the Ride The Rhythm album by heart then I’m not sure that we can be associates, let alone friends. Hearing this rough mix of Rob’s ‘Dope Rhymes’ has made my year. Download: Chill Rob G – Dope Rhymes (original demo version) Thanks again to Wilizm for putting me onto this incredible…
Category: Jersey? Sure!
Download: A Salute To Tony D
This is an update of my 2009 salute to the late Tony D, now with extra Zippyshare. Yet another example of how important New Jersey has been to the rap landscape. Download: A Salute To Tony D Track listing:
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Sugar Hill Records – The Hit Factory That Robbed Everybody Blind
Following the death of Joey Robinson Jnr. this week, I take a look at how his family’s legacy of great music and bad business. No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Sugar Hill Records – The Hit Factory That Robbed Everybody Blind
Eight Amusing Sugar Hill Records’ Performances
If in need of mild amusement, please proceed with caution as we look back at this selection of ten dollar videos and hooky live performances.
Chill Rob G – The Unkut Interview, Volume Two
While I was staying in New Jersey mid 2013, I attempted to shoot some footage of the original Flavor Unit crew. As it happened, I only managed to get Chill Rob G on film, and after watching the video back I’ve decided that this plays better as a written piece. While some of the same…
DJ King Shameek – The Unkut Interview
Having returned to the music game five years ago after an extended hiatus, DJ King Shameek is back rocking clubs on a regular basis in New Jersey and beyond, but you most likely first saw him do his thing with Twin Hype for their dance floor classic “Do It To The Crowd.” Shameek took some…
A Tribute To Father Shaheed of PRT
DJ Father Shaheed of Poor Righteous Teachers was killed in an accident while riding his motorbike on 26 May, 2014. After releasing “Time To Say Peace” on the independent North Side Records in 1989, Wise Intelligent, Culture Freedom and Father Shaheed (who was going by the handle of Devine on the original pressing), they were…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Redman = Peter Pan
Looking for the fountain of rap youth… No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Redman = Peter Pan
The 45 King feat. Supreme – Go Head Up [1990]
Some hidden New Jersey rap gold, taken from The 45 King‘s The Lost Breakbeats – Test Press LP. Don’t call it Fast Rap though, that’s not a valid genre.
Latee and The 45 King – Tim Westwood Session [1990]
Latee dropping his verses from “Wake Up”, “Puttin’ On The Hits” and “This Cut’s Got Flavor” while 45 King flips a break beat on Tim Westwood‘s show? Count me in. Thanks to Palmer Stallings for finding digging this out of the tape stash.
Unkut TV: Episode 15 – An Afternoon With The Doppelgangaz
We caught up with Matter Ov Fact, EP and Tropicana Josh of The Doppelgangaz one fine afternoon while they were shooting the video for “On The Rag”. Important issues discussed include picking up sweaty hipster girls, getting to second base in Europe, the legendary ‘Crackin’ beverage, velvet cloaks and a bunch of stuff that our…
Nothing Sweet About Sugar Hill Tax Evasion
Those pesky Robinson’s are up to their own tricks, this time on some tax fraud business from all those royalties they stole from Flash and ’em. Sugar Hill Records’ tax issues latest chapter in Englewood hip-hop family’s rocky history