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I’m passionate about the art of deejaying. I write and share concert and book reviews, technology highlights, upcoming events, mixtapes, and much more.
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Lyric Jones Closer Than She Appears
Lyric Jones is a singer, songwriter, emcee, drummer, and producer who has been making and releasing great music since 2012. Her brand new album, Closer Than They Appear, is available wherever you get your music. She called in to the radio show this week and we chopped it up with this in-depth and exclusive interview.…
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Mastermind Street Jam: NY,NY LA,LA
I used to love recording the Mastermind Street Jam back in the 90s. It was like getting a free mixtape every week. I would tune in to the now-defunct Energy 108 and record the show on cassette. This way I could enjoy it whenever I wanted. I still have over 100 of these tapes and…
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All Women’s Voices Day 2020
Word is Bond Rap Radio has a special episode of the show tomorrow for All Women’s Voices Day on 94.9 fm Radio Western. Hosted by my wife, it features interview clips and great music from some amazing female emcees and DJs. Tune in at 1:30 pm ET on Sunday December 6th to hear interview clips…
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Digital Culture Traveller
Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture by Jace Clayton aka DJ Rupture I took quite a few notes while reading this book. Here are a few of my favourite passages with a little commentary to boot. DJs are Essential “As a process, DJing is inevitable and necessary for our times, an elegant way…
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Digging the Samples – Episode #444
This week’s Word is Bond Rap Radio episode is all about the great samples you’ve heard on countless songs. I play the original songs that producers have mined to make the great tracks our favourite emcess have rhymed over. I also look at one particular song and how it has been flipped in three completely…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Feb ’96 (Tape 40)
The Mastermind Street Jam was one of the best sources for new hip-hop music back in the day and one of the best mixshows ever. This is a tape I made back in 1996. I wish I hadn’t cut portions of the show from the recording, but back then I just wanted a dope tape…
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Word is Bond Pays Tribute to Alex Trebek
In this edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio we pay tribute to Alex Trebek and DJ Spinbad. As you usual, we start off the show with music and feature a great set that DJ Spinbad did where he weaved 50 classic hip-hop tracks together. Kicking off the second half hour of the show, we…
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Classified – I Love It (Chase March Flip)
Canadian hip-hop icon, Classified, is running a contest right now. The challenge is to take any beat from his new EP “Time” and create a verse over it, but it can only be thirty seconds long. I flipped “I Love It” that had Just Chase on it. Now it’s got Chase March. Lyrics I move…
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Tiye Phoenix, In-Depth & Exclusive
Tiye Phoenix is an emcee and producer who has been featured on tracks by some the most notable hip-hop. She is part of the group Polyrhythm Addicts alongside DJ Spinna, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Mr. Complex. You have heard her on tracks with The Artifacts, Talib Kweli, Eternia, and Jean Grae to name a few. This year…
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Double Dose of Mastermind Street Jam
I tried to squeeze both the Monday night and Tuesday night edition of the Mastermind Street Jam on one 90 minute cassette. As you can tell from the J-card, I hoped for no repeats. I couldn’t quite fit both shows on, but this gave me more music to listen to in my Walkman back in…