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Only 48 Hours Left To Order The Past The Margin Book!
I’ll be withdrawing remaining stock of the book from sale in 48 hours to reserve them for a new bundle pack. If you want to buy this hardcover edition by itself, now’s your last chance! If you’ve already bought the book, the bundle pack (t-shirt, CD and 7″) will be available without the book as…
Ice-T – Drama [Hi-Tech Mix]
Despite his numerous sins against breakbeat albums, even a broken clock is right twice a day and on this particular day Simon Harris aka Mr. Music of Life made a nice little remix for L.A. bloke Ice-T. It’s typical of the British production style of the era, where it apparently mandatory to add sirens and…
Das-EFX – What More Can I Say
Picked this up today on one of those dodgy bootlegs where the song was labeled as ‘EFX’ (Hip Hop Remix). From what I can gather from this perfect encapsulation of Rap Blog comment sections circa 2009, this may have been recorded in 1993 or 1994. To my ears it sounds more like something that would…
MISFORTUNE: A Book of Illustrated Fortune Cookie Messages
Aeon Hand, who was responsible for many classic Combat Jack Show handbills and the covers of Bol’s books, not to mention the superb illustrations in Past The Margin and the official Conservative Rap Coalition logo, released a book in September last year. Equal parts hilarious and disturbing over 140 pages, I highly recommend this to…
Three alternative versions of Main Source’s ‘Looking At The Front Door’
This song was my first introduction to the talents of Large Professor as a rapper, and remains a firm favourite to this day. In 2006, P-Vine records from Japan pressed-up the alternative ‘Uncut’ mix on a 12″ in Japan, providing some extra lyrics and scratching, which was good times. Then yesterday I heard a radio…
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Funky (We Can Do This Version)
First we got ‘Bait’ on the first Red Alert album, and then on his next compilation he gave us an alternative version of ‘Funky’ with a new intro, different Ced verse and an extra Keith rap at the end! Was this recorded as a promo for Red a year after the 12″ mix was released,…
The Best of Melle Mel references in Past The Margin
There’s been a lot of Melle Mel talk the past couple of days, so it seemed like a good opportunity to share some choice quotes that others have made about the legend himself – as found in the printed pages of A Decade of Unkut Interviews. Mikey D: I’d already won the belt, now they’re…
Past The Margin available from Rarekind Records in the UK
Good news if you’re living in the UK – Rarekind Records in East Sussex are now taking pre-orders for the book.
Big Punisher – You Ain’t A Killer [Marley Marl Remix]
Another day, another white label remix bootleg. Not that I’m complaining, I love this crap! The off-brand Marley Marl cartoon, the unfulfilled promise of future volumes that never arrived and the fact that only one of the three tracks is from the FF crew really seals the deal as well. There’s also a 50% chance…
Spoonie Gee – Did You Come To Party [Dub Mix]
Here I was, this whole time thinking that I needed to get this Marley Marl remix of the ode to Dapper Dan’s favourite pugilist, when the real knock-out was Teddy Riley’s dub work on the flip. Ted was in the midst of his proto-New Jack Swing era, delivering dancefloor-ready rap jams for Moe Dee, the…
Past The Margin now available through Get On Down
If you’ve been holding off grabbing a copy of the book because of the postage cost and live in the USA, I’ve got some good news! Boston reissue label Get On Down are now taking pre-orders for domestic distribution. Hopefully I can get somewhere in the UK or Europe to do the same. If anyone…