"My first new full-length album in six years is called X-Files: Lost & Deleted, a collection of rare, remixed and reinterpreted songs from my archives featuring The Large Professor, J-Live, Supernatural, Breez Evahflowin, Quest, Dr. Butcher, KutMasta Kurt and more.
For the last five years or so I’ve been flirting with the idea of putting together a “Rob Swift’s BEST OF” type of album. After thinking about it for quite some time I finally decided to let the ideas I had swirling in my head out in the open and started working on X-Files: Lost & Deleted this past March." - Rob Swift
Learn more about this project and how you can support Rob Swift's mission here.
"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.
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For experiencing the true essence of Hip Hop, nothing beats the sound of breaks being cut back and forth as a form of sonic entertainment, and especially so when it comes from the hands of an experienced battle DJ such as Rob Swift of The X-Ecutioners. Enjoy a display of turntable precision and an education into the fundamentals of Hip Hop with about an hour of breaks spun by Rob on his 2012 mixtape "That's The Breaks".
Dr. Butcher is a low-key figure of Hip Hop who has made significant contributions over the years on a number of classics, emerging as a protege of Queens legends Large Professor, LL Cool J and Kool G Rap. If you look closely enough, you'll see his name associated with a number of standout projects, whether on the boards, background vocals or on the 1's and 2's. The producer/DJ from Queens sits with Rob Swift of The X-Ecutioners for an exchange of great Hip Hop memories which are left from Butcher's notable career.
Dr. Butcher and Large Professor in the studio, circa 1994 for "The LP" recording sessions. One of the classic archives Rob has pulled for this interview.
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