Time to get to know my peoples from back in the days in New York a little bit. Check out the NYC Tracks album I posted earlier for a compilation of all the songs I produced, and did cuts on when I lived in New York in the early 90's.
First up..my man Jamalski who I did cuts for on the Hangin' Tree joint from the Schwarzenegger movie. Here's a little freestyle proving Jamal's still the man, and better than before as if that was possible. Peep ..
Then Tricky Tee from Edenwald Projects in The Bronx, and a memeber of the Zulu Nation. Tricky goes way back to the old school. He was the first MC I ever made tracks with back in the early 90's, and this is his two 12" singles on Sleeping Bag Records. Classics!
On to Critical Masz aka Pyramid and Hazard..two MC's from Queens I did production, and cuts for. Pyramid was one of the best MC's in New York at the time givin' several well known cats such as Busta Rhymes, and Q-Tip a run for the money in various cyphers back then, and he's in this classic video.
And finally my man Sam I Am from the Warriors Of Shaolin crew. Sam later moved to Norway for a minute too, and can be seen in the following videos. In the Special Ed he's one of the secret Hiphop agents chasin' him, and he's the pirate in the Pete Rock joint. The first club I played at in New York, which was actually an old rustbucket of a boat called The Frying Pan, is also featured in the Pete Rock vid.
Here's a musicvideo I was involved in, and I'm actually supposed to be in it for a sec too, but there's so many quick-cuts I can't see myself, can you? Let's make that a competition. Spot White Shadow in this video, and get...well...nothing. =)
My turntables are easier to get a glimpse of however, and they were the reason I was involved in this video as the Crusader's manager called my manager asking if she could provide some turntables for the shoot, so she sent me and my tables to somewhere in New York. I don't remember where but it was sort of an island, and it had like a burnt out castle as you will see, and looked sorta like a jungle out there too, so Crusaders manager Kevon Glickman, who also managed the infamous Philly cratedigger Soulman aka Baritone Tiplove btw, picked me up at like eight in the mornin' at my Brooklyn condo which was actually a basement in an old nun-monestery turned appartment building owned by Ian Astbury from The Cult, but that's yet another story to be saved for the book.
Hot, hot summer day like the Sugar Hill Gang said, but we were taken really good care of by the Profile Records staff who would provide food, and as much beer as we could drink the whole day, and it was fun to be involved in making a musicvideo, but boring into the long hours as the shoot lasted from 8am 'til about 8pm, and a lot of waiting, and doing the same takes over and over I was happy to be on the sideline just drinkin' brews, and kickin' it with the Profile staff, and the Crusaders For Real Hip Hop.
The Crusaders released one album on Profile in 1992, and this was the first single off it. Frontman for the crew was Tony D who sadly passed away in a tragic car accident this year. Rest In Peace Tony.
D was an MC, and also a producer who produced for Poor Rightous Teachers, YZ, King Sun, Outsidaz, Kwest The Mad Lad, Ice Cream Tee, Scott Lark, and many more, most of the crew was at the shoot that day, and Tony D was good peoples, a real talented, down to earth, and friendly guy.
Plenty of fun at the shoot, and the Audio 2 joined us because this track samples Top Billin' for the hook, and Milk D would play us some unreleased solo joints.
After, there was a huge barbecue, and party at the monestery in Bklyn with about a hundred guests who all got shitfaced. Another lovely day in NYC.
My turntables featured here, one of them I still use, and the other, plus the mixer is in a museum near you soon if you live in Norway.
