Not only was AJ Woodson (aka AJ Rok) part of the JVC Force – the group responsible for the classic L.I. anthem "Strong Island" (before which, many groups from that area used to front like they were BK or BX residents to be accepted by New Yorkers) – but he’s also made his mark in the journalism game as a member of the On The Go crew and as a freelancer. I kicked it with him over the phone in November 2004, and he mentioned that there was a third, never-released JVC album recorded for Big Beat in 1992. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to hear it one day, but until then, keep an eye out for AJ’s numerous magazine pieces. He’s currently promoting Mr Complex’s new single “Emotional”, featuring Dave from De La Soul.

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This installment of “Forgotten Beefs” is also somewhat of a mystery to me, in that there is very little information on the basis of it. Freddie Foxxx has experienced many ups and downs in the rap game, but has maintained his position as one of hip-hop’s most enduring tough guys. Originally slated for vocal duties on “Eric B. Is President”, a young upstart named Rakim Allah turned out to be a more than capable replacement. Foxxx dropped his first solo effort three years later, and with Eric B. as executive producer it was no suprise that the album was equal parts classic brag rap (“Freddie Foxxx Is Here”) and sappy ballads (“Forever”). (more…)

Biting the hand that feeds you is never a good idea, but when you’re a foul-mouthed Houston broad struggling to get noticed, it seems like the only option. Such is the story of Choice, the first “lady” of Rap-A-Lot. Willie D gave her a break by generously allowing her to appear on his seminal Controversy album, resulting in I Need Some Pussy, which still stands up today as a classic ignorant duet. Choice informed us that “I got a pussy ‘bout the size of Bolivia” (which later provided the hook for Too Much Trouble’s “Take The Pussy”, but more of that later), which apparently is a something she seemed proud of(!?). I suspect that D ghost-wrote her parts anyway. I’m not sure what happened between then and the time she dropped her album, but since she looked like Billy Dee Williams in drag her only chance of selling a few CD’s was to find a cheap gimmick. Most of the songs on the album dealt with her “sexcapades” (Pipe Dreams, “Minute Man” and “Cat Got Your Tongue”), but for her first single she did what any new rapper desperately seeking free publicity does – she made a diss record.