REST IN PEACE CHRIS LIGHTY..........

Today a pillar in the Hip Hop community was laid to rest. Let us all honor his memory by trying to do & be better. 

RIP CHRIS LIGHTY...YOUR MEMORY WILL FOREVER LIVE ON..

RIP CHRIS LIGHTY

Huge loss for the Hip Hop community. Chris and The Violators  held down legendary NYC clubs and crews like BDP & The Jungle Brothers in the mid 80's & early 90's. He expanded The Violators to Violator Management and Violator Records. He guided the careers of Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, NORE, Mariah Carey and many more.  So sad that his legacy ends this way. Please do not pass judgement on this man as no one but him has walked in his shoes. Keep his children and family in your prayers. #RIPCHRISLIGHTY. Thank you for all your contributions to HIP HOP.

RIP MS MELODIE - (BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS)

Just heard about her passing. She played an important part in the movement of female MC's during that time. Sad to hear...RIP #BDPPOSSE

RIP STAY HIGH 149

Lost another legend a few days ago. Make sure you watch this and if you are not familiar with who Stay High was read below.
 ORIGINAL STORY LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/nyregion/wayne-roberts-stay-high-149-in-graffiti-circles-is-dead-at-61.html

Wayne Roberts was a pioneering 1970s graffiti writer known as “Stay High 149” who borrowed the haloed stick figure from the title sequence of the 1960s television series “The Saint,” put a joint in its mouth and turned it around. His “Smoker” tag, or signature, turned the heads of legions of imitators and admirers, including the anonymous teenagers who slipped into train yards at night to paint whole cars, as well as Norman Mailer, who featured him in his book “The Faith of Graffiti.” Mr. Roberts, who disappeared from the scene for some 25 years until he was rediscovered by a new generation of fans and artists in 2000, died on Monday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 61. The cause was complications of liver disease, his sister Pauline Noble said. “He was incredibly influential for generations,” said Eric Felisbret, founder of the graffiti archive @149st and author of “Graffiti New York.” “He set the pace for how to do an elegant tag and set yourself apart from other people. It was like corporate branding.”

Mr. Roberts was born in Emporia, Va., on Oct. 20, 1950. He never knew his father — not even his name — and moved to Harlem as a child with his mother and his younger brother, Eddie. The family moved to the Bronx in 1966. He recounted on his Web site that by his late teens he was working as a messenger on Wall Street and smoking about an ounce of marijuana a week, earning the Stay High nickname. In his subway travels he noticed other tags — TAKI 183, JOE 182 and PRAY — and followed suit with his own creation, according to his site. He said he could hit as many as 100 trains a day and twice that at night, when he sometimes did larger pieces. “In 1972, Wayne was 22, and he was taking the train to deliver all over the city,” said Chris Pape, a younger graffiti writer and co-author, with Sky Farrell, of Mr. Roberts’s biography, titled “Stay High 149,” published by Gingko Press. “He rode empty trains all day with markers in his pocket, and he wrote everywhere.” Mr. Pape said the Smoker figure was a departure from the tags of the early 1970s, which relied on simple, straight letters, often done by young teenagers who were active only briefly. Soon stylistic flourishes like arrows and loops were added, but none were as successful as the Smoker. In 1973 New York magazine featured Stay High in an article and showed his face. He was arrested soon afterward. (The arresting officer later called him “a gentleman.”) Switching to different tags, Mr. Roberts eventually created another memorable tag: spare, kinetic letters declaring “Voice of the Ghetto.” Many other writers copied elements of his style, including the stick figure and the halo, even the name: there was Stay Cool 149 and Super High 149. In one case, another Bronx artist insisted to High Times magazine that Mr. Roberts had gotten the original tag idea from him and his cousin.

 By the mid-1970s Mr. Roberts had disappeared from the scene devoting himself to his job as a messenger at the World Trade Center (where he tagged many of the staircases) and to raising his two children, Dwayne and Michelle, who survive him, along with two sisters, Ms. Noble and Karen Michelle Owens, and three brothers, Tracy, Eddie and Tyrone. By the early ’80s, Mr. Pape said, drugs had begun to take their toll. Mr. Roberts left his World Trade Center job, and his wife, because of his drug use. “He was a functional junkie who occasionally did time in prison for stupid things,” Mr. Pape said. “He was like that for 20 years. He didn’t want to be found.” It was not until a chance encounter in 2000 with another early graffiti writer that he realized he had so many loyal fans. At an exhibition in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, he was mobbed by autograph seekers. At another show, he had to duck out the back door because of the crowds. Mr. Pape said Mr. Roberts cleaned himself up and began to write graffiti again. New versions of the Smoker started appearing. When Mailer’s “Faith of Graffiti” was reissued in 2009, the cover carried a photo of a Redbird subway car rumbling along elevated tracks, with “Stay High 149” emblazoned on its side. Yet by then, it was not uncommon to find the creator of that tag haggling with customers on the street as he sold canvases for a pittance. “When he came back on the scene, he had no idea how important he was,” Mr. Felisbret, the graffiti archivist, said. “He could not capitalize on it because he had no business savvy. The level of his street cred could have translated into some money. Instead, he was selling canvases in the street for $25. “I’m not saying he could have made Banksy money. He was looking for a quick buck. But at least I’m glad he knew how the culture felt about him.”

MISTER CEE BEASTIES BOYS TRIBUTE (AUDIO)

Been out of pocket last few days. Sorry. Lost another hip hop icon last week. Always respected the Beastie Boys. RIP ADAM

RIP GURU

‎"2 years on this day, Hip Hop lost a true soldier. Rest in Power my brother." Doo Wop

HOT 97 TRIBUTE TO NOTORIOUS BIG - HOSTED BY ANGIE MARTINEZ 3/1997 (AUDIO)

This is the dedication to BIG Angie Martinez hosted in memory of BIG in March 1997. I recorded this on cassette and transferred it a few years back. Definitely a collectors item. RIP BIG

MIRI BEN-ARI - VIOLIN TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON ( I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU) (VIDEO)

RIP WHITNEY

RIP WHITNEY HOUSTON

R.I.P.Whitney Houston
(August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012)
415 Awards, 2 Emmys, 6 Grammys, 22 American Music Awards, 30 Billboard Awards & sold 300,000,000 Albums - Your legacy lives on... energy doesn't die #TimelessMusic #Respect

Whoo Kid's Untold Stories - Big Pun Pulling Out An Uzi On Him @DJWHOOKID

Classic Big Pun story. Pun was official...lol RIPBIGPUN

@DJWONDER - RIP DON CORNELIUS MIX

1. Don Cornelius Intro

2. Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough

3. Kool & the Gang - She’s Fresh

4. The Whispers – Rock Steady

5. Slave - Slide

6. Crusaders - Street Life

7. Sister Sledge - He’s the Greatest Dancer

8. Stevie Wonder – Do I Do

9. Teena Marie – Square Biz

10. Billy Ocean - Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)

11. George Benson - Give Me The Night

12. Don Cornelius Interlude

13. Janet Jackson - Control

14. DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night

15. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

16. Earth, Wind, & Fire - Brazillian Rhyme

17. Michael Jackson - Rock With You

18. Michael Jackson - Remember The Times (Acapella Break)

19. Keith Sweat - I Want Her

20. Jeff Redd – You Called And Told Me

21. Guy - Groove Me

22. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative

23. Entouch - II Hype

24. LL Cool J – Around The Way Girl

25. Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity

26. After 7 - Can’t Stop (Clap-A-Pella)

27. Afrika Bambaataa Presents: Time Zone - Zulu War Chant (Funky Remix)

28. Sly & The Family Stone – Everybody Is A Star

29. Rest In Peace Outro

http://www.mediafire.com/?2fw45gd7rabt796

RIP JIMMY CASTOR

RIP TO JIMMY CASTOR. Below is some info on him in case you don't know...DO THE KNOWLEDGE!

Castor started as a doo-wop singer in New York. He wrote and recorded "I Promise to Remember" in 1956. Castor then replaced Frankie Lymon in The Teenagers in 1957 before switching to the saxophone in 1960. He had a solo hit with "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" on Smash Records in 1966. Castor also played sax on Dave "Baby" Cortez's hit "Rinky Dink." He formed the Jimmy Castor Bunch in 1972 and signed with RCA. As leader of The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the 1970s, and also as a solo artist, he has released several successful albums and singles. The group reached the peak of their commercial success in 1972 with the release of their album, It's Just Begun, which featured two hit singles: the title track and "Troglodyte (Cave Man)," which was a large hit in the U.S., peaking at #6 in the Billboard Hot 100. The track stayed in the chart for 14 weeks and was a million seller by 30 June 1972, and received a gold disc award from the R.I.A.A.[1]

Castor continued the trend in 1975 with "The Bertha Butt Boogie" and later recorded "E-Man Boogie," "King Kong," "Bom Bom," and "Potential." The Castor band included keyboardist/trumpeter Gerry Thomas, bassist Doug Gibson, guitarist Harry Jensen, conga player Lenny Fridle, Jr., and drummer Bobby Manigault.[1] Thomas, who simultaneously recorded with the Fatback Band, left in the '80s to exclusively record with them. Castor recorded as a solo performer from 1976 until 1988. He had one of his bigger hits in many years with a 1988 revival of "Love Makes a Woman," which paired him with disco diva Joyce Sims. Castor had his own record label, Long Distance, in the 1980s.

Many of the group's tunes have been heavily sampled in films and in hip-hop. In particular, the saxophone hook and groove from "It's Just Begun" and the spoken word intro and groove from "Troglodyte" (namely, "What we're gonna do right here is go back...") have been sampled extensively.

[edit] Discography

Popular songs by Jimmy Castor include:

"Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" (1966), #31

with The Jimmy Castor Bunch:

"It's Just Begun" (1972)

"Troglodyte (Cave Man)" (1972), #6

"The Bertha Butt Boogie (part 1)" (1975), #16

"King Kong (part 1)" (1975), #69

As a solo artist:

"Love Makes a Woman" (1988) (with Joyce Sims)

Albums:

Hey Leroy (1968) (Smash)

It's Just Begun (1972) (RCA)

Phase 2 (1972) (RCA)

Dimension 3 (1973) (RCA)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch featuring The Everything Man (1974) (Atlantic)

Butt Of Course... (1975) (Atlantic)

Supersound (1975) (Atlantic)

E-Man Groovin' (1976) (Atlantic)

Maximum Stimulation (1977) (Atlantic)

Let It Out (1978) (Drive/T.K. Records)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1979) (Cotillion/Atlantic)

C (1980) (Long Distance)

The Return of Leroy (1983) (Dream)

The Everything Man-The Best of The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1995) (Rhino)

Mr Magic Disco Showcase (1981) - Talking about the "new"movie Wild Style ( AUDIO)

Very rare and classic radio clip from Mr Magic Disco Showcase on WHBI. Magic talks about just coming back from the filming of the movie " Wild Style " and mentions all the performers that were at the filming. This is a really important piece of Hip Hop history. RIP MR MAGIC.

DMC Remembers Heavy D

Heavy D Tribute by Cookin Soul

http://www.rememberheavyd.com/

MARLEY MARL HEAVY DEE TRIBUTE MIX FOR WBLS

MARLEY MARL HEAVY DEE TRIBUTE MIX FOR WBLS by DJ Marley Marl

RIP HEAVY D

Busta Rhymes - You Ain't Gotta Wait Till I'm Gone (Heavy D Tribute)

Shouts to Busta for making this record. RIP HEAVY D

HEAVY D'S FINAL INTERVIEW ON TIM WESTWOOD

#RIP once again to the legend Heavy D

RIP TO THE LEGENDARY HEAVY D

Lost another legend today. This one hits close to home for me and 238Beats. Grew up seeing Heavy D driving around Mount Vernon and White Plains Rd in his gold Chevy Blazer with Heavy D written on the side window. His music represented such a great time in our lives growing up and made us want to get in the industry. Nothing but lOVE for you Hev......RIP LEGEND

RIP STEVE JOBS

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose"