All Girls Love A 7"

B-Boy Skills

Fun Or Dumb?

The answer is FUN!

DJ Revolution - Half Man Half Machine

Record Karma

Firstly a shout goes out to fellow record head FAB from Germany, what's up dude.
He emailed me a week or two ago through DISCOGS asking if I was happy to sell my 45rpm 7" copy of RAPPERS RAPP THEME by RAPPERS RAPP GROUP (see DISCOGS link). FAB already owns most, if not all of the 12" releases on the RAPPERS RAPP DISCO label based in California, which is more than can be said for myself. But he had spotted the 7" promo release and was hungry to own a copy.
I was in no way going to part with my only copy (there's a story behind my finding this 45) but as FAB had asked me so darn politely, I told him that I knew of a copy lurking in the basement of a North London record shop, namely FLASHBACK in ISLINGTON. And as politeness seems thin on the ground these days, I thought I would offer to grab the copy if it was still there on my next North London mission. Two weeks later, and luckily for FAB, I hit FLASHBACK for another dig and found the RAPPERS RAPP 7" still hiding in the DISCO 7"s section. And at a ridiculous price of £1.99, less than 3 bucks. Now I am a firm believer in record karma, and it seemed right to offer to send the almost mint copy on to FAB in Germany as a favour. The postage was a similar price, so I thought hey let's do a good deed for the day and send it on for free. I don't personally know FAB, nor had I spoken with him before this DISCOGS encounter. But he asked politely and was rewarded for being that way.
Plus I like the idea of helping someone complete their label collection. Now before you all start emailing me in the hope of a freebie record here and there, I'm writing this to make a point rather than to encourage hundreds of vinyl requests. That point is, always be polite, remember your Ps and Qs, and karma will always look after you. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. Damn it sounds like I'm on some bible steez now, but I'm sure you get my message.


Enjoy the record FAB.

Kid Dyno

Oh and as for the other story, about me finding my copy. Well, that's a painful one. A few years back SOUNDS FAMILIAR record shop in ROMFORD was closing down, which was such a shame as it was one of my best vinyl haunts over the years, and not everyone knew about it. Anyway, they had a box full of minty RAPPERS RAPP 7"s which I only discovered the week they closed. I mean there must have been over 50 in the box. Like an idiot I only grabbed 2 copies at a pound each, and traded one of those later that year. WHY OH WHY didn't I make an offer for the whole box?? Hindsight is a wonderful thing. KD

Got Yours?

Now that OXYGEN's "gone diggin" has finally dropped on 45 revolutions per minute, I hope you all grabbed up your copies! From what OX tells me it has practically sold out apart from a a few copies still available from JARED at BIG CITY RECORDS NYC (see right for the link).
I gotta say massive appreciation to OX for getting myself KID DYNO down with the program. For those that don't know, OXYGEN handles his business in fine form - he took care of writing the rhymes, organising the dope GENSU DEAN beat, arranging for 2 deejays to cut, mastering & pressing, cover design and manufacture, marketing, sales, packaging AND distribution. Phew ... and this doesn't include his hand signing of many of the picture covers. So now you know who's the hardest working man in the rap game. Hard work pays off.


Special thanks from myself to ....

GENSU DEAN (always dropping the dope shit)
DJ RAGZ (ripping the turns to shreads)
MR KRUM (you got skills to pay the bills)
CRATE INVADERS CREW (those IN the know)
OXYGEN THE ARCHITECT (the man with the golden tongue)
CUT WIZARD ALBEE (rock rock on)
K-PRINCE (the k stands for knowledge - he knows)
BBP (the label of fable)
JARED & BIG CITY RECORDS NYC (NY's record goldmine)

Real hip hop is back fellas!

Kid Dyno

Hip Hop Autographs pt2

Unfortunately I didn't meet the DEF JAM / PROFILE RECORDS trio to get this signed 6"x4" photo of RUN DMC, but instead was lucky enough to be in touch with a music journalist who did. I wish I HAD met RUN, DMC and JAM MASTER JAY cuz these dudes were and still are my idols. (It is their 3rd "Raising Hell" LP that started my leather Goosedown addiction, just check the cover.)
However several polite emails later and a quick exchange of a very fair sum of cash and this fine piece of hip hop memorabilia was mine.
I still find what happened to JAY so awful - he will always be the toughest DJ in my eyes. The way he used to rock them turntables live during every performance RUN DMC did. He could never never be replaced. Pure class. And he would even rock the microphone on occasions, such as in the video below. Rest in peace JAY MIZELL.



Kid Dyno

Boomin In Ya Jeep

I like to consider myself a bit of an expert when it comes to vintage hip hop records, but every so often I stumble across a record that I haven't seen before, know nothing about, nor have any idea what it sounds like. It happened this week whilst I was hitting my regular North London record spots, and the price tag was only £3 so at this price I was happy to take a blind punt.
OK so the track title "Boomin' In Ya Jeep" sounds very dated now as far as hip hop terminology goes, but it was fresh back in 1992 when this record was released. I have never even come across the label JDK records, although there is a mention of DAVY-D in the production credits, and even RUN DMC as exec producers (for what that's worth).
The track isn't half bad, and for 1992 the beats sound more than competent if a little sparse. Certainly got that head nod shit going on. Check it out, and tell me more about FU2 if you know anything.
FU2 - "Boomin' In Ya Jeep" 1992 JDK RECORDS

Hip Hop Autographs

Over the years I've collected a few signatures from meetings with some of my favourite Hip Hoppers here and there across the globe. It's always good to remember a meeting with a momento from the time. TAME ONE was cool as hell when I met him at the Manhattan Centre NY in 96, despite being heavily blazed (hence the joint portrayed in his throw up). I'd love to smoke some of whatever he had that day! Despite the red eyes he was courteous enough to drop a little TAME ONE throw-up for the KID DYNO shoebox. At this time I was still hooked on ARTIFACTS debut 12" "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" from 2 years earlier, and TAME ONE and EL DA SENSEI were the perfect combination in my opinion, especially when T-RAY was on the beats.

Knock Him Out Sugar Ray

I found a copy of EXPERIENCE UNLIMITED
"Knock Him Out Sugar Ray" 12" on VERMACK records today for a mere £6 (approx $10). A repress, I first thought, but I was pleasantly surprised by the discoloured paper sleeve and tell-tale SRC stamp in the run-out groove. This confirmed it as an original US 12" - that's good enough proof for me. I hate wack bootlegs and phony re-issues.
I remember when hip hop veteran TIM WESTWOOD would talk over this E.U. beat on his CAPITAL RAP SHOW back in the days, but it's an even better play out track for the b-boys and b-girls to rock to. A decent copy has eluded me for years ... until today.
For the impatient amongst you the break kicks in at 2:24.

Got Doubles pt12

DOWN STROKE has stepped up to the ocky with his doubles selection. Mmmm I still need that TROPICANA STEEL BAND LP.

You Want Drums?

You want drums? I'll give you drums. Hold on to your hats, cuz this will split your domepiece wide open.