Crushing you like a jellybean

Here's LL Cool J at Hammersmith Odeon in 1987 (the same tour as PE and Eric B and Rakim, and the one that is on Nation of Millions). It's easy to forget what a great MC he was back then, after all the oiled up photo shots and smoothed-out hip hop lite, but he was so there.

Westwood introduces him (Dave Pearce won that particular toss of the coin and was immortalised on one of the all-time albums of all-time), lone man shouts "boo...wanker" when LL enters the stage, LL feels good about Canday and rocks the bells. Just listen.

The real nitty gritty

Here's a Mantronix gig from ninetyeightysometime, typical bootleg quality, but nice to have and to hold all the same. Take command here

B D P D P D P D P

Here's something you won't find anywhere else, Boogie Down Productions live at Essex University in 1990 on the Ghetto Music tour.

I recorded this myself, not the best sound quality but nice and loud. Not sure why it's so short, I do remember there was problems with the motherfucking soundman so they may have not actually played for that much longer.

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It's the mixmaster

Mixmaster Mike did a series of excellent mixes in the mid '90s. This is the first one I heard, The Unidentrified Essential. Typically random styles, there's even a huge chunk of a Rahzel/Roots/Wu-Tang freestyle from a Westwood show in the middle. Check the phone call with Grand Wizard Theodore at the end.

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There were men on the moon but they killed them

Here's a nice thing, an Earthling Radio 1 Evening Session.

4 tracks- Ananda's Theme, Nefisa, Infinite M and Planet Of The Apes

Right here

Move With The Quickness

From 1991-ish, a 4-track scratch-fest, me and Dom from the Nextmen

Quickness

It was 20 years ago today (nearly)

Scary to think it's 20 years this year since Scott La Rock died. I found this on a tape, "Dangerous" Dave Pearce reporting the shooting.

Science yourself up