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

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York, active for more than 20 years (1986–present), is one of the most prominent acts in East coast hip hop.
Epmd released their first album in 1988 called "Strictly Business". Many critics say their first album was their most influential.
Managed early on by Russell Simmons' RUSH Management, the group toured with such hip-hop luminaries as Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.

Epmd released 6 albums they where

1. Strictly Business
2. Unfinished Business
3. Business as Usual
4. Business Never Personal
5. Back In Business
6. Out of Business



Below is a link to a EPMD small mix i made.

EPMD- small mix

Kid n Play

Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo comprised Christopher "Kid" Reid (born April 5, 1964 in The Bronx, New York City) and Christopher "Play" Martin (born July 10, 1962 in Queens, New York City). Besides their successful musical careers, Kid 'n Play are also notable for branching out into acting.
Kid 'n Play recorded three albums together between 1988 and 1993:
Kid's visual trademark was his hi-top fade haircut, which stood six inches high at its peak. Play regularly wore eight-ball jackets.

Three of the Kid 'n Play films were entries in the House Party series. The first two House Party films (1990's House Party and 1991's House Party 2 also featured the then-relatively unknown Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell, later stars of the TV sitcom Martin). House Party 3 featured hip-hop/R&B girl group TLC as the music group Sex as a Weapon.
Class Act, produced in 1992, was a comedy in the same vein as the House Party films. For that film, Kid cut his trademark high-top fade (the haircut is used as a plot device in the film).

The Albums they released where:

1. 2 Hype (1988),
2. Kid 'n Play's Funhouse (1990),
3. Face the Nation (1991).


Below is a link of a lil mix I made.

Kid n Play - small mix

onyx

In 1989 the group onyx released its first single called "we do it like this". Very different from their later work. In 1991 Onyx presented their demo to Jam Master Jay at Def Jam. At the time it was only Bid DS and Sonee Seeza. Fredro Starr called up his cousin Sticky Fingaz who at the time was rhyming while working at a barber shop. Once Sticky Fingaz joined the group they released Throw Ya Gunz in 1992.
In 1993 the released bacdafucup. The album blew up with great commercial success including heavy airplay on radio and Mtv with the single "slam" and went on to sell 2 million copies. Onyx also won the Soul Train rap album of the year.
In 1995 Big Ds left the group feeling he wasn't getting enough time on the mic. The loss did not stop Onyx from releasing their second album "All we got iz us". The album wasn't near the success the first one was but many fans call it their best work ever. The single "Last Dayz" only peaked at #89 on the Billboard hot 100 chart, selling 500,000 copries.
In 1998 they released their third album "Shut em down" which included guest like DMX, The Lost Boyz, Raekwon, Method Man, Big Pun, Noreaga and then unknown 50 cent.
The album found crucial and was a success commercially. Onyx then left Def Jam to pursue solo releases. They reunited in 2002 with Bacdafucup part 2 released on Koch Records and in 2003 with D3 entertainment they released Triggernomentry. Both albums met with mediocre reviews and sales.


Below is a link to a small Onyx mix i made.

Onyx - Small mix

MOP

MASH OUT POSSE. Yes fam MOP. Billy Danzenie and Lil`Fame. Blew up on the scene with "How about some hardcore".

A classic till this day blew up on the radio but saw no real video air play. They still made allot of noise

on the underground scene. They didn't really recieve any real mainstream glory until they released "Ante up and Cold as ice".

They duo have collaborated with legends like Dj premier. Lil fame has also produced and work with artists such as AZ, Big Noyd and Cormega.

Lil fame produced under the name of Fizzy WOmack. Big Mal was gunned down shortly before M.O.P. debuted in 1993, with the single "How About Some Hardcore?" which appeared on the soundtrack for the film House Party 3. The underground success of the single, promoted by a gritty, low-budget video from then-unknown director Hype Williams, led to their debut album To the Death.

There fame didn't really come till they release their third album "Warriorz" on Loud Records. Anti-up propelled the album to #25 on that album finally putting them on the map.

After that though in 2002 Loud Records folder and left MOP without a home. In 2003 Sony/Columbia released 10 years and gunning they then later joined Jay-z on Roc-a Fella records.

they were set to release their album titled Ghetto Warfare, but the eagerly anticipated album was shelved. According to M.O.P. themselves, two other albums were recorded: one under the title "The Last Generation", the other entitled "Kill N**** Die Slo Bluckka Bluckka Bloaoow Blood Sweat Tears and We Out".

They last signed with G-unit record. After being signed to G-Unit for 3 years, M.O.P have decided to move on. Laze M.O.P’s manager went on the record to say that they will still work with G-Unit in some way but they are moving on and looking for a new home. There were some creative differences with 50 Cent.

The albums they released

1994 - To The Death

1996 - Firing Squad

1998 - Handle Ur Bizness

1998 - First Family 4 Life

2000 - Warriorz

2003 - 10 Years and Gunnin'

2004 - Mash Out Posse

2005 - St. Marxmen

2006 - Ghetto Warfare



Below is a link to a MOP mix i made.

MOP - small mix

Pete Rock and CL smooth

If you consider yourself a hip hop head then I shouldn't really need any type of introduction to this group. Pete Rock and Cl smooth and "They Reminisce Over You" should be automatic. Peter Phillips and Corey Penn hailing for Mount Vernon, New York made their debut on the rap world in 1991 with "All Souled Out". It did good enough to have Elektra Records clear the way for their second LP in 1992 "Mecca and the Soul Brother". Then in the year where albums from legendary now but fairly new then where cropping. They Released "The Main Ingredient". Despite the effort and recognition the group failed to go gold on any of their own releases. They separated in 1995. The

albums they released where:
1. All Souled Out
2. Mecca and the Soul Brother

I made. Pete Rock & CL smooth - small mix

Eric B & Rakim

Considered one of the greatest lyricist in the game ever. Rakim jumped on tracks like Sprint knowing you had good credit. Brought us classics like Don't sweat the technique, Juice, Paid in full. Last but not least his stand out song "I know you got soul". The pair is generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking groups in the history of hip hop because of the duo’s dark production and Rakim's revolutionary rhyming style, which was smooth, seemingly effortless, and used remarkably complex rhyming schemes involving internal rhymes and sophisticated metaphors.

The albums he released where:

Paid in Full

• Released:October 10, 1987

Follow the Leader

• Released: July 25, 1988

Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

• Released: May 25, 1990

Don't Sweat the Technique

• Released: June 23, 1992

The 18th Letter/The Book of Life

• Released: November 4, 1997

The 18th letter hit #1 on the charts for r&b/hiphop.

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Below is a link with Rakim mixes i put together for you listen to.

Eric B & Rakim