THROWBACK TO 1991. STRETCH AND BOBBITO EARLY DAYS.

So…the earlier the show date, the harder it is to find audio. So please appreciate this nearly 45 mins of a show from 1991, the date of which eludes me. Being on the radio then was still completely novel and foolishly fun.

For years, we followed the reggae show, titled Reggae Riddims, and during the several years that dancehall mixed with hip-hop beats was really big in the clubs and hip-hop circles, I would often transition from the reggae show with island-flavored records, as is the case with this show. It starts of with Kenny Dope’s massive “Supa” with the Louie Culture sample, followed by “Ring the Alarm” by the Fu-Shnickens, who actually created a huge buzz through Chip Fu’s penchant for murdering clubs. To me their records were a disappointment, and this may have been the only time I ever played them, likely because of the Tenor Saw and “Stalag” samples. I always loved Chubb Rock’s “Just the Two of Us” from his album “The One,” which was fire (peep “Organizer and “The Regiments of Steel.”) Next is a record, Smooth Movement’s “The Adventure,” that was one of the first indie records that became indelibly associated with our show because of how many times I played it. V.I.C., later of Beatnuts fame, sampled the exquisite “Promised Land” by Nairobi Sisters, three years before he’d use it again for Kurious “Mansion and a Yacht” featuring Sadat X and Jungle Bother Mike G., and twenty five years before A Tribe Called Quest would revive the loop for “Whatever Will Be” for their final album. I can’t believe how good D-Nice “25 ta Life” and Poor Righteous Teachers “Hot Damn I’m Great” sound right now, and the same goes for one of the earliest, if not THE earliest, promo ever recorded for us by J.V.C. Force. That was a big deal for me. For those that don’t know, their “Strong Island” was a massive record in the Tri-State, rinsed by Red Alert weekly throughout 1987, so linking with them in ’90 was like, whoa. This show is likely the only time I played “O.P.P.” because it blew up over night and I never felt comfortable asking listeners to stay up as late as our show aired just to hear music they could find elsewhere.

Oh, and if you notice some other broadcast bleeding into our show out of nowhere, I have no idea what that is. You’re not tripping. While we’re talking at the end, Pink Floyd is seeping in. Strange, and I have no explanation.

Anyway, enjoy a very wet-behind-the-ears Stretch and Bobbito. Such an amazing time for us.

Mega props to Rolf from Staten Island for blessing me with his collection of cassettes which spanned 90-96, this recording being from those.

Word up.

Kenny Dope “Supa”

Fu-Shnickens “Ring the Alarm”

Chubb Rock “Just the Two of Us”

Smooth Movement “The Adventure”

D-Nice “25 to Life”

Poor Tighteous Teachers “Hot Damn I’m Great”

Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs “Be a Father to Your Child”

A Tribe Called Quest “Butter”

J.V.C. Force “Stretch and Bobbito Promo”

Nice N Smooth “How to Flow”

Naughty By Nature “O.P.P.” Remix

Get Boys “My Mind’s Playin’ Tricks on Me”

Stretch and Bobbito chit chat