Disco Scratch

Dust… that’s what I had on my fingers after doing the show tonight.  I should have had some snooker referee gloves on handling the wax for tonight’s show!  Some nice old slabs of late 80s US plastic, as usual digging into the US stack plus a couple of new cuts.  I’m now doing jam news every week, on the top of the hour at 10PM every week.  Starting next week I’m also going to do a Disco Scratch chart.  This will run as a post on the Disco Scratch Forum where you can vote for your favourite tracks of the moment, real basic, best tracks reach the top, those that don’t won’t!  It’ll probably take a bit of fine tuning, it’s not like there’s stacks of new material that appeals to the Disco Scratch audience, so I take it on myself to put say 20 tracks on the site and you can vote for your favourite.

I’ll just see how it goes, it’ll be interesting to see how much interaction there is, I mean I think of Disco Scratch like this… once a week at around ten to 9, old buggers shuffle into a darkened working mans club, put their coats on the stand revealing a faded T Shirt bearing the name of an old UK crew, order a cup of tea, break the seal on a packet of chocolate hob nobs and sit down to sift through the beats entering their domes!  At 11 O’clock, they all say their goodbyes in standard Hip Hop sign off format and leave the room with a warm glow, a tea induced high and a bellyfull of family circle biscuit selections… a happy soul to know that there’s life in the old dog yet! (To Quote Websta!)

I’m the barman, chatting with you all and providing the background music… the fire crackles away in the background while we smile at memories of B Boy battles, scarpering from the plod and rival crews after bombing the neighbourhood and doing pause button mixes…

But, for any hard rocks reading this, trust me, Disco Scratch is no pushover, if need be we’ll form like Voltron (whatever the HELL our yank cousins mean by that!) and throw our Hob Nobs in the air while we grab handfulls of import 12s to battle you with, DON’T test the Disco Scratch Sound System, we’ll draw tracks that’ll stomp the plop out of ya!  Just look at our tracklists from the past shows…

Ahem, anyway, got carried away there, download’s after the tracklist, Enjoy!!!!

DSR12 Dust Track List

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2.DuckAlert – The Delta (Instrumental)
3.Majesta – Tough Scene
4.Black Sheep – Forever Luvlee
5.Black Sheep – Birds Of A Feather
6.MC Crash – Life On The Street
7.Majesta – Suckers Just Scam
8.Grandmixer DST – Rock The House In Japan
9.P.Gunn & Mr.I.Till – My Mic & My Handle
10.T.D.S. Mob – Crushin’ ‘Em
11.Tuff Crew – Philly Style
12.Just The 2 Of Us – Most Valuable Poet
13.Rapia – All The Zones
14.Killa Instinct – The Sparrows
15.Original One – Skillz n Grillz

***News & Jam events ****
16.DuckAlert – Auto Reverse (Instrumental)
17.DuckAlert – Down Wit Tha BKs

18.Majesta – Sneezin’
19.PHP – When The Wind Blows
20.Paradox – Soul Feels Free
21.2 The Top – The Matter At Hand
22.Rapia – Code For Doom
23.Def Tex featuring DPF – Synchronise
24.Microdisiacs – Deep Waters
25.Rammelzee – Beat Bop Part 2 (Ft. K Rob)
26.Edan – One Man Arsenal
27.Hostyle – Diane
28.Smooth Tha Hustler – Broken Language
29.Doug E Fresh – Play This Only At Night
30.Waxer – Thanet 808

 

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Disco Scratch Radio 10 - Biscuits

More flavour than you can shake a Fox’s butter at, Disco Scratch Radio pushes sound waves into your shell-likes again with 2 hours of flirting with the danger and suspense of gritty hardcore UK rap, balanced with some nice Family Circle biscuits and a decent cup of tea, none of your foreign muck mind, proper PG Tips.  In a china cup.  Cos it tastes better.

Banter a plenty in the chat (unfortunately Fire-poxy-fox crashed so I lost all the chatroom talk for the nerds), good selection of LP cuts tonight, a break to the beat version excursion competition and spotlight on my man LG from Style Warrior.  He got on the old dog and bone for 10 minutes to chat about his website, T Shirts and the extra dope Heroes print, kindly donated to my homeboy Agent FINCH down in Bournemouth, winner of the Break To The Beat competition.

Here’s some pictures of the Music Of Life T Shirt and “Heroes” Prints he has on offer on his site:

Officially licensed from Simon Harris and super heavy decent material, looking forward to gettin’ my shizzle!

LG Sent me one of these dope “Heroes” prints, now waiting to be framed and up on my dining room wall…love it, highly recomended…

Well, get stuck into the show, respect to all that locked in, here’s your tracklist, download at the bottom:

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2.DuckAlert – Def Jam
3.Solid N Mind – Centre Stage
4.PD3 – Noisy Music Part 2
5.MC Rell & The House Rockers – Into The Future
6.Superlover Cee & Cassanova Rud – Girls I got ‘em Locked
7.K9 Posse – Ain’t Nuthin To it
8.DuckAlert – Project 88 (Instrumental)
9.DuckAlert – Game Punk (Instrumental)
10.DuckAlert – Down With The BKs (Instrumental)
11.Percee Pee – Ekim – Lung Collapsin Lyrics
12.Demon Boyz – International Karate
13.MC Mello – Subtraction
14.Katch 22 – Ghetto Child
15.Killa Instinct -  Un-United Kingdom

Special Guest – LG (LoveGrove)

16.SL Trooper – Put Your Brain In Gear (Instrumental)
17.NSO Force – N 2 Deep (Instrumental)
18.Waxer – Based In Science (Instrumental)

Break To The Beat Version Excursion:

Kool & The Gang – Who’s Gonna Take The Weight?

19.Waxer – My Poetry’s Deep featuring Theory 77 on the cuts & rhymes
20.Def Tex – Look Left Look Right
21.Hijack – Jamaican Crime Wave
22.TCM – Urban Warfare

Break To The Beat Version Excursion:

Caveman – You Can’t Take It

*** maximum respect to Agent Finch for winning the competition
& respect to LG for the competition prize, the Heroes print.

23.Disco Scratch Exclusive – KLA – Soldier Of The Field (Demo)
24.Disco Scratch Exclusive – Def J – Backlash

Freestyle Requests – Palace Of Villainy Burners

25.Stylee Cee & Cappo – Tell Them (Request by AMBUSH)
26.The SYndicate – Can’t Get Enough
27.Son Of Noise – 3 Minutes Of Violence (Multiple Requests)
28.SL Troopers – Movement (Request by Agent FINCH)
29.Hardnoise – Mice In The Presence Of The Lion
30.Hardnoise – Serve Tea Then Murder
31.Masta Ace – I Got Ta (Request by Repo)
32.Waxer – The Illest

You Hum it son, I’ll Play it

respect to DuckAlert for always coming with the high Jammy’s

http://dopetracks.com/duckalert

 

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Disco Scratch 9 MC Duke

The thing about having so much love for the old school UK scene is I am a fan as much as I am someone who runs a website.  These interviews are so fascinating and uncover so much stuff, I don’t think I’ll stop until I’ve unearthed every rock of UK Hip Hop!  MC Duke has blessed me with a couple of hours of his time and gone into serious depth about his roots in the Hip Hop culture.

For the uninitiated, MC Duke started with Hip Hop from it’s very first inception in the UK.  Before Hip Hop was even in the UK he was a record boy with his dad, learning the craft and being able to DJ and hold a crowd with just one turntable and a mic.  This was well before Rappers Delight even hit these shores.  From his early trip to the Bronx and return to the UK with his experiences in Covent Garden, through the golden era of UK Hip Hop, there’s practically nothing Duke hasn’t experienced or seen.

Duke unearths loads of gems about the old school sphere of Hip Hop in it’s fledgling years, discussing the formation of the early scene, his years on Music Of Life, events he attended and touches on the infamous situation with Overlord X.  He also answers the questions put in by members of the Heroes Of UK Hip Hop Forum and the Disco Scratch forum.  It was a pleasure to verbalise with Duke and I hope all the listeners to the Disco Scratch Show also enjoy this…

Big respect to Duke and his extended fam for the time, energy and love for the true school of UK Hip Hop. Download after the tracklist…

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Project 88
3.Son Of Noise – The Mighty Son Of Noise (Instrumental)
4.SL Troopers – Systematic Terror (Instrumental)
5.Rude Boy Business – Cool Sailing (Instrumental)
6.Bushkiller – Troublemakers (Instrumental)
7.Duke’s Choice – Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
8.Fission – Word (Instrumental)
9.Duke’s Choice – George Duke – Brazilian Love Affair
10.Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock (Beats)
11.Broken Glass – Street Style (Beats)
12.Einstein – Friday Night & Saturday Morning (Instrumental)
13.Derek B – Rock The Beat (Instrumental)
14.Demon Boyz – Vibes (Instrumental)
15.MC Duke – Jus Dis
16.Powerlords – British Mic Control (Instrumental)
17.Cash Crew – You Can’t Stop This (Instrumental)
18.The Principle ft Silent Eclipse – Your Rap Machine Is Broken (Instrumental)
19.MCs Logic – Get Involved (Bonus Beats)
20.MC Wildski – Warrir (Warrior Beats)
21.MC Duke – I Don’t Care Anymore
22.MC Duke – Free
23.Richie Rich – My DJ (Pump It Up Some)
24.Hijack – The Badman Is Robbin (Instrumental)
25.Blade – Lyrical Maniac (Bonus Beats)
26.2 The Top – Score To Settle (Instrumental)
27.Waxer – Based In Science (Instrumental)
28.MC Duke (Medley) Miracles/Throw Your Hands In The Air/I’m Riffin
29.Public Enemy – Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix Instrumental)
30.ATL – Murder Rap (Instrumental)
31.Brand Nubian – Drop The Bomb (Instrumental)
32.Pete Rock – Classic (Instrumental)
33.Group Home – The Realness (Instrumental)
34.Master Ace – Style Wars Remix (Instrumental)
35.Overlord X – 2 Bad (Instrumental)
36.Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown – Unity
37.Gunshot – Children Of A Dying Breed (Instrumental)
38.Hijack – Syndicate Outta Jail (Instrumental)
39.Duke’s Choice – Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair

 

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Yes that’s right, grab your Motorola flip,stick a few cold Red Stripes in a bag,  borrow your mums car and drive up a hill nearby as you move your aerial about to listen to the dulcit tones of WaxOnWaxOff as he defecates in your ear canals with the dopest flavours from the UK, 21 years ago!  This week I was dusting off some old tunes and I’d sorted out a load of stuff and the majority was from 1989.  Upon closer inspection it dawned on me that 1989 was probably the best year for the UK and decided to do a 1989 special.

The tracks I play are full of wicked lyrical skills, def production, I mean cutting up stabs on top of breaks, like James Brown & The Meters while top rappers deliver raps so sharp you imagine them in pain after they finish rhyming, cutting the insides of their mouths with the razor sharp verbals.

This show takes you back to a time when the UK were HUNGRY for Hip Hop and keen to split from the US and stand on their own.  The UK had by this time got a solid enough base of radio stations, venues, record shops, producers, labels, engineers, club DJS and such to be self supportive and this show proves that.  Listen to the shout outs at the end of the MC Mello tracks “Bizzie Rhymin” to hear a nice slice of who was making the most noise at the time.

The only downer with this show is that I had a few gremlins in the studio last night and couldn’t record it at high quality and for some reason the stream went out at a lower quality so it’s not as bright as usual… but maybe that was fate?  Maybe someone used the force to manipulate that to give it a dusty tinge to replicate those static filled tapes from 1989, with the odd burst of the local taxi firm overriding your tape recording.  Still, the Disco Scratch logo was shone into the night, and the red Scratch phone rang at Repo136′s yard, where a mighty voice from one of the generals of the UK Army’s front line on maneuvers told me it was OK… he was recording…  download is at the bottom of the post after the tracklist…. Enjoy this show and get on next week for UK LEGEND MC DUKE!!!

Tracklist:

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2.Waxer – Where’s The Scratch
3.2 The Top – The Rhythm I Give ‘Em
4.Kinetic Effect – Beyond The Parameters Of Amateurs
5.Cash Crew – One Decade
6.Chris Biscuit – Rhymes To Kill
7.Cookie Crew – Born This Way
8.Dee Lawal – The D Don’t Play
9.Freshki Dames – Kickin It Live
10.JC001 & DJ D Zire – Bad Place To Get Hit
11.MC Martay & DJ DBM – Beyond Control
12.KCF Productions – Words N Music
13.MC Cardi & DJ 357 – Rough Potential
14.MC Buzz B – How Sleep The Brave (70s Funk Mix)
15.MC Groove – The Groove
16.MC Mello – Bizzie Rhymin
17.MC Untouchable – Back Street Blues
18.Shogun MC – The Struggle Continues
19.Hijack – Doomsday Of Rap
20.Normski – Easy
21.Goldtop – Introduction
22.Freshki & Mo Rock – Pick Up On This
23.DJ Mink – Hey Hey Can You Relate
24.Cue Tips & Dashy D – Control
25.Blade – We’re Going Independent
26.MCs Logic – We’re On A Mission
27.MC Duke – I’m Riffin’

 

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Wicked show again last night thanks to all who got in the chatroom, made for a good laugh and was great to have the connections with other old school heads!  If you are reading this but have not got into the chatroom yet when the sho is live, you really should, I mean what else are you going to do on a Thursday night?  It’s after 9 so the kids are in bed, get your iPad, your lappy, your phone, DS lite, I dunno, your fridge with internet connectivity, put your headphones on so you don’t upset the missus with all this hardcore rap and get in the chatroom!

The rap contest was won by MC Dope Noise outta New Cross so respect to him, but no one rang up for the break to the beat so no winners there!  The break was from the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack – Heaven On Their Minds, the rap was Blade – Watcha Waitin For.  So, hopefully see you in the chatroom!  Respect to all the old school soldiers…

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Project 88
3.Bushkilla – Strings In Motion
4.2 Tone Committee – Way We Operate
5.First Down – Mad Dogs And Englishmen
6.Dominant Force – Flex
7.General Levi – Dem No Wicked Like We
8.Shock Wave – It’s The Games (We Play)
9.Ultramagnetic MCs – Chorus Line
10.Freshki & Mo Rock – Spectacular Venacular
11.Diversion Tactics – Live To London (Featuring Blade & Beyond There)
12. Diversion Tactics – 3 Card Brag (Ft D Gritty & Blade)
13.Diversion Tactics – Where I’m From
14.PD3 – Funk Rhymes Funky Style
15.MC Mell O – Open Up Your Mind (Wack As Fuck Version, sorry!!!)
16.Suspekt – Style Unorthadox
17.Bury Cru – MCs
18.Brotherhood – Alphabetical Response
19.Mista Websta – Breakdancing at Dinner Time
20. Aspects – My Genre
21.Dominant Force – Criminals
22.Break To The Beat Version Excursion – Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack – Heaven On Their Minds
23.Total Fiasco – Method To The Madness
24.MC Dope Noise (New Cross) Rap Line Winner
25.MC Duke – Final Conflict
26.Demon Boyz – International Karate
27.Sir Fresh & DJ Critical – Sir Vere (dedicated to DuckAlert, T Zone & SEIN)
28.Krispy 3 – Can’t Melt The Wax
29.Break To The Beat Version Excursion – Blade – Watcha Waitin For
30.Def Tex – Addiction To Rhyme
31.Gunshot – Patriot Games

 

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Overlord X has to be in the top 5 MC list of most UK Hip Hop fans.  X brought energy, politics, raw Hip Hop in a B Boy Stance not seen before and became a defining act in the early days of UK rap, moving away from the American sounding party tunes.  His track “14 days in May” broke down many boundaries and showed non believers that Hip Hop was a serious artform and not just kids rapping about gold chains and girls.  Likened to Chuck D & Melle Mel, Overlord X dropped 2 massive LPs and multiple 12s.

In this interview we discuss many aspects of his introduction to rap and his involvement in it, his politics and thoughts on the industry, plus the infamous beef with MC Duke!  Many thanks for Overlord X for having the time, energy and enthusiasm to make Old School UK Hip Hop lovers very happy!  Nuff respect, enjoy the interview, tracklist below, download at the bottom of the post.

DSR6 – Overlord X

Tracklist:

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Project 88
3.Goldtop – My Introduction (Instrumental)
4.Trouble – I Get Hype (Instrumental)
5.DJ Format – Last Bongo In Brighton
6.Hijack – The Drummer
7.Mighty Ethnicz – Any R’ddim (The Dub)
8.Barry Blue – Cancel ‘Em All Out (Instrumental)
9.X’s Choice – City Limits Crew – Fresher Than Ever
10.X’s Choice – Overlord X & Dark Heart – Let There Be Rock
11.Demon Boyz – Northside (Instrumental)
12.Freshki & Mo Rock – Talking Pays (Beats)
13.11:59 – Dubrise
14.X’s Choice – 14 Days In May
15.Champions Of Nature – The Fuck Off (Instrumental)
16.Most Dominant – Hostility Part 2 (Instrumental)
17.Def Tex – Addiction To Rhyme (Instrumental)
18.Point Blank – Planting Semtex (Instrumental)
19.X’s Choice – Rough In Hackney
20.Jehst – Carpe Diem (Instrumental)
21.Krispy 3 – On Tempo (’94 Lick Instrumental)
22.X’s Choice – X Posse – Return Of The Breaks
23.EMF – Rough Potential (Instrumental)
24.NSO Force – Give It Up (Bonus Beats)
25.Daddy Freddy – We Are Champions (Version)
26.MC Duke – I’m Riffin (Instrumental)
27.Overlord X – 2 Bad (Bonus Beats)
28.Cash Crew – You Can’t Stop This (Instrumental)
29.Cookie Crew – Come On And Get Some (Cookstramental)
30.She Rockers – Jam It Jam (Instrumental)
31.Silver Bullet – Bring Forth The Guillotine (DJ Beats)
32.Def J – Just Save It (Instrumental)
33.Deliverance – Dead Funny (Instrumental)
34.X’s Choice – Hijack – Hold No Hostage

 

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These interviews I’m doing are revealing some fantastic information about the roots of the UK Hip Hop scene.  Scenes14 started in 1982/1983 and it wasn’t long before he was jumping fences at 3 in the morning with a sack of paint on his back.  Combined with a love of B Boying and all the elements, Scenes soaked up as much of the fledgling UK Hip Hop sphere as possible.  To this day he’s still rocking a dope custom graf Jacket & box fresh Puma kicks with the Suspekt crew baseball cap.

We spoke about the early jams and some of the pivotal events in the UK through the years that Scenes has attended.  Racking up some 28 years of living Hip Hop, this guy knows his onions, hope you enjoy the show and apology for slightly too loud mics causing some slight distortion, what can you do, we were gonna do it through headphoes to start with!!!  Enjoy & big respect to Scenes14, peep his site, The Underground Strikes Back.

Tracks used during the show:

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Diamond Dust (Instrumental)
3.Kurtis Blow – The Breaks (Instrumental)
4.Mr Magic – Potential (Instrumental)
5.Kool DJ AJ – Ah That’s The Joint (Instrumental)
6.Scenes Choice – Twilight 22 – Electric Kingdom
7.Hashim – Al Naayfish (The Soul)
8.Africa Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Play At Your Own Risk (Instrumental)
9.Africa Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
10.Warp 9 – Nunk
11.Scenes Choice – Big Apple Productions – Genius At Work
12.Ice T – Tibetan Jam (Instrumental)
13.Wreckin Cru – Surgery (Instrumental)
14.Scenes Choice – Steady B – Fly Shante (Def Mix)
15.3rd Bass – Steppin To The AM (Instrumental)
16.Brand Nubian – Brand Nubiam (Instrumental)
17.Scenes Choice – Bushkilla – 92 Salute
18.Craig G – Shootin The Gift (Remix Dub)
19.EPMD – So Watcha Sayin (Dub)
20.Gang Starr – Manifest (Instrumental)
21.Scenes Choice – Blue Eyes – Soul Tip
22.PE – Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental)
23.ce T – Lethal Weapon (Instrumental)
24.Scenes Choice – EPMD – So Watcha Sayin’
25.Big L – Devil’s Son (Instrumental)
26.Stezo – To The Max (Dub)
27.Main Source – Think (Instrumental)
28.Scenes Choice – Def Tex – Run
29.Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Pro Remix Instrumental)
30.Gang Starr – Dwyck (Instrumental)
31.Craig Mack – Flava In Ya Ear (Remix Instrumental)
32.Scenes Choice – Hijack – I Had To Serve You

 

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This is what Hip Hop geeks dream about… especially UK ones!  For the uninitiated, Repo136 runs one of the most popular Old School UK Hip Hop sites around, Ageing B Boys Unite .  We started chatting about 2 years ago and found we had a lot in common.  A few months back, just before Christmas we were going to record a podcast but real life got in the way, so here we are with a full on interview to see what makes up the Repo man.  Some dope music and extremely in depth chat about the old days of life in Hip Hop in the UK.

So, join us for (what should have been but ended up being 2 1/2 hours) 2 hours ( *ahem) of old school UK Hip Hop banter with the man behind the early 90s rap fanzine “Juice”.  Enjoy!

If you are interested in telling the world your stories via the interview medium please get in contact, hit us up at thediscoscratch@gmail.com peace!

Tracks Used during the show:

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2. Russell Brothers – Party Scene (Instrumental)
3.Gang Starr – Manifest
4. Gang Starr – GotchU
5. Captain Rock – Cosmic Glide (instrumental)
6. Pieces Of A Dream – Mount Airy Groove (Instrumental)
7. T Ski Valley – Catch The Groove (Instrumental)
8. Disco 4 – Let It Whip (Instrumental)
9. Trouble Funk – Pump Me Up
10.  Jonzun Crew – Pac Jam (Look Out For The OVC)
11.  Warp 9 – Nunk (Instrumental)
12. C Bank – One More Shot (Instrumental)
13. The VHB – Beethoven’s 5th Street Symphony (Short Version)
14. Fantasy 3 – Biters In The City (Scratch Version)
15. Bobby Broom – Beat Freak (Dub Version)
16. B Boys – Girls Part 2 (Snippet)
17. Fantasy 3 – The Buck Stops Here (Instrumental)
18. Great Peso & Mr Nasty – It’s Time To Rock (Instrumental)
19. Newcleus – Jam On It (Instrumental)
20. Byron Davis – My Hands Are Quicker Than The Eye (Instrumental)
21. Eric B & Rakim – Eric B is President (Dub)
22. Justice – Put That Record Back On (Instrumental)
23. Kid Frost – Terminator
24. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Price – A Toucjh Of Jazz
25. Kid n Play – Lat Night (Dub)
26. Kool G Rap & Polo – Rykers Island (Instrumental)
27. Hijack – The Contract (Instrumental)
28. Hijack – The Badman Is Robbin
29. SL Troopers – Knowledge (remix instrumental)
30. K Solo – Letterman (Instrumental)
31. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Ill Street Blues (Instrumental)
32. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour (Instrumental)
33. Beatnuts – No Equal (Instrumental)
34. Diamond D – Sally (Instrumental)
35. Onyx – Throw Ya Gunz (Instrumental)
36. Run DMC – Down With The King (Instrumental)
37. Word Of Mouth & DJ Cheese – King Kut

 

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2 hours with the UK legend Blade, the man responsible for so many dope UK tracks.  His career spanning 22 years, legend in the game.  I get deep with him talking in depth about his formative years and his progression from his initial MC name, Electron, running with the Starlight Assault Squad, to hooking up with other MCs to form Total Control Rappers and progressing to get his first track on wax.  Then through all those years punting his product on the street, through the many shows and tours he’s done, people he’s worked with, his thoughts on the industry and he drops bars from a never released track, exclusive to Disco Scratch.

Here’s the tracks I used in the show to talk over and those played:

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Diamond Dust (Instrumental)
3.Blade – The Coming is Near (Instrumental)
4.Grand Groove – Let’s Dance (Instrumental)
5.Dolby D – Loud n Clear (Instrumental)
6.Derek B – Bad Young Dub (Instrumental)
7.MCs Logic – Operate Logikally
8.EMF – Rough Potential (Instrumental)
9.Sunshine Power – It’s Too Late (Instrumental)
10.Demon Boyz – Northside (Instrumental)
11.Blade – Lyrical Maniac
12.Black Radical Mk 2 – B Boys B Beat (Instrumental)
13.2 the top – The Rhythm I Give ‘Em (Instrumental)
14.Hardnoise – Untitled (Original white label 12)
15.Gunshot – Children Of A Dying Breed  (Instrumental)
16.Asher D & Daddy Freddy – We Are The Champions (Instrumental)
17.Cash Crew – You Can’t Stop This (Instrumental)
18.Einstein – Friday Night Saturday Morning (Instrumental)
19.MC Shan – Juice Crew law
20.London Rhyme Syndicate – Hard To The Core (Instrumental)
21.MC Duke – Miracles (Instrumental)
22.Chris Biscuit – Rhymes To Kill (Dub)
23.DJ Yess & D Crime 0 Keep It Underground (Instrumental)
24.Blade – Rhyme Bomb
25.The Icepick – Dead & Buried (Instrumental)
26.Jehst – Alcoholic Author (Waxer Remix Instrumental)
27.MC Evaready & The Unanimous Decision – Flowmotion (Sax Instrumental)
28.Klashnekoff – Jankrowville (Instrumental)
29.Skinnyman – Little Man part1 (Instrumental)
30.Waxer – My Poetry’s Deep (Instrumental)
31.Blade – Rough It Up (Instrumental)

Not much more I can say, I’ll let the man tell you himself.  Next Week: Benzini from Ageing B Boys Unite!!!!

 

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Disco Scratch Radio Show 1

So last night I went live at 9PM on Freestyle FM to give you the first Disco Scratch show.  Many thanks to all those that tuned in live & got in the chatroom.  It was a good look and I played a lot of classic UK tunes from back in the day.  I also got pranked by Bones bless him!  Big interviews coming up, names from the depths of Hip Hops’ past… I had a few technical issues with distortion but this should all be sorted for next week.

Last nights’ show was dedicated to Malcolm McClaren who sadly lost his battle with cancer yesterday, respect, RIP.

Till next week…

Playlist:

1.Trevor Jones – The Death Of Arthur

2/3/4.Malcolm McClaren:Buffalo Gals/Do ya like Scratchin/World’s Famous

4.Syncbeat – Music

5.Foreverreaction – B.E.D. 34

6.Rapologists – The Hip Hop Beat

7.Hardrock Soul Movement – Do It

8.Paul Hardcastle – Sound Chaser

9.Sir Drew – Old School Style

10.Dynamic MCs – I Feel Dynamic

11.Cash Crew – Microphone Maniac

12.Mutant Rockers – Classical Scratch

13.LL Cool J – I Need A Beat

14.Lewis Parker – A Walk In The Sky

15.DJ Yess & DJ Crime – Keep It Underground

16.NSO Force – 2 Deep

17.Demon Boyz – Rougher Than An Animal

18.T La Rock – Breakin Bells

19.Mixmaster Gee & The Turntable Orchestra – Manipulator

20.Duke Booty – Broadway

21.The Addicts Psalm – Ralph Carmichael

22.All The People ft Robert Moore – Cramp Your Style

23.Ben E King – What Is Soul

24.Stereo MCs – What Is Soul

25.Weather Report – Non Stop Home

26.Ramsey Lewis – Les Fleurs

27.Percee Pee – Lung Collapsin Lyrics

28.Percee Pee vs Lord Finesse battle snippet

29.Hijack – I Had to Serve You

 

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