Normal Bias http://www.normalbias.org Archiving old cassettes before they snap Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:37:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2007 normalbias-org@laze.net (Normal Bias) normalbias-org@laze.net (Normal Bias) 1440 http://www.normalbias.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Normal Bias http://www.normalbias.org 144 144 Archiving old cassettes before they snap Normal Bias Normal Bias normalbias-org@laze.net no no The Hillbillies – Bottom of the Hamper Jam http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/jkXNQzGhqEU/ http://www.normalbias.org/2013/04/07/the-hillbillies-bottom-of-the-hamper-jam/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:37:22 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=378 I’ve got a few bigger posts lined up, but for now I wanted to share with you a song I’ve been looking for on my PRB tapes for years. It’s one that can’t be found anywhere online (if you can believe it), so I’m happy to be able to offer it up here. I’m talking about Mount Holly, NJ’s own The Hillbillies (later, the Muck Men) with what I’m calling “Bottom of the Hamper Jam.” It may or may not be the track’s official title, but that’s how I remember the PRB crew referring to the track the few times they played it. I believe the track came out in 1991.

The recording is from a tape of the January 2, 1992 episode of “Raw Deal,” which is coming soon. I did some minor noise reduction.

For a little more Hillbillies goodness, check the December 1992 episode with some freestyles by the crew.

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2013/04/07/the-hillbillies-bottom-of-the-hamper-jam/feed/ 0 0:04:40 I’ve got a few bigger posts lined up, but for now I wanted to share with you a song I’ve been looking for on my PRB tapes for years. It’s one that can’t be found anywhere online (if you can believe it), so I’m happy to [...] I’ve got a few bigger posts lined up, but for now I wanted to share with you a song I’ve been looking for on my PRB tapes for years. It’s one that can’t be found anywhere online (if you can believe it), so I’m happy to be able to offer it up here. I’m talking about Mount Holly, NJ’s own The Hillbillies (later, the Muck Men) with what I’m calling “Bottom of the Hamper Jam.” It may or may not be the track’s official title, but that’s how I remember the PRB crew referring to the track the few times they played it. I believe the track came out in 1991. The recording is from a tape of the January 2, 1992 episode of “Raw Deal,” which is coming soon. I did some minor noise reduction. For a little more Hillbillies goodness, check the December 1992 episode with some freestyles by the crew. 1990s, 1991, Hip-Hop normalbias-org@laze.net no no http://www.normalbias.org/2013/04/07/the-hillbillies-bottom-of-the-hamper-jam/ DJ Jay-Ski: “Jay-Ski Vol. 11″ [1995] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/7u84LuKrwPs/ http://www.normalbias.org/2012/10/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-11-1995/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:13:56 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=364 Earlier this year, I posted volume nine of the mighty DJ Jay-Ski’s mixtape series from the mid-90s. We jump ahead to volume 11 from a little later in the same year. Lots of good stuff here, including gems from the Jersey Sluggaz and, of course, Zulu–now Zxulu–The One Man Gang.

Oh, and the tape kicks off with DJ Premier screwing up a drop. Hilarious.

My copy is a dub, but the rip is alright.

And now, the Maestro of Funk…

Side One

  1. Intro
  2. Right Back at You… Mobb Deep
  3. Total (Jay-Ski Faith Mix)… Speical Ed, Keith Murray, and Method Man
  4. You Used to Love Me… Faith
  5. Rather Unique… AZ
  6. I’m Goin’ Down (Remix)… Mary J. Blige
  7. What I’m After (Remix)… Lords of the Underground and Keith Murray
  8. Ask of You (Jay-Ski Remix)… Raphael
  9. Live!… Onyx
  10. U Know Now (Buckwild Remix)… Show & AG
  11. Letha Brainz Blo… Heltah Skeltah
  12. Jersey Sluggers Freestyle Session

Side Two

  1. Freestyle… Raekwon
  2. Criminology… Raekwon
  3. Slow Down (Jay-Ski Remix)… T. Covington
  4. Da Ladies… Bahamadia, Precise, Tripp, Uneek, & L.)
  5. Labels… The Gza
  6. Keep it Real (Remix)… Milkbone
  7. The Riddler… Method Man
  8. The Cycle… Blaque Spurm
  9. A Little of This… Grand Puba
  10. Sprite Break… Grand Puba/Extra P
  11. Survival (Remix)… Mobb Deep
  12. How High?… Redman & Method Man
  13. For Real (Remix)… Ruggedness
  14. Fuckin’ Wit da Zu… Zulu the One Man Gang

Download

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2012/10/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-11-1995/feed/ 0 http://www.normalbias.org/2012/10/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-11-1995/ Remembering Tony D, three years later http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/GYvtJHf5DDY/ http://www.normalbias.org/2012/04/05/remembering-tony-d-three-years-later/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:35:50 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=357 I’ve been bumping a bunch of Tony D favorites this morning and remembering Tone and his musical legacy.

In case you didn’t catch it the first time around, here’s the first track from a new project that Shawn Lov, G, and others from the NJ underground are putting together. It’s dedicated to Tony and features a bunch of Trenton legends:

Miss you, Tone.

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2012/04/05/remembering-tony-d-three-years-later/feed/ 0 http://www.normalbias.org/2012/04/05/remembering-tony-d-three-years-later/ Club Krush: August 1990 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/J6MRp9rJOik/ http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/19/club-krush-august-1990/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:12:33 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=337 Starting with this posting, all Club Krush and Raw Deal postings will be uploaded as WAV files to the Internet Archive. This helps ensure that the files will be safe for years to come (and not suffer the fate of the files that had been uploaded to Megaupload) as well as offloading bandwidth and storage costs to the kind folks at the IA. This also means that files will be available in a variety of formats, both lossless and lossy, and will be easily streamable. In time, I’ll be moving all old episodes of the show over to the IA.

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This episode of Club Krush came from one of those colorful Memorex tapes that were everywhere in the late-80s and early-90s. While they were on the lower end in terms of tape quality, they occasionally made things even worse by tacking on an extra 20 minutes of blank tape as a bonus. Unfortunately, tapes over 90 minutes are more prone to breakage. Thankfully, this particular 110-minute tape hadn’t yet snapped, so I wanted to make sure it was archived early on.

I place this show in August 1990, though it’s possible it came from as early as July 1990. Three clues:

  • They talk about moving back to Thursday nights (for a brief time, they were on on Friday nights) in the third week of September,
  • DJ Cut Master B and DJ Juice talk up a DJ competition on September 7th and 8th, and
  • G heavily hypes the new Boogie Down Production album, Edutainment, which came out in July 1990 (source: AllMusic)

The tape quality’s not great and the show’s not terribly remarkable, but it is a solid one with some guests in the studio, discussing and debuting new music. Guests include the Suicide Posse, whose EP had just been pressed, 360 Degrees, whose very underrated EP had just hit stores, and Cut Master B and DJ Juice, who talked up an upcoming North Side Production$ 12″.

There’s a nice blend of an instrumental of EPMD’s “The Big Payback” with the vocals Eric B. & Rakim’s “I Know You Got Soul.”

Download:
side 1 / side 2

(Raw notes, including a track list, are available on the IA archive page. So are additional file formats.)

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/19/club-krush-august-1990/feed/ 0 http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/19/club-krush-august-1990/ DJ Jay-Ski: “Jay-Ski Vol. 9″ [1995] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/3N7Gr1Z86bs/ http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-9-1995/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:05:35 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=330 When I first met Jay-Ski online over 20 years ago, I had no idea what a big deal the guy would become. Of course, it totally makes sense, as he was one of the most talented DJs and turntablists in the New Jersey/Philadelphia area (still).

Today, I’ve got one of the early entries in Jay-Ski’s mixtape series. Volume 9 comes from 1995 and has plenty of patented Jay-Ski cuts, remixes, and a slew of local MCs you’ve probably never heard before (except maybe for WPRB regular Zulu–now Zxulu–The One Man Gang).

My copy is a dub (oops, sorry, Jay), but the rip is still pretty decent quality. My favorite cut on here is the super-long Jersey-centric posse cut, “Session Numba Nine.” Maybe Jay can chime in with the full MC line-up.

And, get this: Jay-Ski even spits a verse. Not something you hear every day!

Side One

  1. Intro
  2. Mad Ism 95 (new lyrics)… Channel Live
  3. Masta I.C…. Mic Geronimo
  4. A-1 Lover (Total Mix)… Spragga Benz
  5. Can’t You See… Total
  6. Where Am I? (unreleased version)… Redman
  7. The Flavas… Show & AG and Method Man
  8. All I Need… Method Man & Mary J. Blige
  9. Session Numba Nine… Jersey Sluggers
  10. World Goes Round… Naughty By Nature

Side Two

  1. Think of U (Jay-Ski Remix)… Usher
  2. Who Shot Ya… Notorious B.I.G.
  3. All Glocks Down… Heather B
  4. Freestyle… Ol’ Dirty Bastard
  5. Protect Ya Neck… Ol’ Dirty Bastard
  6. Aw Yeah… KRS-One
  7. Frustrated Nigga… Jeru the Damaja
  8. Resurrection (Large Professor Remix)… Common Sense
  9. Wontime… Smif-n-Wessun
  10. Next Level (Jay-Ski Remix)… Tha Alkaholiks
  11. Freestyle/Put It On (Remix)… Big L
  12. U Won’t Go Far… OC/Organized Konfusion
  13. Lick a Shot… Da Goons

Download

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-9-1995/feed/ 1 http://www.normalbias.org/2012/03/09/dj-jay-ski-jay-ski-vol-9-1995/ Level the Vibes (WMWC): April 15, 1998 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/v38TouSGV9g/ http://www.normalbias.org/2011/11/13/level-the-vibes-wmwc-april-15-1998/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:17:08 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=293 During my senior year of college, my radio show was a three-hour show titled “Return to the Attic,” which referred back to my first radio show as well as the attic space the radio station was housed in at the time. This show was my second-to-last episode of my college tenure. Rather than go freeform, I decided to do an all-reggae show. I titled it “Level the Vibes,” which was the reggae show I hosted a few years previous (the title itself an obvious reference to Half Pint).

I run through sets of roots and lovers rock, dub, dancehall, and hip-hop reggae and am joined in studio by my then-girlfriend (now-wife) Huyen, Chevy, Donny, and Thuy. At one point late in the show, I drop a few radio ads over dub tracks to spice things up a bit.

This is one of my favorite shows to go back and listen to because I spun strictly music I loved (rather than trying to focus on new releases, etc.), had friends in the studio with me for much of the show, and was clearly having fun. Good times, good times.

(Ripped at a completely inappropriate 320k.)

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2011/11/13/level-the-vibes-wmwc-april-15-1998/feed/ 1 0:46:58 During my senior year of college, my radio show was a three-hour show titled “Return to the Attic,” which referred back to my first radio show as well as the attic space the radio station was housed in at the time. This show was my secon[...] During my senior year of college, my radio show was a three-hour show titled “Return to the Attic,” which referred back to my first radio show as well as the attic space the radio station was housed in at the time. This show was my second-to-last episode of my college tenure. Rather than go freeform, I decided to do an all-reggae show. I titled it “Level the Vibes,” which was the reggae show I hosted a few years previous (the title itself an obvious reference to Half Pint). I run through sets of roots and lovers rock, dub, dancehall, and hip-hop reggae and am joined in studio by my then-girlfriend (now-wife) Huyen, Chevy, Donny, and Thuy. At one point late in the show, I drop a few radio ads over dub tracks to spice things up a bit. This is one of my favorite shows to go back and listen to because I spun strictly music I loved (rather than trying to focus on new releases, etc.), had friends in the studio with me for much of the show, and was clearly having fun. Good times, good times. (Ripped at a completely inappropriate 320k.) 1990s, 1998, Radio, Reggae, WMWC normalbias-org@laze.net no no http://www.normalbias.org/2011/11/13/level-the-vibes-wmwc-april-15-1998/ Remembering Tony D, two years later http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/jp-9iMmV-zQ/ http://www.normalbias.org/2011/04/05/remembering-tony-d-two-years-later/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:22:33 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=290 It’s been two years since Tone died. I’m going to try and get together some new PRB stuff to share shortly. In the meantime, here’s a track I hadn’t heard before that that Tone did with Shawn Lov back in ’98 called “Wack Emcees Get Murdered Day” (shouts to Shawn for posting it):

RIP, Tone.

(More…)

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2011/04/05/remembering-tony-d-two-years-later/feed/ 0 http://www.normalbias.org/2011/04/05/remembering-tony-d-two-years-later/ East Coast Tribe: “33 1/3: First Day of School” [1993] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/Lrzd0nmJP5g/ http://www.normalbias.org/2011/02/02/east-coast-tribe-33-13-first-day-of-school/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:46:46 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=268 Today, I’ve got some underground, early-90s, Atlanta hip-hop for you.

Here’s a little information, provided by Martay himself:

The East Coast Tribe was formed like most other collectives… pure happenstance.

Here’s a chronology…1st there was Reign of Terror: Legendary, Rhythmlord and Martay who were doing shows with the likes of MC Hammer and Rob Base just out of high-school.

Martay went on to ATL to college at Georgia Tech. He did solo shows with Success-N-Effect and other local groups in the area. One Tech Student, Transcribe (Clock Master K at that time) came to the show with his P.E. button and t-shirt on (for the record, Mike Luttrell predicted that Martay would end up hanging out with that guy when he saw him come to the show clearly different than the crowd that came to see “Roll it Up”). Transcribe had an emcee buddy named Dave a.k.a. MC Prophet (together White Noise) who had a buddy from Texas named Barry Winkler. Well, Martay did begin hanging out with Transcribe and the guys in ATL.

Meanwhile Rhythmlord met B-Right through a friend name DA… B-Right was looking to “get on” with some cats that did music. Well, Rhythmlord did music and Martay happened to come out one day to meet B-Right too.

Things kept brewing and soon after DJ K-ski fresh from service in the 1st Iraq conflict joined B-Right and it was on. Transcribe did music for Martay and B-Right who along with K-Ski formed a group called Tribal Science.

They decided to form a collective that included Martay, The Hip-Hop Wiz, Reign of Terror, B-Right, Transcribe and DJ K-Ski. The collective would be dubbed the East Coast Tribe and they’d later grow into a management company representing nine talented artists, all told.

To officially christen the East Coast Tribe, Barry Winkler, ever the entrepreneur started Bahari Records and their first release was an EP that included songs from Tribal Science and Martay…knowing they had a lot to learn about the biz (what an understatement) they dubbed the EP 33 1/3: First Day of School… it was released on Vinyl and cassette in 1993.

After the release of First Day of School, Martay and B-Right formally joined forces with Barry Winkler on both Bahari Records (later the home to J. Bond & DJ Goldfinger and The Wamdue Project among others) as well as ECT, Inc. (the aforementioned management company).

I asked Martay about the photo on the cover. He told me, “It’s Barry Winkler, the original founder of Bahari Records. We thought it appropriate as the 1st release… the 1st day of our school in the industry… to pay homage to the man who had the guts to finance a record company.” Good stuff.

After listening to this tape for the first time in many years, I was reminded how good it is. While it’s indicative of the time it was made, it’s not really like anything else of the era. There are influences, but it’s very much original. I think fans of early 90s hip-hop will dig it.

Here’s a rip of the cassette release of 33 1/3: First Day of School, an album I enjoy to this day. There are no mentions of it anywhere else on the web aside from two links from my site and a mention by Flash from an old issue of HardC.O.R.E.. Enjoy… I’ve got some more Bahari goodness coming your way.

East Coast Tribe: 33 1/3: First Day of School (.zip, 320k, 74 megs)

  1. Scientific Swiftness… Tribal Science
  2. Smokin Joints… Tribal Science
  3. What You Wanna Do… Martay, the Hip-Hop Wiz
  4. Soul and Self… Tribal Science
  5. Playin Emcees… Martay, the Hip-Hop Wiz
  6. Come to Work

… and, just for a fun, a bonus track that I produced for Martay for a compilation I released back in 1995 titled The People Under the Stairs. It was my first long-distance collaboration and involved sending my 4-track cassette to Martay through the US mail, waiting for him to record his verse and then send it back. You kids these days have it so easy with your crazy Internet bandwidth. (This track is also in the zip file.)

Martay, the Hip-Hop Wiz (prod. Laze): “Strictly for the Love”

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2011/02/02/east-coast-tribe-33-13-first-day-of-school/feed/ 3 0:03:47 Today, I’ve got some underground, early-90s, Atlanta hip-hop for you. Here’s a little information, provided by Martay himself: The East Coast Tribe was formed like most other collectives… pure happenstance. Here’s a chronology…1st there[...] Today, I’ve got some underground, early-90s, Atlanta hip-hop for you. Here’s a little information, provided by Martay himself: The East Coast Tribe was formed like most other collectives… pure happenstance. Here’s a chronology…1st there was Reign of Terror: Legendary, Rhythmlord and Martay who were doing shows with the likes of MC Hammer and Rob Base just out of high-school. Martay went on to ATL to college at Georgia Tech. He did solo shows with Success-N-Effect and other local groups in the area. One Tech Student, Transcribe (Clock Master K at that time) came to the show with his P.E. button and t-shirt on (for the record, Mike Luttrell predicted that Martay would end up hanging out with that guy when he saw him come to the show clearly different than the crowd that came to see “Roll it Up”). Transcribe had an emcee buddy named Dave a.k.a. MC Prophet (together White Noise) who had a buddy from Texas named Barry Winkler. Well, Martay did begin hanging out with Transcribe and the guys in ATL. Meanwhile Rhythmlord met B-Right through a friend name DA… B-Right was looking to “get on” with some cats that did music. Well, Rhythmlord did music and Martay happened to come out one day to meet B-Right too. Things kept brewing and soon after DJ K-ski fresh from service in the 1st Iraq conflict joined B-Right and it was on. Transcribe did music for Martay and B-Right who along with K-Ski formed a group called Tribal Science. They decided to form a collective that included Martay, The Hip-Hop Wiz, Reign of Terror, B-Right, Transcribe and DJ K-Ski. The collective would be dubbed the East Coast Tribe and they’d later grow into a management company representing nine talented artists, all told. To officially christen the East Coast Tribe, Barry Winkler, ever the entrepreneur started Bahari Records and their first release was an EP that included songs from Tribal Science and Martay…knowing they had a lot to learn about the biz (what an understatement) they dubbed the EP 33 1/3: First Day of School… it was released on Vinyl and cassette in 1993. After the release of First Day of School, Martay and B-Right formally joined forces with Barry Winkler on both Bahari Records (later the home to J. Bond & DJ Goldfinger and The Wamdue Project among others) as well as ECT, Inc. (the aforementioned management company). I asked Martay about the photo on the cover. He told me, “It’s Barry Winkler, the original founder of Bahari Records. We thought it appropriate as the 1st release… the 1st day of our school in the industry… to pay homage to the man who had the guts to finance a record company.” Good stuff. After listening to this tape for the first time in many years, I was reminded how good it is. While it’s indicative of the time it was made, it’s not really like anything else of the era. There are influences, but it’s very much original. I think fans of early 90s hip-hop will dig it. Here’s a rip of the cassette release of 33 1/3: First Day of School, an album I enjoy to this day. There are no mentions of it anywhere else on the web aside from two links from my site and a mention by Flash from an old issue of HardC.O.R.E.. Enjoy… I’ve got some more Bahari goodness coming your way. East Coast Tribe: 33 1/3: First Day of School (.zip, 320k, 74 megs) Scientific Swiftness… Tribal Science Smokin Joints… Tribal Science What You Wanna Do… Martay, the Hip-Hop Wiz Soul and Self… Tribal Science Playin Emcees… Martay, the Hip-Hop Wiz Come to Work … and, just for a fun, a bonus track that I produced for Martay for a compilation I released back in 1995 titled The People Under the Stairs. It was my first long-distance collaboration and involved sending my 4-track cassette to Martay through the US mail, waiting for him to record his verse and then send it back. You kids these days have it so easy with your crazy Internet bandwidth. [...] 1990s, 1993, 1995, Hip-Hop normalbias-org@laze.net no no http://www.normalbias.org/2011/02/02/east-coast-tribe-33-13-first-day-of-school/ Remembering Tony D, a year later http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/dJObMdLOmcg/ http://www.normalbias.org/2010/04/06/remember-tony-d-a-year-later/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:59:45 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/2010/04/06/remember-tony-d-a-year-later/ It’s hard to believe it’s been a year (and two days) since Tony D died. Revisit the Remembering Tony D category and throw on a copy of Droppin’ Funky Verse.

Never forgotten, Tone.

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2010/04/06/remember-tony-d-a-year-later/feed/ 3 http://www.normalbias.org/2010/04/06/remember-tony-d-a-year-later/ Q102 Hip-Hop Review [1993] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/normalbias/~3/Bc_4c0TM_1g/ http://www.normalbias.org/2010/03/26/q102-hip-hop-review-1993/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:58:52 +0000 laze http://www.normalbias.org/?p=251 Yet another unlabeled tape (should I make “YAUT” an official acronym?). This one is from Q102 (WIOQ) Hip-Hop Review on a Sunday night in 1993, sometime before September. The hosts are “The Funky President” Mike Elliott (heard earlier here) and Shelly Shel and DJ Jay-Ski is on the wheels.

Did I ever tell you about Jay-Ski?

He was the first hip-hop DJ I ever knew (somewhat) personally. Way back in the late 1980s, I was in 7th grade and would call around to Bulletin Board Systems (don’t know what I’m talking about? You better ask somebody!) from my middle school’s computer lab. There was one I called into that was run by a metalhead, but I bumped into one other user on there named Gemini that was into hip-hop. That was Jay-Ski. We talked once about trying to work together (this was back when I was just starting to write lyrics), but that never came to be. Probably for the best since I was completely wack at the time.

I only met Jay in person once, when he was working at Sound Express (Jersey’s answer to Funk-O-Mart/Sounds of Market) in Willingboro. Then Jay got famous showing up all over Philly radio. We’ve caught up online a few times in recent years. He’s good dude. And crazy talented. Check Jay out these days over at PureElementz.net.

Anyway.

On this episode, they do a giveaway for an Erick Sermon/Def Jam show in New York. The winner gets to ride in a “a phat stretch limo with a television, VCR, and all that” and hang with Mike Elliott and Shelly Shel. This results in a pretty hilarious call-in section where people call in telling why they should be the ones to win the tickets.

There’s some outstanding music here, especially for fans of that 93 sound. Lords of the Underground, The Mexakinz, Original Flavor, PRT, post-Large Pro Main Source… it goes on and on. Some tasty remixes and lots of heavy signature Jay-Ski cuts. There’s one track called “That’s Life” from a Philadelphia group that seems to like to reference Sweden (I couldn’t make out their name when Mike Elliott said it… something Soul).

Fat Joe shows up in studio, but for some reason, I cut that part out. The real treat comes on side B when Souls of Mischief roll through to hype their upcoming ’93 Til Infinity.

Definitely worth checking out. Total runtime is a little over an hour.

]]> http://www.normalbias.org/2010/03/26/q102-hip-hop-review-1993/feed/ 4 0:46:54 Yet another unlabeled tape (should I make “YAUT” an official acronym?). This one is from Q102 (WIOQ) Hip-Hop Review on a Sunday night in 1993, sometime before September. The hosts are “The Funky President” Mike Elliott (hea[...] Yet another unlabeled tape (should I make “YAUT” an official acronym?). This one is from Q102 (WIOQ) Hip-Hop Review on a Sunday night in 1993, sometime before September. The hosts are “The Funky President” Mike Elliott (heard earlier here) and Shelly Shel and DJ Jay-Ski is on the wheels. Did I ever tell you about Jay-Ski? He was the first hip-hop DJ I ever knew (somewhat) personally. Way back in the late 1980s, I was in 7th grade and would call around to Bulletin Board Systems (don’t know what I’m talking about? You better ask somebody!) from my middle school’s computer lab. There was one I called into that was run by a metalhead, but I bumped into one other user on there named Gemini that was into hip-hop. That was Jay-Ski. We talked once about trying to work together (this was back when I was just starting to write lyrics), but that never came to be. Probably for the best since I was completely wack at the time. I only met Jay in person once, when he was working at Sound Express (Jersey’s answer to Funk-O-Mart/Sounds of Market) in Willingboro. Then Jay got famous showing up all over Philly radio. We’ve caught up online a few times in recent years. He’s good dude. And crazy talented. Check Jay out these days over at PureElementz.net. Anyway. On this episode, they do a giveaway for an Erick Sermon/Def Jam show in New York. The winner gets to ride in a “a phat stretch limo with a television, VCR, and all that” and hang with Mike Elliott and Shelly Shel. This results in a pretty hilarious call-in section where people call in telling why they should be the ones to win the tickets. There’s some outstanding music here, especially for fans of that 93 sound. Lords of the Underground, The Mexakinz, Original Flavor, PRT, post-Large Pro Main Source… it goes on and on. Some tasty remixes and lots of heavy signature Jay-Ski cuts. There’s one track called “That’s Life” from a Philadelphia group that seems to like to reference Sweden (I couldn’t make out their name when Mike Elliott said it… something Soul). Fat Joe shows up in studio, but for some reason, I cut that part out. The real treat comes on side B when Souls of Mischief roll through to hype their upcoming ’93 Til Infinity. Definitely worth checking out. Total runtime is a little over an hour. 1990s, 1993, Hip-Hop, Radio, WIOQ normalbias-org@laze.net no no http://www.normalbias.org/2010/03/26/q102-hip-hop-review-1993/