Jackin For Beats : Tony D in The Source (1992)

In the early 90’s Tony Depula was the man, with more hits than what you might think. Actually even more than he got credited for.  He got ripped off by one of the most popular rap track of the 90s. The OPP case was exposed in the Source by Matty C in february 1992 .

Tony D : Adam’s Nightmare (DivShare) (sorry for the poor quality)

Big Banger Theory : Smiff N Wessun in Ego Trip (1995)

Article on Smiff N Wessun written by Rob Marriott in Ego Trip, 1995.

Black Moon and Smiff N Wessun : Freestyle in The Stretch Armstrong Show (ZShare)

Second Coming : Nas in The Source (1994)

Classic article on the Illmatic sessions written by Jon Shecter in april 1994.

DJ Premier : Represent original demo instru (DivShare)

Categories : feature, queens, Jon Shecter, Demo.

Freestyling With The Fellowship : Freestyle Fellowship in Rap Sheet (1993)

Long story on the Freestyle Fellowship, Mad Kap, Pharcyde and the Good Life from Rap Sheet, july 1993. Sorry for the bad quality, but you know how cheap Rap Sheet paper was. Audio is quite recent, it’s Pharcyde’s leader Fatlip with Heavyweight MC (and unseen force behind this blog) T-Love from the Jazz Liberatorz album. T-Love new album is coming out in september, but we’ll talk about that later…

Fatlip & T-Love : Genius At Work (Divshare)

Stet’s Back : Stetsasonic in Rap Master (1990)

Profile on Stetsasonic taken from the july 1990 issue of Rap Masters.

Stetsasonic : I Ain’t Making It (DivShare)

Days Like This… : A Tribe Called Quest In The Source (1993)

Cover story on Tribe Called Quest by Kierna Mayo Dawsey in the december 1993 issue of The Source.

A Tribe Called Quest, Black Thought & Consequence : Freestyle on Future Flava (DivShare)

Boston Bigshots : Almighty RSO in The Source (1994)

The beginning of the end. This is the feature on Almighty RSO written by their manager and associate editor of The Source, David Mays. After this was published in november 1994, all the staff of the magazine resigned  and things just weren’t the same.

Update : Oops, the thid page was missing…

Almighty RSO : One In The Chamba (DivShare)
Almighty RSO : One In The Chamba (MassMirror)

Walk This Way, Suckers : Run DMC in NME (1986)

Cover Story on Run DMC in british weekly New Musical Express in july 1986, by Stuart Cosgrove.

Run DMC : Hit It Run (Div Share)

Rap’s Up & Coming : Robbie B & DJ Jazz in Rap Masters (1990)

Short profile on the Philly underground duo in Rap Masters, november 1990, penned by Kate Ferguson.

Robbie B & DJ Jazz : Boogie Down (DivShare)

A Gangsta’s World View : Ice Cube in The Source (1990)

Ice Cube was on the cover of the 1990 summer issue of The Source, no interview inside but a strange analysis supporting Ice Cube’s chauvinistic stance.

To fully understand the last paragraph (“Why do my posse and I have fun shouting along with Ice Cube ? He caters to our fantasies in a world where we feel so powerless.”), you have to realize that the writer Dan Charnas is a white american male who, at that time, was a&r at Tommy Boy Profile..

Audio is Ice Cube, Sir Jinx and K-Dee first single.

CIA : My Posse (DivShare)

Talk Like Sex : Kool G Rap in The Source (1995)

Feature story on the Kool Genius of Rap by Adario Strange, The Source, september 1995.

Kool G. Rap & Nas : Fast Life (Norfside remix) (Div Share)

Categories : Queens, Feature.

Mistress of Storytelling : MC Lyte in Rap Express (1991)

Feature article on MC Lyte from Rap Express, 1991. 

Audio II & MC Lyte : Top Billin’