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Master Don and the Death Committee, Force MCs, Dougie Fresh and the Crash Crew, Live in ’83

part 2 of Pebblee Poo

With special live performances by Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Treacherous Three, Crash Crew, Fearless 4, Furious Five, Spoonie Gee and Cold Crush Brothers. Can you say classic? link

Reggie Reg still doing it, don’t need the rock hall of fame telling me what pioneers are to be celebrated and appreciated. via The Old School Radio Hour

Don’t sleep on this. CV and I went to their last event and it was crazy! A lot of old school heads are likely to show up and perform impromptu. Peace to Reggie Reg!

MC ReGGie ReG,
An Original member of the Crash Crew EST.1977
One of the first Self Produced, Self Promoted and Self Released Songs in Hip Hop Ever Recorded “High Powered Rap 1979″

We would like to invite You
Tonight Sat. 28, 2009
@ The Bishop Perry Hall
65 west 138th (btwn. 5th & Lenox aves)

We are inviting you and Friends to spend a Night of Entertainment, Food (Free Complimentary Dinner) and Fun Along with Some of the Original Hip Hop Pioneers.

PKA Groundbreakers Ent.
The Original Double Trouble featuring Lil Rodney Cee and KK Rockwell
Kool Kyle The Original StarChild Feat.RB dA brolik
Reggie Reg of the Legendary Crash Crew
And a Special performance by T-Ski-Valley, The Brothers Fantastic
Also Just confirmed The Mighty Mike C of The Fearless 4 will Be your Host for The Night

This is a Fundraiser Event for The Hip Hop Pioneers Medical and Dental Care Program
TO PURCHASE TICKETS AND FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME Reggie Reg (Crash Crew) @ regpayne135@yahoo.com

Didn’t have a chance to post this but it’s going down tonight in NYC. It’s a free show too so don’t sleep on this! more info

Hip-Hop Homage Tour 2009
Friday February 6, 2009 from 6:00pm – 11:00pm

Mission Society Beacon Auditorium
215 West 114th St.
New York, New York 10026

On Track Productions in association with Praise, Peace and Pride, Inc. is having a free Black History Month Pre-Launch celebration of the 2009 Hip Hop Homage Tour 30th Anniversary of Hip Hop on wax, “Tribute to 1979.”

Featuring artists the original Double Trouble, KK Rockwell, and Rodney C, Kool Kyle the original Starchild, featuring RB, Da Broiler, Reggie Reg of the Legendary Crash Crew. Debut performance by Rahiem of the original Funky Four and Grand Maste Flash of the Furious Five.

FYI– Also conducting auditions for signed and unsigned artists who would like an opportunity to perform during the pre-launch celebration. Call 646-748-2766 for more info.

This is an 30 and over crowd. You must be 30 and over to attend this event.

Please RSVP to hiphoppioneershealth@yahoo.com no later than January 28, 2009.

Please list your full name and age and also if you are inviting any guest you must have their full name and age also.

Thank you.

The Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Show was a historic event. The artists either performing or in attendance was a virtual who’s who of Hip-Hop aristocracy (partial list below). The whole concert lasted about three hours with 10-15 minute sets for each act, which meant a steady stream of classic material. If you couldn’t make it to the show and want to get a sense of what tracks were performed, just throw on your best of 80s and 90s hip-hop mixtapes.

I gotta give props to Ralph McDaniels and crew for a few things that added to the show’s success. One is keeping the event so organized. Even with the hustle and bustle of artists continuously going on and off stage, everything ran smoothly. Also, the set lengths. There was always enough entertainment throughout the night to keep the crowd involved and on their toes. Of course, major props are due for the line up. Honestly, when was the last time you heard Spoonie Gee, Schoolly D or Milk Dee rock the mic? Let alone at the same free event! Throw on the fact that none of the artists who hit the stage got paid a cent. They all did it out of love and respect for Uncle Ralph and Video Music Box. Hip-Hop unity at its finest.

Obviously, there are plenty of highlights I could run through like Ralph showing off his DJ Clark Kent designed Air Force One’s made specifically for the anniversary. Or July 18th being officially declared Video Music Box Day by Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson. However, the livest part of the whole show was when the Sugar Hill Gang hit the stage to the tune of Rapper’s Delight. By now, most of us should know the back story behind Big Hank’s verse. After Wonder Mike finished up, I wondered how the crowd would react to Hank’s part of the song. The answer was that they didn’t get a chance to because Grandmaster Caz suddenly ran onto the stage and started spitting the rhymes! The icing on the cake was when Rahiem and Mele Mel of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five joined everybody up there. Amazing.

Big ups to Ralph for being the first and putting in 25 years of hard work. And here’s to another 25+! I got video footage for most of the sets but until those are edited and uploaded onto our youtube channel, check out some pictures I snapped in between recordings (after the jump).

Sugar Hill Gang
Grandmaster Caz
Rahiem
Mele Mel
Lovebug Starski
Crash Crew
Chubb Rock
Naughty By Nature
Nice & Smooth
Special Ed
Milk Dee
Spoonie Gee
Schoolly D
Dana Dane
DJ Jazzy Joyce
O.C.
A.G.
Fab 5 Freddy
Kool Herc
Awesome 2
Mr. Cheeks
Kool DJ Red Alert
Large Professor
Dres
Hakim (of Channel Live)

Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Caz, Rahiem and Mele Mel

Special K

Smooth B

Ralph McDaniels and Kool Herc

Ralph McDaniels

Rahiem

Naughty By Nature

Mele Mel

Kool DJ Red Alert

Greg Nice

Greg Nice

Grandmaster Caz and Rahiem

DJ Jazzy Joyce

Dana Dane

Chubb Rock