"This 6th day of July in the year 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of a classic Hip Hop album entitled “Vagina Diner” by Akinyele. Flanked by The Large Professor on the SP1200 and yours truly on the Technic 1200, Ak’s debut album harken’s back to a time when Hip Hop artists chose not to dumb down their creative abilities. On the contrary, Ak, Large and myself challenged our audience to elevate the way they listened to music. Our goal wasn’t to make the best selling album. All we were focused on was making the best sounding album!" - DJ Rob Swift of The X-Ecutioners.

Akinyele: vocals
Large Professor: production
Rob Swift: scratches
Engineers: Anton Pushansky, Matt Noble, Rob Sutton, and Dino Zervous

Read the rest of Rob Swift's story as he takes you down memory lane in the making "Vagina Diner" including pictures and video here at his website.


When it came to stepping out of the booth and attacking the mic on live radio, Akinyele was definitely a beast back in the early and mid 90's. Here are a few standout moments where his flow and delivery gained momentum upon achieving more recognition in Hip Hop as a force to be reckoned with. If you can track down his rhyme moments on radio from this period on shows such as Stretch & Bobbito, Sway & Tech's Wake Up and others, it's good memories to go along with his debut album.