293-Run-DMC, Grandmaster Dee, Ecstasy, Cliff Love, and Hurricane at Peoples Club in Paddington, London (1986, Side A)/The Sindicate, DJ Fingers and Cut Master Swift at Swiss Cottage, London (1988, Side B), 1986 - 1988
Scope and Contents
Side A: The emcee’s are only free styling, no Hip Hop recordings being played. Only free style. With records like Funkadelic: You Will Like it Too. Funky Drummer, Dance to the Drummer Beat, Got to be Real, Pussy Footer, Apache. Run gives a few plugs to the Raising Hell album. Side B: Our European brothers overseas are about their business in London. The lead emcee Mc Noddy is calling for female emcees to come on to the stage to try the mic. A female comes to the stage and says, “It’s just an ugly bitch” and the crowd goes crazy. DJ Fingers is on the turntables playing records like Gangster Boogie, Soul Power, Apache, Run Away, Keep your Distance, Catch a Groove, Ike’s Mood, Roxanne Shante “Have a Nice Day”, Sex Machine. There’s a call for security to the front of the stage as the host says, “Get this menace off the stage!” The emcee Sargent Rock has a fast rhyming flow. Supreme and Dave Cash and Cut Master Swift get on last. Cut Master Swift gets nasty with Blow your head.)60 mins.
Dates
- 1986 - 1988
Creator
- From the Collection: Smith, Troy L. (Collector, Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Restrictions on Access
Access to collection restricted until digitization is complete.
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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