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Unsigned Skype: Cole James Cash
Although I ignore pretty much everything that turns up randomly in my email, the notes for this album caught my eye: “Shoutout to New York for giving me my entire style of production that I...
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Ron Delite [Priority One] – The Unkut Interview
One of the lesser-known albums released through Aaron Fuch‘s Tuff City label was Priority One‘s Total Chaos, which featured Bronx-born MC Ron Delite and Louie Louie doing their thing with claim...
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Freshco – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
Freshco is best remembered as the being the winner of the 1990 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy MC Battle who teamed up with the winner of the DJ Battle from that same year, DJ Miz. That...
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Freshco – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Concluding my talk with Freshco, he details what went down in the New Music Seminar in 1990, teaming up with DJ Miz, the mutual respect he shared with other top-tier lyricists and why his career as an...
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Lakim Shabazz – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
With the exception of Queen Latifah, Lakim Shabazz proved to be the most prolific of the original Flavor Unit line-up, releasing two albums and a long list of guest spots on 45 King projects during...
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A-Trak – The Modern Fix Interview [2007]
Just found this interview from Modern Fix magazine, which was my first published cover feature, that I never put on the site. Ironically, A-Trak would prove to be heavily involved with the dreaded...
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Lakim Shabazz – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Concluding my discussion with Lakim Shabazz, he talks about leaving Tuff City, remembering his friend Apache, Queen Latifah incorporating the Flavor Unit name and plans for his final album. Robbie: So...
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DJ Chuck Chillout – The Unkut Interview
In response to Mr. Magic‘s Rap Attack show on WBLS, New York’s KISS-FM mounted a counter-attack by recruiting DJ Chuck Chillout and Kool DJ Red Alert. The resulting competition meant that Tri-Borough...
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Unsigned Skype: M. Will
Marlon Williams, Jr. is the son of the greatest hip-hop producer of all time, Engineer All-Star Marley Marl. That’s a lot of pressure to deal with. Nevertheless, this classically-trained musician...
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Pudgee The Phat Bastard – The Unkut Interview, Part 1
Pudgee The Phat Bastard was on the forefront of punchline rap in the early 90′s. As part of the Trackmasterz crew, he delivered a strong debut album called Give ‘Em The Finger, which featured...
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Pudgee The Phat Bastard – The Unkut Interview, Part 2
Following on from Part 1, Pudgee explains his involvement with Main Source‘s “Live At The BBQ”, his shelved second solo LP, the importance of The Bronx and dealing with the deaths of Tupac, Biggie and...
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R.A. The Rugged Man – The Unkut Interview
Trying to interview R.A. The Rugged Man without treading over the well-worn ground of his expulsion from Jive Records and working with Biggie Smalls was challenge I was more than willing to meet....
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Milano Constantine – The Unkut Interview
Having cut his teeth working with the Diggin’ In The Crates crew at the beginning of his career, Milano Constantine went on to sign a deal with Warner Bros. but was let go before the project was...
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DJ Moe Love [Ultramagnetic MC's] – The Unkut Interview
When I caught-up with DJ Moe Love in 2010, he sounded as if he was two-sheets to the wind as he explained why he and TR Love hadn’t been involved in the Best Kept Secret LP, and why they decided to...
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TR Love [Ultramagnetic MC's] – The Unkut Interview, Volume 2
Around the same time I talked to DJ Moe Love in 2010, I also did a follow-up interview with TR Love, aka The Funk Ignitor, covering the early days of Ultramagnetic MC’s, his knowledge of the break...
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DJ Too Tuff [Tuff Crew] – The Unkut Interview
Philly’s Tuff Crew were the result of throwing Public Enemy, Ultramgnetic and Schoolly-D into a blender. Hard rhymes and abrasive beats left no doubt that these northside b-boys were repping their...
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B-1 – The Unkut Interview
Queens resident B-1 is best remembered for his work with Kool G Rap and Large Professor, but with a lost tape single from 1997 dropping soon through Ill Adrenaline on 45 and cassette and a new album...
View ArticleAG Da Coroner – The Unkut Video Interview, Part 1
Following the rise of Action Bronson and Meyhem Lauren, the third member of the Outdoorsmen crew up to bat is AG Da Coroner, who just signed a deal with Man Bites Dog records via VP Roc Marciano. In...
View ArticleAG Da Coroner – The Unkut Video Interview, Part 2
AG Da Coroner talks about how Kool G Rap influenced him, picks the line-up of his own “Symphony” and reflects on the dangerous streets of East New York where he grew-up. The post AG Da Coroner – The...
View ArticleAG Da Coroner – The Unkut Video Interview, Part 3
Concluding my discussion with AG Da Coroner, we discuss classic TV shows, working with The Alchemist, the impact of Roc Marciano and plans for Coroner’s Sip The Nectar LP. The post AG Da Coroner – The...
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