MASSIVE shouts to my brother across the pond Lex One. The dude is crazy talented and hustles harder than anyone I know (except maybe Genesis Elijah 😉 )
His new album is out now featuring the track ‘Get dough’ produced by yours truly, Mr Lexicon. Very proud to have been a part in this labour of love.
Go support the artists and buy direct from Bandcamp here!! Go… go on then… GO!!
In honor of the 25-year anniversary of Yo! MTV Raps, iconic streetwear brand Stüssy has teamed up with Yo! to commemorate the show’s impact on hip-hop culture.
Yo! MTV Raps transmitted the culture of Rap to millions of homes at a time when there were only a handful of local outlets to see a rap video. The style, the trends, the language of Rap began to influence popular culture and by the time the show left the air in 1995, the genre was no longer the best kept secret.
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For me Yo! MTV Raps was important as its was THE programme that introduced American Hip Hop culture to the living rooms of the UK. We all religiously went round the house of our only friend with Satellite TV, Sky or BSB or whatever the funk it was called back then and sat there in awe watching the birth of what would become the biggest music scene in the world. It was the Only place that had up to date cutting edge goodness from the Golden Era. It brought a new, vibrant and underground art form to a Global audience.
We were actually… All watching
Mr Lexicon
Part 1, The Importance of Yo! MTV Raps, takes a look at the history of MTV’s groundbreaking music program.
Seeing as were rolling with a hip hop vibes/a> on the OMC today I thought it was about damn time I posted up with sweet mix from when hip hop was AWESOME!
After a tour of the 80s, the crew digs into the genre as it becomes a pop culture phenomenom in the 90s. Starting with the jazzy samples of the Native Tongues movement in the early part of the decade, with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, the series moves into the gangster pop of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Theres plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, forgotten singles, the start of the indie era with Rawkus, and flavors from different parts of the country as the genre expanded to the South.
Hip-Hop History 1993 Mix by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
1. Souls of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity
2. Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain
3. Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
4. Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocker
5. Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
6. M.O.P. – How About Some Hardcore
7. Beatnuts – Psycho Dwarf
8. Onyx – Slam
9. Run DMC f. Pete Rock – Down With the King
10. KRS One – Sound of the Police
11. Fat Joe – Flow Joe
12. Masta Ace, Inc – Born to Roll
13. Snoop Doggy Dogg – The Shiznit
14. MC Breed f. Tupac – I Gotta Get Mine
15. De La Soul – Breakadawn
16. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
17. Leaders of the New School – What’s Next + Large Pro Remix
18. Nubian Crackers f. Artifacts – Do You Wanna Hear It
19. Funkmaster Flex – Six Million Ways to Die
20. KRS One – Outta Here
21. Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Catch A Bad One
22. Casual – I Didn’t Mean To
23. Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It
24. Domino – Ghetto Jam
25. The Nonce – Mix Tapes
26. Freestyle Fellowship – Inner City Boundaries
27. Boss – Deeper
28. Tupac – Keep Your Head Up
29. Redman – All Night Long
30. Tragedy aka Intelligent Hoodlum – Grand Groove
31. Wu-Tang Clan – Can It Be All So Simple
32. Jeru tha Damaja – Come Clean
33. Big L – Devil’s Son
34. Ultramagnetic MCs – Two Brothers With Checks
35. Beatnuts – Reign of the Tec
36. KRS One – Hip-Hop vs Rap
37. Tupac ft Digital Underground – I Get Around
38. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice
39. Ice Cube ft Das EFX – Check Yo Self
40. Too Short – Don’t Fight the Intro
41. RBL Posse – Bammer Weed
42. Tha Alkaholiks – Only When I’m Drunk
43. LL Cool J – Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag
44. Wu-Tang Clan – Method Man
45. Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin to Fuck With
46. De La Soul – Ego Trippin (Part Two)
47. A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
Grab the download plus the rest of the Hip Hop history series (From 1990-2006) over on http://brooklynradio.com/
We at OMC love a bit of old school vibed hip hop and none do it finer than the leg end that is R.A. The Rugged Man. We love him enough that we took a road trip to Plymo to see him and we really try not to leave the shed if we can help it. Wwe are so OMC that Benny tried to go in his massive furry slippers, rad!
He is back very soon with a new album on Nature Sounds which you can pre-order now… but, before that he returns with the first single… and its a BANGER!!
