Old School Feature – “on and on”: The Original Old School Rhyme Challenge
The history of this is as follows: In July of 2002, a member of the OldSchoolHipHop.Com message board by the name of EyeGetzRaw began a thread that was to the longest in the board’s history. The challenge was simple. One guy starts a rhyme using one line from an old school song. The next person has to finish the rhyme from a different old school song. No person (after the initial post) could post consecutive rhymes. And of...
Old School Feature – Run DMC Concert Review March 2001
A friend and I had the pleasure of taking a road trip to Peoria, Illinois last week to witness the tenth stop of Run DMC’s Spring 2001 tour. I’ll give a brief rundown of the set before I make a few comments on the evening as a whole. The Kings of Rock opened with the usual Jam Master Jay introduction on the turntables. If you’ve ever seen them in concert, you’ll know exactly what I’m referring to. DMC...
Old School Feature – Afrika Bambaataa in Concert March 2001
Ed Roberts got to meet Afrika Bambaataa when he touched down in the UK back 2001. Here is his review of the night. Afrika Bambaataa appeared at The Medicine Bar in Birmingham and boy did he know how to turn the party out. The small venue was packed to the rafters with a diverse group of urbanites, slackers, b-boys and punks, and the atmosphere was very friendly and full of anticipation. DJ support from the residents Del’Agua and...
Old School Feature – Jazzy Jay Concert Review – September 2000
Jazzy Jay was in the house here in the UK very recently touching down at a small venue which is home to an old skool flava night called The Phonic Hoop, home to a lot of UK Trip Hop/Big Beat Talent from Wall of Sound, Ninja Tune, Skint & Big Kahuna). His appearance was nothing more than a DJ set, but he played some interesting and fun stuff for UK breaking crew, The New Park Rockers, to throwdown to. The Jay man played...
