It’s Been A Long Time: EPMD and Rakim Live at SummerStage
I wore out EPMD’s Strictly Business cassette tape in my car. So much that there was no writing on either side of the tape and I had to write with […]
Category Archives: Hip Hop
J-Live: The Live Identity Mixtape
Today wasn’t supposed to be an all “J” day, but to hell with it, we’re all celebrating. NYC is definitely in the house today, a Big Ups with the one […]
Big Ups with J-Zone
Queens own J-Zone talks diggin’ at the Jersey diner, Jamaican fish patties, Kool & the Gang and more Continue Reading
Happy Birthday Adam Yauch
Flea Market Funk would like to wish Adam Yauch, one third of the legendary Beastie Boys a Happy 47th birthday, even though it’s Aug. 5th, we will take the late […]
Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey The Book
Photo courtesy of Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey Who doesn’t like a good coffee table book? In today’s “I want it now” generation of instant gratification: music downloads, Twitter, text […]
Kid Capri All 45 Set at Crotona Park
Capri is a legend, and barreling through these 45’s at lightning speed, he kept the spirit and true meaning of “Doin’ it in the Park”. Just how exactly did I […]
Chuck D: NOTIS aka Know This
If you’re reading this now, you all have been privy to the phenomenon known as “Otis”. That’s Kanye and Jay Z’s Watch the Throne sampling possibly the best Soul singer […]
Action Bronson vs. Meatopia
I told you that Action Bronson was no friggin’ joke. You think I’m kidding? When I did the post months ago about the new face of real NYC Hip Hop, […]
Ernie Paniccioli Needs Your Help
Do you remember shots like this? Photo courtesy of Ernie Paniccioli Even if you don’t, Brooklyn photographer Ernie Paniccioli has been documenting graffiti and Hip Hop culture since the mid […]
R.I.P. Gene McDaniels
If you ask many crate diggers or DJ’s, Eugene McDaniels Headless Heroes of the Apacolypse is the holy grail of grails as far as records go. Sampled by a plethora […]
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