Since this is the only Ced Gee / Grandmaster Caz team-up not featured on the You Need Stiches LP (which I’ll review tommorrow), it warrants an appearence here. I suspect that it was left off last years compilation after being licensed to ego trip‘s The Big Playback album, and seeing as though Chairman Mao did a superb job with the linear notes, I’ll let him sum things up:

“A little guitar, some “Impeach The President” snares and a few choice turntable manipulations and this former Cold Crush Brother never sounded so jeep ready.”

As Caz proclaims: “I’m not 65 – I’m not retirin’!”, and he proved to be more than able to hold his own in ’88, although his assertion that he’s the “L-O-R-D of R-A-P” might have been over-stepping the mark a little. Ced presents a less sophisticated, stripped-down sound here than found on his Ultramagnetic records, indicating that he was either trying to stay true to Caz’s old school asthetic, or was simply after a quick paycheck. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it’s the former.

Grandmaster Caz - Get Down Grandmaster (12″ single, Tuff City, 1988)