Bongos! Bongos!! Bongos!!!
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Tag: Hip Hop
All You Klingons In The Fucking House
Vitamin E12
E’s are good, apparently Continue reading Vitamin E12
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
Bright blue, red and yellow perfection Continue reading What You Hear Is Not A Test
An Exciting Evening At Home
An Exciting Evening At Home With a cast of thousands Continue reading An Exciting Evening At Home
My Other Car Is A Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik Wer’wolf MKII
The 1537 motoring column makes its’ debut. Continue reading My Other Car Is A Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik Wer’wolf MKII
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
2000 Brain Cells Ago
‘Copacabana?! Oh baby, this is soul night!’ Continue reading 2000 Brain Cells Ago
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It’s Da BOMN
Fuck the chickens, I don’t like milk Fuck the chickens, I don’t like milk Yup, let it be known that … Continue reading It’s Da BOMN
Irrational In Ardour
I’ve bought many records over the years for many reasons – out of curiosity, because I read a good review, to be … Continue reading Irrational In Ardour
It’s A Great Day For Genocide
It’s a great day for genocide (What’s that?) That’s the day all the niggaz died They killed JFK in ’63 … Continue reading It’s A Great Day For Genocide
Judgment Night Judgment
Judgment Night to my mind is proof that a great soundtrack doesn’t necessarily need a great film to be tagged … Continue reading Judgment Night Judgment
Warren G Spoilt Everything
Tucked away amongst the 1537 apples of my eye are This DJ and I Shot The Sheriff 12″s by Warren G. … Continue reading Warren G Spoilt Everything
Pump Up The Guillotine
It’s a 1537 super giveaway dance /hip-hop mash-up weekend! 3 for the price of 2. Here we have MARRS Pump up … Continue reading Pump Up The Guillotine