Relive the magic of the Juice Crew Tour.
Big Daddy Kane Live @ Brixton Academy, London 1988

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Ah, the signwriter’s art. As the sub-editor buried deep down in any of you will know, they be getting signs wrong on the regular. Inappropriate apostrophes, ignoring the possessive apostrophe. Just not knowing what in fuck an apostrophe is, generally. And then there’s misspelling. Despite his pride in his thriving chicken franchise, Pudgee the Phat [...]

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The Little Brother album dropped this week and we discovered the European version had bonus tracks !! Thanks for nothing Phonte, you gave the album away to your fellow Americans but the rest of the world had to go out and buy it, how inconsiderate.
Phonte obviously doesn’t need your money but we reckon he may [...]

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We like running competitions. They’re a chance for us to get rid of years of unsold and slightly musty T-shirts. For this jawn, we want to know whose school was the most hip-hop. Which famous rapper / producer / DJ / graf artist / breaker did you go to school with? Did Dinco D give [...]

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The Almighty El-Cee was born with a name ideal for hip-hop: The Almighty El-Cee. Actually, we think he was really called Leroy Lott. Of his 3 12″s, two are negligible, one an absolute must-have – ‘We Have Risen’ / ‘School’s Out’ on Supertronics from 1987. Hard beats, hard rhymes, it ain’t complicated. Yet, try [...]

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In the first of our new Fallen Soldiers feature we salute the legend that is DJ Scott LaRock (3/2/1962 – 8/27/87). Here’s some audio from an old Dave Pearce Radio London show reporting the news of Scott’s untimely passing:

Scott (pictured) calling a girl before the advent of internet dating. We imagine this would have been [...]

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Hug a Hoodie:

A message from Michelle:
“Hi Guys! It’s Michelle again. The Fat Lace boys have had me locked in this cold basement for three weeks now, brrr, it’s freezing. I had to put on this Puma YO! MTV Raps Hoodie to keep warm. You should really go out and cop some of their garms. The [...]

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 SALT VALLEY POSSE
‘SOUR TIMES’
(FURIOUS RECORDS)

Hip-hop history is littered with dis records, but few bovine historians are up on what might just be rap’s inaugural on-wax beatdown. While the Sugarhill Gang found fame with ‘Rapper’s Delight’, a bunch of kids from the North-West-by-North Bronx saw their effort as too poppy, too twee and too aligned with [...]

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It’s Wednesday so here’s an extra special Wildstyle themed Westwood show. You’ll have to check out our Wildstyle vs Beat Street Wikki-Wikkipedia for the audio which we just updated. Keep your comments coming on that post or if you have any Wildstyle or Beat Street stories feel free to comment. If you’ve got any interesting [...]

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G&A: Lifetime subscription
T.I. found himself in a pickle this week. He already had the B.E.T. Rapper With Most Guns category sewn at the award ceremony but then went and blew it by bragging to drinking partner ‘Billy-Bob’ at local ATL bar ‘Shooters’ that he was set to illicitly obtain one of the most coveted weapons [...]

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