Friday, March 31, 2023

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

DEF JAM BLASTER PRESENTS MR 3-2 & BIG MIKE - THE GOVERNER & THE PETER MAN (unreleased music 1989-1992)

 


Def Jam Blaster presents

Mr.3-2 (Convicts / Blac Monks) & Big Mike (Convicts / Geto Boys)

The Governor & The Peter Man

unreleased music 1989-1992

Limited to 160 hand numbered copies.

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Some background info on some of the tracks > via @gravefillersrecordsandtapes

"Watch you back" was intended as the sequel to the track

Dj Akshen (aka Scarface) - Scarface.

3-2 was on the cover of that 12", before Scarface went to Rap-a-Lot.

"Straight from the county" 

was recorded after the

Convicts album

and legend says that 3-2 took it to Dr. Dre

who used the same sample for the track

"A n***a with a gun".

"Once upon a time" is one of the dopest story telling track ever recorded by Big Mike.

"Don't let the smooth taste fool you"

was originally intended as a solo track for Bushwick Bill but it never got released.

All the tracks have been professionally remastered from the original stems.

Not many copies left,

grab your copy before they're sold out!

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

SLAUGHTERHOUSE interview (originally featured in FatCap #19)

 


On the second floor at Blå in Oslo we met the rap super group Slaughterhouse.

Founded in 2008, and released their self-titled debut album in 2009 and existing of Crooked |, Joe Budden, Joel Ortiz and Royce Da 5 ‘9, it’s a sweaty powerhouse of rappers we chat up with after their energetic performance.

But how did the story start?

We all participated on Joe Budden’s Halfway House project, we did a record with him, and it was called Slaughterhouse. It pretty much started from there. The fans appreciated it from the get go, they loved it immediately and asked if we would do more music together. We had a little sit down after that where we went, "listen to this”. So we started from there, and the fans contributed to the start of the group.

You have different backgrounds and represent L.A., Detroit to New Jersey and New York. Of many rappers, why pairing the four of you together? Were there a deeper thought behind the composition of the group?

I think Joe had. I think he was going for what he thought was the hottest dudes on the net. That’s it, it was like that. When we put out the first song out we didn’t know it was going to be received like it was, it was crazy. So when we all looked at the reactions to the song it inspired us to keep working together, and eventually the fans made us and kept us together as a group. We decided to go ahead and do a whole album together, start something new and something else.

You did the Slaughterhouse album on Koch (E1 Music). The record sales are at its all time low. What do you think about that and why did you go major?

Regarding the record sales: As a group it puts us in front of a bigger audience, more people to listen in on what we are talking about. On the question on going major we get a chance to get on TV-shows, in magazines, some of those major things that there are more of on this level than on an independent level. I don’t think that major labels would help us music wise, but we get the bigger audience, and bigger stage to perform on and from.

You are a major group, possibly the biggest group in rap we’ve heard of in many years. Together as a group you’re already what can be called a super group.

Thank you very much.

One of the songs on the Slaughterhouse album, “Move On”, addresses Hip Hop journalists bringing up old issues and asking the same generic questions every time. Basically telling them to move on. You’re saying that you have expressed everything there is to say, has there been any reactions and are people more reluctant to ask about these things now?

Yes and no. You're actually kind of doing it right now. (laugh). No, but the meaning of the song was that you have these little thing that gets big, and then, hold up! We wont talk about that no more! Move on, because we did. The motherfuckers don’t know us! So we wanted to put it all out there. Like Eminem did with 8 mile, let them know exactly who we are and who we were. We couldn't say it all before, but know everybody knows whom we were, where we came from originally. We were someone before the group, we have our histories and it’s behind us. We have moved on from there.

So it was a way to start fresh?

Yeah, exactly. Get on some new shit.

As you might know we are a graffiti magazine. Were any of you ever involved in the graffiti scene or any other elements of the Hip Hop culture?

All we do now is rap. But when | (Joel Ortiz) was young | used to draw graffiti. When | was in school I would be shitty at working, but | was drawing graffiti. | used to pass the time that way and | loved it. I had a big graffiti book that my cousin in Brooklyn gave me when | was nine, and that gave me an in sight into the graffiti culture. We would spray-paint all over the walls.

Do you (Joel Ortiz) know some local artists from your area?

| remember Domain. He used to go around and say; “My name is Domain, | own the A-train”. There was no place in Brooklyn you couldn't see his name. Even in some of the most awkward and crazy places, like wicked spots on the edge of the rail track roofs. He would have been hold from his feets. It’s ridiculous what lengths they would go to get their names up.

What about you Crooked I, tell us a little about who you see up in L.A.?

(Crooked I) My main man was Double S. If you ever go to L.A, and you are in South Central California, there is a street called Slauson Avenue. You ride down the whole avenue, and the whole street is just bombed, by incredible artists. Even the homies 83rd Street Gangster Crips and Rollin 60s has their shit up there. Great artwork. Check it out, Slauson Avenue.
 
So, why go for the group name Slaughterhouse?

It goes back to where it all started, the first record. It was named Slaughterhouse, so when we looked for a name it fit. We also used it in freestyles. Like “We put the other rappers in the meat locker. Slaughter them up”. So that was it. Murder, murder, murder. Kill, kill, kill.

Note! The interview was done i 2010, before they signed to Shady/Interscope. Welcome to: Our House (2012) the only and last album they released on Shady was sadly filled with wack beats and corny hooks. Their career as a collective pretty much died after that album.

The interview was originally featured in FatCap #19



FAVORITE SLAUGHTERHOUSE TRACKS


-Move on ^^^^^^^^

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Friday, March 24, 2023

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

GOAL - ALL IN ONE > the book (Konturforlag)


 

Text by Tobias Barenthin Lindblad

 
Goal is Norway’s most internationally recognized graffiti artist.
Since he began painting his technically detailed and colorful letters, he has traveled around the world building networks of like-minded people and painted with respected and famous artistson several continents. Goal has since 1984 been an important player in the development of the Norwegian hip hop culture.

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History from the first tag in 1984... 
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Format: 300 x 230 mm
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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Saturday, March 18, 2023

BEAT THIS! a Hip Hop history (documentary > BBC/SVT 1984)

 


BEAT THIS! A Hip Hop History is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip hop culture.
Directed by Dick Fontaine and narrated by Gary Byrd.
The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc, The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay,
Brim TATS crew, NYC vandal squad Ski and Hicky,
Soul Sonic Force, Arthur Baker and The Dynamic Rockers.

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Friday, March 17, 2023

Breakers Revenge NM 1997 ft. Atomic B-Boys / Ken Swift / Wild Katz / B-Girl Kerstin


Breakers Revenge `97, the Norwegian championship in breaking

ft. Atomic B-Boys and the show by the judges; Ken Swift, Wild Katz (Kenneth Fogel) and B-Girl Kerstin.

Breakers Revenge `97, the Norwegian championship in breaking - Grorud Samfunnshus, Oslo.

Placement crews:

-1st place: Atomic B-Boys.
-2nd place: Paulo "Paulito" Herrera and Almareo "Reo" Mathuga (crew name unknown).
-3rd place: Rhythm Rockers.
-4th place: Stumbling Moves.

Other competing crews were:

-Tricky Treatment.
-Heartbreakers, Shadows.
and
-Funk Freaks.

Placements solo:

-3rd place: Paulo "Paulito" Herrera.

Sean got 1st place in electric boogie.

ICEHOTEL - The icebreakers in Jukkasjärvi 2011

 


The ICEBREAKERS is a crew consisting of 4 members, they only break on ice.
The footage shows a session at ICEHOTEL on the Torne River in november 2011.



Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Rasmus Berg of Madness4real interview in FatCap issue #17 > 2010


This interview was done and published in our issue #17, 2010. Rasmus of Madness 4 Real has passed on since then, rest in peace. Enjoy the interview.

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Madness 4 Real Productions, established in 1986, have been producing rap for nearly two decades. Starting their career in their homeland Denmark, in Copenhagen the duo quickly gained motive and relocated to Los Angeles. During the height of the gangster rap era they developed their own unique sound. Working closely with Eazy-E, they developed an understanding for the music and the requirements of the artist. During this time Madness 4 Real traveled throughout the US and worked with different artists, both in Atlanta and in New York.


Tell me about your early years. When did you get into Hip Hop?

I started listening to rap in 1983-84. After I heard “The Message” for the first time, | was down with rap from day one! Later | was inspired by movies like Wild Style and Beat Street, and the book Subway Art. The rest is history...
I've been around the world because of Hip Hop. I’ve had a great life so far!

Did you break or write graffiti before you settled down to music?

I started out with graffiti and breaking. We had a local crew called Thunder Force, and we battled Snoopi Force, which Rens and my Madness 4 Real partner, Nick, was a part of back then. This was 1985-86!

Did you enter any dance competitions?

No competitions, but | came second in a Break battle on Strøget (Copenhagen's shopping street), wearing white glows and Cazals! That's my claim to fame.

You also did a little writing. What did you write?

I was in a crew called Thunder Force and | wrote Zulu2.

Were you serious? Did you hit trains?

Not very serious. | was out a couple of times with my old homie, Rens , but | was more into music. His father owned a record store and got all the newest shit from the States. It was the Mr. Magic Show non stop!

You were raised in Hillerød. That's the same area as Rens, a legendary Danish writer, was raised. Did you ever hang out as kids?

We've been hanging out since 1985-86. TAV 4 LIFE!

Did you keep track of the graffiti scene, or was it all about the music?

In Denmark, people doing rap music and people doing graff have always been together. | was on the outside looking in because graff was the thing | started out with. | was impressed every time | saw something new and fresh on the walls. An artist like Bates always gets it fired up.

In my opinion the A-Line was one of the most bombed lines in Copenhagen. So when you took the train as a kid, all the way from Hillerød to the city, you must have noticed the graffiti along the train tracks?

This is why it was our favorite inspiration. If you wanted to find something that could remind you of the graffiti and Hip Hop scene from the US, you took a trip up the A-line or to the Hillerød yard. Back in the days you could paint there in the daytime and get away with it!

Do you have any favourite graffiti writers?


It's no secret that rap music has gone from underground to mainstream, while graffiti remains in the underground. A lot of these artists still struggle for recognition and to earn a living. How come rap artists that have the means to get other rappers exposure, don’t help them out a little?

It should still be about peace, love and unity, like back in the days, but now it's all about money. In a way | can understand it because we all want money, but for me it's more important to do my own thing with Madness 4 Real and a team called T.E.AM. - which stands for Together Everyone Are More.

Phase5 has opened a Graffiti Art Gallery. Have you checked it out yet? Do you buy paintings by graffiti artists if you see something you like?

Yes, I've been there and | think it's a terrific initiative. | have bought some paintings myself, and think it’s a great way to support your favorite artist. Everybody should do it.

Most of what I've heard from you is West Coast inspired type of beats. Was this the style you did from day one?

Not in the beginning. We did much more diverse music in those days, and it was far from the L.A. sound we hear today. Back in the days we were more inspired by jazz, rock and funk. We sampled everything and run them in loops. When we came to LA. the first time, we saw LA ‘Dre in Eazy-E’s studio, playing keyboard over sampled beats and we got a real kick out of it. We started combining our Hip Hop backgrounds from our ASR-10 with a lot of keyboards and synths that we bought, and not long after this we made beats for Eazy-E, MC Ren, WC, Ice Cube, Da Lench Mob, Rakim, K-Dee and others.

Did you get any coaching from LA ‘Dre in the beginning?

No, we only got to watch him make his music, He was an in-house producer for Ruthless Records back then.

Who was the first artist you produced in LA. and what track was it?

Eazy-E's "Merry Muthafuckin Xmas», featuring Dolomite - Will 1 X (Will.I.Am), Menajahtwa and Buckwheet.

What artists/producers inspired you when you were a kid?

I got the most inspiration from my other crew members; Blæs B, Joker Jay, and Nick. These guys are still my biggest inspiration.

You formed DGP (Den Gale Pose) with Jokeren as your lead rapper when you came home from L.A. - tell us how that got started.

We had been working as a rap group since ’86-87, so when we went to the states in ’92, it was a natural step back then.

You sold quite a few albums in Denmark, right?

Yes.

You broke up a while ago, what happened?

We had different goals and ambitions.


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Some writers I spoke to called this a sell out move because DSB never supported Hip Hop.
Do you agree with that?

Get that money, homie! He gets paid by the DSB. That's hilarious!

What other projects are you working on at the moment?

We're doing six albums this year! First out is Smokenhagen Sessions. hits the streets in may with a lot of international guest artists like Proof of D12 (R.I.P), Erick Sermon, Will.I.Am from Black Eyed Peas and others. We're also doing a similar compilation with Danish Artists, such as Outlandish, Jokeren, Loc., Clemens, Burhan G. etc.
Later this year, our Danish rap artist, Supajan will release his album, and we have great expectations for our German rapper, called Bens.

Next year we are doing a DVD and a soundtrack with Dubcnn, with artists like Lil Scrappy, Dresta, 40 Glock affiliate G-unit, Kurupt, Bad Azz, Big Syke from Outlaws, Young Hoggs and many more.

J-Ro of Tha Alkaholiks moved to Sweden, a couple of years ago. I heard the track you did with him and Keith Murray, how did that track come about?

The song is on Smokenhagen Sessions. It was originally meant for J-Ro's album. Go and check it out, he's really putting it down on that track!

Have you done any more work together?

Yes, we have done several tracks, both with him and with Mic Geronimo and with Tha Alkaholiks.

| heard you've got a production company where you sell beats for other projects trough your network. How does this work, and can upcoming producers submit beats?

Everybody can submit if they are serious and dedicated. Hit us up on our MySpace page and send us your five best beats, and we send trough our system. We believe in team work!

More and more artists collaborate trough Internet. Is this a process that you embrace or do you miss the days when artists actually worked together in a studio?

Something magical happens when producer and a rapper work together in a studio. The new direction of internet sharing has made people making beats, beat makers instead of producers.
 
Doesn't this bother you? Wouldn't it be better if the artists work with the producers in the studio, instead of this indirect communication?

It is no concern of mine. One of the greatest things of our generation is that we have gone from an analogue to a digital era. It's a natural development. There is no right or wrong in building up a track or song, it's only your imagination. When it comes to producing vocals it’s different. To catch the moment in a studio. To mix and engineer a vocal is much greater work. It's a science and you have to have the passion for it.

True, but | can't help missing the days of the "DJ and the Rapper.” Now it all sounds like compilations, and not one artist's piece of work. Speaking of albums sounding like compilations, how come there are so few albums these days produced from start to finish by one producer or team?

Because rappers spend all their money on tits and ass! lt sounds funny, but it's true.

How did you hook up with Eazy-E and Ruthless Records?

The manager we used in those days got us hooked with Doug Young, Ruthless’ radio promoter at that time. We met him for the first time in Denmark in 1988 when he was manager for Low Profile who had artists like WC and DJ Alladin. Doug Young is a legend in his profession and we still get mad props for him! Besides being manager for Low Profile he was the radio for Ruthless’ earliest releases and for Death Row from 1992. A legend bro!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Doug left Death Row around 1994?

Yep, I will correct you. He left around 1996.

Where did he go from there? What is he up to these days?

Don't know. Haven't spoken to him or seen him for a long time. He visited us here in Europe a couple of times. | got the feeling he left the industry.

Since he worked over at Death Row, did you ever get invited to work with them?

Yes, but about the time they approached us we were working with Dresta and B.G. KnoccOut on a song called “Dogg Pound Killa," and that made it less tempting for them.

I've heard that you worked in the legendary Audio Achievements studios in Torrance, where Dr. Dre produced numerous classics. Shit, that must have been incredible! 

Yep! We came in for a long period of time and worked there with Eazy-E and all his artists. It was both incredible and surreal. The collaboration with the studios owner, Donovan ‘The Dirt Biker’, was great. We are still in contact with him.

| didn't know that. Is the studio still around?

No. It was moved after an overflowing, but the studio is occasionally active elsewhere.

You guys became Ruthless in-house producers. Did you ever feel any pressure, creatively, to follow up Dre's legacy?

No, no pressure. We made beats from sunrise to sundown, and we made some of our best work there. It was all good.

Was it your decision to follow the G-Funk trend?

Yes. We were inspired by G-Funk in those days.

When listening to some of the tracks you did, I see that you caught the theme of the albums pretty well. Were you given any directions on either of the projects, regarding the sound they were looking for, by an A&R or the artists themselves?

Thanks man, it makes me happy to hear that. We just fired away and got into the spirit of it. That’s it!

I checked the credits on some of the albums you worked on. It says "recorded and mixed by Donavan ‘The Dirt Biker'.” Does this mean you just submitted the beats and actually didn’t produce them?

We produced and recorded all the songs with Donovan. We produced the vocals together and he pushed the buttons. Everything in those days was recorded analogue on two tape recorders with huge mixers. Not like today, where mostly everything is digital.

Another thing | noticed on some of the Eazy-E tracks is that you also are credited as writer. Did you write Eazy-E's lyrics?

No. Not that can | remember. My partner, Nick, was Santa Claus (on Eazy-E's “Merry Muthafuckin Xmas’), and the rest of us were shouting in the background Maybe that's what you mean?

Was Eazy as louzy on the mic as Dr. Dre and D.O.C said? Did you have to use hours upon hours to get his vocals right?

It was two lines at the time with Eazy, he wasn't a rapper. Eazy was an entertainer and the man behind everything. He's the godfather of gangster rap and without him we wouldn’t have any 50 Cent or Game today. Respect!

On “Down To The Last Roach” you open with some words for Dr. Dre. Were this meant as retaliation for Dre's words for you guys on “Deeez Nutz?”

It was all Eazy-E's idea. He had a good laugh on the behalf of his old partner.

You also worked with Dr. Jam on a couple of tracks, what's up with him?

He's one of the chiefs at Danmarks Radio.

Your manager was Carsten Willer at the time, right?

Yes.

I heard he fucked you for some money or some shit?

Yeah. He thought of himself as a gangster and spent our money like they were his own, so we jetted.

What went down?

Alot of bullshit.

What's he up to these days?

Not a clue.

Did you ever deal with Jerry Heller?

Yep!

In your opinion, is Jerry the shiesty business man that Dre and Cube claimed him to be?

I met him again last time we were there and made a movie with Dubcnn, and he is still the same as he ever was — Number 1.

Or are all managers a little shiesty?

Not what | think, mayn!

At the time you guys were working with MC Ren, Cube and Da Lench Mob their lyrics were pretty racist. It must have been hilarious at times being a white dude from Denmark! Did you ever feel any reversed racism?

Not much, but one time DJ Train, MC Ren's DJ tried to pull something, but his own homies told him to let it go. Actually it was all pretty cool. In those days we weren't the enemy because we came from Europe.

I read in "Dansk Hip Hop Kultur siden 83" that you guys got “smoked in” at the first studio session with Eazy-E, did you guys hit it off or was it all “just another day at the office?”

He was great to hang with. He was a hustler, but a nice one, and he was always game for a laugh, once we went bowling Eazy pulled out his own bowling ball with his initials engraved on the ball, it was fucking ridiculous! That was a good day.

It sounds like you had a lot of fun while recording tracks like “Merry Fuckin X-Mas” and “Down to the last roach.” Are those the only tracks you did with him?

We did more, but the others never got published, and l am sorry to say | don't have any copies.

Who did you enjoy the most working with?

It must have been Ice Cube, His creative power is unbelievable, and he hit us so hard vocally that we could use most of it on the first take! He had ideas for everything, everything from scratches to intros.

What projects are you most pleased with from your "L.A. period?”

All of them! 'm proud of them all, mayn!

Why did you leave L.A.?

Even more bullshit!

Are you still in contact with the artists you worked with back then?

Yes. We are stil in touch with a lot of them, and the future will show how strong the connections is.

I heard you guys have worked on new tracks with Dresta. What's the status on this?

We have worked with him on his new record, there are 5 or 6 tracks finished so far.

I also wanna use this opportunity to send a shout out to FatCap for always representing graff, music and Hip Hop. To Tommy Tee A true Scandinavian legend. Lots of props to the whole M4R inc.

The tracks produced during their L.A period in the 90’s (youtube links) >

DA LENCH MOB
-Goin’ bananas (video) >



K-DEE

B.G. KNOCC OUT & DRESTA
-D.P.G./K (Dogg Pound Killa) video >




WC

EAZY-E






MC REN




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