Kiss FM Rap Show - Best Of 1992

This is what was going on down 20 years ago yesterday on London's Kiss FM. Max LX & Dave VJ (accompanied by DJ Biznizz) run through some of the best tracks of the year, including Cypress Hill, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, K Solo, Grand Puba, EPMD and mo' ...

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Original tape courtesy of Tobes.

Lil Cease & Mr Bristal - Halftime Show freestyle (1999)

Nice freestyle from Riz & Eclipse's Halftime Show back in 99.

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Full tape coming soon...

Tim Westwood - Capital Rap Show (1992)

45 minutes of the Capital Rap Show from 1992. Westwood draws for some K Solo, EPMD, X Clan, General Levy, Roxanne Shante and more

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DJ Step One - Kick Snare (94-96 Hip Hop mix)

DJ Step One - Kick Snare (mid 90s Hip Hop mix) by Soulfocus on Mixcloud

Something I just knocked up today because it was too early to go to the pub. Just under an hour of mid 90s head-nod business. Enjoy and have a good Christmas...

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Tracklist
DJ Enuff & Jiv Pos 'Last Dance Before Central Booking'

Nine 'Whutcha Want'

Crooklyn Dodgers 'Crooklyn' (blend)

Frankie Cutlass ft Doo Wop, Fat Joe & Evil Twinz 'Boriquas On The Set' (Flip Squad remix)

Kenny Dope 'Boomin In Ya Jeep' (remix dub)

Show & AG 'Next Level' (Show's street version)

AZ 'Uncut Raw'

Rakim 'Shades Of Black'

Ghostface ft Raekwon 'Faster Blade'

Special Ed 'Freaky Flow' (DJ Premier remix)

DJ Eclipse 'Blunted'

Lord Finesse 'Shorties Kaught In The System' (blend)

DJ Krush ft CL Smooth 'Only The Strong Survive'

Keith Murray 'This That Shit'

Kool Keith 'Wanna Be A Star'

Camp Lo 'Coolie High' (Ski’s Paradise remix)

Mic Geronimo 'Wherever You Are' (remix)

Smif N Wessun 'Wipe Ya Mouf'

Method Man & Redman 'How High' (LP version)

Method Man 'PLO Style' (blend)

Jemini The Gifted One 'Funk Soul Sensation' (remix)

DJ Spinbad 'Clueless' (1996)

Dope tape this one. Spinbad is one of those DJs that always puts in a bit of extra effort with his mixes. Highlights include the Nas blend over Foxy's 'Get Me Home', the 'Daytona 500' remix and the "tossed salad" skit. Flipping the acapella of 'The Cypher pt 3' over the original 'Symphony' beat is nice aswell.

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Another one from the Tobes collection.

DJ Enuff - Hip Hop Vol 2 (1993)

Another one out of the Tobes' collection. This is from the era when the tapes were more for showcasing the DJ rather than promoting an artist/label etc so you get a mix of new and old stuff and a load of breaks being cut up on side 2.

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Just a warning that the last track on side A is the rather annoying 'Freaks' by Lil Vicious and it seems to go on for ever. I think Enuff plays it twice just to fill up the end of the tape.

LL Cool J live at Chuck Chillout's birthday party (1990)

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to meet up with the homie Tobes who was generous enough to hook me up with a stack of tapes from the early 90s containing all sorts of treats, and first up out of the collection is this gem.
LL performing live at Chuck Chillout's birthday party back in 1990 is pretty dope in itself. He rocks 'To Da Break Of Dawn' over Keni Burke's 'Rising To The Top'. You're downloading already right?
He follows that with a new joint that to my knowledge is still unreleased (some quick tweets to J Zone, DJ Rhude & the DWG boys seem to confirm this). Its a tough 'Amen Brother' sampling track that I've named 'She's Rockin'. As far as I can tell its the full studio version being played off a DAT, with LL intermittently rhyming on top of the vocal track. My theory is that it might have sounded a bit dated in comparison to the rest of the 'Mama Said Knock You Out' LP so it got shelved. Anyway, here you go...

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Because I'm nice, I've included 3 seperate files: one for each of the 2 tracks, and one with whole thing.
Before anyone asks, no I dont have anymore from that night than what's here.