Vibe magazine chops it up with KRS-One as he breaks down his entire catalogue. Very interesting read, as KRS speaks on what happened whilst creating some of the best classics of Hip-Hop, starting with his Boogie Down Productions days. KRS-One on "Criminal Minded": "Me and Scott La Rock (DJ and co-founder of Boogie Down Productions ) started B Boy Records, which was a small little record company, with some other guys— Ray Wilson , Jack Allen and Bill Kamarra . That's where we put out 'South Bronx.' Before all this, [...]
Next week, Passion of the Weiss will be counting down the 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time. Before then, we're highlighting some of the best to ever yell at people for labeling them "beat makers." (It's better than the excessively pause-worthy, "knob twiddlers.)" Before you ask, #1 is going to the guy who made the beat for "Still Tippin.'" It seemed like the only sensible option. Rick Rock What was the point of [...]
I was feeling nostalgic for some old school battle raps when I woke up this morning and have been listening to diss records for the last few hours now. There have been so many legendary songs birthed from feuding MCs, and even though battle rapping is one of the key elements to the essence of hip-hop, artists now a days have shied away from stepping to each other and the battle rap seems to be a dead practice. Some will argue that Lil Wayne's recent jab at Jay-Z may prompt a squabble between the two, but to me, it just [...]
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because the revolution will not be televised. That is, as you very well may know, the opening verse to Gil Scott-Heron 's classic, 1970 pop-culture critique The Revolution Will Not Be Televised . Sadly, Scott-Heron passed away somewhat suddenly on the weekend at 62. [...]
YO! Whats crackin. Today we have one of my favourite Hip Hop crews of all time. So please enjoy discovering more about them, their music and the music they sampled for some of their best known works. The Ultramagnetic MC's is a hip hop group made up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee was added as Roadmanager and backup DJ. A former member, Rooney Roon, was fired following an assault arrest. Beat-boxing legend Rahzel was also involved with the [...]
A gaping hole must have been ripped in the space-time continuum this morning. Two days ago I rolled onto iTunes with a gift card my girlfriend had gotten me for Christmas. Truthfully, I had no idea what to buy. I began going through the memory banks to my younger years, particularly junior high. Anyone between the ages of 29-34 knows what kind of musical landscape this was. I was teetering between glam rock, underground punk, or full-out gangsta rap. The latter won over for quite awhile, actually. One of my most beloved albums [...]
Mesdames, Mesdemoiselles, Messieurs, attention ! Jeudi prochain à l' Élysée Montmartre Lawrence Parker, plus connu sous les pseudonymes de The Teacher , The Philosopher ou encore The Blasmaster mais surtout KRS One , sera à Paris. Concert exceptionnel avec à ses côtés Freddie Foxxx, MC Supernatural et en première partie le très bon Rocé . Actif depuis plus de 20 ans et sans aucun doute le plus grand représentant du conscious rap , KRS One a un parcours et un engagement incroyables. [...]
This month has been a relatively quiet one on the whole for Hip Hop. A few major stories here and there, a few album drops here and there but on the whole, it's been quiet. Though I think this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Only those of a certain age will remember Ms. Melodie's stint in BDP before she disappeared, vanishing off the scene like the other daughter on Family Matters .
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Authenticity is a funny old thing. In most musical genres you care to mention, there's always a die-hard bunch of fans who complain that these new artists aren't as good as the old ones, things were much better in the old days, blah de blah de blah. Of course, they are missing the whole point that the artists they so venerate were in fact reacting to the status quo of their own time, and were trying something new and revolutionary. Wanting new music to be like the old is just hypocrisy. Run-D.M.C. – It's Like [...]
I hinted at this last week, in my original post for Peanut Butter Wolf's 45 Live box set of hip hop vinyl singles, but the track list for his collection provided too irresistible. So, that's what you're going to get, more songs featured in the set, but first things first, if you haven't heard about 45 Live, go and to check it out . I said pretty much all I needed to say about the awesomeness of this set in my previous post, but for this one here I just went down the list [...]
Wow. This stellar clip of BDP and KRS-One getting it in Harlem, circa 1990, contains both cameos from a not-yet-Governor David Paterson--that's him, circa 47 seconds in, right around when KRS ge... Continue reading ""Satan Is A Big Tall European": A Young David Paterson Shares the Stage with KRS-One and BDP" >
Peanut Butter Wolf's 45 Live Hip-Hop 45s Box Set 45 Live is a box set of 18 hip hop classic songs on 7-inch, re-edited by PBW and available on 7-inch for the first time. A mixed CD version of the box set drops in September 2009. We've got a pre-sale available today, which includes an extra 7-inch exclusive to stonesthrow.com. This box set ships October 13, 2009. : Ten 7-inch singles - 18 hip hop classic songs re-edited by PBW and available on 45 for the first time, plus a bonus 45 [...]
I have to say, if you don't know what song we're posting today, just based on the title alone, we should likely just shut this here OSM down and let you school yourself at the hands of the Teacha/Blastmasta. That would actually suit me fine, as we're into our brief period of hot summer weather here, and I didn't feel like writing anything last night. But that isn't how we do things around here, so you'll get some nonsensical two-cents no matter how hot it is. Because of the random inspirations are usually behind each edition [...]
Hey it's Monday! Shit. I suppose that posting on Boogie Down Productions would give me yet another chance to rail on about how Hip-Hop sucks these days... but I don't need to do that. Just listen to the radio. Anyhoo, BDP was certainly a bit of an eye-opener for a small-town white boy like yours truly when I first heard it. Lyrically, KRS-One, well... he was on a bit more serious tip than the other folks I was listening to at the time, people like LL [...]
Words By Jesse H. I've been helping a retiring professor move out of his office these past few weeks and it's been quite an experience. Between listening to him awkwardly talk about the MJ media circus, explaining to him that he can actually access his e-mail on ANY computer with an internet connection (not just the one in his office) and hearing him talk about buying "tone arms" (more on this later) on "the E-Bay" for the [...]
Yo, homies... Here´s another summer tenpack comin´ at ya, straight from the boon dox this time. Which means it´s the For The Sake Of The Beats edition tonight, with a fine selection of HipHop tunes I think are da bomb. And as it just dawned on me that most of this stuff is really rather old, wouldn´t it be nice if any readers of this blog could recommend me some more recent HipHop in the same vein as the tracks below? Much obliged. Gang Starr - Suckas Need Bodyguards MP3 [...]
"Young bloods can't spell but they can rock you in PlayStation" Being the fact that it's tax time I thought I'd bring this joint out the shoebox. Primo on the track… so you know it's going to be a thumper… But Mos Def kills! I've always been a fan of word play and hard topic driven tracks and Mos, who I've always dug and been a fan of, comes clever and with knowledge. Social, Political and what ever else he felt like tossing in the stew. "Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock it [...]
KRS-One is the greatest rapper to have ever graced this earth... period. But something I've noticed during his songs is the BlastMasta is always referencing "Boogie Down Productions"... so who the hell is BDP?BDP was KRS-One's old hip hop group formed with DJ Scott La Rock back in 1987, and damn, were their beats solid. The beats have a very old school/dubbish feel to them, and after listening
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