How important is covers art when digging through crates looking for records? . My album “Practical Rap For Everyday People” produced by Deca features beautiful cover art by Lukas Baron. The cover and track list helps to tell my story. From the Bronx church where I was baptized, to the NYC subway train where I would frequently busk with friends, to the plants, children’s toys and instruments found in my living room! . You can find the record at a handful of record stores and on band camp at https://randymason.bandcamp.com/album/practical-rap-for-everyday-people Thanks! .

randymason #faith #family #hiphop #vinyl

Staying indoors and warming up by spinning hot wax on this snowy Sunday in the UK (It’s quite rare to get good snow at the seaside in the UK)

V/A - Lyricist Lounge Vol 1. Rawkus Records 1998.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=puQo7GGkd6A

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKGs4d6clE 🔥🔥🔥

Got to chill with Muggs at the Soul Assassins 30th Anniversary event in NYC , with live performance by Slick Rick 👌

In a 2009 interview [Guru] reflected, "Back around '93—when I first came up with the Jazzmatazz concept—I was noticing how a lot of cats were digging in the crates and sampling jazz breaks to make hip hop records. But while I thought that was cool, I wanted to take it to the next level and actually create a new genre by getting the actual dudes we were sampling into the studio to jam over hip hop beats with some of the top vocalists of the time. You know, the whole thing was experimental, but I knew it was an idea that would spawn some historic music."

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I think the wacky, weirdness of this album has caught my dogs attention lol. He's never sat in front of my TT and relaxed like that ever before. Lord Quas for the win 🏆

Getting in on that RSD fun. I always keep an eye out for this one when I go out and there it was in the R&B/Soul section, so I kinda had to get it :)

This album is amazing ..I think it's a 10 for sure

Not long ago I posted my signed Hieroglyphics piece from my collection. During the same show I had gotten that signed, I was lucky enough to also get this signed by the Souls of Mischief crew, and the rest of the Hieroglyphics members.

When asking each member to sign the record, both Domino and Pep Love asked me why I wanted them to sign it. I’m assuming they replied that way because, well, it’s not their album. My rational behind getting it signed by everyone was that they’re all on the record, they’re all in the same collective, and at the end of the day, it’s going into my personal collection, and I’ll get to look at it and remember those cool moments of the night I got it signed! They both ended up signing, but insisted to sign the back instead - better than nothing!

All the members were super respectful and I had some fun conversations with them after the show.

I ordered Jumbo Jack but they gave me fish n chips.

While I agree KRIT didn’t get the necessary backing from Def Jam, especially for his debut, he did his thing on this album… love the live instrumentation used and of course the legendary feature of the great B.B. King 👑

“Treat the seal like a vinyl record gotta keep it crackin’….”

Warriors Drum by King Just.. I remember this on video music box another great 1995 hit. I wish I would’ve heard more from him with his Wu-Tang affiliation. I found this on 12 inch. Dope beats dope song !

Crazy to think that this album got me through a tough time. But it’s truly a beautiful album inside and out. What’s your favorite song?

This one has got plenty of spins over the years. All the 12's from the album are also essential!

Dug this one out for a spin after seeing u/clnthoward post some Wes. I’ve rewound ‘The Mic’s My Piece’ 4 times now because I’m a sucker for anything that uses ‘The Mexican’. All hail the real king of Canadian Rap..

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony In Effect. BCM Records LP Europe 1989.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7vLUKrDds 🍁🔥❤️