UK, 70s baby / 80s kid. Still in the 90s. Hip Hop head since 85, club scratch DJ since 95. I make beats + mixtapes & watch movies. Posts = opinions. ADHD.
NEW MIX:
Mics In The Presence Of Three Lions: Classic UK Hip Hop 87-93
featuring London Posse, Gunshot, Hijack, Demon Boyz, Monie Love, MC Duke, Mell’O’, Caveman, Blade, Overlord X, Silver Bullet and more.
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RIP Trugoy the Dove, Plug Two, Dave. Can’t say enough about how much De La mean to me and meant to me back in 89, 91, 93, 96… the years just go on. I’m not OK. This is all sorts of fucked up. Damn. A Hip Hop legend and 1/3 of one of the greatest groups of all time. What a loss.
WHAT?!
HI-TEK IS CRAZY FOR THIS!
Don’t normally post samples but Pete Rock just posted this on IG so it’s out there now. Props to whoever did the video / audio edit.
Trust me, this is worth it
Back in the 80s, Kool Moe Dee did a report card with grades for rappers on the inner sleeve of the ‘How You Like Me Now’ LP. Ego Trip got him to do another one at the end of the 90s. Fun reading.
Nas was 16 on Live At The BBQ
LL Cool J was 17 when he dropped Radio
Run-DMC were 18 on Its Like That / Sucker MCs
Will Smith was 17 on Live At Union Square
Cube was 18 on Straight Outta Compton
De La were 18,19 & 20 when 3 Feet dropped
Shante was 14 on Roxanne’s Revenge
etc etc
Eminem and Ice-T rapping ‘Reckless’.
We can never forget how much respect Eminem has for the culture, and who his influences are.
“The first rap song I ever heard was Ice-T’s Reckless.”
RIP Keith Grayson, aka Dezzy Dez, aka DJ Kay Slay. Down for Hip Hop since the beginning. From Style Wars to the Streetsweeper mixtapes, he was a great graffiti artist and hugely influential DJ. Sad times. Rest In Paradise 🙌
A handful of artists shape your life, and if you’re lucky then they are a constant part of it through your life and their music is the soundtrack to it. De La Soul are up there. Can’t believe I’m still tearing up, but I don’t think I’m the only one. RIP Dave
Top Of The Pops, April 1989. De La’s second ever TV appearance. This was watched nationally by millions of people here in the UK. De La were huge 😊 Happy days
Last one for the day I think.
If you missed this project, it’s De La re-recording their classic early stuff over Dilla beats. Amazing how timeless the Plug Tunin lyrics sound over a different beat. Beautiful track.
New mixtape dropping tomorrow:
Ice Cube over East Coast beats.
Beats by 45 King, Beatnuts, DJ Premier, Lord Finesse, Pete Rock, Easy Mo Bee, Buckwild, Rza, Erick Sermon, Large Professor.
WATCH THIS SPACE
The legendary Wes Montgomery explaining a chord sequence to Pim Jacobs
Footage from
@davidsguitarloft
over on IG
Don’t sleep on Wes Montgomery, truly one of the greats
Hip Hop album of the day: No One Can Do It Better - The DOC.
Great album, classic production and the DOC was a force to be reckoned with. One of the huge what-ifs in 90s Hip Hop.
What are your go-to tracks on here?
Criminally underrated De La track here, “Forever”. And Dave’s verse is just sublime. I still can’t quite believe it. Been listening to De La since I was 12 years old and I bought a De La record yesterday. Just doesn’t seem real, even after I’ve been tearing up since I heard. RIP
Who are your favourite MC duos?
De La Soul
Tribe Called Quest
Little Brother
EPMD
Artifacts
8-Ball & MJG
Beatnuts
Mobb Deep
MOP
OutKast
Meth & Red
Black Sheep
Dogg Pound
Black Star
UGK
My Hip Hop Opinion of the Day:
Pharoahe Monch is the best rapper alive.
Technically, conceptually, stylistically, vocab-wise, subject matter, rhyme patterns, wordplay, storytelling, overall skills… he could wash 95% MCs on pretty much any of those things and more.
Non-Hip Hop album of the day: Superfly - Curtis Mayfield. Is this the greatest soundtrack of all time? Got to be up there. Curtis wanted to offset what he saw as the pro-drug message.
Rumour: the LP made more money than the film.
Hip Hop album of the day: Soul Survivor - Pete Rock.
I wanted another PR&CL LP… but when it dropped, this was stellar. Classic material, incredible beats and top calibre guests.
What are your favourite tracks?
In case you missed it… did you know the drums on Stayin Alive are a loop? Producers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson used a two bar loop for the whole song after the session drummer dropped out.
They said they used the same drums for More Than A Woman.
Album of the day: The Lost Tapes - Nas.
This actually might be my second favourite Nas LP after Illmatic. I can’t believe these tracks were dumped. A brilliant project, and one I return to again and again. Too many favourites to count.
What are your favourite tracks on here?
Annual reminder that Alchemist started as a rapper in Whooliganz with Scott Caan. 👍 Soul Assassins backed them.
I remember when he started making beats and we realised it was the same guy. This was a dope track tbf. Beat is sick.
@_BrexitTory
@smce82
@gibby9790
“So, what number can we contact you on in the evening?”
“Well, if I sit round my sister’s house waiting by the phone and she doesn’t use it and no-one calls her, then maybe between 6 and 9?”
“.....right”
One of the great MCs. Reggie Noble!
What’s your favourite Redman LP, and why? (If there’s a reason)
I’m going Muddy Waters. Consistency of production, and the whole mood of the LP is dope
So; the Hell On Earth sample.
I’m going to compromise on this because it’s out there now so me posting it isn’t going to make too much difference. But I don’t want to blow up what it is. It’ll be on WhoSampled soon enough. Havoc absolutely killed this one.
So Madvillain has just gone Gold?
Goes to show that sales mean literally nothing. Quality, artistry and impact are infinitely more important. That’s one of the most influential Hip Hop LPs of the last 20 years.