Rappin’ With The Rickster DVD Release Party w/ DJs Chairman Mao + Edan – July 27th 2010
Ricky Powell — Rappin with the Rickster DVD
Ricky Powell - Rappin with the Rickster DVD
Oh snap!
Heavily bootlegged for years on VHS, Ricky Powell’s early 90s
Rappin’ With The Rickster cable access show gave insight into the world of
the foulmouthed, trouble-making New York City scenester. But this ain’t your
cousin’s bootlegs – What you hold in your hand are carefully selected “best
of” moments from the series, lifted straight off of Ricky’s vintage analog
masters and delivered right to your brain stem courtesy of the fine folks at
Five Day Weekend. In addition to this incredible slice of vintage NYC street
culture, the Rickster wanted to take it a step further with this release. We
brought him back in the studio to get his Dean Martin on, hosting commentary
over a virtual slideshow of his favorite pics from his ziploc bag full of
slides. If that isn’t the icing on the cake… we also laced him with a new
camera, got him feeling nice, and turned him loose on Greenwich Village on
some 2010 Rickster steez. So we got the new… and we got the old. And yeah
yeah… it’s real cool to be retro these days… but for every thousand emulators
there’s only one innovator… Ricky Powell is the mandingus general… The lazy
hustler supreme.
Mr. Chop — T.R.O.Y. The Resurrection & Straighten It Out
Mr. Chop - T.R.O.Y. The Resurrection
After the success of Mr. Chop’s all-instrumental version of Pete Rock inspired songs For Pete’s Sake, we approached CL Smooth about the possibility of re-recording his vocals for Mr. Chop’s version of two Pete Rock & CL Smooth classics: “T.R.O.Y” and “Straighten It Out”. 20 years after the original release of both tracks on the Mecca and the Soul Brother LP, CL sounds as fresh as ever, performing with the smooth, natural ease he’s known for.
Both singles feature instrumental versions on the B-side.
Mr. Chop — For Pete’s Sake
Mr. Chop - For Pete's Sake
Mr. Chop, the multi-talented producer, engineer, and guitar-reared multi-instrumentalist behind a host of releases on Now-Again and Jazzman Records, couldn’t have foretold that the legendary rapper MF Doom would call him “the illest to grace the boards” after tapping into his otherworldly skills as co-producer/co-writer on a series of tracks on the recently released Born Like This album on Lex Records. Nor could he have foretold that Doom’s praise would lead to an offer to rework psych funk, jazz and rock covers of producer Pete Rock’s greatest beats.
Edan — Echo Party
Edan - Echo Party
Ever since the success of Edan’s 2005 sophomore release Beauty and the Beat (Lewis Recordings) the phones have been ringing off the hook here at Traffic Entertainment with questions from all around the world asking “What’s up with Edan” and “When is the new album coming out?”
Peanut Butter Wolf — 45 LIVE
Peanut Butter Wolf - Live 45
After catching wreck on dozens of 45-only (aka donuts) Hip-Hop sets worldwide, Peanut Butter Wolf has gotten together with the good folks at Five Day Weekend to put together this insane collection of 10 Rap 45’s packaged in a beautiful heavy-weight collector’s tin. The 20 classic Hip Hop cuts, personally hand picked by PBW and taken from such iconic labels as Enjoy, Sleeping Bag, Fresh, Cold Chillin’, Strong City and many more are guaranteed to not only put a smile on the face of any avid Old School Hip Hop fan, but also provide a great introduction to the golden era for any Rap fans of the new millennium.
