Here is just a taste of what awaits you as a Hip Hop fanatic within the digital audio archives of UMass Boston. Raw and lo-fi demo tapes reveal mid-to-late 80's recordings by Slick Rick & The Kangol Crew and Keithy E & The Gangstarr Posse. These budding superstars get stupid ill and exercise their Hip Hop skill years before the world would eventually adore them. MC Ricky D gives you some of that witty flavor you hear on the classic "La-Di-Da-Di", while The Guru playfully mixes singing with rapping.

This tape features Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, as well as various artists performing and rapping over beat-box.

This tape features MC Keith Gang-Starr, or Keith E. and the Gangstarr Crew. According to information on the casssette and on the j-card, this recording includes tracks titled 'Epitome Spree' and 'House Rock.'