

With so many threads to follow from here, I expect to continue returning to it for many years to come.ġ. The possible opportunity to some day do this very interview was one of the main reasons I started writing about music in the first place, so you’ll have to understand when I say that this is easily my favorite post in the site’s history and the one I’ve gone back to most throughout 2020. Darc Mind Was Here: Kevroc & X-Ray Reflect on 30 Years “Going Through It” Definitely check all that out if you haven’t and look out for more Think Differently-related posts coming in 2021.Ģ. This led to me doing a feature on his latest project, which is a great listen, and DJ Booth doing a feature on the man himself, which is a great read. Dreddy Kruger Spotlights LI Talent on Think Differently Two: The Audio Filmĭreddy hit me after seeing DJ Booth’s feature on I’m From A Little Place. In the immortal words of Busta Rhymes, “So then they said, ‘Oh, so that mean we gon’, you gon’ switch it on em?’ I said, ‘Yeah, Flipmode. This post was basically me cataloging an afternoon spent listening to Flipmode Squad songs from 1999-2001. The only surprising thing about Roc Marciano having two of the year’s top 10 posts is that neither of them is in the top 3. I'm going back and forth with the thoughts of quitting like table tennis, but what's the game if the players ain't in it? Every pen ran out of ink on the day this was written.” I lit a candle and played Jamaican records, prayed and rested next to my favorite weapons, saved my bread up and then made my exit. If you buy one, I’ll be super grateful.ĥ.

If one-twelfth of those visitors bought a tape, they’d be sold out. Side note: the Long Island Rap Record Store page that also launched with this release brought in more views than the top two posts on this list combined. Trust I’m still trying to find the Latino freestyle single that provided his first appearance on wax.įun fact: the original promo for this album compared it in a roundabout way with a pineal gland cyst and was attributed to Jesus Christ.

talk about his roots in the mid- to late-1980s LI hip-hop culture. His antics are legendary, but for me it was most fun hearing R.A. the Rugged Man is known as both a crazy motherfucker and a devout hip-hop head, and this interview shows why. the Rugged Man Puts the Id in Long Island. “He’s a Caveman, It’s Another Time.” R.A. There was about a month between submission and follow-up here, so obviously I’m not in the practice of premiering hit singles ahead of pay-to-play sites, but I’m happy to provide a platform for those who do their due diligence.ħ.
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Shout out the Internet Archive for being a place where you can still find Madonna’s Sex book online.Īrtists and managers who hit the submission page: good things come to those who wait and also to those who share these posts across their social media channels. This being arguably his strongest project of the year, and a very early post on Cognac Spaceship being the fourth most viewed post in site history, it’s fitting that Wavo should find himself on this list. Hus never takes years off, but 2020 was an especially prolific one for him. Also, my lady bought me the Ego Trippin’ (Part 3) VLS for Xmas (imported from Japan no less). It warms the heart to see this post squeaking onto here, as it’s easily one of my quirkiest in recent memory, connecting Tony Touch mixtapes to Buhloone Mindstate-era b-sides to my all-time favorite album, Stakes Is High to Ras Kass’s foray into the East-West beef. Thoughts on a couple semi-obscure De La songs from 1993 and their legacy
