DODGERS
Stretch + Bobbito Show w/Masta Ace Inc, The Roots, Smiff N Wessun, Buckshot (3/16/95)
Side A
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Heather B - All Glocks Down
E Bros - Funky Piano
Gang Starr - Doe in Advance
Organized Konfusion - You Won’t Go Far
Kool G Rap - Take Em To War
Lord Digga - Can You Feel It
Red Hot Lover Tone - 4 My Peeps
Paula Perry, Lord Digga Masta Ace Interview/Freestyle
Masta Ace - The I.N.C. Ride
Side B
The Alkaholiks - The Next Level
Smif-N-Wessun - Wontime
The Roots - Silent Treatment
The Roots Interview/Freestyle
Double X - Money Talks
Showbiz & AG - Next Level
Boot Camp Click - Headz Ain’t Ready
Junior Mafia - Players Anthem
Smif-N-Wessun & Buckshot Freestyle
Side C
Smif-N-Wessun & Buckshot Freestyle (continued)
Heltah Skeltah - Letha Brainz Blo
Mic Break
Buckshot - Trapped
Half A Mil - Another Homicide Scene
Mic Geronimo - Masta I.C.
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The Crooklyn Dodgers: An Oral History (via @RBMA)
Spike Lee’s Crooklyn debuted in cinemas in May of 1994. Changing tact from the combustible racial commentary of Do the Right Thing and his political biopic of Malcolm X, Lee presented Crooklyn as a nostalgia-steeped series of familial vignettes centered on the Carmichael clan in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in the early ’70s. The movie’s soundtrack reflected this vibe with songs by Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone and The Staple Singers. The sole musical nod to Crooklyn’s era of release came from a rap track credited to The Crooklyn Dodgers, an impromptu super-group consisting of the Brooklyn-born rappers Buckshot, Masta Ace and Special Ed. (Production for the song came courtesy of A Tribe Called Quest’s Brooklyn-raised Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Queens ambassador Q-Tip.) [Read More…]