I really should have timed my New York visit a little better…how could I miss a live performance of ‘Live At The BBQ’?!
I got to see Neek’s album release show when I was in NY the other month, and it was basically like a Queens Rap All-Star event. I really should get around to doing a proper write-up on the night…
Still On The Hustle drops May 17th via Fat Beats Records/Distrolord Inc.
This is one Cons is the GOAT Weed Carrier. This line-up is strictly Queens royalty…
Consequence feat. Q-Tip, Large Pro & Havoc – ‘Fake ID’
Texan producer gENSu dEAn drops this 7″ single with Large Pro from his new album. All beats composed on the SP-1200, if that sort of thing is important to you.
gENSu dEAn feat. Large Professor - ‘Forever’
The late, great Sha Lumi over an Xtra-P production, taken the forthcoming Killa Sha & Large Professor project. Also be on the look-out for Killa Sha’s The Shepard to drop in January 2011 to mark the first anniversary of his passing.
Killa Sha- ‘Never Gone Stop’
Part 3 via The Drop NYC.
Second part of the video interview courtesy of The Drop NYC.
Thanks to The Drop NYC for the tip.
Trying to pick the best Paul Mitchell remix is like trying to pick your favorite type of booze – they all work in the real situation. But since I’m restricting each round to eight selections, stuff like the “Resurrection’ remixes just missed out on making the cut.
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Photo: Alexander Richter
The topic of the seemingly endless stream of remakes of ‘The Bridge’ has already been well covered here and here. But there are also a lot of songs about the borough of Queens. Here are six of the best:
Run-DMC feat. Nas & Prodigy - ‘Queens Day’
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Japanese DJ/Producer Southpaw Chop is preparing to drop his latest EP Never Stop Sampling on February 28, featuring ‘Here We Go’ featuring Large Pro. Check for a sample of what he serves-up below.
The Southpaw Chop feat. Large Professor - Never Stop Sampling EP Snippets
You might recall this from my interview with the artist once known as Paul Juice recently:
Robbie: Is ‘Queens Lounge’ from The LP ever going to see a proper release?
Large Professor: I’ll go back through the archives and try to dig that up and dust that off and get it right, man. I wanna finally put that stuff out there the right way – how it was supposed to originally be put out there. I might have to dust some of them tracks off, man, and get ‘em right. That album, The LP, was so muddy and dirty. The people [at Geffen] they wanted to pull outta the deal and everything, it was like, ‘Yo, I gotta go back to the drawing board and get something fresh and new to work with, so I’m not just sittin’ here with the 12-bit sampler – about to go to the grave with a SP-1200 and some floppy discs!’.
Turns out he was good to his word, with both CD and double vinyl versions of The LP shipping at the end of this month. This is good news for fans of Flushing’s Finest, for although this album isn’t Breaking Atoms 2, it doesn’t need to be. This is the musical document of a troubled man trying to make sense of the music industry, a solo career and growing-up, and as such presents a stripped-down, back-to-the-basics sound while still mining previously unheard samples. His DJ at the time, Dr. Butcher, explains in more detail last year:
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At last, a CDQ version of this Paul Sea classic.
Large Professor – ‘Queens Lounge’
Spotted at Steady Bloggin’.
Short but nothin’ sweet about this old mouf convention. Sounds like Large Paul did the track too. Grand Puba’s Retroactive drops on the 23rd via Babygrande.
Grand Puba feat. Large Pro - Same Old Drama
Bonus: Puba on “Punks…”
DX: Do you remember your initial reaction when you first heard “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down” and “Pass The Gat”?
Grand Puba: That’s the thing that kinda messed me up [after leaving the group to go solo], ‘cause I wish I was on “Punks,” I woulda murdered that shit. I was like, “Damn!” It’s like I know [Sadat] X wish he was on “360,” and Jamar wish he was on “Soul Controller.” I had that [moment after “Punks”] like, “Damn, man.” That shit, and the “Pass The Gat” shit. Those are my regrets, man. I wish I was on them joints right there
Read the rest here.