Slyce is the 1997 US DMC Champion, from Teaneck, NJ. This dude has an interesting selection of records used for his routines, as you will hear on this set from his appearance on the Underground Railroad radio show.
DJ Mysterio is from Plainfield, NJ. Mysterio is definitely on some other shit. If you have seen the movie 'Scratch' you may remember the short part they had about him. Mysterio has a great stage show, and some crazy, I mean crazy turntable tricks that noone out there is doing. Check out this video short featuring some of his routines...
I just got this in my inbox, it's a Nas/Busta Rhymes performance (video clip), here is summary from the e-mail...
Street Knowledge/Cheap Thrills Prods. was in the house to capture Nas live and in rare form at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on Dec. 26th. The show presented by Live Nation, produced a sold-out crowd,eager to see their favorite m.c Nas aka God's Son. After a warm-up performance by DJ Mister Cee and introduction by Funk Master Flex, Nas came out to the sounds blaring through the sound system of Marley Maul (*I think its Marly Marl unless there's a Marly Maul I don't know about?-DW) and was warmly greeted by his loyal fans. Nas started the show with the classic cut " New York State of Mind" and continued to run through his catalog from the beginning of his career to his most recent album Hip hop is Dead.
For those who don't know, The Cenubites LP was the first release on Bobbito's Fondle 'Em records. It was a 7 track EP that consisted of demos from Godfather Don and Kool Keith, as well as some unreleased material from the Ultramagnetic MC's 'Four Horsemen' LP. It's been re-released a few times with some additional tracks that weren't on the original pressing from 1995. These tracks included a remix for 'Kick a dope verse' and a track called 'Keep On'.
From what I hear there are there are a bunch of more unreleased tracks from that Cenubites EP. This track 'Slaves', from what I read, is one of them. I had this one on a dusty old Bobbito tape from back in the day.
I'm really not all that thorough with my reviews, I can be lazy when it comes to that kind of shit, so here is a little background info from Wikipedia:
The Outsidaz are a crew from Newark, New Jersey, perhaps best known through their affiliation with Eminem and Bizarre, who were former members of the group.
The group formed in 1991 after Young Zee and Pacewon met at a New Year's Eve party. At the time they met, Young Zee and Pacewon were rival MCs. Pacewon was a member of a crew named PNS, while Zee headed a crew named Skitzo. They decided to unite into one group, The Outsidaz, following a lengthy microphone battle that it was decided ended in a tie. Along with Pacewon and Young Zee, The Outsidaz consisted of Ax, Azz-Iz, BSkills, DJ Muhammed, D.U., Denton, Leun One, Nawshis, Rah Digga, Slang Ton (R.I.P.), and Yah Ya.
The Outsidaz were very successful on the underground scene, although their commercial success has been limited. They were featured on The Fugees' multi-platinum album The Score, released in 1996. Rah Digga would later go on to be successful with Busta Rhymes' crew Flipmode Squad, and would go onto marry her former crew-mate Young Zee.
Here is a record PaceWon put out in 2000, with an illustrated cover done by El Da Sensei. I should have added this one to my post on album covers with fresh artwork, but oh well. I couldn't decide which track I liked better, so I'm putting them both up, cause they are both pretty bangin.
Here is Young Zee's first 12" release from 1995 'No Brains class/Milk/Juice'. Milk has production from KRS-One and an intro from Busta Rhymes, and the track I'm going to feature here 'Juice' has appearances from Pace and Rah Digga (maybe also their first vinyl appearances as well?). 'Juice' is produced by Ski.
Here are two radio freestyle sessions from the Outz, the first one is Young Zee and Rah Digga on Stretch's hot 97 show, the second is Pace and Young Zee from WNYU's Halftime radio show, both are from around 1998.
I've had a number of people e-mail me in regards to getting their CD's/music reviewed for my blog. Please don't take it personally if I'm not interested, this site is primarily focused on older hip hop, old radio shows, freestyles, demos, samples, break mixes, etc. However, I am interested in trading break/sample mixtapes, turntablist mixes, old radio shows, etc, so if you have any of this kind of stuff, please do e-mail me. *Shout out to Rob C for getting me that Rekonstrukted Elements mix from Shortkut.
If you are an up and coming MC/DJ/producer/artist looking for exposure, looking to get your music out to a wider audience, feel free to contact my boy AB from Radio Ruckus. Radio Ruckus is one of the longest running underground hip hop shows in New Jersey. The show started in the early 90's, and is still going, every Sunday night from 10pm-4am in New Brunswick, NJ, on 88.7 WRSU fm, Rutgers University. Originally the show held a 2 hour time slot, but it has now opened up to a full 6 hours. Your boy DJ Nes held it down as resident DJ on the show from 1999- 2001, and I can tell you first hand there have been a lot of well known MC's/DJ's/producers that have come through, and the show has maintained a wide audience. You can contact AB at his e-mail radioruckusshow@gmail.com, or through his myspace. Feel free to send him your music, and if he likes it he will probably give it some spins. You can also check the WRSU website to listen to the show online, every Sunday from 10pm-4am.
This video is hilarious. It's a film called 'Narcotics part 1: Goofballs and tea', and it was made back in 1957. It's a "police science" film made to show cops what happens when kids get mixed up with drugs. The film is most notable for basically showing you how to harvest your own weed farm, step by step. For those of you who have Comcast as your cable service, there's a section on the 'on demand' menu called something weird. Every month or so they bless you with all kinds of old classroom scare films from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. I had to upload this one to youtube, hopefully they won't gank it like they did my last couple of videos. Parts 2 & 3 are probably the highlights of the film.
Hope everyone out there had a safe and Happy New Year. I'm going to have a theme here for the next couple of months. Every Sunday I'm going to highlight the best artists/music from New Jersey. When people hear Jersey, they usually think of fools like this guy, who I seem to run into at every club in Jersey when I'm out over here...
...but you also have a lot of talented people coming out of New Jersey. Every Sunday stay tuned for the best of Jersey MC's, DJ's, recording artists, etc. Peace to The Nets, The Jets, and The Devils.
For those who read the tribute post to Nace, here is another site I found recently that you can visit to see more pictures of his work.
New Jersey trivia:
Parliament-Funkadelic, the pioneering funk music collective, was formed in Plainfield by George Clinton.
In 1964, the Isley Brothers founded the record label T-Neck Records, named after Teaneck, their home at the time.
Sugarhill Gang, who achieved fame for their early rap hit "Rapper's Delight" in 1979, were from New York City, but their recordings were based in Englewood, New Jersey, as was their label, Sugar Hill Records.
Rudy Van Gelder, Blue Note records recording engioneer, regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, was born in Jersey City, NJ.
Famous jazz pianist Bill Evans was born in Plainfield, NJ, in 1929.
Singer Dionne Warwick was born in East Orange, NJ.
Legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie was born in Red Bank in 1904. In the 1960s, he collaborated on several albums with fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra.
Sarah Vaughan, Larry Young, Ice-T, Shaquille O'Neil, and Joe Pesci were all born in Newark, NJ.
Allen Ginsberg, American poet, and outspoken member of the beat generation, was born in Paterson, NJ.
New Jersey is the birthplace of many modern inventions such as: FM radio, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the lithium battery, the light bulb, transistors, the electric train, the drive-in movie, the cultivated blueberry, cranberry sauce, the postcard, the boardwalk, the zipper, saltwater taffy, the dirigible, the seedless watermelon, the first use of a submarine in warfare, and the ice cream cone.
The first officially recorded baseball game in history was played at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the New York Knickerbockers with a score of 23-1.
The first intercollegiate football game in history was played in New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 6, 1869, with home team Rutgers University defeating Princeton University 6-4. Rutgers University is considered "The Birthplace of College Football."
Area code 201, assigned to Bergen and Hudson Counties, was the first area code assigned as part of the North American Numbering Plan.
Cape May holds the distinction of being the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique.
I just got my copy of Mr Mass' 'Education for your ears' lesson 1 last week, and it's had steady spins in the whip. For those of you who are fans of break mixes, this one is definitely a good listen. I have both of Rev Shines' 'Good News' CD's, and this mix is similar to those. The Good News series showcase a lot of samples from more recent artists; the education mix takes you a little further back to samples from Native Tongues, Bootcamp, Wu-Tang, and other classic hip hop. I liked Rev's approach to the mix, adding the drums to some of the samples to recreate the beats; also, he played a Juggaknots sample on there that had me buggin'. The Cd is bangin', from the mix, to the cover/CD design, most definitely Dirty Water recommended. Mr Mass does his thing to promote good music all over the world, definitely show some support. The link for the CD is for Eurpoean buyers, for those in the US who would like to purchase the CD contact Mr Mass through his e-mail.
I always like to hear a good reggae mix, and here is one from one of the illest turntablists of Beat Junkie and Skratch Pikl fame. Shortkut's mixes have always gotten a lot of play from me, dude really has a talent with the cuts, mixes, and blends. You can have the illest record collection, know about every dope record made from the 60's on, but as a DJ, if your cuts and blends aren't up to par, your mixes are lacking. The first mix I heard from Shortkut was a tape called 'Rekonstructed Elements', which was a mix of samples mixed to form the beats they were used for(anyone out there who has a rip of that let me know because I have a shitty dub on cassette). Another mix worth mentioning is a mix called 'So Much Soul' that he did along with Vinroc, which consisted of R&B and hip hop. I'm sure he has other mixes but these are the ones I know of. Anyway, Enjoy...
