THE MONOTONE KING.

G.U.R.U. JULY 17TH 1966- APRIL 19, 2010 R.I.P.

ANOTHER OF MY HEROES PASSES FROM THE SAME DISEASE THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF MY MOTHER, BOTH WERE TAKEN TO EARLY. I ACTUALLY GOT A BIT TEARY EYED UPON HEARING OF HIS PASSING.
THERES ALOT OF SPECULATION OVER GURU AND HIS DEALINGS WITHIN HIS PERSONAL LIFE, FORGET ALL THAT BULLSHIT, IM NOT GOING THERE. ITS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER OUR HEROES FOR WHAT THEY STOOD FOR AS WELL AS THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE.
BEING FROM BOSTON, GURU WAS ONCE A STUDENT TEACHER AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.. ENGLISH HIGH, 1988.
THE VERY FIRST REAL HIP HOP SHOW I EVER DID WAS WITH GANGSTARR AND K.M.D. IN 1990. IM LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT MEMORIES.
POUND FOR POUND GANGSTARR HAS SO MANY CLASSIC RECORDS, AND GURU HAS SO MANY TIMELESS RHYMES WITH NO GIMMICKS. HIS VOICE WAS AND STILL IS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE. I ONCE READ GURU IS RAKIMS FAVORITE MC.
IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT GROUPS IN HIP HOP. THE MAGIC CHEMISTRY PRIMO AND GURU HAD TOGETHER CANT BE MATCHED OR DUPLICATED. AS AN MC HE SPOKE THE TRUTH, EMOTIONS OF ALL SORTS..LIFE AND OUR HARDSHIPS...A THINKER AND SO MUCH STYLE...

Windy City

This Friday I (Amir is NOT doing this one) will be putting it down in Chicago. Not sure what to expect, but Ill be spinning good music from all genres.
Looking forward to it, Never had proper Chicago pizza, and if you know about pizza youll know theres always been sort of a war between Chitown and the Northeast. Cant wait to hit up Mr.Peapody records... check out the amazing comp Mark and Mike did for BBE " The Real Sound of Chicago". Non stop deep cuts.

WE ON A WORLD TOUR.. WITH MR.MALCOLM MCLAREN

R.I.P. MALCOLM MCLAREN. PEEP 4:05 ON THIS CUT... BET MOST DONT KNOW THIS IS WHERE TRIBE CALLED QUEST GOT IT FROM.
I REMEMBER SEEING ANOTHER GROUP MALCOLM PUT TOGETHER BACK IN 1982 " BOW WOW WOW " OF " I WANT CANDY " FAME.
DOUBE TROUBLE FROM WILDSTYLE OPENED UP. I HAD NO IDEA BACK THEN WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TODAY.
ALONG WITH THE CLASH, MALCOLM HELPED OPEN DOORS UP FOR HIP HOP, SPANNING FAR BEYOND NEW YORK CITY.
THIS HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN MY SETS BEFORE LONG BEFORE HIS PASSING. CLASSIC MATERIAL