Ageing B-Boys Unite!

Cassette Tape Collection Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:38:00 +0000

I'm currently selling these tapes. They are a collection of newly-bought and previously-owned cassettes that have been stored in my loft for the last fifteen years, although prior to that were displayed proudly on shelves.

I've decided to sell them now as they're being wasted sitting in boxes when someone else could own them who's been after a particular one for ages.

As you can imagine, the condition of plastic boxes after 25+ years is never going to be gorgeously pristine, but I have kept them all as clean as possible. Therefore, expect blemishes such as scratches or the odd crack - I will detail any bad faults.

How to buy

Each cassette has a price. There is no bidding.

Postage is 1st Class (Large Letter) which is £2.05 (this is for one single tape). All tapes are sent in jiffy mailers.

If you prefer some security, then you can pay for 1st Class Signed For (which is an extra £3.45 for ONE tape).

Please note that there is no compensation available on standard 1st Class post, whereas 1st Class Signed For will allow you to claim loss or damage up to £50. The choice is yours, but I would recommend paying that bit extra if you're buying the more expensive tapes.

All purchases must be paid for through PayPal only.

I want it. What do I do now?

First thing to do is send an email to ageingbboysunite@yahoo.com stating your desired tape(s). I will tell you if they are still available and give you the total amount due and the PayPal address where to send it.

Anything else?

Unfortunately, these are only for sale to UK buyers only. Sorry.

Also, as it's 2022 and online payments are a thing now, then all purchases must be paid asap.

No timewasters please.

All tapes are UK pressings unless otherwise stated.

THE LIST!

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane (1988) SOLD

There is a remnant of a price sticker on the front box side and bizarrely some text on the cassette has been wiped off - possibly due to an inferior printing ink.

~~The Enjoy! Story - Various (1988)~~ SOLD

The vinyl set of The Enjoy! Story is a four-LP affair, however the cassette version is two tapes consisting of 30+ tracks from the disco rap era.

Two cases housed in one main block. One of the boxes is loose when opened but fine when closed.

~~Davy D - Davy’s Ride (1987)~~ SOLD

Nice 'Our Price' sticker on the front (originally filed under Soul & Disco "SD")!

Def Jam Classics Volume II (1990)
£5

~~Run DMC - King Of Rock (1985)~~ - SOLD

A really great album featuring King Of Rock and my favourite, Can You Rock It Like This among other nice cuts.

~~Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986)~~ SOLD

I think EVERYONE had this album at one point. The great thing about the cassette version is that the whole cover art is available at a glance whereas the vinyl version is a gatefold that needs to be opened to fully appreciate it. Even the CD shows just the tail as well.

Side 2 of the tape has slight scuffling of the label on the right side (as seen in photo).

~~Public Enemy - Bum Rush The Show (1987)~~ - SOLD

Totally sexy cassette version of PE's debut album. And if you can actually read the lyrics that are printed on the inlay card, then you must have bionic eyes.

~~Public Enemy - Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age (1994)~~ SOLD

Great condition, later-era but still on DEF JAM album. Includes a fold-out of all the lyrics. Again, bionic eyes in full effect, brother!

~~Breakdance - You Can Do It (1984)~~ SOLD
£5

Sadly, the instructional pull-out was not included with the cassette release, but it's all ready to chuck into your boombox and start throwing down to the sounds of Alex & The City Crew.

~~Paul Hardcastle/Universal Funk - Zero One (1985)~~ SOLD
£25

Very rare to find these days. Released just before Paul blew up with his worldwide smash, '19'.

Break Machine - Break Machine (1984)
£8

Break Dance Party. Need I say more?

~~Tommy Boy Greatest Beats (1985)~~ SOLD
£30

One of the best record labels in rap history, with some right corkers included. And what about that iconic cover!

~~Schoolly-D - Saturday Night! The Album (1987)~~ - SOLD

Schoolly D - Smoke Some Kill (1988)

£8

Funkmaster Flex - The Mix Tape (Volume 1 (60 Minutes Of Funk)) (1995)
£6

Fun fact: This mixtape was done in one non-stop take, no editing and no 4 tracks.

So there.

The Jerky Boys - Stop Staring At Me! (1999)

£5

US import, not available in the UK.

The Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys 2 (1996)

£5

Fun fact: The album title for Radiohead's Pablo Honey comes from one of the prank calls included on this album (the first one, in fact) in which the caller poses as the victim's mother and says: "Pablo, honey? Please come to Florida.". A sample of the sketch appears during the guitar solo on "How Do You", too.

The Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys 3 (1996)

£5

Includes Curly G - Bamm! which I've plundered many times.

Again, another US import as bizarrely Jerky Boys product was difficult to obtain back in the day.

~~Mantronix - The Cassette (1985)~~ - SOLD

One of the first cassettes I ever bought. Timeless.

Kurtis Blow - America (1985)

£5

Don't you love America? It's my favourite country.

~~Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five - Stepping Off (1985)~~ - SOLD

As you'd expect from 1985, all the hits - and more!

~~Various - Def Beats 1~~ - SOLD

An early Music Of Life comp concentrating on US tracks. Also featuring a "Powerplay Megamix" by the enigmatically-named Nomis Sirrah...

~~Various - Crew Cuts (1984)~~ SOLD

£15

Island Records don't get the props they rightly deserve for helping to usher in the early '80s hip-hop releases. Remember 4th & Broadway?

Cash Money And Marvelous - The Mighty Hard Rocker (WALKABOUT SERIES 1)
£30

Pretty much rare as a hen's dentist. There was only one other release in this short-lived series of, ahem, cassingles, that were part of the Sleeping Bag Walkabout Series. The other being EPMD's 'I'm Housin'.

Personally, I love the design on this and wish there had been more.

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

£20

I bought this after really wanting to know more about Herbie's groovy past. Was not disappointed.

~~Wild Style Soundtrack (1983)~~ - SOLD

~~£ OFFERS~~

Sorry for the overload of pics but, well, this IS Wild Style we're talking about here. One of my first hip-hop loves and one I still continue to adore.

This is a pretty rare cassette version of the soundtrack, and one that almost never turns up on eBay or Discogs.

Ruthless Rap Assassins - Killer Album
£10

One of the north of England's best rap groups - yes, hip-hop did exist outside of the M25 in 1990. And It Wasn't A Dream and Just Mellow are my pick of the bunch here.

Krispy 3 - Herd Out Da Gate (1994)
£30

When I interviewed these lads via telephone back in 1993 I had to devise some sort of lo-fi system to capture the chat. Luckily we had a second phone in the house connected to the same phone line. I spoke on one phone and propped up my trusty tape recorder to the speaker end of the second phone to record us all. My folks weren't best pleased that they were confined to the living room until I'd completed the interview.

Kold Sweat Raw Flavours 1
£20

Kold Sweat comp from 1994. Not so fun fact: I sold all my beloved white label promo Kold Sweat 12"s once and then instantly regretted it. History is now looking like it's repeating itself.

N.b. The spine on the inlay is printed the other way round. Just pointing it out if you get anxious about this sort of thing.

Hard As Hell Volume Four (1990)
£15

Harder than the hardest, hard as hard can get. Music Of Life compilation dealing in murder and distress with the nastiest Br*tc*re beats known to man.

Sugarhill The 12” Remixes

£5

There's some cracking remixes on here from the likes of Richie Rich, C.J. Mackintosh and THAT one by Ben Liebrand which I'm sure you remember. No? Well, it's here.

Sorry, it's not 50p.

(N.b. small hairline crack on box spine)

Dope On Plastic! 3 (1996)
£10

Ball-cracking instrumental hip-hop jams that were huge in the mid-90s. Compiled by John Stapleton who also oversaw many of the lovely comps over on Harmless.

~~Classic Hip Hop Mastercuts Volume 1~~ - SOLD

We're onto the Mastercuts selections now, and if you know your music then you know that Mastercuts is a name of quality. Some ludicrously-classic bangers on here. And that front cover? Chef's kiss.

Classic Electro Mastercuts Volume 1
£12

Top drawer selection and some epic liner notes included in the generously-packaged inlay.

Classic Mellow Mastercuts Volume 1
£12

You know the score. Copiously-detailed liner notes again. Beautiful.

Classic Funk Mastercuts Volume 2

£5

Sadly, the inlay card has somehow become stuck together and won't open up to reveal the tracklisting and liner notes without tearing. If you love a challenge, then this is the tape for you.

The Ragga Twins - Reggae Owes Me Money (1991)

£15

Ragga-breakbeat uptempo madness from the pioneering Shut Up And Dance label.

The Last Poets - The Last Poets (1984)
£15

This is the Celluloid pressing of The Last Poets which originally came out in 1970, although not on cassette. Rare Dutch release.

Diamond And The Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop (Canadian)

£35

This is the ultra-rare Canadian release of one of hip-hop's most classic albums. Super-nice inlay card.

Note: small cosmetic cracks on front of case as seen in photo.

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
£30

De La's 4th album - in cassette form! Inlay is lush and folds out EVEN LONGER than Stunts, Blunts...!

~~Diamond Shell - The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell (1991)~~ SOLD

This often overlooked Cold Chillin' release was produced by the late, great Biz Markie.

US pressing.

Fun fact: Biz was the older brother of Shell.

Sway & King Tech - Concrete Jungle
£7

Criminally-underrated album with some solid cuts like Follow 4 Now, Bum Rush The Sound and Devastating being my pick of the collection.

The inlay card opens out into one hysterically-long doodad and has all the lyrics printed on it.

Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
£30

Wu-Tang's follow-up album to Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in double cassette format.

Excellent condition and still has shrink-wrap around the box.

Various - Jungle Mania 94 (1994)

£7

The first hardcore/jungle album I ever bought. Wanted it purely for the track Scotty III by Sub Nation. What a banger.

THE STREET SOUNDS SELECTION

~~Electro 16~~ SOLD

£20

~~Electro 15~~ SOLD

£20

Electro 13

£20

~~Electro 12~~ - SOLD

N.b. hairline scratch/crack on box spine (see photo).

Electro 11

£20

Fresh '86 hype sticker!

Fun fact: Electro 11 was mixed by Simon Harris & DJ Froggy.

Electro 10

£20

Some classic tunes on here. And Star Raid.

Electro 9

£20

Everyone has their favourite Electro and this is mine.

Doug E. Fresh, Bad Boys, D.St, Kid Frost, World Class Wreckin Cru, Mantronix, Fat Boys and Rockmaster Scott. Legends, each and every one.

UPDATE: I'm kind of glad that this one hasn't sold yet as it's my all-time favourite of the series and maybe I'll hang onto it :)

Electro 8

£20

Electro 7
£25

Electro 6
£45

Regarded by many to be their favourite volume of the series. With such great representatives of the scene at the time such as Real Roxanne, UTFO, Captain Rock, Roxanne Shanté, Egyptian Lover. Whodini and Dougé/Dougy Fresh, it's no wonder.

But who was 'Bobby Broom'? He is a jazz guitarist and composer who seems (on paper at least) to be from a different world than most other inhabitants in the world of Electro. This little oddity was an anomaly, as his previous single from 1981, Niqui, is a straightforward bit of jazz-funk. Nevertheless its inclusion on Electro 6 is well-deserved.

Electro 4

£35

Electro 3

£30

UK Electro
£45

There were two pressings of the UK Electro tape - one with a blue print on the cassette shell and the other with red. This one is the RED.

Crucial 1
£30

~~Crucial 3~~ SOLD
£30

This has got to be in my top 3 of all the mixes in the whole Electro universe. The selection is perfect and the transitions are absolutely seamless. Thank you, Mastermind Herbie.

Also contains Full Force's Alice with the most annoying line known to man, "baby, I'm your carpenter, please let me lay your tile". I may have been an overeager and desperate, spotty teenager back in the day, but I never felt the urge to use that chat-up line in my local Cinderellas.

Street Sounds Edition 15

£5

This is the regular Street Sounds series, which mostly steered away from the Electro style and instead kept busy with the soul/disco selection.

That said, Morgan Khan still couldn't resist shoehorning in his protégés, Masquerade with their One Nation single.

~~Street Sounds Rare Groove Vol 2~~ SOLD

£10

There weren't a lot of decent funk compilations out in 1988 but Street Sounds had a very worthy attempt with their Rare Groove series - sadly this was the last one.

(N.b. slight staining on shell and a faint pen marking of "G" inscribed also)

~~Street Sounds - Gotta Go Go (1986)~~ SOLD

£5

One day Go-Go shall have the spotlight it so richly deserves. Until then this Street Sounds comp has some bangers to keep you dancing, including the immortal Redds And The Boys song, Put Your Left Hand In The Air, Put Your Right Hand Down Your Underwear. Words to live by, indeed.

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 26 & 27

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:26:00 +0000

More HHC mags I've scanned recently both from 1991.

Issue #26, March 1991

https://www.mediafire.com/file/on5nsp56606pqdm/HHC_26_Mar_91.pdf/file

Issue #27, April 1991

https://www.mediafire.com/file/dtrlsgz8pjhn3k4/HHC_27_Apr_91.pdf/file

Here's a few more back issues. ~~I have scanned issues 1-10 but have mislaid those darn links. They'll turn up at some point I'm sure.~~ Many thanks to 'Anonymous' who has kindly posted the rest of the Mediafire links. Cheers!

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 24 & 25

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:10:00 +0000

Here are two more scans of Hip Hop Connection mags. The first of 1991, one of my favourite years, as we shall see with some classic singles and albums.

Issue #24, January 1991

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9oan30rvxpbzrz6/HHC_24_Jan_91.pdf/file

A packed issue with a huge feature which gathers together a round table of some of the biggest names of UK rap in 1991 to discuss its failings and plans for the future.

There's also features on A Tribe Called Quest (back in the era of 'Instinctive Travels...'), F.O.R.C.E. (who would partner up soon with K-Zee), and Katch-22, who are just about ready to drop their debut album "The Diary Of A Black Man In A Lost World" (the title would later be slightly changed).

Issue #25, February 1991

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wchmt3u3waegdpe/HHC_25_Feb_91.pdf/file

Front cover stars are Caveman and there really couldn't be a better example of a more civilised, cosy British crew - going by their interview. It's not the South Bronx. It's not even Hackney. The interview is conducted in a snug recording studio and then continued in the local Pizza Hut!

There's plenty more focus on UK rap elsewhere, with Ruthless Rap Assassins (who criminally never reached the heights that they should have) and MC Duke who has plenty to say (including the work of his own producer, Simon Harris). Besides that, popping up is the very lovely, Sensi who also doesn't mince her words. One of the best quotes you'll hear is when she talks about Monie Love - "she's wearing a hat that looks as if it's a free gift from Smarties". Sadly, the album she's promoting (Lady Raps The Blues) never got released).

ABU Podcast 74 - May 2021

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Tue, 25 May 2021 09:39:00 +0000

It's been EXACTLY a year since the last one, can you believe it?

The ABU Podcast returns This Thursday (27th May) 9pm (GMT).
Two hours of devastating hip-hop power, dusty breaks, futuristic 80s electro and cool library funk.

Find us on www.discoscratch.co.uk/radio/

Visit the chatroom and get involved: https://discord.com/channels/240597410324283393/240597410324283393

ABU - Our turntables might wobble but they won't fall down.

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 21, 22 & 23

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Sun, 09 May 2021 19:30:00 +0000

Here's three more scans of Hip Hop Connection mags to bring 1990 to a conclusion.

Issue #21, October 1990

https://www.mediafire.com/file/6ixl7ov5mh93r2p/HHC_21__Oct_1990.pdf/file

Derek B talks about his acceptance within the UK scene and his upcoming second album (that never was) and LL Cool J is interviewed about Mama Said Knock You Out whilst filming with Michael J Fox on the film, The Hard Way. There's a great piece on the then-launch of London's KISS FM radio station back when it was one of the most upfront and must-hear stations in the UK.
The JBeez talk through their second album, Done By The Forces of Nature which now that I think about it deserves another listen as I never really felt that happy about it at the time (and don't even get me started on J. Beez Wit The Remedy...).

There's an interesting British group in the Demo Blaster section before they became mildly famous when they were picked up by Music of Life records.

Issue #22, November 1990

https://www.mediafire.com/file/irt0nnwe3rtt06f/HHC_22_Nov_90.pdf

This issue kicks off with a piece on SNAP! (the guys who did 'The Power'). It's only a one-page thing but worth a read even to see how anti-gay remarks were still around and not as politically-correct as that kind of caper is these days. The Gang Starr interview must be the first one with HHC and was done just before Step In The Arena dropped. Nice to see how Jazz Thing came about which was mostly down to Spike Lee getting on the blower to Branford Marsalis and telling him to find them!

Also look out for articles on D-Nice, Gilles Peterson, X Clan explaining the Blackwatch Movement as well as The She-Rockers fuming about their new album. Oh, and remember the Technics Twins? No, me neither.

Issue #23, December 1990

https://www.mediafire.com/file/czcmwswtsujpmjs/HHC_23_Dec_90.pdf

By now HHC seems to be subtly changing its format with new features and overall design aesthetic and it really shows - although there are some very typical 80s page designs more noticeable with hindsight.

There's plenty of tidbits of news as well as features on The Outlaw Posse (and their anger at a certain CJ Mackintosh remix), Black Radical MKII (he was once sent a cease & desist letter from beer merchants, Bass Ale), and a heavy read with Professor Griff (no surprise there). 1990 saw the return of Run DMC, and they speak about their new album 'Back From Hell'. The Demo Blaster section features MC Dee2 - who I'm pretty sure is the same Dee II who was later signed to Kold Sweat. N.b. I think the mag inadvertently switched Dee's photo with Run DMC's from a few pages back. I suppose that I could've corrected them with some Photoshop magic but, meh, I ain't on that George Lucas 'special edition' shizzle so left it as it was. I'm sure you can live with that.

And after blabbering his way through a recent issue of HHC, KRS One is back yet again and talking about the HEAL project, and London Posse break down their debut (and only) album, Gangster Chronicle.

Happy reading,

Repo

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 19 & 20

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:41:00 +0000

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - August 1990, Issue #19

Icecube was this issue's cover star and the reason why is that he was just about to release his debut solo album, Amerikkka's Most Wanted. There's the usual smatterings of articles and doodads including pieces on Brit girls Monie Love and Betty Boo (!).

Jazz-Rap was suddenly on the rise around August 1990 and HHC have a big piece on it all as well as reviewing the Dream Warriors in the Singles section (this month also had the debut release from Hardnoise - yes, THAT one!).

MC Mell 'O' rounds off the mag with a breakdown of his Thoughts Released album.

All in all not a bad one this month.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1wblyjzks744c38/HHC_19__Aug_1990.pdf/file

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - September 1990, Issue #20

Say what you will about HHC but they did try to promote equality and report on the female section of the genre in a mostly male-dominated field. Ruthless Records' Tairrie B gets front cover shine (albeit under KRS-ONE).

More West Coast bizzle continues inside the covers with an interview with Kid Frost

There's an epic chat with KRS-ONE but let's face it, he's not a man known for his brevity.

All that and a bag of chips as some of us used to say in the '90s.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/7cqr82je9s92ljy/HHC_20__Sept_1990.pdf/file

More soon...

Plastic Attack Quiz Booty

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:29:00 +0000

A little while back the legendary Plastic Attack Radio Show held their very first Hip-Hop Trivia Quiz. Twenty unbelievably difficult and completely nerd-appropriate questions of the highest calibre.

Being an unashamed fan of rap minutiae in general - I didn't choose the trivia life, it chose me - I was looking forward to this evening being in the company of my fellow geek brethren.

To prepare, I had recently boned up on Subway & Spraycan Art, David Toop's The Rap Attack, every early issue of The Source and Hip Hop Connection I could lay my hands on and listened to every piece of vinyl in my collection - including the wack UK remixes for every De La release from the late 80s.

I jest. I dropped the De La records. I'm not that desperate ;)

Anyway, long story short there was a tie-break by the end of the evening with me and long-time ABU fan WOCK both achieving the same highest score. Unfortunately, like Highlander there could be only one and we were given a special bonus question. We were read a lyric from a fairly esoteric Ice T album song and had to name the track.

I barely managed to type the answer into my email message before my finger was hammering the 'send' button off to the Plastic Attack HQ.

I tells ya, it was more tense than an X Factor final except I didn't have the gorgeous Nicole Scherzinger cheering me on and instead I had my 4 year old Shih Tzu, Pip, staring at me like I was raving mad as by now I was rocking on the sofa and shrieking and slapping my thighs like a pantomime dame.

The Plastic Attack top dog, big man, numero uno honcho and head cheese, DJ Laz-e read out the winner and I damn near fell off that sofa. L'il old Mr Reeps was crowned the winner of the inaugural Plastic Attack Radio Show Quiz 2020.

A quiz of this magnitude needed to have some pretty damn impressive prizes and it did not disappoint. Pulling in favours from his multitude of names from his trusty black book Laz-e got donations from many, many faces in the industry

Here then is a breakdown of everything I received in one big-ass box that came this morning courtesy of my postlady.

Here's a group shot of all that booty

This is a great cap from STYLES

The first of a few goodies from Ken Swift's BREAK LIFE

Three tees from DJ Elemental

More BREAK LIFE merch from Ken Swift - some nice chisel-edged markers for those 'creative' moments, and a very cool pair of autographed and personalised sunglasses

The legendary Egyptian Lover donated a couple of fantastic prizes - the first being this double CD of non-stop tunes from the master himself

Dope beanie hat from Ken Swift

Ultra-rare collection of rap radio performances collated and mastered by Irish Craig and designed by graphic supremo LG

This is an awesome 7" single from The Egyptian Lover that not only looks amazing - a triangular 45?! - but he has very kindly customized the whole package, too

BreakLife stickers - mo' food for the record box

DIG MAG complete collection - a visual and literary heaven for the avid record collector with tales from fellow vinyl hoarders of obtaining that elusive piece of wax

Rare Tim Dog CDs - obviously produced before he passed away/ran away (delete as appropriate). And two CDs from DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick and Prozack Turner

More DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick merch courtesy of All City Records of Dublin

Crazy rare 45 from The Oddysy ft Chuck D, DJ Johnny Juice & Son of Bazerk. And signed by one of my favourite DJs, Johnny himself. Insane!

All City Records again with some nifty instrumental hip-hop from Kutmah

Big-up to DJ Undercover of Hijack (yes, THE Hijack!) for this signed copy of Doing What We Wonna Do

Back again! More DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick pressure courtesy of All City Records

New Jack Hustle's All City Anthem on All City Records. Top Trivia: this single was mastered by none other than Thes One of People Under The Stairs

The final prize out the box is this gorgeous print of the 'Ultramagnetic MCs gig that never was' at Cafe Oto in Tokyo, 1990 courtesy of Martin 'LG' Lovegrove.

Apart from these prizes pictured above I also received a personalised outgoing voicemail message from the truly legendary G.L.O.B.E., and an equally-distinguished figure in the music industry, Man Parrish will master any track I produce in his state of the art studio.

I am truly blown away, not only by the fact that I was the winner of the quiz but by the generous donations and time given by each and everyone who took part in it.

Lastly a huge thank you and a massive b-boy hug to my fellow record-hoarder from across the border, Eric / DJ Laz-e for organising all of this. I know that he had a very worrying time getting this all together as there were so many moving parts involved but it all worked out and I am eternally grateful.

Right, I'm pooped. I need a brew!

Here's to Xmas 2021 at https://theplasticattack.com/

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 17 & 18

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000

More HHC mags this week - June (#17) and July (#18) 1990.

We've got Overlord X and Norman Cook's 10 favourite tunes, features and interviews with Blade, Gunshot, Outlaw Posse, NWA, Silver Bullet and a buttload of others. Remember Kash Da Masta? He's showing us all his favourite things in a photoshoot reminiscent of something out of Just 17 magazine.

HHC were never afraid to dip their toes into the more commercial side of rap and there are some articles on Technotronic, Snap! and MC Tunes if that's your bag.

Who wants to win an electronic personal organizer from Abbey National? Not so much a competition as a frankly blatant plug for this once ubiquitous high street chain.

A Tribe Called Quest fans will enjoy the song by song breakdown of the group's debut album in issue 18. And who remembers the ragamuffin hip-hop phase? It's all here.

June 1990 (17)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ebpkxp15a6xj2dg/HHC_17_June_1990.pdf/file

July 1990 (18)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9f6kxw8yipi1j8r/HHC_18_July_1990.pdf/file

Hip Hop Connection Magazine - Issues 11 to 16

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:02:00 +0000

I realised that I hadn't posted these issues to the blog (or anywhere) since I scanned them two years ago.

So here they are, issues 11 (December 1989) through to 16 (May 1990). Plus I have recently scanned issues 17, 18 & 19 which will bring us up to August 1990.

However there is one missing and that is #14 (March 1990). This is not due to me not having it but rather I DO have this copy, but it is STILL SEALED. I would've been buying two copies of HHC back in the day and using one copy to cut up and pull out posters with the other copy being kept in the 'good' pile. I must've battered the sod out of issue 14 then by all accounts.

I'm not going to open up this one just yet as this is obviously my retirement fund. Maybe in the future, who knows...

Top Trivia: Issue 15 (April 90) features a letter from one Louis Theroux writing under the alias, King Lou-E. He mentions this in his recent autobiography, We Gotta Get Theroux This. His disparaging comments about UK hip-hop artists will prove to bring a huge backlash in a future issue (namely #17, June 1990 YO! letters page).

Anyway, here they are. More issues to come very, very soon.

16 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/95ugzjaw446stg4/HHC_16_JMay_1990.pdf/file

15 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/idexa9we2vevru7/HHC_15_April_1990.pdf/file
14 - SEALED, NOT SCANNED

13 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/h0e8ftqet9twz2b/hhc_thirteen.pdf/file

12 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/xfn68n163scs3wj/hhc_twelve.pdf/file

11 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/v3658k5j7rczouu/hhc_eleven.pdf/file

Captain Rock - To The Future Shock

noreply@blogger.com (Repo) — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Another request. Everyone loves the Captain, don't they?

Captain Rock - To The Future Shock

Cosmic Blast