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Box 5

 Container

Contains 54 Results:

251-Cipher of Sounds, Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash at unknown location, 1979

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19513
Scope and Contents

DJ Prince Devine is on the turntables doing his thing with MC Spanky rocking the mic. Spank does the 369 a monkey drunk wine rhyme. the other MCs are Jamel and Artie Art. a female m.c comes on and she states she is the only female of the crew and her name is Jazzy. Flash and Mel run in and do 15 minutes on this tape. Flash kills on the turntables again and Mel as well on the mic. In fact this is the first time I hear Mel do a rhyme in Disco Bee's name. 60 mins.

Dates: 1979

252-Grandmaster Flash tape made for Money Mike, 1983

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19514
Scope and Contents

Flash made this for Money Mike and Only Money Mike. Flash says numerous times during the tape "if you got this tape you are dead wrong this tape belongs to Money Mike. Money Mike do not give this tape to anyone.

Dates: 1983

253-Brucie B. Block Party with DJ Hollywood at outside jam in Harlem on 111th street, 1986

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19515
Scope and Contents

Brucie Bee is the DJ with DJ Hollywood rocking with him. This is an outside jam in Harlem on 111th street on the Westside. The crowd is rocking with Hollywood as he plays jams like That's what you get for being polite by Michael Jackson Keep Rising to the top and other jams like If I ruled the world and his infamous routine Pootang.)

Dates: 1986

254-KRS1 at unknown location in Japan (1990, Side A)/Big Daddy Kane at unknown location (1991, side B), 1990 - 1991

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: tr-19516
Scope and Contents

Side A: KRS1 rocking with his crew Mrs. Melody Willie Dee and the rest in Japan. Japan knows the words. Side B: This is a Big Daddy Kane jam. Biz, Tragedy and others get on with Big Daddy Kane but a young Jay Z and Tragedy tear it up.

Dates: 1990 - 1991