MID-90 BUTTERS: WKCR 11.02.95 WITH KRS-ONE AND LORD FINESSE

What up purveyors of the finer flavors? It’s Cadbury time, so let’s get to it!

We’re still feeling really generous and enjoy sharing large chunks of audio from our show on 89.9 WKCR-FM aka 89Tec9, so, true to that, here is a slab of butter* from November 2nd, 1995. This is the fabled night that Lord Finesse brought a stack of SP-1200 discs and I brought up my machine (which, daily, I regret selling in the late 90s). Real talk, playing beats from a sampler live on the radio was not common, so hearing a master like Finesse reveal a little of his magic was a treat for the listeners, and us! 

I can’t remember if KRS-One and Finesse came up together, but I do remember that it felt like we'd been waiting for years for the Blastmaster to grace our airwaves with his presence. He made up for the waiting by trading beaucoup bars with Finesse over original beats, which included that funky Joe Tex chop and of course, the magnificent “Let’s Get It On” instrumental, which I believe was spliced from various naked instrumental pieces from the original song into a seamless loop, almost the opposite of a chop. That was impressive. HIs source was a very crunchy 7” and the pops and scratches always sounded so good.

I got really caught up in the moment and was just enjoying it as a fan, and when one of the beats stopped, KRS clowned me for not keeping the music going. I think he refers to me as “DJ,” which, honestly, was kind of annoying. KRS has always been a little, shall we say “unpredictable?”

When these clips get shared on youtube etc., much of the in-between banter is edited out, but we’re giving you the whole enchilada. It’s pretty entertaining, as it usually was when a legend came up to the unfiltered overnight Stretch and Bobbito clubhouse.

Where else would you hear Mobb Deep mixed into J-Live? Also, I dropped a Cella Dwellas remix I did. It’s pretty good.

Enjoy!

- Stretch

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