Freestyle ‘85 – Covent Garden, December 1985
I’ve had this heap of unlabelled video tapes sat next to me for months now. I could vaguely recall what was on them, but couldn’t be totally sure. Inquisitiveness finally got the better of me, and I dug out my old VCR from it’s retirement spot in the garage.
First tape in the slot, press play and straight in with a result … it’s (a very young) Mode 2 at Freestyle ‘85 talking about the Crime Time Kings. This footage was part of the epic ‘Get The Message‘ documentary made by The Artful Dodger back in 1994.
Freestyle ‘85 -Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden, London, December 1985.
A review of the event by Justin Onyera appeared in issue 9 of Street Scene magazine;
It’s a fairly cold Saturday morning and a strong cosmopolitan crowd of a few hundred youngsters have lined-up patiently outside Covent Garden’s Jubilee Hall. They’ve all come to see an exhibition of the best British graffiti art, break dancing and rapping. Under the banner of ‘Freestyle ‘85′, the organisers, Centre Promotions – a non-profit committee composed of some of the performers themselves – hope to ensure a more genuine insight into the subculture that grew out of the South Bronx, which has had more than it’s fair share of exploitation in recent years.
The proposed line-up, thought literally London dominated, is impressive; Sipho the Human Beat Box, Imperial Mixers, rapper Daddy Speedo, London All-Star Breakers, graffiti artists Chrome Angels and IDJ dancers, to name a few. Inside, the main hall is divided into two sections. Graffiti murals line the perimeter of one half, while the main focal point – the stage – occupies part of the other section.
The hall is now prominently full, the Imperial Mixers are warming up with some stabbing, jittery tracks and a crew are stabilising their filming positions. In the graffiti section of the hall, a notepad clutching group congregates around the Chrome Angels, seeking arty signatures from them. “We’ve been doing art for two years,” says Pride, “and have had an exhibition of our work in Paris and London. We want people to respect us for what we do and our main aim isn’t to make money, but to stay ahead.”
Throughout the afternoon, there seemed to be a lack of continuity in the performances. Sipho and Live to Break dancers had done their spots and during the long lapses, videos were shown or Sergeant V or Daddy Speedo tried to hold things together with some pleasant rapping. “It’s good now that rapper are rapping to the people instead of against each other,” noted 15 year old Sipho.
The main disappointment though was the non-appearance of the IDJ Dancers and London All-Star Breakers. They might have added more of the zest and created some of the high-pitched excitement the exhibition needed.
In essence though, the exhibition was a breakthrough. It highlighted at least the commitment of a group of performers to establish a strong footing for the subculture they’ve now become part of. And it’s that commitment and determination, you can not take away from them.
As an event that was so ground breaking, it’s not at all well documented. Junk from Second To None has put together a blinding page of photos taken during the event. A few screen-caps (and some extended footage for sale on DVD) appear on Aerosol Planet.
Here is a little bit more from the history archives. Enjoy.
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[..YouTube..] Real Biz!!!
[..YouTube..] Yes! I was there. What an event. MC Westrock owned the stage that day, in a sheepskin. Zaki Dee and Pogo look like kids!
my god … that freestyle 85 jam was amazing & seeing footage brings it all back … im in the background on this clip chewing my hand when ‘Nugget’ (i think that was the guy hanging with us on the day) was being intervied (2:03 mins)
Dam this means so much seeing this … is there anywhere I can get footage of this event?
Definitley one of the best jams ive ever been to
Thanks for posting this up.
Prone
http://www.myspace.com/djprone
Yo any London Allstars/Dolby D footage you can hook me up with i’d be very grateful
email me or somethin.
Laters.
[..YouTube..] Sargent V The Supa Souljah 1985 The Glider Master Cosmic Pop Force Hip Hop Roadshow MC Thats Me On Stage holding it together The Video Is Open Access Hip Hop
21years on and it still has an important part in my memory.
Its what got me into the break beats and the graff. Never any good at the breakin though, but checked for it still.
Good to see some footage, although there’s not enough….. you would have had to have been there to really appreciate the influence it gave to many. I recognise a few faces in the clips, i was there all day and night but not in the vids.
Post up if you was there.
Demon
[..YouTube..] JEEEEEEEEESUS!!! I remember this day, I still got a load of photos of allthe canvasses and shit. THanks for the memory!
[..YouTube..] I have heard of this event but never actually seen footage of it! Is that The Mickey Mouse Club break at the end?
[..YouTube..] Memories..looks like spatz oxford street at the end.
[..YouTube..] I was there it was a really good event, open circles and the music was fresh. That was a milestone in U.K Hip Hop
[..YouTube..] sorry bud but the end of it is the roxy in new york taken from the film hip hop a street history a bbc production from 85…i have heard of the spatz in london and it was the place to be back in the 80’s
[..YouTube..] Does anyone know where this footage comes from? I’m doing film research for a documentary on dancing in Britain in the 20th C and am keen to include some of this great material. Was it broadcast at all (I can’t seem to find it!). Many thanks.
Yes that jam was strictly monumental. I came down from Nottingham, joined by the Rock City and Rockertrons crew. Without a doubt a landmark event in UK Hip Hop history. I remember Live 2 Break, Basil and Darnel plus Danny Francis blazing up that stage. everybody was on point with Whodini hyping it up. If anyone has the whole event on DVD, key me up. Thats history that needs sharing.
One!
[..YouTube..] The video was done as a promotional, The event was set up by Sarg V, Spider, Budah (CFM), and various others. It ran all over the weekend with a preview then the main event in the evening. Cosmic, Custmaster Swift, Dj Imperial, DJ pogo, loads more during the day. The question is for the people who were really there who was the 2 NYC artists that played out the event?Ill tell you Master O.C and Crazy Eddie and Whodini. Grandmaster D set was on fire.
[..YouTube..] Hey I was there yeh,me the original Glen G from Nottingham City. That was a true old time B.Boy jam. Good Break Beats, the first time I heard Champ By Mohawks being cut up. Hey i still got the original cover story from the Magazine the streets,from 1985 !
[..YouTube..] Respect Sargent V,hey you used to hang with Rock City Crew back in the day, You and Capt C, Pepsie,.I was a freelance popperback then, wow.Hey what happened to Danny Francis, Feathers,Darnel and Bazel,Dolby D, King Breaker ? and not forgetting Soul Boy ? Hey I have a photo from the Steets magazine 1985,you in it !
[..YouTube..] Wicked stuff thanks for sharing, great to see some authentic old skool UK material, Pogo looks mad young on the turntables there!
[..YouTube..] i was there on stage breaking me ? lee .preves. spider b .all the old school .love to see more has any body got some .if any of live to break is out there post me . SCOTFREE68
[..YouTube..] check my vids if you wanna see what dolby is up to
[..YouTube..] type in skam 1 for a old skool uk bboy battle between krew jam and break jam 1985
[..YouTube..] Nice!!!!!
[..YouTube..] good video and good songs!i would like all songs in the video!there is someone tell me the names songs?sorry my english!!please i need this music!i love hip hop old school!!
[..YouTube..] OLD SKOOL!!!
[..YouTube..] brilliant
[..YouTube..] 3.59 what is the song being played with the female voise i been after it for years.
[..YouTube..] Best old skool footage ive seen so far,every one was there.
[..YouTube..] My dad’s in this clip col!.
[..YouTube..] ok thats mode 2 talkin ron was “mode ” do you have any pics from westborne park ? that was some awesome shit
[..YouTube..] Spatz,37 Oxford Street, Saturday lunchtimes. Dolby took me there and the joint was jumping. Family Quest, guest DJ’s and breakers galore. The place was tiny with a very small dancefloor.
[..YouTube..] Yes Indeed.
I was in London for about a year when this jam went down. I got to know Spider B (aka Dj Biznizz) he introduced me to most of the B Boys In south London. He took me to the centre in Charring Cross where I became involved in the organizing of the Freestyle 85 Jam. Canadian youth worker and B Boy Steve Leflore, was very central in organizing the event with the youth at the time. We all learned so much from the experience. And I’m happy that someone had the good sense to post this video. One day the footage from this jam will be available on line. So whoever has it get posting or do the DVD. UK Hip Hop needs it.
interesting to see so many past accounts of the 80’s hip hop scene. What you guys doing with youselves these days ?
[..YouTube..] Sargent V IS STILL DOING SMALL PROMO PARTIES,Danny Francis DOES POPPIN WORK SHOPS AND HAS HIS OWN MAG Feathers, IS A SINGER NOW BAZEL NOT UP TP MUCH BUT HE STILL POPS Dolby D JUDGES ALOT OF THE B.BOY COMPS AND MCSKing Breaker DOES SOME B.BOY WORKSHOPSSoul BoY MOVED TO ITALY AND RUN A HIP HOP CLUBALOT OF THESE DUDE G TO BREAKIN CONVENTION EVERY MAY JST TO LINK UP
[..YouTube..] ARTFUL DODGER HAS MOST OF THE FOOTAGE FROM THIS JAMHAVE TO SAY R.I.P TO SIPHO AND COSMIC JAM A FEW MORE NAME CHCKS IN THI VIDEO DJ CUTTIN KAY zakie d from the trail blazersMC MELLO , B.BOY PERVEZ,GOLDIE,CAT(thats the dude mcing) dj billy biznizz, hoffmister,and zakid from trail blazers the music is from an old skool jam session i wil post some of them up later
[..YouTube..] Hi Adam,Just seen the video of Uk Fresh everyone wearing the ‘Live to Break’ shirts I printed your dj-ing in one.Wondering if there are any more videos such as Wembley Arena, Spatz etc..See if you can guess who this is… I’ll give you a clue you put cs gas through my letter box years ago!!Hope the music is doing well, Let me know if there is any.
[..YouTube..] YES yes i remember this event…what sweet memories.!!!..anyone remember the Lyceum gig…Bambataa et al ..Shaw theatre!?!..Spatz too !!! ahh….real b-boys never grow old….we should meet up and battle in covent for old times sake….
The good old dayz!!! I’m still bboying when I can, a bboys heart never dies!! Done some work from big comp 1987 Hammersmith Empire “Street Machine winners (what a shock that was) Rock City 2nd TNT 3rd, London All stars 4th. Done too much to mention… in the original battle when Rock steady came down to Covent!!! What a burning we got!!!
Peace to the bboy movement that will never die!!
Tuway (Tuway-shuffle) … staring in the original book “Break dancing with Colin & Venol” in the book is… Big Ted, Basil, Bionic, Doran, SAS, Sugar Bear, Cranny Dee, Murdock, the late Psycho etc
[..YouTube..] anyone know the name of the brake hes back to backin from 2.55 till the end of the vid, wicked break!!
[..YouTube..] who are ?….i used to known as Mystery mc of the FamilyQuest…hit me back….(.lol….check out kat wid his fake accent..lmao)
request to myself SEA Roc the human beat box, aka jimmy, I just noticed myself with William and Nicholas in the above video aka Destined to Rock (DTR), remember rocking spats weekly thru 1985 and beat boxing at this event with DJ Pogo. Would very much love to hear from anyone during that era, especially ADEE aka artful dodger or anyone who kew me back then. email jamesspecial@hotmail.com
Peace
Not sure if I know you bro, but spatz was definately the place to be on a Saturday lunchtime . Most of my Saturdays from mid ‘84 to early ‘85 were spent either at spatz or the electric ballroom. I’ll never forget when in ‘84, run dmc turned up at the electric ballroom and rocked the stage. Before they run dmc rocked it, dj streetz ahead was on stage before hand cutting up the ‘Pleasure Boys’ tune by Visage – phat. Do you or anyone else remember the b boy jam at Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank in ‘84 (think) – wicked!
Does anybody remember the b boy jam that took place at Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank in ‘84? And does anyone have any footage of it?
Southbank 1984 !!!! Sound systems galore, Tim Westwood stage and Zaki/Goldie doing Graff, cherish those memories, do u remember the fight that broke out on stage with certain breakers and the one of them was ready to beat him down with the SL1200 !!! hawkeye sound was also there and the saxon crew passed thru that day. Heavyweight. No idea who has footage, probably Tim Westwood. What about the B-Boy jam in piccadily circus station in 86 !!! a sound system inside an underground station !!!!!
who’s got my ‘Get the Message’ vid? love to all the forgotten soldiers from the best decade ever! I host the BBC(Bristol Bboy/girl Convention) so I still see Dolby, STN and a few others from time to time, got such dope memories of that era, Lil’ Whiz starting shit and getting us chased out of Covent Garden cos we (Swindon)whipped their poppers haha, there needs to be a consolidation of footage, pics etc. and an in-depth documentary about the UK’s history, hey is Rockski from Rock City out there?
who’s got my ‘Get the Message’ vid? love to all the (un)forgotten soldiers from the best decade ever! I host the BBC(Bristol Bboy/girl Convention) so I still see Dolby, STN and a few others from time to time, got such dope memories of that era, Lil’ Whiz starting shit and getting us chased out of Covent Garden cos we (Swindon)whipped their poppers haha, there needs to be a consolidation of footage, pics etc. and an in-depth documentary about the UK’s history, hey is Rockski from Rock City out there?
[..YouTube..] this was real tru real hip hop elements, writing,rappin,djing and breakin, brings back memories of SPATZ,ELECTRIC BALLROOM camden,AFRIKA CENTRE covent,THE LYCEUM..and the LONDON GLC HIPHOP JAM at the jubilee gardens, londons largest ever OPEN AIR LIVE HIPHOP JAM hosted bt tim westwood,
[..YouTube..] everybody was there every krew from across the uk represented and flying their colorz.live to break,zulu rockers,smac19,the bboys,brokenglass,sidewinders,zodiac,sidewalk,jedi rockers,klymaxx,tnt rockers,london allstars,prince jammers,fresh freeks,hot feet rockers,system breakers,renegade krew,new wave krew, ossies krew,global flyboyz,micron,technical poppers.zulu nation peace
[..YouTube..] also cant forget..krew from laylow,rock city crew nottingham,supreme rockers, tdk krew, twilight,non stop,second2none,born to rock(break) and the rest of the old skool uk krews of the 80s just too many to remember.zulu nation 4ever peace
lol… my old pal Jan in the background there at 1.35
he was in ‘live to break’ at the time
great memories
i have a clips from spats that i must upload to youtube… the end of that was from Hip Hop history
[..YouTube..] great memoriesthat’s my old pal Jan in the bg at 1.35he was in Live to Brea k at the time
best days of my childhood, live,sleep,drink,eat,piss and shit bboyin.. religiously hangin at covent garden,afrika centre, trafalgar square,piccadilly and charing x subways,spatz every saturday afternoon,electricballroom camden,gossips soho,lyceum,acklam centre laylow,wally fosters youth centre homerton, chats palace hackney, warwick youth centre, countless shopping malls entertaining the shoppers..groove records,hitman records, record shack,bluebird records and spinoffs in hammersmith. taggin every bus and every underground network.. the breakers the poppers too many to mention..the krews
live to break,zulu rockers,smac19,the bboys wolverhampton,brokenglass manchester,sidewinders, zodiac,sidewalk,jedi rockers,klymaxx,tnt rockers,london allstars,prince jammers,fresh freeks,hot feet rockers,system breakers,renegade krew,wild bunch bristol
new wave krew, ossies krew,global flyboyz,micron,technical poppers, breakjam krew from laylow,rock city crew nottingham,supreme rockers, tdk krew, twilight,non stop,second2none,original born to rock(break) and the rest of the old skool uk krews of? the 80s… belt name buckles, kangols,fat laces,goose duck downs,windjammers,adidas,lees,gasbags,bodywarmers, shops like flips in covent and american classics..if i left anything out please add to this..
pirate radio invicta,kiss,lwr, solar, sunrise, shoestring,laser
anybody remember the london glc hiphop jam in jubilee gardens southbank, in the summer of 1984, it was the biggest outdoor hiphop jam in london ever, well over 10,000s people attended, it was like a scene from the movie the warriors with all the krews around london and beyond congregated in one park to do battle and represent, the security could not control the crowds because the turn out was well beyond expectations, the atmosphere was electric sometimes volatile when fighting erupted spontaneously and tim westwood pleading with the crowd to get back behind the barriers, around the main stage were smaller soundsystems and tents with small circles and battles occuring. they say that acid rave united races and cultures but this was the first to unite way before acid rave in the late 80s. it was londons answer to the amphitheatre jam in wildstyle.. and when they dropped its yours by tla rock on the soundsystem.. that 808bassline just killed it…everybody went crazy!!! somebody must have this memorable event on tape somewhere.
[..YouTube..] jan ??in live to break ?
[..YouTube..] i was there got audio of those show will try to up load them when finish converting them
[..YouTube..] micky mouse march you get get it on one of the ultimate breaks comps now cant remember what vol
[..YouTube..] are you the real dj Pogo, ? if you are i remember you . and you did bring out some break albums, which i did buy.i think i got every break going, but not this one in question, cheers mate for the infoif it is you won1997 UK DMC, and third in the 1997 World DMC. if so, GREATstuff !,i did alot of turntabalism my self back then , i didnt reach that far tho.
[..YouTube..] a utube link for the break at 2:54 is watch?v=uLjbo1cPLP8Mike Curb Congregation – Mickey Mouse March
[..YouTube..] Nice!
Moreno, I was at that Jam..It was absolutley superb all out in the open too. That to me is real hip hop…not what they like to call hip hop today. Thanks for reminding me mate.
Also I remember Live2break v Rock city Crew battle at UK Fresh 86. Spats on a Saturday lunchtime the all down to Charing Cross underpass for a battle.
[..YouTube..] I was there too, first record was PSK – Schoolly D as I recall. Ain’t that a young Goldie at 2.09 ?
damn i was there sunn!! way back when lining up outside spats on a saturday then after round to groove to buy tunes i remember pogo and cutmaster swift djing while tim westwood used to talk mad shit(good mad shit!!)and people used to run him but all in good fun i wish that chinese guy who used to film the bboying was still about and had them tapes that they used to play on the projector screen of the weeks befores bboying!!it was mad.. cazal glasses kangols i used to have a baseball cap turned to the side with ski goggles on top graffiti on goosed out puffy bodywarmer i remember little wiz, this really skinny kid called lee who had the skinniest legs in the world, halek, breaker ray will go down in history for some of those battles that asian guy pete ,sipho,bionic,bizzness, my mate simon who used to wear the short british army jacket with army chevrons and baggy bottoms one of the baddest poppers( to me he was)sparkie,darnell with the priesting style mc duke when he used to pop i could go on and on and on!!!i remember that electric ballroom jam with run dmc because i was bussing a windmill ,went into a backspin and stopped cause i hit something looked up and it was run from rundmc they walked through the front door and the crowd parted like moses parted the red sea with their mouths open ill never forget that…. covent garden ,charing cross ,southbank jam on and on and on!!! that was the real hip hop it was so individual back then not commercial like it is now so if you were there……. they will never take that era away from us, we were hip hop!!!!
i remember thoes red bus passes flying into the crowd from windmills in spats that dance floor was tiny!!!!!
does anyone remember that jam at euston/kings cross with kool dj red alert, bambaata, ikey c ,jazzy joice, i think afrika islam as well plus london allstars i think the chrome angelz as well that was mad and i remember at the end they threw loads of tommy boy greatest beats albums into the crowd and everyone fighting over them mad sunn!!
yeah that glc jam at southbank was dope i remember i think it was zulu rockers and darnell who came out on stage with his streched out high ski hat lookin like a cheech wizard dancin to scratch motion i remember nuff people climbin up in the trees to get a better look and people bussin headspins on the concrete floor no hats on just raw afro on the concrete!!carnival was bad back in them days as well the best spot was under the westway near the royak oak walkbridge with rapattack !!
yeah i remember family quest in spats and this white mc called junior g we used to take the piss cause this guy would rap on and on freestylin for fookin ages and say some deep kinda message at the end that we would take the piss out of but you know what lookin back the guy was spittin knowledge and was kinda ahead of his time all respect to him.. back then it was real… breakers and poppers from all over london having real battles and earning respect i used to love certain tunes that would make battles break out like push the button by newcleus battle cry by rockers revenge, bboys breakdance,cosmic blast,badboys with k love i used to love all that shit man!!!the beastie groove by beastie boys before they went all wonky!!and i know its a crime but you know what i loved findin all thoes tunes again thank god for mp3s ive had tears in my eyes listening to them tunes and reminiscing about all them times thinking we would get rich out of hiphop i used to make beats back in the early days i always had a drum machine in a duffle bag and used to go and try to rock jams!!some people done alright out of it but my style was too new york and everyone used to drop the stay british one but there was no outlet in the uk back then just undergound.. so crews like run dmc blew up from the states while the british crews didnt get no where and it put me off i wish we had the tech we have now, back then…. i got so much tech but hip hop has passed me by i still dream that one day i will try and hit it one more time!!!but its flooded now and everyone can do what you used to do… hardly anyone stands out now like in the old days my stuff just sits there gathering dust… these young cats in the uk have got the attitude we should have had back then they have got it spot on but without that magic spark of the early hip hop scene!!! peace out my zulus!
Kickski…….there’s only one Kickski Love that I know…….D is that you? If it is then big up bro…..long time no see, speak or hear, happy new year to you sun! Your repsonses have have brought back some real golden memories, I can fully remember you hitting run with part of your leg at electric ballroom cos’ myself and TG watched it happen. Once run dmc walked through the crowd, we hot stepped it up to the front of the stage. When run dmc eventually came out on stage, TG hit the record button on his sony cassette walkman and held it up toward dmc as he walking across to our side of the stage only to (would you believe it!) try and grab the walkman from TG. The boucers tried to rush TG for the tape but luckily he changed the tape for a blank one before they got to him but it was all good…..proper memories! Somewhere in my loft, I still have the original flyer for that day…..£1.75 to see run dmc live on stage in ‘84….touch!!!! Many a time was spent at yours in the ‘Stow’ listening to you knock out beats on your E-MU SP12, regardless of who’s in hip hop nowadays I reckon there’s still space for you to blow the afro dust off your tools and start knocking them beats out again…..definately up there with the Dilla’s(RIP), Pete rock’s, 9th wonder’s etc of this world.
hip hop forever
peace out
Kickski…..myself, you and negroantonia28 definately have to hook up at some point and catch up with whats been happening.
Are you still in the stow?
wah gwaan neil sunn!! its fookin dope listening back about those days remember us all standin on that chair or fence at that jubilee gdns jam and it broke!!an everyone was gettin crushed!!and we tried to jump over the barriers to get back stage!! what about covent gdns that big rustaman with the cassette tape belt and his customized ghettoblaster who used to bust the tunes that people used to pop to!and that gut with the jerry curls poppin to tour de france i swear he was from l.a advanced poppin back then!!and standing on that mad kinda bar settee when simon champagne battled all them guys on his own our faces were pressed up against the ceiling that day spats was sardine packed!!of all the places we used to go spats for me was the best everybody holdin their bboy stance like (yeah ya wanna battle?!!)its mad!! ive seen skam1, sir drew and a lot of oldschool cats gettin back into bboying drew looks younger now than he did back then i cant believe how that is possible.. ive got mad grey beard now!!!i moved to scotland to get away from drugs and trouble!!but its shit up here ill be moving back down soon but on the outskirts not back into london!!yeah we will catch up!!!!everyones doin these reunion jams!!
hey neil the amount of oldschool tunes ive got fuckin hell kid!!!i could cry!! me and ant had a little fallout as usual!!over gettin tunes and we havent spoke since!!!but ive got some tunes for him next time im down!!
yo neil i lost my sp12 i lent it to my mate (mention no names) who was on some serious crack and he pawned it!!ive got an mpc 2500 sick machine internal hardisk and ting!! but its gathering dust!!!got caught in the cycle of collecting stuff and not doin stuff!!bring back the 80s sunn!! i feel like that guy on napolean dynamite who wont let the 80s go i think the last thing i went to was to see ultramagnetic mcs how long ago was that big respect to people like pogo and cutmaster swift still on the grind!! amazing!!!i think hip hop needs to start again back to the old way like with grandmaster caz cold crush fantastic five etc…. back to the raw old way the only modern hip hop i listen to is wutang nas and a few others im listening to nas.. it aint hard to tell right now!!! you know i love that swinging new york style!!!!!
Dan, I hear ya sun…….I’ve still got a couple of your beats on tape. I was looking through my vids and found a tv doc called Bacchanal ‘84, can you remember it?…..it featured two b boys crews Micron and Sidewalk (with a very young Richie Rich) in it……pure gold!!! I saw simon back in 2008 and he told me he still pops now and again. I also bumped into david mitchell, he ran me off a copy of ‘Beat this: A hip hop history’ on dvd, he also still pops and keeps in contact with lloyd harvey…..have you seen him doin’ his bit on youtube under lloydazoid? I’m out in colchester these days but still go back to the stow to see ma folks. Tune wise, mostly collecting soul & funk and battle breaks that I missed out on. As for hip hop, at the moment just collecting anything that’s; j dilla, pete rock, kev brown, declaime, kankick, mf doom, madlib, quasimoto, 9th wonder, lone catalysts, j rawls, rjd2, people under the stairs, ge ology, scienz of life……I could go on bro but when you get the chance check them all out if you haven’t done so already. Some of that sh*t contains some proper phat beats and grooves.
waddup kid!!im so outta the new stuff i wish i never stopped!! but ketchin all those sweet rare breaks and grooves ive got too much stuff sunn!!i love it i just listen to all that now 60s and 70s stuff i got three kids now my daughter is nearly 20 years old my sons 13 and ive just had a new daughter 5mnths i keep planning to start chopping these tunes up for the mpc and kontakt on the computer but theres just too much stuff it would send a brutha crazy its not like the sp12 where you knew what sounds were on the disks even from dirt on the stickers and i had a black binliner full!!!theres just too may samples out there these days it is mindblowingly crazy i used to say i havent got enough keyboard sounds now there is just too many especially with vsti instruments you spend afternoons just poncing about i fuckabout more on fruityloops than the mpc cause you can load vst effects into 64 channels of audiotracks and the mpc only has 8 outs so you end up mixing and matching its fuckin brilliant and depressing at the same time facebook me so we dont end up rinsin this guys site peace out kid!!i swear ant told me you had a kid!!
cant believe how that is possible.. ive got mad grey beard now!!!i moved to scotland to get away from drugs and trouble!!but its shit up here ill be moving back down soon but on the outskirts not back into london!!yeah we will catch up!!!!everyones doin these reunion jams!!
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