In the late ’80s, a New Jersey crew called the Flavor Unit bombstormed rap music. You hear me? Led by DJ Mark the 45 King’s rare 7″ loops and samples, he layed down the bed for MCs Latee, Lakim Shabazz, Queen Latifah, Apache, Lord Alibaski, Double J, and Chill Rob G to wiggle and flex their lyrics ridiculous. Some caught popular rek (Apache, Latifah), but the best under the radar LP may very well have been by Chill Rob G with Ride The Rhythm which came out on Wild Pitch Records in 1989. In this clip, RG destroys it with some of his most classic verses over Mark spinning on the 1 and 2 portable turntables (normally used for digging) with strictly 7″ VINYL–you heard? That’s not easy to all the serrato DJs out there!
This is classic Hip Hop as raw as it gets. Enjoy . . .
Now for the first time ever BOUNCE print issue #18 can be read online! Simply click here or on the top right box on our homepage. You can flip through pages, read your favorite articles, search keywords, download the whole magazine to your desktop, and even print it!
Bounce Magazine contributor Kondo Moussa, who wrote the excellent piece on his homeland of Mali for issue #18 (read it online by clicking the sidebar to the right), recently sent us this photo of his squad:
Keep reppin’ Bounce around the world, our brother!
We got this email today from our former guestblogger Andre Ambrose:
East Flatbush, Brooklyn’s Hoopland will close early January 2009. I need your help to keep the doors open to this place that has given countless young adults an alternative to negative activities. Hoopland has helped children earn scholarships through sports, plus simply provided a forum for them to play and be kids.
We need to show our local politicians how much Hoopland means to our community. Please sign the petition here, read the heart felt comments, and pread this message worldwide.
Jordan Washington led the Panthers to the Funsport title.
Not even heavy snow and frigid temperatures could stop Brooklyn residents from packing Thomas Jefferson HS this weekend to see some of New York’s premiere middle-school talent in the Funsport Inc. playoffs. Read More »
Team Germany’s rugged power forward Ademola “Warrior” Okulaja is known throughout Europe as a tenacious hustler on the court, a player who willingly gives his body and heart to secure a “W.” Now Okulaja is an entirely different battle for his life–the Warrior was diagnosed with cancer in July of 2008. Read More »
We’ve shown TFB a lotta love on www.bouncemag.com and in our print magazine, however seeing them do a show seems like a whole ‘notha level of what they are capable of. This clip was from the City Of Palms Classic, in front of a packed crowd of 3,000. The squad was repped by Jonsey, Werm, Golden Child, and Guy Dupuy. This is crazy:
To book TFB for half-time shows, exhibition, etc., contact:
Charles Millan: teamflightbrothers@yahoo.com
David Astramskas: astramskas@gmail.com
Travel along with adidas and Dwight Howard as they film a spot at an NBA Testing Ground Center at a secret, undisclosed location for the new adidas TS BOUNCE Commander. The commercial calculates Dwight’s yearly jumping stats, converting his functional energy into various statistics–pretty cool, methinks
