Feb 19
Today in Hip Hop History:
Lord Finesse was born February 19, 1970
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Today in Hip Hop History:
Lord Finesse was born February 19, 1970
Omega Radio for July 19 & July 20, 2014; #56.
Wu-Tang Clan “Can It Be So Simple”
Public Enemy “Tie Goes To The Runner”
A Tribe Called Quest “Lyrics To Go”
Wu-Tang Clan “Da Mystery Of Chessboxing”
Black Moon “Crooklyn”
Gang Starr “Take It Personal”
Organized Konfusion f. O.C. “You Won’t Go Far”
Boogiemonsters “R.T.N.S. (Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress)”
Bushwackass “Ruff, Rugged, And Raw”
Jeru Tha Damaja “Mental Stamina”
AZ “Rather Unique”
Notorious B.I.G. “Unbelievable”
Group Home “Suspended In Time”
Funkdoobiest “Doobie In The Head”
Q-Ball & Kurt Kazal “Makin’ Moves (Bass Radio VER)”
Smooth Da Hustler “Broken Language”
Mic Geronimo “Shit’s Real”
Half A Mil “Another Homicide Scene”
Kool Keith (as Dr. Octagon) “Blue Flowers”
All City “Move On You” (RMX)
Reflection Eternal f. Gil-Scott Heron “The Blast”
Big L “Holdin’ It Down”
GZA f. DJ Muggs “When The Fat Lady Sings”
Bad Seed “For The Kids”
Deltron 3030 “Virus”
Hieroglyphics “Oakland Blackouts”
Smut Peddlers “One By One” (demo)
Kool G Rap & RZA “Cakes”
Slum Villlage “Raise It Up”
KRS-One “Underground”
Nas f. Large Professor “Stay Chiseled”
Peanut Butter Wolf “Dopestyle”
Company Flow “8 Steps To Perfection”
Yak Ballz “Nasty Or Nice”
Arsonists “Flashback”
Chi-N.Y. Network “Keep The Fame”
Dalek “Trampled Brethen”
Rubberoom “Evil Arch Angels”
Murs “H-U-S-T-L-E”
Company Flow “Collude / Interlude”
Cannibal Ox f. Vast Aire “Atom”
Smut Peddlers “Smut Control”
MF Grimm f. Kool G Rap & Akinyele “AIDS”
Cage f. Jello Biafra “Grand Ol’ Party Crash”
King Gheedorah “Take Me To Your Leader (Fazers)”
Madlib as Quasimoto “Return Of The Loop Digga”
MF Grimm f. MF Doom “Foolish”
Vast Aire “Cholesterol”
Madvillain “America’s Most Blunted”
MF Doom & MF Grimm “Tick Tock pt. 2”
King Gheedorah “G-Force pt. 2”
Molemen “Put Your Quarter Up”
R.A. The Rugged Man “On The Block”
CX Kidtronik “Wild Kingdom”
Jonwayne “404 Garbage”
Matches Malone / PIllsbury “It’s Like That”
Tragedy Khadafi “Best Of Both Worlds”
Diverse “Ain’t Right” (DJ Mitsu RMX)
Immortal Technique “Harlem Streets”
Tech N9ne “Who Do I Catch”
Action Bronson “Savage From Sarasota”
Jonwayne “The Come Up”
Skeme Team & Brooklyn Academy “Con Artists”
Serengeti “Directions”
DC The Midi Alien f. Vinnie Paz “Man-Made Ways”
Bonus Omega; overnight golden-era and backpacker hip-hop / rap.
# 3,888
O.C. featuring Yvette Michelle: “Far From Yours” (1997)
To this day, The Brothers Johnson’s “Tomorrow” (’76) still brings a joyous tear in everyone’s eyes. If you were there or listened to Mr. Magic on WBLS, you’d know why. Louis Johnson’s golden bassline has the uncanny effect of conjuring up a simpler, sweeter, more innocent time in anyone’s mind and still pulls at the heartstrings. O.C. and Buckwild took that best part of “Tomorrow” and made wizardry out of it, having lightning strike the same place twice perfectly on his complimentary rap “Far From Yours” (titled after an Eric B & Rakim line). With O.C.’s membership in D.I.T.C., everything in four-and-a-half minutes played out impeccably. Twenty-five years later and the same effect carries on. The golden era had just ended and spitters such as O.C. and his pedigree sat at the top of their game, telling tales and slinging verses for verbal supremacy on city streets and from a time that no longer exists. I’m sure Omar Credle looks back at this fondly (with his career and legacy, nonetheless) like others before him did with “Tomorrow” and still can’t believe the blessings he’s had in hip-hop and his career.
LORD FINESSE
AUGUST 15, 2020 (#237)
Black Moon “Creep Wit’ Me”
Bun B & Statik Selektah “Basquiat” (f. Fat Joe & Smoke DZA)
Billy Danze “Ain’t Gone Do Shit” (f. Li’l Fame)
Ras Kass “Guns N’ Roses (f. Styles P & Li’l Fame)
Murs & 9th Wonder “Ga$ Station Gucci Belt“
Gang Starr “Bad Name”
Pharoah Monch “Yayo”
Brother Ali “Situated” (f. Pharoah Monch)
Danny Brown “3 Tears” (f. Run The Jewels)
D.I.T.C. “Jugganots” (f. O.C. & L’il Fame)
Alchemist & Schoolboy Q “W.Y.G.D.T.N.S.”
Big Boi “Doin’ It”
Snak The Rapper “Knuckle Sandwich” (f. R.A. The Rugged Man)
Alchemist “Fork In The Pot” (f. Conway & Schoolboy Q & Westside Gunn)
Common “HER Love”
Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist “Frank Lucas” (f. Benny The Butcher)
Conway “Lemon” (f. Method Man)
Smoke DZA & Benny The Butcher “7:30″ (f. Westside Gunn)
Smif N’ Wesson “Ocean Drive” (f. Musiq Soulchild & Rhapsody)
Masta Ace & Marco Polo “Breukelen Brooklyn” (ft. Smif N’ Wesson)
Planet Asia “God Is Not A Fib”
Jadakiss “Huntin’ Season” (f. Pusha T)
Dave East “Godfather 4″ (f. Nas)
Salaam Remi & Joell Ortiz “Keep’n On”
Jeru The Damaja “Harriet Tubman”
Tribez & Maniac “Fire” (f. AG & El Da Sensei)
Twista “Summer ‘96″
Kool Keith “Blast” (Planet B RMX)
Heavy Metal Kings “Black Mass Lucifer” (f. Goretex)
Public Enemy “State Of The Union (STFU)”
DJ Muggs & Crimeapple “Just Because”
Evidence “Throw It All Away”
Omega WUSB goes hard this week. Returning veterans, kings of the streets, and golden-era legends come through for a two-hour showcase of new and current backpacker hip-hop, rap, murder music, and consciousness.
New sounds from Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist, Conway & Method Man, Jadakiss, Tribez & Maniac, and Public Enemy.
Our final summer deluxe Omega of the season airs August 29, 2020 (10PM, New York City). Our final summer broadcast airs August 31, 2020 (midnight, New York City) with a bonus all-noise set.
Eight down, two more to go. Stay tuned for our final Omega summer deluxe shows.