THE WIRE |
If you haven't seen The Wire yet, its because you're an idiot. Or a hippy who doesn't own a TV, Either way save your excuses cause with tech such as Sky Plus, hey even an old skool video recorder, it...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:46:00 PST |
New Blog |
Hello! Its been a while I know&I guess I just got lazy.
Anyway as London life becomes increasingly more expensive, I've found myself putting in much more thought on the beats I spend my hard earned ca...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:09:00 PST |
Ultramagnetic MC's |
1986&a time when Rakim was tearing up the microphone, KRS and MC Shan were right in the middle of one of the most prolific MC battles in history, and a little known group called the Ultramagneti...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:27:00 PST |
Ice T |
Ice T was the first rapper from Los Angeles to get respect in New York. He took his name from Iceburg Slim, author of a series of enormously popular ghetto novels.
Like Chuck D, Ice T was an a...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:18:00 PST |
Schoolly D |
Opinion has been widely mixed about the merits of Philadelphia rapper Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. aka Schoolly D. Long before the debate about gangsta rap lyrics became an easy way to get national newsprint...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:13:00 PST |
De La Soul |
The D.A.I.S.Y. Age crept up in 1989, and it was as sure as all those Adidas wearing crews who came up after Walk This Way, spouting their Mardi Gras tracks.
Trends are made to be followed, and then af...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:49:00 PST |
EPMD |
EPMD crashed onto the scene during the summer of 1988 with You Gots to Chill and Strictly Businessand proceeded to wreck the black sales charts, effortlessly shouldering aside rap records by Public En...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:21:00 PST |
Big Daddy Kane |
In the late 80s Big Daddy Kane emerged as one of the most respected rhyme writers and artists in the world of rap. His work with Roxanne Shante and Biz Markie singled him out as perhaps the most artic...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:47:00 PST |
My Minds Playing Tricks On Me |
Intro: ScarfaceI sit alone in my four-cornered roomstaring at candlesOh that shit is on? HehLet me drop some shit like this hereReal smoothVerse One: ScarfaceAt night I can't sleep, I toss and tu...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:08:00 PST |
Boogie Down Productions |
Boogie Down Production's original mission was to restore some hip-hop respectability to the Bronx. By 1986, when BDP started making their singles, Queens, in the form of Run-DMC, LL Cool J and Eric B ...
Posted by The place where I dwell on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:08:00 PST |
