I kept A LOT of people (neighbours) up late as I used to play this at my dads house back in the day. He was happy for me to keep the subs reelin' & a rockin' even when he went off to bed. Back then I was even more into sound that I am I today, and lived every day surround by the wall to wall speakers and sub-woofer sets that I'd pieced together to form my own wall of sound. Glory days. Anyway this is a little trip down memory lane for me then.

Came into this wicked tune last night while chillin' at a mates place watching a bunch of pretty dope snowboarding videos. Usual story of me coming late to the party on the classic jams. A bit of looking into todays tune shows it up to be a bit of a biggie from back in the day, and so forgive me it's a well worn record 'round your way. Down in SW19 it's da nu style! Plus the words "take it easy," sum up my life mantra basically... Much love.

A pretty fresh 1995 release Hip-Hop joint to kick off 2010 proceedings 'round TSID way. I copped this heads-up from another of those top class The History of Hip-Hop mixes, as previously seen in the form of 1993 edition version dropped HERE. This one obviously coming from the 1995 edition,  and was a first listen ever for me and basically I just had to have it. Again all years 1979 - 1999 are covered! Cracking stuff...

Been a while since I dropped a Hip-Hop joint, though this time I thought I'd come correct with the lyrical wickedness in the form of this big 115min 1993 special from Brooklyn based online Hip-Hop radio station : The Rub. DJ Ayres on the wheels of steel for this one. Check out the tracklisting and then get busy. Obviously all tracks featured are 1993 releases. No ad's and no DJ chat.

Can I start by saying that I am totally jacking Beat Electric's shit right here. Both the excellent documentary video link below, and todays post track were originally put up on their altogether better music blog. You'll find this and two other similarly excellent tracks on there too. It's definitely a site I recommend you check out and bookmark! Over then to the tune in question. I'm not going to really add much except for that it's hot, it's banging, it's from 1989, and I love it.

Yeah as the lady tells it I guess. 2 tracks for this evening - making it our Saturday night special really. I caught a pretty awesome remix of this Candi Staton cover by Florence and The Machine last night on Annie Mac's radio show. Top stuff, and quite a unique little piece from current talk of the town 'The xx,' I thought. Definitely advised that you check it out. But please do not forget the star of todays show!

Everyone up for a bit of electro infused hip-hop from the 80's? Hope so as that's what you're getting tonight. Thanks for this one goes to the excellent blog "A Monsieurwilly World," for this one. Always a good source for lost treasures just like this from back in the day. Short n' sweet from me tonight. Enjoy.

Just a kick-ass Hip-Hop joint for you today. Played this on a journey down to the South of England yesterday to test out an awesome downhill mountain bike, as well as get some riding time with some mates. Boring personal news there from TSID, though all I had to say is that this came on and I knew it was the ONE! X to the Z and Tash on guest vocalist duties here. Have a great Sunday all! Terrific weather down here in LDN...

Not typically the kind of thing to be featured on these pages, though with me jetting of to the Big Apple on Friday I thought it good enough reason for the tune to make the grade, and not too mention that Frank deserves a rest too I reckon! I'm thinking of loading a few tracks onto my laptop for upload while away, though if I battle to post on da regular at home, then NY aint looking too promising... Anyway wish me well! "I got a hundred guns, a hundred clips..."

LDN done good on the warm weather front this year! Too hot to even sit in my room and type. So I'm off out to the park, though still had to stop in an present something to sum up the day, as well as drop this classic summer jam. Lazy post. Good post! "Summer summer summertime time to sit back and unwind...

This is sitting pretty fresh on my stereo at the moment! And that's not on the nostalgia tip either, as I only came into hearing this ODB bomb for the first time about a month or so ago! Admittedly I seemed to  recognise parts of the instrumental as bits of music that I may have caught over the TV or elsewhere, though as far as a full listen goes it only took me around 14yrs to get there. TSID bring you da freshest cuts (from 1995). Much fun, and a great video too.

It might seem like we've fallen on Hard Times down at T.S.I.D towers, what with the extended post hiatus going on, but no worries peeps as it's going to be back to normal from here on... I think. Just got a little lazy over my short holiday period you see, and despite the fact that I practically spent all my time at home anyway, I still found myself just pretty much taking a break from practically everything.

I've been wondering whether or not to open up my site to outside contributors. That or I scale down to around 2-3 posts per week? A lot of the better sites that I follow do seem to have a number of like minded contributors all putting in their little bit here and there to make up a well rounded and often updated bit of web space... I dont know.. Great piece of music here from these three legends of the game. 2nd showing for Mos Def on these pages.

Time to kick it with some of that old skool hip-hop flava... erm.. yeah. Not sure what to tell you about this crew, as there's not a single bit of info that I can find out there for me to piece together any sort of story! Discogs lists only two 12's released back in 1988 and 1989 respectively, and that about wraps it up... short and sweet.

Rewind back to the year 2000, and it's with Brooklyn's Mash Out Posse that I get to link that classic saying so often associated with music : ...the soundtrack to our lives. How this one stands out is that it was the year of M.O.P's "Warriorz," album release, and lead single Ante Up was doing really well on the radio stations. At that same time I was enjoying my first trip in the city that I now call home, London.

Surprising cool fact of the day is that legendary 80's/90's US Hip-Hop star Slick Rick was actually born in my hood! South Wimbledon to be exact. South Wimbledon represent! I mean it means little, but it's still kind of cool for me in a vague sort of way. I also found out that the eye-patch is for real! The result of broken glass in his eye as a baby, or so says my mate Wikipedia...

Heard Coldplay's "Talk," on the drive home from work today. While not the biggest Coldplay fan, I have to still say that I really do like this track of theirs, and would definitely say that it's my fav from them to date. Anyhow for those that might not know, Coldplay borrowed very heavily from the Kraftwerk original, which having heard them this evening then went on to give me the reminder needed to play and post the super OG version available here for you now.

Now I'm back to funk, freak the funk, hype the funk, swipe the funk and all that junk... Definitely my favourite line from this 1992 Hip-Hop classic by the Ultramagnetic MC's, and a fitting intro to todays post as well I thought. Granted, almost all Hip-Hop headz would consider this a standard issue in your collection, though for any of you not packing, then now's your chance. Premium rhymes and beats here!

Running this site actually aids me in getting a bit of backround knowledge on the music I enjoy too. The reason I say this is that as I go about looking for a little more info to package up with my posts, I'm very often presented with a some interesting facts that I myself never knew. In todays instance I found out that this little known rapper used to be involved with the respected LA group "The Pharcyde," before being moved along thanks to his cocaine use in the mid to late 90's.

Merry Xmas all! Not sure what you're up too today, but soundtrack it with this tune and you're set for anything. Honestly up there in my top 3 records for life this is. It's quite unlike any remix I've ever heard before, and is basically just the greatest thing ever! If you dont already know it then grab it now!! Peeps around the world have stood united in unanimous high praise of this single record since it's release, a staggering 21yrs ago, back in 1987! I found a great little video on Youtube, that actually breaks down all the original samples used in the making of the track. See below if you're interested. When all is ready, I throw this switch! MP3 : Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) (Mediafire) / (Zshare) Buy Album - Amazon (£10.29) Myspace - Coldcut Website - Eric B & Rakim

Best rapper alive. Or so says Jay-Z over the this track provided for you here today. I dont think I can argue with the man either, as I'm fully agreed with the claim. This is one of the biggies that took Jay to his rap superstar level, and comes off of his 2003 release "The Black Album." Come a long way from his early High Potent days, of which you'll be seeing an example of in an upcoming post in the not too distant future.

Got something pretty special here. Before super producer Dr Dre went on to greatness with the legendary N.W.A., before he went on to start his record company Aftermath Entertainment, and before he released his own mega selling albums, he was part of this little crew (or cru!) from his hometown of Compton, LA. As mentioned in the Fearless Four post before this, I'm a bit of a sucker for the early 80's Hip-Hop/Rap sounds, and this is compounded even further with Electro influenced productions. This has all the right elements in place, and so is a dear addition to the collection. Hoping that after hearing it you might well find yourself feeling the same way... Master of Mixology in surgery! MP3 : World Class Wreckin Cru' - Surgery (Mediafire) / (Zshare) Buy Album - Amazon Wikipedia Info

Time to all "crunk," up in here, though keeping it strictly on an old skool tip! 80's Hip-Hop were the golden years for me. Now I'm not going to "front," like I was really listening to this stuff in the 80's. Instead it'd taken 20 or so years for me to finally come around, and I guess I've got the Hip-Hop/Rap music blog Cocaine Blunts (previously known as Cocaine Blunts & Hip-Hop Tapes) to thank for getting me turned on to the sound.

Well well well... only my best performing site visit day ever! Crikey, last I looked and I was showing a record high 99 visitors for today. Chuffed! Admittedly about a week ago I was a little down on the fact that peeps weren't leaving any comments, and readership levels were low, and this was actually the true cause for the dip in recent regular positings.

Every Wednesday I sit between 6:15pm and 9:15pm, redoing my high school maths. Looking to improve on my old marks, and hopefully be on my way to better things. Anyway I was chuffed to come up with tonights track as a musical link to that short story. Have a look at the excellent Stuff White People Like, for a Mos Def related story, and the many reasons why you should like him, as well as the music he makes... found here.