Breaks For Days Radio - Mr Cratedigger & Jabba tha Kut

"ONCE AGAIN IT'S ON!!"
BREAKS FOR DAYS RADIO is back in ya face with another woofer-blasting 2 hours of madness on the 1s and 2s, this time courtesy of MR CRATEDIGGER and scratch supremo JABBA THA KUT from boogie-down Bournemouth on the UK's south coast. Now here at the HQ we've always been fans of JABBA's tight scratches and fly ass mixtapes, and CRATEDIGGER has got more wax than a candle factory...so we just knew this was gonna be superbootytuff!
We first encountered JABBA whilst we were playing on the recently defunkt ITCH FM which had been London's premiere pirate radio station strictly for Hip Hop (this was before the days of 1EXTRA etc..)
On ITCH, JABBA had always impressed us with his choice of quality records, but more so the tightness of these mixes and the advanced scratches & cuts he threw over the top. (So much so I had to "lift" a couple the master copies on leaving the station!!)

Now what we're gonna drop tonight is 2hrs of the funkiest shit...both US and UK bangers - so get downloading and pump it in your mp3 player!

U.S TO U.K 2HR MIX BY JABBA THA KUT COMPILED BY MR.CRATEDIGGER



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1. U.S INTRO
2. JOLLIROCK-DON'T MISS ME
3. P-19-MASS CONFUSION
4. 3D-ONCE MORE YOU HEAR THE DOPE STUFF
5. TWO X STRONG- I GET LIFTED
6. TRUE CULTURE-IT'S SO GOOD IT'S BAD
7. CHILL ROB G-LET THE WORDS FLOW
8. TOO BROWN-ERIE AVENUE
9. BOLAJI-RUN 4 COVER
10. PHILL MOST CHILL-BE INTELLIGENT
11. UNIQUE-DIE HARD
12. LARRY LAR-LINE 4 LINE
13. HARD KNOCKS-THOUGHTS OF A NEGRO
14. BARITONE TIPLOVE-THINKIN' BOUT A PAYBACK
15. BENNIE BEN-I,M TAKING OVER
16. MOVEMENT X-FREEDOM GOT A SHOTGUN
17. STRONG ARM-STRONG ARM THEME
18. UK INTRO
19. CAVEMAN-INTRODUCTION TO A CAVEMAN
20. PD THREE-BREAKING THE SILENCE
21. 2 THE TOP-SCORE TO SETTLE
22. MC EVEREADY & UNANIMOUS DECISION-FLOWMOTION
23. BLADE-BORN TO RULE
24. TOP BILLIN'-STRAIGHT FROM THE SOUL
25. CUT 2 KILL-IT'S A HEAT UP
26. MC'S LOGIK-WE'RE ON A MISSION
27. HARDNOISE-MICE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LION
28. STANDING OVATION-ONSLAUGHT
29. HIJACK-THE BAD MAN IS ROBBIN'
30. LORDS OF RAP-WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM
31. MC'S LOGIK-OPERATE LOGIKALY
32. THE BROTHERHOOD-WAYZ OF THE WIZE
33. GOLDTOP-INTRODUCTION
34. TOP BILLIN'-NATURALLY
35. THE FORCE-MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
36. OUTRO

JABBA THA KUT - www.myspace.com/jabbathakut1

MR CRATEDIGGER - www.myspace.com/dustywax

ENJOY!!.....KID DYNO

NYC Subway Graffiti

Now this ain't your usual you-tube graffiti footage .... check out some of these rarely seen burners by BLADE, CRASH, DAZE, IZ THE WIZ, SEEN, plus a few early DONDI pieces. And not forgetting the dope top-to-bottom whole-car by CODE, plus some more unusual photos from the 80s with accident damaged / graffiti-bombed trains and a few "white elephants". There are lots of images here I'm sure you may not have seen before, and lots that will have you pressing replay despite the dodgy soundtrack. But we just had to post it anyway and share it with you!!

Tuff City Records

From the early 1980s TUFF CITY made it's mark as a quality independent Hip Hop Record Label with some amazing acts signed to its roster. In 1979 the label's founder, AARON FUCHS, had seen DJ HOLLYWOOD outshine bigger and better known artists at the Apollo Theatre, and then realised he had to become involved in this music called hip hop.
What proved to be the turning point for Fuchs and his involvement with rap was when he realized that Bobby Robinson and Paul Winley (both old doo-wop producers from the '50s) were releasing rap records on 12" by such artists as Grandmaster Flash and The Treacherous Three and Afrika Bambaataa. Seeing these trends, FUCHS felt that he should get involved with the
scene and quit his journalism job to start Tuff City Records.By the mid-80s FUCHS decided he wanted to take Hip Hop music onto the next level, away from the electro and disco rap sounds, so then Tuff City was the first to release more experimental material by such artists as DJ MARK the 45 KING, PRIORITY ONE, The COLD CRUSH BROTHERS, DAVY DMX, LAKIM SHABAZZ, PHD, FREDDY B & THE MIGHTY MIC MASTERS to name just a few. And not forgetting the incredible ULTRAMAGNETIC MCs at one point!
Despite being an independent label and lacking the substantial marketing budgets of the majors, TUFF CITY still maintained its position within the hip hop music industry, and some of its artists went on to become some of Hip Hop's greatest artists. But at the same time it kept it's strong "underground" reputation for dope artists and dope music. So here at DAILY DIGGERS HQ, we wanna take our hats off to TUFF CITY for providing some Hip Hop classics throughout the last 25 years almost, for keeping the faith, and continuing to release good music to this day. Nowadays their emphasis has changed onto releasing funk & blues re-issues and finding lost musical archives, but TUFF CITY will always be regarded highly amongst hip hop heads.
Remember you can still buy classic TUFF CITY 12" and LPs directly from TUFF CITY.
Below is a random selection of superdope TUFF CITY 12"s (and one OLD SKOOL FLAVA 12"). Some joints you will know for sure...some you may not. Starting and ending with LIVE recordings from SPOONIE G & COLDCRUSH BROTHERS respectively (both on wax!!). Enjoy it! And for a great in-depth interview with Aaron Fuchs you must check out FATLACE MAG's recent interview. Great stuff!



Cat. no. & track listing
TUF128023 SPOONIE G - Spoonie's Rap LIVE
TUF128021 GRANDMASTER CAZ - Get Down Grandmaster
TUF128014 FREDDY B & MIGHTY MIC MASTERS - The Main Event...Word
OSFEP8003 SPOONIE G - Big Beat (45 KING remix)
TUF128025 FUNKMASTER WIZARD WIZ - I Aint With Dat
TUF128020 FREDDY B & MIGHTY MIC MASTERS - Coolin' On The Ave
TUF128029 HOT DAY DANTE - Hot Day's Turn
TUFEP3003 THE MIGHTY MAESTRO - One Man Band Strikes Again
TUF128077 PHD - Set It
TUF128076 YZ - Maflobi Pimp Strut
TUF128031 MC LA KIM - We Got The Funk
TUF128052 LORD ALIBASKI - Lyrics In Motion
TUFEP3002 45 KING - Nickel Bag of Breaks
TUF128044 GRANDMASTER CAZ - Creston Ave
TUFLPPRO-05 COLDCRUSH BROTHERS - It's Like That Y'all LIVE

Kid Dyno

Breaks For Days podcast

There's been a few technical hitches over here at the DAILY DIGGERS HQ lately - hence the lack of posts apart from times when we could hijack a PC here & there. But now we're back in EFFECT and ready to spill some more funkjuice on y'all!
I recently received a comment from a reader instructing us to take a wider view on hip hop music, and to get our asses out of that '92 mentality. Well I can see where he's coming from, as we do tend to lean towrds the 80s and 90s here on BREAK FOR DAYS...but that doesn't mean we don't dig QUALITY post-millenia hip hop!
So today we're gonna drop a few joints from the last few years, plus our usual portion of crispy funk, rock and drums. There's a few recognisable samples hidden away towards the end of this podcast...so please take the time to spot the samples maybe from one of your favourite hip hop records? But we're keeping the breaks on the secret squirrel tip this week. You never know, if you ask us nicely we may be talked into divulging one or two.



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Tracklisting...
Chace Infinite - Do For Self
MC Lyte - The Wonder Years
Kollabo Brothers feat Diamond D - My Flows to Blow
13 - Slow Burnin'
Quasimoto - Rapp Cats
Team Demolition - The Burbs
Asheru & Blue Black - Elevator Music
Panda One - The Essence
People Under The Stairs - Underground Run
DJ Skye - Central Line (INSTRUMENTAL)
BREAK? - Camarillo
BREAK? - The Seed of Love
BREAK? - Pourquois Pas?
BREAK? - I Need You
BREAK? - Funky Mule
BREAK? - It's Only Love

Kid Dyno

45 King and Chill Rob G

Holy shiznit - ain't this the best video you have seen lately??



Now that's what I'm talkin' about! DJ MARK is still a MASTER OF THE GAME, and CHILL ROB can still RIDE THE RHYTHM!!

Isaac Hayes Rest in Peace

I heard the sad news over the weekend that ISAAC HAYES had passed away at the age of 65. The man who brought us "Ike's Mood", "Theme from Shaft" and "The Breakthrough", and gave us a million laughs as the Chef in the cartoon SOUTH PARK will be sorely missed.
Sample-wise there are so many artists that used ISAAC's music, particularly "Ike's Mood" which has to be one of the mellowest piano riffs on record.
IKE's MOOD

THE BREAKTHROUGH


...and here is BIZ MARKIE using the piano loop from IKE's MOOD, on "Make the Music With Your Mouth" from '87.

A Splash of Colour

It's supposed to be summer....but it's raining outside and I need some colour to brighten up my day. I hope this brightens up yours too! Clicking on each photo will enlarge.

Great British Beats & Rhymes

Now if you like your Hip Hop music to be a mix of uptempo raw beats with hardcore rhymes, then may I suggest some "Golden Era" UK Hip Hop from the late 80s and early 90s??
OK so the UK readers amongst you will probably know most of the UK joints we're gonna drop here, but we're hoping a few of our fellow Hip Hoppers from the United States, Europe and afar will have a listen and appreciate some of these dope British tracks. Plus I know my boy Kwote One from Australia likes his tough UK stuff so this goes out to you also Kwote!
The quality of early UK Hip Hop was pretty damn incredible on looking back 2 decades ago - the taste here was for mostly fast pace hard beats with raw rhymes and a hardcore attitude which was not absent, but certainly not as present in the US Hip Hop records of the same era. Groups like Gunshot, Hijack, Demon Boyz, Caveman, Hardnoise, London Posse, and artists like MC Mello became household names amongst the UK crowd. But under the mainstream (if we can call it that) there were also a handful of other crews and groups producing hell-a-dope hip hop. Names like Fresh-ski & Mo-Rock, D to the K, Katch 22, Unanimous Decision, Dashy D & Cuetips, Powerlords, and many others.
On listening to some of these records today, it's amazing how dope the UK groups were. No phony US accents, no beat-biting, just raw underground talent. I hope you enjoy the Best of British joints below.....and for more superdope UK Hip Hop then check out AROE's awesome CROWN JEWELS mix CD, with the second CD in this series coming soon. And from what AROE tells me this will feature some seriously DOPE STUFF!

GREAT BRITISH BEATS



Tracklist
Cash Crew - Microphone Maniac 12"
PD3 - Breaking the Silence 12"
The Force - Mission Impossible 12" (flip side to the Cash Crew above on Vinyl Lab records)
D to the K - Slow Jam feat Mello (V/A Hard Core 1 LP)
Trouble - I Get Hype 12"
Bomb the Bass ft Merlin - Megablast Rap Version 12"
Crazy Noddy & Dj Fingers (Sindecut) - Sindecut's Rockin' 12"
Prime Rhyme Masters - You Need Discipline 12"
Hijack - Murder in the First Degree orig version (Orig Horns LP)
Powerlords - E Man 12"
Black Radical mk 2 - Witch Hunt (The Undiluted Truth LP)
Mello - Words Spoken 12"
Fresh Ski & Mo-Rock - It's Working (Long Awaited Paroxysm EP)
Gunshot - Clear From Present Danger 12"


Kid Dyno

I just wanna celebrate!

BREAKS FOR DAYS BEATS FOR WEEKS reached its one year birthday this week....July 17th to be precise. The next record is therefore very appropriate....I just wanna celebrate! This track by RARE EARTH has been used by many from PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS to PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, but most recently by GHOSTFACE on "We Celebrate".

RARE EARTH always had some funky shit going on, and this 45rpm single is typical of that and also has the track "THE SEED" on the flipside...as used by Gangstarr.

Library Drums

Now normally I ain't one to hunt down Library LPs on my diggin' travels, mainly because finding the dope ones is kinda hard amongst so many that are complete rubbish! But every so often I stumble across a reasonably priced Library LP which sounds like it will give up the goods. In truth I could call my good friend DJ Skye who seems to own EVERY killer Library LP known to man....but now that would be cheating to rely on his knowledge wouldn't it!
So anyway, the THEMES LP above was a blind purchase based on the track titles and the fact that it was percussion-based. Thankfully it did not disappoint me! Tracks composed by Barry Morgan and Ray Cooper. Check out 2 of the best tracks below.....

THEMES PERCUSSION SPECTRUM (Cat No TIM 1029)
"Exploring the wide range of moods and sounds produced by percussion"

"Impulsion"


"Percussion Power"


Kid Dyno

Guest mix - MR KRUM (Ill Technicians / Crate Invaders)

Hey party people we're back in EFFECT and really proud to present, for your download pleasure, a super tight & super bootytuff mixtape courtesy of MR KRUM from the ILL TECHNICIANS and CRATE INVADERS crews. This is one to download and bang throughout the summer and into winter then into spring....!
Now many of our regular readers will know of MR KRUM's excellent work from his "PUT IT 2 MUSIC" mix from last year featuring some seriously inventive Hip Hop accapella/instrumental action. Now we loved his twist on things, so if you don't already own a copy then may we suggest you hit up MR KRUM himself (just click and ask away!). Or maybe you bought some wax or traded rare vinyl with him over the wonderful worldwide web thingy - remember Eastside Records?
Some of you on the South Coast of the UK will also know of the man himself from his regular appearances at POSITIVITY in Brighton, and he of course will also be at the BRIGHTON HIP HOP festival later this month.
Now even though he is an extremely busy man and bordering-on-obsessive beat digger, he managed to tear himself away from the boot sales and charity shops, put down the MPC beat machine and the fistful of breakbeats.... and has blessed us here at BREAKS FOR DAYS BEATS FOR WEEKS with a lil sumthin' for your eardrums!
This is definitely one for the Hip Hop crowd (the fans and the collectors)....but believe me KRUM's knowledge of BREAKS goes deeper than Jacques Cousteau! So as JUST-ICE would almost definitely say......"na touch da KRUM!!"

There are some absolute stonking classics right here - tightly mixed to form one hell of an hour of dope shit! And for the more inquisitive amongst you there are also some kinda slept-on tunes in the second half that you really should dig out from your crates and give another listen, or if you don't own them it'll make you wanna find 'em.

Intro. Beatnuts - "Sandwiches" (Instrumental)
1. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Bad To The Bone" (Street Remix)
2. Main Source - "Looking At The Front Door"
3. Gang Starr "Just To Get A Rep"
4. BIG - "Party & Bullshit" (Lord Finesse Remix)
5. Brand Nubian - "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down" (Remix featuring Diamond D)
6. EPMD - "Crossover"
7. Showbiz & A.G. - "Soul Clap" (Off Beat Mix)
8. Eric B & Rakim - "Don't Sweat The Technique"
9. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "The Creator" (Surfboard Mix)
10. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "The Creator" (E.P. Mix)
11. Big Daddy Kane - "Warm It Up Kane"
12. Tuff Crew "My Part Of Town"
13. DJ Format "As The Drums Pound" (featuring Abdominal)
14. Special Ed "Come On Let's Move It" (Remix)
15. L.L. Cool J - "Jingling Baby" (Remixed And Still Jingling)
16. Nas - "Made You Look" (Apache Remix - Instrumental)
17. Freshco & Miz - "We Don't Play"
18. Antoinette - "This Girl Is Off On Her Own" (Remix)
19. Public Enemy - "Night Of The Living Baseheads"
20. Craig G - "Shootin' The Gift" (Remix)
21. Yaggfu Front - "Lookin' For A Contract" (Starving Artist Remix)
22. Grand Puba "That's How We Move It"
23. Groove B Chill "Let It Roll"
24. PHD - "Do It Any Way You Wanna Do It"
25. M.C. Sugar Ray - "If It Ain't Rough It Ain't Right"
26. Dick Walter - "Time Out"




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Enjoy the mix and catch MR KRUM down at the BRIGHTON HIP HOP festival, launch party tonight (yes TONIGHT!) at THE LOFT in Ship Street, Brighton......and you don't stop!

Kid Dyno