Not many DJ’s can claim to have been name checked by Biggie and Nas on record and with that said it was incredibly sad to hear the legendary radio personality Mr. Magic aka Sir Juice passed on October 2nd 2009. As active fans of hip-hop since the early 80’s, here at Fat Lace we can [...]

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Economic crisis aside you have to indulge now and again, here’s a couple of Fat Lace choice picks:
Spiz’ike boots,  winter wears for the winter wars…

Supreme have re-released an all time classic, the Nike Bruin…

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It’s been a minute since we dropped a classic Max & Dave radio show so we thought we’d treat you. Can you believe this interview’s from 1992? K-Solo aka Kevin Madison talks about working with EPMD, pushing crazy weight upstate and being a boxing champion. From working with E Double on Spellbound to Pete [...]

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Well, we posted his new video but apparently he doesn’t like it so he left this message on his blog:
SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HATE THIS INDUSTRY….MUTHAFUCKAS GET CONTROL OVER YA MUSIC AND YA IMAGE AND DO WUTEVER THE FUCK THEY WANT TO DO WIT IT….THIS CROOKERS VIDEO WAS NOT APPROVED BY [...]

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This shit is pretty dope, we’re feeling it.
Statik Selektah & Termanology are 1982 – ‘Thugathon’ ft Lil Fame of M.O.P.

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We’re giving you value for your horrifically devalued pounds this week with both a classic Westwood radio show and a vintage Zulu Message column. On this week’s show we go back to October 1996 with DJ Riz of the Crooklyn Clan on the turntables and they’re even joined by the ghost of Aaliyah. That reminds [...]

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Here’s part 2 in our Mr. Magic appreciation month. Yep, it’s up there with Martin Luther King’s Birthday. So here’s an in depth interview we did with the man himself. It’s essential reading, especially the bit where Magic admits the illicit activities that went down on their UK leg of the Juice Crew Tour back [...]

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It’s been a minute since the last Westwood Wednesday so we thought we’d hit you with an extra special chunk of vintage rap radio. Back in 1995 radio veteran and comedian Geoff Schuman appeared on the show and they got listeners to call in and do their best Westwood impressions. Who said Tim lacked humility? [...]

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“I got to have it, I miss Mr. Magic”. Of course Nas immortalised Sir Juice on his album Illmatic but this New York rap radio pioneer was breaking records some 10 years prior to Nasty’s opus. Magic paved the way for many a personality jock and for anyone who has fiddled with the Dolby switch [...]

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In case you were wondering, Dr. Octagon is deceased. James Lavelle will be pouring out a little liquor today.

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