In '92, Sylk Smoov, Q-Tip & Phife Rock The Mic at The Wake Up Show
By JR on 8:58 PM
Filed Under: A Tribe Called Quest , Freestyle (Audio) , Hip Hop , Sylk Smoov , The Golden Era , Wake Up Show
Kurupt Freestyles In '97 & Joins Bink! on "Smoke Sumthin'" feat. Ras Kass & Demrick
By JR on 5:34 PM
Filed Under: Bink , Demrick , Freestyle (Audio) , Hip Hop - West Coast , Ras Kass , Wake Up Show
Tha Alkaholiks Introduce "21 & Over" In '93', Souls Of Mischief & Ahmad Freestyle In '95
By JR on 10:24 AM
Filed Under: Ahmad , Baka Boyz , Freestyle (Audio) , Hip Hop , Remixes , Souls Of Mischief , Tha Alkaholiks' , The Golden Era , Wake Up Show
KRS-One & Saukrates 1997 Freestyle On The Wake Up Show/Pirate Radio Bi-Coastal Broadcast
By JR on 6:32 PM
Filed Under: Digging In The Tapes , KRS One , Marley Marl , Socrates , Wake Up Show
20 Years Of Vagina Diner: DJ Rob Swift Recalls The Making Of Akinyele's 1993 Debut LP
By JR on 9:03 PM
Filed Under: Akinyele , Large Professor , Pete Rock and Marley Marl Future Flavaz , Rob Swift , Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show , Wake Up Show
"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.
Wake Up Show/Pirate Radio Bi-Coastal Broadcast 1995 feat. Akinyele, Ras Kass, KRS-One & more
By JR on 10:59 AM
Filed Under: Pete Rock and Marley Marl's Pirate Radio , Wake Up Show
The Wake Up Show and Marley Marl's Pirate Radio are both pioneers in the art of Hip Hop radio programming with great guests, classic freestyle moments and talented DJs. Their bi-coastal broadcast that combined the flavor of both their shows into one night was one of my highlights of Hip Hop in 1995.
In this episode Sway & Tech and Marley battle in a showcase of their best freestyle moments between their shows, a display of high-level lyricism featuring KRS-One, Chino XL, Ras Kass, Akinyele, Hiero and others.
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