1999

Here are some Stretch & Bobbito/ Halftime radio freestyles hitting the decade+ old mark, aged to perfection.











Black Thought on Hot 97 with Stretch & Bobbito, 1999
(freestyling on OC&Buckwild's 'Burn me slow' instrumental on Stretch & Bobbito's XL Show)



Pace & Young Zee on WNYU Halftime Show January, 1999
(I threw this one up last year, but here is the re-up by request)



Rahzel & Scratch on WNYU Halftime Show February, 1999
(Scratch lays down the human beatbox for Rahzel to freestyle)



Cella Dwellas on WKCR Stretch & Bobbito, 1999
(freestyling on Eminem's 'Scary Movie' instrumental)



Prince Po on The Halftime Show, 1999
(I think this is an Xzibit or Alkaholiks instrumental?)



Stronghold crew on The Halftime Show February, 1999
(threw this one up on Mass's site for his Life Long interview)




Enjoy the New Year in 2010!

Drum Crazy 17

Here goes part 17 in the Drum Crazy series. Check out my youtube page to see all 17,
send a friend request, subscribe, hit me up, etc.

The Live guy with glasses

This weekend I checked out the seasonal Rt. 22 record show that goes down at the Holiday Inn in Springfield N.J., and peeped none other than the 'mad scientist' Large Professor on the set. It was surprising to Extra P there not only because I'm assuming he lives in Queens, but also because at this point in his digging career I would assume he has damn near every break known to man. It goes to show how serious of an addiction record digging can be, and also how dedicated and serious Large Professor is with his craft, even after some 25 odd years of producing and collecting. Seeing him there made me respect him that much more than I already do, and IMO your a fool not to mention Large Pro as one of the top 5 producers of all time.

Here's a clip from the CM-fam-a-lam show sometime in February of 1999 with Large Professor playing some beats from his Sp-1200 live in the studio for Neek the Exotic and Royal Flush on rhyme. Large Professor jumps on the mic for a verse or two as well. Bobbito goes in to a mix of Neek the Exotic joints from his 'Backs and Necks' LP after the freestyle session

Regulation Status




I caught a good handful of breaks and some new drum breaks, Drum Crazy part 17 is coming soon. Peace to all the record fiends still copping joints.

Inbetween time...

What's up all? I just wanted to jump on here real quick to throw your attention to some stuff I've been checking out during my absence here. I got some things lined up for the end of the month towards the holidays for posting so stay tuned. Thanks to everyone continuing to drop comments and visit the site.

Phil Most Chill a.k.a. The Soulman has been killing it on the mixtape tip recently, he dropped 3 quality mixes in the past couple of months that I suggest all of you out there go and check out. For some reason Zshare has not been working for my lately, and for the life of me I can't figure out why.. anyone out there having the same problems I am having or know how I can go about getting Zshare to work? I'm debating whether or not I should continue using it to host my downloads on here.. Anyway, check these three mixes here from Soulman...
















DJ Kool Breez, a fellow digger I met through our youtube channels, recently dropped a mix featured on Soulstrut.com. It's a nice mix of rare breaks and beats that I'm listening to as I type this...



















Also, I recently found J-Zone's blog that has some really funny posts about random stuff like why he doesn't like Twitter, and why he won't rock Ipod's and sticks to using a walkman. He's got a post on there about his Top 10 diggin' adventures, one of which includes a story about the now defunct 'All Ears Records' in New Brunswick, N.J. This used to be one of my favorite spots and I caught many great pieces out of that gutted out diner he used for a record store (and also warehouse to store and sell heroin from what I heard, which is why it got shut down). The dude never answered the phone provided on his business card, and when you went to see if he was open it was hit or miss. I can say that depending on the mood my dood Charlie was in, he would let you slide off with some really good deals. I can remember copping Kool and The Gang's 1st self titled LP, 'Live at the PJ's' Ike White's LP, Jimmy Gordon's 'Hog Fat', Pleasure's 'Dust Yourself Off'' and a bunch of others I would have paid a lot of money for in other spots. Wherever Charlie is now I hope he's doing well. Be sure and check all the aforementioned stuff and I'll be checking back soon, stay dirty...

Dirty Waters

I just wanted to drop a line to all the regular readers of this blog to inform you all that I'll be stepping aside from the blog game to focus on other things. Being back in school demands most of my time, and I'll soon have to plan for after graduation, so the blog is going to have a take a back seat. It's been enjoyable, for the most part, providing exclusive material for the past two years, but I'm sure as many of my fellow bloggers can understand, this is hard work that can be very time consuming.



I want to thank everyone who's helped me work on this site during the past two years, all the guest bloggers, all of the artists I have interviewed, all of the artists whose music I have posted, and also everyone who has shown support through comments, e-mails and visits to Dirty Waters. This may not be the official ending of the site, but posting from here on out will be considerably less. I've got plenty of treats in the archive, so be sure and check the back catalogue. The links that are dead I may not be able to re-up as I've changed computers twice in the past two years, but I would say a good 70% of the links on this blog are still active. Thanks to all for your support. Peace and Blessings.


-Nes

Brand Nubian - How Ya Livin?

I just saw One Leg up released a Brand Nubian record in their series of limited exclusive demo re-releases that included 'How Ya Livin' which you may remember I posted two years ago. I caught a rip of the record with this song on it, and it seems like they cut out the last verse and almost half the track, why? Well in case you wanted to hear the whole thing, here it is re-upped by request, enjoy...

Mr. Magic & Mister Cee

Here's a nice R&B mix from Mister Cee from the Sunday night Hot 97 show he did with Mr. Magic during the late 90's. This one is from 1998.


Check out this old interview with both Mr. Magic and Mister Cee.









Mister Cee Hot 97 1998

Biz Markie 89.9 Promo

Check out this Biz Markie Promo
done for Stetch & Bobbito's show..


Do do it, let's get on down
listen to the grand groove with the funky sound...

Roc Raida Tribute

Here are some classic radio appearances
from the illest of all time on two turntables.
R.I.P. Grandmaster Roc Raida









Live on WNYU Halftime Show: ? (5 min battle set)


Live on WNYU Halftime Show: 1999, march (5 min battle set)


Live on Hot 97 XL Show 1996 (with Mista Sinista & Rob Swift)



Live on WNYU Halftime Show: 2000 (5 min battle set)



Live on WNYU New York Live 1996 (with Mista Sinista & Rob Swift)

Live on WKCR CM Fam-a-Lam Show: 1999, january (30 min DJ set)

Live on WKCR Stretch & Bobbito Show: early 90's (with X-men)(30 min DJ set)

Live on WKCR Stretch & Bobbito Show: 1994, july (5 min battle set on show with Mobb Deep)