"Don't get too close because you might get shot..."
April 22nd 2009 07:54
BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!
Oh yes. My mind is still blazin after the EPMD show last Saturday night. These guys would be in their early 40's yet they have more on stage energy than most young guns out these days. The entertainment factor was at a maximum as they wrecked shop with classic after classic, from their 1987 album "Strictly Business" to the present.
These guys had never performed in Australia before, and they knew we had been waiting a long time. I myself had been a never-ever-fronting fan since 1997, when I first got into hiphop and discovered for myself a style of 'underground funk' that crosses borders and prejudices. If you like hiphop music and want your friends to like it to, results will be obtained without the need of mainstream stuff through playing one of their albums for them. I can recommend "Back In Business" from previous experience.
Being from the class of '87, Erick Sermon and PMD are regarded as one of the greats of the golden era (which includes KRS -One, Kool G Rap and Rakim), yet don't consider themselves old school. To quote Erick Sermon in a Def Squad (RE: Erick, Redman and Keith Murray) interview in SLAP Skateboarding magazine a good ten years back:
"We are the hardcore. When hiphop music changes, we will change with it."
And as I witnessed from the raw power that is PMD aka Parrish Smith on stage, P and his crew Hit Squad (Das EFX and K-Solo, as well as numerous recruits since the '90's) is in the same frame of mind.
I left this gig knowing deep in my soul that I would be happy if I never went to another international hiphop gig again. I had just witnessed something timeless being forged into my permanent memory, from their improvised stories between songs to the way they b-boyed around when they were rhyming, to the razor-sharp tightness of the entire set.
Here's a couple of examples floating around youtube:
And one more classic, from 1991, featuring Redman and K-Solo ...back in the days when the rap game started to really show its dark side. Redman absolutely kills it in the last verse, this song for me marked the difference between the 90's and the 80's. Dig it Cib:
Much respect to all old school cats who already knew. Nah mean?
Oh yes. My mind is still blazin after the EPMD show last Saturday night. These guys would be in their early 40's yet they have more on stage energy than most young guns out these days. The entertainment factor was at a maximum as they wrecked shop with classic after classic, from their 1987 album "Strictly Business" to the present.
These guys had never performed in Australia before, and they knew we had been waiting a long time. I myself had been a never-ever-fronting fan since 1997, when I first got into hiphop and discovered for myself a style of 'underground funk' that crosses borders and prejudices. If you like hiphop music and want your friends to like it to, results will be obtained without the need of mainstream stuff through playing one of their albums for them. I can recommend "Back In Business" from previous experience.
Being from the class of '87, Erick Sermon and PMD are regarded as one of the greats of the golden era (which includes KRS -One, Kool G Rap and Rakim), yet don't consider themselves old school. To quote Erick Sermon in a Def Squad (RE: Erick, Redman and Keith Murray) interview in SLAP Skateboarding magazine a good ten years back:
"We are the hardcore. When hiphop music changes, we will change with it."
And as I witnessed from the raw power that is PMD aka Parrish Smith on stage, P and his crew Hit Squad (Das EFX and K-Solo, as well as numerous recruits since the '90's) is in the same frame of mind.
I left this gig knowing deep in my soul that I would be happy if I never went to another international hiphop gig again. I had just witnessed something timeless being forged into my permanent memory, from their improvised stories between songs to the way they b-boyed around when they were rhyming, to the razor-sharp tightness of the entire set.
Here's a couple of examples floating around youtube:
And one more classic, from 1991, featuring Redman and K-Solo ...back in the days when the rap game started to really show its dark side. Redman absolutely kills it in the last verse, this song for me marked the difference between the 90's and the 80's. Dig it Cib:
Much respect to all old school cats who already knew. Nah mean?
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