In Praise of CTI Records
Record digging has always been an adventure and from the first time that I dug up a CTI record I was hooked on this very special label. When I found […]
Category Archives: Crate Diggin’
Happy 40th Birthday Hip Hop
The above flyer is probably the most important flyer in the history of Hip Hop. It signified the birth of the genre by none other than the DJ Kool Herc […]
Revisiting The Clutchy Hopkins Mystery
It’s funny how when you do a bit of cleaning you come up with stuff you haven’t seen in years. Case in point: a burned, hand written recording of The […]
A Thousand Words Keeps It Real
I met up with the brother Koe Rodriguez a few months ago and we spoke about this special project, A Thousand Words. Today it has come to life, and it’s […]
LascaMão – Rufar Dos Tamborins
Today’s heat comes courtesy of “the hottest sounds around”, we’re speaking of the Names You Can Trust label out of Brooklyn. The crew over at NYC Trust has been delivering […]
Czarface – Hazmat Rap
The Wu Tang Clan’s Insecta Deck has teamed up with 7L and Esoteric to form the super group Czarface. This is their first release on Brick records, available through the […]
The Technics That Rocked The Internet
Every Summer, Hip Hop and beat heads flock to NYC for the Summer Park series. It’s a chance for the public to get up and personal with Hip Hop’s heroes […]
FMF x Bumpy Pitch/ The Original Winger Poolside
There is no secret that I’m a football fan (and not the pigskin kind, but the 90 minute, non stop pitch invasion kind), and I’m really excited that FMF will […]
Hot Peas & Butta BBQ
The Hot Peas & Butta BBQ is back by popular demand. We’ll be doin’ it in the park, doin’ it after dark..oh yeah in Macri Park. This year’s line up […]
Big Ups With DJ Haylow
DJ Haylow is a talented digger, DJ, writer, designer, and documentary film maker. He is the impetus behind The Roy Ayers Project, a documentary on the life and times of […]
Flea Market Funk 