knowledge is a habit

I always enjoyed listening to Friday and Saturday night radio shows when I lived in New York City. NYC radio was an entity all its own. When DJs had more control of what they played there would be plenty of ‘local hits’ that would get wildly popular in the city that you would never hear anywhere else on the radio.

There were even whole genres that could only get critical mass in cities like NYC, Miami, and L.A.. A prime example is freestyle which lasted from about 1998 to 1992. You might remember Lisa Lisas “Wonder if I take you home” or Expos’s “Point of no return”.

Here’s a prime example of what to expect when tuning to a WBLS rap show on a Friday or Saturday night in 1988 

Some highlights:
00:20 – Jack of Spades
00:28 – Slick Rick “Mona Lisa”
00:45 – Aint No Half Steppin
00:59 – Queen Latifah
01:13 – Jazzy Jeff
01:21 – Funny commercials (Relaxer, alcohol commercials)

MrMagicRapAttackWBLS1988Xmas.mp3

(Right click and Save As… to save to your local hard drive)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 at 1:06 pm and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.