After catching this NME piece from Frank Owen’s vault (courtesy of Mask Of Norro), which featured an actual interview with the great man shortly before he was fatally shot, I thought I’d dig out the 2002 XXL Mag piece by Noah Callahan-Bever and revisit the original New York Times report. The New Musical Express piece…
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Grifter’s Unite: Floppy Disk’s Hit Discogs!
Click for full size screen shot. Need a retirement fund? Track down a box of 3.5 inch floppy disks, load them up with MPC loops and whack hand-written stickers all over them with stuff like ‘Shook Ones Drums’ and ‘Godfather Don Loops #6’ and fill your boots!
A collection of classic Mr. Magic on-air disses
Mr. Magic (or ‘Madame Tragic’ as Chuck Chillout’s boys The Dismasters once dubbed him) seemed to relish taunting anyone who was down with Red Alert, BDP or…basically wasn’t in the Juice Crew. Actually, ignore that – even his own crew wasn’t safe from the wrath of the Magic Man! Here are some timeless examples of…
Download: A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long, Volume Three
I think I done scraped the bottom of the barrel on a few of these. All that’s left is some old UTFO and Fat Boys songs at this point… Download: A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long, Volume Three Track Listing:
Download: A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long, Volume 2
Here’s a photo of two diminutive rappers, neither of whom made this compilation. Jokes on you, Jack! We made another Uploadfiles International Music Group Worldwide pka Zippyshare Raecords and Tapes compilations! After seeing how many quality suggestions appeared in the comments section and Martorialist’s own compilation following the same rules, I thought I’d compile another…
Download: A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long
Thirty three rap songs that clock-in at under two and a half minutes, from shortest to longest. Make it brief, son, half short and twice strong. A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long Track listing:
The Source magazine’s Ear To The Street, May 1990
Sheck meets Ced Now this is the kind of rap news I can get behind! A summary of Biz Markie’s Mom Jokes and news about a Kool Keith solo album produced by Ced Gee that never saw the light of the day. [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.unkut.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pages-from-9-The-Source-May-1990.pdf” title=”Pages from 9 The Source – May 1990″]
Joe Pesci – The World’s Real Greatest Entertainer?
Sorry Doug E. Fresh, but Lil’ Joe has got you beat. While D.E.F. can rap while dancing and playing the harmonica, has he ever starred in a Scorsese joint? Ya boy Joe dropped an album of his crooning back in 1968, before he was done bit by the ol’ acting bug. Thirty years later he…
Five classic rap album liner notes
Liner notes and the shout-outs on the back of rap albums were a big deal at one point, providing a clue as to other groups worth checking out in the ever-crowded late-80s rap explosion. Here are six memorable efforts (click the pics for larger versions)…
Top fifteen rap acts for people who hate rap
According to jerks who still think rap is a ‘rubbish genre’, these artists and crews still get a lotta luh: 1. Eminem 2. Beastie Boys 3. Kendrick Lamar 4. Jurassic 5 5. Cypress Hill 6. Wu-Tang Clan 7. The Roots 8. Public Enemy 9. Outkast 10. FU-Gees 11. Kanye West 12. MF Doom 13. Biz…
Download: A Salute To Album Tracks That Could Have Been Singles [90s Edition]
Twenty rap album deep cuts from the nineties that could have made great 12″ releases if they’d been given the chance. Download: A Salute To Album Tracks That Could Have Been Singles [90s Edition] Track listing:
Rap albums that are better without the rapping
Cheers to seangee for this idea. Chances are I’ve written this exact post already over the past sixteen years but who has time to search through the backlog? Beats make or break a rap record as far as I’m concerned, and the nineties was a prime time for quality production ruined by not so great…