Blog: Pound for Pound

Chuck Chillout, KISS FM radio show August 28, 1986 ( YSI link ) Here's something fun to kick off the week, as we continue to try to dig into the first decade or so of rap music. A real radio show from the mid-80s NYC! It's a great blast from the past, a chance to hear the earliest days of rap music in its most natural setting, the hour and fifteen minute straight mix. Hard to overstate how important these shows were to the development of hip-hop, as they gave the new genre a sense of importance [...]

• Chuck Chillout - Chuck Chillout Kiss FM Radio Show 08.29.86