#kay gee

[lissendontjudge]

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[causingthechaos-au]

“I ran into him while, uh, let’s just say while Testing the Limits of my rewind retry stuff, and things kinda got outta hand and we had to make a darin’ escape! Henry got the idea that we should team up, and I said yea, and we needed to take out the guards chasin’ us so--”

“Well, it went by kinda fast, and I’m not good at doin’ stuff fast, but it turns out Henry’s aim is REAL bad and the bomb he threw ricocheted around a lot but apparently he was bankin’ on that and I HIT IT WITH MY BAT TO KNOCK IT AT THE GUARDS AND IT WAS VERY COOL”

“...and then we didn’t outrun the explosion ‘cause my reaction time ain’t always super great and I tripped on somethin’.”

“Sure, they helped me out in a tight spot, but...”

“When things got too dicey, they just... ditched me. I thought we were buddies! They totally coulda helped! I mean, we were literally back-to-back and havin’ a cool moment! They coulda taken me with them, or we coulda come up with a cool plan together, or... anythin’! But they just left!”

“But... I guess I just wasn’t worth the trouble of keepin’ me around, or whatever.”

[ @skyscream3112​ ]

[causingthechaos-au]

What is the circumference of the sun?

[omegaplus]

# 3,501

Naughty By Nature: “It’s On” (1993)

You couldn’t find one person in my school who disliked or hated on Naughty By Nature. We loved their debut single “O.P.P.” and they delivered “Uptown Anthem” and “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Ghetto Bastard)”. That was all in 1991. “Guard Your Grill” and “Hip-Hop Hooray” came the year after until 19Naughty3 (1993) was released and there was no stopping them. Their best era was the first half of the Nineties and that was enough to give us some of golden-era hip-hop greats. “It’s On” continued sending the aggressive Brick City ruggedness of Treach, Vin Rock, and Kay Gee and this one will forever remind me of a summer of comic-collecting, stolen bikes, fire department races, and road trips to Brooklyn and Atlantic City with only me and my Walkman pressing play to this in the back seat.

Kay Gee and Beatnuts sends one home for the marquee single remix with Pete Rock contributing an automatic win with a “Hip Hop Hooray” remix. Can’t go wrong with that.

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# 2,596

New Style, The “Scuffin’ Those Knees” b/w “To The Extreme” (1989)

This is the type of record you’d thumb through the 12” single bins, find it, and lift it up for a few seconds because you appreciate or lived through late Eighties hip-hop. You’re about to slide it back into the bin and then…oh shit…is that Vinny Brown from Naughty By Nature?! That’s Treach to the right (here known as Treacherous) and Kay Gee standing tall with a flat-top and gold chain. Five dollars later, it’s yours because Naughty By Nature was your early Nineties and you knew no one said a single bad thing about them. New Jersey’s The New Style had this 12” and one album Independent Leaders out when their mentor Queen Latifah changed them for the better, becoming the more thugged-out Naughty to win big with their debut single “O.P.P.” (1991). “Scuffin’ Those Knees” sounds radically different than their more serious days of “Everything’s Gonna’ Be Alright” or “Uptown Anthem”; more like a party shaker that may even remind you of Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw” (1987) that sampled Mantronix’ “King Of The Beats” (1988) and The Beastie Boys “The New Style” (1986).

[aaliyahunleashed]

Happy (belated) Blessed birthday to Keir Lamont Gist (born September 15, 1969), professionally known by his stage name KayGee, best known as a member of hip hop trio Naughty by Nature.

YouKnowIGotSoul: We do a lot to keep Aaliyah’s legacy alive. What do you guys remember most about working with her? Naughty by Nature (Kay Gee): She kept her family with her, her mother and her brother. She was one of those people where if you saw her, you just knew she was a star; it just came off like that. Even working with her, we were working with her in a small room in Battery Studios, with Renee (from Zhane). We were working on “Are You Ready” from the “Sunset Park” soundtrack. It was incredible. I just cherish the moment and I’m glad I had the chance to meet her and say I’ve known her and had the chance to work with her. There are some people you put on a pedestal and say you want to work with, and she’s one I’m glad I had the chance.