BIG DADDY KANE PERFOMANCE AT NJPAC APRIL 4TH , 2015

This #MastersofCeremony concert is so live right now, and by SO LIVE we mean: Big Daddy Kane just did the leg over the head drop to the floor split live!! Confirmed, he's still got it! 

#NJPAC #MastersofCeremony #hiphop #oldschool #BigDaddyKane

This #MastersofCeremony concert is so live right now, and by SO LIVE we mean: Big Daddy Kane just did the leg over the head drop to the floor split live!! Confirmed, he's still got it! #NJPAC #MastersofCeremony #hiphop #oldschool #BigDaddyKane
Posted by New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Saturday, April 4, 2015

THE BLACK HISTORY MIXTAPE

THE BLACK HISTORY MIXTAPE

1.    SELF DESTRUCTION - #MALCOLMX   

2.    BLACK N PROUD - #BRANDNUBIAN

3.    DREAM FT MLK JR - COMMON

4.    YOU MUST LEARN - #KRS1

5.    WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE WEIGHT? - #GANGSTARR

6.    EMBRACE YOUR TRUE NAME - #TUPAC

7.    WORD TO THE MOTHERLAND - #BIGDADDYKANE

8.    VERBAL MILK - #XCLAN

9.    THE FEELING - KONCEPT

10. STILL I RISE - #MAYAANGELOU

11. BLACK WOMAN - #JUNGLEBROTHERS

12. AFRICA DREAM - #TALIBKWELI

13. GHETTOS OF THE MIND - #PETEROCKandCLSMOOTH

14. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY - MALCOLM X

15. BY THE TIME I GET TO ARIZONA - #PUBLICENEMY

16. BLACK WISH - #THELASTPOETS

17. BE REAL BLACK FOR ME - #ROBERTAFLACK AND #DONNYHATHAWAY

18. I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN - #ATRIBECALLEDQUEST

1988 - Classic Hip Hop Albums Celebrating Their 25th Anniversary

When i think of 1988 i think about me getting my license and graduating from high school and being suckered into joining the Army (If i ever run into that recruitment officer i just might slap the shit outta him for selling me false dreams lol ), yeah im ranting and telling my age right now, but 1988 also marked a significant time period in my life that blew my mind. Ask some of my closest friends and they will tell you the times where they used to hang out at my house while i djed for hours and hours. After a while they would either leave, or fall asleep but when they returned or woke up, i was still on those Gemini turntables having fun, cutting up "Im the King of Rock" by Run DMC to "Funky Beat" by Whodini .The music was pure, fresh and raw, and each artist didn't sound like the next one, they all had distinctive flows, styles and the music production was on point. So here we are, 25 years later, and this year these artists celebrated their 25th anniversary milestone debuts. 

So here are the 15 most memorable albums of 1988 in no particular order. I am sure you will agree that the talent of each of these artists reach beyond levels that can never ever ever ever ever be duplicated. 

    The Golden Era of Hip Hop..........