DJ Crucial's "Retro Active" album shows the head-nod and turntable art of an artist who pays homage to the boom bap 90's and carrying the tradition into the new millennium with a project of new and unreleased material recorded between 1997-2014. Crafting songs using the SP 1200 and MPC 2000, all tracks are straight from the original 4 track tapes, floppy disks and sessions.
An all-star lineup of MCs fill the roster who bring a refreshing edge of wit, entertainment and food for thought lyrically, including Large Professor, MF Grimm, Count Bass D, Casual, Grand Puba and Sadat X, alongside artists like the Alps Cru (the holy grail of indie hip hop), Black Spade, Jia Davis and Deep Six. All the beats have DJ Crucial's consistent homage to the boom bap 90's using the SP 1200 and MPC 2000. This is a limited edition of 200 double cassettes.
Tape one is the full Retro Active album on a black cassette and tape two includes all instrumentals on a white cassette. Available now here at Undergroundhiphop.com
Each order includes a digital download to both tapes.
With a joyful sound of music, Sunny Daze revive the timeless verses of Grand Puba Maxwell on their 2013 release "I Like It" b/w "The Jam". This project picks right up where Puba left off in the early 90's to revive the Brand Nubian MC. Dope rhymes meet live Soul and Funk instrumentation, in the vein of Puba's work on The Brand New Heavies "Heavy Rhyme Experience" LP.
With Puba's larger than life presence on the mic combined with a Sunny's laid-back sound, the genres of Hip Hop and Soul play off of each other to project a new voice and personality as one. If your a Puba fan, this is something you should hear.
Sunny Daze are: Tim Hays - Alto Saxophone Thorp Rivingston - Tenor Saxophone, flute Jesse Ribyat - Trombone Jesse Urmey - Guitar Joseph Peterson - E. Bass, Double Bass Marc Skarecki - Drums Chris Lawand A.K.A. DJ C Reality - Turntables Kendall Scott - Organ, Rhodes, & Synth/Keys
This clip is one of those which really displays the qualities of performance and personality demonstrated by MCs during the 1980's. Complete with dance moves, Grand Puba and Dr. Who perform a crack-era Hip Hop classic together on a low budget TV program. Watching the energy and enthusiasm which comes out of each MC is a sharp contrast to the morbid and depressing lyrics which each speak of about an epidemic which ran rampant in the New York streets during the time of this performance.
Keeping in thumping in 2013 with a track which fits the early 2000 New York underground Hip Hop sound of Rawkus Records, German producer Terpentilo provides he head-nod on his remix of "7xl". If you miss the sound of independent New York Hip Hop of this era, enjoy and refresh your ears as Terp revives a distinct sound. Drums bang against the inspiring sound of a piano loop to carry the flows of Puba, Sadat and Menelik for a remix which projects a light vibe similar to the original.
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