tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24112405166324186692024-03-14T07:58:59.385-07:00Run The LineMark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-9112434833571195842015-05-28T18:54:00.001-07:002015-05-28T18:54:22.611-07:00Evolution of The B-Boy Series 4...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What's good folks. Series 4 of my Evolution Of The B-Boy Stickerpacks are now up for sale over at <a href="http://www.mark563art.bigcartel.com/">www.mark563art.bigcartel.com</a> - In this pack you get stickers of Run (Run DMC), Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys), Posdnuos (De La Soul) and Ice Cube.</span><br />
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Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-8800521810717983092014-11-10T14:30:00.000-08:002014-11-10T14:30:43.320-08:00Evolution Of The B-Boy Series 3 - Coming Soon.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I know, I know - it's been an absolute age since I updated this blog, but trust me when I say that doesn't mean I haven't been working my socks off on new artwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once they are ready, I'll let you all know - you'll be able to buy them direct from us over at our bigcartel store: <a href="http://www.mark563art.bigcartel.com/">www.mark563art.bigcartel.com</a> , and if you missed out on series 1 or series 2, both are still in stock.</span><br />
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Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-24202296973177412122014-04-13T19:26:00.000-07:002014-04-13T19:26:14.019-07:00Evolution Of The B-Boy Series 2 - Sticker Packs...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What's new, folks? Much like my previous post, my freelance work has been keeping me pretty busy. However, in between projects I managed to find time to knock out the second series of vector designs for my Evolution Of The B-Boy sticker packs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In this pack you get 4 x high quality contour-cut stickers featuring the second 4 illustrations from Mark 563’s Evolution of The B-Boy series. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1 x each of Rakim, KRS-One, Biz Markie & Ice-T (between 3.5” and 3.8” tall).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">$10 (Aus) plus very reasonable worldwide postage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you missed Series 1, we still have plenty of packs for sale, so be sure to take advantage of our double-pack offer.</span><br />
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Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-79271560863319352352013-11-21T17:48:00.001-08:002013-11-21T17:48:44.625-08:00Evolution of The B-Boy - Sticker Packs...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hi guys. I can't believe it's almost Christmas time. Things here have really picked up, with a lot of freelance work popping off since I set up my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mark563art">Facebook</a> art page.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />Despite the work load, I'm excited to have finally sorted out some top quality sticker packs of my first round of Evolution Of The B-Boy vector illustrations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They are available to buy from my <a href="https://mark563art.bigcartel.com/">store</a> and the info is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For all you lucky folks readin this blog, we are offering a 10% discount on all sales for this launch weekend by entering the code BLOG10 - Discount valid until Sunday 24th November 2013.</span></div>
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<br />Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-10374642185735275822013-10-28T15:37:00.000-07:002013-10-28T15:37:07.547-07:00Terror Green...<div class="MsoNormal">
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feel terrible for not posting more frequently. All the usual excuses apply –
work, family, etc – but I’ve been meaning to keep this place flowing, so thanks
for continuing to check it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With that said, one of the more exciting projects I’ve been
working on lately has finally come into fruition. The good folk over at Heavy
Jewelz Records got in touch, asking for me to do some illustration for their
latest limited vinyl project, and I was over the moon to be contacted.</span></div>
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demo recordings of Brooklyn native, Terror Green. His ’45 Stitches’ (featured
on this 12”) was one of Stretch & Bobbito’s most requested demo tracks, so
you know this is certified.</span></div>
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illustrate an alternative sticker / cover for the test press vinyl release, and
below is what I came up with.</span></div>
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Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-79870649278754485552013-06-10T23:22:00.000-07:002013-06-10T23:22:14.583-07:00Portrait Of A Masterpiece...<div class="MsoNormal">
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updated this blog, and even longer since I last posted an album homage. So,
luckily for you guys, I’ve pulled my finger out and knocked up this reworking
of NWA affiliate and legend in his own right, The D.O.C’s ‘No One Can Do It
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Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-41152013474322761942012-11-08T19:47:00.001-08:002012-11-08T19:47:43.455-08:00Something For The Blunted...<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Afternoon all. As ever, life has been crazy, but not so crazy that I didn't have time to flip another new Hip Hop vector illustration.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cypress Hill were the first Hip Hop act I ever saw live - way back in the mid '90s, touring their breakthrough smash, 'Black Sunday' - supported by another couple of favourites of mine, Lords of The Underground and Funkdoobiest at Brixton Academy. The show was bonkers, and a great introduction to live Hip Hop.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Since then, I've seen Cypress Hill perform a number of times, and have been a longterm, loyal fan. To pay my respects, I knocked up this illustration and thought I'd share it with you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />All the best,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Afternoon folks. Here's my latest vector illustration homage to a classic Hip Hop album. For this installment, I flipped the West Coast, Hi<span style="font-size: x-small;">e</span>roglyphics crew, Souls Of Mischief banger, '93 'Til Infinity'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This time, I'm back on track with my album illustrations, and this one's a fitting choice, considering the artists in question are about to hit Melbourne for their first ever Australian tour. I've long been a ridiculously crazed Das EFX fan, so felt turning my hand to a sketch of their incredible debut album, 'Dead Serious', was long overdue.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Make sure you check out their live show if you can, and have a butchers at my illustration below (click to enlarge).</span></span><br />
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for the last few weeks. I’d like to say I dusted off my vinyl copies of ‘Yo!
Bum Rush The Show’, ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ and ‘Fear
Of A Black Planet’ and give them a good spin, but my turntables have been
packed away for a while now (making room for the family), so instead, I’ve been
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Busy as ever here, which has meant personal artwork has taken a bit of a back seat. That said, I finally finished off another album illustration. Check it out below, I’m sure you’ll recognise the classic Dr. Dre ‘The Chronic’ album.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"">Have a butchers, and feel free to leave some feedback.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"">Cheers, big-ears,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"">Mark 563</span></p> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvCaAJC5GxCwFVp-AozqukYpVt3Nb-6oB5KxIyqkpo-zL6LGOGO_Xnjw-Xzz_SNqbc64agsG9VicArUoYulUJrz4ETCdJ6OGToPVtKMiuSHMXI3rZvdy6hsRZxrmru5AKgSXStyUgP5Q/s1600/Dr+Dre+Chronic+Album+SMALL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" 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563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-86064527689757315442012-03-04T20:48:00.002-08:002012-03-04T20:52:01.592-08:00Who Got The Props...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> <w:word11kerningpairs/> 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I’ve got a new album illustration for you. This time it’s a personal favourite of mine from the early 1990s – Black Moon’s ‘Enta Da Stage’.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Have a look below and let me know what you reckon.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All the best,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mark 563</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K-DI4O6MOiVtte5qx4e8ZLu125E9smFmm_Kzua3AalG77iFZvePxwM4xqYGldXDAmikQcYhjkLi3cLBX8sJvr2JZ3LG4DdWT1XRinckG4YERwEZFkQM2kFe2CBAqUZYErkomM_8ke9w/s1600/Black+Moon+Enta+Da+Stage+Album+SMALL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" 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563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-79569935132011360702012-02-09T18:58:00.000-08:002012-02-09T19:06:43.528-08:00High Rollers...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> <w:word11kerningpairs/> 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mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Back again with another album illustration. This time it’s my take on the West Coast classic ‘Power’ by the legendary Ice-T.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Have a look below (click to enlarge) and let me know what you think.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cheers,</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mark 563</span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRV9UjA6N9S8u2A2wRGZPgy8BoWfSLRy75gZVMnZMPGT5mCu1yPcIb-XrJ7X1O34oCyOPSq8kMbdR04Xkx141MpRjVhAP776NUen-oxzeZ0AieznEvNiQKjC15xZrcnc7btdrVkjglcE/s1600/Ice+T+Power+Album+SMALL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRV9UjA6N9S8u2A2wRGZPgy8BoWfSLRy75gZVMnZMPGT5mCu1yPcIb-XrJ7X1O34oCyOPSq8kMbdR04Xkx141MpRjVhAP776NUen-oxzeZ0AieznEvNiQKjC15xZrcnc7btdrVkjglcE/s320/Ice+T+Power+Album+SMALL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707337715414034994" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8P7MqZnWPD-HhhSjItRGIRCNGDZ6KiaD773H1vnP98M5atEsC4l89BX9s3cRVf75mXPkYJeQL6jrr9TdHopYXAGoKcp7crNprSnUlK5DiTd1iHDwwT97L2UXoqH0D02UEP009WM1-z4/s1600/Power.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8P7MqZnWPD-HhhSjItRGIRCNGDZ6KiaD773H1vnP98M5atEsC4l89BX9s3cRVf75mXPkYJeQL6jrr9TdHopYXAGoKcp7crNprSnUlK5DiTd1iHDwwT97L2UXoqH0D02UEP009WM1-z4/s320/Power.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707337724689841122" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span>Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-80468749641729247712012-01-26T20:36:00.001-08:002012-01-26T20:41:35.447-08:00The Gas Face...<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy New Year, folks.<br /><br />As ever, life has been hectic, but I haven't forgotten about this place. During some down time at work, I knocked up this homage to the 3rd Bass classic album, 'The Cactus Album'.<br /><br />Check it out below (click to enlarge) and feel free to let me know what you think.<br /><br />More to come in the future.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mark 563</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8qWDuKO9UzeDL-6VNi9GGLD5nB3MIbOnnSNbQmRNDcdmkbpnqU9c9K2Mzr1tK2y9TA8hR-03CYcXAkn-9yqfQMGsToM33DMoTOQhhdswWGZj8Hb36b4Q-EWZZ5K9Z0mEsGy4pBNevcA/s1600/Third+Bass+Cactus+Album+SMALL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" 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563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-26434166184038175482011-10-24T15:09:00.000-07:002011-10-24T15:17:21.372-07:00The Essential Wu-Tang Clan Part 3 - A Guide By Mark 563<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >What's good people? here's the third installment of my Wu-Tang Clan Guide for OzHipHop.com - check the link, or read below.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Mark 563<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=125330"><br /></a></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> 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10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> </a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Essential Wu-Tang Clan Part 3</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Mark 563</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Part 3 – First Round of Solos – Gravediggaz, Method Man & Ol’ Dirty Bastard</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Following the unexpected success of the 1993, critically acclaimed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) </i>LP, Wu-Tang Clan’s leader, Rza, negotiated an unheard of contract with Loud Records, allowing the individual members of the clan to pursue solo careers with other record labels, whilst still under the umbrella of Rza’s own Razor Sharp Records. But before the other Clan members dropped any solo material, it was the Rza who would branch out and join quirky production legend, Prince Paul’s side group, the Gravediggaz.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">A super group in itself, comprising of Prince Paul (formerly of Stetsasonic, and the production genius behind De La Soul’s first three albums), the Rza, Frukwan (also of Stetsasonic) and Too Poetic (a solo artist, previously known as Poetic), the group came together based around a mutual disdain for their perceived individual unfair treatment by the music industry. Both Rza and Poetic had previous been signed to Tommy Boy Records, with both releasing 12” singles before being dropped by the label before finalizing albums, while Prince Paul and Frukwan had also been signed to Tommy Boy in the group Stetsasonic. Paul had also had to deal with label issues at Def Jam, where his own imprint, Dewdooman Records suffered problems, seeing only one official release, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mr. Boops</i> 12” from Resident Alien, before being shut down.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They debuted in June 1994 with their first group single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Diary Of A Mad Man</i>, released on Gee Street Records. The track, produced by Rza alongside Wu-Tang affiliate, RNS, is a haunting enactment of a courtroom scene which finds the four vocalists on trial for various murders. Notably, Poetic doesn’t have a verse on the cut, but Wu-associates Scientific Shabazz (better known as Shabazz The Disciple) and Killah Priest (both originally in the group Sunz Of Man) drop great verses alongside the Rza and Frukwan. On the flip you have the Prince Paul produced, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Constant Elevation</i>, a simple piano looped beat with smashing snares, over which the Gravediggaz fully realize their adopted Gravedigga personas – Too Poetic as The Grym Reaper, Frukwan as The Gatekeeper, The Rza as The Rzarector and Prince Paul as the Undertaker.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/NReT4f1bXY0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/NReT4f1bXY0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gravediggaz <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Diary Of A Mad Man</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In August 1994, the Gravediggaz released their first full-length album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">6 Feet Deep</i>, on Gee Street Records. The album was originally planned to be named <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Niggamortis</i>, but the title was considered too offensive (although the British release strangely kept the original name). It is a mix of horror movie referencing ultra violence, blood and guts gore, paranoia, schizophrenia, hallucination, sadism and suicide packaged perfectly with Prince Paul’s unique humour. Both Frukwan and Rza deliver on-point verses throughout, but the standout is Too Poetic, with his outlandish vocal style. Highlights include the low-fi, self-murder tale,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> 1-800-Suicide</i>, and the industrial-rock/rap banger, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bang Your Head</i>. The album is incredible, and is most certainly a valuable addition to any Hip Hop heads’ collection. If you can find it, it’s also well worth copping the UK pressing of the album, as it features one of their better tracks, the up-tempo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pass The Shovel</i>, which was inexplicably absent from the US pressing. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Following the long player, the Gravediggaz put out a whole heap of singles with a wide selection of re-makes and remixes with varying degrees of quality. For the most part, it’s the European pressings that saw fit to couple the Gravediggaz with ambient / Trip-Hop acts such as Portishead and Tricky for re-workings of their cuts, and in most cases these are best avoided. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/KN9I-fDkCkg"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/KN9I-fDkCkg</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gravediggaz <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide</i> single is definitely one of the better offerings if only for the fantastic, non-album cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Freak The Sorceress</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">1-800-Suicide</i> dropped in a few formats with a number of remixes, but the version you want is the New Vocal Version from the Tales From The Crypt Presents Demon Knight movie soundtrack, which uses the original instrumental, but with all new verses. Also worth investigating is the 12” version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mommy, What’s A Gravedigga?</i> which takes the album skit and turns it into a full track. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/JT5wudrHYvc"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/JT5wudrHYvc</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gravediggaz <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">1-800-Suicide</i> (Alternative Lyrics) Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/-BCCiIREFzc"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/-BCCiIREFzc</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gravediggaz Interview and live footage from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">6 Feet Deep</i> album release party</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Around the time the Gravediggaz released their album, Samuel L Jackson guest-starred in Brooklyn drug-running / chess movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Fresh</i>. The film’s soundtrack, put out by Loud Records, comprised mainly of classic Old School artists such as Spoonie G, Whodini, Cold Crush Brothers and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, but the opening three tracks were of great interest to Wu-Tang fans. The first cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I Gotcha’ Back</i>, is a dark cautionary tale by the Gza, here credited as The Genius, produced by the Rza. Track two finds Rza behind the boards again for the incredible, slow paced <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Heaven & Hell</i> from Raekwon, featuring Ghostface Killah. The third cut, billed as a remix to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Can It Be All So Simple?</i>, is more a remake or continuation of the classic Wu-Tang album cut, again featuring Rae and Ghost, but credited as the Wu-Tang Clan. Both the Gza cut and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Heaven & Hell</i> were also released as separate 12”s and both got treated to music videos.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/pSQieA85arg"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/pSQieA85arg</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Genius <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I Gotcha’ Back</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/X1i6QfsMUug"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/X1i6QfsMUug</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Raekwon <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Heaven & Hell </i>Featuring Ghostface Killah Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The first proper Wu-Tang solo offering came courtesy of the youngest member of the Clan, Method Man. Following his show-stealing performances on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i>, Meth’ inked a deal with Russell Simmons’ iconic Hip Hop label, Def Jam. In a joint promotion with label mate, Redman, Def Jam released the ‘Month Of The Man” double 12” single – a packaging of Redman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Rockafella</i>, the lead single to his second album <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Dare Iz A Darkside</i>, and Meth’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bring The Pain</i>. Promoted off the tenuous fact that the two rappers simply both had the word ‘Man’ in their names, this was the first time Red’ and Meth’ had been grouped together (albeit not on a track together), but would prove to be a significant pairing for later in their careers.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">A dark, up-tempo Rza produced beat, with Meth’ flipping his half rapped / half sung, dusted vocals, interpolating lyrics from Ninja Man’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Test The High Power</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bring The Pain</i> was the classic Method Man his fan base had hoped for after hearing him on the Wu album. As well as being packaged with the Redman 12”, the record was also available on its own with grimy head-nodder,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> PLO Style</i> on the flip, and a video featuring Meth’ and his crew cruising the night streets in a tagged up bus.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/T0BlXy3Roj4"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/T0BlXy3Roj4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bring The Pain</i> Video </span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Meth’s much anticipated long-player, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Tical</i>, dropped in November 1994 and was an instant hit. Rza oversaw the production (with the exception of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sub Crazy</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">PLO Style</i>, which were co-produced by Wu-Tang cohort, 4<sup>th</sup> Disciple, and Method Man respectively), offering a bleaker and more deranged soundscape, than we’d heard from him before. Throughout, the beats were stripped down to the barest of elements – raw drums, gritty bass lines, eerie keys and abrasive horn stabs, while the star of the show, Mr. Meth’, took centre stage and proved why he was the breakout star of the Wu debut. Method Man’s rhymes switch from authentically menacing, to charmingly witty within the blink of an eye, whilst riding the beats with an astounding ease and a flow that most emcees would kill for. Wu-Tang cameos are kept surprisingly short, with Inspectah Deck and Rza delivering rhymes on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mr. Sandman</i>, and Raekwon challenging his host on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Meth Vs Chef. </i>Meth’ does, however bring through a few of his personal peoples – both Carlton Fisk and Streetlife feature on a couple of tracks each. While Fisk’s career would false-start due to getting locked up, Streetlife would go on to appear on a number of later Wu projects, but would be most notable for being Meth’s number-one weed-carrier.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Best listened to through walkman (iPod) speakers,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Tical</i> was most certainly recorded with no regard for radio play, and it’s all the more better for it. But that didn’t stop Def Jam from correctly plucking the chaotic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Release Yo’ Delf</i> as the second single. There aren’t many hardcore emcees that could get away with borrowing choruses from Gloria Gaynor, but if anyone can, it’s Meth’, who, appropriately rocks a straight jacket and sliver fanged-fronts in the music video. The European releases of the single came packaged with remixes at the hand of the Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers, but neither are worth bothering with.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/kZlhbx3yGkQ"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/kZlhbx3yGkQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Release Yo’ Delf</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The track that really broke Method Man into the mainstream wasn’t even originally included on the album. Legend has it that Russell Simmons convinced Meth’ to remix hardcore ghetto-love tale, album track, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">All I Need,</i> by offering him a new car. Sean ‘Puff Daddy’ Combs and the Rza both supplied fantastic re-workings of the track, adding Soul diva, Mary J. Blige to the mix to make the most of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell chorus. Backed with a classic music video that sees Meth’ running from the law while out shopping for Maxi-pads for his lady-friend, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I’ll Be There For You / You’re All I Need To Get By</i> won Meth’ and Mary a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1996, and was added as a bonus track to later pressings of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Tical</i> album.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/UJnVhJgZuB0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/UJnVhJgZuB0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man and Mary J. Blige <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I’ll Be There For You / You’re All I Need To Get By</i> Uncut Vide</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">o</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/1vxhMy_rtRY"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/1vxhMy_rtRY</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man interviewed by Fab 5 Freddy <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pt.1 @ Yo MTV Raps</span></strong></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/vlG5DDD2E0g"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/vlG5DDD2E0g</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man interviewed by Fab 5 Freddy <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pt.2 @ Yo MTV Raps</span></strong></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/91iDKYwIr_s"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/91iDKYwIr_s</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man interviewed by Fab 5 Freddy <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pt.3 @ Yo MTV Raps</span></strong></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/ithUVXttaa0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/ithUVXttaa0</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Method Man interviewed by Fab 5 Freddy <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pt.4 @ Yo MTV Raps</span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Next up to bat on a solo tip was the Clan’s favourite drunken monk, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who released the fantastic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i> single in the first week of January 1995 on Elektra Records. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i> found Dirty firing off warning shots at any challenger over a beat by Wu-related producer, True Master, and flipping a section of his verse from Wu’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> for the songs chorus. Dirty’s performance was on a completely different level, proving himself to be an absolute unique, with insanely spat rhymes bouncing between calm and chaotic within words. The 12” came packaged with a handful of extra goodies including a bass-heavy, orchestral-string flexing reworking of the cut at the hands of Lord Digga (of Masta Ace Incorporated fame). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Give It To Ya Raw</i> was another joint that was exclusive to the single, and was presented in two different formats – the original Rza version, and the more polished SD50 remix, produced by Elektra’s in-house production team, Stimulated Dummies (Dante Ross, Engineer Gammz & Geeby Dajani). Both versions are great, but the SD50 Remix is the one you need.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For no apparent reason, there are actually two music videos for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i>. There’s the clip you’ve all seen, with Ol’ Dirty bugging out in a Housing Projects corridor with his Wu-Tang Crew, and then there’s the little-seen, so-called original version which features Dirty acting out the role of Pimp Daddy, interspersed with shots from the other video.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/Z9n9rTMObL0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/Z9n9rTMObL0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i> Video – Original Version</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/m4_G4cWzKPE"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/m4_G4cWzKPE</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In March 1995, Ol’ Dirty Bastard dropped the superb <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version</i> LP. The album presented ODB in all his eccentric, borderline-insane beauty, with its mix of hardcore beats and over-the-top, erratic vocals. Dirty would flex on some Lounge Jazz type singing vibe, slipping into drunken outbursts, whilst still managing to flip some straight-up rhymes, captivating the listener from start to finish. Rza was still positioned very much at the production helm, adding that gritty Wu flavor, aided along the way by True Master, 4<sup>th</sup> Disciple and Ol’ Dirty. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Again, fellow Clan’s men were never far away. Ghostface shines on<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)</i> while Gza and Dirty trade bars and finish one-another’s lines on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Damage</i>. Meth’ & Raekwon pass through to support on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Raw Hide</i>, and for posse cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Snakes</i>, Rza and Masta Killa are joined by Killer Priest (Sunz Of Man) and ODB’s right-hand-man, Buddah Monk. Besides his Wu comrades, Dirty also introduces us to his own gang, the Brooklyn Zu on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck II The Zoo</i>. Comprising of assorted friends and family members, the Brooklyn Zu include the likes of Buddah Monk, 12 O-Clock, Murdoch, Zoo Keeper and the delightfully titled Shorty Shit Stain.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">If you only ever heard the vinyl version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version</i>, then do yourself a favour and check out the CD release, which comes packaged with two bonus cuts. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Harlem World</i> is entertaining enough, but the track you’ll go back to is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Dirty Dancin’</i> featuring Method Man.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s second single is the real jewel in his crown. Released in May 1995, the stone-cold classic, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shimmy Shimmy Ya</i>, become a Wu-anthem, driven by a killer piano loop and Dirty’s infectious sing-along vocals. The 12” release features an extended version of the cut and is backed with album track <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Baby C’mon</i>. Worth investigating is the promo version of the record which offers up the Studio Ton remix. The remix has a classic West Coast flavor, utilizing squelchy bass and wailing synths and features Bay Area veteran E-40 and Compton’s Most Wanted’s MC Eiht.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/N4nVn8K2kng </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shimmy Shimmy Ya</i> Video</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Another promotional 12” worth looking for is his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Raw Hide</i> record, which features the classic Meth’ and Rae’ aided joint, plus the non-LP jam, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Don’t U Know Part II</i>. If you’re looking for the remixes and exclusives that were originally found on the singles, and you can’t be bothered copping all the 12”s, there was a limited CD only release, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ODBEP</i>, that dropped in 1996, which does the job of packaging all those cuts together on one CD.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/YCxG8mEjwjo"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/YCxG8mEjwjo</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard on MTV – Collects welfare in a Limousine </span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/gH2dF_0rNyQ"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/gH2dF_0rNyQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ol’ Dirty Bastard drunken freestyle<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> @ Yo MTV Raps</span></strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Make sure you check out the Wu-Tang Clan show at your nearest venue – Wu-Tang Clan play Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday 5<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketek), Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketmaster) and Perth’s Metro City on Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Moshtix). </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><h1><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Mark 563</span></span></h1><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><h1><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">runtheline.blogspot.com</span></span></h1><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><h1><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></span></h1><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span>Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-41388226240640598942011-09-11T17:05:00.001-07:002011-09-11T17:07:01.729-07:00Soul Survivor...<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been so long since I've sat down and drawn a portrait - family and work have been keeping me super busy - but, this weekend with my Wife and kids on holiday, I broke out the pencils and took advantage of the free time.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some folks have suggested I should be drawing some less obvious artists, so I thought I'd take their advice and look at producers rather than rappers. 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Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Writing an introduction to Hip Hop super group, the Wu-Tang Clan, seems somewhat absurd. After all, the Wu-Tang is an empire that has permeated all aspects of the entertainment industry and beyond. From music and television, to film and literature, to fashion and video games,<a name="_GoBack"></a> the Staten Island posse have more than stamped their mark, they even had their own nail salon. The Wu ‘W’ has become a pop-culture icon, as recognizable as McDonalds’ Golden Arches, yet there are still some heads out there that aren’t fully up on the good shit put out by the Shaolin clan. So, here’s part 2 of my essential guide to the Wu-Tang Clan, this time focusing on their groundbreaking debut album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i>. </span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">After embarking on solo careers with limited success (as discussed in Part 1), cousins Rza and Gza split ways with their record labels (Tommy Boy and Cold Chillin’ respectively) and focused efforts on a group project, enlisting the talents of their homeboys and family.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Rza’s Stapleton Projects basement served as Wu-HQ as the Clan assembled to put together their first record. The result was an independently released 12” posse cut featuring no less than 8 emcees on one mammoth, hardcore track. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i>, initially pressed in a vinyl run of 500 records, perfectly presented the individual Wu-Tang members, as each took a verse to introduce themselves. Originally released in 1992 with the Rza / Ghostface duet <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">After The Laughter Comes Tears</i> (an early version of album track <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Tearz</i>) on the B-Side, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> was re-packaged and rereleased in 1993 on Loud records, this time with Method Man’s eponymously titled solo track on the flip. Both tracks become underground smashes building anticipation for the debut full length.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">In November 1993 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i> dropped and it changed the game. Released to overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim, the album is an incredible blend of Kung-Fu movie dialogue, classic Soul breaks, tales of life in Staten Island’s toughest housing projects and braggadocios freestyles. </span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">With Rza at the production helm, the overall sound of the album epitomizes hardcore, with gritty, unpolished samples that were in stark contrast to the saccharine sweet sound of the West Coast G-Funk that had been dominating Rap radio at the time. The Wu introduced a unique lexicon of slang that further enhanced their Shaolin mystique, inviting the listener into their Staten Island world of ancient martial arts, White Owl blunts, pissy stairwells, drug deals, drive-bys in Jeeps and Land Cruisers and, surprisingly, chess.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">As a package, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i> is sequenced perfectly, but each track also stands alone, offering the audience something different, with each Wu member establishing their own individual style. Instant breakout stars, Method Man and Ol’ Dirty Bastard master flows like no other - Meth’ comfortably delivering both smoked out verses (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shame On A Nigga </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta Fuck Wit</i>) and charismatic sing-song hooks (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">C.R.E.A.M.</i>), while Ol’ Dirty’s drunken style positions him as one of Hip Hop’s truly original, eccentric characters (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shame On A Nigga, Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’</i>). Raekwon and Ghostface cement their future partnership with swagger filled cuts like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Can It Be All So Simple,</i> while lyrical technicians, Inspectah Deck and Gza posited themselves as fan favourites with their no-nonsense verses – Deck delivering complex rhyme schemes (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">C.R.E.A.M., Bring Da Ruckus, Wu-Tang: 7<sup>th</sup> Chamber</i>) and Gza dropping relaxed, precise lyrical wisdom (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> and his solo cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Clan In Da Front</i>). Rza proves he’s equally at home on the microphone as he is behind the boards while U-God, in jail for the majority of the albums’ recording, serves up a meager verse and a half in his distinctive baritone voice, but as one of the lesser talents of the Wu, his sparsity is welcomed. The often forgotten ninth member of the Clan, Masta Killa only delivers one verse (closing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’</i>), and, as legend has it, he barely made the cut, edging out Wu affiliate, Killah Priest (Sunz Of Man) for the position after the two competed for the spot.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A few singles were released from the LP, the aforementioned <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> obviously being the first. Ghetto-life tale, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">C.R.E.A.M.</i> was the second single released in January 1994, with Raekwon and Inspectah Deck laying down classic verses and Method Man pledging his allegiance to the pursuit of money (Cash rules everything around me. CREAM. Get the money. Dollar dollar bill, y’all) on the chorus. The track was backed with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’</i>, which finds the majority of the Clan representing, dropping ferocious battle raps. The 3<sup>rd</sup> single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Can It Be All So Simple</i>, dropped a month later, and is a more soulful, reflective joint, with Raekwon and Ghostface Killah reminiscing on their hardships coming-up and expressing their aspirations for a lavish lifestyle. On the B-side, we’re treated to the all out, call to arms, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit</i>, a motto by which the Clan most certainly lived, courtesy of Rza, Deck and Meth’.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">If you already have the album, the only advantage to copping the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">C.R.E.A.M.</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Can It Be All So Simple</i> singles would be for the instrumentals, and (in the case of the vinyl) slightly louder pressings. The Loud pressing of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> offers a couple of versions of both <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Protect Ya Neck</i>, most notably the Bloody Version (which features the swearing, unlike the album version), and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Method Man</i>, which delivers Smoked Out and Home Grown mixes of the track. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Method Man</i> track also got dropped as a limited run Promo only 12”, on which you’ll find the Skunk Mix, which was not on the original pressing of the album (but was included on later pressings as a bonus track). Another Promo single worth investigating is the promotional only <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit</i> 12” single, which has album track, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shame On A Nigga</i> on the flip, supplied in 2 formats; the regular album version, and the hilariously re-recorded, must-have Radio Edit, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shame On A Nuh</i>. Both Promo 12”s are nice, but can often be relatively pricey.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Loud records obviously offered the Wu a decent budget, as there were plenty of music videos recorded from this era. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i>, presumably filmed before the record deal was inked, is a low budget camcorder affair, complete with timestamp. Enjoyable for what it is, no new ground is really broken here, with each emcee menacingly rhyming to the camera in front of their assembled homeboys. </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/GCZrz8siv4Q"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/GCZrz8siv4Q</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Protect Ya Neck Video</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Method Man</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> unnecessarily got 2 videos. The original version, with Blunt-toting Meth’ performing on a rooftop, and the official video where the Clan inhabit a derelict building as an energized Method Man proves why he was deserving of a solo cut. </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/gpL0xVIYbnU"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/gpL0xVIYbnU</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Method Man Original Version</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/WJOl3vWPfbc"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/WJOl3vWPfbc</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Method Man</span></b></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">C.R.E.A.M. </i>video fully captures the essence of the vocals and served as the benchmark for grimy New York Hip Hop videos for the next few years. Shot on a freezing cold night in a Staten Island Housing Project, Method Man croons the chorus whilst warming himself over a burning garbage bin while Rae’ and Deck deliver their verses to the camera. </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/LkeBPgszdoM"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/LkeBPgszdoM</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Wu-Tang Clan CREAM Video</span></b></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The video for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ </i>takes a literal route, with the clansmen performing their battle raps during a game of human chess. During the filming of this video, Fab Five Freddy memorably interviewed the Clan for Yo! MTV Raps, introducing the audience to a fresh-faced, pre-celebrity Wu-Tang, complete with full-faced stocking masks.</span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/QMKe0s7OxTQ"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/QMKe0s7OxTQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’</span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The signature stylings of iconic Hip Hop music video director, Hype Williams, were called upon for the next 2 videos. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Can It be All So Simple</i> clip found Ghost’ and Rae’ hanging out the front of their local grocery store, retelling their rags to riches tale while their crew lounged on the bonnets of their assembled vehicles, and features an unexpected cameo from Comptons Most Wanted’s MC Eiht. </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/WhGDEu11MRM"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/WhGDEu11MRM</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Can It Be All So Simple Video</span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Hype’s other offering is a splicing together of 2 Wu-Tang tracks into one super video. Opening with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’Wit</i>, the video features a mash up of footage from the previous Wu videos mixed in with new footage of the entire Wu, plus what looks like an army of affiliates, franticly rapping on a bull-dozed housing plot, while firebombs explode and light up the sky. The second half of the video alludes to the release of a forthcoming Ol’ Dirty Bastard solo LP, before cutting to Ol’ Dirty’s performance of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shame On A Nigga</i>. </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/5HpD_v4lYs8"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/5HpD_v4lYs8</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit / Shame On A Nigga</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">It is not over the top to suggest that<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i> is a masterpiece. Held in tremendously high regard, the album is often touted as being one of the greatest of the genre and is essential in any music fans collection, but of course you already know that.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Make sure you check out the Wu-Tang Clan show at your nearest venue – Wu-Tang Clan </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">play Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday 5<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketek), Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketmaster) and Perth’s Metro City on Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Moshtix). </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/wIRbpiVVasY"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://youtu.be/wIRbpiVVasY</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt">Wu-Tang Clan on the set of Mystery Of Chessboxin’ Video </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pt.1 @ Yo MTV Raps 1994</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/whgPOv2LTpo"><span 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href="http://ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=124293">The Essential Wu-Tang Clan Part 1 - A Guide By Mark 563</a></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Anyone with even the slightest interest in Hip-Hop will be familiar with the Wu-Tang Clan. Their catalogue is deep but not all of it is indispensable. Certainly, their better material ranks up there as some of the best of the genre, but other releases can be quite forgettable. The crew is currently on their Rebirth tour with dates announced to include Australia, so in preparation for their local shows, we’re breaking down the essential Wu-Tang releases.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">For the first installment, we’re taking it back to the essence and focusing on the early material.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Back in 1993, the Staten Island super-group exploded onto the Hip-Hop scene with the release of their certified classic debut group album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i>. Prior to the LP, they dropped the 12” single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Protect Ya Neck, </i>an underground smash featuring hot verses from no less than 8 fresh emcees.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> single had initially been released in 1992 on an independent tip through Rza’s own Wu-Tang Records. This release had an orange and yellow centre label and different tracklist to the more familiar Loud Records release from 1993. Limited to a pressing of only 500 units, the original Wu-Tang Records pressing is a fairly sought after record and attracts a hefty price tag. The main difference between the 2 versions is the B-side cut, which on the Loud pressing was Method Man’s eponymously titled solo track, whereas on the earlier release you get <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">After The Laughter Comes Tears</i>, a rougher, slightly different version of the track <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Tearz</i>. It was the underground success of the original <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Protect Ya Neck</i> 12” that really got the Wu noticed and secured their group deal to Steve Rifkind’s Loud, which prompted the re-release of the single.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">But even before that, members of the Wu had already experienced dealings within the recording industry.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">It’s common knowledge that the Gza had previously had a record deal alongside the legendary Juice Crew at Fly Ty’s Cold Chillin’ Records. In 1991 the label released his debut album, under the stage-name The Genius, entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">W</i></span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">ords From The Genius</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">. The majority of the albums production was handled by Easy Mo Bee (who would later rise to fame for his work on Notorious BIG’s <i>Ready To Die</i> LP), but musically it sounded dated, even at the time. To the Gza’s credit his vocals don’t sound terrible on the album, but with such uninspired beats backing him, this makes the album only worth checking as a curiosity. </span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Before the deal turned sour, Cold Chillin’ released handful of 12” singles from the album. The instantly forgettable <i>Who’s Your Rhymin’ Hero</i>, <i>Come Do Me</i>,<i> </i>a horrible New Jack Swing type track that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Bel Biv Devoe album and finds the Genius dropping some sex-style lyrics that are a million miles away from the deep style he’s now known for, and <i>Words From A Genius, </i>one of the stronger cuts from the album, which gets the remix treatment at the hands the Rza and is well worth checking out.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/iSosOZ11fQ8"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style: italic">http://youtu.be/iSosOZ11fQ8</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style: italic"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The Genius <i>Come Do Me</i></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Capitalizing on the huge success of the Wu-Tang’s <i>Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</i>, Cold Chillin’ re-released the Genius LP in 1994, albeit with the addition of <i>Pass The Bone</i>, a Prince Rakeem (Rza) produced track from ’91 that never made the original album. Not wanting to miss a dollar, the label also put the track out as a single, but without any added tracks, it’s only worth copping if you didn’t already grab the LP.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Prior to </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) </span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">dropping, the Rza, also had a brief solo career. Signed to Tommy Boy Records under the name Prince Rakeem, he released the 12” single, </span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Ooh, I Love You, Rakeem. </span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The record has 3 different tracks plus a couple of remixes, and all warrant a listen. Rakeem adopts a Loverman steez throughout the record that bares no resemblance to the Rzarector persona most Wu heads are more familiar with, but it works on a goofy tip. The title track flexes some sleazy horns as a posse of women provide a chanted chorus, while the Rza roll-calls all those special ladies that he loves. It’s is a personal favourite of mine and a track still gets regular burn, but I may be alone with that sentiment. Also worth noting is the cut, <i>Sexcapades</i>, which features a remix credited as ‘Wu-Tang Mix’.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/Tzsdc_QbPqQ"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style: italic">http://youtu.be/Tzsdc_QbPqQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style: italic"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Prince Rakeem <i>Ooh, I Love You, Rakeem</i></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Back in the day, before Myspace and Youtube, rappers had to actually record demo-tapes and shop them around to record labels before they released any material. Yeah, I know, judging by today’s scene, the whole process sounds archaic, but it was the standard process. As a result, there’s a plethora of rough, unfinished and original versions of tracks from most of your favourite established acts. </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">A quick search online will find you links to various versions of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Tang Clan Demos</i>. These include tracks from the original Wu demo-tape that was shopped around labels for a deal, as well as freestyles, outtakes and alternate versions of more recognizable songs. With almost all of the original members featuring throughout the various cuts, the sound quality tends to be pretty poor, but that’s to be expected.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Back before the Wu, the Rza, the Gza, and fellow cousin, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (then known as Ason Unique) were in a group known as All In Together Now. You may have seen the video floating around Youtube of the group performing at a talent show. If not, the live audio is included on the demo-tape, which features Ol’ Dirty ranting in his drunken style before laying down a beatbox for Rza to kick oral-sex based rhymes over.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/7dy2D8vVxRE"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">http://youtu.be/7dy2D8vVxRE</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">All In Together Now <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Talent Show Freestyle</i></span></h1> <h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Bring Da Ruckus</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">After The Laughter</i> are rough versions of the tracks that would eventually end up on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). </i>Both tracks are more relaxed than the final versions, but certainly have that gritty Wu-Tang feel that the album is known for.</span></h1> <h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Which Way Is Up</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">It’s Murdah</i> are Rza solo joints that sound like they were recorded during the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ooh, I Love You, Rakeem</i> session and are enjoyable, on that more lighthearted Prince Rakeem tip.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Method Man (known here as Shaquan) and U-God (Baby-U) Join the Rza on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Your On</i>. Meth is barely recognizable whereas U-God’s inimitable voice is instantly unmistakable, as are his robotic delivery and nursery rhyme lyrics. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I Gets Down For My Crown</i> sounds similar to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance</i> (recorded for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">High School High</i> soundtrack in 1996), with Meth, U-God and Rza joined by Inspectah Deck. Much like on the finished album proper, Meth also blesses a solo joint on the demo-tape, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ice Cream Man</i>, which is much more of a nod to the charismatic style he’d go on to perfect.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/gK893IpzSU0"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">http://youtu.be/gK893IpzSU0</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Method Man <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ice Cream Man</i></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ol’ Dirty Bastard pops up again on a number of tracks. The short freestyle, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Take It Back To Brooklyn</i> is an entertaining solo worth checking. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Tang </i>is a cracking track not dissimilar to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shame On A Nigga, </i>featuring lyrics that Ol’ Dirty would eventually recycle on Funkmaster Flex’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Nuttin But Flavor </i>single in ’95. He’s paired up with Gza on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">What Do You Say</i>, where, again he spits verses that he would later reuse (this time for his hit single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Brooklyn Zoo</i>).</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/3aTQkEnj0RI"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">http://youtu.be/3aTQkEnj0RI</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Wu-Tang Clan (Ol’ Dirty Bastard) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Wu-Tang</i></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">While none of this early material compares to the quality of the finished debut album, it’s all worth exploring. Some of it’s really good and some of it is really bad, but it’s out there for you to check.</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Make sure you check out the Wu-Tang Clan show at your nearest venue – Wu-Tang Clan </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">play Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday 5<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketek), Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Ticketmaster) and Perth’s Metro City on Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> August (tickets from Moshtix). </span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://youtu.be/K9C4-sbQISg"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">http://youtu.be/K9C4-sbQISg</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pre-Wu-Tang Clan Gza, Rza and Ol’ Dirty Bastard on Rhythm & Soul Public Access TV March 1991 </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p>Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411240516632418669.post-52887388558657135342011-06-16T23:19:00.000-07:002011-06-30T18:57:50.666-07:00The Essential Onyx - A Guide By Mark 563<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><br />What's good chaps? Here's an article I wrote for Ozhiphop.com - check the link or read below.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Mark 563<br /><br /><a href="http://ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=123979"><span class="subject"><strong>The Essential Onyx - A Guide By Mark 563</strong></span></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3xor3k3-COCzLmR2b4ih21hQT4WY5tqe0QHCCbWHOPRkTLRvJU5e673X49L9KZQq_RFXpVA08y4sPMUuUqIgMx0khNhPW4GCzAY_WJyj6u0WO6oZKITNYGSxk_5NDXmdcRYIoK2SN0k/s1600/Onyx.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3xor3k3-COCzLmR2b4ih21hQT4WY5tqe0QHCCbWHOPRkTLRvJU5e673X49L9KZQq_RFXpVA08y4sPMUuUqIgMx0khNhPW4GCzAY_WJyj6u0WO6oZKITNYGSxk_5NDXmdcRYIoK2SN0k/s320/Onyx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619072475113603250" border="0" /></a><br /></span><!--[if 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As a part of my play-out set, I regularly dedicate a section to the bald-headed crew from Queens, opening with their jump-up anthem, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Slam</i>, blending into the grimy <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shifftee</i> and closing the section with their call-to-arms, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Throw Ya Gunz</i>. All three cuts have received ridiculous spins at my hands and are guaranteed to get a party open, and all three tracks have remained firm favourites of mine since the day they dropped.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >With Onyx embarking on their first ever Australian tour, we at Ozhiphop.com saw fit to offer you a refresher course in all things Onyx.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >As a trio consisting of Fredro Star, Suavé and Big DS, Onyx got their start way back in 1990 with the release of the scarcely remembered 12” single <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ah, And We Do It Like This </i>on Profile Records. There’s a good reason why the record is little known, and that is simply because it really isn’t that good. It sounds nothing like the Onyx you’d expect and is only really worth peeping as an obscurity, or for tone-deaf completists.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >The group linked with Run DMC’s, sadly now deceased, DJ, Jam Master Jay and signed to his JMJ Records, adding Fredro’s cousin, Sticky Fingaz to the mix along the way. They dropped the incredible <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Throw Ya Gunz </i>12” in late ’92 and blew up. The track was the first display of the groups new hardcore style, a mix of automatic weapons, army fatigues, bald heads and raspy-rasp vocals, and set the template for their following releases. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/FLzfyjIAByY"><span style="color:blue;">http://youtu.be/FLzfyjIAByY</span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Onyx <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Throw Ya Gunz</i></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >They soon followed in 1993 with their full-length debut, the subtly titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bacdafup</i>. The album was a package of no nonsense grimy, hardcore joints with some of the rap-worlds most questionably spelled titles. Track titles such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Atak Of Da Bal-Hedz</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Da Nex Niguz</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Getdafucout</i> kick-started a trend of terrible phonetic spelling that would plague the Hip Hop scene for years to come. Illiteracy aside, tracks such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Blac Vagina Finda</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bichasbootleguz</i> left nothing to the imagination, but banged super hard and ensured that the LP was a success.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >A few 12”s were released after the long-player and are certainly worth investigating. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Slam</i> was an absolute monster smash for the group and is essential in any Hip Hop heads’ collection, as is the equally incredible <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shifftee</i>. Of lesser importance are the group’s ventures into the Rock/Rap crossover genre. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Slam</i> got treated to a slew of unnecessary, unlistenable remixes including a re-recording of the song with Biohazard, who they would team-up with again for the title track to the movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Judgement Night.</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/ZrtdBy4Pxf4"><span style="color:blue;">http://youtu.be/ZrtdBy4Pxf4</span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Onyx <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shifftee</i></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Between recording Bacdafucup and their sophomore LP, Big DS left the group amid claims that he wasn’t getting enough mic time, which was a fair call, considering I couldn’t recollect a single contribution he made to the record and always wondered what his role was in the group. His solo career never materialized and sadly, in 2003 Big DS passed away after a battle with cancer.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Slimmed down to a trio, and with Suavé changing his name to Sonee Seeza, in 1995 Onyx dropped the cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Live!!!</i> on the soundtrack to Russell Simmons’ movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Show,</i> before returning with another cracking album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All We Got Iz Us</i>. Far less testosterone fueled and much darker than its’ predecessor, the album was more mature and more convincing as a window into life in the United States Ghetto. A fan favourite, the album spawned a couple of singles, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Last Dayz</i> backed with album highlight<b> </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">All We Got Iz Us (Evil Streets)</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Walk In New York</i>, which dropped on the B-side of the aforementioned <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Live!!! </i>(renamed for the album,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Live Niguz</i>) 12”.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/TJgOOdUR3tM"><span style="font-weight:normal;color:blue;" >http://youtu.be/TJgOOdUR3tM</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Onyx <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">All We Got Iz Us (Evil Streets)</i></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Around this time Fredro Star and Sticky Fingaz began to concentrate on their acting careers. Fredro starred in basketball movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sunset Park</i> (1996), with Onyx providing an impressive soundtrack cut, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Thangz Changed</i>. Both Sticky and Fredro featured in the Spike Lee classic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Clockers</i> (1995) and the instantly forgettable, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ride</i> (1998). More memorable than the movie itself was the track they delivered on the films soundtrack, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Worst</i>,a banging collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and Method Man and Killarmy’s Killa Sin. Sticky appeared in numerous roles on in TV and film, while Fredro bizarrely found success as a regular on R&B singer Brandy’s sitcom, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Moesha</i>.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/Ivx7Gh-X4DY"><span style="color:blue;">http://youtu.be/Ivx7Gh-X4DY</span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Onyx & The Wu-Tang Clan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Worst</i></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >In 1998, Onyx returned with their 3<sup>rd</sup> album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Shut ‘Em Down</i>. The album was a decent offering, but relied heavily on featured artists, with the likes of DMX, Big Pun, Norega, Lost Boyz and All City all passing through to lend vocals. The previously released Onyx/Wu link up, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Worst</i>, was featured here, as was the single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">React</i>, most notable for featuring a fresh-faced 50 Cent.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Later releases, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bacdafucup Part II</i> (2002) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Triggernometry</i> (2003) are far from essential. The former claiming, in name at least, to be a sequel to their debut, but all comparisons should end there. Single, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Slam Harder</i>, bares no resemblance whatsoever to their 1993 smash 12” of a similar title, but does feature an enjoyable re-working of the ‘70s sitcom, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Welcome Back, Kotter</i>, theme tune courtesy of producer DR Period. Still, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Slam</i> it most certainly aint.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >On a solo tip, Sticky Fingaz has been the most successful of the group, with his acclaimed <i>Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones, </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">while Fredro Star dropped<i> Firestarr </i>on Koch. Both have other records out, but they really aren’t worth bothering with.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >As far as harder to find tracks go, both <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Da Nex Nigguz</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bacdafucup</i> from the first album got put out on promo only 12”s but offer little of interest other than radio versions. There are a bunch of rarer Onyx tracks out there well worth tracking down, and most feature on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Cold Case Files</i> album compiled from harder to find mid ‘90s cuts, released in 2008. A promo definitely worth investigating is the remix of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Evil Streets</i>, featuring Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man, backed with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Purse Snatchers Pt. 2</i>, which features Smoothe Da Hustler, Trigger Tha Gambler and DV Alias Khrist. Both tracks bang and can be found on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Cold Case Files</i> compilation, as can the only release from relative unknowns, Gang Green (a group that featured Sticky Fingaz’ brother X1, who sadly died in 2007), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I’ll Murder You</i>, which features Onyx on the cracking remix and was originally put out by Tape Kingz in 1995.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/XUBqhkAz0cw"><span style="color:blue;">http://youtu.be/XUBqhkAz0cw</span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Gang Green <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I’ll Murder You</i> Remix Featuring Onyx</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" ></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Guest spots are surprisingly slim pickings. The group featured on Run DMC’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Get Open</i> from their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Down With The King</i> album, and on female emcee Boss’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Livin’ Loc’d</i> from her LP <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Born Gangstaz</i>, both released in 1993. In 1998 Onyx provided guest vocals on All City’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Xtreme</i> from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Metropolis Gold</i> full length, and Sticky Fingaz contributed rhymes to Pete Rock’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Soul Survivor</i> project (the cracking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Strange Fruit</i>) and Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Make It Reign</i> long player (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Massive Heat</i>).</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >If all that wasn’t enough, they dropped the incredible <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">15 Years of Videos History & Violence</i> DVD in 2008, which is jam packed with all their videos, mad amounts of live footage and plenty of behind the scenes footage of the crazy bald headed crew.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" >Onyx play Melbourne’s Espy on Thursday 9<sup>th</sup> June, Perth’s Civic Hotel on Friday 10<sup>th</sup> June, Adelaide’s Rocket Bar on Saturday 11<sup>th</sup> June, Sydney’s The Gaelic on Sunday 12<sup>th</sup> June and Brisbane’s The Step Inn on Thursday 16<sup>th</sup> June. Grab your ticket and be prepared for some serious Slamming in the mosh pit.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style=" mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:18.0ptfont-family:";" ><a href="http://youtu.be/gd861hB5kbM"><span style="font-weight:normal;color:blue;" >http://youtu.be/gd861hB5kbM</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="line-height:115%;mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:";" >Onyx <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Slam</i> Live</span><span style="line-height:115%;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></span></p>Mark 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I know I always complain about life being hectic, but this time, forreal, life is bonkers. On March 8<sup>th</sup> our Family expanded, when my beautiful Wife, Corrie gave birth to our son, Mace. All is good – Corrie is doing great, Mace is a dream and even his 2 year old big Sister, Marley has handled his arrival brilliantly. 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So, in the mean time, I’m pretty stoked to have put together this ode to his ‘One Love’ single.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Check it out below and don’t h</span><span style="font-size:78%;">esitate to drop a comment.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Cheers,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark 563</span></p> <span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGXKBxpBONo89rTAmvKteRtaljzhy3qhYXG77LPzTPM10Ag7k18aMgTqZJ4CujASBfhRiqDE4DVriCq5FlV2AvSfWoOiDs4W7nucAWSUNhmo4z-O3TcDqSnpPNqy2_6h_yVC336YEnN8/s1600/Nas+One+Love+001+Low+Res.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" 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We’re counting down the days until we grow from a three person to a four person family - less than a month to go and the time is flying by. We’ve still got so much to do to get the baby’s bedroom sorted (moving Marley from the cot to her big girl bed, getting new air-con fitted, and packing up/selling a whole bunch of my records) but we’re getting there slowly.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">At work, we’re short-staffed, but there’s really not much work on right now, so I’ve managed to find at least a little time to do a quick Jay-Z biro sketch for you.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">I drew a real rough version of this Jay-Z caricature months back and misplaced the sketch. After a lot of searching, it finally turned up the other day, so I tidied it up and am much happier with this version.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">I’m not gonna front, I’ve not always been a Jay-Z fan. When he came out with his debut, I was firmly in the Independent camp – Stones Throw, Fondle ‘Em, Rawkus steez. I was late getting into Jay, but now hold him in very high regard. For Christmas, Corrie very thoughtfully got me a copy of his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Decoded-Jay-Z/dp/1400068924/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297227711&sr=1-1">Decoded</a>, and so far it’s been a great read.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Anyways, check out the quick drawing and let me know what you think.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Cheers,</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark 563</span></p> <span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDXe7bC65u3VdHIuraIUdADs3SsERTxyXfdvQgyy20KNvWykrwL-aX65G1it4bc-lvKI93i2n7746KZLhsTXqD9-rkr-ok3WkbfYiHJX8YLifMLYvtbtrPvcsgL8GwtBoXRPMowjhMjc/s1600/Jay-Z+Scribble+001.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 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Yep – I’m on a roll here. Truth be told, work is dead slow at the moment with most of our clients already broken up for the Christmas break, so during my down time I’ve had a chance to flex some artistic muscle.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">I’m a huge Cypress Hill fan – have been since they dropped their debut. They were the first Hip Hop act I ever saw live, back in the early / mid ‘90s at Brixton Academy, and their first 2 albums remain firm favourites of mine to this day.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Anyways, this particular illustration has been sat half finished for the last 3 or 4 month, and it took a prompt from <a href="http://www.thetroyblog.com/">TROY blogger</a>, Markshot to get me motivated enough to finish it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> So, here it is – a vector illustration of nasal-toned, Cypress Hill frontman, B-Real.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Have a butchers and let me know what you reckon.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Happy Holidays,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span 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mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">It’s been forever and a day since I updated this place – same old story, again and again. And more excuses – on the real, I’ve been pretty sick, laid up for well over a week with Glandular Fever, so doing anything other than sleeping really hasn’t been a priority.<br /></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Anyways, getting back to work in time for everything to slow down to a crawl for the Christmas period allowed me some spare time to flip a quick scribble.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Here’s my Notorious BIG offering. Rest In Peace Biggie.<br /></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Have a safe Christmas and New Year, if I don’t see you before hand.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">All the best,<br /></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark 563</span></p> <span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZXX8Mro_eslsNiMnPO3aJTlOuSmibMTeJrNFMkgozrHJH-ahHT7yUh3cAl3l1laiRepKKfUXHdZuGQjC-BB_5XQm7DqwI-r14exb83CercSQG-pDUy03BUmIX6nYR0FTtX5BX1oKGRs/s1600/BiggieScribble001LowRes.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZXX8Mro_eslsNiMnPO3aJTlOuSmibMTeJrNFMkgozrHJH-ahHT7yUh3cAl3l1laiRepKKfUXHdZuGQjC-BB_5XQm7DqwI-r14exb83CercSQG-pDUy03BUmIX6nYR0FTtX5BX1oKGRs/s400/BiggieScribble001LowRes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550393443978234434" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Mark 563...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865366308162763556noreply@blogger.com0