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Marley Marl “In Control, Volume 1” Era

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Tales of Paul Simonon's effortless rizz: The Clash signing autographs at their WBLS radio interview in NYC, 1981, as captured by Paul Busch.

When the Clash came to the US, the band, impressed with the burgeoning hip hop scene, fully embraced that NYC vibe and 'The Magnificent Seven" was one of the earliest takes on rap by a rock band. When they hit New York in May 1981 for a three-week residency, the landmark black-owned soul and R&B outlet WBLS had "The Magnificent Seven" on heavy rotation.

Here's footage of The Clash performing the song on New York-based talk show "The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder, as well as archival shots of the band in Manhattan during their residency at Bond’s International Casino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5N0rTsulQ

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Frankie Crocker on 102 KUTE Los Angeles | 1979

Frankie Crocker on 102 KUTE Los Angeles | 1979

 KUTE 102 Los Angeles – Frankie Crocker – 1979 From the Rob Frankel Collection. Frankie “Hollywood” Crocker was a legendary New York radio air personality & Programmer. Frankie began his career in Buffalo at the AM Soul powerhouse WUFO. In the mid 1960s, New York came calling, & Frankie landed at R&B formatted WWRL, and later Top-40 WMCA in 1969. He then transformed WLIB-FM…

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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.

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#Repost @wbls1075nyc (@get_repost) ・・・ #Xscape sings to their husbands on stage during their performance in Detroit. Check out #TI & #Tiny 😏😏❤️. #WBLS #DoYouWantTo