The Year in Rap – 1993
September 19, 2009 – 9:59 pmThe second entry in The Year in Rap series still was more compilation than mix, but it’s still head and shoulders above the previous year’s entry and stands as a really solid example of that classic 1993 sound.
It kicks off with a mix of a Malcolm X speech laid over top of Stanley Clarke’s “Black On Black Crime” from the Boyz n the Hood soundtrack (I used this same blend on a high school Media/TV Tech video project about the Rodney King beating and ensuing riots). Appropriately, it then runs into Masta Ace’s “Jeep Ass Niguh.” Also representing 1993: Raw Breed, Art of Origin, Hiero (three times!), Original Flavor, PRT, and Jeru. I’d venture to say there’s not a single dud on this mix.
One track you probably haven’t heard but will want to check out is Martay and B-Right’s “Smokin’ Joints.” These two guys were part of the East Coast Tribe, a crew out of Atlanta’s underground. (Martay’s name may sound familiar from Upski’s Bomb the Suburbs (page 19).) Martay’s still kicking and every couple of years I get an e-mail from B-Right. Good people who made good music that wasn’t heard by nearly enough people.
The cover was designed by nerdcore star Devo Spice.
I should also note that the liner notes on this one are even more embarrassingly awful than 1992.
Dig in.
Download: Front cover / Liner notes
2 Responses to “The Year in Rap – 1993”
you should edit the liner notes link: http://www.normalbias.org/i/Laze%20-%20The%20Year%20in%20Rap%201993%20-%20inside.jpg
By khal on Sep 20, 2009
Fixed.
By laze on Sep 20, 2009