Twenty five years of amassing records, CD’s, tapes and magazines is all well and good, but having relocated the Unkut Dot Com HQ on numerous occasions over the past two years has really stretched the friendship. Having all of your music on a portable hard drive is not such a bad thing when you’re living…
Kool Keith Sort Of Explains What Happened To Godfather Don
Phillip ‘Dive Bar’ Mlynar caught-up with Kool Keith for the Village Voice back in June and asked after the whereabouts the ever-elusive Godfather Don: Earlier this summer, Kool Keith was standing up at a dive bar in Midtown Manhattan nursing a glass of chardonnay in his hand. I was there to interview Keith, which turned…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Should We Care About Mobb Deep Breaking Up?
Months after it went down, I finally talk about the alleged Mobb Deep situation: No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Should We Care About Mobb Deep Breaking Up?
No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Can We Bury The Term Boom Bap Yet?
Boom, Bap, Original Rap? Not so much. No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Can We Bury The Term Boom Bap Yet?
No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Cruel Summer Album Review
I took this bullet so that the rest of you might be spared the horrors of war… No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Cruel Summer Album Review
Neek The Exotic – The Unkut Interview
Neek The Exotic has been known as the hyper-energetic understudy to Large Pro for his entire career, but this year he’s decided to branch out on his own two with the release of his Real Deal Hip-Hop EP in a couple of weeks and the Hustle Don’t Stop LP to follow. Battling poor phone reception,…
Son of Bazerk – On The Verge Of An Ass Whippin’
Son of Bazerk featuring No Self Control are back with another DJ Johnny Juice produced single. They credit the comments section of Unkut Dot Com with inspiring them to reform a couple of years back, and the resulting EP was surprisingly enjoyable. Downoad it from SlamJamz.
Funkmaster Flex – Chris Lighty Tribute Mix
Funkmaster Flex goes in on his dedication to the Violators.
Non-Rapper Dudes Series – Peter Oasis Interview
Legendary New York live rap promoter Peter Oasis, who founded LiveNDirect with Zvi Edelman, shares some of his memories of his long career as a party supplier… Robbie: What was the first show you ever promoted? Peter Oasis: Fifteen years ago, the first rap shows that I ever promoted were Dutchmin, who were on Dolo…
Video: Early KMD Live Performance (1990)
Another video from the Hard To The Left event courtesy of DJ Iran, this time capturing a youthful Zev Love X and Onyx The Birthstone Kid on some Kausing Much Damage shit.
Video: First Leaders of the New School Performance (1990)
DJ Iran unearthed some classic Strong Island history from his archives. Thanks to crate digga for the tip.
Rest In Peace – Baby Chris from The Violators
Rest in peace to Baby Chris Lighty, the original Intelligent Hoodlum. DJ Kenny Parker: As a matter of fact, a lot of the fights that used to go on in Union Square and Latin Quarter was these Brooklyn dudes that used to run with Kane…they was always fighting guys from the Bronx. They was always…