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KRS-One‘s younger brother and long time BDP producer/DJ Kenny Parker recently provided a first-person perspective of what happened at the PM Dawn bumrush from BDP‘s perspective: Robbie: You guys must have felt like Prince Be deserved to get his ass kicked? Kenny Parker: Actually, it didn’t start out that way. The plan wasn’t to attack…
Adding on the Louie Louie article from the other day, here’s an old interview from The Source. I should also mention my post on Funkmaster Wizard Wiz over at Oh Word for their Crack Week.
When I was younger, I tried to steer clear of rap videos, since they were almost always a let-down. A song such as “Follow The Leader” paints such a vivid visual picture in your head when you hear it that some low-budget Untouchables style video could never hope to do it justice. ((1. Not to…
I just got an email from a reader named Lily who commented: i have only recently realized that hip hop (and soul and funk and jazz and so on) is the only thing worth listening to in this day and age. rock music is so fucking tired and i’ve been listening to it for too…
Before he was hangin’ with Ron Jeremy, DJ Polo was pushing this personalized Benz around the “Streets of New York”. So I finally took the plunge and upgraded to WordPress 2. If you don’t run your own blog, that’s pretty meaningless but for those who do it’s worth the jump just for the built-in spam…
Without a shadow of a doubt, the most disturbing development in the rap world in recent times is the whole concept of “haters”. It’s one thing to stick up for shit that you like, but the whole thing has gotten twisted to absurd proportions. According to some misinformed folks, you should NEVER EVER criticize any…
All of you production equipment nerds are gonna have a field day on this one, as the RZA drops science about analog vs. digital, samplers he’s messed with, mixing techniques and the whole nine. It’s incredible how influential his sound has been to today’s producers – don’t forget that only a couple of people were…
The Vinyl Addicts have outdone themselves with this D.I.T.C. video spectacular. Everything from Lord Finesse‘s “Strictly For The Ladies” to Big L‘s “Holdin’ It Down” is over there. Outstanding stuff.
When news that two of rap’s most eccentric and creative nutjobs (Ghostface & MF Doom) were holed-up in a studio together, working on music, the first thing that sprung to mind was that they’re either cooking-up some mind-blowing, classic shit, or are about to unleash some of the corniest crap ever laid down on two-inch…
Click for full-size version Who’d of thunk it? Two posts in two days? Due to some family dramas, I’ve been out of action for a minute, but things should be back on track from now on. Now all I’ve gotta do is catch up on two weeks of emails….. Here’s a new category that I’m…
Real Talk Award: Sadat X on “Back To New York”: “They sayin’ New York don’t hold it down that slot no more – we ain’t make people get up on the dancefloor/We rhymin’ like other niggas, dressin’ like other niggas/using other niggas slang when that ain’t our thang!”
One of rap’s greatest trash talkin’ tough guys is back with some new music… the one and only Tim Dog. While he cermented his place in hip-hop history with “Fuck Compton” (and the less aggressive although still effective radio version known as “Forget Compton”), his second album had some great tracks on it as well….