from the LP Stone Cold Rhymin’, Delicious Vinyl Records, 1989You’ve all heard me whine incessantly about the craptacular state of mainstream hip-hop today, and how things used to be so good, blah blah blah. Well, along with all the other danky stuff I’ve posted on here, this slice of old school wax should be enough to silence any of the doubters. Everything on this cut brings the freshness: the layered breaks, Young MC’s speedy (and noticeably clean) rap delivery, and the impressive mix of tasty samples, including The Ohio Players’ “Skin Tight”, The Incredible Bongo Band’s “Apache”, and those super-skeezy guitar licks pulled from Shaft’s theme song---sick! This entire album was chock full of similarly dope beats, breaks that made you want to move your feet, and it’s not going out on a limb to assume that the Chem Bros & Fatboy Slim found plenty of inspiration inside these grooves.
