Ok, east coast classic hip hop fans, DJ Phaze has a treat for you this week. If this one doesn’t bless your ears, then we’ll have to revoke your ‘I am Hip Hop’ card. The perfect companion for your daily commute, workout or block party…. This one is fire!! Check the tracklist after the break.
Diggin’ In the Crates 80′s & 90′s Hip-Hop by GrownFolksMusic
Best known for the club classic, “Touch Me“, Fonda Rae sang lead on many disco records and provided backgrounds for others.
I actually didn’t realize just how many, until I came across this great interview (2003)from Disco-Disco.com, where she speaks candidly about her history, including not being paid for “Touch Me“.
Songs with Rainbow Brown, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Vickie Sue Robinson and Kurtis Blow.
Of course, hip hop heads will recall the “Over Like a Fat Rat” sample in the Eric B. & Rakim classic, ““Eric B. is President”.
Happy 41st Birthday to Rakim. Widely considered the greatest MC of all time, here’s a quick sample of his lyrical dexterity and genius:
“Casualties of War“, (MCA Records/1992)
Day divides the night and night divides the day
It’s all hard work and no play
More than combat, it’s far beyond that
Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack
Area’s mapped out, there’ll be no, Stratego
Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go
But what are we here for? Who’s on the other side of the wall?
Somebody give the President a call
But I hear warfare scream through the air
Back to the battlegrounds, it’s war they declare
A Desert Storm: let’s see who reigns supreme
Something like Monopoly: a government scheme
Go to the Army, be all you can be
Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me
So I start letting off ammunition in every direction
Allah is my only protection
But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same
and this is Asia, from where I came
I’m on the wrong side, so change the target
Shooting at the general; and where’s the sergeant?
Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America
Now it’s mass hysteria
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor
CASUALTIES OF WAR!
