Hawthorne Radio #2

If you liked the first one, this one is just as good but a little shorter...






















Hawthorne Radio, Episode 2 Playlist:

Robert Parker “I've Caught You In A Lie”
The Mighty Lovers “I Ain't Gonna Run No More”
The Toys “Deserted”
The Continental Four “The Way I Love You”
Sly, Slick & Wicked “Ready For You”
The Marvelettes “Don't Mess With Bill”
The Moments “So This Is Our Goodbye”
The Ethics “Searching”
The Main Ingredient “Spinning Around”
OC Smith “On Easy Street”
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R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Just heard this news. Despite all the scandal with this guy, he made some really good music. He made Thriller dog, Thriller. R.I.P. Read More......

Stretch & Bobbito 4-7-1994

This is probably one of the first times I recorded the Stretch Armstrong Show back in April of 1994. There is no guest MC on this one (at least in the two hours I have recorded here) but the tape has treats throughout. The first hour has some new music for that month, and the second hour Stretch takes it back to the 80's. They have a guest in the studio tlking about skateboarding, and how Nike should put out a skateboarding shoe (8 years before the SB line was introduced).

I had the pleasure of meeting Stretch Armstrong with my friend Greg Wednesday afternoon and I definitely want to say thanks to Stretch and his friend Dominique for their hospitality, and also for transfering Greg's cassettes to mp3's. Be sure and check out the projects Stretch is working on for his Plant music label, and if you have some old WKCR cassettes, he's definitely the man to bring them to.

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Halftime (Best of 93-97) featuring Dutchmin

The Halftime Show on WNYU 89.1 used to do what they called the summer sessions, where they would play strictly 1993-1997 hip hop joints. I'm wondering if they still do these in the summers? I think it was the first Wednesdays in each summer month, so maybe they'll start next month or the following? I'll be tuning in so who knows. What I have here is one of the later volumes from May 2004 with special guests the Dutchmin. DJ Eclipse serves up a nice set with a lot of independent label treats. You'll have to excuse the static throughout this one, but it's not overwhelming.


Halftime best of 1993-1997 (2004)

1) J-Force - Bullseye
2) Rubbabandz - Purple Rain
3) Dutchmin - Get your swerve on
4) Dutchmin - Surrounded
5) Dutchmin - Freestyle
6) Necro - Get on your knees
7) Heltah Skeltah - Operation Lockdown
8) Show & AG - Next Level
9) Big Daddy Kane - Show & Prove
10) The Points
11) Trigga Da Gambla - Remix
12) Nas & CNN - Music makes this thug come down
13) Mobb Deep - G.O.D.
14) Pitch Black - I Gotcha Back
15) Lord Digga - Mandigga comin through
16) Natural Resources - I Love this world
17) GrassRoots - Grass Roots Drama






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Drum Crazy 16

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When I say Heltah...

Here's one half of Heltah Skeltah, Rockness Monstah with some radio freestyles...











Roc & Lil Roc on Halftime, WNYU from August 1998.




solo appearance on CM Famalam, WKCR from October 2001.




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Marley Marl Scratch

I came up on four copies of Marley Marl Scratch one day, all for like a couple of dollars each. I sold one, hooked my boy up with one, and kept two for my self. One VG+ and one sealed with a 'Love that Wiz' sticker on it. You've probably all heard the regular version so check the Demo version.





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Coke La Rock & RC La Rock

I think a good majority of DJ's or turntablists are aware of (and correct me if I'm wrong) Cool Herc being the pioneer of hip hop and hip hop DJ'ing circa 1973, and Grand Wizard Theodore inventing the scratch, but what about the first MC? Who was the first?

Apparently, the answer to that is Coke La Rock, down with Cool Herc. For more insight into the history, check the youtube video below for words from the man himself.






Speaking of La Rock's, I had a beat up original copy of RC La Rock's record under the name Radiance called 'Micstro', which is amazing. It's got a disco/party vibe and a really good energy. RC La Rock kills it with no hook for like 5 minutes until a bridge comes in. The Ego Trip compilations featured this one on singles from 1982, and then a reissue was going around, seen here. If you've never heard this I urge you to check it out.




Despite some of my posts here where I might sound like I know what I'm talking about, I'm not really going to pretend like I know anything about hip hop or the history of hip hop. The truth is, as a young kid grabbing my older brother's cassettes back in the late 1980's, listening to albums like Rasin' Hell, Liscence to Ill, Paid In Full, etc., I wasn't even 10 years old, and we're talking about some fifteen odd years of hip hop being around. I don't really mind the era I grew up in but I completely missed a lot of good hip hop years and a lot of good records like this one I'll probably never know about. Anyone who actually remembered this song when it came out or knows more about Coke La Rock or RC LA Rock I'd love to hear about it.. Read More......

Big L

Here's a Big L freestyle I'm pretty sure isn't floating around online, it's a quick 2 minute verse on WBAI's Underground Railroad. The beat used is Raekwon's 'Heaven or Hell' and the year is 1995. Check out Underground Railroad's host Jay Smooth at Illdoctrine.

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Nighttrain January 1998

Here's a Nighttrain Show with DJ Eli and friends from January 1998. For those who don't know, the show was on WKCR, Tuesday nights from 1-5 during the late 90's. The show was primarily funk/soul/jazz incorporating some hip hop.


This might be two different nights, there are some pause edits on this one so it jumps around a bit. I cut out most of the talking and certain songs here and there when I recorded this. Towards the end some freestyles from Sir Menelik, Percee P, Saga, Kweli, L-Fudge, and Shabaam Sahdeeq. This was a good show for those who remembered. Read More......

Syreeta

I finally caught this record on ebay recently, an album of Syreeta doing Stevie Wonder covers with Stevie on production. The album is really amazing and highly recommended, especially if you are a Stevie Wonder fan. This joint here, 'I love every little thing about you', if I'm not mistaken was sampled by someone (the intro) but can't think of who...

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The Gutso is going home with me

Enjoy this one from my boy Relm, this time taking it way back to 1981 to hip hop's more formative years. Thanks again to Relm for his contributions, taking us out of the 90's on this site for a second. Words from Relm..









"Got another treat for ya and for the blog. This is a vinyl version of the Cold Crush Brothers vs Fantastic Romantic 5 live at Harlem World 1981. I have hunted everywhere on blogs and stuff but have yet to find this vinyl version on any so in a way it's an exclusive sort of. I have included the artwork and a tracklist and the quality is superb."



Cold Crush Brothers vs Fantastic Romantic 5
live at Harlem World 1981



Side A

1: Intro, Yes Y'all, 1981, Other Mc's, Taken on stage

Side B

1: And it's us. Charlie Chase never leaving the base alone - Tony tone never leaving the girls alone, Hey Y'all freestyling.

Side C

1: Freestyling, Cold Cold Crush, The Fantastic 5 Intro.

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Kool Keith WRSU 7/25/2004

Kool Keith is a legend, and I don't know how my boy Keef Kash convinced him and his boys to drive their beemer all the way from the Bronx to New Brunswick, N.J., for no money, but he did. It just goes to show how kool Kieth really is.

He rolled down with his DJ JC, and his other friend to promote his Personal Album on WRSU's Radio Ruckus in 2004. As you may have read in this post from 2007, The Personal Album was just what it says, a personal album for Keith that supposedly wasn't released or made available for sale. Fortunately for those of you interested you'll hear two tracks from the album on this show here. Kool Keith was nice enough to hang out with us at the station, answer some questions, drop a few rhymes, sign a few things, take some pics, and chop it up with us for a minute. It was definitely one of the more memorable nights at the show.

For those who don't know, Radio Ruckus was one the longest running hip hop radio shows in the NJ area on WRSU, 88.7 f.m. My boy DJ Force was holding it down there for a minute, and we were able to meet a few well known artists through doing it. You'll hear the throwback intro (from 2000 when Radio Ruckus had the 2nd roster line up) in the beginning of this mix, but at this time AB and DJ Knowledge were the residents and I was filling in. From time to time I might drop a few of these Ruckus shows on DW, I need to rip the ones with Rugged Man and DJ Sinista next. Leave some feedback if you have any interest or enjoy this one here...


Anyway this is the show in its entirety, the full two hour broadcast dated July 25, 2004, featuring special guests Kool Keith and Oktober, who was featured a few posts back on the CM fam show Relm sent over. You'll hear your boy DJ Nes on the wheels, then host DJ Force on the wheels, followed by special guest Kool Keith getting interviewed by Keef and AB and Oktober closing the show. Peace to DJ Force, Keef Kash, AB, and all the WRSU heads.



Radio Ruckus - July 25, 2004
(featuring Kool Keith & Oktober)

1) Intro
2) Ultimate Force - I'm not Playin
3) Unique - Pure Dynamite
4) Boogie Down Productions - Poetry
5) JVC Force - Strong Island
6) Positive K - Quarter Gram Pam
7) YZ - In Control of Things
8) Too Poetic - God Make Me Funky
9) N.W.A. - Something Like that
10) Alliance - Bustin Loose
11) Divine Sounds - Bedstuy Do or Die
12) Schooly D - Saturday Night
13) Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
14) Ultramagnetic MC's/Kool Keith joints
(about 30 minutes worth)
15) Kool Keith Interview
16) Kool Keith - It Gotta Be That Way
17) Kool Keith - Girl Wants to Kill Herself
18) Kool Keith - Freestyle
19) Oktober/2 for 5 joints
20) Oktober Freestyle

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Feel That

This next post goes out to my boy Greg T, a good friend of mine from high school who I caught up with today. Greg and I were avid Stretch & Bobbito listeners, and between the two of us have a pretty decent tape collection. After a few Heinkens (a la 1995) I convinced him to write a guest post for DW, so stay tuned for a guest spot from Greg in the near future...


This joint was one of our personal favorites from 1995, from a group called the Constant Deviants called "feel that." You may know this group from their 12" single "Competition Catch Speed Knots" on Vestry records. This jont here I'm not sure was released on vinyl or if "Feel That" is the title. Basically the song is about the dude's aspirations to live great and do his thing, so feel that. Read More......

Stretch & Bobbito 5-11-1995 (Whodis)

This is an unlabeled tape I had from sometime in 1995: Update: May 11, 1995. I'm pretty sure I fell asleep and let the tape ride because it sounds like the last hours of the show. The guest MC's are from New Haven, Connecticut, a group called Whodis...







Stretch & Bobbito - 5-11-1995

1) Q-Tip - Glamour & Glitz
2) Ro0ts - Mieso
3) Raekwon - Freestyle (Mad Ism)
4) Jughead Freestyle
5) Fab 5 - Leflah
6) Das Efx - Dedicated
7) Money Boss Players - Player's Pinnacle
8) Powerrule - Dawn to Dusk
9) Tucka Da Huntaman - What Goes Up
10) Ten Thieves -
11) Mobb Deep - Give Up The Goods



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CM Flood

My boy Relm now has official Dirty Water status, this is his third guest post for us here on Dirty Waters, again with some unedited 130 minute CM Famalam goodness. Dirty Waters is getting flooded with radio shows and it won't stop soon. Peace to Relm, Beat Detective, everyone in the UK, and also peace to Bobbito.





This show is dated May 18, 2000 and features freestyles from Maeso, D.V., Scienz of life, Point Blank, and maybe some others in there, along with some Roc Raida/ Lord Sear skits...enjoy..and don't forget to say peace to Relm for his contributions...







On a side note, I've been on a mission to find Mo Majid's "Wall of Fame" Vol 3 CD, I have the first two CD's he did and really dig them, I heard there was a third but not sure where I can get. Can anyone out there send, trade, or put me on to where I can get my hands on this?


Also I rejoined youtube to promote the blog here with the drum crazy videos, feel free to embed/post on your own sites if you want to. Thanks to everyone out there sending music, leaving comments, checking the site, and showing support. Prepare for some heat this summer! Read More......

Soul Strut Mixes

I don't know about all of you out there, but I can't get enough of dusty crate mixes. Peace to all the DJ's putting down quality break mixes. I haven't had time to post lately so I want to put you all on to some mixes from Soul Strut if you haven't already peeped. You can find both of these and many more for download on their site as well.




Raj Mahal - Royale With Beats













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CM Fam September 1999

Here is another reader submission from my boy Relm in the UK, more CM famalam goodness. This is just about a full show from September 1999, featuring Oktober, BOE (?), Lord Scotch and James TOP.





The first side features Oktober and BOE dropping some freestyles over a variety of beats. I had a chance to meet Oktober down at WRSU, Radio Ruckus a few years back and he's definitely cool peoples. Anyway, lot of treats on here and some I don't know so I didn't get time to make a track listing..






The second side features grafitti writers Lord Scotch aka Keo (dude who designed MF Doom's Doomsday cover) and James TOP chopping it up with Bobbito for a minute about grafitti and other topics, so al the writers out there might want to peep this one...







Peace to Bobbito, check him out at Bouncemag and
Peace to Relm and thanks to everyone leaving comments and sending stuff in!
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One Leg Up

I'm sure a lot of you out there already know about this, but for those that don't, I definitely want to mention and give props to the people over at One Leg Up records. These guys get at hip hop artists to unearth and release demos and unreleased recordings from back in the day. Among the list of artists included are Herb McGruff, Cenubites, Godfather Don, Shorty Long, Lord Digga, The Beatnuts, and most recently Pete Rock and CL Smooth. It's an incredible series and I just want to show support and express how siked I am to see people doing this sort of thing.



Here's one of the cuts off the Beatnuts vinyl called 'You Got my Back'. The Beatnuts is probably my favorite from the series so far, but I haven't heard the Pete Rock joint yet...

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DAAAM!

You must have a loco motive...
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Rotten Apple

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Last Emporer

Last Emporer had two of my favorite demos back in the day, this one I'm posting here, and another one where he did impressions of all of the MC's out at the time, Busta Rhymes, Common Sense, it was a good concept. I have it somewhere but can't locate it. Anyone out there who has it send it over. I saw Last Emporer perform live here at Rutgers this same year 1996 (on some real backpack shit), with DJ Scribble and a bunch of other people. It was a good show and the best kind, free.








The WNYU appearance has DJ Cypha Sounds on the wheels playing an Outkast and Paul Nice instrumentals for Last Emporer, who drops a lot of outdated movie references.

Last Emporer Freestyles WNYU New York Live 1996



This WKCR appearance has Stretch playing Kool G Rap's 'Foul Cats' instrumental. I think he kicks one of the same verses as he does on WNYU but still dope.

Last Emporer WKCR Stretch & Bobbito 1996



And here is the forementioned demo, 'Wild MC' one of my personal favorites.

Last Emporer - Wild MC
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Boogie & The Barber 1996

Keeping up with the Stretch & Bobbito motif I got going lately, here is another one. Unlike the rest of the shows posted here which are from my collection (unless otherwise noted), this one is a reader submission. Peace to Dan out in Buffalo NY who sent me this Hot 97 Boogie and the Barber show from September 29, 1996, Stretch's Birthday broadcast. (Peace to Bobbito for helping out with the date) Apparently this one has been circulating on the internet, anyone out there who hosts a site with old Stretch & Bob tapes feel free to drop a weblink to sites, zshare links for shows in the comments below or send through email. I'm always interested in hearing these shows...

This night features Royal Flush right before his debut LP release on Blunt recordings. Stretch opens up with the unreleased 'Rotten Apple', which remained promo only due to the uncleared Dave Grusin sample. I really thought 'Rotten Apple' was a sick track that should of been on his LP, but the fact it's promo only gives it more record nerd mystique. I think that joint is priced at like a hundo now, one of those joints you would see a stack of on the floor at Fat Beats (on 9th) one week and gone the next.

Also in the mix you had the Bush Babies promoting their Gravity LP. This was shortly after Tupac's death so Y-Tee (I think) drops a little dedication verse for him. These dudes always had a good vibe and I thought the Gravity LP was a slept on gem.





This one came in two parts but I cut out a commercial and some talking at the end and squeezed it into a little under one 80 minute rip so you can fit onto an audio CD if that's your thing. The sound quality is pretty good and this is classic shit right here, enjoy...






Stretch & Bobbito - September 29, 1996

1) Royal Flush - Rotten Apple
2) M.F. Grimm - Get Down
3) Akinyele - Love me For Free
4) Dutchmin - Surrounded
5) Shabaam Sediq - It Could Happen
6) Royal Flush Interview/Freestyle
7) Royal Flush - Iced Down Medallions
8) M.O.P. - Brownsville
9) Thrust - Lights, Camera, Action
10) Bush Babies Interview/Freestyle
11) Gauge - Cranium
12) Mr.Live - Relax Yaself
13) Heltah Skeltah - Place to Be
14) Company Flow - Population Control
15) M.F. Grimm - Emotions
16) Hilfiguz -
17) Royal Flush - Worldwide
18) Money Boss Players - Walk With the Limp



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More Camp Lo-ahhhh

Looks like we got a few Camp Lo fans out there so I dug up some more treats from these two. Keep leaving feedback, I appreciate every comment!




Camp Lo Hot 97 Stretch & Bobbito Promo
(over Special Ed's 'I got it made)


Camp Lo Freestyles WKCR 1995
(over Group Home's 'Livin Proof')




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Best of Cm Famalam 2001

Here's another best of CM Famalam live from 2001. Bobbito and Lord Sear celebrate their 3rd year of their show by playing their favorite guest performances and freestyles from the year. Nice mix of freestyles, turntablism, and even a Lord Sear love poem. Peace to Bobbito and Lord Sear.







Best of CM Radio 2001

1) Lord Sear Love Poem
2) 89.9 Promo
3) Mobb Deep Freestyle
4) Rapper Ness Freetsyle
5) RZA & Masta Killah Freestyles
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7) Cormega Freestyles
8) 89.9 Promo
9) DJ Klever, DJ Dopey, & Snake Eyez Routines
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Camp Lo-ahhh

I dug up an old dusty WNYU tape and this one is pre 'New York Live', they were still calling their show 'Club 89' on this one. You'll hear Camp Lo get a short interview where they explain the meaning of their name, then they get into some freestyles over K-Def & Larry O's 'Real Live' instrumental.

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Metropolitan

Here's a couple of pictures from my trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday, I took around 300 pictures, these are just a few, enjoy...






























































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Buck Em Down!

Here's a short clip of Black Moon
performing 'Buck Em Down' circa 1998 at Trammps

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AK Skills

AK Skills, Far Rock Queens, in yo area! One of my favorite under the radar MCs from the mid 90's. His flow and his energy sucked you in, and then he had you laughing with the one liners. The two 12's he put out on Tru Criminal in 1996 are classics for me, you can't go wrong with some D.I.T.C. production.





From what I've heard, Ak Skills had to step away from the mic after being incarcerated. Wherever he's at now, let's hope he's doing well and keeping his AK Skills sharp.

I'm sure you can find all of his 12"s all over the blogsphere, but as usual here at DW we gotta hit you with the exclusy freestolas. I managed to dig up five freestyles from WNYU, WKCR, and Hot 97. Enjoy...



AK Skills Freestyles

Stretch & Bobbito Hot 97 January 1996
(over Mobb Deep 'Extortion' instrumental)



New York Live WNYU May 1996
(over Heltah Skeltah's 'Operation Lockdown' instrumental)



Stretch & Bobbito WKCR December 1996
(over some beat I forget, anyone? Mobb Deep?)



New York Live December 1996
(over Frankenstein's 'Pain is Gone' instrumental)



Stretch & Bobbito Hot 97 May 1996
(over Saukrates' 'Father Time' Instrumental)

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WKCR 1999

I'm gonna hit you off today with two WKCR shows from 1999. At this point in time,
Stretch & Bobbito had parted ways as a team and began hosting the shows seperately on alternate weeks, so I'm going to put up shows from both Stretch and Bobbito.






First up is one of my favorite CM Fam-a-lam tapes, on this night Bobbito did a tribute to one of the best MC's, Kool G Rap. You'll hear a little over an hour of Bobbito's favorite Kool G Rap tracks, including some exclusive stuff (the unreleased 'I Declare War', and a live freestyle from Marley Marl's WBLS show).






Next you have Stretch Armstrong doing his thing on his night with special guests The Outsidaz. This one here was a 120 minute tape so you get 2 full unedited hours. I don't have too many shows recorded with Stretch Armstrong Djing on WKCR post 1998, but I have one more that will come soon...




Stretch Armstrong Show 1999 (Outsidaz) Side A


Stretch Armstrong Show 1999 (Outsidaz) Side B





Once again, peace to Bobbito and Stretch.
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S-One's Kick review

We got some more of S-one's favorite jizzy's from the stash!
They may not be the rarest, newest, coolest sneakers out, just
some personal favorites, and some heat as usual.

Happy Birthday to my homie S-One!


Nike SB (Huf)

Pro-skater and entrepreneur Keith Hufnagel designed these for his shop, HUF in San Francisco. Much of the sneaker is done in distressed (a.k.a. – cracked) leather. These also sport tie-dyed side and back panels for a tribute to S.F.’s time as the center of Psychedelia in the 60s.


Nike SB Dunk Low (High Hair)

These SB Dunks lows have “High-Hairs” stitched on the heel and were designed by the guys at Jersey’s own N.J. Skate Shop in Sayreville, NJ to resemble a can of that 1980s staple Aqua-Net hairspray, a tribute to (also Jersey’s own) Bon Jovi, 80s glam rock, and big, over sprayed hair styles. They have a strange lace-like material over the leather.


Nike Air Max 95

These are Air Max 95s and they are what first drew me in to sneaker collecting. A couple of these are quite rare in the US, having only been released in the Asia or Europe. My fave 95 of all time is the orange and black and gray joints in the front, and those army green ones are sick! Read More......