Hip-Hop
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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 […]
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Life is Good with Lozen on WIB Rap Radio
Lozen has been releasing music for close to ten years now and has quite the story to tell through her music and this interview. It was a pleasure chopping it up with her on the radio. We had a lengthy discussion off-air too that I wish you could have heard. Here’s a brief bio . […]
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All Request in ’96 (Mastermind Street Jam)
The Mastermind Street Jam did an all-request show back on March 18, 1996 featuring tracks from . . . AZ, GZA, Masta Ace, Method Man, Pete Rock & CL Smooth , Raekwon, Real Live, Souls of Mischief, Ultramagnetic MCs, Wu-Tang Clan, and more. I hope you enjoy this digitized cassette, recorded live from the radio […]
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A Tribute to Axel Rosa (WIBRapRadio)
The local hip-hop scene has suffered a great loss. Axel Rosa was more than just a music producer. He took a real interest in the young up-and-comers and did his best to nurture and develop the talent that he saw. He was at every hip-hop show in town, whether or not any of his artists […]
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Classic Hip-Hop Radio from 1996
I just finished digitizing tape 44 of my collection of The Mastermind Street Jam radio show. This one is from March 11, 1996 and features music by . . . CL Smooth, Cypress Hill, Das Efx, Dogg Pound, Geto Boys, Grand Puba, Group Home, GZA, Jamal, Keith Murray, LL Cool J, Method Man, Mic Geronimo, […]
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A Word is Bond Christmas (2020)
Word is Bond Rap Radio is on Thursday nights at 11:00 pm on 94.9 fm Radio Western and runs for two hours. That means that this year’s holiday special starts on Christmas Eve and brings us right into Christmas morning. I wanted to share this mix with you early, however. You can listen to it […]
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape #43 (1996)
It’s time for another throwback edition of the Mastermind Street Jam. Every week, I digitize and share a cassette tape from my collection of this iconic hip-hop mixshow. We are now on Tape 43. This one features music by . . . Bahamadia, Capone-N-Noreaga, Fugees, Jay-Z, Junior Mafia, Luniz, Mobb Deep, Nonchalant, Pharcyde, Raekwon, Smooth […]
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You are Not Alone (WIB Rap Radio #446)
Danny Gable called in to the show Thursday to talk about You Are Not Alone Volume 3: A Mental Health Awareness Event. Unfortunately, by the time this show is podcasted you will have missed the event. Don’t worry though, there will be a fourth volume some time next year. This is an important tradition that […]