Why the name Unkut? Unkut is a metaphor symbolizing the style of Unkut a sexy blend of raw talent with words that are strictly intended for the mature and sexy “Unkut is what we are we don’t hold back nothing we giving you real life situation we not a gimmick” stated 1Will and Jermeko.
Hopefully these humps become bigger than Jesus and buy the unkut.com address from me for ‘A Millie’…or get hit by a bus. I’m good either way.
Remember hearing about how picky Nas was when he was choosing the beats for Illmatic? Here’s one that got knocked back, taken from Preme’s Beats That Collected Dust LP. On the ‘newest latest’ tip, here’s some more Work of Mart magic for the b-side to Ill Bill’s vinyl single.
This is pretty epic…first of all Bol passed on this link to the audio of Q-Tip on Juan Epstein, which features Tip discussing the two demo versions and doing a hilarious impersonation of Busta:
Q-Tip: “It was just too many people. I called niggas back, told niggas to come back the next day. Nobody came back. The only people that came back was Leaders, so then when they came back we just finished it.”
They also mention that one version “recently leaked on-line”. Gee, I wonder where that came from? Anyway, the thing is, just as Tip was describing the version that Jarobi and Chris Lighty rapped on, lanksta dropped a comment on my original post with a link to this post at a spot called THIMK, which features a tape rip of that exact version! It cuts off at the end, so I guess this isn’t the take that Johnny Juice was at the studio for since Pos ain’t on it. Nevertheless, another piece of the puzzle falls into place…
Most people who buy breaks make tapes out of there finds just for shit ‘n gigs, so the idea of having one that Showbiz put together is ‘nothing less than ill’. 45 minutes of dusty shit from this D.I.T.C. legend is an essential purchase for anyone with even the slightest idea about what good music is. The only question after listening to this CD is why hasn’t Show used all of these beats for his own records yet? The most enjoyable release of the year so far…at least until the Roc Marciano and the P Brothers albums come out.
Highlight: Hearing Show instruct the listener to “Get Your Hands Dirty, Buddy”.
Having retired from solo projects, Master Ace was touring with his EMC crew when I caught up with him at the end of 2007. While he waited for his meal he held court at the hotel bar and gave me the chance to pick his brain on a number of topics, both relevant and trivial. His show later that night was also on point, as he went beyond the call of duty to keep the crowd entertained beyond the standard ‘pace around the stage’ bullshit.
Robbie: When you first came out, everyone used to think that ‘Action’ was your DJ, when it was really your crew.
Masta Ace: Oh yeah – Steady Pace.
That must have been frustrating.
For him it was – not as much for me. He just hated when people called him Action. It was confusing – I came up with the name ‘Ace & Action’ and people thought it was the DJ. Steady Pace is still around, man. He actually lives pretty close to me. We grew up together, and we both moved to New Jersey. Now we live pretty close to each other – and best friends – so he always laughs. We talk about that every now and then, so it’s pretty funny.
When you did your first video, wasn’t Biz meant to rock up but you had to make the puppet at the last minute?
What happened was, the original song was supposed to be a duet with me and Biz. Back then, Kane was writing a lotta Biz’s rhymes, so I basically was tryin’ to show Biz that I could write for him too. So I wrote the whole song with my verses and then when he heard the song – to figure out where his parts were gonna be – I changed my voice so he would know when he rhymed. So I recorded the whole song that way, with my verse and then me imitating him, so that he could learn his parts and understand the structure of the song. At that time he was having a little problem with Marley, he didn’t want to record at Marley’s house and everything – he was kinda mad at Marley at the time – Marley thought it would be a cool idea to just leave the song how it was, with me imitating Biz. So we left it that way, but when it came time to do the video the director came up with this cool idea for getting a puppet made, and the rest is history I guess.
You should get that puppet to fight the muppet from the UMC’s ‘Blue Cheese’ video. Biz would kick that dude’s ass!
Recently I highlighted a clearly embellished Wikipedia entry about Eric B. The thing is, I was pretty sure that at least some of it was based on reality (’vehicular menagerie’ excepted). Part of that stemmed from Dr. Butcher’s comments:
Is Eric still involved in music?
Eric is always involved with something! [chuckles] Eric is a dude that finds a way to get money somehow, man. I mean when people thought he wasn’t involved, he was livin’ in penthouses in Manhattan, right on Broadway. Quietly, behind the scenes on an executive level at record companies and stuff. After their stint in the game, I guess he just decided to take a back seat as far as not wanting to be in the public eye. He’s not somebody who wants to have his face out there, run around, braggin’, ‘Oh, I’m Eric B!’ He’s like a quiet type of guy. That’s why we don’t see him or hear from him. He’s still doin’ his thing though.
Clearly this required further investigation, however there was nothing to be found on his MTV Cribs appearance or his business ventures online. When I interviewed Freddie Foxxx last week, however, I made sure to ask him about Eric, and he confirmed that he does actually own a large chain of restaurants! Now all I have to do is prove his meeting with George Dubya and the ’staff of 14 grounds keepers, chefs, maids, and security’ and we can wrap this up.
Just dug-out this blend tape that I put together around 2002 with the help of a DJ friend of mine - a tribute to the most offensive ignorant rap ever pressed to vinyl. Sure to upset anybody within earshot.
Lord Finesse continues to dig into his vast archives for his exclusive Japanese vinyl EP series. From Volume 2 we get a never-heard Big L song, which may be the first solo track he ever recorded, since it was done before ‘Devils Son’. Showbiz on the beats.
Veteran hip-hop writers Andrew Emery (Hip Hop Connection, Fat Lace) and Chairman Mao (ego trip, XXL Mag) have both penned intelligent articles which take a far more open-minded approach to all the the trendy tight-jeans rappers than my own five-minute, hateful rant against the smedium shirt brigade. I’ve also notices that Wikipedia now also mentions “old-school hip-hop website Unkut and Jersey City rapper Mazzi” as leading the Hipster Rap backlash or some shit. Even the effin’ UTNE Reader has got in on the action.
For what I promise will be it’s final appearance on these pages, allow me to wheel-out the infamous Hipster Rap Douchebag Poll, which I will shut-down once it reaches 1,000 votes. Honest.
In a classic case of great minds producers thinking alike, both the RZA and the P Brothers have just dropped new tracks flipping one of my all-time favorite breaks, featuring none-other than the legendary Genius and the mighty Milano, respectively. Both tracks win, but I’d be interested to hear which one you think has the edge over the other…
Thought I’d try the track by track style on this one….
‘The Entrance’
Straight out the gate, LP starts things off with a bang as he hits the track with an energetic flow over a swift, noisy track.
‘Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing’
This sounds like one of the songs that got cut off of First Class - that ‘modern’ style beat with a flow that sounds 99% like ‘Blaze Rhymes’. May also be the most awkwardly titled song since ‘Go Gadget Flow’. Next!
‘Maica Living’ Feat. Killa Sha And Guardian Leep
This is more like it - classic Xtra P material, with Killa Sha delivering as always with his Paypal reference.
‘Pump Ya Fist’ Feat. Mikey D & Lotto
Teaming-up with Mikey is a nice touch considering the whole Fuck What You Think situation. Good shit.
‘Party Time’
The second worst name for a Large Paul song after ‘Have Fun’. Sorta a ‘Just Hangin’ Out 2008′ vibe, only not as good. (more…)
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