R.I.P. Easy Rick. Taken from the Paper Is My Priority LP.
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Rap TV Shows That Need To Happen
Some ideas for VH-1’s next ratings period… No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Rap TV Shows That Need To Happen
Did Schoolly-D Really Bite Spoonie Gee’s Style?
Pic courtesy of Fat Lace. Back in 2006 I wondered why Schoolly-D never responded to Spoonie Gee’s ‘That’s My Style‘, included lines such as ‘Come in here from where ever you came/tryin’ to steal my style and plus my name.’ As was pointed out in the comments section, Schoolly fired back with a couple of…
Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew – La Di Da Di [Live from the Funhouse, 1986]
From the collection of J – Blast, Operator Emz edit. Great trolling from Doug at the start of this. Spotted at ego trip.
DJ JS-1 – The Unkut Interview
Rocksteady member DJ JS-1 has been putting it down in the DJ, mixtape and production game for years, as well as getting busy with the paint as JERMS since his school days. We caught up last November to discuss the sorry state of modern rap, the trials of making compilation albums and tips copping vinyl…
Video: Mantronix, T La Rock and Word of Mouth Live In The UK [1986]
Thanks to Drew Huge for spotting this classic clip of Rock Around The Clock, a hip-hop event broadcast on UK TV in 1986 featuring performances from Word of Mouth and DJ Cheese, Mantronix, T La Rock and local lads Phaze One, with commentary from Morgan Khan, Dave Pierce and John Peel (who was able to…
Magazine Vaults: 1991 Rap Rumor Round-Up
Click image for larger version. Prior to his reign as The Rap Bandit, Danny Ozark went by the pen name Pistol Pete. For this column in the January 1991 issue of The Source, Pete invents ten rap rumors as an excuse to drop some hip-hop punchlines. Just think, before Twitter rappers had to listen to…
Remember that time that Brand Nubian brought Mount Rushmore to the projects?
File under ‘Attempted Club Bangers That May Never Have Actually Been Played In A Club’, much like Rockwilder‘s remix of ‘Thick’ for D.I.T.C. It appears that Puba wasn’t trying to hear that rapping-on-top-of-a-building shit and filmed his part in a bar, although it’s more likely that he just slept-in on the day of the shoot….
Rap Mysteries: The Lost Track From the Liquid Swords Advance Cassette
Just saw this advertised on Facebook. Does anybody know what the final track titled ‘Unexplained’ is? I’ve read elsewhere that this was the alternative name for ‘Swordsman,’ but since that’s listed as well it must be a totally different song…
Magazine Vaults: The Time I Accidently Annoyed Keith Shocklee
Click for full-size version Quite possibly the highlight of my brief print magazine career was when Hip Hop Connection ran my interviews with DJ Johnny Juice/Son of Bazerk and Keith Shocklee side by side in issue #221. As you can read above, the Bomb Squad co-founder didn’t appreciate the presentation. The best thing about the…
Just-Ice – Going Way Back Dub Plate
The Original Gangster of Hip-Hop remade his classic ode to rap history for the Deadly Dragon Sound System last December. I wonder if he’d do a version for the Conservative Rap Coalition if we asked very nicely?
Flavor Flav – Party In My Pants [Early 80’s demo]
A few months ago Random Rap Radio dug up an early MC DJ Flavor tape from the Spectrum City era when Terminator X was still calling himself DJ Mellow Dee. The hook for this record is nothing short of incredible.