RIP Mr. Magic

Rap Attack was certainly one of the first rap songs I ever heard. And Mr Magic's Wand was on the same comp. 1984, yo. And it made it to my whitebread town in rural Oregon. That says something about the power of a song.

friday nights in the v. early 80s I would (sometimes) stay in to catch Mr. Magic on tiny NJ station WHBI (he came on right after reggae DJ Gil Bailey)

OH MY GOD I'M HAVING A RAP ATTACK...

RIP my man

juice crew reunites for a magic tribute:
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.9216/title.the-juice-crew-f-big-daddy-kane-mc-shan-craig-g-roxanne-shante-biz-markie-tj-swan-marley-marl-mr-magic-tribute

Never seen this. Dutch documentary from 1986, Big Fun In The Big Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kSsqWNSQqs

oooh, thanks

classic doc

The VLAD interview with Big Daddy Kane on Shan vs. BDP was an eye opener, for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbiVQumezhk

huh that IS interesting!

hi pappa!

vlad is so fucking annoying but he can really get ppl to open up

Thinking about Mr. Magic, because this past Saturday at the memorial service for Lloyd Pinchback, who played sax, flute, & cowbell in Chuck Brown’s Soul Searchers , Lloyd’s more recent band , dc go-go group Proper Utensils played a jazzy go-go version of Grover Washington Jr.’s Mr Magic, and it reminded me of hearing that as dj host Mr Magic’s opening theme circa 83 - 86. Used to hear other old school r’nb bands play it too.