While going through an old stack of tapes yesterday (YES, CASSETTES!!!!), I stumbled across this freestyle session I totally forgot about from WAAAAAY BACK!

In 1997, when Kiss FM was still on Holloway Road, Busta Rhymes, Common & Rampage The Last Boy Scout were in London on a promo run for Common’s 3rd album, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Busta’s 2nd solo album, When Disaster Strikes & Rampage’s debut album, Scouts Honour…By Way of Blood.

So on that Wednesday night, Max, Dave, Busta, Common & Rampage plus entourage was in studio 1, vibin…
…while I was in studio 3 spinning the beats for them to spit to…weird experience, but that was the setup…so I didn’t really feel too much a part of it….

The highlight of that day tho, was after the show finished, a former friend, who happened to be the BIGGEST Busta fan, brought EVERY piece of vinyl Busta EVER rhymed on (collabo’s too!!! yes, Busta is STILL the cameo King) to the station for him to sign.

As soon as he saw the stack of Vinyl, he sat down with us and told us everything from what went on when recording particular joints to the fist fights with the other members of Leaders before going in the booth together to record seconds later.
Busta kicked it with us for like 3 hours after the show….special moment.

These are the times I REALLY LOVE my job.

Enjoy

Salute!!!

Got this in my inbox a little after 4am this morning.
Rest In Power & Happy Bornday Gu-Rizzy!!

We Miss You By Big Shug, Produced by DJ PREMIER!!!!!
Same Team, No Games…

Get It HERE!!!!

GANGSTARR FOREVER!!!

We finally get a visual for this BANGER!!!
Monumental out in stores right now!!!!

Heard this late last night!!!
I played it like 20 times before I went to sleep…always good to hear a focussed NaS….woke and the tagless version was in my inbox…happy days!!!!

Forgive the goofy look on my face, BIG TED snapped it while I was talking….

NaS Nasty produced by Salaam Remi
GET IT
1st Spotted: NAH RIGHT?

This is definitely one of the best disses ever!!!!
If only I coulda saw Cube’s face when he 1st heard it…
It’s the scenario when you think ‘This guy don’t want none…’ and you wake up 20 mins later from a kicking…

Pete Rock also spoke on 39 of his other classics…
Read the full story on: COMPLEX

1st spotted: NAH RIGHT

Haven’t had time to really be on the bloggin…but there’s NUFF good shit out there…LOOK!

BAD MEETS EVIL: FAST LANE

KYZA: COLD STEEL

AMPLIFY DOT FT KANO: SEMANTICS

DJ Scratch & Tony Touch Live Scratch Session @ Sutra NYC
NYCLOUT

SALUTE: NYCLOUT

The High Plains Drifter, Billy Brimstone, The Alcoholic Author, or Jehst with ‘…fingers deep in the weedsack…’

Came thru the Kiss building last week to promote his brand new album THE DRAGON OF AN ORDINARY FAMILY which hits stores 27th June.

He blessed us with a freestyle…have a butchers!

The newest video from Elzhi’s Elmatic project.

The 8th annual Rock The Bells festival returns already!!!!!
I WILL be there at the NYC show…The last 2 times I’ve been have been some of the best shows I’ve been to…Illmatic, The Infamous, Enta Da Stage, Only Built For Cuban Linx Niggas, 93 Til Infinity & Blackstar!! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you should go to hear some classic no bullshit Hip Hop.
Get ya tickets HERE!

I HOPE they heed my wishlist and put the full sets of Long Live The Kane, Blueprint, 21 & Over, Amerikkkas Most Wanted, Internal Affairs & It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back on the next one at least…

Here’s the actual visual for what I posted a couple days ago…
you want bars? listen….

BONUS

Any excuse to play some Nasty Nas…

Elmatic available May 10th on Elzhi.com

From the stellar and soon to be classic W.A.R. album on Duck Down/W.A.R. Media
Consider yourselves warned….

This is MADNESS!!! last week I was playing this very joint from Greg Nice & Smooth B’s 1989 debut album, as it is my favourite joint from the Bronx duo.
Greg Nice’s rhymes didn’t really make sense, but that didn’t matter as the shit was DOPE regardless!!!!
I STILL don’t know what ‘No Bones in Ice Cream’ means…
BONUS!

LAST NIGHT WAS LIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!

MA DUKES WAS IN ATTENDANCE, PARTYING TIL THE VERY END!!!

LOVE TO MY DUDE DREADYBEATS ON THE FOOTAGE!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES DEWITT YANCEY….

It’s one of my favourite times of the year (NOT because of his, Big L and Big Pun’s untimely passings).
Because the masses come out to celebrate all things Dilla.
This year is even more special as we are taking it to Brighton and Manchester to spread more love.
Nothing but Great Vibes, Great DJ’s, Great Crowd and Great Music.
All proceeds go to charity.

Deets below.

The Doctor’s Orders & Juicy present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
MANCHESTER

10pm-4am Friday 4th February 2011
@ The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HE

Minimum donation £5 in advance or on the door.
Advance tickets from
www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08444771000.

Room 1- Dedicated to the work of J-Dilla
Mr Scruff (Early Dilla Breaks Set) / Mr Thing (BBE / Extended Players)
Spin Doctor (The Doctor’s Orders) & Harry Love (Extended Players)

Room 2- Spinning every fashion of Hip-Hop & Soul
Illum Sphere (Hoya Hoya) / Jonny Dub (Hoya Hoya) / DJ A-UP (C’mon Feet)
Oscar Wildstyle (Juicy) / Wiggie Smalls (Juicy) / Agent J (Groovement)
& MC Noel Edge (Taste The Diff’rence)

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The Doctor’s Orders Present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
LONDON

7pm-Midnight Sunday 6th February 2011
@ Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL

Minimum donation £5 in advance or on the door.
£30 VIP Tickets grant exclusive access to VIP bar & include an exclusive J-Dilla T-Shirt & CD.

Advance tickets from
www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08444771000.

Room 1- Dedicated to the work of J-Dilla
Shortee Blitz (Kiss FM / Extended Players) / Mr Thing (BBE / Extended Players)
Spin Doctor (The Doctor’s Orders) / Harry Love (Extended Players) / Morgan Spacek / Kidkanevil
DJ LoK (Dilla breaks set) / Bruce Wayne (Unreleased beats set)

Room 2 hosted by Livin’ Proof:
DJ Snips / DJ Rags / Khalil / Budgie

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The Doctor’s Orders Brighton present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
BRIGHTON

1030pm-4am Saturday 12th February 2011
@ Jam 9- 12 Middle St, The Lanes, Brighton BN11AL

Minimum donation £5 in advance (150 tickets only) / £7 on the door
/ www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08444771000.

Residents Spin Doctor & Rusty Ryan & special guest
Mr Thing (Extended Players) / Sarah Love (1xtra / MTV)
Ruff Snippets & special guests

Pissed I missed the show last night in London, even though I’ve seen them at least 6 times throughout the years…

It’s good to see joints like this still get that kind of reaction 18 years later…JEEEEZ!!!

Calling all B Boys, B Girls, Street Dancers & Free Runners, It goes down next week at the o2!!!!
the flyer has all the deets, if you wanna enter, hit up the site WWW.ENTERTHEBATTLE.CO.UK
If you’re nice at what you do, now is the time to stop talking all that ‘I’m better than them blah blah…’
Time to back your talk!!!!

Also, my fam for YEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRSS Steady and the Flawless fam, have a DVD out too and if you cop that, they’ll do you a deal on the door at the o2…they are definitely looking out!!!!
Get Involved!!!!

Oh..and meet one of the judges….B BOY IVAN (THE URBAN ACTION FIGURE)
Bring that A GAME!!!!!!
See you at the o2…

Behind the scenes of Redmans new video Def Jammable, from his new album Reggie, which hits stores Dec 7th (hopefully)
He also tackles that this album isn’t your regular Redman album…no skits, no Superman Lover…
Muddy Waters 2 IS coming tho (I’m HYPED NOW!!!!!!)

SWIPED FROM UNKUT

The Punchline king (go do the history) had an EPK made for his 3rd solo album from 96′s The Awakening…

Some classic HIP HOP shit right here!!!!

Poisonous Poet Stylah’s debut solo LP is about to be upon us…looking forward to this shit….

Treading Water available Oct 4th

Former child Hip Hop star and Native Tongue affiliate, Chi Ali has been in jail for 12 years for the murder of his girlfriend’s brother…over a few hundred dollars and some CD’s….
He has 2 years left of his sentence.
courtesy of hithiphop.

Its insane considering murder in this day and age…its only a matter of time before they catch you! With all the technology, advances in DNA testing etc not to mention CCTV EVERYWHERE…
Like he said, 30 seconds ruined the next 14 years of his life…

this was before his voice broke- it was very annoying

this was much better

and even better still

I’m really feeling this guys music, new school emcee with attention to lyricism and overall quality.
I haven’t even listened to the mixtape yet, but I can tell it’s gonna be nuts!!!!!

GET IT HERE

JACKED FROM XCLUSIVEZONE

ENUFF SAID….
REST IN POWER G.U.R.U.
AND THANX FOR THE CLASSICS…

HOUR 1

HOUR 2

TAKEN FROM LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ

Big Daddy Kane from classicrhymes on Vimeo.

The homie Sucio Smash (Dr Suce) just celebrated 7 years on New York’s WKCR.
(The same station as Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito’s Legendary Hip Hop show) I’ve been lucky enough to be up in that studio on a couple of occasions and anyone from legendary spittas, producers and legendary DJ’s are likely to pass thru…that’s the kind of respect this guy has…
Shout out to the Squeeze radio team… my dude Mazzi and former co-host Timm See.
Here’s to another 7 years (at least!!!!)

EMCEES, STEP YOUR BARS UP IMMEDIATELY!!! OR FORGET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacked at Shankpoint from Nildoctrine

This cypher is just the tip of the iceberg…remember,the show is 4 hours….

TRACKLIST

LUDACRIS: MOVE BITCH BLEND
TINIE TEMPA: PASS OUT
STYLAH: PASS OUT
C MURDER/SNOOP DOGG: DOWN FOR MY NIGGAZ
50 CENT: POOR LIL RICH
REFLECTION ETERNAL: IN THIS WORLD
JIMMY SCREECH FT ROOTS MANUVA: DOLLY ANNA
SMILEY THE GHETTO CHILD: I’M LEGEND
LOUDMOUTH FEAT MENTALIST, MYSTRO & SKANDAL: FILL THE AIR
RED CAFE FT FABOLOUS: I’M ILL
SKANDAL FEAT KLASHNEKOFF & P MONEY: KILL EM WIT THE FLOW REMIX
NOTTZ: SHINE SO BRITE
TY: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
WIZZY WOW FEAT SCORCHER: HATERS
JAY ELECTRONICA: DEALING
J LITTLES: WHAT IF
GANGSTARR: ALONGWAYTOGO
GANGSTARR: MOSTLY THA VOICE
GANGSTARR FEAT M.O.P: HALF & HALF
GANGSTARR FEAT INSPECTAH DECK: ABOVE THE CLOUDS
GANGSTARR: THE PLANET
GANGSTARR FEAT K-CI & JOJO: ROYALTY
ISAAC HAYES: BREAKTHROUGH
GANGSTARR: TONZ O GUNZ
GANGSTARR FEAT FAT JOE & M.O.P: WE GOT GUNZ
GANGSTARR: THE PLACE WHERE WE DWELL
GANGSTARR: CHECK THE TECHNIQUE
GANGSTARR: THE ? REMAINZ
GANGSTARR: WORK
GANGSTARR: SKILLS
GANGSTARR: STEP IN THE ARENA
GANGSTARR: B.Y.S.
GANGSTARR: BLOWIN UP THE SPOT
GANGSTARR: SOLILOQUY OF CHAOS
GANGSTARR: I’M THE MAN
GANGSTARR: SPEAK YA CLOUT
GANGSTARR: THE OWNERZ
GANGSTARR: JUST TO GET A REP
GANGSTARR: WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE WEIGHT
GANGSTARR: CODE OF THE STREETS
NICE & SMOOTH: FUNKY FOR YOU
GANGSTARR FEAT NICE & SMOOTH: DWYCK
GANGSTARR: FULL CLIP
JAMES BROWN: BRING IT UP
GANGSTARR: WORDS I MANIFEST
GANGSTARR FEAT BIG SHUG & FREDDIE FOXXX: THE MILITIA
GANGSTARR: YOU KNOW MY STEEZ
GANGSTARR FEAT THE LADY OF RAGE & KURUPT: YOU KNOW MY STEEZ REMIX

GET IT HERE

I KNEW SHIT WASN’T RIGHT…I WANNA HEAR FROM solar…

Stussy honour the great man….

PART 1NE

PART 2WO

PART THR33

Stussy – J Dilla Documentary Prt3 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

Nottz “Shine So Brite” from Raw Koncept on Vimeo.

One of my favourite producers in the game!!! (go check the discog)
Nottz Raw aka Virginia’s finest IMO.
look for the album ‘You Need This Music’coming soon

The homie T Wiggy, is about to unleash his 4th studio album, A Special Kind of Fool.
Judging from the lead off single, Emotions, I know this is gonna be crack water.

check the EPK and go get the album 19th April, or we’ll send the boys round….

My dude Kweli, The BK emcee came through to hold down the show while myself & MK were globe trotting (not together) a coupla weeks ago.
he played some new fire from Strong Arm Steady, Jean Grae & Reflection Eternal, well worth checking…

GET SOME

February marks the month I like to pay homage to some of the illest cats who ever blessed the game with their talents…
No long speech, these 3 dudes are legendary, if you don’t know about them do either 3 things:

1: Google them

2: Download and listen to the show

3: Do BOTH!!!!!!

Get it HERE

JMJ’S (RIP) NEPHEW PHONZ (YOU CAN SEE THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE) IS RELEASING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS UNCLE.CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THAT!!!!

SALUTE ICE T

ROC RAIDA TRIBUTE | DJ CRAZE from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

ROC RAIDA TRIBUTE | BEAT JUNKIES from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

ROC RAIDA TRIBUTE | DJ SCRATCH from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

R.I.P. SIR JUICE A.K.A. SUPER ROCKIN MR MAGIC

All Wu fans need to be at these upcoming events!!!I’ll be spinning at the Birmingham show, come through!!!!I also heard a whisper, the guy that spits ‘I bomb atomically, Socrates philosophies and hypothesis can’t divide how I be droppin these mockeries…’ will be there too….

I’M EXTREMELY SAD RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS…HIP HOP HAS LOST ONE OF THE BEST…I WOULDN’T CALL HIM A FRIEND, BUT WE’VE MET NUMEROUS TIMES AROUND THE WORLD, HE’S BEEN ON MY KISS FM SHOW A COUPLE OF TIMES, WE’VE BEEN ON THE SAME TOUR A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE DUDE WAS 100% GENTLEMAN!!!REST IN [...]

The legendary emcees (google them) Brooklyn’s Master Ace and Boston’s Ed O.G.’s A&E album coming 1st week of October.

THIS IS BIG!!!!SHOUTS TO FORMATMAG.COM HIT IT UP FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SHOTS, I’M GOING TO BED….

…OR GET YA HEAD FLOWN 3 BLOCKS!!!!I’M A DIEHARD BIG L FAN…GLAD THIS IS COMING OUT..SOONER THE BETTER THO….

…IS THE MAN!!!! AT MARKETING!
CHECK THIS!

Grandmaster Flash breaks it down further, just in case you need to get your facts straight!!!
If you missed part one, get it HERE

YOU KNOW, AS IN YOUR FATHER!!!!

Anybody who knows me KNOWS that this legendary emcee, is my favourite of all time.Those same people KNOW that ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’ is my favourite Hip Hop joint of ALL FUCKIN TIME!!!!
Shout out to D-NICE for bringing the heat!!!

Found this in my inbox, I’m Humbled to be on his Email blast…He’s one of the reasons I get paid right now….
Grandmaster Flash sets the record STRAIGHT!!!

CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS SHIT TO HIT THE SHELVES….SALUTE TO JEFF AND DJ HERO FOR RECOGNISING ONE OF THE GREATS.

STILL CANT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED…R.I.P. TITUS ‘BAATIN’ GLOVER
‘LADIES LOVIN MY MUSIC IS LIKE SOME SEX SHEEEEEET….’

GET IT HERE

RAEKWON FEAT GHOSTFACE, INSPECTAH DECK & METHOD MAN
‘FLYING DAGGERS’
YES!!! ALL UPPER CASE BITCHES…
GET IT HERE

I gotta apologise guys, The Standard should’ve been here by now, but because of waiting on artists to get their freestyles and tracks in took longer than expected, so by the time I got everything I needed, I had to hit the road for my summer gigs.The Standard will be with you ASAP and it [...]

Get show 16 HERE!!

AS I WOKE UP, AND CHECKED MY INBOX, I FOUND THAT POS AKA MERC FROM DE LA SOUL (THERE I GO NAME DROPPIN AGAIN…)SENT ME THIS NEW JOINT FROM THE NEW NIKE COLLABO ALBUM ‘ARE YOU IN’
WHICH IS ON ITUNES NOW
GET ‘MORNING RISE FT RAHEEM DEVAUGHN’ HERE

My dude Kweli (look at me name dropping….lol) sent me this joint from their loooooong awaited sophomore L.P. as Reflection Eternal.
If you like the video, DOWNLOAD the tune and spread the love!

Reflection Eternal – Back Again [Talib Kweli] from Radio Planet on Vimeo.

My fam, De La, are still making major moves AND puttin out that good shit 21 years later!!!
not many can say that….big up the Plugs…
SALUTE!!

True Hip-Hop Stories: Special Ed from D-Nice on Vimeo.

THIS JAMAICAN BORN MAN IS THE FATHER OF HIP HOP!! RESPONSIBLE (WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT OTHERS) FOR THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CULTURE THAT WE ALL KNOW AND SOME OF US TRULY LOVE.YOU GAVE ME THE MOST ENJOYABLE WAY TO MAKE MONEY AND FEED MY FAMILY….THANK YOU KOOL HERC!

Q Tip is the guest at Peter Rosenbergs event in NYC called noisemakers.He speaks on the 1st time they met…..good story if you’ve never heard it.

Here’s part 2 of Premo on mine and MK’s show on Kiss.he broke down a lot of shit during the interview…
Artists he wants to work with…
Big L writing Ebonics…
also…JUST WATCH THE FUCKIN VIDEO!!!!
Jacked violently from MK’s World!!!

Check part one HERE

Last Friday’s Power Mix!!!!!
Get it HERE
TRACKLIST
50: get up blendMavado: nuh chatta tingElephant man: nuh ready fi di videoMatterhorn: goodasBeenie Man: That’s RightSean Paul: Get BusyBounty Killer: SuffererElephant Man: Elephant MessageEsco: Press Up On MeLeftside & Esco: Tuck Een Yuh BellyErup: Click Mi FingerErup: Set The PaceBuju Banton: Water ManBeenie Man: Since Him DissMavado: So SpecialBusta/T [...]

Mighty Mos 3rd Solo L.P. coming this Spring…Excited?
Mos Def – Words – The Ecstatic – in stores Spring 2009

Last Weeks Powermix…In the 2nd hour, I got the urge to play some classics…so I did!!!!
Check it HERE
Tracklist
Jay-Z: Dec 4th blendThe Game: Where I’m FromRed & Mef: A YOBusta: AnthraxSaigon & Statik Selektah: So CruelRaekwon/Ghost/Mef: Wu OohD Block: Get That PaperK9: Here NowBlak Twang: Carry OnJoker Starr/Micall Parknsun: LoveChipmunk:BeastRhymefest/Queen Latifah: Goin InLil Wayne/Pharrell: Ay ManK9: [...]

Apparently, this lil gem was found on Twitter, which seems to have bodied Facebook and Myspace…does anybody even check their pages???Anyway, One of my DJ heroes, none other than the Philly legend Jazzy Jeff, mixed this so I don’t need to tell you shit about how dope it is…JUST KNOW!!!
Jacked from MK at shank point [...]