Akinyele's "The Bomb" 1993 promo sticker, plus more collectors items available here at eBay.
Ak the hard rock from the block takes you through the motions of a relationship on a song from his classic debut. Thanks to this Canadian Hip Hop radio show and the great Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito show, we can experience the rawness displayed in an original unreleased version of the song.
Poppin more corny MCs than Orville Redenbacher, Akinyele and E-Boogie are here to make MCs run and hide for the '95. Live on Mr. Magic radio, the duo get busy on the mic to the delight of DJ Mister Cee. Witty wordplay and murderous metaphors flow as each tear the mic down with a performance that leaves The Nasty African in stitches.
"This 6th day of July in the year 2014 marks the 21st year 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!" - Rob Swift
"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.
Listen to 2 separate episodes of Pete Rock & Marley Marl's Future Flavaz show from early 2000. These recordings feature a couple of lyrical beasts from the borough of Queens, Kool G Rap and Akinyele.
The Kool G Rap episode was conducted just before the release of his Rawkus LP "The Giancana Story" and features an interview with Marley. In addition, you get an unreleased promo with Ma Barker and a killer freestyle session. The episode is also an unfortunate one though since it was also dedicated to the passing of Pete Rock's father.
The Akinyele episode is one of Future Flavaz's funniest. It's during the release of Ak's "Aktapuss" LP and the success of his single "Put It In your Mouth". Ak goes buckwild during the interview, sounding hella enthusiastic and overjoyed with life as one of Hip Hop's new players on the scene.
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