MC Serch - Kiss FM freestyle (1991)

 

Don't call it a comeback! Hardware/software issues seem to be sorted just in time for Lockdown II so I thought I'd kick it off with a treat. MC Serch on Richie Rich's Rap Academy going in for nearly 10 minutes over some UBBs and he sounds particularly dope over Got To Be Real and Dance To The Drummer's Beat. This is from around the time Derelicts Of Dialect dropped so guess 3rd Bass were in the UK doing some promo. Shout to Eddie, who's tapes I'll be getting back into over the next few weeks. Hopefully there's more gems like this.
Thanks to Brett from This Is For The Hustlers for the hints and tips on the new blogger layout.

Stretch & Bobbito on WKCR (02.09.95)

The 'Wild Pitch extravaganza' show, with MC Serch & DJ Eclipse in the studio showcasing Wild Pitch's new roster. Foul Play, Total Pack and Jesse West are all in the building to play their forthcoming releases and kick a freestyle. OC also puts in an appearance and as you would expect he stands out from his label mates by some distance. Unfortunately 3 months later - the 8th May to be precise - Serch would be on Wildman Steve's WBAU show announcing that Wild Pitch was no more and that the label closed that day. Foul Play and Total Pack would be shelved, their material confined to Eclipse's Wild Pitch Blends mixtape (although the Foul Play demos eventually got the ltd edition vinyl treatment). Jesse West released Put Your Boots On 2 years later but never really made the most of his early association with Puff & Biggie.Obviously OC went on to do well for himself and make his mark.

The full tracklist for this show is online so it must've been uploaded before but I just found a tape of it in a stack of unmarked cassettes that Random Rap Radio donated to me so big up Craig for this one.

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KRS ONE, MC Serch & Scarface - Hot 97 freestyle (1994)

KRS, Serch and Scarface (presumably in NYC promoting 'The Diary') live on Flex's Hot 97 show back in 94. Bit of an unusual combination but I always liked this one.
KRS does that 'freestyle' he used to do on everything (including Flex's first '60 Minutes Of Funk' CD), Serch is pretty good and Scarface does something off the top of the head but then admits that freestyling isnt really his thing.
As with a lot of freestyle sessions, I tend to find that the beat the MCs use can make or break how good it sounds. In this case I love the beat but have no idea what it is. Can anyone help me out?

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There was no way I was going to find a photo of these 3 together. I looked for at least 2 minutes...