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Talk about a diverse lineup. You could only get this on Stretch and Bob's show!
Dr. Dre, King Tee, Boot Camp Click, Company Flow on Stretch and Bobbito WKCR October 24, 1996
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Piff Perkins
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Dope. That guy's youtube page has a lot of recordings of the show, including tracklists and time stamps. Love peeping the shout outs section as well as the cross talk, where you really get a sense of shyt people were saying about rap at the time in NY.
Newark88
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The callers were as much as a highlight of the show along with the guests
Piff Perkins
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I was listening to an episode last week (on this same youtube channel) where Bobbito had returned from LA and was discussing the scene there. Also interesting hearing callers in 1993-1994 lamenting the direction of hip hop and wondering if it would ever find its way again. The anti-gangsta rap sentiments on the show were pretty strong initially. Later on (1995+) Stretch got heavy into gangsta rap shyt while Bobbito got deeper into the underground scenes.
When you listen to how these guys talked/thought, especially the fans calling in, you get a clear picture of how little they fukked with albums and rappers we love. Bobbito didn't like Doggystyle. Fans complained about It Was Written. They were disappointed in Biggie's direction/Bad Boy. etc
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I started listening to Stretch and Bob around late 91ish going into 92 (basically my 9th grade year). I do recall in the earlier years of the show, there wasn't too many barriers or division amongst what was considered commercial, street, or underground. I remember Stretch playing the shyt out the Chronic when it came out as well as Compton's Most Wanted. The divide in the taste between Stretch and Bob didn't start showing until 96ish where Stretch went more street (CNN, Tragedy, etc) and Bob going more obscure underground. People like @Awesome Wells @get these nets @feelosofer and @FreshAIG can chime in on this.
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My 3rd favorite radio show of all time, after Red Alert and Mr Magic.
Mainly because of the exclusives. We would hear records,months ahead of their official releases and even ahead of djs who were in record pools.
In that era, being up on artists and songs FIRST was a big deal.
Fans calling in, fans freestyling, when they added Lord Sear and had snapping sessions, rappers coming through to talk and freestyle.
Bobbito was a true champion/advocate for underground artists, and used his media appearances to give them shine. Remember, he had a monthly column in Vibe and print/tv stuff.
Stretch was a big fan of grimey NY street hip hop.
It was cool because it made for a playlist with variety.
Tension they had with each other was exposed when they got the show on Hot97, and came to a head during the last few shows of the 89.9 show.
Mainly because of the exclusives. We would hear records,months ahead of their official releases and even ahead of djs who were in record pools.
In that era, being up on artists and songs FIRST was a big deal.
Fans calling in, fans freestyling, when they added Lord Sear and had snapping sessions, rappers coming through to talk and freestyle.
Bobbito was a true champion/advocate for underground artists, and used his media appearances to give them shine. Remember, he had a monthly column in Vibe and print/tv stuff.
Stretch was a big fan of grimey NY street hip hop.
It was cool because it made for a playlist with variety.
Tension they had with each other was exposed when they got the show on Hot97, and came to a head during the last few shows of the 89.9 show.
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And that was the winning factor. The variety of Hip Hop on that show was 2nd to none. Street, Nerd rap, sprinkles of mainstream rap were all there. I will say by the end of the shows run, the chemistry did get stale. And this isn't a knock but it had more to do with Bobbito's influence on the music that was being played. By 96, when Stretch would be out, he would fill in with the music. Bob's selection was cool but I just wasn't too much of a fan of the Company Flow esque style of music (tho I appreciated some of it).
Awesome Wells
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Truth.
I started listening around late '91 and recorded every episode until like 2000, when Bob started doing the shows solo with Sear. I was bootlegging the show and selling copies of it in school for $5. LOL!! I still have every tape from back then. Stretch asked me for a few when they were doing the documentary.
Around '94-'95, we used to laugh at how Stretch was more into the street sh*t and Bob would always be up there playing the most unknown MC's ever, when he had the show to himself, if Stretch couldn't make it. When they were together and only had like a crate of records for the whole night, Bob would be like, "I got this new joint from a group from Queens, they call themselves "Magical Madness Methods" and this is their song "Scientific Synopsis", and Stretch would be like, "Oh, brother".
Bob and I lived in the same building, so I would always see him and ask to come up to the show, when I was a teenager. I went up there a lot between '94-'97. If anyone ever heard the episode when we did the "Snap Olympics", I was there for that one cracking on everyone in the studio.
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Word!Truth.
I started listening around late '91 and recorded every episode until like 2000, when Bob started doing the shows solo with Sear. I was bootlegging the show and selling copies of it in school for $5. LOL!! I still have every tape from back then. Stretch asked me for a few when they were doing the documentary.
Around '94-'95, we used to laugh at how Stretch was more into the street sh*t and Bob would always be up there playing the most unknown MC's ever, when he had the show to himself, if Stretch couldn't make it. When they were together and only had like a crate of records for the whole night, Bob would be like, "I got this new joint from a group from Queens, they call themselves "Magical Madness Methods" and this is their song "Scientific Synopsis", and Stretch would be like, "Oh, brother".
Bob and I lived in the same building, so I would always see him and ask to come up to the show, when I was a teenager. I went up there a lot between '94-'97. If anyone ever heard the episode when we did the "Snap Olympics", I was there for that one cracking on everyone in the studio.
But that mixture of taste between the two did work. And it's no knock against Bob because he definitely help usher in the new wave of underground independent artists. But whenever Stretch would come back from out of town or whatever, you knew he was about to bring that fire after some of the shyt Bobbito would play lol
Awesome Wells
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Word!
Definitely!
We were hearing sh*t back then on the show that never saw the light of day. So I liked the nights when Bob kinda did his own thing too because I knew I was gonna hear some obscure joints that nobody would know about. That was my favorite era of music. I was hitting the dollar store and buying mad Maxell and TDK cassettes to gear up every Thursday night for the show, lol. That damn show was an institution for me and my friends back then. It changed our lives, and our taste in music.
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