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20 January 2015

LARRY DAVID'S JUICE CREW NOD | SEINFELD SEASON 4 EPISODE 18


So Newman is spotted carrying a Cold Chilln 12" in Seinfeld season 04, episode 18 (the same episode that Sergio Mendes gets dissed

The sleeve looks like it could be an early promo from Cold Chillin, their later ones were like this:


The record Newman is carrying looks a lot like this though: Marley Marl's 1989 classic 'In Control, Volume 01'



Nice hip hop nod, by Larry David...

24 November 2014

EGOTRIP LAND | 'ROCK' MIXTAPE REUP COVERAGE


Nice to see EgoTripLand posting and linking up the 'Monkeys Rock' mixtape the other day. Means a lot, a great magazine turned website and 'The Ego Trip Book Of Rap Lists' is, still, a classic. If you've not got a copy, grab one from here.





22 August 2013

THE FULL LYRICS TO BIGGIE SMALLS' 'JUICY' IN VISUAL FORM | RAP TYPOGRAPHY

LOVE THIS. Via Ego Trip, 'The lyrics to Biggie's 'Juicy' - illustrated....'

Here's an explanation, with a selection of the artwork posted below. 

"Part of the late, great Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace‘s immense talent as a lyricist was his ability to craft rhymes so memorable you could practically visualize them. Designer/illustrator/lettering artist Jay Roeder obviously agrees. Self described as being “addicted to drawing letters, lyrics and random stuff,” Roeder devoted a series of fly illustrations to Biggie’s lyrics from his breakthrough hit, “Juicy,”











Click here FOR THE FULL GALLERY.

& TO HEAR THE TRACK IN QUESTION, WHY NOT HEAR THE FIRST ONE ON HERE...