Guru – Behold
R.I.P. to Guru, whose birthday recently passed on July 17th. To celebrate his career, I posted up a rare 12-inch I found while digging in the crates a few days ago. Once again, underground producer and DJ J-Love is behind READ MORE…
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R.I.P. to Guru, whose birthday recently passed on July 17th. To celebrate his career, I posted up a rare 12-inch I found while digging in the crates a few days ago. Once again, underground producer and DJ J-Love is behind READ MORE…
Large Professor has recently re-entered the spotlight with the release of his LP Professor @ Large and a vocal appearance on Nas‘s new classic album Life is Good. I decided to post up one of his lesser known works, “Exotic’s READ MORE…
A Tribe Called Quest was one of the greatest groups to exist in Hip-Hop. If you were like me in 1998, you were anxiously awaiting the release of “The Love Movement” LP. Slightly after “Find a Way” was well solidified READ MORE…
Back in 2000, underground Hip-Hop 12-inch singles were being released every week. Whether you were visiting Fat Beats in downtown NYC or ordering online from Sandbox Automatic, there was never a shortage of dope music. J-Love was just starting to READ MORE…
Before rapper N.O.R.E. was doing Reggaeton, putting on the Neptunes, or yelling “what what” he was the humble half of Queensbridge duo Capone-N-Noreaga. C.N.N. burst on the New York hip-hop scene in 1997 with their classic debut “The War Report” READ MORE…
Every so often I like to post up some classic old school (pre-1986) joints to help educate the young-in’s on where it all started. This week’s cut comes from Fab 5 Freddy even though he’s not doing any of the READ MORE…
I can’t say enough about Funkmaster Wizard Wiz. He was a bugged out dude making a really bugged out type of Hip-Hop, especially for the mid-80’s. The single “Crack It Up” / “Can’t You Take a Hint?” was released in READ MORE…
Hip-Hop lost an icon earlier this week – Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The Beastie Boys are responsible for giving Def Jam commercial success, merging Hip-Hop and Rock, and giving a lane to white rappers. The face of READ MORE…