Dave Chappelle @ The Laugh Factory

A rare Dave Chappelle spotting. I'm still waiting patiently for his return.

This is from The laugh Factory in Hollywood. They just put up his "Kramer" bit.

Nardwuar vs. J. Cole

Rap Treats #86: Stretch & Bobbito 20th Anniversary on WKCR

Yes, I know this is mad late and you can find it everywhere, but I wanted to add it to the Rap Treat archive so here it is. This is a piece of history that everybody should have so if you haven't yet downloaded Stretch & Bobbito's reunion show do so asap. In fact, if you aren't familiar with their show then hit google and download every old show that you can get. The Stretch & Bobbito show was a HUGE influence on my radio life and as a Hip-Hop head in general. Before the internet reigned supreme this show is where you found all the new shit, the exclusive shit, and the rare shit. Plus, dudes had jokes. Hopefully this won't be the last show there two do together.

Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Garcia

Stretch & Bobbito's 20th Anniversary Show on WKCR

Classic Material: Jay-Z Live on the Reasonable Doubt Tour (1996)

Rookie Jay-Z on the Reasonable Doubt tour performing "22 Two's" (acapella), "Dead Presidents", "D'Evils" and "Can't Knock The Hustle" as well couple freestyles over a Biggie and a Dogg Pound beat. Also, featuring Dame Dash the hype man.

Rap Treats #85: The Beatnuts - Intoxicated Demos EP

Here goes the One Leg Up Records pressing of The Beatnuts songs that were recorded between '91 and '93. There were only 200 copies of this so if you didn't get yours you are out of luck. See the label above for the track listing.

The Beatnuts

Intoxicated Demos

Kanye West - Ranaway (Short Film)

Kanye get's artsy. This is the full version of his short film.

Nardwuar vs. Wyclef Jean

Rap Treats #84: Wu-Tang Clan Live @ The Source Awards (1995)

Wu-Tang is for the children. Just a reminder. Anyways, this is the audio from the 1995 Source Awards of Wu at the height of their buzz. Hip-Hop's hottest new group at Hip-Hop's most influential magazine's award show (sorry Right On). These dudes sound hungry as fuck. Ah, the good old days.

Wu-Tang Clan

Live @ The Source Awards (1995)

1. Intro

2. Wu-Tnag Clan Ain't Nuthin To Fuck Wit

3. Protect ya Neck

4. Shame On A Nigga

5. C.R.E.A.M.

6. Clan In Da Front

7. 7th Chamber

8. Method Man

9. Rosie Perez Presents Gold Record

Nardwuar vs. Charlie Murphy

Rap Treats #83: Public Enemy Live in Concert (1992)

That's right. Back to back PE Rap Treats. If you haven't noticed, ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldThisSac are Public Enemy fans. This treat is a recording of Public Enemy live in concert from April 1992 when they were on tour supporting their Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black album. Classic, classic shit right here.

Public Enemy

Live In Concert (4.9.92)

1. Lost At Birth

2. Night of the Living Baseheads

3. Bring the Noise/Welcome to the Terrordome

4. Nighttrain

5. By the Time I Get to Arizona

6. Fight the Power

7. Gotta Do What I Gotta Do

8. Buck Whylin'/She Watch Channel Zero

9. How to Kill a Radio Consultant

10. More News at 11

11. A Letter to the NY Post/I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga

12. Rebel without a Pause/Public Enemy No. 1/Don't Believe the Hype

13. Shut Em Down

14. 911 is a Joke

15. Can't Truss It

Rap Treats #82: Public Enemy - Bring The Noise 2000 (Unreleased Internet LP)

Chuck D has always been ahead of his time, and PE's use of the internet is no exception. Back in 1998 Chuck D posted this album on Public Enemy's website for fans to download for free, but his record label freaked the fuck out and forced them to take it down. After all, who would ever give music away for free on the internet? That shit will never catch on. Anyways, here is the whole unreleased Bring The Noise 2000 album... for free... on the internet. Imagine that.

Public Enemy

Bring The Noise 2000

1. There Were More Hype Believers Than Ever in '97

2. Welcome to the Terrordome (X-games remix)

3. Bring the Noise

4. You're Gonna Get Yours

5. Whole Lotta Love Going On In the Middle Of Hell

6. Don't Believe the Hype

7. How to Kill a Radio Consultant

8. Night of the Living Baseheads

9. Cold Lampin'

10. Move!

11. Welcome to the Terrordome

12. What Side You On?

13. Hazy Shade of Criminal

14. Buck Whylin'

15. Yo! Bum Rush the Show

16. 911 Is A Joke

17. Louder Than A Bomb

18. Rebel Without A Pause

19. G'Damn That DJ Made My Day

20. Son of Public Enemy

21. Burn Hollywood Burn

22. Incident at 66.6 FM

23. Live and Undrugged

24. She Watch Channel Zero?!?!

25. Fight the Power

26. Mind Deep

27. Mind Deep (Instrumental)

"I Showed You Your First Tec On Tour With Large Professor"

I've always wondered about that Jay-Z line in "Takeover" that calls out Nas for keeping his "tec on the dresser". To refresh your memory it goes "You scribbled in your notepad and created your life/I showed you your first tec on tour with Large Professor/(Me, that’s who!) Then I heard your album bout your tec on the dresser". Well the back story has been unearthed in a very dope Large Professor piece done for XXL back in 2002 (okay, so it was unearthed 8 years ago but I just caught wind of it recently).

Excerpt:

Main Source soon set off on tour, along with the UMCs and Jaz. One particular night of that tour came up recently in the very public catfight between Jay-Z (then Jaz’s hypeman) and Nas (who rolled with Main Source). During a show in Washington D.C. the sound system cut out, forcing the artists to do the same. The angry crowd rushed the stage and chased the rappers back unto their tour bus.

“We were figuring we were gonna have to knuckle down,” explains LP of the incident, which Jay has used to attack Nas. “Jay came outta nowhere, reachin’ in his gym bag like, ‘Don’t even sweat these niggas. I got that.’ He didn’t show [Nas] the gun like, ‘I’m gonna shoot you,’ but we were all just like, ‘Whew!’”

Nardwuar vs. Sage Francis

Jay-Z Performance @ Nike's World Basketball Festival

Here is some all pro footage of Hov performing last night for Nike at Radio City Music Hall.

Rap Treats #81: Jay-Z & The ROC @ The Tunnel (Audio)

The Roc is in the building... and that building is the infamous Tunnel Nightclub in NYC. This is a recording of the video we put up a while back of Jay, Beans, Memph Bleek and Amil tearing down the club. Click HERE to check out the video. This was right around the time Hov started to become THAT dude

Jay-Z & The Roc

Live @ The Tunnel (1999)

1. Pain In The Ass Intro

2. Jay Z - Its Hot

3. Jay Z - Jigga My Nigga

4. Jay Z - So Ghetto

5. Jay Z feat. Amil - Can I Get A...

6. Jay Z - Money Aint A Thang

7. Jay Z feat. Memphis Bleek - Its Alright

8. Memphis Bleek feat. Jay Z - What You Think Of That

9. Memphis Bleek - Memphis Bleek Is...

10. Beanie Sigel - What A Thug About

11. Beanie Sigel - 45 Freestyle

12. Jay Z - Who U Wit

13. Jay Z - Aint No Nigga

14. Jay Z - Imaginary Player

15. Jay Z feat. Amil - Jigga What, Jigga Who

16. Jay Z feat. Memphis Bleek & Beanie Sigel - Money, Cash, Hoes

17. Jay Z feat. Beanie Sigel - Put Your Hands Up (Do It Again)

Nardwuar vs. Drake

Nardwuar hooks up Drake with a fucking red jacket with some zippers.

Rap Treats #80: Cold Front Rap Compilation

Who is familiar with this one? Hands in the air. This one is for my Canadian Rap Nerds. I remember seeing the release party special on Much Music and immediately going to the record store to pick it up. I was already a Maestro and Main Source fan and them being on this comp made everybody else seem legit to me, although to this day I've always wondered why Michie Mee wasn't on it. Anyways, there is the comp to download. Oh, and for the record... Main Source IS Canadian Hip-Hop to me. I don't care that Large Pro was the main dude, two out of three wins on a technicality. I'll take that.

Various Artists

Cold Front Rap Compilation

1. CIUT 89.5 - Master Plan Show Spot

2. Maestro Fresh Wes - Black Tie Affair

3. Base Poet - When I Went To Buy Milk

4. Sweet Ebony - With This

5. Dream Warriors - 12 Sided Dice

6. Large Professor - CKLN 88.1 Power Move Show Spot

7. Main Source - Atom

8. Sonyalive - I'm Coming Into Consciousness

9. CIUT 89.5 - Master Plan Show Spot

10. Kish - Jim Class

11. R & R - Having A Good Day

12. Nu Black Nation - Soul Vibration

13. CHRY 105.5 - Jam Factor Spot

4. KGB - Letters Of Three

15. Top Secret - Stupid

16. Fresh B - This Is For The Record

17. CKLN 88.1 - Oblivion Express Spot'

From the liner notes:

“Although rap music has existed in Toronto since the late 70′s under the influence of N.Y.C. and brought to the people via mobile sound crews like Sunshine, Maceo, City Crew and Ebony All-Star, the Toronto rap music community has had to share the beat with Funk, R&B, and Reggae almost pushing rap into an obscure underground until the mid-eighties. It wasn’t until CKLN radio DJ Ron Nelson dedicated his three hour funk/hip hop show “The Fantastic Voyage” solely to rap music and began promoting concerts that new life was breathed into a community saturated by Roxanne Roxanne answer records and Egyptian lover beats.

“From the mid to late eighties, no Canadian artist had rapped on vinyl until Ivan Berry, Rupert Gayle and Richard Rodwell (AKA Maximum 60) formed Beat Factory Productions. In 1987 Beat Factory met Scott La Rock and KRS 1 during a BDP show. The result of that meeting was the Beat Factory EP featuring Michee Mee & L.A. Luv, and Rumble & Strong, which was co-produced by BDP and released on Beat Factory Records.

“Still, many Canadian labels weren’t paying attention to the program. It wasn’t until December of 1989 that Attic Records broke things wide open when they released Symphony In Effect, the debut album from Maestro Fresh Wes. Maestro and his manager Farley Flex had a chance meeting with Stevie B during a performance on the local television dance show The Electric Circus which led to an American deal with LMR Records. The album was released in Canada on Attic and quickly proved rap’s commercial power to the industry by sailing past the platinum sales plateau and making Wes the first Canadian artist in any genre to score two Top 5 singles from a debut album — thus forever changing the way the Canadian record industry viewed rap music.

“Meanwhile, Beat Factory had relative success with the signing of Michee Mee to First Priority and the release of HDV’s debut LP, Sex, Drugs And Violence on ISBA (CBS) Canada. But, it wasn’t until Island Records released the Dream Warriors LP, And Now The Legacy Begins, that Canadian hip-hop was finally recognized world-wide.

“Finally, A&M Records became the first major label to sign a Canadian rap artist when they picked up Kish from the Full Flex Management stable. Kish’s debut Order To Chaos shows the new funky direction taken on by the Canadian hip hop nation.

“The Cold Front LP is not all that makes Toronto strong, but it’s a taste of a rap community that has been stewing for over a decade.” – John Bronski

Rap Treats #79: Go Getters - World Record Holders LP (Pre Roc-A-Fella & Pre Broken Jaw Kanye West)

This is pretty dope. A pre Roc-A-Fella Records Kanye West album featuring GLC, Really Doe, Rhymefest and a few others. Large up Andrew from FakeShoreDrive for unleashing this one! I'll let him explain this project...

"Once upon a time there was a Chicago music conglomerate known as Kon-Man Productions, which was represented by Hustle, a marketing and promotions company run by Don Crowley, John “Monopoly” Johnson and Happy Lewis. At the top of the Kon-Man productions pyramid, was a up-and-coming rapper/producer by the name of Kanye West. Kanye had recruited some of Chicago’s top talent to join him on his road to riches and quest for stardom. Producers such as Boogz, Arrowstar and Brian “All Day” Miller helped him on the production side, while emcees such as GLC, Mikkey, Rhymefest, Timmy G, Miss Criss, Shayla G and Really Doe held down microphone duties.

Out of this conglomerate, a small “group” was formed which featured Kanye himself, GLC, Timmy G and Arrowstar – and this group was called the Go Getters. The Go Getters recorded a handful of songs, did some promo shoots and made radio appearances – but an official album was never released. A few of these tracks were released about 10 years ago via the World Record Holders album, which was more of a Kon-Man Productions compilation that also featured some completed Go Getters tracks. Also included on this album/mixtape were loose songs Kanye produced and completed songs from various Kon-Man artists."

Go-Getters

World Record Holders LP

1. World Record Holders Intro

2. World Record Holders (Performed by GLC, Kanye West, Timmy G)

3. Nothin’s Gonna Stop Me (Performed by Kanye West)

4. Dem Guys (Performed by GLC, Timmy G)

5. Ghetto Senorita (Performed by Miss Criss, Kanye West & Shayla G)

6. All I Need (Performed by Kanye West, Mikkey Halsted, Miss Criss)

(Prod. by Brian “All Day" Miller)

7. Foolish Game (Performed by Mikkey Halsted)

(Prod. by Brian “All Day” Miller)

8. No Luv (Performed by GLC, Timmy G)

9. Fight With The Best

(Performed by Kanye West, Rhymefest & Mikkey Halsted)

10. 10 In A Benz (Performed by Rhymefest & Kanye West)

(Prod. by Andy C)

11. Uh Oh (Performed by Kanye West, Timmy G, GLC)

12. Mind Yo Business (Performed by GLC, Timmy G, Kanye West)

13. Let Em In (Performed by Kanye West, GLC, Timmy G)

Rap Treats #78: Main Source - Lost Science EP (Unreleased)

This one has been out for a while but for some reason it slipped past me. These are Main Source records that were recorded for their follow up to the classic Breakin' Atoms that was going to be called Science. The "Bootlegging" record is dope as hell. One album was not enough from these guys (sorry, the Mickey D Main Source doesn't exist to me). This is a rip of a 7" that was released on DWG in 2008.

Main Source

Lost Science (Unreleased)

A1. "Bootlegging"

B1. "Raise Up"

B2. "Time"

Rap Treats #77: Nas - Please Listen To My Demo (Originals, Rare, Unreleased and Freestyles)

A while back we put a Nas demo tape up in the Rap Treats section which gave a pretty good look at a pre Illmatic Nas, but this one is much more comprehensive. Freestyles, demo's and never heard before records by an unsigned Nas. This isn't his demo tape, but it is a compilation of his earliest work.

Nas

Please Listen To My Demo

1. Intro

2. 17 Years Old Freestylin

3. Freestyle - 1st Time On Stretch & Bob

4. Freestyle - 2nd Time On Stretch & Bob

5. Another Day In The Projects (Demo)

6. I'm A Villain (Demo) *Both Joints Would Become NY Stae of Mind

7. Freestyle - 3rd Time On Stretch & Bob

8. Freestyle - Wake Up Show

9. Memory Lane (Premo's Demo Mix)

10. Represent (Premo's Demo Mix)

11. Nas Will Prevail (Large Professor's "It Ain't Hard To Tell" Demo Mix)

12. Who's World Is This (Rough Draft From DJ Hollywood)

13. Lifes A Bitch (Rough Draft Studio Session)

14. Life Is Like A Dice Game (Demo)

15. True Dialect (Unreleased)

16. Understanding (Demo)

17. Wake Up Show (Promo)

18. 1994 Freestyle In The UK

19. Deja Vu (Demo) *Later to be Used on Verbal Intercourse

20. #1 With A Bullet (Unreleased)

21. On The Real (Original Marley Marl Demo Mix ft Cormega & Khamakazie)

22. Don't Hate Me Now (Unreleased)

23. Life Gone Low (Unreleased)

24. Tales From The Hood (Unreleased)

25. New York (Unreleased Hard 2 Earn Mix)

26. 2nd Coming (Unreleased)

27. Untitled Track (Produced By Premier)

28. High (Unreleased)

29. Nas Will Rock (Unreleased Produced By Pete Rock)

30. Surviving The Times

Demos: U.G.K. - Underground Kings Demo (1990)

This is about as early a recording that I've heard from U.G.K. So early that is doesn't feature Bun B, but rather the first incarnation of U.G.K. which was Pimp C and Mitchell Queen.

U.G.K.

"Underground Kings" (Demo)

Nardwuar vs. Lil Wayne

Classic Material: Pete Rock & CL Smooth on Yo! MTV Raps

Yo! MTV Raps pays Pete Rock and CL Smooth a visit in Money Earnin' Mt. Vernon.

Nardwuar vs. Black Eyed Peas

DJ Premier's Guru Tribute Mix

I know you've been waiting for this one.

DJ Premier

Keith "Guru" Elam Tribute Mix

Gang Starr – "Betrayal" feat. Scarface


Gang Starr "Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2)"


Gang Starr "Name Tag (Premier & The Guru)"


Gang Starr "Speak Ya Clout" feat. Jeru the Damaja & Lil Dap


Gang Starr "Peace Of Mine"


Gang Starr "Eulogy"


Gang Starr "Royalty" feat. K-Ci & JoJo

Gang Starr "Daily Operation (Intro)"


Gang Starr "In This Life…" feat. Snoop Dogg & Uncle Reo

Gang Starr "Above The Clouds" feat. Inspectah Deck


Gang Starr "The Planet"


Gang Starr "Daily Operation (Intro)"


Gang Starr "Next Time"


Gang Starr "93 Interlude (Unreleased Moment Of Truth Interlude)"


Gang Starr "The Militia II" feat. Rakim & WC


Gang Starr "Intro" feat. HQ, Goo, Panch


Heavy D. "A Buncha Niggas" feat. Biggie, Busta Rhymes, Guru, Rob-O & Third Eye


M.O.P. "Salute Part II" feat. Guru


D&D Allstars "Hot Shit" feat. Big Daddy Kane, Sadat X, Guru & Greg Nice


Gang Starr "PLAYTAWIN"


Gang Starr "Soliloquy Of Chaos"


Group Home "The Legacy" feat. Guru


Gang Starr "Conspiracy"


Gang Starr "Stay Tuned"


Gang Starr "Zonin’"

DJ Premier's Statement Regarding Guru

IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL MY BROTHER, KEITH ELAM, BETTER KNOWN AS GURU OF THE LEGENDARY GANG STARR.

FROM 1988-2004, WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SUCCESS TOGETHER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESSES INDEPENDENTLY AND GIVE EACH OTHER WHAT GURU CALLED “CREATIVE SPACE”, BEFORE PLANNING TO REUNITE FOR OUR 7TH LP WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT. TRAGICALLY, WE WILL NEVER REACH THAT DAY.

I’VE BEEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON A LETTER SPEAKING ILL OF ME WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY GURU IN HIS DYING DAYS. ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, WE BUILT A HIP HOP LEGACY TOGETHER, AND NO ONE CAN RE-WRITE HISTORY OR TAKE AWAY MY LOVE FOR HIM. ONE THING I WOULD NEVER DO IS PLAY AROUND WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LIFE.

I WILL CELEBRATE GURU’S LIFE… I WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY… I WILL GRIEVE WITH THE ELAM FAMILY OVER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH… I WILL REMEMBER THE GANG STARR FOUNDATION AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF GANG STARR WHO CAME BEFORE ME – WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER… MOSTLY, I WILL CHERISH EVERYTHING WE CREATED TOGETHER AS GANG STARR, FOREVER. I’M GONNA MISS HEARING HIS SIGNATURE MONOTONE VOICE WHEN HE WALKS IN THE ROOM, BUT THE SONGS WILL ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO ME….HIS RHYME FLOWS WERE INSANE, AND I WILL NEVER REMOVE HIM FROM MY HEART AND SOUL…….REST IN PEACE TO THE MAN WHO FELT “SATISFACTION FROM THE STREET CROWD REACTION” … I LOVE YOU GOO…….DJ PREMIER

Guru's Family Issues Statement

Yesterday a letter from Guru was released by Solar (somebody let Bumpy Knuckles at this dude for a round or two). Everything about the letter seemed fishy. Today, Guru's family released this statement via DJ Premier.

PRESS RELEASE

The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support. Our hearts are broken by the loss of someone we loved so much. GURU was devoted to his young son, who will most keenly feel his absence.

GURU suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year. Accrued complications from this illness led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. As a result, GURU was in a coma from mid February until his death and never regained consciousness. Early on the morning of April 19^th, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us.

GURU died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many legendary musical contributions.

The family is not aware of any foundations established by GURU. We know and understand that countless fans want to express their condolences and love and, to that end, we are planning a memorial event in the near future that will be all-inclusive. Please look for further details from the family as they become available.

GURU R.I.P.

Guru

July 17th, 1966 - April 19th, 2010

Half of one of the greatest rap groups ever passed away yesterday at the age of 43. Guru lost his battle with cancer that he had secretly been fighting over the past year. Rest in peace Keith Elam. You are already missed.

Nardwuar vs. Lil B

Classic Material: EPMD on Soul Train

Gold Digger!

Nardwuar vs. Killer Mike

Classic Material: Big Daddy Kane on Yo! MTV Raps (1991)

Kane rock a medley of BDK songs. Damn this show was dope.

Nardwuar vs. Mista F.A.B.

Classic Material: Beastie Boys on Yo! MTV Raps (1989)

Nardwuar vs. Snoop Dogg (Interview #3)

Snoop & Nardwuar again, and again, and again.

Classic Material: Biggie's 1995 Source Awards Performance

Featuring the 1995 edition of the Bad Boy family... Puffy Daddy, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Total, Lil Kim and the Notorious B.I.G.

Rap Treats #76: Raekwon "Latest & Greatest Hits" Promo Tape

I love this shit. This is the promo record that Loud Records put out in '95 to promote OB4CL. I need to dig up my box of promo tapes and start ripping them.

Raekwon

Latest & Greatest Hits Promo Tape

Side 1

Side 2

Classic Material: The Making Of "Hard Knock Life"

This is a pretty dope video of how the 45 King produced "Hard Knock Life" record came to be. The documentary is from Sweden. Kid Capri makes a cameo (if you've heard the story before then you know why).

Demos: Cypress Hill Demo Tape (1989)

I'm a sucker for demo tapes. Something about hearing the actual recordings that lead to record deals is just dope to me. This one has been floating around for a while but I wanted to add it to the archives so here it is... the Cypress Hill demo tape that lead to their deal with Ruffhouse. This was recorded in 1989, a couple years before they dropped their first single in 1991. All these tracks sound like exactly what they are - original versions of records that ended up on their debut album. The only song I hadn't heard was "Caliente" which obviously didn't make the cut. Large up TROY for being a dope blog with shit (like this) that I feel the need to jack.

Cypress Hill

Demo Tape

1. The Phunckee Feel One

2. Caliente

3. Real Estate

4. Light Another

5. Psycobetabuckdown

6. The Phuncky Feel One (Unpolished)

Classic Material: J Dilla in Toronto (2002)

This rarely seen footage gets the word on Dilla's influence from Waajeed, Frank Nitty, and Mr. Love Movement - Dilla himself. These were Dilla's last moments in Toronto.

Rap Treats #75: Brand Nubian - The Now Rule Files EP

This record was limited to only 200 copies and features original, alternate and demo tracks. All songs were recorded between 1989 and 1997 and were produced by Brand Nubian except for "How Ya Livin" and "Love vs. Hate". I love hearing the original Brand Nubian line up together. They've always been dope, but not quite the same after Grand Puba left.

Brand Nubian

The Now Rule EP

(One Leg Up Records)

A1 "How Ya Livin" *Produced by Pete Rock

A2 "I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That"

A3 "The Devil"

B1 "Mind Your Business" (Original Mix)

B2 "Where Is Puba?"

B3 "Probable Cause" (Original Mix)

B4 "Love Vs. Hate" (Alternate Version) *Producer by Lord Finesse

Questlove's J Dilla Tribute

Questlove made an appearance on Tony Touch's "Toca Tuesdays" radio show this week and dropped a DJ set of none stop Jay Dee related music. Super dope.

Questlove

J Dilla Tribute

Rap Treats #74: KDAY Concerts - Eazy-E & N.W.A + Public Enemy + King Tee Live From Skateland USA, Compton

For a rap radio junkie like myself, Los Angeles' KDAY is up there with Mr. Magic on WBLS, DJ Red Alert on KISS, Stretch & Bobbito on WKCR, and Sway & King Tech on KMEL. In fact, in my eyes it trumps them all because KDAY was the first station to adopt an all Hip-Hop format in 1983. What can you say about a station who's street team included Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Ice-T, MC Hammer, Tone Loc, Kid Frost, and Young MC to name a few. It's the station that coined the term "Traffic Jam" and was the first to play artists like N.W.A. Tapes of KDAY have been hard to come across, even in the age of the internet, but thanks to OldSchoolRapTapes a few have surfaced. These are concerts by Eazy-E & N.W.A., Public Enemy, and King Tee who performed Live in Compton that were broadcast on the station. There is also a recording of Ice-T introducing his "new" record "Colder Than Ever" that I had never heard before. These recordings are nowhere close to being CDQ so you'll have to deal with the sound quality, but 1580 KDAY was an AM station so there isn't much that could have been done about that.

N.W.A. & Eazy-E

Public Enemy

King Tee

"Live From Skateland USA, Compton"

Ice-T

"Live On KDAY/Colder Than Ever"