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Roll Of Honour

Category: Hip Hop

Now Approaching Midnight!
Culture, DJ Shadow, Hip Hop, Music, Reviews, Trip-Hop, Vinyl

Now Approaching Midnight!

In which our young hero Mo’Waxes Autumnal Continue reading Now Approaching Midnight!

White Lines (Didn’t Do It)
Culture, Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

White Lines (Didn’t Do It)

Athletes rejected, governors corrected
Gangsters, thugs and bloggers are thoroughly respected Continue reading White Lines (Didn’t Do It)

What You Hear Is Not A Test
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Old-School Hip Hop, Record collecting, Vinyl

What You Hear Is Not A Test

Bright blue, red and yellow perfection Continue reading What You Hear Is Not A Test

An Exciting Evening At Home
Beastie Boys, Culture, Hip Hop

An Exciting Evening At Home

An Exciting Evening At Home With a cast of thousands Continue reading An Exciting Evening At Home

Write No Bullshit
Credit To The Nation, Culture, Hip Hop, Music

Write No Bullshit

The Beano, Vanilla ice, Roxx Gang, Lamp-posts and NO BULLSHIT! Continue reading Write No Bullshit

Newport State Of Mind
Comedy, Goldie Lookin Chain, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting

Newport State Of Mind

Welsh culture for beginners: Safe as fuck, bra – you knows it! Continue reading Newport State Of Mind

Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes
Culture, Hip Hop, Kurtis Blow, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes

You can get a lot done in seven and a half minutes … (winks theatrically). Continue reading Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes

America’s Most Pretty Goodcore
Beastie Boys, Culture, D.F.L, Hardcore, Hip Hop, Hurricane, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl, Wiiija Records

America’s Most Pretty Goodcore

Got hardcore if you want it (and if you don’t). Continue reading America’s Most Pretty Goodcore

2000 Brain Cells Ago
Culture, DC Basehead, Hip Hop, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

2000 Brain Cells Ago

‘Copacabana?! Oh baby, this is soul night!’ Continue reading 2000 Brain Cells Ago

Do Believe The Hype
Culture, Dire Straits, Hip Hop, Lego, Music, Public Enemy, Record collecting, Vinyl

Do Believe The Hype

From a rebel its final on black vinyl Soul, rock and roll comin’ like a rhino     (Rebel Without a Pause) … Continue reading Do Believe The Hype

Underneath The Sky Scrapes
Beastie Boys, Culture, Hip Hop, Lego, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Underneath The Sky Scrapes

So how we gonna kick it? As any of us in the Beastie Boys’ fanatical commando fan camp can attest … Continue reading Underneath The Sky Scrapes

Awe Like Sushi
80's, Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Neneh Cherry, Record collecting, Vinyl

Awe Like Sushi

I can’t believe I missed out on Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi first time around, all the way back in … Continue reading Awe Like Sushi

Do Your Duty LL
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Do Your Duty LL

God this is a tedious listen!  After watching a good interview with Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee last night I … Continue reading Do Your Duty LL

Jesu Swept
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, P.M Dawn, Record collecting, Vinyl

Jesu Swept

In the unseemly scrimmage of musicians heading for the exit door in 2016 I missed the passing of Prince Be … Continue reading Jesu Swept

Positives Dealt With
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Positives Dealt With

26 years on from The Last Poets let’s have a look at a bit of middle 90’s hip-hop.  I’d pretty … Continue reading Positives Dealt With

Fiercely Fierce
Culture, Hip Hop, Last Poets, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Fiercely Fierce

When I watched the Mick Jagger film Performance, the main memory I took away with me* was of an astonishing, raw track that … Continue reading Fiercely Fierce

Wax Is For Anthrax
Chuck D, Culture, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Music, Public Enemy, Record collecting, Vinyl

Wax Is For Anthrax

Soul on a roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope ‘Cause the beats in the lines are … Continue reading Wax Is For Anthrax

The Wildest Thing
Beastie Boys, Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Public Enemy, Record collecting, Vinyl

The Wildest Thing

Like claps of thunder from the cumulus clouds Double amp up the beats, and make it real LOUD! You can’t … Continue reading The Wildest Thing

One Time Resident Of The Prostate
Culture, Hip Hop, Master Wel, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

One Time Resident Of The Prostate

My life changed substantially on 12 January 1995.  Had I found God/Marx/Picasso? Finally come to terms with my deviant sexuality? … Continue reading One Time Resident Of The Prostate

Runnin’ Through My Head
Culture, DJ Shadow, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Trip-Hop, Vinyl

Runnin’ Through My Head

It’s a song about life, death, love, hate, wealth, poverty, racism… just a few things been runnin’ through my head… … Continue reading Runnin’ Through My Head

You Can’t, You Won’t And You Don’t Stop Mullet Head
Beastie Boys, Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

You Can’t, You Won’t And You Don’t Stop Mullet Head

Know, O Prince, that legend has it that on the 28th of May every century on the ancient hill forts … Continue reading You Can’t, You Won’t And You Don’t Stop Mullet Head

No One Gets Hurt If They Don’t Act Funny
Culture, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting

No One Gets Hurt If They Don’t Act Funny

I don’t give a fuck about the hell’s Gate, ain’t punkin’ the crowd and I’m still standing up straight. So, … Continue reading No One Gets Hurt If They Don’t Act Funny

Hefty Bags
Comics, Hip Hop, Ice-T, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Hefty Bags

Now y’all may know me as a suave, immaculately attired, gentleman reviewer, peruser of the finer, more cultured things in life, … Continue reading Hefty Bags

I Got 1537 Problems But Jay-Z Ain’t One
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting

I Got 1537 Problems But Jay-Z Ain’t One

Being the Alpha male I am, there I was pumping iron at the gym on Monday working on my quads*, … Continue reading I Got 1537 Problems But Jay-Z Ain’t One

Check Out the Reindeer!!
Aerosmith, Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Run DMC

Check Out the Reindeer!!

Woo-hoo! I finally get time to review a Christmas record, at Christmas!* Open your arms and ears to Run DMC … Continue reading Check Out the Reindeer!!

Witness Litmus Manacles Marxman Blake
Culture, Hip Hop, Marxman, Music, Record collecting

Witness Litmus Manacles Marxman Blake

I stand here stand clear truth be my witness How many Hitlers before you see the litmus Test I won’t … Continue reading Witness Litmus Manacles Marxman Blake

Nope
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting

Nope

Public Enemy are easily one of the most important groups in my life, at their thunderous best they managed to … Continue reading Nope

Smells Like What You Want
Credit To The Nation, Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting

Smells Like What You Want

Not enough people know Credit To The Nation Call It What You Want, I just love it.  Okay, so it has … Continue reading Smells Like What You Want

Cube
Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Music, Record collecting

Cube

Here’s one I quite liked bits of but no-one else did – Ice Cube Lethal Injection.  After hitting the post-riot intensity … Continue reading Cube

I Cut The Head Off The Devil And I Throw It At You
Aerosmith, Hip Hop, Record collecting, Run DMC

I Cut The Head Off The Devil And I Throw It At You

Just listen while I’m dissin’ cause you’re pissin’ me off You gotta love Run DMC.  No that’s not a figure … Continue reading I Cut The Head Off The Devil And I Throw It At You

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