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”.
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. (more…)
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).
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.
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.
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?
Nas - NY State of Mind (56%, 170 Votes)
Kool G Rap - Streets Of New York (24%, 73 Votes)
Nas - NY State of Mind 2 (10%, 29 Votes)
Rakim - New York (Ya Out There) (6%, 19 Votes)
Nas - Talk Of New York (3%, 10 Votes)
Muggs feat. Call O Da Wild - New Yorks Undercover (1%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 305
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Any suggestions for what you’d like the next poll to be about?