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Box 5

 Container

Contains 54 Results:

231-Rubi Dee, Zulu Nation and Furious Five at T-Connection, 1980

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19493
Scope and Contents

The Zulu MCs that get on is Mr. Biggs, Love Kid Hutch, Ice Ice and an unknown MC Bam plays the Flash on the Beat Box plate. All The Furious MCs got on. Disco Bee is doing all the cuts and it does not sound like Flash is DJing at all. 90 mins.

Dates: 1980

232-Imperial Brothers at 129 Park, 180th St. and Southern Blvd., 1983

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19494
Scope and Contents Imperial Brothers are 5 emcees Supreme Mark Ski, Mean Gene, Prince Master Rhyme, O.G. Rock and the captain Mr. Ice. The DJs are DJ Jr. Cee and Disco Dee. They do one routine called When the Imperial Brothers come marching in. Another routine where they are singing and naming their girl friends. Mr. Ice with Valerie, Prince Master Rhyme with Jackie, O.G. Rock with Lisa, Mark Ski with Daniel and Mean Gene with Sharon. Then these brothers do a fly routine off of the melody of La La La means I...
Dates: 1983

233-Divine Sounds, Sweet Slick and Sly and Aleem at The Roxy’s (1984, Side A)/Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh and Magic Dee at Harlem World (1984, Side B)/Part two - Kool Moe Dee and L.A. Sunshine with Darrell Cee at unknown location (undated, Side B), 1984

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19495
Scope and Contents Side A: Divine Sounds starts a routine off of Dennis Edwards Don’t Look any further, then Disco Ritchie ask the crowd how do they get their money, “Welfare, Snatching Cazels or food stamps” and then they throw money into the crowd. They also do a routine incorporating KISS FM. They do there hit record What People do for money. Sweet Slick and Sly do a routine with Donald’s Groove and for the first time someone has finally used Fab 5 Freddy’s Down By Law jam. They also do a Rasta routine....
Dates: 1984

234-Stetsasonic, KRS1, and Mikey Dee at USA Roller Rink, 1987

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19496
Scope and content From the Collection:

Approximately 300 Hip Hop party and show tapes collected by Troy L. Smith.

Dates: 1987

235-LL Cool J, SPUD and Grandmaster Vic at The Mysteries Black Just Birthday Party, 1990

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19497
Scope and Contents

They have mini skirt contest going on. LL gets real dirty on the mic. LL DJ’s for a minute. Dewitt DJ’s also. 60 mins.  

Dates: 1990

236-Mic Check Show - Furious Five and Big L at unknown location (1994, Side A)/Lost Boys and Kevie Kev at unknown location (1991, Side B), 1991 - 1994

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19498
Scope and Contents Side A: Mele Mel sings Barry Bee song then they do the High Powered Rap by Crash Crew. Al Scratch DJs Big L does record Put it on produced by Buck Wild. Big L freestyles. Mele Mel speed raps. Kid Kreole goes off. Side B: Lost Boys and Kevie Kev of The Fantastic Five 1991. This is the first annual Wayne basketball tournament. When they give out the trophy’s Kevie kev says get a jeep because the trophy’s are too big.   Kevie Kev and Mr. Cheeks go back and forth on the mic. Kevie Kev does Dota...
Dates: 1991 - 1994

237-Mr. Cheeks at unknown location (1990, Side A)/The Lost Boys at The Quality Inn at La Guardia airport (1992, Side B), 1990 - 1992

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19499
Scope and Contents

Side A: 1990 This is a young Mr. Cheeks known at this time as Cochise. Cochise does a rhyme/slash story about a girl name Donna from Hillside Queens. Spanky Cee, Stretch, Cool Flex and Freaky Ty get on the mic. The DJs are J.T. and Grandmaster Vic. This is mostly the DJ playing records. The equipment belongs to Tape Master Bob. Side B: 1992 The Lost Boys are at The Quility Inn at La Guardia airport. Cochise, Freaky Ty, Green Eyes, Grandmaster Vic, DJ Z, De Witt and Big J Tee. 90 mins.

Dates: 1990 - 1992

238-Love Bug Starski at Willie's Lounge, 1992

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19500
Scope and Contents Love Bug went off. There are millions of these types of mix tapes but Star Ski is one of the true kings of this. On this one Star Ski put in some real work and then let S and S get some too on side. B. Star Ski starts with Nice and Smoothes Hip hop Junkies and then…Star Ski gives a shout out to Erica from the Beef Pattie spot on 125 th street. (Peter Ras’s girl Erica. That’s Peter Ras who use to have the Skunk.) Love Bug gives a shout to the 112 th street Regulators. Rocks cuts like O.P.P,...
Dates: 1992

239-Biggie Smalls, Biz Markie and Busta Rhymes at The Q Club, 150th St., 1994

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19501
Scope and Contents

This is a young Puff Daddy promoted party. DJ Clue and Bizmark are the DJs. Biggie Smalls gets on along with a whole lot of others such as Busta Rhyme, Rampage, Biz Mark and Mic Geronimo. Somebody broke into Bizmark car later on that night.

Dates: 1994

240-Brucie B. at the Roof Top, 1987

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19502
Scope and Contents Wednesday night is ladies night at the Roof Top Brucie Bee rocks slow jams like Be your friend by Precious Wilson and Touch and Go by The Force M.D.s, Colonel Abrams Nameless, Al Greens Everything is going to be alright then turns it up and kills it rocking Dennis Edwards Don't look any further along with the Fresh 3 MCs Fresh, A.J., Friends, Dear Yvette, Milk is Chillin, Sweet T's it's my beat and so many other jams. While this is going down he gives a shout out to the Rasta Crew of 145th...
Dates: 1987