Unreleased Latee ‘Who Rips The Sound?’ EP Announced
Thursday March 22nd 2012,
Filed under: Announcements,Crates,Flavor Unit Special,Not Your Average

Get in quick if you’re a Flavor Unit fan:

“Latee is one of those rappers with a limited, but impressive back catalogue. These tracks were recorded around 1992-93 for Latee’s debut album but have remained unearthed – until now!This EP contains 4 previously unreleased full-length vocal tracks, as well as 6 interlude beats. All direct DWG orders will receive an exclusive press photo!

There are 275 hand-numbered copies available in total. There are currently only 75 copies left: get in quick!

The price is £30.00 (GBP) + shipping.

To order, visit our custom storefront.

For more info, links to sound clips and all that good stuff, head on over to our forum announcement right now! We’ll close the storefront once all copies have been sold.

Email any other enquiries here.

We’re very proud to have linked up with Latee and got these great lost tracks onto wax where they belong. Thanks to Scott and Naiquan for the assistance on getting this one out.

If everything goes to plan, shipping will be during the week of 23rd April.”



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Kool G Rap – Funky Drummer Freestyle
Wednesday March 14th 2012,
Filed under: Freestyle Fridays,G Rap Week,Not Your Average,Steady Bootleggin'

Remember, before Unkut was jocking Roc Marcy, we were Stanning for the Kool Genius of Rap….

*fixed*



Halftime Was The Best Brag Rap Song Of The 90s…
Wednesday March 14th 2012,
Filed under: Great Moments In Rap,Nas Is A Douche,Not Your Average,Video Clips

Disagree? Let’s break it down…

1. The lyrics are a ‘Good Combination’ of declarations of poetic superiority, explanations of his daily operations, product name checks, witty punchlines, casual blasphemy and a healthy dose of Eff The Police sentiment. What more could a rap fan ask for?

2. The beat is a masterpiece in understated SP-12 simplicity…and it has sleigh bells!

3. It isn’t overly eager to impress nor does it outstay it’s welcome.

4. He shouts out the TV show ‘C.H.I.P.S.’. Word to Erik Estrada.

5. Nas mentions that he’s a ‘Nike head’ in the era of 40 Below Timbos and at least a decade before the Beast got Hype.

6. It’s mostly the voice. (c) GURU.



DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – StOoDiOtYmE
Wednesday March 07th 2012,
Filed under: Conservative Rap Coalition,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin'

I still call him Freddie Foxxx…


DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - ‘StOoDiOtYmE’



Roc Marciano – Poltergeist
Tuesday March 06th 2012,
Filed under: Marcberg Season,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin',Strong Island

Chalk-up so more quality food and beverage references to Marcy. Arch Druids provide the backdrop.


Roc Marciano - ‘Poltergeist’



The 45 King Responds To Comments About His YouTube Show
Monday February 27th 2012,
Filed under: Flavor Unit Special,Video Clips

Just noticed this comment from Mark James sitting in the ‘Moderation’ section:

Hey Dudes, I know i’m not the right person the do interviews ,so somewhere down the line double j might take over, there mistakes in all of the shows,i’m getting better with each show. and a lot of people said diamond show was awkward .they all are lol. dudes i’m just havin fun ! it’s a you tube video. but me and Diamond doing show pt.3 and skipping pt.2. plus Diamond had someone picking him up , so maybe that why he looked at his watch.there’s another time when I forgot what the say next, i do that a lot ,and i put a station ID vocal or something, OH yeah, i wish a didn’t put sample things at the beginning when Diamond started to talk, My bad . the live and you learn, let’s see what else .the music is too high,the mic in his face.I smoke weed but i don’t remember being too high to do a talk show. and Diamond been to my house more than anybody just about,so he was just chillin , and i can’t remember the last time i had a beer , sorry dudes people are seeing stuff that’s not there, People I edited the show,if I thought it looked like we was drunk and weeded up I wouldn’t put it on you tube. well i guess we do pt 3 in March Thank for all comment good and bad
Good Luck with your upcoming projects! 45 king

Comment by 45 king 02.13.12

Don’t change a thing, we need more episodes!
(OK, maybe cut down on the sound effects…)



Lil’ Fame – Too Tough For TV
Monday February 27th 2012,
Filed under: BK All Day,Mash Out,Mix Tapes,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin'

New Fizzy Wo…..taken from the new DJ Toshi mixtape hosted by Lord Finesse with a bunch of unheard tracks from a bunch of non-progressive rappers like “Keith Murray, Lil Fame of M.O.P., Sean Price & Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Sadat X, Afu-Ra, Shyheim, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Krumsnatcha, Phil The Agony, Grand Daddy I.U., Smiley The Ghetto Child, Illa Ghee, 9th Prince of Killarmy, Timbo King, Sav Killz, C-Rayz Walz, Freestyle Professors” to name a few.


Lil’ Fame - ‘Too Tough For TV’

Hit up Toshi to get the CD, or stream it here:

Tracklist:
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The Funk League feat. Large Professor – Through Good And Bad (Breaking North Mix)
Friday February 10th 2012,
Filed under: Large Pro For Prez,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin'

This French production duo just dropped their debut LP, Funky As Usual, with some nice guest spots. The highlight for me was this third version of the Large Pro feature which dropped a couple of years back in it’s original form and then with a remix on 7″ last year. A revisiting of ‘Looking At The Front Door’ with a a different perspective….


The Funk League feat. Large Professor - ‘Through Good And Bad (Breaking North Mix)’

Video: The Funk League feat. Sadat X – ‘On & On’:
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Planet Asia & Doo Wop – Leather Goose Musik

From the new tape that the God’s connected on.


Planet Asia & Doo Wop - ‘Leather Goose Musik’



Gangrene feat. Roc Marciano – Drink It Up
Friday January 20th 2012,
Filed under: Marcberg Season,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin'

New Gangrene with Roc Marcy. Please stop rapping though, ALC.
From the Vodka & Ayahuasca LP.


Gangrene feat. Roc Marciano - ‘Drink It Up’



KRS-One – Tote Gunz
Thursday January 19th 2012,
Filed under: Bronx Bombers,Newest Latest,Not Your Average,Steady Bootleggin'

When I saw that Kenny Parker had produced the latest KRS-One project, called The BDP Album, I figured I’d give it a shot. Turns out it’s actually pretty good! ‘Tote Gunz’ is a great example of Get Off My Lawn Rap, aka Gran Tarino Rap. It’s always a good sign when The Blastmasta sounds pissed off.


KRS-One - ‘Tote Gunz’

As an added bonus, Unkut Dot Com even gets a mention on the ‘Outro’ just after the two minute mark…


Kenny Parker - ‘What It Is (Outro)’

For those that slept: Kenny Parker – The Unkut Interview



Video: The 45 King – Making The Beat feat. Diamond D
Thursday January 19th 2012,
Filed under: Booze!,Flavor Unit Special,Old Moufs,Rap Veterans,Video Clips

Mark has been making these for awhile, but I only just caught on. This may be the 14 most awkward minutes of video I’ve ever seen, which is all the more amusing for the fact that 45 King and Diamond have known each other for a long time. I’m not sure if they both smoked some killer weed or are really hung-over from a night of drinking hard booze. Or maybe it’s just the ‘zany’ sound effects…

Get over to 45 King’s YouTube channel for more episodes with Premier, Biz Markie, Prince Paul, Double J, Kid Capri and more.



Video: Footage of the 1st Annual Rapper’s Boxing Championships!
Thursday January 19th 2012,
Filed under: Magazine Vaults,Tough Guys,Video Clips

Thanks to the ultimate random find over at Gwar Izm, some footage of the 1st Annual Rapper’s Boxing Championships has been uncovered, 6 minutes into the above clip for the ‘Dance Energy Special 1992′. This legendary, one-off event was originally covered in The Source (scan) and has been a topic of amusement for me ever since. So much so that I felt compelled to ask Freddie Foxxx about his involvement:
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M.O.P. – The Unkut Interview

When I heard that there was a press day being held for the Marxmen to promote the new Sparta LP, I thought it might be a good oppertunity to have a slightly more rational conversation with Rap’s Greatest Duo than the last time we crossed paths. Good thing I didn’t bring up this story, huh? Turns out a bad phone line didn’t get things off to a great start….

Robbie: I feel like a lot of the aggression has been lost in rap in the last 10 years. There’s not enough music that make you want to break car windows. How do you keep that energy in the music?

Bill: Slap, can you hear him?

Fame: I can’t really hear him, mayne. What did he say?

Bill: He’s trying to say how do we keep the aggression in our music.

Fame: Uh…go ahead, you answer that one.
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Video: $am Hill – Poetic Justice
Tuesday January 03rd 2012,
Filed under: Bronx Bombers,Not Your Average,Video Clips

You might have caught Bronx native $amhill on the P Brothers The Gas LP, the Counterstrike mixtape, or a few old Unkut posts. If not, check out this new offering from his forthcoming EP, produced entirely by Preservation. Guess it’s time I transcribed the interview I did with $amhill in 2010…

Shouts to LEX for the heads-up.

Update: Here’s the mp3….


$amhill - ‘Poetic Justice’