Alright everybody, where are your Cross Colour pants, anks and X hats??

I remember they had major beef with BDP for a minute and Professor X briefly managed 3rd Bass. They battled on wax for a while.

OdysseyMiles said:

Whewww you didn't have to go there.

Remember back in the days when everyone was black, conscious and down for the struggle?

found1 said:

I SO agree! The early 90's was such a great, great time for hip hop, TRUE hip hop.
Anybody remember these guys?

Namepeace both of those were JAMS!
Both P.E. and the entire Native Tongue family were puttin' it down back then.

Notable quotable: "This is protected by the red, the black and the green... with a key... SISSSSSY!"

X-Clan

Remember back in the days when everyone was black, conscious and down for the struggle? Here's one group that comes to mind: X-Clan. This was back in the late '80s when Afrocentric, conscious hip hop -- at its commercial zenith -- ruled the airwaves (and wasn't relegated to the backpack set like it is today with Talib, Mos, and Dead Pres) with the likes of Public Enemy ("Fight The Power"), Queen Latifah ("Ladies First"), BDP ("You Must Learn," Edutainment), NWA ("Express Yourself"), and the Self-Destruction movement all over Yo! MTV Raps and the streets -- African medallions were everywhere, the black power afro picks, the Flava Flav clock medallions, all that stuff.

My favorite jam from X-Clan was "Funkin' Lesson." I remember the video and the album cover. They were a bunch of afrocentric brothers that drove around in a pink caddy. Nowadays, that would be ludicrous and wouldn't even fly, but that was the era back then. I also enjoyed "Grand Verbalizer, What Time Is It?" and "Verbal Milk." Their debut had a lot of gems on it (and who can forget their ubiquitous "red black and green" catch phrase!).

I know X-Clan was accused later on for using their supposed high afrocentricism just to sell records. Somebody said they were eating pork ribs and weren't really that conscious afterall. Don't know how true that is.

A cool website critiquing X-Clan's "To The East Blackwards" album can be found here: www.seditionists.org/HFh/...4.cu2.html

Share your thoughts on this group and their music.... SISSY!!!!!


a Vainglorious edit.
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X-Clan's beats were fucking insane!!!

Good Pick jan.....here's mine.....




By the way, I'm a proud member of the backpack set kid.....

How many times I gotta tell you, man???

D-NICE

#1 lyricist out here in the world today

all the suckas that wanna perpetrate the fraud must come CORRECT (RECT...rect...)

now what I'm sayin'. This is KRS-One of the massive BDP crew and of course we are doin' it just for you...

the styles are from 1990 and 1991 and -2

so we're gonna break it down a little somethin' like this... check it out...

I said the TR-808 is comin' (comin')... BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!




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JANFAN4L said:

I used to think D-Nice was so cute in the Self Destruction video. I loved his song "Call Me D-Nice". The last time I saw him was in Notorious B.I.G's video "One More Chance" and he had picked up weight.

ok.. how 'bout All Hail the Queen

Latifah laid it down! Especially The Pros featuring Daddy-o.

found1 said:

My jams were "Wrath of My Madness" and "King and Queen Creation" featuring the unheralded DJ Mark the 45 King.

I SO agree! The early 90's was such a great, great time for hip hop, TRUE hip hop.
Anybody remember these guys?

Y'all are takin' it back in here with the Kwamé references and Ice Cream Tee!

Boriquateddy, I know u remember NIKKI D ("Daddy's Little Girl" and "Sunny Daze"). She used to rock Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps. I used to dance around to those songs... I MISS YO! MTV RAPS!!!! They need to re-air old episodes!

Oh but of course....Nikki D. was one of the baddest b*$#hes out there in the early 90's.....

boriquateddy said:

I saw Nikki D on Broadway and 102 (or thereabouts) a few months ago. When I saw her, I thought "She looks familiar." Only after I passed her did I realize who she was.

UptownDeb said:

was she still rockin' that gold front?

OdysseyMiles said:

ABSOLUTELY! "The Choice is Yours." In fact, I saw the video the other day. Heard the first few strains...saw the girl wearing that short blue dress going up the spiral staircase..I lost it. I absolutely love this song and video. *smooches* to Mr. Long.

found1 said:

Oh no you didn't!


(Actually, I didn't notice. )

UptownDeb said:

My brother and I used to recite "The Choice Is Yours" word for word at graduation parties during the summer of '92.

OdysseyMiles said:

Mr. Lawng, Dres BlackSheep slam now.