Tuesday 31 October 2017

Halloween Podcast Flashback!

If you've never heard the infamous 2011 ABU Halloween Podcast then you're in for a ghoulish treat!

Get your lugs around the 13th episode.
Best experienced with snug headphones in a darkened room preferably with a roasting fire.

Wednesday 25 October 2017

67 ABU Show October 2017

We're back! 
This Thursday sees the return of the ABU Podcast.
And not only that but we're being broadcast back on Disco Scratch Radio.
It's like old times!
Join us tomorrow for two hours for classic and new hip-hop, electro and funky breaks and a goodie bag full of other tasty treats that you will not hear on any other generic 'rap music' radio show.

Listen here from 9pm for the show.
In fact, you tune in to Disco Scratch Radio at any time now as the music runs 24/7.
Whenever you need a good hit of some hip-hop dopeness just go to DSR.
N.b. Go to the site NOW to find which of the audio links works best for you.

If you can't make i on Thursday then the link to stream/download the show will appear below as if by magic.....

Things to look out out for this month:

  • Two songs from the 'Oi, That Ain't Hip-Hop' Dept
  • An alarmingly-quick pitch-bend during a mix
  • A hipster with a very envious 'vinyls" collection
  • And of course, The Legendary ABU Guff Sound


Friday 20 October 2017

ABU 67 Coming Soon


Oh yeah.....this.
Coming soon......

The Man Who Forgot He Was a Rap Legend


Think about the older generation of rappers. How many can you name that are living the lifestyle they once wished they had in their rhymes? Not many is it?
There seems to be this thing in hip hop that the younger ones don't seem to pay homage to the masters which is completely contrary in other music genres such as rock where it's seen as almost a rite of passage that you must know about those who came first.

One such artist from the old school seemed to disappear off our collective radar years ago in the mid-1980s after a modest career rhyming over the top of maverick producer, Mantronik's futuristic hip-hop beats.

T La Rock was a very affable type of guy with a commanding voice and complex rhymes for years and then...? Where did he go?
I must confess that I had no idea until I read this piece. And while very shocking it is also a great life-affirming piece of journalism which has given me even more respect to the man, Tee Elle Ay Ara Oh See Kay.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-man-who-forgot-he-was-a-rapper

A Stable Sound Episode 8: The Nautilus Special


Bob James' Nautilus is one of hip hop's best jazz-funk steals. It seems you cannot go wrong with this song whenever you try to sample it. It oozes the funk with it soft Rhodes keys throughout and then when the drums do their thing just raises to another level. Any part of it can be sampled and sound good.

Cut Chemist is certainly one of the song's better fans and here is his Stable Sound Podcast which highlights Nautilus and brings together the many artists that have flipped it including Eric B. & Rakim, Jeru The Damaja, Onyx, A Tribe Called Quest and more.



https://www.mixcloud.com/Cut_Chemist/the-nautilus-special/

Albee Square Mall t-shirt

A name that's synonymous with late 80s NY hip hop is the Albee Square Mall - the Downtown Brooklyn shopping centre that was a meeting place and hangout spot for many youths.
Biz Markie even made an ode to his favourite retail spot on his first album, Goin' Off.

This very exclusive design (by LG) is available as a tee, hoodie or sweatshirt. However time is limited and you'll need to get your orders in by 28th Oct.

Another sureshot design from Lovegrove I'm sure you'll agree.
For more details go here but do it quickly.


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