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melle mel appreciation thread

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:53 pm
by showguns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liblImjNpnw

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gussied up way before andre 3000

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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:59 pm
by FSTZ
yuss!

I remember the early days of hiphop

Flash, the furious 5, bambatta (who is still rockin it mind you)!!

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:32 pm
by boomnoise
thought this was going to be about our very own melle mel bribkin

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:47 am
by zap pow
All about getting the 7" of "Step Off" from woolworths with your pocket money.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:59 am
by frebentos
have any of you read, "Cant stop wont stop: a history of the hip hop generation" by Jeff Chang?

A thourghly good read taking you from the 1960's to 2002, for those into hip hop its a must.

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:17 am
by diss04
melle mel is a ledgend!

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:22 am
by zap pow
boomnoise wrote:thought this was going to be about our very own melle mel bribkin
I imagine they don't get mixed up very often... :D

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:26 pm
by tha_illsta
zap pow wrote:All about getting the 7" of "Step Off" from woolworths with your pocket money.
Agreed... all about paying 50p for a 7" down wooolies..

Still got it today, nearly 30 years later, and it plays fine.

HaHa beat that, Mp3 heads :in 30 years that drive/computer/ipod will be a museum piece!!!

unless of course you fancy re-archiving your shizz every 5 years zzzzzzzzz...

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:04 pm
by zap pow
THA ILLSTA wrote:
Agreed... all about paying 50p for a 7" down wooolies..

Still got it today, nearly 30 years later, and it plays fine.

HaHa beat that, Mp3 heads :in 30 years that drive/computer/ipod will be a museum piece!!!

unless of course you fancy re-archiving your shizz every 5 years zzzzzzzzz...
ha ha! I'm getting that sucker out tonight and playing part one and two! :D

"I'm like shakespear, I'm a pioneer"

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:20 pm
by showguns
zap pow wrote:
THA ILLSTA wrote:
Agreed... all about paying 50p for a 7" down wooolies..

Still got it today, nearly 30 years later, and it plays fine.

HaHa beat that, Mp3 heads :in 30 years that drive/computer/ipod will be a museum piece!!!

unless of course you fancy re-archiving your shizz every 5 years zzzzzzzzz...
ha ha! I'm getting that sucker out tonight and playing part one and two! :D

"I'm like shakespear, I'm a pioneer"
wanna post up an mp3 of it? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:37 pm
by zap pow
showguns wrote: wanna post up an mp3 of it? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hmm maybe one with me rapping ineptly on top of it after several cans, yeah.

"well I was sitting on the corner just a wasting my time when I realised I was the king of the rhyme, I got on the microphone and whadaya see, the rap was my legacy, I was born to be the king of the bebop swing, something something" *falls over*

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:37 pm
by zap pow
*gets up*

"diamond rings"