Rock the bell Tour 2008 part 1

Below im gonna add some live concert video a good friend of mine. NYCMADE who also has a page on youtube.com allowed me to share these videos with you. Enjoy.

Big daddy kane

Big Daddy Kane. What better way to start of the hip hop section then one of the greatest rappers of all time.

In the 80's Kane was part of the legendary Juice crew. That consisted of Biz Markie and lead my legendary hip hop

producer Marley Marl. When you think of Big Daddy kane you cant help but to not think of high top fades, four fingered

rings and hollow chains. Kane also had two rapping/dancers that went by the name of scoob and scrap. Big Daddy Kane has influenced allot of rappers of today such as Jay-z.





Some of Big Daddy Kane's hits include



1. Raw

2. Long live the Kane

3. Smooth Operator

4. Ain't no half steppin

5. The symphony with the juice crew

6. Show n prove with jay-z



He released 7 albums during his stretch.

1. Long live the Kane and

2. It's a Big Daddy thing and

3. Looks like a job for ....

4. Taste of Chocolate

5. Prince of Darkness

6. Daddy's Home

7. Veteranz Day



In 2005, Big Daddy Kane was honored during the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. Guest like T.I, Black Thought, Common where he later came on to perform Warm it up.

He also appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party and then performed with Wu tang Clan, Rakim Busta Rhymes and Q-tip at the 2006 Summer Jam.

Last Big Daddy Kane appearance on a song was surprise on the remix to Don't Touch me from Busta Rhymes.

Below I have listed some of the songs Big Daddy Kane made an appearance on.



1989: Songs from Quincy Jones' album Back on the Block

1990: "Burn Hollywood Burn" (from the Public Enemy album Fear of a Black Planet)

1990: "Erase Racism" (from the Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album Wanted: Dead or Alive (album))

1991: "Don't Curse" (from the Heavy D & the Boyz album Peaceful Journey)

1992: "#1 With A Bullet" (from the Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album Live and Let Die (album))

1992: "Nuff Respect" (from the soundtrack of the movie "Juice")

1995: "Wherever U Are" (unreleased track featuring 2pac)

1995: "Live Freestyle" (featuring 2pac, Notorious BIG & Shyheim)

1995; "In The Game" (from the Red Hot Lover Tone album #1 Player with Rich Nice)

1999: "3 to the Dome" (from the Sway & King Tech album This or That)

1999: "Macula's Theory" (from the Prince Paul album A Prince Among Thieves)

1999: "The Cypher. Pt 3" (from the Frankie Cutlass album Politics & Bullshit featuring Biz Markie, Craig G & Roxanne Shanté)

2000: "Platinum Plus" (from the Big L album The Big Picture)

2000: "Class of '87" (from the Tony Touch album "The Piece Maker") (featuring Kool G Rap & KRS One)

2001: "Three's Company" (from the Marley Marl album Re-Entry)

2001: "Discosis" (from the Bran Van 3000 album Discosis)

2001: "Loaded" (from the Bran Van 3000 album Discosis)

2001: "The Jump Off" (from the Eastern Conference All-Stars II compilation album)

2002: "Stick Up" (from the Afu-Ra album Life Force Radio)

2002: "A Day at The Races" (from the Jurassic 5 album Power in Numbers)

2002: A Freestyle on DJ Green Lanterns "New World Order pt. 2" Mixtape

2002: "Any Type of Way" (produced by DJ Premier)

2002: "The Man, The Icon" (produced by The Alchemist (producer))

2002: "Just Rhymin' With Kane" (with Just-Ice, produced by DJ Premier, from the Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 2 album)

2003: "Come Get It" (from the Soul Supreme album The Saturday Nite Agenda)

2004: "Boom" (from "The Tipping Point" album from The Roots)

2005: "Welcome to Durham" (from the Little Brother album The Chittlin Circuit 1.5)

2005: "One Day" (from Spectac's vinyl single, produced by Khrysis)

2006: "5 Deadly Venoms" (from the DJ Kay Slay & Greg Street album The Champions: The North Meets The South)

2007: "Brooklyn (remix)" (from the Joell Ortiz album The Brick (Bodega Chronicles))

2007: "The Garden" (from the DJ Jazzy Jeff album The Return of the Magnificent)

2007: "Next Up" (from the UGK album UGK (Underground Kingz))

2007: "Like That, Y'all" (from the album Top Shelf 8/8/88)

2007: "Cameo Afro" (from The RZA Presents: Afro Samurai OST)

2007: "Bed Stuy Represent" (from the Domingo album The Most Underrated)

2007: "BK Mentality" (from the Chinga Chang Records compilation album Official Joints)

2008: "Across The Board" (from the Connie Price and the Keystones vinyl single)

2008: "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em) (Remix)" (from the Busta Rhymes album I'm Blessed)



Here I posted a mix of the classic's from Big Daddy Kane:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ehmbxgnw4ow

Special Ed

Back when the high tops where around and Kid n Play where busting out the dance moves. Edward Archer know better as Special Ed jumped unto the scene in 1989. At the age of 16 with his album Youngest in Charge. Which includes the classic " I got it made" it was taken with open arms and praised. In 1990 he came back and dropped Legal and then he ran into a 4 year hiatus and didnt release another album till 1994-95 called revelations. The only thing i remember from him between that era was "Crookyln Dodgers"

Some of the songs i recall from this past rap monster are:

1. I got it made

2. The mission

3. The magnificent

4. Crooklyn dodgers

The albums:

1. Youngest in charge

2. legal

3. Revelations

4. Still got it made




Below i added a link to a mix i made of some of his songs:
Special Ed - Small Mix

Slick RIck

The Ruler. MC Ricky D. This British born rapper-songwriter moved to the states in 1975. Residing in the Bronx he hooked up with Dana Dane later forming the duo the Kangol Crew. Most remembered for his flashy ways and the amounts of chains he sported and the eye patch that he wears after being blinded in the right eye with broken glass as an infant. Some of his classics include "Children Story", "The show" with Doug e fresh and "La di da di".

In 1990, Slick Rick shot a bystander and his cousin whom he’d hired as a body guard and who later admitted to having Walters shot outside a club. Slick Rick was indicted on 2 counts of attempted murder and plead guilty to all charges which also included, assault, use of a firearm, and criminal possession of a weapon. Russell Simmons, head of Def Jam records, bailed him out and Rick quickly recordedThe Ruler's Back before spending five years in prison.

On May 23, 2008, New York Gov. David Paterson granted Slick Rick a full and unconditional pardon on charges of attempted murder of his cousin, who was hired as his bodyguard and a bystander. He has two children, Lateisha and Ricky, from two different mothers. He currently resides in the Bronx and lives with his son Ricky.

Slick Rick released 4 albums during his career:

1. The great adventures of Slick Rick

2. The Rulers Back

3. Behind bars

4, The Art of Story Telling



Below I've added a link to a mix of his classics i made:

http://www.mediafire.com/?kzq8f7pardh

Run DMC

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These 3 legendary group members for the world renown Run Dmc where born in Hollis Queens.
Simmons and McDaniels recruited Mizell to be the DJ and released their first single "Sucker MCs"
That peaked at #15 on the r&b charts.
In 1988 the released their album Tougher Than Leather. In 1990 they released Back from Hell.
Despite poor album sales they where the worlds #1 hip hop act and the first to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.
In 1993 they released "Down with the King which made Billboard magazine's
top 10 with help from Pete Rock and Cl smooth. n 1998, Jason Nevins remixed It's Like That and It's Tricky.
The remix of It's Like That hit number 1 in the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other European countries.
Some other noticeable songs from Run Dmc are "Walk this way" and "King of Rock" and "It's Tricky".
After group member Jam-Master Jay was shot and killed on October 30 2002, Run-D.M.C. announced their retirement.

A little Run DMC mix i made:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ljuyqvzjlte

A tribe called Quest

A tribe called quest made of up group members Q-tip, Phife and ALi. There was a fourth rapper called Jarobi White.
HE left the group after their first album but rejoined them later in 2006. A tribe called quest and De la Soul
where the central part of the Ntive Tongues Posse and enjoyed the most comercial success of all the groups to come out of that collective. Some of the more known songs are "Bonita Applebum", "Can i kick it?", "I left my wallet El segundo", "Scenario", "Check the Rhime", "Electric Relaxation". Classics of the genre.
They released 5 albums in 10 years. The first 3 were very highly acclaimed they then disbanded in 1998.
The group is generally regarded as pioneers of alternative hip hop music, having helped to pave the way for socially aware hip-hop artists.
n 2005, A Tribe Called Quest received a Special Achievement Award at the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.
In 2007, the group was formally honored at the 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors.

The albums released where:
1. Peoples Instinctive Travels and the paths of Rhythm
2. The Low End Theory
3. Midnight Marauders
4. Beats, Rhymes and Life
5. The Love Movement

http://www.atribecalledquest.com/ - The official website.

Below i provided a little mix i made.
http://www.mediafire.com/?he5dwomn96b

Black Moon (Brothers who Lyrically Act and Combine Kickin Music Out On Nations) debuted in 1992.
The release of the single "Who Got Da Props?". The song became something of an underground phenomenon,
and charted on the Billboard Hot 100. With the help of DJ Chuck Chillout,
The group landed a record deal with Nervous Records for the release of their debut album Enta Da Stage in 1993.
The album included songs like "who got the propz", "How many emcees" and " I got you open". After the release of the
album the group broke up. During the group's hiatus, DJ Evil Dee continued his production career with his crew Da Beatminerz,
and lead MC Buckshot headed out and formed his own super group called the Boot Camp Click,
featuring fellow Brooklyn locals Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C.

The albums released are:

1. Enta Da Stage - 1993
2. War Zone - 1999
3. Total Eclipse - 2003

Heres a link to Black Moon mix i made:

http://www.mediafire.com/?n9zvv1vkanl