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Here is the second part to this classic interview, supplied by DJ Nes.

I always wondered why no one ever fucked with redman on record. “ima find out where you live at”, enough said.

I love watching these old St. Ides commercials. They were the only company letting rappers be spokesmen at the time. Look at the clothes, Cube when he still had an edge and even JD before he went to jail. Talk about taking me back to a better time…..Look for more St. Ides commericals coming in the not to distant future.

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I fast-forwarded this video at first until I saw a Compton hat or two flashing on screen. I totally forgot about the 1-900 craze this country went through in the early 90’s. I saw an interview recently with a few old school artists and they said that they never saw a dime of the money made for these phone lines. DOC is a punk anyway, he never responded to my message that I left for him.

Alright yall, it’s time for some real shit.

“Comin outta Queensbridge”! This is a pre-illmatic interview with Nas done for VMB. At this time, the hype around Nas was off the charts. There isnt much else I can say about this. Just watch.

Big shouts to my man Paul at Mo’Pie!

Oh shit!  We are officially the first to leak the info on the PT.1 of this heavy hitter 2 night, 2 party called NY Giants that will be a Toronto exclusive.  Brought to you by the Mixtape Massacre, Shaman Fam, TBG, and your homies at The Meaning Of Dope.  Expect some exclusive content surrounding the events, and stay tuned for more info on the 2nd part.

Oh, and here’s a video of the mad scientist Extra P(don’t say the years) with his former group comprised of himself and 2 cats from Toronto.

Watch Fab 5 kick it with Redman while they eat some chicken at some spot in the west coast.

Definitely an awkward daps moment at the beginning between the two (00:11), but after that the chemistry starts to work. Redman talks about his humble beginnings among other things.

Red rockin the Keith Murray shirt and Helly Hansen jacket.

Massive shouts to the homie DJ Nes on the classic footy.

Keep your eyes open for Pt.2.

Watch EPMD throw down some of there go-to basketball moves.

Erick Sermon doesn’t quite have the touch on the first attempt, but makes up for it with the “Julies Erving”. Shoot, even Dee Barnes knocks one down.

Our first Fugees post!

This footage of Prakazrel, L-Boogie and Wyclef “The Haitian Rooster” (pause), is from 94, just after the release of The Tranzlator Crew’s debut album, Blunted On Reality. I had just come back from NY and the Nappy Heads Remix was killing the radio stations. Needless to say, I copped the cassingle and was checking for them at every chance I could.

Check L-Boogie freestyling how a lot of us remember freestyling - spontaneous, off the top of the head, with some random nonsensicalness. I miss that shit.

The interview was filmed at 238 Queen Street across from the MuchMusic building, here in Toronto.

Nothing personal, Lords Of The Underground. I was just never a huge fan. However, I do rank the Pete Rock remix of Flow On and I definitely did listen to the album a bunch. It just never stuck with me. This particular video is them bugging out in a highrise(I think it’s the Elektra offices) and dropping some shit live.  The full spectrum of 90’s fashion is represented here, visors, fatigue vests, colourful toques(beanies/skullies for you yankees), graphic tees, horizontal stripe polo shirts,etc

I don’t even fuck with breakdancing like that…but at this point, I was definitely geeked off these dudes and their routines.  Ghettooriginals did the full media circuit when they came to Toronto in the mid 90’s.  In this particular clip, they’re on Electric Circus which I’ve already mentioned.  It was a straight party dance show so this performance was definitely out of their norm for guest spots.

I’m that dude so it makes sense, but my favourite shit about this is how most of the dudes have the illest Huarache runners on.  Those were obvi the best shoes to dance in or run from cops after catching tags.