Interior Tukwila, wa, Holiday Inn – Moring : Pharcyde interview in Flavor (1995)

Nice little interview of the harcyde by fellow LA rappers Nouka Basetype (The Nonce) and Supherb. For a change the audio is from the interviewer, Supherb, produced by The Nonce.

Supherb : 90008 (Div Share)
Supherb : 90008 (Mass Mirror)

Tony Tone in Straight From The Lip (1994)

Tony Tone from the group Style in an interview from L.A. fanzine Straight From The Lip in march 1994.

Style : What A Brother Know

Buzz : Ill Biskits interview in Flavor (1995)

Like most rap artists signed to WEA and its branches (Omniscience, Juggaknots, Deda, INI, Supernatural, Agallah, Lin Que, KMD, Ador, Coz… who else ?) in 1994/95, Ill Biskits dropped a couple of 12″ before their album got shelved for 13 years. Their 15 minutes of fame included a few interviews like this one, from Seattle magazine Flavor in september 1995.

Ill Biskitz : Exclusive Debut (zShare)
Ill Biskitz : Exclusive Debut (DivShare)

Classic review : J Rock’s Streetwise in The Source (1992)

Review of the long forgotten Streetwise album by J Rock, better known as that-guy-who-worked-with-Premo-before-anybody-else-care. Soon to be reissued by the good folks at Traffic.

J Rock : Neighborhood Drug Dealer (DJ Premier remix) (DivShare)

Unsigned Hype : Legion Of Dume in The Source (1992)

Underground favorites Legion Of Dume appeared in The Source in the Unsigned Hype column of may 1992. Funny thing is that (according to Jaz, Matty C aka Matt Life was a member of the group ! I guess nepotism has always been the norm in the mag.

Legion Of Dume : Son Of Sam (send space)
Legion Of Dume :Son Of Sam (you send it)

Categories : Matty C, Indies, Unsigned.

Bitch Betta Have My Money : Kwest Tha Madd Ladd in EgoTrip (1998)

Tell’em why you’re madd : Industry rule number 4080 as explained by the one Kwest in Ego Trip, spring 1998.

Categories : Interview, Indie.

Rap Up’s & Coming : Strickly Roots in Rapmasters (1993)

Ok, so my home computer is dead, and I can’t upload songs to my server anymore. Sorry. Anyway here is an early feature on Strickly Roots from july 1993.

Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (DivShare File)
Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (ZShare File)

Categories : Indies, Bronx, Unsigned.

Rap Up’s & Coming : Strickly Roots in Rapmasters (1993)

Ok, so my home computer is dead, and I can’t upload songs to my server anymore. Sorry. Anyway here is an early feature on Strickly Roots from july 1993.

Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (DivShare File)
Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (ZShare File)

Categories : Indies, Bronx, Unsigned.

Heavy Heavy Monster Sound : Frankenstein interview in HHC (1998)

Interview with Toronto’s MC and producer Frankenstein from Hip-Hop Connection in november 1998.

Frankenstein : Rock The House

Rap Unknown’s Corner : Black Madness in RapMasters (1993)

Short feature on Brooklyn’s Black Madness from Rapmasters in July 1993, written by Tony Patrick.

Black Maddness : Igpay Aatinlay

High Rulers : The Wascals feature from RapPages (1994)

Feature on The Wascals, one of those groups produced by J-Sw!ft who never made it. Buckwheed later changed his name to Buck 50.

Wascals : Class Clown