Hip-Hop
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The Beatbox Edition of Mastermind Street Jam
Here’s a special beatbox edition of The Mastermind Street Jam that features tracks from . . . Biz Markie, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ft Ready C, BDP, Skinny Boys, Fat Boys, Stestasonic, and more! Also new music by Busta Rhymes, remixes from Erick Sermon and LL Cool J. (well, it was new…
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Capone N Dillinger on WIB Rap Radio
Capone N Dillinger is a brand new group consisting of two veterans in the hip-hop game. It’s interesting to see this collaboration since CNN and Tha Dogg Pound had a beef on wax back in the 1990s. We had some technical difficulties but still managed to get them both on our phone lines to talk…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 26 (Nov ’95)
A live hip-hop mixshow on commercial radio that played real hip-hop? In the 1990s? From Canada? If you don’t know, now you know! This show broke new records and helped me grow my cassette and CD collection. DJ Mastermind spun some of the best hip-hop records ever made on this show. I have digitized my…
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Who is Biggie Smalls? (WIB Rap Radio Exclusive)
Quick question – Do you know who Biggie Smalls is? Have you heard any of his music? I doubt you have. I hadn’t prior to beginning research on the last edition of Know Your History, where I looked at rappers that had the same name as other musicians. I was going to get into Biggie…
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Mastermind Street Jam (Tape 25)
The Mastermind Street Jam was broadcast every week on Energy 108 (107.9fm) and it served the Hamilton and Toronto, ON. Canada area and beyond. Here’s an episode that I taped off the radio back in 1995. It features classic hip-hop jams that were brand new at the time. This was one of the freshest hip-hop…
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Why do So Many Rappers Have the Same Name?
Know Your History is a documentary series that gets in-depth about hip-hip history and culture. Hosted by Chase March, this program has been a regular segment on DOPEfm and Word is Bond Rap Radio for over ten years. In this edition of the show, we look closely at rappers that have the same name as…
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I Am Hip-Hop – Cool Conversations
I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture by Andrew J. Rausch This is what Dres of Black Sheep had to say when he was asked, “What does hip-hop mean to you?” “It’s kind of grown over the years. I’ve kind of come upon a revelation that it’s the music of the people. I…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Hip-Hop Classics
DJ Mastermind spun great hip-hop jams live on the radio twice a week back in the 1990s for one hour Monday nights and one hour Tuesday nights. The show was the only hip-hop show on Energy 108, 107.9 fm, serving the Hamilton and Toronto, ON. area. This is the Tuesday night edition and features some…
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Word Up 3.0 – 24 Hr Celebration of Hip-Hop
Word Up! 3.0 is our 3rd Annual Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture on Radio Western. It starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. as we have a live DJ mixset party going on via Zoom. Follow Radio Western on Instagram to get your invite code. I will be spinning live from the Word is Bond Studios. It’s going…
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Word is Bond Remembers Malik B
Hip-hop has lost another one of its own. Rest in Peace, Malik B. We start out with a mixset of your music featuring some great songs from The Roots and your solo work. Then we keep things moving with a mix of new and classic material. Chase March & Zeen Sloshy – Word is Bond…