Royce Da 5′9″ - ‘Promise Land’
Produced by Nottz. Royce has come a long a way since his mediocre Bad Meets Evil days, huh?
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There was no way to possibly cover all the shitty albums that have followed-up after classic or near-classic debut’s. Here we go again….
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Congratulations to Michael Harris, Nathan Smart and Eitan Prince. who were the first three people to correctly answer this:
Q. Who was Mr. Magic’s main DJ for the Rap Attack?
A. Marley Marl.
Look out for your limited edition poster in the post shortly.
For those of you who are interested, the answers to the two original questions are as follows:
Q: What year did the “Rap Attack” end its run on WBLS?
A: 1989.
Q: Name the two records that comprised the standard opening music for the “Rap Attack” (Artist and Title)
A: Super 3 “When You’re Standing On The Top” and The Fearless Four “It’s Magic”.
For more info on the CD, check Will C’s MySpace.
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Artwork by Tony Bones
Last week I threw together this compilation focusing on the best uses of Bob James’ ‘Nautilus’, which I consider to be the greatest break ever. Just to make shit official, I called upon Elliott Wilson (who’s currently preparing to launch his Rap Radar site on Jan. 20 of next year) to drop his thoughts on my selections. Full download link at the end of the post.
Bob James - ‘Nautilus’
Makavelliott: Eternally soothing on the ears. Make a better break! We dare ya.
Robbie: Pretty much any record that uses this or ‘UFO’ is pure win.
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Some stuff to check out over the weekend:
Philaflava talk to AZ
Cop the latest DJ Premier mix at Nah Right.
Read my new video games column over at The -Minus World.
EPMD prepare We Mean Business album.
Dallas made a couple of videos featuring him bugging out at the Statik Selectah/Joell Ortiz session.
Footage of G Rap performing ‘Ill Street Blues’ on Uptown Comedy Club:
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Unkut Dot Com and Will C are offering a limited edition ‘No More Music By The Suckers’ 18″ x 24″ poster to celebrate the upcoming release of Will C’s compilation of Mr. Magic’s finest moments called Down The Dial.
“Down The Dial” is sequenced to play like a Rap Attack show on any given night, front to back, with all the spontaneity one would expect to hear if they were transported back to the proper time and place. It is also simultaneously formatted to encompass all phases in the show’s decade long run, from the days of 1:00-4:00 AM on 105.9 WHBI to Saturday nights on 107.5 WBLS 8:00-12:00 PM. The listener essentially becomes Slaughterhouse Five’s Billy Pilgrim in a state of Rap Attack bliss. Complete with appearances from Mr. Magic himself, the Diabolical Biz Markie, and countless others, and with vintage glimpses at how “sister station” competitors were reacting to “The Official Voice of Hip Hop” at the time, “Down the Dial” meticulously pays homage.
We’ve got posters to give away to the first three people to correctly answer the following:
1. What year did the “Rap Attack” end its run on WBLS?
2. Name the two records that comprised the standard opening music for the “Rap Attack” (Artist and Title).
Send your answers here.
If you want one of the Deluxe Packages, consisting of the CD, T-shirt and poster (limited to 100 packs only) Pre-Order Here.
Some close-ups of the tapes after the jump…
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Black Milk feat. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price & DJ Premier - ‘The Matrix’
Taken from his new Tronic album, which will be selling for under ten bones at Fat Beats. I still think half of his beats sound like he’s recorded them off his old Sega Genesis games, but I like some of his shit.
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The dreaded sophomore jinx? It’s real. As ceedub suggested, who effed-up the worst when they followed up a top notch debut with hot garbage?
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It had to happen sooner or later…Chairman Mao is blogging. Considering that ego trip fathered most current rap writer’s whole style, I’d advise you add this one to your bookmarks/RSS feeds.
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Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - ‘Bust A Move’ (Demo)
Is there anything better than hearing a dope, hungry MC getting busy over live breaks being cut-up? This kind of shit reminds me why I started messing with rap in the first place.
Thanks to the hard work of the Vinyl Addicts crew, an EP of Finesse demo’s was pressed-up a while back. If you didn’t score one of the 200 copies pressed, here’s what you missed out on.
Looks like Nas took this one out by a landslide, with over half the votes going to his timeless Illmatic opener. I have to admit I’m disappointed with Rakim’s poor showing in this poll, but it was clearly a two-horse race and nothing is really fucking with the ‘NY State of Mind’ beat.
Good to see the little guy win something for once, since he’s not about to get any Best Album votes this year anyways.
Which Track Is The Ultimate NY Anthem?
Total Voters: 305
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Scientifical Madness Courtesy of Blu Cheez Industries.
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You know how there’s always those dream team-ups that never seem to happen? “Imagine if so and so did an whole album with whatshisname!” That’s actually become a reality with the arrival of The Gas. Roc Marciano, Boss Money & Milano killing shit over hard-as-nails P Brothers beats? On paper, you can’t go wrong. After spending a day with this in constant rotation, I’m happy to report that DJ Ivory and Paul S have exceeded every expectation I had for this project. Collecting previously vinyl-only material with all new tracks, P Bros. avoid the usual producer/DJ album mistakes of randomly cramming hundreds of guest rappers on every track and hoping something will stick. Delivering some of the most stripped-back, speaker-smashing production since the glory days of the Rick Rubin/Jazzy Jay sound that made Def Jam what it was, the focus is always on the MC.
When it was first released a couple of years ago, ‘Blam Blam For Nottingham’ was one of the hardest records I’d heard in a long time, and it hasn’t lost any of it’s punch here. The crowning achievement of this album, however, is a track called ‘Caviar’ featuring LI mentalist Roc Marciano. Not only does this manage to match the incredible ‘Game of Death’, but it actually brought back that feeling of hearing ‘Halftime’ for the first time – it’s that good. Elsewhere, Milano is given a variety of different backdrops to flex his Uptown bounce over, while Tray Bag and Eddie Cheeba show the suckers how it’s done in true Pelon fashion. Lesser known but still dope crew Res Connected and soloist $amhil also deliver, making The Gas a rare breed in this day and age – a skip-proof album.
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Prodigy - ‘Cold World’
The best track from the Product of the 80’s CD.
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Statik Selektah feat. Skyzoo, Joell Ortiz & Talib Kweli - ‘Talkin’ About You (Ladies)’
I usually avoid these ‘feel-good’ shits like herpes but this is one of the better tracks from Statik’s Stick 2 The Script album.
