DJ Riz & DJ Eclipse - Halftime Show (1999)

Riz and Eclipse's Halftime Show on WNYU from April '99. Not too much talking on this one. East coast underground joints are the order of the day, plus Lil Cease and Mr Bristal pass through the studio.

If you want the Cease & Bristal freestyle seperately I posted it here a few weeks ago

Thanks to Tobes for the original tape.

Now available to download at Hip Hop Radio Archive

The Infinite Hip Hip Show 17.02.13 with guest mix by DJ Cro

DJ Step One - The Infinite Hip Hop Show (17.02.13) by Kane Fm on Mixcloud

Last night's show on Kane FM, featuring a guest mix by DJ Cro who definitely dropped some treats for us.

Back to the tape rips this week.

DJ Step One 'Drop It Heavy' (2013)

DJ Step One 'Drop It Heavy' (late 90s rap mix) by Soulfocus on Mixcloud

An hour of 97-99 rap stuff, when the difference in sound between mainstream and underground rap wasn't that big. The Jay Z, DMX and Ja Rule appearances sit quite nicely alongside some of the underground selection on here...

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Tracklist

Buckshot – Follow Me

Rakim – The Saga Begins

Wu Tang Clan – For Heaven’s Sake

All City – The Actual

Sauce Money ft Jay Z – Pre Game

Pete Rock, Inspectah Deck & Kurupt – Tru Master (blend)

Frankenstein – Sparkin Intellect

Paula Perry – Extra Extra

Show & AG ft KRS One & Big Pun – Drop It Heavy

Everlast – Praise The Lord

Xzibit, Saafir & Ras Kaas – 3 Card Molly

Dilated Peoples ft AG, Xzibit & Defari – Rework The Angles

Ja Rule, Jay Z & DMX – Its Murder

Mic Geronimo ft DMX, The LOX, Ja Rule & Tragedy – The Usual Suspects

Cocoa Brovaz ft MOP – Bucktown (remix)

Gang Starr ft Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx – The Militia (Pete Rock remix)

Big Pun – You Ain't A Killer

Pacewon – I Declare War

Funkmaster Flex on Radio 1 (1998)

Been a while since I posted one of Westwood's Rap Exchange shows so here's the June 1998 edition. It was trimmed down to fit on a 90 min tape so I cut some of the interviews short. Quite smoothly too - I was nice with the pause button back in the day...

Flex has DMX, Def Squad and Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz in the studio and plays music by Jay Z, Biggie, Mic Geronimo, Cam'ron and Flip Mode Squad. There's also a couple of cool bootleg remixes/blends of Destinys Child 'No No No' and LL's '4-3-2-1' that I wouldn't mind getting my hands on.

I actually uploaded the Def Squad freestyle from this show in one of the first posts on this blog back in 2009, so if you want that as a seperate file then go here . Redman & Keith Murray over 'Who Shot Ya' and 'Rhymes Galore' is dope.

Diplomats Unreleased Throwbacks & Exclusives (2004)

One of a stack of CDs purchased on a trip to Canal Street back in 2004, this Street Sweepers set collates some of the Dip's finest mixtape moments...

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Highlights include the demo version of the unreleased 'That's Harlem', which I later found with an added chorus on this Rocafella promo 12", an always welcome appearance by Herb McGruff on 'Trendsetters pt 2' and the superbly titled 'Keep The AKs At Kay Slays'.
My personal favourite is 'World Reknown', which appeared on 'Come Home With Me' as 'The Roc (Just Fire)' with Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel replacing Jim and Juelz.  Although everyone turns in a worthy performance on both versions, Jim Jones really stands out for me with his verse. Its obviously debatable as to whether he wrote it but put that to one side and he presents a solid argument against those who lazily tag him a wack rapper based on 'We Fly High' and 'Pop Champagne'.
Admittedly he's helped by the beat. The Just Blaze production is one of the best of the era and is one of those instrumentals I never tire of, where you get the feeling it could make anyone that rapped over it sound amazing. 

PF Cuttin '44 Magnum' (1998)

Courtesy of Tobes, this is the first PF Cuttin mixtape I've ever posted on here. I'm still after his Volume 26 tape if anyone can help me out with that. Westwood played about 20 minutes of it on air when it dropped and it sounded dope. Anyway, this is pretty nice aswell.

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"Buying old records is a habit..."

London has lost another vinyl hot spot. Flash up yuh lighters one time for Notting Hill MVE.
They're merging with the rock branch a few doors down but I cant see it being as good, especially as that huge bargain basement will be no more. Still, all that second hand vinyl has to live somewhere so who knows. The whole music retail/vinyl vs digital discussion is a well worn and increasingly tedious path to go down so I wont bother but suffice to say that I found a lot of good shit in this store over the years (some of which has been posted on here) and I'm gonna miss it.

Dont worry, some proper posts will be appearing in the next few days. In the meantime you can check out:

Heltah Skeltah live at Notting Hill Carnival (1996)

Bobby J in the mix on Westwood (1995)

Chris Read's AV8 Records mix for Southern Hospitality