"Shimmy Shimmy Ya" Gets Reissued To Blue Vinyl, Ol' Dirty Goes Buckwild on Radio in '95
By JR on 7:18 PM
Filed Under: Hip Hop , Ol Dirty Bastard , Reissues , The Golden Era , WNYU Radio , Wu Tang Clan
Below is some certified on-air foolishness courtesy of Russell Jones aka Ol' Dirty Bastard. Enjoy a recording straight from my cassette deck as Dirt raises hell live on the Martin Moore and Mayhem Show. This maniacal episode took place during Dirt's promo run for his debut album "Return To The 36 Chambers".
Back in the late 90's, radio hosts Mayhem and Sunset give you a reminder of the brutal honesty associated with Hip Hop as they tickle your funny bone by playing the judge, comedian and critic to a host of wack MCs, live on NYU college radio.
Tickets: Ultramagnetic MCs 25th Anniversary of Critical Beatdown Tour + Rare Audio
By JR on 11:24 AM
Filed Under: The Golden Era , Ultramagnetic MCs , Underground Railroad Radio , WNYU Radio
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic album "Critical Beatdown", Ultramagnetic MCs are touring the UK and Europe in July!
Hailed as one of the early innovators of the sampling techniques employed by producer Ced Gee, the release influenced future generations for years to come. On tour will be Kool Keith, Ced Gee and T R Love, their first as a group in Europe since the release of the album, and will be an extremely rare opportunity for fans to see the legends perform the classics live.
The full tour announced is as follows :
July 2nd Paris Le Trabendo
July 4th Amsterdam Melkweg The Max
July 5th London The Clapham Grand
July 6th Brighton Concorde 2
July 8th Norwich Arts Centre
July 9th Leeds Brudenell Social Club
July 10th Glasgow O2 ABC 2
July 11th Manchester Band on the Wall
July 12th Dublin The Sugar Club
July 13th Liverpool Haus
July 17th Cologne Club Banhof Ehrenfeld
July 20th Belgium Dour Music Festival
They have also been working on some new material, and produced the track "Let The Bars Go" ahead of their tour. Enjoy this exclusive below in addition to a couple rare interviews with WBAi's Underground Railroad show in 2005 and WNYU radio in the late 80's.
Download: Moments from The Roots' 1996 Performance at WNYU Radio
By JR on 2:36 PM
Filed Under: Audio (Live Performance) , Digging In The Tapes , Hip Hop , The Golden Era , The Roots , WNYU Radio
In '94, Method Man Freestyles Over Beats by Charlemagne of Natural Elements on NYU Radio
By JR on 8:42 AM
Filed Under: Freestyle (Audio) , Method Man , The Golden Era , WNYU Radio , Wu Tang Clan
Fat Joe Visits WNYU Radio For "Jealous One's Envy", While "Success" Receives The Jazzy Flavor
By JR on 11:10 AM
Filed Under: Digging In The Tapes , Fat Joe , Hip Hop , Interviews (Audio) , WNYU Radio
It's just another ordinary day as Fat Joe pays a visit to underground Hip Hop radio in the '95. This chat with Martin Moore of WNYU radio shows Joe still on the come up and hungry to make his name known with dreams of success. During the release of his single "Success", Joe sounds more like a fan in this interview and speaks on Hip Hop from a different position than we hear him now. Joe's doesn't hold his tongue either in this interview, the fat gansgta takes shots at Wendy Williams and some people in the news who made false accusations against one of his crew.
Below, "Success" receives the fat jazzy flavor and as a result over-delivers a feel-good vibe to your speaker. The tone of this remix is like the feeling of your best day as Joe's ghetto fabolous rhymes meet a Hip Hop sound that's as inspiring as the sunshine.
1995 was a great time in New York underground college radio full of treats. Listen as iNi and Pete Rock visit WNYU radio for an interview and freestyle during the release of their debut single "Fakin' Jax". Like many other fans, I remember the wait to hear a full-length LP drop from these brothers after their debut single. I'm glad "Center Of Attention




