That night he played some tracks on the national Hip Hop radio show (Villa65) and shouted me out. I was able to grab the last available copy at the recordstore in Amsterdam, but was persuaded to surrender the record by Mental Kees before i could actually cop it. I got into Hip Hop through graffiti in the early nineties and to have artists combine the two artforms was right up my tagged up alley. I was fiending to hear these cats when they came out at the time. The track eventually appeared on the debut single (' who got the props') as a b-side and on their diggin in da vaults compilation.
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Interesting start to one of NY’s nicest movements from that era. The Bucktown attitude is already there, as well as the obvious talent and the duckdown chants. The same crew is responsible for this uptempo demo in a typical early nineties NY style. The distinct jazzy laidback jeep sound from the Beatminerz combined with Buckshot’s gruff voiced singsong flows were not there from the very start. Still the greatest run of albums a Hip Hop group will ever have (and i love Tribe!). They did grow a lot from this 92 demo to 93’s Enter the Wu-Tang and i’m glad they did. The unique style and swagger that made the wu movement so big, with such an impact, is already evident. RZA lays the foundation to the signature sound on here with some very early versions of later Wu-Bangers. Some people claim that the Wu’s early work was badly engineered and had that vintage basement sound, but listening to these demo’s they stepped it up a lot one their later releases. Hopefully our Canadian friends do the right thing and release these in CDQ and proper mix sometime soon. Thanks to the internets they are now available, although these are pretty bad cassette tape rips only diehard G-funk fanatics will truly appreciate at this point in time. I can tell you back then we were fiending for anything snoop and the demo's included here would've been the most sought after treasures. Last year WIDEawake entertainment, a Canadian company, has bought the rights to Death Row's infamous catalog including all the unreleased material and outtakes from the days when Suge reigned supreme with the Chronic and Doggystyle. Listening to these tracks Biggie Smalls remains the illest. Last time around i already had some of these, but with DJ´s talkin over them and as far as i can hear, these are all original. His amazing timing is already evident, but at this time also done over more uptempo production. It features all the demos Biggie did with DJ 50 Grand and Mr.Cee and then some.
This collection of Biggie Smalls demos and early freestyles paints an amazing picture of the emcee before the success of Ready to Die. However, the second verse (5:10) definitely shows a glimpse of the emcee this kid was about to become in the following years. Ra has not perfected his style just yet and especially the first verse betrays his influences from old school heroes like Cold Crush and Kool Moe Dee. He was still rhyming under the 'Kid Wizard' name, as he called himself before he found righteousness, and appears along Biz Markie was already fairly succesful at that time with Roxanne Shante. This is an outtake from a high school party in Wyandanch (Long Island), where the 'R' grew up. He was only 18 when he dropped his debut, My Melody, but recently even older material has surfaced. Ever since i first heard 'Microphone fiend' as a teenager (it had been out for at least 5 years, i'm not THAT old), Rakim Allah has been my personal favorite.
This collection was compiled by 'Vinyl' by the way. Where he gained his first stage experience, touring with the crew.‘What’s in a name’ cleverly uses some famous names from that time and ‘I Can’t get with that’(which was a b-side to in my lifetime on payday) showcases Jay’s fast flow. The other notable features are with Original Flavor who had some momentum at the time, Jigga steals the show though. It’s no secret Hova started out as a sidekick to Jaz-O, his feature on ‘Hawaiian Sophie’ is probably the best known example of this period. Most of these are not really demo’s but early features and freestyles. Over the years i stumbled over a couple of these demo’s on the internet and i wanted to share them with you. However, in retrospect it’s always fun to hear the first steps of artists who later became certified superstars (or at least much respected). KRS started his Juice crew war over the fact that Mr.Magic wasn’t trying to hear his early BDP tracks. Jay even started Rocafella because nobody would offer him a decent deal. Kool G rap couldn’t sell Nas to any label and it took Serch a while too before Columbia saw the potential. Most people ain’t trying to hear it when you are shopping them.