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Ill Communication – Beastie Boys – Released May 31st, 1994, Grand Royal / Capitol Ill Communication is the fourth studio album by the Beastie Boys. Released 30 years ago back in May of 1994, it’s the perfect synergy of the band’s punk and hiphop roots, combined with their newfound funk sensibilities. The result is an … Read more
Funky Worm – Ohio Players – Released January 16th, 1973 – Westbound Records Funky Worm is the first single release from the 1972 album Pleasure, by the Ohio Players. This hugely influential funk and soul band came to prominence in the 1970s releasing a string of platinum and gold records. Many seminal hiphop producers, would … Read more
Psyence Fiction – UNKLE – released on Mo Wax records August 24, 1998 Released back in 1998, Psyence Fiction was the debut release from UNKLE. Or was it? 🤔 There’s actually quite a lot of debate about whether or not this album is really an UNKLE album or just another DJ Shadow album. Ask DJ … Read more
There’s a line in Sure Shot, the opening track of 1994’s Ill Communication, that’s stuck with me for almost 30 years. Right near the very beginning MCA proclaims; “I’ve got more rhymes than I got grey hairs, and that’s a lot because I got my shares.” As a teenager it was incongruous to imagine that … Read more