Sometimes I don’t mind a low quality image. It’s like a dubbed copy or something. Whatever, this image represents this post, so I’m sticking with it. Plus I don’t own a scanner. File under: things to invest in in 2011.

Going to check out Aceyalone tonight at the Drake Underground in Toronto. As a young hip-hop fan, I was reasonably obsessed with the music produced by Acey/Freestyle Fellowship/Project Blowed. The crew have a catalog definitely worth sinking your teeth into. I don’t have a whole lot of time now to go very in depth with their history… there’s a few things written about them on the modern internet, but much of what I learned from them was through cassette dubs from people I met on the old internet and old hip hop magazines.

My first show in Toronto was actually opening for Aceyalone & Smut Peddlers in two-thousand-something (before Google, apparently) at the Opera House. I was also fortunate enough to DJ a live show @ SXSW 2003 with Awol One, Josh Martinez, Sleep, Kunga 219 & Bishop that ended in a freestyle session where Aceyalone & CVE’s Riddlore where the crowd kept edging in until there was essentially no stage and the raps were RIDICULOUS. F@CKIN RI-DICALUS!

I might need a refresh on some of the songs pre-show. I think I’ll start with The Guidelines, then go from there. Chef’s Recommendations: Mic Check, Cornbread, Greatest Show On Earth, Hot Potato, Innercity Boundaries, Makeba, Lost Your Mind, Find Out…. the man has some tunes. Many youtube embeds below. Enjoy.

The Guidelines

Mic Check

Cornbread

Greatest Show On Earth

Hot Potato

Innercity Boundaries

Makeba

Lost Your Mind

Find Out

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