Rap Ballads. The curse of many otherwise spotless ’80’s hip-hop albums, in much the way that Hip House was in 1989 and the token “Southern” records are on many of today’s releases. If you think back to Big Daddy Kane‘s first album for example, you’ll find that every track is certified dope except for “To…
Month: April 2005
Jedi Son of Spock Interview
Written by Keir Johnson Jedi Son of Spock first came to light in the mid 90’s with the underground group known as The House Of Reps. The House of Reps to this day remain by and large a mystery due to their low profile insurgence of freestyle mastery and open-mic ascendancy. As a member of…
Hydra & Godfather Don Update/Trag Invasion
A few months ago, I wrote a couple of pieces called The Search For Godfather Don and A Tribute To Hydra Entertainment. Not long afterwards, I was contacted by Hydra co-founder Mike Heron, which led to me conducting interviews with both Mike and Jerry Famolari, who currently runs the company. Jerry was kind enough discuss…
“Aiight…Boom…You knawmean?” – Ghostface & Cappadonna Interview (1996)
On the same night as Jeru was puffin’ a little somethin’ with Westwood, Ghostface and Cappadonna swung through the Radio 1 studios to talk about Ironman. The bad news is that the tape runs out just when things are getting interesting, but before that there’s still plenty of quality Starks quotes. Your man Cappa even…