Girls make me lots of cake these days but I don’t think I’ve got any of this pie.
AMG - JIGGABLE PIE

BONUS ULTRA LO-FI TRACK
Pimp C, RIP, had some interesting talents…
UGK - I’M SO BAD

Maybe I’d be more offended if it was Jew hating instead of misogyny, homophobia and general violence but early gangsta rap seems so ridiculous to me that I believe it’s a macho parody rather than mindless exploitation – I hope so - otherwise listening to it’s pretty bad. Either way the old stuff seems like comic book bravado compared to the modern genre.

Example 1
Easy E robs a bank and gets seriously dodgy with a hostage before things go all Crying Game.

EASY E – NOBODY MOVE

Example 2
I thought this Kurupt, Warren G, Nate and Snoop track was very wrong when it came out - I was 13. Now it seems pretty silly. They play it at Work It about three times a night and all the boys including me sing along.

SNOOP – AINT NO FUN (IF THE HOMIES CAN’T HAVE NONE)

At junior school my friend Sam was a badman. While everybody else brought their parents’ Dire Straits, 10CC and Fleetwood Mac albums to play at our music class he took in Efil4zaggin. My love affair with Raiders caps began then.

BREEZE - L.A. POSSE

ARABIAN PRINCE - SHE’S GOT A BIG POSSE

THE D.O.C. - PORTRAIT OF A MASTERPEICE

J.J. FAD - BLAME IT ON THE MUSIC

Egyptian Lover and Professor X AKA Arabian Prince are touring Europe together again – exciting! As always I have the best intentions to see them but I bet I end up having drunken fun times with my friends at the Macbeth dancing ridiculously to Rage Against The Machine or something instead.

I enjoy the whole TR-808 drum machine/ heavy breathing vibe and these two are among the best at it.
ARABIAN PRINCE – PANIC ZONE
EGYPTIAN LOVER – KINKY NATION (KINGDOM KUM) – need this on vinyl badly

Some 90s Californian freestyle for you.

EMOTION IN MOTION - FOREVER
MIKATRONIK - FUNKYTOWN
DAVIAH - MIRACLES

A few weeks ago some dude started on me at a club for no reason. So like a real man… erm… instead of retailiating I went home and listened to aggressive gangsta rap. Like most of Joe Cooley and Rodney O’s material this was produced with the Egyptian Lover.

RODNEY O & JOE COOLEY - U DON’T HEAR ME THO’ (STREET MIX)