Troy L. Smith's Historic Hip-Hop

323 Live Old school Hip-Hop Tapes

From 1978 to 1982 and on!

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What’s up to my brothers and sisters who hold a common interest in Live Old School Hip Hop tapes as I do. In my quest on a never ending journey for these tapes I’ve found great happiness when I come across some hellified tapes that be rocking. I also found tapes that sounded terrible as far as quality, some have had a lot of hissing sounds, and some have been recorded many times over. I have tapes that are pieces from other parties, some sound too fast, sometimes there are gaps, I even had a couple tapes that were made from a radio sitting in front of a speaker.

Then there are those beautiful clear tapes. Thank the lord for them. I remember being a young brother of 11 maybe 12, getting a tape from a friend going home and not coming outside for hours because I was caught up in this tape. I would be in my room playing it over and over, trying to imagine how the place looked, where the party was, and trying to picture what these guys looked like, and just loving the lyrics and the sounds from the M.C. and DJ! Even after knowing the tape by heart, I still listened to it over and over.

I would hear some dope sounds like, Kool Moe Dee battling Busy Bee and making history by saying the most unbelievable battle rhymes off the top of his head, ripping Busy Bee apart. Caz having prepared rhymes for hecklers in the crowd were he blatantly disses the hell out of them. The Treacherous Three telling Mele Mel and the Furious Five they can’t get down, and asking them openly for a battle.

The infamous Johnny Wa and Rayvon having all the emcee’s of that time reciting their rhymes. The Fantastic 5 setting the Hip Hop world straight on why they are legendary in their battle against the Cold Crush Brothers. Flash going Bananas on the beat box and his Furious 5 emcees stating why they are the father of all Hip Hop groups. The Funky 4 rising back up to the top after losing Rahiem and adding Lil Rodney Cee and Jazzy Jeff. Donald Dee, Kid Vicious and Afrika Islam solidifying their history in 118 park in one of those legendary summer nights in the Bronx.

The Force m.c.’s being a breath of fresh air with their signature F- Troop and Adams family routine’s. Busy Bee a one man army slaying parties where ever he went. Cool a— Reggie Reg and the rest of the Crash Crew doing it in their silky style. Master Don and his Def Committee emcees showing the Hip Hop world why they no longer will be standing in the rain and nobody better not sleep on them ever again. Caz and J.D.L. the humorous, sarcastic crowd rockers that turned the Cold Crush Brothers into a Dynasty.  Theodore and Flash cutting the hell out of records and so many dope routines and rhymes, by the likes of the Cold Crush brothers, Crash Crew, Fantastic Five, Treacherous Three, Furious Five, Master Don and the Death Committee, Disco 4, L-Brothers, Zulu Nation, Magnificent 7 of Harlem, Funk Machine, Funky Four and others.

To my ears, those were the best crews. Much props to Doug E. Fresh as he made his bones and later became an international star. The Fearless Four killed it freestyle, although they did even more damage when they did album recordings. Spoonie Gee sounds better on his albums, then at live party’s free styling, I say that because it is hard to get tapes of him free styling without him doing his records. Kurtis Blow got the girls screaming while he is singing Daydreaming. Also have to give props to Sweety Gee for being the best emcee in Queens at that time in my opinion. I also want to give my man Rocking Rob of the Original Mean Machine props. Rocking Rob and his emcee’s know how to kill it!

Much props to my dude Pow Wow, Globe and the rest of the Zulu Nation Warriors.

Now I have to talk about the 3 Kings and one throne. Kool Moe Dee was the reason I never liked or gave myself the chance to like LL Cool J, (L.L. I later learned to respect a great deal for his longevity, acting skills and just watching his growth through the years, and I am not going to front, I still nod my head to many of his joints.) because to me Moe Dee was the man, at that time.

But today I would have to say that Caz is the man. I probably like them both the same but I have much more tapes of the CC4 then the Treacherous Three. I know Mele Mel is a bad brother, cause on those albums he use to kill it.  But to me he never said enough on the tapes and his crew use to piss me off because they never really did a show, you know routines. They would have me open, but they wouldn’t give us enough routines or any in their shows. I asked Caz one day who was the best between him, Moe Dee and Mel. Of course he said him, and get this, he said that they knew he was the best. Of course Moe didn’t agree to this, when he read this. I am sure Mel would not have either.

I know that battle would have been the bomb back in the days. I think I would have set it up like this, Dot-a Rock, D.L.B., Rayvon, Tito, Mighty Mike Cee, J.D.L., Busy Bee, Rahiem, Whipper Whip, Master Rob, Master Ice, Gangster Gee, Rodney Cee, Keith Keith, Spud, Sweetie Gee, Ronnie Dee, EK Mike Cee, Lisa Lee, Doug E. Fresh, Disco Dave, Peeble Poo, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Freeze, Stevie Dee, Donald Dee, Kurtis Blow, Special K, Mercury, Keith KC, Kid West, G-Man, Spoonie Gee, Pow Wow, Mr. Troy, Cowboy, emcee Barry Bee, Johnny Wa, Kid Vicious, Kid Creole, Almighty KG, Reggie Reg and Barry B-Stro would of battled each other, who ever would of won then would of stepped into the battle of their life against Mel, Moe and Caz. At the end of the battle only one can be left standing of every last M.C. Who would win only GOD knows. I think at that time if advertised properly it could have sold out Yankee stadium.

 As far as D.J.s Theodore, Flash, DJ AJ, Charlie Chase, Africa Islam, Breakout, Master Don, O.C., Krazy Eddie, Barry Bee, Whiz Kid, D.J. Divine, Kendo, D.J. Holiday, Jazzy J and Bambaataa were the best by far. Then there is the Hot to Cool to Vicious Girl m.c.s, Pebbly Poo, Sha-rock and Lisa Lee. It is hard to debate which one was the best cause they were all very good. I hope you find great joy in these tapes as I did cause this is some of the greatest music in the world. 

Family I need some help, I am interested in all tapes of this time but right now I hope you can help me with some special tapes such as: Fantastic five first anniversary, full Crash crew tapes, Notorious2, Funk machine, L-Brothers, Salt and Pepper M.C.s (Dot-a-Rock, Whipper Whip that is), Magnificent 7 from the Bronx and Harlem, Funky 4 with Rahiem, Casanova Fly, the Funky 4 with Rahiem battling the Furious 5, Furious 3, Mighty Force, Sound Masters. Also Kool Herc and the Herculoids with Coke La. Rock and Clark Kent. The number of tapes I have right now is 310, but the number is always going up because I am always putting in work trying to get new tapes, I may even have tapes sitting in the house waiting to be assessed. So know that there is always more coming. Also if you have any leads for me to reach people that have tapes and the lead turns into something good, you will be blessed back. To my people, I am from the Grant projects in Harlem. Peace and blessings to you and your family……….One troylsmith21@hotmail.com you can also call me at 212-361-9822 peace, Praise God and God Bless you.                                        

1-Fantastic Five, Caz, Busy Bee, Whiz Kid, Treacherous Three, Spoonie Gee at T-Connection 1981 60min. (note: Dota Rock does a rhyme about things that are "Like". Dota Rock opens to headhunters and then passes off to the Treach three and then they pass off to Spoonie Gee. This is a piece from the Live Convention album.)

2-Treacherous Three side A Club Negrils 82 –Bambaataa, Jazzy J, Cosmic Force, Soul Sonic Force at the T-Connection 80 (note: Treach 3 doing routines with two mics Sunshine rocking without a mic.) 90min.

3-Crash Crew, Soul Sonic Force, Cosmic Force, Whiz kid at The T-Connection 1980 90min. (Crash crew open up doing routines off 8^th wonder and bounce rock skate. Then they do their famous record. Pow Wow does a nursery Rhyme.)

4-Fantastic Five, Cold Crush 4, Soul Sonic Force, Bam, Whiz Kid at The T. Connection 1981 60min. (Note: Side A has Dota-Rock saying a rhyme about an Amazon. Whipper Whip and Theodore kill it. Side B Bam is playing a plate he made at Bronx River with Flash and the Furious 5 on the beat box and they kill it. Caz, JDL and K Gee testing the mics to some dope cuts. check tape 66 for the rest of the CC4 show.)

5-Busy Bee, Kevin Kev, Dotta Rock, Grand Master Caz, D.J. A.J. Theodore, Audubon 1981 60min. (The tape starts with Waterbed kev rocking off of catch a groove and changing words to songs like it’s the joint and Sugar Hills 8^th wonder on the other side Kev, Busy Bee and Caz rock the house together.)

6-Treacherous Three 2nd Anniversaries, Cold Crush 4 Harlem World 1982 90min. (Note: Treacherous Three ask the Furious Five for a battle and Caz disses a heckler in the crowd with a rhyme just for hecklers. Caz also does a rhyme about getting caught in the bed with a girl name Yvette.)

7-Cold Crush Four, Imperial Brothers Hoe ave. Boys’ Club-1981 60min.(Note: J.D.L. said a girl in the crowd is sewing her draws because she said "So" to Caz announcement.)

8-Cold Crush 4, Disco Enforcers at The T-Connection-1980 60min. (note: JDL opens up to Sequence record. side B opens to 8^th wonder with the crew doing a routine and the crew is rocking to Freedom. Caz does a rhyme about being somebody’s father. Caz also rhymes to Another one bites the Dust, saying he caught J.D.L. and K.G. smoking dust.

9-Rappers Convention –Fantastic Five, Crash Crew, Force M.C.s, Cold Crush 4, L.A. Sunshine-Harlem World 82 90min. (Crash crew doing a lot of talking before they start rocking especially about the mic Doug E. Fresh was using to do his human beatbox. They do High Powered rap and there second album live and they rock them. Force m.c.s rock the beat box, Stevie Dee’s uncle Jessie opens for the Force by clowning around. Cold Crush starts with Caz doing a routine from a Richard Pryor album by stating, "The white man own the place, he just fronting your black ass off.” Yvonne Baker is now J.D.L.s ex girlfriend. It’s D.J. A.J. and his sister Pam’s birthday. ).

10-Ecstacy Garage All Stars -Caz, JDL, Whippier Whip, K-Gee, Ruby Dee, Theodore, Soul Sonic Force, Nice and Nasty Four- Ecstasy Garage Disco 1980 90min. (JDL is rhyming off of 8^th wonder and there all freestyle.)

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE- To all those Busy Bee, Kool Moe Dee battle fans, that believe there was more than one battle between the two, you were right! It was two, the first was the legendary battle, which was Christmas Eve, and Moe Dee blazed the show. Also from word of mouth it was said that Harlem World milked it and said it was a tie although clearly listening to it Moe Dee did something spectacular, but him and Busy Bee had to come back and do it again. The second battle was on New Year’s Eve. Only the Technicians for that night could not get the tape deck to work at the right time, so it was never recorded. Lucky for us the show that second night was no were near as good as the first show they did.

(Note: check tape 20 for this show.)

But now bust this; imagine if Rayvon would have showed up that first night of the battle. Him and Johnny Wa would of gave Moe Dee and L.A. a run for their money. Don’t know what I am talking about, then listen to tape number 76 with Johnny WA and Rayvon they killed it. Never heard of them, they are of the Magnificent 7 of Harlem. You say who are they? The members were Ray and Wa as you know, as well as D.J. Tastic, D.J. Spivey, Shoeshine, D.J. Cookie And E-Man. Yes ladies and gentlemen who always wondered who he was, E-man (Who was named by his man Chu Chu from the Bx.) was mostly just a respected homeboy and m.c. who happened to be kool with them and help put the equipment together, as well as m.c., break dance and tag graffiti.

Grand Master Caz told me, him and JDL often battled Ray and Wa, and said they were some talented brothers. To read more about the Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee battle and Rayvon and Johnny Wa go to www.thafoundation.com and www.HistoricalHipHop.com 

11-Funk Machine-Caz, Donald Dee, Kid Vicious, Pow Wow, M.C. Globe, Afrika Islam, Fantastic Five at 118 Park 60min. (Note: The Funk Machine is doing work especially Caz and Pow Wow, the side with Fantastic is distorted but gets better. I don’t know the date.)

12-Charlie Chase, Furious Five at the Forrest Projects 1980. Inner City Disco 1980. (Note: Mele Mel opening with a echo chamber to good times. Charlie Chase is the D.J. and member of the Furious 5 at this time. Side B is Inner City Disco not The Mercedes Ladies. MC Lady Sweet and DJ/MC La Spank formally of the Mercedes Ladies.)60min.

13-Busy Bee +Kool D.J. A.J., Fantastic Five, Cold Crush Four. T-Connection 1982 60min. (Note: Busy Bee opens up to Freedom and giving out shout outs to high schools, him Caz and JDL rocking hut and on. B-side Caz rocking to big beat.

14- Cold Crush Four Battle The Fantastic Five –Harlem world 1981 60min. (note: I have the very beginning of the battle when Caz comes on with a bullhorn and tells the Fantastic to come out with there hands up, to the very end when they are judged by the audience.)

15-Crash Crew Anniversary, Cold Crush 4, Mean Machine, Spoonie Gee. Harlem World and Connecticut 60min. (note: This is the Whole show of the Crash Crew they are doing routines and all of their popular records at that time. Caz screams on a heckler in the crowd and says his man Roy Thomas is in the hospital with the herpes and when he gets out "He will be walking like he has a potato chip in his ass and he don’t want to break it". Mean Machine perform their popular song as well as do their routines.)

16- Cold Crush 4, Treacherous 3- Harlem world 1981 (Note: Cold Crush and Treacherous 3 rocking on Easy A.D.s birthday. Fantastic Five is on here but for two other parties. On one party they are doing routines pertaining to Christmas) 60min.

17-Cold Crush 4, Cadet Head Quarters 1983- Cold Crush 4, T-ski Valley- Harlem world 1981(Note: CC4 do a routine off the record War by Edwin Starr.)

18-Fearless Four, Cold Crush Four – Harlem World 1982 60min. (Note: Caz-cracking jokes about homosexuals, coke and herpes. Peso is singing on one of the routines.)

19-Cold Crush 4- Ecstasy Garage 1980 (note: Caz and J.D.L. start to "Another one bites the Dust" later Caz does a rhyme about being someone’s father as well as other rhymes. J.D.L. does one about a hotel room and K.G. does a short one about being a private eye. A.D. shows up later and they do a short set of routines. After their show Greg Ski comes on to D.J. and of course Caz is snapping on someone’s uncle Mary. 90min.

20-Battle- Kool Moe Dee, Busy Bee, Johnny Wa Wa, Force M.C.s Cold Crush Four 60min. Harlem World 1981 (note: this is the classic battle from beginning to almost the end. All of Moe Dee’s part is there. The flip side has Doug E. Fresh as Dougie Dee and other amateur solo m.c.s at that time.)

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE-There should be a special award or recognition for the Cold Crush for being the funniest, versatile, health conscious, chiming in brothers in hip hop and just being very original. These are the main reasons why the CC4 were and still are my favorite crew. First with Caz and J.D.L., when the record stopped it was still…SHOWTIME. No telling what was going to come out of those two mouth’s. From CAZ telling a heckler "fuck you and the cab that brought you here" to "when my man Roy Thomas gets out the hospital for the herpes he is going to be walking like he got potato chip in his ass and he don’t want to break it." And J.D.L. saying some girl was sewing her draws as well as his trade mark hut routine.

Caz was the first to have two different prepared rhymes for hecklers, which had the crowd "saying oh s---". And when he said "there’s one person from queens here, and a half a person from Staten island." that was classic. With K.G. (or J.D.L.) he was always on the side being like the filler, today Flava Flav and Freaky Tah (God bless him) are somewhat similar. You can count on K.G. to gas Caz (as well as J.D.L.) to blaze a heckler in the crowd or he would just be m.c.ing a long with the lead m.c. and he was a funny brother with the courageous cat voice mimic. A.D. was the first to M.C. about dealing with life and society without drugs and alcohol. Was the first to advertise that it was cool not to use. “Give me Reefer, Blow, pipers and I drink milk". All classics.

21-Furious Four and Flash –Audubon ballroom 1978 and Jackson projects 78(Note: This is before Raheim became a part of the crew. Flash is cutting a lot of records, It also sounds like he is cutting a record backwards. (Space funk).) 60min.

22-Flash and Furious Five, Jazzy J, JDL, A.D., K-Gee- Bronx River (Note: This is the party where the Furious Five did the routine  “Flash is on the Beat Box” live and tore it up. The Furious Five start the tape asking each other, “Do you want to do it!” Mele Mel took it way over the top with his singing. Bambaataa later turned this into a plate and rocked the world.) 60min.

23-Funky 4+1, Raheim, Cowboy, Ruby Dee, Bambaataa, Ikey Cee and Lil Dave. T-Connection 1980 90min.(Note: Supposedly a shootout at the party. Rodney Cee does a rhyme about Bonnie and Clyde chillin in his ride. He also does a rhyme about his birthday. By the way its Jazzy Jeff birthday. )

24-D.J. Breakout, D.J. Barren, Funky4+1, D.J. Whiz Kid, Harmonizing 4- at the T-Connection 1980 60min.

25- Grand master Flash Furious Five, D.J. Sinbad, Kool Kyle, M.C. Jimmy Dee- T-Connection 1979 (note: Starts off with Mele Mel rocking off of Catch a Groove and then he rocks off of the Claps jam. Mel passes the mic to Kool Kyle and Starchild passes to Jimmy Dee. D.J. Sinbad is tearing it up!) 90min.

26-Cold Crush 4, Kurtis Blow-D.J. Davey Dee –Skate Palace New Years Eve 1983 (note: Kurtis Blow does his song Daydreaming and the girls go berserk. Kurtis Blow also does routines. All the Cold Crush is there and they all are on point doing their famous routines. A.D. for a moment speaks about him not using drugs.) 90min. 

27-Cold Crush 4, Force M.C.s, Busy Bee-Printing H.S.—Cold Crush 4, Zulu Nation-T-Connection 1982 (Note: Busy Bee is only on for a short time, Jazzy 5 do their thing with some good routines and play the beat box for a minute. The Force M.C.s start out singing a song and then they do their thing with routines off of F-troop, Gilligan’s Island, Brady Bunch, The Adams Family and The Pepsi Cola song “I love to teach the world to sing.” They also rock the beat box. The Cold Crush don’t complete their session cause it then goes into another party with the Cold Crush but now there at the T-Connection and J.D.L. is rockin his hut and Jazzy J is cutting. 90min.

28-Fantastic Five, Cold Crush 4 –Savoy Manor, no date (Dota Rock does his rhyme about having a child and why you shouldn’t be gay. Caz cracking jokes. The Cold Crush do a routine off of Let it Whip.) 60min.

29-Cold Crush 4, D.J. Jazzy Jay- Connecticut Roller Skating rink 1982 (Note: Cold Crush do their routines on the other side Jazzy J is mixing records before the Crush come on.) 60min.

30-6^th Zulu Nation Anniversary part 2-Bambaataa, Jazzy Jay, Jazzy Five m.c.s, Cold Crush 4, Lil Ikey C (Note: Master Dee sounds good singing with the group, J.D.L does a rhyme naming Yvonne Baker as his girl, A.D. comes late. Some trouble breaks out Ikey Cee has to get on the mic to reprimand the crowd through the echo chamber.)60min. T-Connection 1981

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE-Like I said earlier it is real hard for me to tell which female m.c. is the best between Lisa Lee, Pebbley Poo and Sha rock. Sha- Rock is to me, the first lady of Hip Hop. Her elegance, grace and beauty was heard long before you seen her. For an emcee she had a voice like a song bird, but she would also put her rhyme down like Mike Tyson in his prime. I have often heard that she emcee’d better than a lot of the brothers in the game. In a world of stick up kids, and tough guys, she was the Queen of this game.

Pebbly Poo is the Ma Barker of hip hop. She has a heart of a lion when it comes to saying her rhymes, and the coolness and style of a Pam Grier. If you listen to Pebbles on tape32 she is on fire the sound of her voice is like something from Motown back in the days.

Then there is Lisa Lee on tape77. I have a new respect for Mrs. Lisa Lee, she killed it. Man she sounded like she was the leader of the crew on that one. Lisa Lee is another courageous pioneer of the hip hop game. Also the first woman, to be featured in a hip hop movie. 

To read Peebley Poo and Sha- Rock’s story go to http://www.thafoundation.com/ and www.HistoricalHipHop.com we are working on getting Lisa Lee’s story as well. There are other females such as Wanda Dee, Debbie Dee, Lil Sha- Rock, Sherri Sher and the rest of The Mercedes Ladies as well as M.C. Smiley and others that made a strong contribution to hip hop also.

31-Grand Master Caz birth party at the new Disco Fever.1992 (note: L.A. Sunshine standing in for J.D.L. as the Cold Crush do a couple of routines. Mele Mel, Big Daddy Kane, Whipper Whip and Kevin Kev get on the mic, and Starsky is D.J.ing) 90min.

32-Busy Bee, Master Don and the Def Committee, and the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as L.A. Sunshine. Harlem World 1982 90min.(Busy Bee rocking and he didn’t know till the last minute and Master Don and the crew tear it up doing many routines.)

33-Treacherous 3 in Bermuda 1984 side A D.J. Hollywood at Harlem world 1982 side B (Note: The Treach do there records Body Rock, At the Party, Whip it, We’ll turn you on, Action, Get up, Feel the Heartbeat and a Jackson 5 routine then they freestyle off of the record sucker M.C. the breakers in attendance are Fastbreak and Mr. Wiggles. Side B Hollywood starts mixing and rocking to numbers and super freak he does "well" routine and his chorus in the back ground of m.c. Artie Art and Disco Romeo and sounds like there might be others. This is a Andre Harrell production- 90min. 

34-JDL, Almighty KG, Ruby Dee, Hi-C, Theodore, D.J. Magic Mike, Quinny Queen. Location unknown 60min. (Note: Theodore starts the tape with Spoonie Rap and the Gangster Boogie.)

35-Cold Crush 4, Whiz Kid, Touch of Class Disco, Debbie Dee, Wanda Dee, Lil Dave. Stardust Ballroom. (Note: Toney Tone opens up for the Crush By asking security to move the crowd back. Whiz Kid on the beat box) 90min.

36-Theodore, Bambaataa, Rocksteady- Danceateria 120min.

37-Flash and the Furious 5, Kool Kyle, D.j. Sinbad T- Connection 1979 (note: Raheim starts off rocking to Johnny the fox. Cowboy comes behind and is rocking off of the bells, later Flash is cutting "listen to the base man" and the crowd is loving it. Flash also gets on the beat box and they do their routine and its Kool Kyle’s birthday and he is singing off of Got to be real and Mel is saying some dope rhymes to the record Groove to get down. This is a really good party they all rock.)60min.

38-Cosmic Force, Soulsonic Force, Jazzy Jay, at Amityville Long Island (note: Side A Bam rocks the beat box. Pow Wow, Raheim, Lisa Lee, Ice Ice, Sundance, Africa Islam, Jazzy Jay etc. side B outside jam (note: Pow Wow makes a shout out to Crazy Phil. Lisa Lee does her thing like I never heard before. They all rock the echo chamber.) 60min.

39-Flash and the Furious 5, 1980 location unknown 60min. 

40-Harlem World M.C. Throw down 1982 (note: T- Ski Valley not only does his record Catch The Beat, he also does other routines that are pretty good. Also Spoonie Gee, Busy Bee, Force M.C., Fantastic Five and the Cold Crush four.)

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE-Do you remember?

Alps hotel…………………………………………Boston road and long fellow ave.

(History: Busy Bee famous stay over hotel.) 

Andrew Jackson Com. Cen…………………….325 East 156th st. Courtland Ave.

The Aqueduct…………………………………….180th & 181st & Aqueduct ave where DJ. Whitehead rocked

Arthur Park…………………………………………Tremont Ave

Arthur’s Round Table…………………………….Bronx River. Notorious After hour spot!

The Basement…………………………………….Garacin ave.

Bronx river center…….......................................1619 East 174th st. Bronx River avenue.

(History: Home of the Zulu Nation’s Soul Sonic Force Cosmic Force.)

Black door…………………………………………Boston Road.

(History: Home of the Furious 5 Ray Chandler and the Casanova’s.)

Boston Road ballroom…………………………..

Boys club…………….……………………………1665 East 173rd st. Hoe avenue. (History: Easy A.D. home.)

Burger King Disco………………………………..163rd st. Prospect and Third avenue.

(History: D.J. Love Bug Star Ski made history by rocking the Turntables and a party inside of a Burger King at night.)

Burger King Disco…………………………………176th st. Webster ave. Same thing here also.

Cadet HQ…………….........................................170th st. Jerome ave.

Castle Hill Center and Park…………………….Castle hill and Randle ave.

(History: Home of The Soundmasters and Remy Ma.)

Cedar Park………………………………………..Burnside.

(History: Home of Kool Herc.)

Christ the King……….……………………………170th st. Grand concourse

Clark Park………………………………………….143rd street 3rd avenue

Club 371……………….......................................Teller Avenue and Clay

(History: Home of D.J. Hollywood.)

Co-Op city com Center………………………….Co-op City.

Disco Fever………………………………………167th st. Jerome ave.

(History: Owner Sal A. Manager Sweet G. Home of Grand Master Flash and the Furious5.)

Disco Fever new…………………………………East Tremont and Webster ave.

The Dixie after the Xamaca Playhouse ……….Freeman St

Double 6’s club……………………………………Melville and Morris ave.

Duck City…………………………………………..169^th st. Prospect avenue

Echo park…………………………………………..Burnside ave.

Ecstasy Garage……………………………………1508 Macomb’s Rd. 170th st.

(History: Owner Arthuer Armstrong Manager Mean Gene. Home of the Cold Crush brothers and Fantastic 5.

Emma’s Place………………………………………Around the corner from the T-Connection.

(History: House emcee Kool Kyle The Star Child .)

Executive Playhouse……………………………….Mount Eden and Jerome. (History: Also known as The Sparkle.)

Forrest projects……………………………………166th st. Forrest ave.

The Garrison……………………………………….

(History: Home of Grandmaster Flash.)

The Hell Hole………………………………………137th st. Brown Pl.

The Hevalo………………..................................176th st. Burnside avenue.

(History: Home of Kool Herc and The Herculoids.)

Hill Top…………………......................................

(History: Home of D.J. Brucie Bee.)

Hunts Point Palace………………………………..953 Southern Blvd.

Inner City Disco……………………………………169th st. prospect

(History: Home of The L. Brothers.)

I.S. 131………………………………………………Theriot ave.

I.S. 167………………………………………………East Tremont West Farms

J.H.S.123……………………………………………Watson ave. Home of Disco King Mario and the Chuck City

J.H.S. 137……………………………………………885 Bolton ave.

j.h.s.147………………………………………………Webster ave. and Claremont

j.h.s.148……………………………………………169^th 3rd. ave.

Jackson Projects………………………………….158th Cortland ave.

(History: Home of D.J. Jazzy Black)

James Monroe Center……………………………1790 Story ave.

Kelly’s Palace……………………………………...981 Southern Blvd.

(History: On top of Kelly’s furniture.)

Kips Bay boys club………………………………Between Pugsley ave. and Randle ave.

(History: Home of The Jazzy 5.)

Lambert and West Farms Houses………………1005 E.179th st.

(History: Home of Rahiem of the Furious 5 and the M&M Boys.)

Maxwell Park…………………………………….St.Pauls and 3rd ave.

Mitchell Gym……………………………………..136^th st. Alexander ave.

Monroe H.S……………………………………….

Moore Houses Gym………………………………674 E 149^th St btwn St Anns & Jackson ave.

Morris H.S…………………………………………..Boston Rd. 166th st.

Motthaven Center…………………………………..

Over the Dover………………………………………174 Boston road

P.A.L………………………………………………183^rd st. Webster ave.

Park Lane………………………………………….1965 Lafayette Avenue.

Parkside Plaza....................................................Mt. Eden

Penthouse………………………………………….145^th St. Willis ave.

Prospect theater……………………………………163^rd st. Prospect avenue.

18 park…………………………………………….Behind Patterson projects. Casanova turf.

23 park……………………………………………..Park Row Ridge Place

63 Park……………………………………………..Boston Road

100 Park……………………………………………Story avenue

104 park ………………........................................Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde home

116 park…………………………………………….175th st. Walton ave.

118 park……………………………………………180th st. Arthur ave. and Belmont ave.

123 park……………………………………………Theriot and Leland ave.

132 Park……………………………………………

145 park……………………………………………Webster ave.

The Puzzle…………………………………………41 East 161st

Recovery Room……………………………………149th st. Grand Concourse. After hour spot.

Red Light Disco…………………………………….140th st. Brook ave.

Roller Dam……………………………………….?

Rosedale Park……………………………………Rosedale and Watson Ave

Savoy manor………………………………………120 east 149th st. Walton ave. The Grand Concourse

(History: Crash Crew on stage performing and a shoot out starts and you hear the gunshots and mic drop.)

Silver Door…………………………………………Tremont

Skate Fever………………………………………..176th st. Jerome ave. off Mount. Eden

(History: Sal A. of The Disco Fever ownership. Sweet G managed.)

Skate Palace……………....................................930 sound view ave.

Skate Key………………………………………….White Plains Road and Allerton ave.

Smoke Stack………………………………………Jennings and Bristow Avenues

South Bx. H.S……………………………………..Stanns ave.

Sound Symposium………………………………..3813 Boston Rd and Bay Chester ave.

Sound View Com. Center…………………………1680 Seward ave.

Sparkle…………………......................................174th and Jerome, also called The Executive Playhouse.

Spin Easy Roller Rink……………………………..3816 Ninth Avenue and 205th street

St. Andrews Epl Ch……......................................Virgil ave.

The Stafford Place/The Galaxy 3000……………176^th st. University ave

Stevenson H.S……………………………………..1980 Lafayette ave.

Star dust ballroom………………………………….3435 Boston Rd.

Stadium hotel……………………………………….Cedric ave.

St. Martin’s Hall…………………………………….2239 Crotona Avenue (across from Aquinas H.S.)

T-connection……………..…………………………..3510 White Plains Rd.

(History: Ritchie Tee owner. D.J. Sinbad house D.J.)

Third avenue Ballroom…………………………..

Throgg Neck Projects…………………………….2824 Schley Ave

(History: Home of The Cosmic Forces Ikey Cee, Chubby Chub and Ice Ice.)

Twilight Zone………………………………………179^th st. Jerome ave.

The Valley………………………………………….Rock Park Baychester

(History: Home of the Funky Four and T Ski Valley.)

Up Top……………………………………………….

The World Roller Rink………………………………

Your Spot…………………………………………….2008 Webster Avenue and 179^th street.

(History: Owner Mr Freeze aka Chuck A Luck.)

41-Cold Crush Four and The Treacherous Three at Hoe ave. Boys Club 1982 (note: D.L.B. stands in for Kool Moe Dee and Caz does a new rhyme and Tony Tone’s mother is there as well as associates of the movie Wild style. L.A. Sunshine announces the Cold Crush in the beginning of the tape. Caz does a countdown with the audience and then they rock the Get Ready routine to Kraftwerk’s Numbers. Then they do the Let It Whip routine.)-60min.

42- D.J. Star Child 1990 The Love Nest. 1990. (Note Star Child Starts with Susan Vegas Toms Diner.) 90min. Q10.

43-Side A the Cold Crush 4 and Busy Bee Harlem World 1981 (note: Caz, J.DL and Busy Bee rocking Hut together. Caz says "to all the virgins in the house, thanks for nothing".) Side B Flash and Kurtis Blow 1979 unknown location, on that same side Zulu nation Long Island with Mr. Big, Hutch Hutch, and Pow wow and he is doing a rhyme about Buffalo Bill -date unknown. -60min

44-Flash and The Furious Five T-Connection 1980 (note: Cowboy opens up to Got to be real and he is using an echo chamber.) side B Force M.C. Broadway international 1983 (note: Bee Fats is cutting after the force finishes.)-90min

45-Flash and the Furious 5 and The Fantastic 5 (note: Mele Mel opening up for the crew with Cowboy following off of breaking bells and other records such as head hunters, Johnny the fox and rocket in the pocket.) Side B Fantastic Five. 1980 T-connection. -60min

46-Boat ride coming from Bear Mountain. Cold Crush Four, Treacherous Three (note: This party they are coming from Bear Mountain and Caz says they are getting there $5.50 worth, Caz and JDL rocking Hut. Check tape 124 for them going to Bear Mountain. I finally found it!)-90min

47-Side A The Incredible 3. M.C.s Tech Ski, Destiny, Chucky Chuck and D.J. Lil Chase. (Note: no location or date and it appear to be three different shows by them.) Side B Funky Four + 1(note: KK Rockwell starts by saying "He likes to do his thing" off the record Got to be Real and the other m.c.s one by one say the same thing then they go into their routines. There is no date or location.)

48-Side A Treacherous Three at? (Note: This is a nice clear tape and the party is cool 1983 They do Get Up, Body Rock, Heartbeat .) Side B Kool Moe Dee in concert at Greenville South Carolina 1987 (note: Moe Dee is doing his records Wild Wild West, How you like me now etc, Moe also speaks about the feud he had at the Apollo with L.L. Cool J.)-90min

49-Cold Crush 4, Funky 4+1 Halloween T-connection 1981 (note: Caz and JDL are doing their Notorious Two routine as well as others with A.D. and K.G. Caz also says it's not as pack as the night before when they were at South Bx. High school and the Funky Four are doing a lot of shout outs to the Fantastic and Cold Crush as well as Busy Bee and then they do a few routines and some nice free style.)-60min

50-Dougie Fresh and Kid West, and others at different parties. Busy Bee and Rock steady in Tokyo 1983 -90min

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE-Do you remember?

Armory 369 Regiment Armory…………………….142^nd st. 2366 5th ave.

Amphitheater……………………………………….FDR drive East Houston Green park.

(History: Movie Wildstyle ending was shot there.)

Audubon……………...............................................166^th st. Broadway where Malcolm X was assassinated.

(History: Numerous battles. First place Kurtis Blows That the Breaks was played by D.J. A.J.)

Bath House Kennedy Center……………………….135th st. 5th ave.

(Hisotry: Numerous Zulu Nation Anniversary’s held there.)

Battle Grounds……………………………………..152^nd st Amsterdam Avenue.

(History: Home of D.J. Mike Gee and the G Force.)

B.&.B………………...............................................2234 east 122nd st. 3rd. ave.

Bonds International………………………………..45^th st and Broadway.

(History: Alleged location to hold Treacherous 3 battle with Furious 5 that never happened.)

Broadway International……………………………146^th st. Broadway

(History: Home of Eddie Cheba B Fats Ronnie Dee and D.J. Howie Dee. Battle between Fantasy 3 and Crash Crew.)

Bunch of Grapes……………………………………125^th st. 5th after hour spot

C+C disco…………………………………………...125^th st. Lenox ave.

(History: The club was right over the legendary Lenox Lounge that is now closed.)

Celebrity Club……….....................................125^th st. 5th ave.

(History: Record Shop owner Johnny Soul recorded the Live Convention 1980 and 1981.)

Central Park East…………………………………..110^th st. 5th ave. Magnificent 7 turf.

Chama Day Care…………………………………...147^th st. 7th and 8th ave.

(History: Home of Master Don and the Def Committee.)

Charles Gallery…………………………………….125^th st. between St. Nicholas and 8^th ave.

Chuck center………………………………………..115^th st. and 116^th st. and 2nd ave.

Clinton Center………………………………………110^th st. Lexington ave.

(History: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

Claps the…………………………………………..309 west 125th st

(History: Was once called The Factory and later Randy’s Place.)

Close Encounters…………………………………..146^th street and Broadway.

(History: Next door to the Broadway International.)

Club Fresh………………………………………….108west 43rd st.

Club Negrils………………………………………..181 east 11^th st. 2nd Ave.

(History: The Treacherous 3 did a show with only two mics working.)

Coo Coo's Nest……………………………………..153^rd st. 8th ave

Danceteria…………………………………………..21^st st between 5th and 6th st.

(History: Cold Crush 4 record release for the record The Heart Breakers which was filmed!)

The Devils Inn………………………………………157^th street Amsterdam, and Broadway.

The Dome…………………………………………150^th  street Bradhurst avenue.

(History: Home of Master Don and the Def Committee.)

Douglas Projects……………………………………104^th street Columbus ave.

(History: Home of D.J. Andrea and The Untouchables.) 

Drew Center…………………………………………143^rd street 7^th avenue

(History: Home of D.J. Donald Dee B Fats and the Disco Four with Greg G Bringing Harmony.)

Earths Edge…………................................................?

Enterprise……………………………………………?

Foster Center………………………………………...2w. 115^th st. 5th ave. King Towers (Foster projects)

Fun house……………………………………………26^th st. 10th and 11th ave.

Grant projects………………………………………..123^rd st. 125^th st. Amsterdam ave.

(History: Home of The Fearless Four and D.J. Lee Dee and Silver Fox.)

The Garage………………………………………..133^rd St Btwn 8th & St Nick

(History: Home of the Fantastic Four later named The Treacherous 3.)

Harlem world………………………………………116^th st. Lenox ave.

(History: Harlem World Crew ran it. Legendary battles Moe vs. Busy Bee and Fantastic 5 vs CC4.)

Hotel Diplomat………………………………………47^th st. Broadway.

(History: Home of the Disco Twins and many more.)

I.S. 201………………………………………………127^th st. Madison ave.

(History: Home of Mike and Dave and the Crash Crew.)

Intercession Church…………………………………550 West 155th Street

(History: Home of D.J. Wayne G and the G Force. Whip and Dot rocked there with the Gustopo Crew.

Joe Grants……………………………………………112^th street St. Nicholas avenue.

(History: Tito Silver Fox and Kool G Rap made their bones there.)

Johnson Projects……………………………………..1833 Lexington ave.

Latin Quarter…………………………………………48^th st. between Broadway and 7th ave.

Lincoln Center Sq.…………………………………65^th st. West End ave. and Amsterdam ave.

(History: Break dance battles.)

Lincoln West com………………………………….2110 Madison ave. 133rd st.

Love Nest…………………………………………..135^th st 7^th avenue

(History: Home of Love Bug Starski and D.J. Starchild.)

Mr. Souls……………................................................115^th st. 5th ave.

ManhattanVille Projects…………………………….126^th st. Old Broadway to 130^th st.. Amsterdam ave.

Mount Morris park…………………………………123^rd st. Madison ave.

(History: Greg G of the Disco Four starts his Entertainers Basketball tounrmanet with Hip Hop groups.)

Nat Holman Gym……................................................City College 138^th st. Convent Ave. (History- Kurtis Blow performed parties there under Russell Simmons management.)

P.A.L…………………………………………………123^rd st 8th and 7th ave.

Paradise Garage……………………………………....84 W. King Street

(History: D.J. Larry Levan turf.)

Peppermint Lounge…………………………………..15^th st. 5th ave. moved from 45^th st. Broadway

Ponderosa…………………………………………144^th st.8th ave.

Printing High School………………………………9^th and 10^th avenue (439 W.49th St.)

Randy’s Place………………………………………309 west 125^th st. 8^th ave. and St. Nicholas.

(History: Managed by B Fats and later Krazy Eddie.)

The Renaissance……………………………………150 west 138^th st.7th ave.

(History: Turf of B Fats Donald D and the Disco Four with the Saphire Crew.)

The Roof Top……………………………………….155th st. 8th Ave.

(History: RoofTop records made Kool Moe Dee’s Go See the Doctor.)

The Roxy…………………………………………….18^th st. 10th 11th ave.

Shomberg center……………………………………110^th st. 5th ave.

(History: Home the Magnificent 7.)

SOB’s……………………………………………….Varick Street corner of Houston st.

St. Nicholas Projects……………………………….230 west 131^st. street

(History: Home of the P Brothers and Disco 3.)

S&S club…………………………………………..145^th 8th Avenue

(History: One of many places Kid Capri played.)

Smalls Paradise……………………………………135^th st. 7th ave.

The Spot……………………………………………West 21^st between 5th and 6th Avenue

Terrace Ballroom…………………………………...26 East 125^th st. bet. Madison and 5th ave.

This Bitter Earth……………………………………125^th st. 5th ave. after hour spot

3333 Broadway…………………………………….135^th st. Broadway

Union Sq……………………………………………14^th st Union Sq.

Wetlands…………………………………………….161 Hudson st. near canal st.

Windy City…………………………………………..145^th street 8^th avenue.

Y.M.C.A. ……………………………………………135^th street 7^th and 8^th avenue

51-Cold Crush 4, Fantastic 5. T-Connection 1981. 90min.(Note: Cold Crush start off to routines first one is off of Rocket in the Pocket. 2^nd routine is Its us, the Cold Crush. Fantastic 5 warm up the mic. Boogie Boys come on in 1980.

52-Funky Four T- Connection. Funky Four using an echo chamber. Master Don and The Def Committee at Patterson N.J. (note: The Def Committee emcee’s sing a routine from a Gladys Knight song and do their famous song Funk Box. 90min.

53-Black History Month- Cold Crush, D.ST Infinity rappers, Debbie Dee, Jazzy Jay and The Jazzy 5, Magical Five and Busy Bee. Location and Date unknown 90min. (note: This tape Caz dedicates a routine to the most sup up niggers that charge $7 and don’t do a show. D.ST I believe is using a synthesizer. The Jazzy Five music went out because somebody stepped on the cord and there was a fight.)

54-Force M.C.s BATTLE Cold Crush 4 at The C.P.O. Rec Center at Patterson N.J. 60min. (note: This tape was cleaned up by my man Dagod9 only flaw it’s a bit slow in the very beginning but after that its dynamite. The Force put on an excellent show but the Cold Crush, from the words of Caz, never went there to battle; in fact the Force wasn’t there when the Cold Crush was on stage. The Force was coming in when the Cold Crush was leaving and if you listen close the Cold Crush never makes reference to the Force. But it still was a good show.)

55-Force M.C.’s. Dougie Fresh and Barry Bee battle Master Don and the Def Committee. I.S. 201(note: Force M.C’s first and Steve snaps on people after they do a routine the crowd are laughing with Stevie Dee. Mercury says he has voice problems and he doesn’t want to perform any longer. Doug’s human beat box battles Barry Bee’s turntables. When Barry Bee goes at Master Don he does a cut that impresses the crowd. But Master Don said Barry Bee stole that cut from him. When Master Don cut’s Love Rap the record skips and cause’s pandemonium in the crowd. Don said the head phones fell off his head and it gets crazy in there. Master Don later cuts with sneakers on his hands! Master Don’s M.C.s Gangster Gee battled Doug, saying Doug wears Corduroys in the summer. Keith KC didn’t want to battle Doug after saying one rhyme. Johnny Dee had a rhyme for Doug. But the tape doesn’t have Doug battling them back. Sounds like two different parties as Gangster Gee starts singing a Gladys Knight themed routine and they go into other routines and then rock the beat box.

Side B Doug E. Fresh and Barry Bee, Sweet Slick and Sly and the Tranquilizing 3. N.J. Sounds like a house tape in New Jersey as some girls are hanging out with them like Josephine. Both crews are rocking and Doug is going in, killing it. The Tranquilizing 3 do a routine off the Mary Tyler Moore theme song. Doug does the human beat box)60min.

56-L-Brothers BATTLE Herculoids 1978 at the Galaxy. (Note: Side A sounds pretty scratchy needs work. The L- Brothers go at the Herculiods on the mic but The Herculiods part is not on this tape. D.J. Theodore told years later that it wasn’t really battle. They just happened to be playing together.

Side B Fantastic 4 and the Zulu Nation T- Connection 1979 Side B is the bomb as Theodore cuts Super Sperm better than anybody in this world. Sundance opens up for the Zulu Nation.)90min.

57- Live Convention- Fantastic 4, Treacherous 3, Busy Bee, Mele Mel, Flash, Theodore, E-man and M.C. Smiley. (Note: This is an amazing tape because this is where the 82 convention album was made from. It’s not the best quality tape, but you can tell very easily that, that, album was taken from this tape, and it’s really from 1980 and they are rocking at the Celebrity Club and its M.C. Smiley’s birthday! Also this was during the time the Fantastic 5 were Four M.C.s. Check 132 for part 2 of this tape that is not on the album. E Man Kills it o part 2. )90min

58-Zulu Nation: Hutch Hutch, Mr. Big, Pow Wow, Sundance, Africa Islam. Bronx River Center 1979 90min. (Note: One of the many jams they rock is "Toys in the Attic".)

59-Zulu Nation: DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Robbie Rob, M.C. Globe, Lil Ikey C, Pow wow, Mr. Biggs. T-Connection 1980 60min.

 (Note: second record Bam cuts is Hut and later on "Funky Drummer" it as well as "That’s the joint" and Bustin loose and the telephone jam, in that order.)

60-Zulu Nation: Charlie Rock, Bam, Red Alert, Whiz kid, Bill Blast, Pow Wow, M.C. Globe. T-Connection 1980 60min. (note: A little static, they rock a lot of songs such as love and affection, Numbers, "Can I shine yawl shoes", Funky penguin, Big beat and others.)

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE- let’s talk about Grand Master Flowers. It is said that there was a time when Mr. Flowers was such a great D.J. that he had once opened up for James Brown at Yankees Stadium.

The history of Grand Master Flowers is he use to go up to the Bronx from Brooklyn to hear Kool Herc play. They were somewhat similar in the fact that they had very strong, powerful systems and they built their own speakers. Now Flowers on his visits to the Bx. to check the other D.J.s, notice Flash and his greatness. He quickly named Flash, Grand Master. That’s right Flowers named Flash, Grand Master. Flowers felt That Flash took D.J.ing to a whole new level. In 1974 Flowers popularity grew so much that he played at the most popular clubs N.Y.C. he was even mentioned in the commercials that WBLS did for Studio 54.

By 1975 Mr. Flowers formed his crew which was called " THE GMF CREW" which consist of D.J. Blue, Aron and Barren. From 73 to 79 he was very strong and popular. I don’t want to confuse the reader Flowers contemporaries at the time were D.J. Plummer, Maboya, The Smith Brothers, Pete D.J. Jones etc. The Disco D.j. or dance music type D.J.s but he was like a King to even those d.j.s just mentioned. In 1992 Mr. Flowers passed away due to his street life. Peace and blessings to you and your family, Grand Master Flowers. Check his sound and style at tapes 97 and 98. Peace

61-Grand Master Flash mix (note: Flash cutting such records as Children growing, Toys in the attic, the honey drippers, Corzon, Dance to the drummers beat etc.)

62-Grand Master Caz Breakbeats- (note: Caz cutting such records as Jimmy Castors "Its just begun," Rock creek park, the Mexican, Frisco Disco, Keep your distance, Mary Mary etc. Volume 2 is tape 309) 90min.

63-DJ Hollywood, Eddie Cheeba, Starsky, DJ Divine, Flash, Mele Mel and Kurtis Blow-Jamaica Queens Armory 1979 (note: This is a good party and a fine tape of sound, it was well preserved. And some of the m.c.s make reference to the Sugar Hill Gang in a negative way.  D.J. Divine rocks it and Flash rocks the beat box. Check 250 for Woody Woods part along with D.J. Lady Love and D.J. Koozy.) 90min.

64-Side A-Treacherous Three and T La Rock at Hempstead L.I. 1984 (note: Side A The Treach are truly rocking and T La Rock does his cut "It’s yours." The quality is real good no hissing what so ever. Only problem it’s only coming out of one speaker so I am working on trying to get it to come out of the other side.) Side B- Treacherous Three 1^st. Anniversary, DJ Starsky, Spoonie Gee and Busy Bee 1981 Harlem world (note: Busy Bee sounds real good at the end rocking off Heartbeat but he goes off too soon, but I enjoyed the show because The Treacherous 3 did work.)90min.

65- Fantastic Five T- Connection 1980 (note: This sounds like two different parties. The first they make reference to it being Kool Herc and Bambaataa’s birthday and the other makes reference to Mr. Magic in the house.) 60min.

66-Dota Rock’s Birthday party, the second half.1980 T-Connection (Note: Side A. This is the second half of the party, Check tape 133 for the other part of the party. Also Fantastic announces they were going to battle the Crash Crew the next night.) (Note: Side B. 1981.T Connection. This is the end of tape 4. The CC4 do their routines and Whiz kid is cutting in the place of Charlie Chase. Caz also Sings off of McFadden and Whiteheads "Ain’t no stopping us now". 90mins

67-{Note: radio to speaker} Fantastic Five first anniversary at Harlem World 1981 (note: This is a radio facing the speaker tape and this is one of their better shows only problem like always it seems they have mic problems. This is a dam good show they put on there is a lot of crowd participation. Anybody got the straight to tape show please hit me with it. Also the Harlem World Crew rocks in between some hissing but better than I thought. Don’t sleep on this tape.) 90min.

68-{Note: radio to speaker} Busy Bee Birthday, Fearless Four, Devastating 3, Sweety G. 1982 Queens. (note: The Devastating 3’s. Kid West, Jay Vee, who went from D.J. to emcee, freestyle and do a routine Thanking the people for coming to their party. Sugar Rock who hangs out with the The Devastating 3 does a rhyme about herpes. Sweety G announces the Fearless Four as he rhymes extremely fast Kool Moe Dee style. Fearless do routines and then perform Its Magic. DLB stated it was number one on WBLS for three weeks dropped to number two then number four. He then asked the crowd did they still feel Rocking It was number one. As the intro of Rocking It came on the crowd went berserk. EK Mike Cee in the house. Darrell C is cutting for Busy Bee. Busy is a funny brother before he starts rocking, talking about he lives across from abandon buildings in the Bronx also its his birthday. Busy Bee does his routines and his record Cash Money. Sweety G is singing and rhyming to Ain’t No Stopping Us rocking with D.J. Mario. Anybody got the straight to tape show?) 90min.

69-{Note: radio to speaker} Mean Gene, Theodore 3^rd Ave. Ballroom. 1978 (note: Although this is a radio to speaker tape you would never know until the m.c. comes on. Theodore and his brother are cutting a lot of good records.) 90min

70-Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde unknown location possibly 1979 side A Flash supposedly The Disco Fever 1984 side B (note: Both sides sound kind of scratchy and hissing. On the Jekyll Hyde side they open up to Toys in the Attic and Ronnie Green is the D.J. and Flash starts with his Jam "Superrappin" on side B.)

LET’S GO BACK FOR A MINUTE- What up family. Lets for a minute think about the singer in each group and soloist, and of them all who was the best.

Furious 5- Rahiem it is said, was somewhat the first to start singing when he was running with the Funky 4. It was also said that he was boss the way he sounded and that’s why to this day people fein for funky 4 tapes, when Rahiem was down.

Now when he got down with Mel and Flash you never really heard him sing unless it was that routine "Flash is on the beat box" and the brother sounds real good, listen to tape 4. (Note: I was told from my man Rams that Rahiem and the Funky 4 who were originally Keith Keith, K.K. Rockwell Sha rock and Rahiem were one of the first major groups in the very beginning, and one of the ways they made there mark as the elite, was through the voice of Rahiem. In one of there many routines, they did one from the Crazy Eddie commercial in the mid 70s and it was like a dedication to Breakout their D.J. and the crew. Some of you historians remember how that melody went, so just imagine Rahiem doing lead, doo wop style and that voice of Sha- Rock also. From what I heard it was truly blazing.)

Master Don and the Death Committee- Gangster Gee does a routine slash song to the melody of one of Gladys Knight’s song. Now me, my self personally I did not care for this song/routine but I give him props for doing something different for his crew and I am sure that others dug it cause he sounds very professional, and the chick s were going crazy. Check tape52 and 73.

Fearless 4- Peso does a routine slash song off of a Stevie Wonder song and he sounds chill, to be honest with you, he surprised me. Check tape 18.

Cold Crush 4- Grand Master Caz does his routine slash song off the melody "ain’t no stopping us now" he also sounds chill and also surprising because I did not hear him sing until long after I heard those songs the Cold Crush were singing collectively. So when Caz starts to sing he does his thing. Check tape 66.

Magnificent 5- Rayvon is a bad brother that’s all I can really say you are going to have to listen to tape 76 for yourself. He sounds similar to Hollywood and at the same token its all Rayvon’s style. I really think this brother missed his calling he and Johnny Wa sound great together. Rayvon is the show. I strongly suggest you listen to tape 76

Cosmic Force- Lisa Lee like I said sounded like the leader of the crew. That routine was very original.

Force M.C.s-When it comes to singing there is nothing needed to be said; they went on to become legendary. Thank the Lord for the Force they are some talented brothers.

Kurtis Blow- Much props to him, he killed it with that "Day dreaming". Chicks were bugging out when they heard it. And I dug it so I know other fellas dug it. My man Victor Ayala said when he came here from P.R. during that time, he did not know any English, but he learned the words to that song before anything else, that’s how slamming that jam was, and I also felt that was a very underrated accomplishment by Kurtis Blow.

Check tape 26 Jazzy 5- Master Dee I think could have went on and became a singer and I am going to have to ask around to find out what became of him and his singing.

Kool Kyle the Star Child- check tape 37 I really don’t know if his main intention was to add singing to his repertoire but he sound good here at his birthday party with the small piece he did. Mean Machine- Jimmy Mac does a decent rendition of Michael Jackson on tape 92

71-Busy Bee 1^st. Anniversary, Furious 5, Cold Crush Brothers. P.A.L 1981(note: Charlie Chase is there cutting for Busy Bee. Flash not there for the Furious Five so all they are doing is passing the mic. JDL is not there for the Cold crush which is kool cause Caz holds it down doing his rhymes plus his song off of McFadden and Whiteheads "Ain’t no stopping us" record.) 90min. 

72-Busy Bee, Cold Crush 4, Fantastic Five, 81 T-Connection (Note: Busy Bee starts off to Freedom and then says sneak preview as he starts to rock to Funky President then JDL starts rocking with Busy and Caz gets on with them to Hut, also rocking "On" as well as Mary Mary.) 90min.

73-Master Don and the Death Committee, Force M.C.s, Doug E. Fresh and the Crash Crew. 83 Savoy Manor (note: Master Don and the crew do work in this show. Not only do they do routine off of Gladys Knight theme they also do one off of Sly and the Family Stone as well as others and Don rocks the beat box. Doug E. Fresh does his thing also talks about Busy Bee in a rhyme. The Force tries to rock with out there D.J. and The Crash Crew gets some time on, unfortunately The Crash Crew are finish before their act is done because somebody starts shooting.) 90min.

74- 1st.party Cold Crush4 and Doug E. Fresh at the Shirley Arena in Long Island 1984 (note: K.G. starts off rocking to "Billie jean", they are mostly saying new rhymes. Caz does a rhyme about sexing a girl and about being an M.C. GOD. K.G. mic was having a problem. Doug E. Fresh opens up to "What people do for money". He battles His D.J. Chill Will Human beat box battles the D.J. He has a lot of fan participation.) 2^nd party which is only a quarter of the tape has Doug E. Fresh and Crazy Eddie are rocking in Manhattanville projects in Harlem and along came Silver Fox who did his thing 1982.60min.

75-Doug E. Fresh, Tito of the Fearless Four, Kid West, Magic Dee House tape 1984 (note: I would have to say that Kid West rocked this tape then Tito and then Doug. Magic Dee also made his presence felt.) Not a full 60min.

76- Flash, Kurtis Blow, Disco Four at Randy’s Place 1979 (note: Flash tears it up as Kurtis Blow and The Disco Four go back and forth together. It sounds as if there is a fight at the end of the party because the M.C. keeps saying, “please get off the tables and calm down!” On that same side another party with an unknown location it’s the Treacherous 3 along with Spoonie Gee. 1982. Moe Dee makes reference to the upcoming battle between them and Furious Five. It sounds obvious that this battle was already negotiated, but as history shows it never happened..)

Side B Johnny Wa, Rayvon, Kool Kyle, Treacherous 3 at P.A.L. in Harlem 1981 (Johnny Wa and Rayvon do a real good show.)60min.

77-Funky 4+1 and the Zulu nation 1981 123 park (note: There is about to be two different fights at this party. Africa Islam and Jazzy Jay are cutting and it is Breakouts birthday. They also rock Flash is on the beat box plate.) 60min.

78-Funky 4+1 at the T-Connection 1981 (note: The crew is doing work, but Rodney Cee steals the show doing rhymes about his sons, a girl name Melody and smoking dust as well as other rhymes.) 60min.

79-Lisa Lee, Rahiem, Pow Wow outside jam.1980 (note: Lisa Lee kills it on this party like I never heard her. It is worth listening to. Funky 4+1 1980 T-Connection (note: the crew is rocking off the echo chamber. Keith Keith does a rhyme with the Gilligan’s island melody and Rodney Cee does a rhyme about how the crew got together.) 60min.

80-Whipper Whip, Dotta Rock, Frankie Rowe, Bill Blast, Jerry Dee, Warlock 5 1980 T. Connection (note: They are mostly passing the mic around, the Warlock 5 show is not complete.)

Side B Wiz kid, D.J. Lady love, Bambaataa M.C. Globe 1981 T. Connection (note: the D.J.s are just cutting a lot of records half are cool out records and it feels like everybody is laid back.)90min.

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE- In an interview with J.D.L. I asked the L "What were your thoughts on the Force M.C.s, did you guys have beef before and after this so called battle, because I asked Caz was it a battle he said "no". JDL said when Crush were leaving The Force M.C.s were just coming in. When you listen close I never hear the Cold Crush 4 mention them". Also how was the relationship afterwards? J.D.L.s response was "The Force M.C.s were real good, they had tight, good, cute, novelty routines (like a nice breath of fresh air).

Their D.J. was on point, and they wanted to be the top m.c. crew (secretly) and so the crowds gave them love, other m.c. crews gave them props, we did too! However like I explained to you before, all those groups wanted to get at us except the alliance (Treach 3, Fearless 4 and Doug E. Fresh).

Why? Because every single M.C. contest we got in we won and all them groups that were in them couldn’t do anything about it! And I mean we never dissed any group that didn’t draw blood first, always humble and confident, polite and never any snake moves! So back then a lot of promoters use to hook up fake battles to draw the crowd and make a lot of money. The groups that would of supposedly battled were told in advance it was rigged just come do your regular show get paid, all is good. We had no beef with the Force M.C.s at the time so I don’t know what was on their mind. We did mad shows with them, even in the Shaolin. (S.I., their turf) and got along great.

Any way we had 3 shows that night and wanted to knock out that show first cause it was in Jersey, so we got there, got on and bounced, did a regular show kept it moving, we didn’t even get dressed. So the next day we were at Caz house practicing and this kid that was a roadie let us listen to the tape and we was like "this don’t make no sense" so we called our manager and asked him when was the next time we were playing with the Force M.C.s and it just so happen that next week we were playing with them at printing H.S. so we rolled up in there strong like the untouchables on some gangbusters.

Went dead up in their dressing room, surrounded them and asked them why they did that foul move. They broke down and gave some lame excuse. So we took what they was getting paid that night (without guns) and told them that at the next Harlem World party they are to apologize to us in front of capacity crowd and let the crowd know what they did. I don’t know if there’s a tape of that night but the next M.C. contest after that we stood in front of the stage when the Force got on, wished them luck and A.D. threw a rabbit’s foot in Mercury’s (R.I.P.) face and when we got on last at that particular M.C. contest we broke out with two new dance steps. Two smoking new routines and before we got off we showed them the money the contest was paying cause the promoter knew we was going to win and paid us right before we got on stage. Then Caz threw $100.00 in singles into the crowd, which caused pandemonium and we left! And our relationship with them after that was "you bring it to us again we will end your career"!

81-Fantastic 5, Touch of Class Disco 1980 T. Connection (note: This is mostly Touch of Class Disco party but only Apollo one and Terry Tee were able to perform.) 60min.

82-Brothers 4, Pernelleo, Pernelleo’s little brother, Bam Boo crew, Master Don and the Def Committee, Mafia family, Fearless Four, Mr. Bond, D.J. Mr. Freeze, Elmo, Dollar Bill. 1980 Terrace Ballroom (note: This is a contest and one of the judges is L.A. Sunshine. I would give the trophy to Master Don and his crew.) 60min.

83-Zulu Kings: Grand Master Caz, Mele Mel, Busy Bee, Bronx Style Bob. Also performing Ice Tee, Donald Dee, Lil Steve and female m.c. Star Lite. 1986 at Prospect Theater. (Note: The Zulu Kings do their thing, especially when they do their routine about marijuana laced with crack, which was called Woolers. They used the record called Rumors by I believe the group called Timex Social Club. The show is pretty good. One thing that has not change they are insulting the hell out of the hecklers. Ice Tee makes reference to the infamous Larry Davis being caught by the cops the night before. Ice Tee tells the crowd he had Larry Davis’s bail and the crowd loved it. Also there is a third of a show from the Zodiac Club on there, pretty much the same thing.)90min.

84- Zulu 16^th Anniversary- Lord Finesse, Jungle Brothers, B.D.P. KRS1, Doug E. Fresh and Jazzy Jay. 1990 at Bronx River. (Note: KRS1 and Doug put on a hell of a show, Finesse and Jungle put on a good show also.)90min.

85-Brucie Bee Birthday party with Kid Capri, D.J. Star Child, Busy Bee and Cowboy. 1988 at the S&S Club in Harlem. (Note: D.J. Star Child is the lead on the mic. Cowboy in the house for one side doing his thing. This is a very interesting and funny tape. Busy Bee said the party started in the afternoon. Kid Capri also emceed doing his crack head rhyme. Busy Bee reciting rhymes from his Suicide Album.) 90min.

86-Brucie Bee, Busy Bee. 1988 Friday Night at the Roof Top. (Note: Busy Bee is a very funny brother here and the party is rocking. D.J. Mr. Cee is in the house too. Kool Moe Dee and D.J. Lee is in the house. Greg Nice and Keith Slob are in the house. The crowd has on their skates. Brucie Bee tells somebody to take off their hat on the skate floor and Busy announces later no hats wearing on the skate floor. Busy Bee is rocking along to Guys, “I Like” real good. Busy Bee getting tired of telling homeboy to take his hat off, told him he would put his tight ass out and he should have went to the barbershop. Busy Bee said he’s, “I’m drunk, I’m drunk, beautiful I’m drunk. Lol.  ) 90min.

87-Kid Capri. 1988 at the Roof Top. 90min.

88- Love Bug Starski. 1992 at the Roof Top. 90min. (note there are thousands of these tapes. I remember it was 86 or 87 my man Big Bub said this brother Kid Capri of the Roof Top Uptown 155^th street was selling tapes of the party’s he was D.J.ing for $10. Right away all the fellas were jumping on it and the rest is history. Cause to me that’s were all these mix tapes of today started from, Kid Capri and Brucie Bee as well as Star Child. These tapes were the thing back then. Although Capri was banging I liked Brucie Bee better I guess because he had the chill voice with the lil echo.)90min. Yo the best thing I can tell you, if you are interested in more of these type of tapes, Check my man Rock of "Rock and Will" 1-212-920-1019

89-Grand Master Caz, K.G., Donald Dee, Ikey Cee and the Force m.c.s with Jazzy Jay cutting for them. 1983 at Bronx river. (Note: Caz and K.G. cut off too soon, and Jazzy Jay is cutting real well for the Force m.c.s, especially when he cuts "Catch the Beat". Ikey Cee is also D.J.ing on this tape.)90min.

LETS GO BACK FOR A MINUTE- I am going to speak about the Fantastic 5 for a moment. Right after I heard the Fantastic 5 battle with the Cold Crush, I felt that they were very good and in my honest opinion they won the battle. Over all the Cold Crush 4 is a better, a much better crew and I only say that because I am a fan. But on this night Fantastic won and the reason is they had a totally new show of routines. When Kevie Kev asked Dotta Rock if he was ready to win the G and Dot said the gusto is going home with me. You knew something was about to happen. Cause first the lyrics of the intro was slamming but you hear chicks screaming and people yelling, then they have mic problems, but go back in to their routine saying "like a four leaf clover when the party’s over the Cold Crush will be starving Marvin".

The routine and rhymes were real tight. Headhunters was like one of my favorite records so when that came on they just killed it. Then Theodore came on later and killed it with the hand cuffs and Kevie Kev said "We handled the 4, and Theodore handled them all". I found this to be a very interesting moment in hip hop so I had to get some real good inside information. So I had to see my man the rhymethologist J.D.L. My question to him was "What tipped off the BATTLE and what was the buzz (feeling) in the Bx. in the days leading up to the battle"? Well Busy Bee amped that up. We all were in the Ecstasy Garage. Us, them, and Busy waiting to get paid after the show and taking flicks. Busy is under the influence talking garbage. I don’t know maybe Busy knew we kind of had an edge on Fantastic.

Any way Busy said to us "yeah Cold Crush rocked it tonight but I Know who ya’ll can’t mess with!"  So we said who? He said  “my man Theodore and his Fantastic 5 emcee’s.” So things got mad quiet. A couple of spectators going "ooh, ooh" So Caz said the hell with that can’t nobody mess with us.

So we started beefing right then and there. Mean Gene was like "ya’ll want me to cut the music back on". We were like whatever. So we bounced but it was bound to have happened anyway. So for a couple weeks we would go to their shows post up in their spot, be right up front when they get on intimidating them. Then they would come to ours and do the same thing. Then they would come to Caz crib while we were practicing and we would come out side beefing with them. A promoter name Ray chandler found out about this and capitalized on it. That battle changed our lives even though we got robbed that night and got hanker chiefs thrown in our faces by them. That battle took us to a level of showmanship that after that show WE NEVER LOSS NOTHING AGAIN!!!!!

I mean our professionalism had rocketed. Every m.c. contest they gave we won (about 10 of them) we got crazy awards for our stage shows. Best m.c. group and everything. Fantastic on the other hand went down and we made them feel it every time we played with them we tore them out the frame dissing them on rhymes and all.

90-Kid Vicious, Donald Dee and L.J.. Soul Sonic Force, Afrika Islam and D.J. Superman. 1979 at the Renaissance and Bx. River. (note: it starts to Mardi Gras and they are using the echo chamber. Master Ice does a rhyme about "Chuck a luck, Black jack, five card Charlie and cee low.)90min.

91-Mr. Hyde, Mr. Bond, Star Child, D.J. Ronnie Green and D.J. Artie Art. 1977 or 78 at Foster Center. (Note: D.J. Artie Art is doing some great D.J.ing as well as Ronnie Green. Star Child does rhymes pertaining to cartoon characters. Check tape 257 for 1983 tape of Star Child. Other than that they are playing some beautiful records such as Toys in the attic, Groove to get down, Dance to drummers beat and others and they are using an echo chamber.)

92-Harlem World Crew- Son of Sam, Charlie Rock, D.J. Randy, D.J Tostic, 1982 outside Jam in the area of The Valley and Section 5 of the Bx.  (note: First the Harlem World Crew comes on and they do there thing, I like there style I hope to get more tapes of them. The Mean Machine (Butch Kid, Julio, Slick Rick and Jimmy Mac) come on last and they get booed terribly and told collectively by the crowd to go home even after Jimmy Mac does a rendition of a Michael Jackson song. In between these two groups is a contest between such groups as the Ultimate 4, Famous M.C.s, Casanova 4 and the Hypnotizing 5. The Famous M.C.s won. Also Rasta Kid got on the mic for a minute.)

93-Cold Crush 4- Record release party 1985 Danceteria (Note: The Cold Crush releases their record "The Heartbreakers". In this show L.A. Sunshine starts The Four off the record by Prince "Let’s go crazy" and they start to rock there records "Weekend," "Punk rock rap" which J.D.L. rocks, "the Heartbreakers" and "Fresh, Fly, Wild and Bold and do some of their routines. The whole show is not recorded but at least 45 minutes is in. I fill it up with a show with J.D.L., K.G. and A.D. at another location.)60min.

94- Tito and Peso of the Fearless 4, House party no date (Note: This is a house joint and the D.J. is Grand Master C.O.P. They start rocking to the actual record they used to "Rocking It" They do a routine to the record "Dog a donut". D.J. Charlie Rock comes on for a minute. Tito does a rhyme about getting stuck up and Peso does one about sexing his teacher. They rhyme together on meeting the President Jimmy Carter and rocking at the White House.) Side B Devastating 3 D.J. Barry Bee at Barry’s mother house July 5^th 1983 (note: This is supposedly there last time rocking together, Kid West is going off to college. Doug Fresh comes on the very beginning for like an intro then the 3 do a routine from Earth Wind and Fire and others and they free style.)90min.

95-Whiz Kid, Ramsey Rams, D.J. Elroy, m.c. Spanky, Lil Dave at the T-Connection 1981 (note: This is a Kool Herc production. Whiz Kid fresh coming off winning a D.J. battle a week earlier, passes on to another D.J. who thinks he can do better. Kool Herc speaks for a minute but briefly. Also announces a month from that day Whiz Kid will have a record release.)60min.

96-Flash, Furious 5, Jazzy J, Bambaataa at the T- Connection not sure of date. (note: This maybe two different party’s but it opens with Jazzy J, and Bambaataa and they rock the Flash on the beat box plate. Next Flash and them come on and they are very involve and rock the record "Walk like sex", Hut and others. Flash slices in that Flash Gordon piece. Not a full side only about 20minutes.) Side B- Jazzy 5 in New Jersey 1981 (note: Jazzy 5 start off doing a routine off of Jackson 5 melody "Never can say goodbye". Mr. Freeze does a rhyme about "the game of life" and they rock "Jazzy Sensation".)60min.

97-D.J. Grand Master Flowers- Outside jam Brooklyn 1979 (Note: This is the legendary D.J. Flowers and you can definitely hear why. Although it is all disco music you can tell why he is categorized with the other legends. His m.c. is name is Barren. Flowers runs into some tech problems as well he uses sound effects.) 120min.

98-D.J. Grand Master Flowers- St. Marks Park Brooklyn 1979 (Note: Flowers has a couple m.c.s Greg Cee, Derrick Bee, m.c. Lee Wild Mike E and John V and D.J. Blue. It's mostly disco but he adds in a few breaks such as Super Sperm and they rock the echo.)120min.

99-Zulu Nation 6^th Anniversary (pt.1) Soulsonic Force, Jazzy Jay T-Connection 1981 (Note: Soul sonic get busy and it is nice and clear. Check tape 30 for the 2^nd part.)60min.

100- Troy L.’s ALL STARS- This tape will have studio recordings from m.c.s and groups from 1979 to 1983 as well as "LIVE" pieces of shows from that era.

Side A- Whodini- Do it again

Pumpkins All Stars

Treacherous 3 and Spoonie Gee- Heat (real nice cut 2000)

Fearless 4- Fearless Freestyle

Supreme Team- World Famous

T-Ski Valley- Catch the Beat

"Live" Johnny Wa and Rayvon- at Harlem world.

Cold Crush 4- Fresh, Fly, Wild and Bold 

RUN-DMC-Together Forever

Just-Ice- Going way back

Side B- "Live" Lisa Lee- Outside Jam in the Bronx.

Zulu Nation- Planet Rock

Fearless 4- Fearless 4000

Kool Moe Dee- Monster Crack

Cold Crush 4- Punk Rock Rap

"Live" Cold Crush 4- at Harlem world

Fearless 4- Got to turn out

Disco 4- Were at the party

Crash Crew- High power rap

Kool Moe Dee- Wild, Wild West.

101- Cold Crush 4, Salt and Pepper M.C.s – South Bronx High School 1980 (Note: Whipper Whip and Dotta- Rock The Original Salt and Pepper M.C.s are rocking right with the Cold Crush passing the mic back and forth, and they are rocking the echo chamber real thick. K.G. does a rhyme about different soda’s, Dot does one about fly girls off the record Toys in the attic. This is a prom or graduation party for the South Bronx High School.)60min.

102- Funky4+1more- T- Connection 1980 (Note- The Funky do a routine acapella off of the melody "I know I am in love" by Chi Chi and Pepe. They do the record "That’s the joint" for the first time. Rodney Cee calls Breakout "break a ball".)

103- Jazzy 5 T-Connection 1980 (Note- I am doing a big check on this crew, cause this is not the Jazzy 5 that did " Jazzy Sensation" with Jazzy J and Mr. Freeze and the crew. This crew consists of M.C.’s Debbie Dee, Jazzy Ace, Busy E, Sinister Rock and Darrell Dee. The D.J.s were Master Plan Randy Ran and Patty Duke. Also it is Dot-A-Rocks birthday and Wiz Kid is also cutting.)60min

104- Zulu Nation- Red Alert, Master Dee, Master Bee, Jazzy Jay, Globe and Pow wow. Brentwood Long Island (Note-Master Bee does a rhyme about shooting dice and another about giving directions to girl on how to get to the T-Connection. Master Dee does a rhyme about getting busy with a girl and another about a fool and hard times.)90min.

105- Force M.C.s from south side of Queens (Note: The members are Cool Dee, Jazzy Gee, Sha-heam, Pookie, Darrell Dee, Disco Gee. And bust these names Rahiem, Starski and there d.j.s name is Busy Bee. Somebody give me some history on this crew. Other performers were Keith Keith of the Herculoids, Easy Gee and Jazzy Jay T-Connection (Note: It is Kool Herc and Bam’s birthday)

106- Zulu Nation- Cosmic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Jazzy J, Hutch Hutch, Donald Dee. 1979, 80 (Note: This is three different parties. 1^st Audubon Pow Wow rocks a rhyme about a bandit from the western days stealing and hiding the money and then coming back for the money 10 years later. After spending all his money on women and a good time he later on goes to the desert and commits suicide. The Cosmic force kill it with their routine. 2^nd party in Long Island Hutch Hutch does a rhyme about the Incredible Hulk having funky cloths and dingy hair. Pow Wow does a rhyme about Buffalo Bill. 3^rd party Jay is known as Lil Jazzy Jay or this is somebody who is Jays understudy, Pow Wow does a rhyme about Lisa Lee calling him up and telling him to come over and rock. Donald Dee does a rhyme about meeting a girl name Tiny; Hutch Hutch does a rhyme about his daughter. They are using the echo chamber.)90min.

107- Zulu Nation- Sundance, Jazzy Jay, Hutch Hutch, Pow Wow. 1979 123 Park (Note: Sundance does a rhyme about crooked things, teasing a girl in the bed before banging her and another about the channels on T.V. Hutch Hutch does a rhyme about meeting a girl on the train and another about bring two girls around.)60min.

108- Rock steady, Kevie Kev, Whipper Whip, D.J. Theodore Danceteria 1982 (Note: This is a party that the Rock steady dancers are doing their thing, even got a brother with one leg from New Jersey doing his thing. Also this is during the time Kevie Kev is about to start rockin with Flash and the Furious 5 so you hear him saying some of their rhymes.)60min.

109- Caz, Busy Bee, Furious 5, Zulu Nation - 1981 Audubon and T- Connection (Note: Mele Mel on the echo, they play their album Freedom for the first time but they are having mic problems so they turn the record over. Pow Wow does a rhyme about how he got life in jail, Master Bee does a rhyme about dice, Master Ice does one about how he got to Rikers Island, Lisa Lee does one about Jazzy Jay rockin the music when she got off the train also does the "chittie chittie bang bang" rhyme. Busy Bee is rockin with the record "it’s the joint" and him and Caz are clowning on the mic about who is in the party. Then they go back and forth with their rhymes. Mandiplite and Herc are at the party.

110- Tito and O.G. Rock 1982 (Note: This sounds like a house tape and O.C. is the D.J. and he plays records like head hunters, catch the beat, Genius of love and dog the donut among others that are being played. Tito announces that "It's magic will be out shortly and they will be doing it off dog the donut" O.G. does a rhyme about Kennedy high school and a rhyme about the King, Queen and jack among others. Tito does rhymes by D.L.B. and Moe Dee as well as how they got together and a rhyme about D.L.B.)60min.

111- Fantastic 5, Rockin Rob and the M.C. Connection Crew 1980 T-Connection (Note: There is an award ceremony. Busy Bee and Lil Spank of the Inner City crew; give an award for Flash as the best D.J. and the Furious 5 as the Best group and most promising. Funky 4 got 2^nd place. Apache, Barry Bee, Lil Rich, Lil Bit and Crazy ? make up the M.C. Connection. Kevie Kev sings along with the records of "Just a touch of Love" and "Rock with you" and Theodore once again shows why he was so great at that time by cutting "Rock with you" so well. And Fantastic Start there Hey Fellas routine.)60min.

112- Zulu Nation- 1980 (Note: This is a true Zulu Nation throw down. This is 2 parties and both of them kill it. 1^st. party is at the T-Connection Jazzy J is the D.J., Smitty Dee is on the echo, Kid Vicious, Tricky Tee, Malibu, Pow Wow and Nae Nae are the M.C.s. Malibu uses the same melody but changes some of the words to one of Caz’s rhymes. It’s Troy Troy’s birthday. 2^nd party Bambaataa is the D.J. and this is where he plays a lot of his fine collection, Dance to the drummers, You are what you are, Keep your distance, Groove to get down, "Fuck you" by Millie Jackson, Love and affection and Jamaican or African song were the singers lyrics are about the t.v. mini series "Roots". Also a Latin jam were the singer is saying specific people are "A wanted man". And it was Rodney Cee’s birthday.)90min.

113- Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5 1980 Lace’s Roller Rink, Roosevelt Long Island (Note: Only one mic is working so the mic is being passed around amongst the Furious 5. Kurtis Blow’s record "that’s the breaks" must of just come out cause they played it a few times. Flash is using the Infinity machine’s equipment.

114- Side A- Mighty Mike Cee, Rob Bass, Doug Fresh, M.C. Holiday, Magic Dee, Kid West, Jay Z, girl m.c. Ronnie Dee, D.J. Barry Bee Lincoln Projects in Harlem 1984 (Note: Mike Cee is doing work saying rhymes from his records and free styling. Magic Dee kills it with his "Charlie, Molly, Wally, Polly rhyme. M.C. Holiday insults Rob Bass in a battle Rhyme, Rob Bass takes the high road and hits him back with a good quality rhyme, Holiday comes back with an average rhyme and then backs out of the battle. Doug does some human beat box for the devastating 3 m.c.s as well as his own rhymes. This tape starts out grainy but comes out decent.)

Side B- Tito, Mike Cee and Peso. D.J. Crazy Eddie and D.J. Reggie Reg. Manhattan Ville projects in Harlem. (Note: D.L.B. is not there but Fearless still kills it. UTFO is in the crowd. Crazy Eddie is cutting together the whistle from Spoonin Rap and the beat from Love Rap together, sounds real good.)

115- Side A -L. Brothers 197? (note: Master Rob calls himself Robbie Rob. Busy Bee is a different m.c. while with the L. Brothers.) Side B- Fantastic 5 1980. 60min.

116- The World Famous Supreme Team Show- 6-22-1982 (Note: The Supreme Team show was ran by C Divine the Master Mind and Just Allah the Superstar and on this show The Force M.C.s are in the house doing their thing and some brothers from Jersey City known as Sweet Slick and Sly are in the studio doing their thing and the shows just bring back some memories.60min.

117- The World Famous Supreme Team Show- 6-24-1982 (Note: Just Allah the Superstar does his routine called "Enlighten." I forgot they also played Soul songs from the seventies on there shows and there doing it here.60min. 

118- The World Famous Supreme Team Show- 6-?-1982 (Note: The Force M.C.s are representing again. My projects the Grant Projects is given a shout out, and at that time Grant was called GODS PROJECTS by the 5 Percenters, and they had very strong following in there at that time. Also The Earth Neffertiti of GODS PROJECTS gives a shout out of love to her GOD L-Sun. Some other fool is giving a shout out, is cut off just before he says something very embarrassing.)60min

119- The Battle of the D.J.s at The New Music Seminar 7-18-1982 (Note: The D.J.s that battle are Charlie Chase, Jazzy J and Whiz Kid. Each D.J. had an outstanding performance. It is not easy at all for me to pick who won. The Cold Crush 4 performed for 5 minutes at the end. Grand Master Caz is one of the host.)60min.

120- Cold Crush 4 21^st. Anniversary (Note: I believe it is 1997. A D.J. Wendell starts out for this show. Then the CC4 come on and do their routine "other m.c.s". J.D.L. is not in attendance. After the routine, Caz talks about the difference between m.c.s and rappers. Then the crew goes into a small routine about this subject. Crash crew come on next. La Shue Bee, Darrell Cee, Reggie Reg and E.K. Mike C are the only ones in attendance for the Crash. Next up Jazzy J is on the 1’s and 2’s mixing a Erica Badu cut while Tricky Tee, Rodney Cee and Jazzy Jeff come on one by one. I take my hat off to Jazzy Jeff he did his thing. Raheim comes on and he does his thing starting out in French. Jazzy Joyce later comes on. Caz comes on again does his thing taking his rhymes from back in the day and still having them sound dope today. Also Doug Fresh comes on and rocks the human beat box at the same time while Caz does his thing. This is also during the death of Biggie Smalls and Tupac. So Doug is asking for peace. 90min.)

121- Kurtis Blow – The Apollo 1985 (Note: This show starts off with D.J.A.J. battling Davy DMX it only last for about 5 min. DMX cuts a lil faster then A.J. who is known as "A.J. Scratch" now. But then Grand Master Flash comes up and after his set he says "they are two very good D.J.’s but no one is faster than the Grand Master Flash." Then Kurtis Blow goes into his records Christmas Rap, the Breaks and others. Timmy Tee of Hollis Queens comes and does the human beat box for Kuris Blow as he sings Daydreaming.

Side B- Africa Bambaataa and the Soul sonic Force at the Fun House in 1984. (Note: Jelly Bean maybe the host. Bam is on the beat box and the crowd is amp cause the Soul Sonic Force are about to do their record Planet Rock.)60min. 

122- Grand Wizard Theodore and Master Rob Birthday party. Ecstasy garage 1981 (Note: The Cold Crush 4, Rodney Cee and Keith Keith perform for Rob and Theodore and Fantastic do their thing. Frank Nitti and China get shout outs. Also Mean Gene is on the One’s and two’s for a minute.)60min.

123- Kevie Kev and Ruby Dee Birthday party. 1980 Ecstasy Garage (Note: Cold Crush 4 and Busy Bee participate in the party. Dota- Rock cousin Presweet is in the house. Dot does his rhyme about an Amazon. J.D.L. is singing along to heart break hotel by Michael Jackson.)90min.

124- 3 party’s on this tape. Side A- Boat ride. I finally found it! Cold Crush 4 and Treacherous 3 are going to Bear Mountain. 1982 (Note: This is where Caz does both rhymes of him dissing a heckler. Caz also does a rhyme about a pick pocket. Caz also say’s some chick was from the "itty bitty titty committee". L.A. Sunshine does a rhyme about a fat lady. L.A. also talks about the Moe Dee Busy Bee battle.) There’s hissing. 2^nd show on side A is Busy Bee at Harlem world. (Note: This is the ending to the Treacherous 3 first anniversary. Busy is rocking off of "Heart beat".) There’s hissing.

Side B Force M.C.s at Spring Valley 1983 (Note: It sounds like a battle but they never say who they are going against. The Lord K-Whan is rockin with Stevie Dee and Mercury. Dr. Rock displays his speed on the turntables. K-Whan does a rhyme about Ronald Reagan. They do the Underdog routine off of Mary Mary. They let anyone from the crowd come up to do the electric boogie.)60min.

125- Busy Bee, Boogie Boys, D.J. Spivey, D.J. A.J., T Connection 1981 (Note: Busy Bee and  Sha-Rock birthday. Spivey of the Magnificent 7 is cutting real well. One of records he is cutting is Cat Stevens "Dog a Donut". A.J. only comes on for a minute. Boogie Boys and Busy Bee are having a lot of fun rockin together. Sha Rock never comes on. Busy Bee does a rhyme were he names all the Solo m.c.s (such as Spoonie, Hollywood and anybody else from that time) and says "But there’s none like me". In the beginning of the show someone in the crowd continued to flash a flash light in Bee’s face Irritating the hell out of him).60min.

126- Side A, L- Brothers: Busy Bee, Kevie Kev, Master Rob (also called Robbie Rob) Theodore, Mean Gene, Claudio. 1978 (Note: Echo is being used. Show starts out with Groove to get down. Later on Trans Europe Express is played all the way out. Side B, Notorious 2, D.J. Dr. Pepper and m.c. D.J. Whitehead. Outside jam, 82 School Park 1979 (Note: This is a block party on Creston ave. Caz says he wants to kiss the ground because he remembers back when someone wanted to try and stab him right on that block. He also makes reference to Big Bank Hank and says the rhymes that he gave Hank.) 90min.

127- Side A, Cosmic Force Jazzy Jay, Mr. Biggs and Hutch Hutch 1980 (Note: They just sounded like they were having a good time.)  Side B, Bug Out and Ice Ice birthday. Zulu Nation jam. T- Connection 1980. (Note: starts out with Bam playing Flash and The Furious 5 beat box plate and the m.c.s doing mic checks.) 90min.

128- D.J. Stevie Steve, Lil Rodney Cee and Lil Shot Gun. 1977 unknown location (Note: Rodney Cee is with his first D.J. Stevie Steve Before Rodney got down with Funky 4+1more he was down with the Magnificent 7 of the Bronx! Many records are being played that I never heard. But one I recognized and have been looking for is the Smokin cheeba cheeba by Harlem Underground by brother George Benson. As well as the Sing Sing by Incredible Bongo Band.) 60min.

129- Side A, Fearless Four. Harlem World 1982 (Note: This is the Treacherous 3 second Anniversary. The Fearless Four come on before The Cold Crush and Treacherous 3. You can connect this with tape number 6. Fearless do routines and there record It’s Magic. D.L.B has a nice solo when saying a rhyme about him Moe and L.A. growing up where they lived at playing the 52 punches game. The Disco 4 is in the house.) 90min.

Side B, Grand Master Caz birthday party. 1983 unknown location. (Note: Party starts off to Billie Jean. Also play sucker m.c.s, Beat it and Candy girl among other records. They announce their record the Heartbreakers is about to be released. Kid Kreole announces that he is supposed to battle Busy Bee. Joey Kane photographer of the Cold Crush is announced. Cold Shocking 5 performs.) 90min.

130- Zulu Nation 16^th Anniversary. 1990 Bronx River. (Note: This show is connected to tape 84. Pow Wow, Mele Mel (Mel really puts his Mack down) Queen mother Rage, Y.Sell and Daddy Rich, Lord Finesse, Yam Boo, m.c. Philosopher and Mecca perform among others) 90min.

131- Disco 4, Fearless 4, Master Don and the Def Committee, Spoonie Gee, M.C. Maniac, M.C. Playboy. 1982 ManhattanVille center in Harlem. (Note: Wiz Kid is now the d.j. for Funky 4+1 more. Disco 4 free styles. Mr. Troy does his cutting up frogs rhyme. K.G. speaks on rumor that the Cold Crush is not breaking up. D.L.B. talks about how Rockin it is no.1 on W.B.L.S radio station. Master Don is rocking records and the Beatbox.) 90min.

132- Grand Master Flash, Disco Bee, Busy Bee, Mele Mel and E- Man. (Note: Check tape 57. This is the 2^nd part to the Live Convention tape. This E- Man is from the Bronx! Not from the Magnificent 7 but his style is like Rayvon from Magnificent 7 of Manhattan. E-Man sings off of “Funk you right up”. Mele Mel’s Fiancé is in the house.

133- Side-A Dota- Rock Birthday party. Fantastic 5, Jazzy 5. This is more of tape 66. (Note: It’s Sandwich birthday also. Dot does his like routine. This is the other Jazzy 5 with Sinister Rock as the D.J.) Side b Kevie Kev and Rubie Dee birthday party Ecstasy Garage 1980(Note: The rest of tape 123. Busy Bee and the Cold Crush rock J.D.L. mentions the wine is getting him high. Busy Bee comments that they have a slide show for the birthday boys.)90min.

134- Side-A Treacherous 3 and Spoonie G in Connecticut. (Note: This is a outside jam. L.A. Sunshine is not in attendance this night. Disco Kid and D.J. Divine of Infinity Machine perform as well as D.J. Lady Love. Spoonie free styles as well as perform one of his records. Side B another outside jam. It is summer youth core check day. The crowd just doesn’t know how to act on check day. Jazzy 5 are trying to do a free show. It’s Master Bee birthday. Ez Trick is wildin out. Another show comes on with the Incredible 4 and Cosmic Force. Also Lightning Lance puts his mack down. 60min. 

135- M.C. Battle, Harlem World 1982. (Note: This is like some amateur m.c. battle with a few ringers. The crew Phase 3 from Queens, m.c. Don Juan d.j. Cut Master. Another m.c. that was real good but I never heard his name. His voice sounded like he was from Europe and his routine was real good in fact he should have won the contest. Towards the end of his routine he sounded like Howard Cousell and Rona Barret. Cool A.J. Rapper Wise, Ultimate 3 m.c.s, d.j. Disco Quick. Sweet Slick and Sly, D.st and his m.c.s using a synthesizer.) 60min.

136- Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde, Funky 4+1. T- Connection. (Note: Ronnie Green is the D.J. for Jekyll and Hyde. Someone makes an announcement “If you got the dust come up front”.)

137- All Zulu throw down. Monroe High School. (Note: The Usual Suspects; Mr. Big, Pow Wow, Hutch Hutch, Lisa Lee make up Soul Sonic Force. Jazzy Jay and Sundance. Dynamite Brothers are Ikey Cee and Ice Ice who sounds very young as they do a routine using the alphabet.  Also Rocky Dee and Chubby Chub. The Echo is used. Pow Wow does a rhyme about Pierre and Timmy Tim going to jail and getting the electric chair.) Side B Whiz Kid, Globe, Pow Wow and Mr. Biggs. T- Connection 1981 (Note:Zulu have an electric boogie contest (Which was called bionic boogie contest at that time.) $50 to the winner.)90min.

138- Devastating 3 m.c.s with Kid West, Magic Dee and Barry Bee. Sounds like 1983 House tape (Note: They do a routine with the lean on me theme, also Lavern and Shirley theme. Rock records like juicy fruit, I like it, and between sheets. Side B. Dougie Fresh, Barry Bee, Chuck a Luck, Sweet Slick and Sly and the Tranquilizing 3 who do a Lavern and Shirley routine. 90min.

139- Super Sonic 4 M.C.s (Note: consist of Ricky Dee, Vicious Cee, Dwayne Dee, Ice Ice and Lil Sha Rock.  D.J. Cisco and Cool Clyde Ecstasy garage Dec. 26 1980. Ice Ice is putting his mack down. Vicious does a rhyme about biting no more.)60min. 

140- D.J. A.J. Birthday. Fantastic 5 Johnny Wa, Rayvon and Busy Bee. Ecstasy Garage 1980.(Note: A.J. is the D.J. on this Saturday night Sunday morning. Dot starts to Funky Penguin as he passes it to Master Rob, Kevie Kev and Ruby Dee. Busy Bee rocks to Got to Be Real giving props to Moore House and they backing D.J. A.J.. Busy then passes to Johnny Wa as he rocks the routine he rocked in Harlem World and Rayvon came right behind him killing it. Wayne and Charlie are supposed to perform. D.J. Lightning Lance with Ricky Dee and Lil Sha Rock get on and rock to Five Minutes of Funk.)

141- Flash and The Furious 5, Helsinki Finland, 1986. Flash opens up with Wheels of steel. Larry Love is introduced to the Finland crowd as the newest member of the crew. The people in Finland really love the Furious. 60min.

142- M.C. Convention, T- Connection, Feb 6, 1981. Fantastic 5, Pow Wow and Globe, Cold Crush 4, Cosmic Force, A.J. and Busy Bee. Side B The other Jazzy 5 with Debbie Dee, Jazzy Ace, Busy E, Sinister Rock, Darrell Dee, D.J. Master Plan Randy Ran and Patty Duke and D.J. Wanda Dee also. (Note everybody does short sets, it sounds like a competition, but there was no winner declared. Somebody told Globe jokingly to get off the stage after he finished his rhyme.) 60min.

143- Master Don and the Def Committee, Rucker Park 155^th st. 8^th avenue, 1983. Tito and Mike Cee of the Fearless 4 came in the park and rocked with The Def Committee. (Note: This was a battle with a crew called the Romantic 4 m.c.s. Their part is not on the tape. Everybody rocked. 90min. 

144- Marauder’s Fury, Sweet, Slick and Sly, Tito and Doug E. Fresh Marauder’s Fury is group that Gangster Gee made up after he left Master Don and the Def Committee. Side b- Master Don and The Def Committee Emcees with Johnny Dee. Tito and Doug are rocking with Sweet Slick and Sly at what sounds like a House tape. 60min.

145- L-Brothers. Kevie Kev, Master Rob, Busy Bee and Theodore. (Note: Kev says, “The way Theodore is back spinning it sounds better than a beat box!” Kev told the crowd it was the new beat box. Kev also says, “If it wasn’t so cold we would tear the roof off the place!” The spank dance was out at this time.) 60min.

146- Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, Edenwald center. 1980.  (Note:Tape starts off with Flash playing Funky Drummer, Mardi Gras and Johnny the Fox. Cowboy tells the m.c.s to raise there mics. Mr. Ness does a nice rhyme about growing up in the Bronx. Mel tells the people from the bleachers to look at what Flash was doing on the turntables. Flash, Easy Mike, and Disco Bee, all 3 cutting Bounce Rock Skate together. I don’t know if Mel slipped but he called Creole by his original name Danny Dan. The crowd was really in to it at times.) 60min.

147- Larry Levan, Garage. 1980. D.J. Larry Levan is putting in work, with a lot of Disco and R&B music. He also uses sound effects. 90min.

148- The Original, Funky 4. T- Connection. 1978. Sha Rock, Keith Keith, K.K. Rockwell and Raheim. D.J.s Breakout and Baron. (Note: This is during the time when Raheim was a member of the Funky Four. Unfortunately they are not doing any routines.) 60min.

149- Side A- Cold Crush at S.O.B.s. 1993. side B- Zulu Nation 14^th Anniversary. Cold Crush (Note: Money Ray steps in for J.D.L. The time is between Christmas and New Years. Caz says you can only make the telephone once, the Cold Crush are the Alexander Graham Bells of m.c.s. Caz also says that Just Ice was the first gangster rapper, Easy E and West coast came later. The Cold Crush do a few totally new routines, one is called “One Nigger, two nigger, three nigger, four….”

Side B. Zulu Anniversary. (Note:Ikey Cee, Mele Mel, Kid Dust, Jungle Brothers, Doug E. Fresh and Barry Bee. Barry and Doug battle each other in a very good show. Barry Bee kills it cutting Funky Drummer. Absolutely kills it, it is a must hear. Jungle Brothers also rock and they are some funny brothers.) 90min.  

150- The Original Funky 4. 1978. Note:(This is the Original Funky 4. The tape is not of good quality, but this is a hell of good find. All these years I always wondered why they were so revered; now I know why! I am still in search for The 3 m.c.s tape aka the Furious 3, to see who the best was at that time. The reason why I say that is, the Funky 4 with Raheim is unbelievable. The L- Brothers just past the mic around on all the tapes I heard of them so far, The Original Funky 4 put on a hell of a show. They are doing the Crazy Eddie routine, Plop plop, fizz fizz routine and others, and Raheim is singing. They also are rocking records like Paradise and others.) 78min.

151- Doug E Fresh and Barry Bee, Devastating 3, Tantalizing 3. Note: (It is two different shows. Doug rocks his High Bridge rhyme. Doug and Barry go head up. Doug does beat box. Tantalizing 3 does a Mary Tyler Moore routine. Chuck a Luck has a real nice style. His partners are Al B Al and Doug Sexxx. Rasta is rocking too. Devastating 3 kill it on the other side.) 90min.

152- Zulu Nation. T- Connection, 1981. Note: (D.J. Red Alert, Pow Wow, Mr. Big, Randy Ran, Easy G, Tony Tee does a rhyme about Boys and Girls. Master Ice is singing to the record “Watching you.”) 90min.

153- Fantastic Freaks, Cold Crush 4. Note: There is no year for Fantastic Freaks, I assume it is 1983. Dota Rock is called Ice Man. Another is called Heartbreak Kid, and another is called Celebrity Freak. They do a couple of new routines one is about Elmira Prison. The second part of side A is another part of Kevie Kev and Ruby Dee’s birthday. Side B is Valentine's Day at the Ecstasy Garage and the Cold Crush are rocking. 60min.

154- Fantastic 5, Rayvon, Zulu Nation jazzy 5. Note: Fantastic 5 at Celebrity Club 1980 Easter Sunday. They are only rocking with two mics. Kev says in his rhyme “I don’t play the game of the Rappers Delight because originality is what I like.” Rayvon is rocking with D.J. Spivey. Side B. Zulu is up in Mount Vernon. Jazzy Jay is on the turntables. Pow Wow and the crew is joking with the crowd having a good time, even stating they will throw money into the crowd, Pow Wow said he had a hundred pennies for them. Later Jazzy 5 rock the crowd. Master Ice Birthday. Showtime was 12:30am. 90min.

155- Hollywood, Doug E. Fresh and Eric B and Rakim. Note: Hollywood rocking in 1986. Doing his “Well” routine and “Poo Tang” routine. His man Capital L gets on the mic. Hollywood also d.j.s and mixes a whole lot of records. Unknown location. Side b. Doug E. Fresh, Rakim and Eric B are rocking at the Roof Top in 1987 and it is Doug’s Birthday. L.L. Cool J and others are at his party. 90min.

156- Kool Moe Dee, Dana Dane and Heavy Dee at the Roof Top 1987.  Note: (Heavy Dee is on last, he must have been the hottest at the time. Moe freestyles before he goes into his “Go see the Dr.” Dana Dane sounds real good even though he forgets some of his record. Heavy Dee puts on a good show also. The host of the show is very disrespectful.) 60min.

157- Treacherous 3 with D.J. Darrell Cee.  (Note: The Treacherous 3 kill it for twenty minutes. I don’t know where they are at, but there are no routines, none of their albums, just freestyle and they are killing it. The other 10 minutes that is left is the rest of the Kevie Kev, Rubie Dee party, at the Ecstasy Garage. Busy Bee, A.J., J.D.L. do their thing.)

Side B- Force M.C.s at Broadway International with B Fats and Ronnie Dee. (Note: The Force m.c.s sing a melody from one of the Earth, Wind, and Fire songs. As well as do their famous routines. Stevie Dee is snapping on people again in the crowd. He might have pissed somebody off because he is apologizing on this one. Dr. Shock is playing for the first time at Broadway International. B. Fats is cutting later on and doing his thing along with Ronnie Dee m.c.ing.)60min.

158- Zulu Affair. T.C. Islam, AG, Roc Raider, Ikey Cee, Messengers of Funk, Dougie Fresh, Fat Joe and Ron Gee. 1993.  Note: Arthur X is the host. Ikey Cee is doing the Butter, Parkay routine. Fat Joe was having technical problems during his session. Doug Fresh and Ron Gee rock the beat box. The crowd really loves Doug. 90min.

159- D.J. Hollywood, Starski and D.J. Smalls Club 371 1979. Note: Hollywood is rocking and he has his chorus of brothers rocking with him and they are called The Corporation. Their names are Captain Jack, Spanish Mack, L.T.D., June Bug, Disco Romeo and Junior. D.J. Smalls lets the crowd know that he is the son of Hollywood. From Hollywood I heard some rhymes that Busy Bee used later in 1981. Hollywood has a lot of rhymes, his choicer of records and rhythm is very good. The last ten minutes of side two has Sweet Gee on the mic and June Bug is the d.j. at the Hotel Diplomat, on Easter Sunday 1981. Sweet Gee’s Heart Beat record is out at this time. His performance blew my mind because he was doing Rayvon’s rhymes of Johnny Wa and Rayvon. He killed it. He was very clear and he had his own rhymes but I couldn’t believe that he would use so much of Rayvon’s rhymes also. 90min.

160- Kurtis Blow, Jekyll and Hyde, Star Ski, Playgirls, Whodini. 1984. Note: In Queens, Olympia Palace and it is Supreme and Corley’s birthday party. The crowd went crazy when Kurtis Blow did “A.J. scratch.” Star Ski did “At the Fever” Dana Dane and U.T.F.O. get on the mic for a minute as Red Alert spins. Fat Cat and Russell Simmons are in the house. 90min.

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