Funk Flex, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, and Marley Marl on Hot 97 the same night. CLASSIC

[Brandon M.]

 

[Newark88]

Never knew Eric B For President was originally meant for Tragedy

 

[Newark88]

Bump

 

[mortuus est]

Of course and they still on that lol At the time when Flex first came to Hot 97 (around late 92) it was a dance station. Kiss FM and WBLS, at the time, were the big "urban" radio stations out here that were playing Hip Hop. So it was an uphill battle to come to a dance/freestyle formatted station and be the only one to play Hip Hop at that time. Those listeners and execs at the station weren't reseptive to Rap at the time. But Hot 97 changed its format around Flex. And once the ratings started going up within that year, Hot started to add more Hip Hop to its rotation and by early 94, it turned into a full fledged rap station that you see today.

man thats fuked up but it lets u know with hard work and skills u can make it.

finished listening and i have to thank you newark for posting this, learnt a few things i didnt know about

 

[Newark88]

[quote"Uncle Grime., post: 6139991, member: 2825"]man thats fuked up but it lets u know with hard work and skills u can make it.

finished listening and i have to thank you newark for posting this, learnt a few things i didnt know about[/quote]
Thats what I try to do on here. Gotta make sure y'all get the history.

 

[licktheballs]

good shyt

 

[TrifeGod]

CHUCK CHUCKEE
CHUCK CHILL OUT!

 

[Newark88]

[quote"TrifeGod, post: 6140638, member: 4112"]

CHUCK CHUCKEE
CHUCK CHILL OUT![/quote]
Chuck and Red use to have some ill promos. I remember when the 45 King use to do the remixes for Red's show

 

[Newark88]

The stories on here are timeless. Some of y'all are really sleeping

 

[TheYoungPolitician]

I knew Newark had this thread here...listened to it live. Some of the best moments were:

--Flex with Big Dennis detailing how kids used to throw shyt at the Hot 97 van, didn't show up to early events, etc. It's so funny because most of these kids (and adults) on here think that Hot has always been the place Where Hip Hop Lives and that's def not the case.

--Flex saying payola was everywhere in the 80's..."put the money in the record jacket" and you were in rotation only Flex can get away with telling that story, prolly implicating some of the OGs who were in the building

--Chuck Chillout letting Marley Marl know how he & Red used to get the records he produced by saying "you know your man Fly Ty used to come see us"...Fly Ty of course was Mr. Magic's man, so Ty playing middleman making sure Marley's records not only spun on BLS, but Kiss as well is so key.

A lot of you may not care, but without those guys that were in the room (and RIP Mr. Magic), a lot of you wouldn't even have had the opportunity to know what Hip-Hop was because your local DJs wouldn't have had the blueprint to steal from.

 

[Newark88]

I knew Newark had this thread here...listened to it live. Some of the best moments were:

--Flex with Big Dennis detailing how kids used to throw shyt at the Hot 97 van, didn't show up to early events, etc. It's so funny because most of these kids (and adults) on here think that Hot has always been the place Where Hip Hop Lives and that's def not the case.

--Flex saying payola was everywhere in the 80's..."put the money in the record jacket" and you were in rotation only Flex can get away with telling that story, prolly implicating some of the OGs who were in the building

--Chuck Chillout letting Marley Marl know how he & Red used to get the records he produced by saying "you know your man Fly Ty used to come see us"...Fly Ty of course was Mr. Magic's man, so Ty playing middleman making sure Marley's records not only spun on BLS, but Kiss as well is so key.

A lot of you may not care, but without those guys that were in the room (and RIP Mr. Magic), a lot of you wouldn't even have had the opportunity to know what Hip-Hop was because your local DJs wouldn't have had the blueprint to steal from.

Basically. You don't have to like or fukk with Flex. But for a Hip Hop DJ to single handidly put a radio station (that was then known for dance, freestyle, and edm style music) on his back, go up against the heavyweights of the time (Kiss FM and WBLS), have the radio station change around him, and wipe out the competitors within a year and half is a hell of an accomplishment.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

DAMN those stories are CRAZY !!!!!! I remember a lot of that stuff...

 

[Newark88]

bump

 

[Lewis Black]

fukk funk master flex

 

[lexdiggy]

I remember hearing bits and pieces of this while I was driving last year...does anyone still have the links so I can hear the whole show? #history