Click for full-size image. Unlike The Source’s 1991 list, which I just re-ordered, this one is not something I can co-sign at all. Even if we allow for the weird November 1989 – October 1990 time frame they seem to use, the lack of Funky Technician and Fear of A Black Planet alone is mind-boggling….
Click for full-size scan Quite the line-up there, huh? With the benefit of twenty-seven years hindsight, I would have ranked them as follows:
One thing that really used to scrape my avocado as a rap fan was when many of the jerk-faced record labels tried to play possum by introducing certain ‘incentives’ to buy more CD’s and tapes – namely throwing on bonus tracks which weren’t available anywhere else. In some cases, like with G-Rap’s Live and Let…
This past February, two musical powerhouses/infamously egotistical windbags have graced our shores, attempting to both cash themselves up in the twilight of their careers and provide a feel-good nostalgia burst to both aging Baby Boomers and kids who were out clubbing fifteen years ago. That’s right, sports fans, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and G-Unit’s 50…
Wastelandz, Queens legend Chyskillz passed away on 13 February 2018. Growing-up around the likes of Royal Flush, Neek The Exotic and Large Professor, Chy is said to have first gotten to play around with some SL-1200’s at the age of ten and never looked back. Looking through my interview archives, here are three quotes discussing…
Listening to this album again reminds me of a few important facts. For starters, certified mentalist The Jaz aka Jaz-O was making some great beats in the late nineties. Secondly, apparently Avirex still held some weight in certain sections of Brooklyn in 1998. Thirdly, this vaulted LP from the guys who would later put out…
I recommend you pre-order this immediately…
Sad news that rap pioneer passed away from a heart attack on 8 February, 2018 while appropriately moving speakers, which seems a somewhat appropriate way to go for this rap pioneer. I don’t claim to know a great deal about him, but from what I’ve read Lovebug Starski no doubt saw and did things most…
There were some quality suggestions in my Twitter feed after the original post dropped last week, not least of which was introducing me to the great Chuggo and Trent Dean (aka The Rappping Magician). Well played to all involved. pic.twitter.com/4XzuGPxaUv — Jus-FCA (@JusFCA1) January 23, 2018
Unkut regular Professor Elemental emailed me a couple of weeks ago for my pick for the worst rap album of all time for a podcast he was due to appear on…in a couple of weeks…so this may be too little, too late to help him out but it was still a great question which I…
Combat Jack really made his name via the radio show, but I’ve always had great regard for his work as blogger, back when he was a total loose cannon who had no qualms about hurting feelings. While his Daily-Math.com site has long since vanished from the internet, his original Blogspot Combat Jack With Today’s Mathematics’…
As much as I enjoyed Black Thought’s incredible performance on Hot 97 a few weeks back, the star of the show was Funkmaster Flex’s reactions, as he had the best day at work…ever.