1Xtra Original Fever 15.03.04

Some UKHH from back in the day. Rodney P & Skitz host their 1Xtra show live from the BBC's Maida Vale studio wit DJ IQ, Cappo, Taz and Blak Twang all passing through and performing.

If you like early 00s UKHH, I also dropped this tape of Greenpeace's All City Show on XFM from 2004 with Klashnekoff 

Don't Sleep #15 Akinyele 'Freaky' (1996)

Banger. This is a record that I'd only heard on Stretch Armstrong and DJ Ev's excellent 'Back To Back' mixtape, and a few times on Stretch's radio shows. It was after posting one of those shows that someone in the comment section informed me that I could find it on the 2004 album 'Live At The Barbeque' which compiled a bunch of unreleased and rare Ak tracks. Shout out to Mighty Mi for that putting that together.
Anyway, Freaky is definitely something that would've shifted decent units had it dropped in a 12" back in the day. I haven't been able to find out much about the other rapper on the track, who I think is called J Mo (or Jay Mo/Jay Moe) as there's a couple of rappers with that name and it looks like they're based in the Bay Area rather than Queens. [Updated] It's CJ Moore.
Akinyele has a bit of a strange time with rap fans, in that 90s heads and boom bap purists fawn over his debut album and then mostly ignore anything he released after that. Maybe all the sex chat made them uncomfortable or something. This track also proved to be a source of inspiration for Nas, who I assume thought that as barely anyone had heard it he would be safe to jack Ak's punchline about not even picking the cotton out of asprin bottles for his verse on 'Why You Hate The Game' in 2007. Sneaky.

Audiomack seem to have gone corporate and bitched out on the download feature so here's a link if you want the MP3.

If you like this you should visit/revisit The Martorialist's playlist of Akinyele deep cuts. The Robbery Song in particular has been in regular rotation round here recently.

DJ Filthy Rich - A Called Wu: Enter The Marauders (2018)

Another dope Filthy Rich mix. If you've been online in the last 48 hours you're probably already aware of it but if not I highly recommend giving it a listen...

Kid Capri - 4.11.90

I copped this years ago from Grime & Lime (download link still available) and just added it to my Mixcloud page  - for my convenience as much as anyone else's - after giving it a listen this week. I try not to leave it too long between posts so thought I'd throw this one up. Enjoy.

Still making regular updates on the Westwood Archives page too - recent shows include P Diddy, Tony Touch, Marley Marl, Doug E Fresh, Funk Flex and New Flesh For Old.

Red Alert on Kiss 98.7 FM (1994)

Kool DJ Red Alert in the mix on Kiss 98.7 FM back in '94. Like the other Red tapes I've heard, there's no talking (and even some of the drops are pretty quiet) but the selection is on point. I've taken a guess at the date, based partly on the 30 minutes of a Flex Street Jams show on the same tape. Liking that Markey Fresh track produced by 45 King. Not heard it before but going to seek that out.

tracklist

Kenny Dope - Get On Down

Masta Ace - Born To Roll

Kurious - I'm Kurious

Da King & I - Tears

Outkast - Player's Ball

Fat Joe - The Shit Is Real (DJ Premier remix)

Domino - Sweet Potatoe Pie

Maestro Fresh Wes - Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn

Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It

Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice

Jeru The Damaja - D Original

Markey Fresh - On The Real

Public Enemy - Give It Up

stream and download at the hip hop radio archive

Radio 1 Rap Show 10.03.00 with P Diddy and Tony Touch

Puff Daddy and, erm, Tori from WWE are in the studio for part one. There's a nice Tony Touch mix in part 2 and a cosy chat with Fabio about London's club scene in the 80s towards the end of the show.



This thing Westwood had for getting wrestlers on the show around 2000-2002 is a bit weird.

Peter Parker - Wu Years Eve 31.12.05

Just added this 2005 episode of Peter Parker's podcast to the Mixcloud page. If you're in the mood for some Wu deep cuts this might do the job...

Playlist
1) Rhyme Tyme Theme Song - P-Dap
2) Show Intro
3) Pass The Bone - Genius
4) Drug Free - Deadly Venoms w/ Ol Dirty Bastard
5) Cobra Clutch - Ghostface Killah
6) Set It Off Freestyle - Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God
7) Run (unreleased version) - Raekwon
8) Run - Cappadonna
9) Mic Break #1 / Interview - Trife Da God
10) Put It On The Line - Trife Da God
11) Fire - Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God
12) Mic Break #2 / Freestyle - Trife Da God, Kryme Life, & Tommy Whispers
13) Don’t U Know Pt. 2 - Ol Dirty Bastard
14) Mr. Sandman - Method Man w/ RZA, Inspectah Deck, Street Life, and Carlton Fisk
15) Fear, Love, And War - Killarmy
16) Labels (RZA remix) - Genius
17) Show Wrap Up