They dropped a legendary 9 and a half minute freestyle and the full recording has only just surfaced. Sure, they talk music with guests like chance the rapper and stevie wonder. Thursday, august 31, 1995 dj eclipse instrumentals. It featured exclusive demo tapes and instudio freestyles from many thenunsigned hip hop artists such as nas, big pun, jayz, busta rhymes, fat joe, camron, dmx, wutang clan, fugees, talib kweli, big l and the notorious b. The stretch and bobbito collection mixtape by various artists hosted by johnboybeats. Dana scott gets an update from the architects of our airwaves. During the 1990s, stretch and bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned nas, biggie, wutang, and big pun as well as an unknown jayz, eminem, and the fugees. Want to know where names like nas and the notorious b. Stretch and bobbito serves as a brilliant magic carpet ride to the nowbygone era of hiphop. Principal of the new school disc iii big l corleone, harlems finest 01. On february 23, 1995, big l and jayz left the mics smoking on stretch and bobbitos show. Emerging from harlem, new york in the early to mid1990s, coleman became well known amongst underground hiphop fans for his freestyling ability, and was.
Big l is the nigga you expect to catch wreck in any cassette deck im so ahead of my time, my parents havent met yet im feeling like billy bathgate, my rap style is past great i love to fuck a bitch from the back and watch her ass shake. Bobbito initially started as an intern at def jam records from 199098, garcia cohosted the stretch armstrong and bobbito show on columbia universitys wkcr. Filled with classic hip hop quotables, many have heard this freestyle before, but never in its entirety with dialogue between bobbito, big l and a young jayz. Props to hecticeclectic to upload his recorded tape from that day that featured more shit.
And now, stretch and bobbito are back, cohosting a new npr podcast called whats good with stretch and bobbito. The stretch armstrong and bobbito show ran from 1990 through 1998 on columbia universitys wkcr. This show was a big deal for me because nas, who already was a legend to us back then, spit over a beat i had made that day. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most lyrical rappers of all time, and is known for helping to pioneer horrorcore.
Radio that changed lives is a love letter to a gritty yet magical era when life might have been illmatic, son, but every thursday night we always had something to look forward to. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Lamont coleman may 30, 1974 february 15, 1999, known professionally as big l, was an american rapper. The shit that went down was epic and became known by all as the 7. The legendary dj stretch armstrong and bobbito finally drop the much anticipated film, stretch and bobbito radio that changed lives. Before the breakfast club, there were stretch and bobbito and their mission was 100% about the culture. The stretch armstrong and bobbito show was an underground hip hop radio show broadcast in new york, originally on 89. The stretch and bobbito collection mixtape by various. Radio that changed lives explores the social impact of what the source magazine in 1998 voted, the best hip hop radio show of alltime. Yo, check it yo, i got slugs for snitches no love for bitches putting thugs in ditches when my trigger finger itches i got a rep that make police jet. A documentary about the shows impact on hiphop titled stretch and bobbito.
Big l yo, check it yo, i got slugs for snitches no love for bitches puttin thugs in ditches when my trigger finger itches i got a re. Jay z and big l deliver epic freestyle in 1995 today in hiphop. The documentary, which focuses on the lives of two radio. Stretch and bobbito can currently be heard on the npr podcast whats good with stretch. The only thing we had was the legendary freestyle that was cut out.
The stretch armstrong and bobbito show hiphop radio. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Stretch tell me if this was suffice, or if its somethin mayo outta here bobbito this is the frosted flakes right here stretch this is the lord finesse beat bobbito yeah yeah big l aight, i. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of. Until now, only seven minutes of this session circulated. Big l i got some new shit for yall to play to, ya know. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Yo, check it yo, i got slugs for snitches no love for bitches puttin thugs in ditches when my tr. Active throughout most of the 90s, it was the place to prove your skills as an mc and many hiphopheads would stay up all night to listen to the show as well as to fill up cassettes. In 1998, it was named the best hip hop radio show of all time by the source magazine. Stream the stretch and bobbito collection mixtape by various artists hosted by johnboybeats. The total record sales for all the artists that premiered on their radio show exceed 300 million. The show was hosted by adrian bartos dj stretch armstrong and robert bobbito garcia, and functioned as an alternative to commercial hip hop radio by airing unsigned artists, rarities and b. Deeper than entertainment, this is the boom for real.