Demon Boyz on Kiss FM (1992)

UK legends the Demon Boyz on Max LX & Dave VJ's Kiss FM show in 92, promoting their second LP 'Original Guidance'...

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Tape courtesy of Mr Lawson

Tim Westwood - Capital Rap Show (1994)

Ah, June 94: I'd just finished my exams and discovered getting stoned. 'Illmatic' had just dropped and Westwood's show was still a must on the weekends.
Theres some good stuff on this tape - 'Cuz Its Wrong' by Slick Rick for one, as I'd completely forgotten how much I liked that track. Also, theres LL's elusive (although allegedly dropping soon) 'Year Of The Hip Hop', Nice N Smooth, Rampage, Guttersnypes, OC and Kurious. Side 2 is more smoothed out with some Snoop, Warren G, Blackstreet and Hi-Five.

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Thanks to Mr Lawson for the tape.

DJ 279 - Friday Night Flava on Choice FM (1993)

DJ 279 has been holding it down on the radio since the early 90s. Unfortunately while Westwood was broadcasting nationally and Kiss FM covered London and the surrounding counties, picking up Choice FM was pretty much impossible if you were off the tube map. As a result, tapes of The Numberman's Friday Night Flava shows are harder to come by than those of his competition (I've been asking around for a while now). Fortunately that man Mr Lawson has come through with a show from June 1993



Hopefully some more tapes will surface soon. If you want to check out more in the meantime, check Big Ted's blog for some audio of Nas on the show in 1994.

Tim Westwood - Capital Rap Show (1993)

Another one out of Mr Lawson's collection: Westwood on Capital back in 93 dropping some LONS, Black Moon, 2Pac, Erick Sermon and Big Daddy Kane.



Just realised that this blog is 2 years old today!

Tim Westwood - Best Of 1992

As promised, here's the full tape of the Capital Rap Show from Boxing Day 1992. Westwood reviews the best of the year which includes Redman, Cypress Hill, Dre & Snoop, Da Lench Mob and Naughty By Nature

Big up to Mr Lawson for the tape on this one!

UPDATE 26.01.21 - now added to Mixcloud with a better quality 320 rip courtesy of DJ Swerve

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Cocoa Chanelle 'Best Kept Secret' (1997)

Another one from Mr Lawson! This is the first Cocoa Channel tape I've heard and she's pretty damn good. Some blends and cuts along with a few 'exclusives' and a KRS & Redman freestyle on the intro. Check it...

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Funkmaster Flex & Tim Westwood - April 1995

This is the full tape of the April 1995 Rap Exchange that the ODB and Smif N Wessun freestyles below were taken from.

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This was a favourite tape of mine back then. Fortunately Mr Lawson came through with a copy as I was still going a bit crazy with the pause button in those days.

Ol Dirty Bastard - Hot 97 freestyle (1995)

More Wu Tang! This is taken from a Flex tape Mr Lawson sent over: ODB rhyming over 'Shook Ones pt II' and 'Brooklyn Zoo'. I'll upload the full tape soon...

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Pete Rock & The UN on Kiss FM (2001)

Pete Rock & The UN being interviewed by Big Ted on London's Kiss FM whilst they were in town promoting the 'Petestrumentals' album back in 2001.

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This is a pretty interesting interview, especially where Ted quizzes Pete on certain rappers he has/hasn't worked with, plus theres the mandatory freestyle session at the end, although its worth hearing for the Nas impressions alone!

Shout out to Mr Lawson for sending this one over.

You can catch Big Ted every friday at midnight on Colourful Radio

Tim Westwood with Redman, Das EFX & Hoodratz (1993)

Classic Capital Rap Show action right here with Redman, Das EFX and Hoodratz in the studio alongside J The Sultan (Jon Shecter)...

Playlist

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Whats Next On The Menu

Erick Sermon - Hittin Switches

Illegal - We Getz Busy

House Of Pain - Who's The Man

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - On The Run (remix)

Big Daddy Kane - How You Get A Record Deal

Mobb Deep - Locked In Spofford

Jon Shecter - The Source update

Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg - One Eight Seven

Run DMC ft Q Tip - Come On Everybody

Das EFX - Mic Checka

Das EFX - Hard Like A Criminal

Redman & Das EFX - interview

Redman - Time Sum Aksion

Redman & Das EFX - interview

Redman - Blow Your Mind

Illegal - Head Or Gut

BIG - Party & Bullshit

Tiger ft Q Tip - Who Planned It

Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck

Lords Of The Underground - Here Come The Lords

Hoodratz - interview & freestyle

Pharcyde - Passin Me By

Shout out to Mr Lawson for the original tape. Hope you're feeling better mate!

LL Cool J - Kiss FM freestyle (2004)

Freestyles by James Todd Smith are pretty hard to come by as far as I can tell. Here's one from 2004 when MK was hosting the Hip Hop show on Kiss FM. LL goes in over E Rule's classic 'Listen Up'...

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Thanks to Mr Lawson for hooking me up with the original tape on this one.

DJ Camilo & Spin One 'Underground Funk'

Fat tape of late 90s indie/undergound tracks, mixed up by NYC's DJ Camilo and Spin One. 

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Tracklist is in the comment section. Original tape courtesy of Mr Lawson

Bobby Konders - Capital Rap Show mix (1992)

Massive B head honcho and reggae don Bobby Konders in the mix on Tim Westwood's Capital Rap Show. Strictly early 90s ragga on this 30 minute set.

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Big ups to Mr Lawson for hooking me up with the original tape.

Massive B website

Funkmaster Flex - Capital Rap Show (1994)

Flex in the mix on what was the final 'Rap Exchange' show on Capital FM before Westwood made the move to the BBC and went national (Capital only broadcast to London and surrounding areas).
This is around the time when 'Shook Ones pt 2' and 'Supastar' were just blowing up

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Tracklist
Mobb Deep ‘Shook Ones pt 2’
Craig Mack ‘Get Down’ (Q Tip remix)
Group Home ‘Supastar’
Kamikaze ‘Spread It’
World Reknown ‘How Nice I Am’
Ice Cube ‘What Can I Do’ (remix)
Fuschnickens ‘Breakdown’
Unknown party break
Da Youngstas ‘Mad Props’
Rayvon ‘Pretty’
Nas ‘One Love’
KRS One, Scarface & MC Serch freestyle
Keith Murray & 50 Grand freestyle
Unknown (Sah B? Paula Perry?)
Heather B ‘All Glocks Down’
Notorious BIG ‘Warning’
Artifacts 'Cummin Thru Ya Block'
Tim Dog ‘Bitch With A Perm’


I must have recorded this back then as I've previously posted the KRS One, Scarface & MC Serch freestyle that appears on the b-side. I dont have the full show though so shout out to Mr Lawson for the original tape.

London Posse on Kiss FM (1993)

Following my London Posse post last month (which proved quite popular), here's Rodney P & Bionic on Kiss FM, promoting the release of their new EP.
Kiss had only been a legal station for a couple of years at this point and the Wednesday night Rap show was hosted by Max LX & Dave VJ. Tracks off the EP are played during the interview and its finished off with a wicked freestyle over Lords Of The Underground's 'Funky Child' instrumental.

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Massive big up and thanks to Mr Lawson for coming through and hooking me up with the tape of this. All I had was a really bad quality copy of the freestyle and seeing as it was something I played to death back then I'm loving having a decent MP3 of it!

London Posse biography

Although I was a regular listener I dont have any full tapes of Max N Dave's shows (I was young and didnt have money for new TDKs every week so I just taped the tracks I liked). If anyone out there has some they want to share get in touch.