rip mca

early rappers

Frankly, I think those 'who invented rap' or 'which precursors came close' discussions are a bit pointless - unless you like to spend a few hours chewing the fat among music freaks, of course. To me, James Brown is the godfather - point final - and as for the noble art of jiving to music (aka parlando) ... that's been around as long as jazz (the rhythm in R'n'B) has existed, no? Anyhows, see also http://uzine.posterous.com/dave-bartholomews-saga-of-new-orleans-rhythm for "The monkey" and http://uzine.posterous.com/beginners-guide-to-rhythm-n-blues for "Jack that cat was clean" both of which are also featured on yet another cool Trikont v/a comp "Early Rappers - Hipper Than Hop - The Ancestors Of Rap" … apparently volume one in a series. Hey and dig those Last Poets lyrics too, you 99%ers y'all!

seven oft sampled minutes

Wholedarnfamily

Most of us first got to know this August Moon & Tyrone Thomas track via EPMD's "It's my thing" in 1988, I guess. More recently the original 1976 lp on Soul International has been reprinted (on coloured vinyl) via Amherst (cat. no. AMH 5511, 2009, still available). And see also: http://www.4080records.com/2008/11/23/classic-breaks-seven-minutes-of-funk/

stijn & reggie watts riots

Stijn & Reggie Watts live at Vooruit (Ghent) 2011-03-23. Do check the images at the end of the Cobra video link. (Too bad the mp3's of the "Ueberzip n°7" download do not give full info when you open them in iTunes.)
http://www.mijnlabel.com/
http://www.reggiewatts.com/
http://vooruit.be/nl/serie/57/events
http://www.zipstick.be/ > download "Überzip n°7"
http://www.cobra.be/cm/cobra/cobra-mediaplayer/podium/1.990501