Hip-Hop
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Word is Bond’s All Black Everything Special
Welcome to a special edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. This episode kicked off the annual All Black Everything event on 94.9 fm Radio Western that featured 25 hours of programming to celebrate Black History Month. King Cruff came through to host this edition of the show, as he does every year. He brought along…
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Word is Bond #456 – Where Ya At?
No guest this week, just straight music. This is episode 456 of Word is Bond Rap Radio, recorded from my basement bunker. Press play and enjoy the show! Chase March & Unlearn – Word is Bond Theme Khan – Halfway Rakim & Damu the Fudgemunk – Wingz of Hip-Hop Pearl Harba ft Termanology – Blaze One…
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Rick Hyde Exclusive on Word is Bond Rap Radio
Rick Hyde is the special guest for this edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. He is an emcee and producer from Buffalo, New York who has been making a lot of noise lately. Along with Benny the Butcher, he is a member of Black Soprano Family and they have been putting in work. I…
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Tape 52 – Mastermind Street Jam
Here’s tape 52 of my collection of the Mastermind Street Jam. I have been having fun digitizing these tapes. I share a new on every Monday and we’re not even halfway through my collection yet. This one originally aired on Energy 108 back on April 15, 1996 and features music by Bahamadia, Boogiemonsters De La…
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Classic Hip-Hop Radio from 1996 – Mastermind Street Jam
Part 2, the Tuesday night edition of Mastermind Street Jam was originally broadcast on April 9, 1996 on Energy 108 (107.9 fm) in Canada. I cut most of the talking out of this one. But that’s because I liked rocking with these shows like they were mixtapes. I would bump then over and over again…
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RIP Double K, plus an Omen44 Interview (WIBRapRadio)
The hip-hop world is mourning the loss of Double K from the rap group People Under the Stairs. We had to kick off the show with an hour’s worth of his incredible music. Double K was a producer, emcee, and DJ of one the finest groups to ever put it down. The group released their final…
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Paying Respects to Hip-Hop Icons (WIBRapRadio)
Last week, we lost a pioneer of hip-hop who helped shape the sound of early rap recordings. Duke Bootee redefined the way songs were written when he penned “The Message.” I had to kick off the show with a small tribute to him. You will hear songs he’s produced, tracks he’s played and rapped on,…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 49 (Apr ’96)
I used to love recording the Mastermind Street Jam on cassette back in the day. It was like getting a free mixtape every week. I held on to the tapes all these years and have been digitizing a new one to share with you every Monday. Today, we should be listening to Tape 48, but…
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100% Statik on the Radio
This week we welcome the one and only Statik Selektah to the program. It was an honour to chop it up with him on the airwaves. Since Covid-19 restrictions are keeping me away from physically being at the radio station, we prerecorded this interview. Off-air I joked that I could probably fill an entire show…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Straight Out the Box (Mar ’96)
Here’s a straight out the box spectacular from the Mastermind Street Jam. He always had the freshest jams and blessed the airwaves with real hip-hop music. This episode is from March 1996 and I’m sure you will enjoy this trip down memory lane. If you are just discovering the show for the first time, I’m…