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Sunday, August 23, 2009

X-Men on Stretch & Bobbito 1995


Here's another Stretch Armstrong Show with Bobbito, Mr Sinista & Rob Swift filling in for Stretch.

This pre-dates a lot of things for the X-men, including the X-ercise video, the name change from X-men to the X-ecutioners, and even Sinista's name change from Joe Sinista to Mr. Sinista. You also got some freestyles and guest appearances from the Cracker Jax (promoting the "Rhymes like Dimes" 12") and Genesis on this tape.

There's a little something for everyone on this one, some turntablism, freestyles, old school hip hop, indie label stuff, more than two hours of unedited, classic Stretch & Bobbito. Peace to my boy Greg T, Stretch, and Bobbito for coming through with the date to label this one. Enjoy!



Stetch & Bobbito - 12-28-1995
(featuring Mr Sinista, Rob Swift, The Cracker Jax, & Genesis)




...Bobbito's Set
1) Erick Sermon - Focus
2) Fat Joe - Fat Joe's in Town
3) Group Home - 2000
4) Genious - Duel of the Iron Mic
5) All City - Metro Theme
6) Mic Geronimo - The Natural (Clark Kent Remix)
7) The Wixtons - Up Jump The Boogie
8) Choclair - Twenty One Years
9) Pitch Black - Hold it Down
10) Hilfiguz - Break it On Down
11) Kapone - In The Mix
12) Company Flow - Bad Touch Example
13) Cenubites - How the F*#K You Get A Deal
14) Ultimate Force - I'm not Playin
15) De La Soul - Change In Speak
16) Ultramagnetic MC's - Ease Back
17) Mic Break
...Mr Sinista's Set
18) Marley Marl - The Symphony
19) Masters of Ceremony - Sexy
20) Special Ed/Common Sense
21) Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
22) Ill Distraction - No MC's
23) ?
24) Triflicts - Genuine
25) Mr Sinista routines (Artifacts, SWAT, Das Efx)
26) Mic Break
27) Cracker Jax Freestyles
...Rob Swift's Set
28) Public Enemy/ MC Shan - The Bridge
29) Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
30) LL Cool J - Dear Evette
31) Kool G Rap - It's a Demo
32) B Boys - Girls
33) Stetsasonic - Go Stetsa Go
34) Ultramagnetic MC's - MC's Ultra
35) Bad Boys - Oh Veronica
36) Rob Swift Routine (Biz Markie)
37) Genesis Freestyles

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Madvillain



Here's another example of how much I prefer demo versions over album versions. This version of Doom and Madlib's 'Pretty Blood' is far better than the original in my opinion. I read somewhere that the Madvillain LP leaked and so they re-did all of the tracks. Whether that is true or not, don't fix it if it isn't broke. The chop Madlib did for this is sick.


Madvillain - Pretty Blood (demo version)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bumpy Knucks



Here is Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles on WNYU's Halftime show in 1999. This was right before the release of his second solo LP, Industry Shakedown. The session here starts off with what might be Freddie Foxxx's first appearance on vinyl, in 1986, on a song called 'Handling Things' under the name Supreme Force. Then you'll hear a more recent song from Freddie Foxx, followed by a freestyle session.




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Monday, August 17, 2009

Poetical Prophets


For those of you who don't know, Havoc and Prodigy carried the name Poetical Prophets before changing it to Mobb Deep. I don't know much about this first group they had or how many tracks they made under the name, but I have one here. Company Flow fans may recognize this one as the sample for Juvenile Techniques, 'The juvenile, delinquent living foul.' I'm not sure if this was even released on vinyl? I got this from a Stretch & Bobbito show.

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Les Paul R.I.P.


Not only was Les paul an amazing guitarist who intoduced solid body guitars, he also introduced multi track recording and overdubbing; an incredible contribution that revolutionized music recording. R.I.P.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Question...

All my old school heads out there...Does anyone know the name of the group/song that does the track that comes in at 43:53 on Prince Paul's Halftime visit?? "Don't think that your too cool, to listen to the beat with the rap about school." Man, this is the freshest, funniest song. Drop a line in the comments if you know...

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Dorothy Ashby



'Afro Harping' and 'Dorothy's Harp' from jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby are/were two records near the top of my want list. I couldn't imagine paying less than $50 for even a VG copy of either of these, but I just came up on a pretty decent copy of 'Dorothy's Harp' for $20. It was one of those dream thrift store finds all you record nerds can relate to. The store owner seemed pretty knowledgable about the record, saying it was worth a lot more. Maybe he said this because he saw me eyeballing the shit out of it to inspect it before I brought it up to the counter, or maybe it's just a buyer's market right now.

This album includes a cover of 'The Windmills of your mind,' originally composed by Michael Legrand. Pacewon took this track for his song 'Got it Locked' and Pete Rock sampled this for Rahzel's 'All I Know.' This record is a banger front to back, recorded in Chicago, 1969, and Produced by Richard Evans. Read More......

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Halftime Show (12-9-1998) featuring Prince Paul



Prince Paul makes a visit to WNYU's Halftime Show to promote his 'Prince Among Thieves' LP. This was an old school (late 80's, early 90's) show they did on December 9, 1998. DJ Riz and DJ Eclipse play the first half, and Prince Paul jumps on the wheels for the second half. Read More......

Mos Def & Kweli (Stretch & Bobbito Freestyles)



Mos Def, Kweli,
& Mastermind Freestyles
(WKCR September 1997)

Mos Def & Kweli Freestyles
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