Also, some of the vids from the Montreal division of King of The Dot are up on the KOTD Youtube channel For instance, here's the Justice vs Denali battle;
In studio for the freestyles, we had Logic Johnson, Cracked Lips, BK, Loe Pesci & Flip The Mic
PSK, What Does It Mean? - Schoolly D All Out - Alex Dimez Talk Dopeman - Kool G Rap Forever Fresh - Kam Moye Rapper's Jail - Pete Rock The Feeling - Buckshot & Sean Price Talk Theme Music - Termanology New Money - Royce da 5'9 Pass The Dutchy - Theology 3 Milky Lowa - Camp Lo Everything Is Heltah Skeltah - Heltah Skeltah Rap Hour Half Hour Freestyle Hour Don Smooth's Rakim Mix, check him out on K103's Street Sounds, Mon to Thurs 6-11pm
Being that we closed out with a Rakim mix from Don Smooth, here are some shots that I took at the Paid Dues fest that went down in NYC, June of '08. I think audio from the show was used in the mix, you can hear Kid Capri, who was DJing, also being the hype man on some of the tracks.
Off topic; download Malicious' mixtape for free (legally) at lifesnotsosample.com Aright? Aright.
Not much going down in studio tonight, Orion spinning at Jupiter Room on Fridays, Budda left halfway through the show, the phones were slow during the freestyles, Gamma Krush took us out with an a cappella outro over the phone.
Slow Down - Brand Nubian Forever Fresh - Marco Polo & Torae Talk Can't Stop Now - Termanology Monster MCs - Boombap Cats Say Goodnight - Reks Ason Jones - Raekwon Talk Exhibit N - Narcysist Exhibit A - Jay Electronica Wild Child - Penzo Gritty Stem Hood Love - Royce 5'9 ft. Joell Ortiz & Bun B Grand Royal - CNN Take The Money - J-Sands Ready - NYGz Rap Hour Half Hour Freestyle Hour Got Your Money - Ol' Dirty Bastard Lucini - Camp Lo Full Clip - Gangstarr I Ain't No Joke - Eric B and Rakim Paper Thin - Mc Lyte The ? Remains - Gangstarr Check It Out - Beastie Boys Drop The Needle - Maestro Fresh Wes South Bronx - BDP
We had DJs Jermz and Shashu sit in to spin during the freestyles, finish the show and talk an event called 'Crowned' going down November 21, 8pm at Urban Element at 910 Jean Talon east, it's a b-boy and freestyle battle. They'll be starting a new Saturday night gig at Abreuvoir, that's the old Baloos on Ontario between St.Denis And Berri.
Orion was out this week, Flow spun ska and reggae just before the show, from 10-12. Cracked Lips and BK were in for the freestyles.
Jack of Spades - Boogie Down Productions Go Brooklyn - Idle Worship Talk Hey Young Worl - Snowgoons Bricks - Raekwon Iraqnophobia - Euphrates Brooklyn - M.O.P. Talk Fundament came through to plug about Droppin' Knowledge ft. Loe Pesci, Millah Thyme, Markit and Wrabeanz Sat. Nov. 7 at Trois Minots Ain't Trippin' - El Da Sensei Muneshine - Heavy Hitters Dangerzone - DJ Set One Take It To The Streets - JR & PH7 Rap Hour Half Hour Freestyle Hour Living Proof - Group Home Hand On The Pum - Cypress Hill Sound Bwoy Buriell - Smif n' Wessun Fortified Live - Blackstar 1nce Again (Jackin' For Beats rmx) - A Tribe Called Quest Dwyck - Gangstarr Watch The Sound - Fat Joe, Grand Puba & Diamond D
Off the Hook Radio has been broadcasting on CKUT 90.3 in Montreal for 20ish years, Wednesday nights from midnight to 2am, with a live call-in freestyle half hour at 1am. We've won 'Best Radio Show in Montreal' 4 years, as voted by the reading public of the now defunct Montreal Mirror.
