GURP CITY RADIO #3: CAN'T SWEAT IT KID

Closed session kid.  Here's a mix of some (not all) recordings and artists I'm into these days, mostly cutty Bay Area locals, and if not I'm sure they're cutty local somewhere. Here's somewhat of a track list (I don't know all the song titles so I left em off):

Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambatta

Foul Mouth Jerk, TopR, Conceit, Merkulson

Grand Invincible

Beird by Son Tiff

Fist Fam, Ville Boyz

Brainsick Mob

Richie Cunning

Six Feet Deep

Fuck MCs

Dave Dub and the Sutter Cain Gang

MF Doom

Fog

Rec League

Eddie K, Brandon B, Thug E Fresh, Fay Dog, MC Oroville

Tuff Crew

Brougham

The Dub Overlord

Doug Surreal

Fist Fam, Ville Boyz

Z-Man

Here it is

GURP CITY RADIO HOSTED BY FOGBREAKS.COM

TWO PIFFCASTS TO KEEP YOU GEEKIN', RARE LOCAL MUSIC.

GURP CITY RADIO #1

GURP CITY RADIO #2

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MISSION CARTEL LIVE ON THE RADIO

Megamix live on the radio Fall of Twenty-One-Omega courtesy of DJ CIKEE & KPFA's (Berkeley) annual fundraiser.

Mission Cartel (DJs Quest (BPSH) & 2 Fresh) is joined by SF's DJ B-Cause for an hour & 15 minutes of the future funk, great hip-hop, enjoy it burnouts! And find more of the like at DJ2fresh.com

(peep the player in the middle of the page)

and download the radio show here:

MISSION CARTEL LIVE ON KPFA FALL 2010>>>>

Photos (from top to bottom):

DJ 2 Fresh gets biz on a serious stack

DJ Quest: Scratch Innovator

Mixmaster DJ B. Cause

UNRELEASED DJ RAW B Maxi-12" FEAT. PEP LOVE, AZEEM & LUKE SICK

Recorded much earlier this decade, but never released, here's a Maxi-12" packed with raw underground hip hop power that hit the cutting room floor, but can now be released digitally like it was aged whiskey. Raw B of KUSF Beat Sauce (R.I.P.) cred is a minimalist beast on the MPC. He was raised by the old school and brought it to radio every week for the true heads to absorb. That's Bambatta sitting down in black peeping the vet's skills in the top pic. Respect.

DJ RAW B/PEP LOVE-- BOX CHEV
DJ RAW B/AZEEM-- 21 CANNONS
DJ RAW B/LUKE SICK-- ERIC BENEMY

MEGAKUT RADIO #1

Here’s a non-progressive, retroactive, radio-style mix from our friends over at Megakut. What’s impressive is that it captures the vintage sound quality that was signature for the time period. When people, not directly involved in the scene that created it, first experienced this “electro-megamix-style-rap” music back in the late-80’s it was usually via some radio station that you could barely tune in or off a seventh-generation cassette of the same radio show. This is getting closer and closer to how it was. You just turned it up loud and listened to the bass! Sound like a weak excuse for having fucked up records? You may be right, Fletch. If you were born after ’79, it probably can’t help but sound fucked up. Not my problem, you need to obey the Mistress of Boom and just "Let It Go".

MEGAKUT RADIO #1: “PLAY LOUD IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA”

THE UNKNOWN DJ—“808 BEATS (club mix)”—Techno Hop—Produced by Andre Manuel

MCS OF RAP—“THIS IS THE JAM”—Rap Records—Produced by DJ Cox and Cool CP

YOLE BOYS—“SPREAD THOSE CHEEKS”—Megakut—Produced by Fatees

KYNA ANTEE (AKA THE MISTRESS)—“LET IT GO”—Techno Kut—Produced by Unknown DJ and Arabian Prince

DJ BATTERY BRAIN—“808 VOLT MIX”—Techno Hop—Produced by Unknown

DJ SLICE & KOOL ROCK JAY—“SLICE IT UP”—Dunk Yer Funk—Produced by L. Ramsey & M. Brown

THE DRUM: KZSU NINETEEN NINETY SIX

Here's another rip of a tape of a Drum show from sometime in 1996. Not sure on the month, but Mad Skillz was playing Club Deco in SF, anyone remember that show? Kevvy Kev goes for delf for a bulk of the tape playing lots of the hot 12"'s of the time. Dan Charnas strikes through with Chino XL who drops a bit about his forthcoming solo joint and plays what sounds like a cassette copy of "Waiting To Exhale". Whatever happened to the other MC's in Gravitation? I always thought the B side won on that 12". This all leads up to a freestyle session with Chino and Saafir which our homeboy Kurlee Daddee threw up on his blog here. Redwood tape heads in the house!

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SCAMS, SCANS & GRAMS

I admit, I fell behind with working on the blog the past couple weeks. Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of ROBME and it kinda snuck up on us. I had an idea for a special megapost, but it became somewhat of a larger project than I anticipated so it will not see the light of day for a minute. BUT we do have some DOPE exclusive shit that will be dropping later this week. Just need to hook up the RCA's and clean the tape heads. STAY TUNED!! So in the meantime and inbetween time, I figured I'd drop some recent discoveries I made in the mess that is the ROBME archives.

First off is a an old flier from an Rob One appearance at Cat's Alley which was put together by the legendary DJ Stef and her Vinyl Exchange. Next we got a short interview with Kool Keith, TR Love and Kutmasta Kurt circa 1994 from a SF graffiti mag called Hole In The Ozone: In that same issue of Hole In The Ozone there was this cool stream of conscious page put together by DJ Sake 1: "Anyone who has the original colored sleeve Super Disco Breaks (Winley) is like my older brother." Amen to that.
Then we have an issue of the Bay Area Hip Hop Coalition newsletter from September 1998. The BAHHC was a group radio DJ's united together to promote hip hop in the Bay. Check the calendar page to see just how poppin shit was back in 98. Damn...

SPIDERMAN: THE MONDAY BEATDOWN, WINTER 98

Our good friend the Black Stamp has blessed us with another tape from his mysterious shed of analog treats. This time it's a 60 minute tape with 2 excerpts from a late 1998 episode of Spiderman's Monday Beatdown radio show which was on 89.7FM KFJC. For us heads in the Bay, the Monday Beatdown started your week off on right foot and I was a loyal listener. Spiderman aka Ken Hamilton's knowledge of music was deep and far beyond the typical college radio hip hop DJ of the time. Just check out this playlist that has Albert Ayler going into Boogiemonsters and Mystik Journeymen followed by Crass. Robert Goulet? It was Ken who first turned me onto the madness of Christian Marclay. Ken also worked at Cue's and other local record spots further casting out his net for the dopest cuts. Ken was killed in a car accident in 2000 and the airwaves have never been the same since.

RIP Ken Hamilton aka the Spiderman, May 14, 1973 - December 22, 2000.

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RIPPED OPEN RADIO #3, PART 2

Finally ripped the 2nd half of the show. I gotta say, we pulled out some great records for this one. The "rave cave" Luke referred to was a massive DJ set up some norms were erecting in the studio next to ours. They had it jacked into a live PA system inside the radio station and were BLASTING techno beats while we were live on the air. We had the door closed and the speakers cranked trying to hold onto our grimey mindstate. Jackie "No, I will not shake your hand" O. kept trying to throw us for a loop, but we pressed on. And on and on because those jokers couldn't get their show together to start on time so we got a few extra records in. Unfortunately the tape ran out, but you can peep the entire playlist here and you can recreate the missing audio if you are so inclined.

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RIPPED OPEN RADIO #3 - PART 1

My old school homie Arthur Groom hit me about some open KZSU spots a couple months ago and I managed to get two Sunday slots. I did a metal show for one (archive here) and Smooth Triumph and I did the 3rd installment of Ripped Open Radio for the other one. Outside of the danked confines of 66.6FM KOLD's studios, we were forced to play it cool, PSA's and all. The sound of rugged drums and street raps will always draw the most scrutiny from radio station personnel and this day was no exception. Once again we were, as Prodigy put it, "too hoodied to conform to the program." Squares just can't hang. I was also nursing one of my worst hangovers in recent memory. The last thing I remember from the night before was filling up keg cups and throwing them at The Feldmans while they were playing at Leech's wedding. This is Part 1 of the show. Sound quality here is pretty rough, but it ends up working in our favor. Even though we recorded this a month ago, it sounds like it's a 3rd generation dub from the 90's. Part 2 (aka side 2) and full playlist up next.

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RIPPED OPEN RADIO #2

Second episode. Eons on the tables and Luke gets down with the Realistic talk box with the wood paneling. Once again, the selections are bonkers. No one called in and won the contest for the life-size Diamond Shell cardboard stand up. We gotta check these phonelines. Better luck next week!

Ripped Open Radio #2

1. Beatnuts - "Get Funky" (remix)

2. P Bros. feat Sadat X and Money Boss - "Come on Down"

3. Stetsasonic "Sally"

4. Scotty Luv- Cold Rocking It

5. I walk on gilded splinters

6. CPO- Ren's Rhythm

7. Ed O.G. - Sayin' Something

8. Ice T - "Hunted Child" Remix

9. KNT "Cycles"

10. Arsonists "Halloween"

11. Shyheim "Five Elements" feat. Rubbabandz, Pop the Brown Hornet, Downlowreka, Junelover

12. Royal Flush "Worldwide"

13. Gil Scott Heron- "Angel Dust"

14. Freestyle Professors- Grit Dat Grime

15. Spice 1- 187 Proof part II

16. DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip- "Time to Rhyme"

17. Black Sheep "Still in the Ghetto"

18. Tragedy- Iron Sheiks beat

DON’T TRY TO MOCK THIS, ‘CAUSE YOU CAN NEVER STOP THIS

The b-side to this TDK (titled: Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now?) has me rapping karaoke style over Eazy E records. Don’t know why I recorded that (bet it had to do with Olde 8 tho), don’t know why I never recorded over it. Pretty fucking embarrassing. I was stealing lunch money out of backpacks in the quad during second period around this time and getting caught turning in my older sister’s Psychology midterm that she had turned in only two years prior to the exact same teacher (whose husband my dad had laid off from SRI that same year). But all that’s lame. This is the shit: The Drum (with Kutmasta Kurt and Kevvy Kev) 90.1 KZSU Stanford University circa 1989.

Playlist:

Soulman

D.O.C.- Portrait of a Masterpiece

Prince EZE and Big Fran to the Third- Time to Get Funky

YZ- Thinking of a Master Plan

Bob and the Mob feat. DJ Slayer and M.C. Speedo- It's a Shame

Down with the Program

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RIPPED OPEN RADIO #1: NEW PIFFCAST

Debut of the new Ripped Open podcast. Recorded live in the Invincible Lab - runnin' rickety offa some scratchy records, shitty cables and a Ball jar of sativa. Broadcasting on 66.6FM, it's KOLD Radio. Since our limited broadcasting range only reaches a few feet outside of the Buddha Chamber, we present y'all with an archive of the inaugural show in mp3 format. Tune in next week to win a Royal Fam slipmat!

Ripped Open Radio #1

Playlist:

1. Agentstriknine "Ditch 'em, Diss, & Dismiss 'em"

2. 3rd BASS "3 Strikes 5000" (SD50 Bonus Beats)

3. Conspiracy Music "Slippin' Into Darkness" Feat. Tupac??? that's what the label says

4. BIG TWINS "B.I.G.T.W.I.N.S."

5. Grandaddy IU "Pick Up The Pace"

6. Mystidious Misfits "I Be" (Digga remix)

7. CPO "The Movement" (Remix)

8. Stark Reality "Shooting Stars"

9. Monty Alexander "Love & Happiness"

10. The Navy "Port Authority Bus Blues"

11. Hugh EMC & DJ X1 "Gangsta-matic"

12. Double X Posse "The Headcracker" (remix)

13. Trigga Da Gambla feat. DV Alias Christ "Hit Man For Hire"

14. some BoB James space shit

EDDIE DEF: KING OF THE MEGAMIX

Years upon years before the term "mash up" was half heartedly jizzed out by some lame ass pop culture parasite, DJ Eddie Def was tucked away in his Mission District home studio delicately layering 50's doo wop over Hashim's relentless 808's. He had a vision. Double Dee & Steinski gave us the outline, but Eddie hit that shit every which way. Just peep this latest installment of his mandatory podcast, K.I.T.T.Y. Radio #2:

I / II

Eddie rockin' the MPC:

WAKE UP SHOW TAPE: UNKNOWN DATE

Black Stamp rolled through to drop off some prints at the crib and handed me an unlabeled tape that he said was a Wake Up Show episode from 1994. After listening to the tape I think it may even be from 93. He edited the commercials out so you get 90 minutes of hot schitt with no BS. Where is that Gangstarr track on side A from? Kevvy Kev is in the house too.

Also, I'd like to take a sec to send out an open invite for anyone to contribute old radio show tapes to ROBME. Especially stuff from the Bay Area and/or West Coast. I can rip the tape and return it to you with a high quality (better than mp3) audio CDR. Leave a comment or contact us through the Grand Invincible page if you got an old shoe box full of tapes collecting dust.

[A] / [B]

NON PHIXION: ASK MICKEY KNOX WHO WE ARE

Non Phixion will always be remembered as one of the ruggedest crews to emerge out of the mid 90's indy scene. While many of their contemporaries were flirting with sci fi language or introspective themes, Non Phixion were the straight hoodied up, drugged out maniacs from the slums of Brooklyn. Here's a pre-Non Phixion freestyle from DJ Riz and Wildman Steve's WBAU show circa 1994. This is Necro, Ill Bill, Goretex and Captain Carnage performing as Goons. (Note: this is a different rip and is a bit longer than the version contained on Necro's rare freestyles release):

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Next is an early Non-Phixion freestyle from a 1995 Stretch & Bobbito show. At this point the line up is Ill Bill, Sabac Red and Goretex and they go verse for verse over Primo's "Livin Proof" instrumental. Ripped from an old tape:

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THE DOWNLOW HIGHLIGHT REEL

I remember getting a phone call from someone at Point Blank magazine who had discovered my info from a failed attempt I had made ordering a Project Blowed cassette. This was late 94-95. I had seen a review of it in Slap magazine so I sent $10 to the address they printed and crossed my fingers. "You should never mail cash. Someone will just steal it!" the Point Blank cat informed me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was already 20+ calls deep to Video Graff trying to get them to send me my damn tape (and that was a money order!). Sometime after the phone conversation, a package arrived from Point Blank that included this tape and an issue of the mag. The tape features a few different radio appearances from Kev Sakoda's Downlow show. The Artifacts take up the entire A side while the B side has appearances by Rass Kass and Aceyalone. I remember going to see The Artifacts in Santa Cruz back around this time with Common Sense, The Beatnuts and Organized Konfusion. The Artifacts didn't show, but while one of the wack openers was struggling through his set, a completley unnanounced Aceyalone jumped up on stage and proceeded to rip this kid a new one before devouring him alive. The place exploded. The Downlow show is still on the air. You can catch it every Saturday on KSPC 88.7FM.
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