Here’s the debut post from new Unkut.com contributor, Kool Kim of the UMC’s:
KRS-One is a FUCKING LIAR. Word is bond, I was there. Not only was I there, I was the person that INTRODUCED PM Dawn on stage. I was standing there at the back of the stage flirting with their dancers
WORD, this dude KRS-One is a fraud. He claims to be HIP HOP, but he’s just another bully. I never told this story – even when asked to by The Source right after it happened. I never spoke on it, because Haas asked me to stay out of it, he didn’t want us to be involved with the beef. So I kept my mouth shut. But today I just got a link to that radio interview, and when I look at the happenstance in retrospect and I consider the ramifications of what KRS did…I feel compelled to break my silence.
Another abrasive, scratch-heavy Shout Rap track? Why not. As Chilly B-Ware and G-Supreme declare, DJ R is “the quickest of the quick – anytime of the night!”. Not to be confused with the Ultimate Force that Diamond D started off with, these guys do a pretty good job of bigging-up their DJ while at the same time warning sucker MC’s not to test: “I definitely am a gangster, I’m the hardest not softest/ a wanted poster of me in the local post office!”
Don’t know much about this crew, but I’ve got an EP on the same label from some other kids. More importantly, this was a good excuse to rock my new Numark portable, which is a lot quicker to set-up than the 1200, and should result in a lot more old vinyl getting featured up in here, and in theory I can now bump my collection of Cold Chillin’ 7 inch’s at the local park bench thanks to the battery feature… finally I can impress those winos!
To my mind, there are two incarnations OC – the humble vocabulary-spill expert who used to roll with Organized Konfusion and gave us Word…Life, and the flashy, show-off O who simplified his advanced vocal techniques so as not to scare off the broads at the bar. Confused?
Name the broad who used to roll with Lords of The Underground who K-Def produced a solo song for?
Sah-B, who released a one-off single on Pendulum called “Summa Day” / “Some ‘Ol Sah-B Shit”. A few people thought it was Nonchalant, which is understandable since K-Def did a record with her but also totally wrong.
Funniest answer:
that chick is Mr. Funke Man getting his Positive K on and rapping with himself at the end of that track.
Until I get my hands on the dental records, I’ll have to take your word for it. Last I heard, Sah was a stylist over at KOCH Records…
Congrats to Scott R., RenSki and Foster (who also provided the above photo with his answer) for being the first three through the gate and winning yourselves each a signed copy of the Willie Boo Boo vinyl.
For the rest of you, here’s some K-Def and Larry-O video action:
From his days rolling with Marley Marl to his memorable work with his own group Real Live, K-Def has continued to stay ahead of the pack with his diverse range of beats. Most recently he laced some of the best cuts from Theodore Unit’s 718, as well as contributing “It’s Over” and all of the skits with beats for The Pretty Toney Album, but a few months ago he released a full-length beat album called “Willie Boo Boo – The Fool”, which I’m pleased to report sets a new standard for “instrumental hip-hop”.
Cormega is one of those MC’s who really feeds off the beat he’s riding – if the tracks sub-par then his performance often suffers – but when the beat bumps he really comes off and projects a lot of character amongst a sea of faceless multi-syllable clones. NYG’z made some noise after they relaunched themselves from the Ill Kid era (back when they were Operation Raminfication) over the jaw-dropping chop of “7 Minutes of Funk”. More recently they dropped “It’s On” for the Holiday Hell mixtape, and continue to rep a solid tough-guy style – plus one of ‘em has a voice similiar to G Rap, which always helps. (more…)
You had a song called “That’s My Style” who was that for?
Schooly D came out with “Gucci Time”. I just wanted to let him know that was my style.
I thought so. The hi hats on the song were programmed just like “Gucci Time”/P.S.K.
We were on shows together after that. He thought that I would hate him , but we winded up talking and I shook his hand & we were cool. I just wanted to let him know that everyone thought that he was me.
Since Philly’s finest never responded on record (unless it was something subliminal), this falls more under the “forgotten answer records” heading but who knows – maybe Schooly School had a little live routine firing back at the “Godfather of Rap”? Or quite possible he could have cared less about the whole thing…
Schooly-D -Gucci Time / P.S.K. [twelve inch single, Schooly D, 1985]
Spoonie Gee -That’s My Style [twelve inch single, Tuff City, 1986]
Nineteen eighty six was a good year for rap, but also an awkward one. Fresh ideas seemed to be drying-up as everyone realised there was only so many times you could replay the theme to Gilligan’s Island over a drum machine beat before people would get sick of it. Shout Rap was starting to sound a little tired compared to the intricate rhymes of T La Rock and the stylish tough talk of Just-Ice, but it would be another twelve months until Criminal Minded would rewrite the rules of the game. Schoolly D had damn-near perfected the art of sparse, abrasive drum machine assaults, but this debut from Connecticut’s Skinny Boys demonstrated that there was still some life left in the bare-bones sound. (more…)
In terms of vocab, concepts, flow and style, Chill Rob G was the top dog in the Flavor Unit wolf pack. His first record remains as one of the finest selections in the impressive Wild Pitch catalog, as all three songs hit equally hard. “Chillin” didn’t end up making the album, but provides a perfect example of Rob’s technique, as he informs us that “it’s hard to find a rapper with my dedication/intelect, sense of humor – plus imagination” while “jumping from one subject to the next” in a superb display of lyrical prowess that manages to combine a stream-of-consciousness feel while still keeping it in the pocket over a rolling break. (more…)
