Man.... early west coast stuff is slept on!

[Don Seer]

stuff like Ice-t and Tone Loc aint that slept on... but i've been trying to find out stuff about really early west coast stuff.

before stuff like the CIA - cube/jinx n them

i just picked up "toddy tee feat mixmaster spade -  the ultimate collection vol 1" after hearing about Batter Ram (cant stop bumping it!!) and The Genius Is Back.

spade's verse on that eastsidaz song on duces and trays is from The Genius Is Back (apart from he says Gold not Platinum in the original).

theres also some early Dr Dre drum programming on here.. i had some nice info about that somewhere but cant remember of the top of my head.


nice article here called "respect those who came before you"
http://www.daveyd.com/FullArticles%5CarticleN155.asp

here's a nice chunk from it

Mixmaster Spade, DJ Unknown and The World Class Wrecking Crew all put it down for early Hip Hop here in the west. We can't forget Chris The Glove who still produces tracks to this day. DJs like Tony G, Julio G, Emcee O, M-Walk , Joe Cooley and the entire KDAY Mixmasters squad deserve our thanks. Remember KDAY 1580 was the nation's first commercial Hip Hop radio station. We owe much thanks to former program director and air personality Greg Mack. Folks like Toddy Tee and Captain Rapp were the first to drop socially conscious messages here on the West. Remember the song 'Batter Ram' where Toddy brought attention to LA's notorious crack scene and the LA police department's' outrageous response which was to bulldoze crack houses with a tank? Captain Rapp had the west coast equivalent to 'The Message' with the classic tune 'I Can't Stand It [Bad Times]'. Of course we all owe thanks to producer Rich Carson and some of the early Electro-funk he laid down with groups like Formula IV and their classic song 'Killer Groove'. Thanks must be given to west coast pioneers The LA Dream Team featuring the late Rudy Pardee. How could we ever forget songs like 'Rockberry'. Thanks go out to The Arabian Prince who was putting it down in the early 80s. A bit of gratitude is owed to that big baller King Tee and others like Rodney O and General Jeff to name a few.

ps.. for a jump off check this page http://apollojams.com/pages/mixG.html

[Native_Joe99]

tight ass article, too long though, there ain't no way i can read all of this now, its like reading 5 pagesin a book, front and back.

[Kaidy]

Oh The Batter Ram is THE SHIT! I love that track, one of my favorite old school joints. And of course got much love for THE GLOVE.

Check out an old song by Chris The Glove ft. Ice T called Reckless from the Breakin Soundtrack. One of the first major hip hop records from the West Coast

I'm about to read that whole article, thanks again Mr. Seer

[Don Seer]

i know that glove song

i've also got these.. but reckless is the best

Chris The Glove Taylor - Itchiban Scratch
ice t & chris the glove taylor - speed
Chris The Glove Taylor & Ice T - Party People Go Off

[Don Seer]

ohh yeah psstt... i bought chico and coolwadda's album.... not bad

[OpTiCaL]

Lmao u cant buy everything surely!....haha kidding, gotta give props..u gots some good taste  
Nice albums...n Chris The Glove Taylor & Ice T - Party People Go Off  good tune!
There was me thinking you too young.  

[Don Seer]

lol boo

[Kaidy]

ohh yeah psstt... i bought chico and coolwadda's album.... not bad

not bad? thats my favorite album of the last 2 or 3 years, i love that shit haha. glad u checked it out FINALLY  

[Funkadelic]

I have Tone Loc's "Cool Hand Loc" album og. Also I don't like Tone himself I need to say, that it is still are good album. The beats are very good and still fresh.