As Rakim tells it in the above video with RA The Rugged Man (who looks ‘like a teenage girl on her first date’ according to the YouTube comments ), he agreed to remove his four lines aimed at Big Daddy Kane from the first version of ‘Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ after Ant Live played…
YouTube Commenters Type The Darndest Things: Lupe Fiasco – Bitch Bad
Twenty reasons why YouTube Commenters are the pinnacle of human evolution: 1. ‘Hiphop saved Lupe’s life. Now Lupe is saving hiphop’s life.’ ^ *blank stare* 2. ‘Lupe is like A Tribe Called Quest from 2012 ! He is real.’ ^ Which also means that Lupe hasn’t listened to any of his own albums all the…
What Was The First Rap Record You Ever Copped?
Towards the end of 1987 I had amassed a decent collection of rap albums dubbed TDK’s, which was all well and good but hardly official since I didn’t actually own any records. My birthday was coming up and ‘my old Earth’ somehow managed to figure out that what I really needed was a 12″ single…
Video: Rare Ice Cube Interview (1991)
Big Fun In The Big Town director Bram Van Splunteren shared his VHS collection with the Acclaim crew recently, one of which featured this Q&A he conducted with O’Shea in his Jherri curled prime while on tour in Rotterdam.
Video: Lord Finesse – LOTUG Diss Freestyle (Rocksteady Jam 1992)
Here’s some rare footage of my favorite live ethering ever, as the Underboss dismantles Lords of the Underground‘s Mr. Funkee in classic BX tradition. Courtesy of brollinHH in the comments section of my original post.
No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Old Man Rap vs Grown Man Rap
Attack of the old moufs… No Country For Old (Rap) Men – Old Man Rap vs Grown Man Rap
Microphone Mathematics: Kevin Beacham Breaks Down T La Rock’s Bust These Lyrics
Esteemed Rap Brainiac Kevin Beacham delivered this suburb breakdown of T La Rock‘s ‘Bust These Lyrics’ today, in the third part of his ‘Microphone Mathematics’ special on the Lyrical King: In terms of lyrical masterpieces, that is masterfully and undisputedly achieved with “Bust These Lyrics”. A very strong argument could be made for this being…
Video: Schoolly-D Accurately Predicts The Future of Rap (1986)
I caught a proper screening of the Big Fun In The Big Town documentary the other week (which you might remember I posted back in 2009), and got to chop it up with the director, Bram Van Splunteren, who shot the film in a week in 1986 and was able to capture an impressive selection…
Video: Beastie Boys – Desperado (From the Tougher Than Leather movie)
I didn’t get a chance to write anything about MCA when he passed earlier this year, but this is how I’d like to remember him – pouring beer over his head and then slipping over for a face plant. The bratty, obnoxious Beasties who had girls in cages were always my choice over the bohemian,…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: Did Nas Really Lose?
My five cents on the latest Nas fuckery… There has been a lot of feelings getting caught in Rap Twitter on the subject of Nas having tracks from the ‘Untitled’ album ghostwritten for him. Both the Nas Defense Force and the ‘Nas Lost’ Gang have bared their fangs, sharpened their bayonets and started bucking shots…
No Country For Old (Rap) Men: How Kanye Broke The Heart of Rap’s Greatest Weed Carrier
Second drop in my new weekly series for Acclaim touches on the rise and fal of the GOAT Weed Holder, Consequence: Say what you will about Yeezy’s musical output and personal life, but there is no disputing the fact that Kanye West is fucking-up the noble art of Weed Carrying. To the untrained eye, it…
Jorun Bombay feat. Mantronix, Tricky Tee and Greg Nice – Get Stupid Pt. 2 (Beat Box Rap Version)
This is one of those examples when it’s a good thing that someone had too much time on their hands: This is a pieced together session from various multitracks. I took the original beatbox demo used and sampled for “Get Stupid pt 2” – grabbed the best parts, chopped each element and repieced them together…