Classic review : The Chronic in The Source (1993)

I’ve been doing this blog for two years now, and I just realize that I haven’t posted the Chronic review from The Source yet. The review was written by Matty c, but for some reason was signed by The Mind Squad, the collective name used by the staff writers. Published in february 1993.

Dr Dre : Dre Day extended mix (DivShare)

 

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)

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)

Classic Review : I Smooth 7 in the Source (1995)

Review Of I Smooth 7 first album from The Source, june 1995 by Allen S. Gordon The Ebony Cat.

I Smooth 7 : For Da Love Of The Ghetto (DivShare)
I Smooth 7 : For Da Love Of The Ghetto (Mass Mirror)

On Earth As It Is In Heaven : Ras Kass in The Source (1996)

Ras Kass : Core Audience (demo) 

 

Categories : T-Love, LA, Interview, Demo.

Classic Review : Doggystyle in The Source (1994)

Review of Snoop’s first album in The Source, which was treated with a so-so rating (compared to the 4.5 mics of Enter The Wu-Tang in the same issue), thus giving us another proof of their legendary east-coast biais. February 1994.

Snoop & Kurupt : Nuthin but a freestyle mix

Good Guys Wear Black : MC Ren in The Source (1992)

Reginald C Dennis talks to NWA’s best MC, Ren, about the release of his EP. From The Source in august 1992.

MC Ren : Kizz My Black Azz

Category : Reginald C. Dennis, LA, Interview.

100 Proof : Alkaholiks in The Source

Alkaholiks answer Louis Romain’s questions for The Source in February 1994.

Alkaholiks aka ESP : Getz Funky (demo)

Categorie : Louis Romain, LA, Interview, Demo.

Moving Target : Dr Dre feature in The Source (1992)

Lenghty (pre-Chronic) cover story on Dr Dre by Ronin Ro, from The Source, november 1992.

Dr Dre & Snoop : One Eight Seven

Categories : Ronin Ro, Producer, LA, Feature.

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