Legendary DJ, DANNY DAN is the special guest on the WE FUNK radio show (Episode 872).He contributes a special set but he also does some heavy Q&A so do not snooze !!!!

*Do your self a favor and FFWD to the 15 mark when Danny Dan starts his set….

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The first time I heard someone flip one of David Axelrod’s compositions was on “Take Em To War” with Kool G.Rap, B1 & MFGRIMM….The producer of that track (T-Ray) didn’t add much to the original sample source and sometimes you shouldn’t if the loop your freaking has all the right elements without any additional programming (I could write a book on this dynamic with the greatest of ease but it might bore motherfuckers to death – HAHA)…..

Anyway, when I first heard this beat the only thing that came to mind was DRAMA…It didn’t hurt that GRIMM & company were spitting some of the most sinister shit on top of it, but even without the lyrics this particular beat raised the bar when it came to pure , unadulterated evil sounding shit…David Axelrod was a genius on many levels and it’s unfortunate that he is no longer with us in the physical form (He lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this year) – thankfully he left a incredible discography for us to absorb and delve into….

Here is a dedication mix by WALLA P (Music Is my Sanctuary) that deserves your attention….

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After all these years of being a die hard, true blue Hip Hop fiend – plus an avid record collector, it’s somewhat amazing that I still stumble on gems from the mid to late 90’s that I never heard before…I recently found this collection of rarities on the VV12 Hip Hop site (For The Diggers Vol .1) and my Hip Hop antenna instantly activated (I’m only familiar with half of these joints, I’m not going to even front)….Take one look at the playlist if you think it’s a game duke !!!!!

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01 03:35 Intrepid Stylez – Kasualties
2 04:10 Tha Chamba – Essence
03 04:37 Street Connect – Rollin’ Over You
04 04:36 Major Stress – A Day In Da Stuy
05 03:24 Definite Vacation 4 Suckaz – Thieves In The Temple
06 03:31 The Green Regime – Money Green
07 05:17 Duane E – Fuckem All
08 05:31 Sugacane – God For All
09 04:58 Kornerstonz – Front On Me
10 03:24 Unknown Prophets – Represent
11 05:01 Strick Feat. Rhetoric & Ace – Paper Chase
12 04:11 Sparrow The Movement – Inheritance
13 03:55 Knoxx Feat. Trauma Mobb – Pynch Nerve (Raw Mix)
14 04:34 Madd Mischief – Representing
15 04:03 Slum Brothers – Stop Frontin
16 03:45 Rocswell – Straight Up (K-Boogs)
17 04:53 Lucci & Celinski – Kakalaq

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When it come to gear I was never into all that NASA spacesuit shit, some of these trendy brands do way too much with their designs…PRITT KALSI (King Of The Beats) has the right idea : simple, effective and straight up BBoy without all the extras…

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I gave KRS – One’s newest offering “The World Is Mine” a decent listen a few days ago and sure it’s not the illest album in his very impressive catalogue, but he did sprinkle some gems in there….If it was up to me, I would rock “Out For Fame 2” for some 7inch or 12inch vinyl treatment….

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This is what happens when you abandon tradition and recklessly adopt current trends of culture and technology…Truly sad on many levels…

If you need more instrumental flavors in your life, give this a listen and catch a zone…

The “1996 beat Tape” is the “Real McCoy”. All music was produced before computers, before accessible home studios and before instrumental hip hop was a category. Many of the beats were made with vocalists in mind. Constructed on turntables, the EMU-SP1200 and the Akai S950, historians will appreciate the album cover designed by Joe Buck which depicts intimate photos of Spinna in his studio with the actual gear used to create the album’s contents. This is only the first volume and the debut venture between Redefinition Records and Spinna’s own Correct Technique Records. With 2 plus decades of unreleased material, who knows what the future holds, but history shows that when DJ Spinna releases an instrumental album, they sell fast. Get your copy on colored vinyl or cassette now.

“Heard your new single, I can’t stand the shit / dropped your album off at waste management”…..SAY WORD..

URG 7 & BIN SKULLY connect for some 2017 Hip Hop morale….I like how the duo keep it nice and dirty instead of going the typical over produced route I hear to often these days….Over an hour of treats on deck !!!!

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MF GRIMM & I were the special guest on the “Different Drum” show with Matt Hooke out in Cleveland last week (WRUW)…We go into detail about the GMV trilogy, our recording process, production , history, and our latest release “American Hunger Rebirth” with ARCHITECT & FDRZ…Starts at the 4:50 mark –

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You gotta give daps to that kid DANIEL SON for constantly hitting us with a onslaught of solid material….It’s not the illest shit I have heard by any means, but I respect the work ethics involved and I also recognize that he does flip some colorful wordplay (He is like a hybrid of WSG / Bronson / Roc / Hus / with a Toronto accent twist)….

Here is his latest release “Remo Gaggi”….Give it a listen troopers..

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My cuzzo ARCHITECT has been on a straight killing spree with the beats the last couple years…Even though his first commercial release was in the early 90’s, he has steadily progressed and updated his approach to production in a very original, explosive fashion….Truth be told, he is a motherfucking problem !!!

Here is a recent interview he did with the good folks at HECKLER (Salute Riff, I see you Captain)…..

H: You’re on the MF Grimm’s American Hunger remix album. How does doing remixes differ than working with the artists.

A: Well the crazy thing about American Hunger was I did a lot of American Hunger itself in the original version. I think maybe three or four songs on there so I had the vibe that I was already familiar with Grimm. It wasn’t very hard to remix it. You know. I got to do the remix of the songs that didn’t do in the first place and I know Grimm personally so knew the vibe. I knew Grimm from years back from the early 2000’s working with him on music and he did the “Good Morning Vietnam” project with Drasar Monumental and he was like “Yo, you got to holler at my man.” So when I hollered at Drasar, It was just a no brainer. We were both on the same vibe, same ill style of beats, and same outlook on the game. So it was like a no brainer. We just got together and I had “[Hot] Butter Soul” I was working on. Butter Soul comes out of my beat set. It’s basically a version of my beat set live. I just basically did it live on the fly. I put beats on there that I come through on my beat sets. So it’s like all new beats that people have never heard. I just went in with the drum machine and the Kaos pad.

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*And while your at it, take a listen to the brand spanking new SP404 project…

Even though this mix by DOOLEY-O has some magical moments, I can’t help but cringe when I hear a couple of the sappy RNB flips in the session (A personal pet peeve of mine, I can’t even front I never rocked with those Ron G tapes either)…Other than that he does his motherfucking thing with some choice remixes, well placed blends, and secret society selections…

Salute to DOOLEY for being able to spin, rhyme, draw, and make beats at a high level…

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SHOW & A.G. are back on the set for more wreck with the release of the “Take It Back” EP…I’m halfway in and I’m digging the overall feel of this joint so far..It’s a free download – quit stalling duke !!

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I vividly remember checking out the ESTRIA Graff battle back in 2009 in the city of Oakland…The competition was stacked to the rim with super heavyweight contenders from all over the globe with noteworthy names like VOGUE, KUFU, BAZ, LOST, DIME, FURY, REFA and NYC powerhouse DOVES (TCK / FC)….Everyone came to the table with their “A” game but in the end DOVES came out the victor…The win was somewhat debatable, yet it was impossible to front on his talent.

Check out a couple flicks of DOVES getting biz…FRESH IS THE WORD.

Thankfully for us the long awaited project between MOLECULES & SHOWBIZ “Bronx Tale” is finally seeing the light of the day…..Here is the first leak “Bad Guy”..

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