In 1992, messages of social equality, independence, protest and entrepreneurship ring loudly through the words of Hip Hop greats Public Enemy and Queen Latifah. Be inspired as each artist walks as a leader of culture in their own way: Latifah a graceful and powerful Queen and Public Enemy as rebels who strike louder than a bomb. The power of Hip Hop is represented lovely in two clips from The Bay Area TV Hip Hop archive.
"Here’s the tape I’ve been searching for for years: the first time I heard Tony D, G, and Eazy-M on WPRB. I thought it was from summer or fall 1989, but apparently I’m just getting old: the tape is likely from January 1990 based on the songs that were played. For instance, there was a world premiere of a Queen Latifah song that John Book said came out around springtime 1990. However, I have a tape explicitly labeled for February 1, 1990, so I’m going to assume this tape came from the week before and G just happened to get a white label release before the official release.
This episode is the one that started a four year ritual of listening every week and taping almost every show. In addition to an incredible selection of NJ hip-hop, the banter between Tony D, Eazy-M, and G is classic." - Normal Bias
Download the audio here: Jersey Hip Hop Legend Tony D Premieres Queen Latifah's "Mama Gave Birth" on WPRB (1990)
Track listing
Time to Say Peace… Poor Righteous Teachers
Do You Want to Get Hype… Too Kool Posse
unknown instrumental
Manifest… Gang Starr
(break)
(classic PRB t-shirt ad)
Queen Latifah… Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children (feat. De La Soul) (world premiere)
Boogie Down Productions… You Must Learn
Original Stylin’… Three Times Dope
Another Victory… Big Daddy Kane
Evil That Men Do… Queen Latifah (cut very short)
Shot at the Graffiti Hall Of Fame in the Lower East Side of New York, this early 90's documentary captures the visual art of Hip Hop and the mentality of it's practitioners in contrast to other people in society at the time. Queen Latifah takes a moment to share her thoughts on graf from the perspective of an everyday person who lives in the inner city and is not necessarily an advocate for the rebel artform. If you know your graf legends, a few famous artists from New York such as Cost & Revs and Cope 2 are shown in addition to 3 emerging artists who are interviewed in the process of executing a "piece" live from a New York courtyard.
To add more flavor to the doc by emerging Hip Hop music of the time, the Tribe-affiliated trio of Fu-Schnickens are interviewed during their debut, represent the amazing amount of character which groups had of this era. Whether graffiti or music, New York was definitely representing with a strong sense identity and leadership of Hip Hop in the early 90's.
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