My first official mixtape release originally titled "Rap 'Em & Scratch 'Em", this is a mixtape I recorded in 1992 when I lived in New York, for Johnny T's Sound Effects record store at Fulton street mall in Brooklyn (pic above). Mixed live at my manager's crib on West End Ave. in Manhattan like so many other tapes, and freestyle sessions I'm gonna post later.
I did a gig at the Ritz...a concert hall in Manhattan, and opened up for KRS 1, Das Efx, UMC's, and Fu-Schnickens that night. The gig started out messy cause I had problems with one of the turntables, and all of a sudden no sound, and the record on the other table was about to end, so I had to do the nasty and flip the needle back to the beginning of the record while trying to fix the other table. The crowd went "Booooooooooooo", and we're talkin' 'bout a big room packed with about 4000 people, and most of New York's Hiphop elite at the time...anyway, I fixed the table, cut the hell out of two copies of Leaders Of The New School's "Case Of The PTA", and because of that I had the pleasure of getting to know what a LOUD cheer of pure joy, shock, and surprise from a pussy whipped New York crowd sounds like. Best feeling ever!
My man Tricky Tee (Sleeping Bag/Zulu Nation), and Ultramagnetic MC's was rockin' the mic freestyle that night, and Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Jay gave me props, and KRS 1...oh fuckit...gotta save some for my book, and this tape isn't even from that night, but Johnny T approached me at the Ritz and invited me out to his store in Brooklyn plenty of times to do showcases, and gave me a big stack of records to make this tape for him. DJ Scratch from EPMD was at the store chillin', and my man DJ White Lightnin' got on the cut for a sec too. We ripped it, and girls stopped me outside the store after...ahhh...one of those wonderful 15 minutes of fame! =)...and props to the Handy Man and his crew for lookin' out for me that day...anyway..this tape has most of the biggest Hiphop classics of the summer of '92, some underground bangers, some classic joints, and a LOT of turntable tricks old school style...you know...2 copies of every record and just cuttin' 'em up freestyle.
The Roxanne Shante joint was also my first exclusive on a mixtape, and is different (better!) than the album version...no one had heard it in New York yet, but I managed to get my hands on double test pressings thanks to the label staff at Cold Chillin'...anyway...Grab that 40oz of Old English 800, spark that philly blunt, and let the good ol' Timberland boots stomp to this tape from the golden era of Hiphop!
Tracks:
Showbiz & A.G. - Soul Clap
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
Super Cat - Ghetto Red Hot
Roxanne Shante - Big Mama
Fu Schnickens - La Schmoove
Heavy D - You Can't See What I Can See
Kriss Kross - Jump
Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
Das EFX - They Want EFX
The U.M.C.'s - Swing It To The Area
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime
Kid & Play - Slippin'
Chill Rob G - The Court Is Now In Session
Kenny Dope & The Mad Racket - Supa
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
Ultramagnetic MC's - Poppa Large
Main Source - Fakin' The Funk
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