https://soundcloud.com/randomrapradio/sets/dj-premier-wbls-thunderstorm-vol-1-6

If you want to immerse yourself in the fashionable sound of raw 90s Rap, you need look no further than this 6 set playlist from 1994 and 1995. These rare radio recordings have been bandied about in various qualities over the years , but we thought we’d make it easy access like Eazy-E’s pants. He was on every Friday night between 1992 & 1994. He tore it up between 8 – 10 PM on THE station of choice in NY, the World’s Best Looking Sound, 107.5 WBLS.

Primo is a don, a ‘king of style’ if you will. His work with Gang Starr, his production credits, his unapologetic and wide ranging taste in music, and his legendary status within the universal Hip-Hop community as a humble cat, can’t be contested. But as a mix show DJ, this man is a ‘monster on the set’, and listening back to these shows, it’s evident that even with quite a few years of the business under his belt, he was still hungry like bears goin’ bonkers in Yonkers.

Listening back to a show which pre-dates Sirius XMs ‘Live From HeadQCourterz’ by approx a decade, the first thing that you’ll notice is Mr Martin taking the Terminator X approach [he was known to Speak with his Hands]. I don’t think he utters a word, but that ain’t important. He had Geronimo and assorted posse in effect in the other booth to undertake the presentation, which allowed him to concentrate on rippin shit.

They were broadcast in the mid-90s, and in 2009 they had a very limited Japanese release on CD. These recordings are from those CDs. He drops ‘Future Classics’, from all coasts, and as you know, his scratch is insanely and hypnotically tight at times, he even drops the airplane effect. What, you want more? He drops tracks that didn’t sell out in their first week, but still had ya head noddin back then. He drops a demo by an unsigned artist called Rambo [Produced by Clark Kent protege and old school alumni Ski, FKA MC Will-Ski from the Bizzie Boyz]. And, as you would, he murders some doubles of his own productions to make this a classic set. The Gang Starr Foundation make a couple of appearances, including a brief interview with Bahamadia and some time with Jeru. Apart from the fact that there are a few repeat listens of a handful of tunes over the 6 volumes, there is very little else to say about this playlist. All you need to do is listen, and maybe reach for a neckbrace.

Biggest propers to Biggest Gord and the PhilaFlava Unit.