Cut Chemist – Hip Hop Lives (1985-1996)
Cut Chemist is at it again. Not satisfied with setting the bar with his all 45 sets, live bands, solo records, world tours, producing, The Hollywood Bowl, Star Wars figures, […]
Tag Archives: Hip Hop
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
DJ Sigma presents 79: A mix of Hip-Hop tracks released in 1979
In the sea of mixes out there, rarely (besides The History of Hip Hop by year mixes done very well by The Rub) do we get a mix that is […]
Big Ups with House Shoes
House Shoes talks digging at Val Shiveley’s, Beat Junkies, J-Rocc and more Continue Reading
Flea Market Funk 