back in the late 80s, in Philly, this was one of the premiere drug boy cars poppin. this and the Sterling (more on that later). but this joint was a nice quiet classic. i tried to look for pics of this thing done out like them boys used to have it. it was favorite of the JBM (junior Black Mafia) and other well known street dudes such as West Philly legend Biz Porter. i remember seeing them roll thru wit these and they used to be like spaceships, glidin on top of the street like the wheels aint touch the ground. they used to rock them with the rims called Hammers and the BBS rims was classic. these were that work. and you know i know. and at around $24k (today would be close to $50k), u had to have to get one. and back then, they BOUGHT cars. CASH. aint nobody have no damn credit...
BBS rims was a favorite of many. the used to rock them especially hard on the Merkur, the Saabs and the Benzs.
Hammers was another rockin rim back them times. box Volvos was especially fly with these and was almost a must have if u had that car. my man Ronny ZARK had a nice box Volvo with the Hammers in chrome.
the tag of distinction...
the rearview was especially special on this one. it was just very different from the cars on the street back them times. this was one of those jawns that girls knew u had it if you had it.
lil kit action, nothin major...
the stance was major. thats the one thing i remember. they all looked good on the road.
This looks to be a live event! and u know ur boy is gonna be there, paintin, doin what i do, doing that DENSKE thing. graff dudes is def gonna be in the house like my man ENEM from Philly and DENZ ONE from Chicago and more. also my man Freeway is also gonna be rockin the afterparty, so its definitely goin down. if ur in Louisville Kentucky, or anywhere near, slide thru and chill... and grab a slice, the pizza is ridiculously good...
FREEWAY will be in the place rockin all of his classics. comethru and kick it wit us...
i was scrollin thru the illness and came across some shit that i wish was still poppin. this is one of the features i used to run from my man, world renowned DJ and all around b-boy Cosmo Baker when he used to just drop the ILNESS on you dudes. but the music... ahhhhh the music.... feast on this solid blast from the bboycult.co, archives from truly, one of the BEST DJs in the world.... _________________________________________________________________________________
Breakbeat Tuesday: I have so much going on right now that I can't get into a full in-depth thing about this next record. All I know is that it's a MONSTER, and that I played it somewhere and sometime in my set on Sunday to thunderous effect. I first heard this in the form of Kool G Rap's "Untouchable Remix" of "On The Run." Someone told me it was a Ray Bryant record so I spent the next 6 months buying every record by dude I could find, until I copped "Up Above The Rock." Like so many soul jazz records of the late 60s it was chock-filled with tepid standards of the time like "Little Green Apples" and Burt Barcharach jawns. But the title cut? Damn... So ill, and it's been a favorite ever since in my sets. The production is very unique in it's sound, as it's on Cadet and they had a very distinctive sound and feel to their records at the time, courtesy of producer Richard Evans. The composition of the song is very cinematic and matched perfectly for the storytelling prowess of G. Rap's mafia fairytales. And to me this was one of the first productions that made me think the Trackmasters had taken their shit to the next level. Anyway, a Philly DJ living in Brooklyn plays a jazz song by a Philly pianist sampled by a Queens MC at a party in Los Angeles, and all because of that, it being give to you.
Ray Bryant "Up Above The Rock" (Cadet, 1968)
And for good measure,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo "On The Run (Untouchable Version)" (Cold Chillin', 1992)
Yeah I've been slacking on the posts. Whatever, man. It's summer. Who cares? Shouldn't you be outside instead of reading this? Anyway, if you've gotten this far, let me take the time to let you know I'm about to hit the road for a few days. Tomorrow I will be in Calgary rocking with DJ Fashen and the Smalltown DJs. Friday I will be at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver. Saturday I return to Seattle to rock at HG Lodge (formerly known as War Room) with the homie Fourcolorzack. Then Sunday, I'm off to Los Angeles for a few days, starting with me DOING a special top-secret daytime event in Hollywood. Whatcha Want To Do? Hit me on Sunday to find out... And peep the Events Page for all the details of the trip. Other than that, I am "this much closer" to the launch of the new site. Like probably to 4 weeks from now. Super psyched. The new site is crazy and going to change the game.
In the meantime me and The Rub crew have been full steam ahead with our History Of Hip-Hop series. We started chronicling our favorite rap songs for each year in hip-hop starting from 1979 and going all the way to 1999. 20 mixes in all, and we've just relaunched the series to tackle the first decade of the 21st Century. So peep us at www.itstherub.com for a new year every Thursday, and check out the archive of past years here.
chix be wilden! i love em tho... and the fact that they like to share with us on the web... sis is gorgeous....
how would YOU like to run into that in the lobby????
if you love ass like i love ass, then you know it ain't got to be huge to be bangin. sis shit is nice, whatever she is (i cant tell if she Spanish or Asian... and i dont care). but whatever she is, she's brown...
DONKEY. and thats all i have to say about that...
and one SERIOUSLY THICK Asian girl... not really on the theme... but DAMN....
