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Pump Up The Guillotine
It’s a 1537 super giveaway dance /hip-hop mash-up weekend! 3 for the price of 2. Here we have MARRS Pump up The Volume, Silver Bullet Bring Forth The Guillotine and 20 Seconds to Comply; one unlikely...
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Warren G Spoilt Everything
Tucked away amongst the 1537 apples of my eye are This DJ and I Shot The Sheriff 12″s by Warren G. Now, I’m no rock snob, hip hop gained a massive ‘in’ with me thanks to the brilliant collision that...
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Judgment Night Judgment
Judgment Night to my mind is proof that a great soundtrack doesn’t necessarily need a great film to be tagged onto it. In fact after owning a copy of this LP since 1993 I only saw the film a year ago...
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It’s A Great Day For Genocide
It’s a great day for genocide (What’s that?) That’s the day all the niggaz died They killed JFK in ’63 So what the fuck you think they’ll do to me? Ice Cube The Predator from 1992 is a real one-song LP...
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Irrational In Ardour
I’ve bought many records over the years for many reasons – out of curiosity, because I read a good review, to be hip and trendy, because of a sticker warning sensitive souls like me about swearing,...
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It’s Da BOMN
Fuck the chickens, I don’t like milk Fuck the chickens, I don’t like milk Yup, let it be known that over here at 1537 I’m not afraid to tackle the music that takes on the big issues in life; you tell...
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I Cut The Head Off The Devil And I Throw It At You
Just listen while I’m dissin’ cause you’re pissin’ me off You gotta love Run DMC. No that’s not a figure of speech, it’s a command – I, 1537, do hereby decree that YOU have to love Run DMC on pain of...
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Cube
Here’s one I quite liked bits of but no-one else did – Ice Cube Lethal Injection. After hitting the post-riot intensity of 1992’s The Predator, Ice seemed to need to kick back and swing a bit more on...
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Smells Like What You Want
Not enough people know Credit To The Nation Call It What You Want, I just love it. Okay, so it has that sample, they were given clearance in 1993 to use that holiest of holies the opening riff to...
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Nope
Public Enemy are easily one of the most important groups in my life, at their thunderous best they managed to serve up absolutely cacophony wrapped around the best political lyrics of their time. They...
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I Got 1537 Problems But Jay-Z Ain’t One
Being the Alpha male I am, there I was pumping iron at the gym on Monday working on my quads*, making sure all the other guys who were there knew I was top dog, just like I had to when I was doing a...
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Hefty Bags
Now y’all may know me as a suave, immaculately attired, gentleman reviewer, peruser of the finer, more cultured things in life, decanting my expertise and good taste to you gratis from my country...
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No One Gets Hurt If They Don’t Act Funny
I don’t give a fuck about the hell’s Gate, ain’t punkin’ the crowd and I’m still standing up straight. So, we pull these jobs to make a little money; No one gets hurt if they don’t act funny. Here’s...
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One Time Resident Of The Prostate
My life changed substantially on 12 January 1995. Had I found God/Marx/Picasso? Finally come to terms with my deviant sexuality? Decided to give away all my worldly possessions and devote my life to...
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The Wildest Thing
Like claps of thunder from the cumulus clouds Double amp up the beats, and make it real LOUD! You can’t beat the combo of Hip-hop braggadocio, hard rock beats and meteorology, I always say*. Now in...
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Fiercely Fierce
When I watched the Mick Jagger film Performance, the main memory I took away with me* was of an astonishing, raw track that was played on the soundtrack at one point, that featured prominent African...
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Positives Dealt With
26 years on from The Last Poets let’s have a look at a bit of middle 90’s hip-hop. I’d pretty much fallen out of love with it at the time, bar a couple of Method Man tracks and Gravediggaz, I’d...
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Jesu Swept
In the unseemly scrimmage of musicians heading for the exit door in 2016 I missed the passing of Prince Be in June, which is a shame as I always had a soft spot for P.M Dawn*. They had a softer, more...
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Do Your Duty LL
God this is a tedious listen! After watching a good interview with Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee last night I found myself craving some hip-hop tonight and so I reached for one of my little...
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Awe Like Sushi
I can’t believe I missed out on Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi first time around, all the way back in 1989; I only picked it up 10 years ago, like some Johnny-come-lately no-mark. Raw Like Sushi is a...
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