Stepping With a Scarborough Stomp
» Published by Ace Six
This one goes out to a select few, one of whom I have no idea how to get in touch with so let me just put it all out there. I was trying really hard to be a rapper and the first dude I met who was nice with the spit was this cat Duane Hope who went to school with my homie, Rain. Duane’s older brother had been rapping for a while and he played the mentor role for all of us. Saturdays used to be filled with rhyme sessions at my house, so many funny memories of the early days of me rapping and saying all kinds of shit I didn’t do.
Duane went on to attend Woburn in Scarborough(he lived in deep Scarborough anyways) and I remember the big hip-hop related news from his first week was that he went to school with one of the guys from MVP.
For those of you who don’t know MVP, here’s the little bit of history I have on them. They were one of the original groups out of Toronto in the early 90’s and also affiliated with the crew later formed and known as Monolith. C-Mo, LC, and Wio-K were definitely ahead of their time in terms of lyrics,approach and originality. In case you’re new to this, but that name Wio-K sounds familiar..you heard him on Kardinal’s ‘Ol Time Killin’ a few years back and his new song is getting decent run on Much Vibe these days.
This performance is of a song I’ve never heard outside of here, not even on a demo battle on the Powermove or Masterplan shows. From what I can tell, it’s called “Who’s Got The Juice” but if anyone else knows for sure, please post up in the comments. Big up to Big C, Wio-K, Hardkore aka Kory Deez, Nish Raawks, San Cear, Snidely Whiplash, Planet Pea, Sweets Watson, Heller, Rain and Duane Hope and his brother Dex(wherever you guys are?)..I know all of you will appreciate this rare footage.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:44 am
As much as I lived and enjoyed 90’s HipHop I really don’t remember this track or the group. I know you said “chosen few” but this track reminds me so much of “who got the skills” by the Youngstas. Just the wardrobe alone brings back memories….rare tracks likes this normally ended up on DNA & HankLove or The NightHawks Radio Show…..
Damn…this track was clearly slept on….
March 19th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
yeah, mvp didn’t get much material out, never pressed vinyl to the best of my knowledge but if you get up on the Monolith crew, you will definitely be able to find some music by at least 2 of the dudes in the group.
Search for The Long Awaited EP. If you can’t find it, i’m sure one of us can rip it.
March 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am
If I remember correctly this song was actually on a CD compilation wayyyyyy back when…I’ll have to ask Wio about it but MVP definitely had a track out in the early 90’s before they split up as a group. Good lookin on the post!
Scarborough all day every day!
- Vet
March 21st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
can u post some super lover cee & casanova rud,kwame,bone thugs,2pac,3xdope and mc lyte
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Holy!!! Scarbro all day for real! I think that was the show they did before openin for bdp that night. Crazy energy! Wio-k and LC still do shit. MVP had some dope shit in the works with djx, some hit radio, but most never came out. Scarbro flags up!!!
April 6th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
MVP actually had a a song that came out on a Tommy Boy compilation called “Planet Rap” A.D.L.’s ‘Daddy” was on the same compilation.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Planet-Rap-A-Sample-Of-The-World/release/1186452
April 17th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Pretty fuckin’ downlow Ace
July 12th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
i have lots of cd compilation at home and most of them are rock and ballad.’:,
October 10th, 2010 at 9:15 am
my CD Compilation are getting bigger and bigger each day coz i really love music that much,~.
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