The Kingpin gets busy in front of an ever-rowdy Apollo crowd. Taken from the Special Edition of Marley Marl‘s In Control…Volume 1, out Aug. 4 via Traffic. As a bonus, Marley introduces each song from the original album in addition to the usual collection of 12″ versions that we’ve come to expect from these re-issues….
Combat Jack – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Following on from Part 1, Combat Jack details some more tales from the front-line and discusses life after the music biz. Robbie: How did you find most of your clients? Combat Jack: The attorney I was working for, she let me build a hip-hop practice, ‘cos she saw the potential in me. I worked with…
Combat Jack – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
After some unforgettable inside-story posts at Bol‘s spot a few years ago – one of which gave me some great material when I interviewed Pete Rock – Combat Jack started his own site at the beginning of 2009. Having worked with hundreds of artists during his career as music attorney, CJ has behind-the-scenes tales for…
Eminem = Axl Rose?
Click to enlarge…pause! Quality comparison of two musical mentalists, taken from the Feb. 2003 issue of Spin.
The Story Behind Large Professor’s The LP
You might recall this from my interview with the artist once known as Paul Juice recently: Robbie: Is ‘Queens Lounge’ from The LP ever going to see a proper release? Large Professor: I’ll go back through the archives and try to dig that up and dust that off and get it right, man. I wanna…
Peter Rosenberg – The Unkut Interview
Here’s the first part of a new series talking to non-rapper dudes who still have a story to tell. After cutting his teeth as a radio personality and DJ in Washington, DC for years, Peter Rosenberg has spent the past two years in New York City, and stays busy with three separate radio shows, including…
No Country For Old Moufs – Over-30 Rap Record Round-Up
As time marches on, hip-hop is now at the stage where there are a significant number of rapper’s in their 30’s and 40’s releasing new music. No big deal, right? Except that now that internets record labels can release your album with a promotional budget of $50, all these characters who might have been left…
Are Live Cover Versions Just Filler?
Ghostface live, huh? Yeah, that shit was quality. It featured everything you’d hope for from a Starks’ set – an overpowering smell of weed surrounding the stage, winning live renditions of ‘Nutmeg’, ‘Run’ and ‘Mighty Healthy’, Ghost diddy-bopping around like an excited kid who just ate a bag of candy and….a bunch of cover versions?…
Doo Wop – The Unkut Interview Pt. 2: The Bounce Squad
For the second part of our talk, Doo Wop discusses the Bounce Squad, issues with Kid Capri and teaming-up with Tony Touch… Robbie: So who was the full line-up of the Bounce Squad? Doo Wop: Rev. Gotti, All That, Snagglepuss, Uneek. Snagglepuss, towards the end he had brought his brother Leatherface – rhymed on two…
Doo Wop – The Unkut Interview Pt. 1: ’95 Live
The Uptown Bounce Master (aka Doo Wop) is a true mixtape pioneer. He took the idea of intro’s to the next stage by assembling an all-star cast for his two part ’95 Live series. He’s also nicer on the mic than most full-time MC’s. He broke-down the history of his classic tape features with me…
M.O.P Recall Upsetting DJ Premier
Photo: Alexander Richter Hip Hop Connection Digital just interviewed the world’s greatest rap duo. Here’s are some highlights: After being asked to talk about the making of each Mash Out Posse studio album in the new issue of HHC Digital, Billy and Laze (Fame and his mountainous belly were too busy gawping at a magazine…
Video: Nas Vs. Biggie – The Battle That Never Happened
Uptown tape king DJ Doo Wop threw me this exclusive blend video he made, which answers the question – What if Nas and Biggie had gone at each other on the same stage, verse for verse? Here’s how it might have gone down… [poll id=”46″]