Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito on Hot 97 (January 1997)

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back in the day, I couldn't wait till 1am friday morning and stay up till 5am,,, Stretch used to rock all the new joints like a couple weeks, before it came out... and don't me started on the GOAT freestyle sessions... I remember when Big L lit up Jay Z, the Lord Finesse, KRS 1, and Supernatural freestyle.. Wu Freestyles. I still got a pathmark bag full of old 89.9 Stretch and Bobitto tapes... man those were hip hop best years early to mid 90s... aint no era will ever fukk with the golden era of hip hop.
I be at school the next day, pumping all the new Biggie, Wu, Lord Finesse,Cella Dwellas, and etc, pulling up in the CRX 1 with the pullout radio and shyt...
 
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Used to record these shows religiously every Sunday back then!

Hot 97 used to be the shyt. Stretch and Bob, and Pete Rock and Marley on the same night. Good times.
 
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Awesome Wells said:
Used to record these shows religiously every Sunday back then!

Hot 97 used to be the shyt. Stretch and Bob, and Pete Rock and Marley on the same night. Good times.
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Whenever I wasn't at the Tunnel that Sunday, I use to always catch Future Flavas just for the remixes Pete Rock use to drop. NY radio as a whole was at its magnum opus. At the time, Hot 97 had Evil Dee, Marley and Pete, Stretch and Bob, Mr. Magic, Red Alert, and of course Flex at the helm. On the college radio tip Stretch and Bob were the kings of that but you also had Martin Moore, Sunset, and Mayhem on WNYU, Wildman Steve and Riz on WBAU, Half Pint, Dirty Dozen all putting in work. Plus, it wasn't a huge gap in contrast between what a DJ like Flex or Stretch was playing. 84-89 was the first golden era in NY radio with Mr. Magic, Marley, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Awesome 2, etc. But to me, 92 to 96 was the second golden era. The balance was just perfect.
 
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Newark88 said:
Whenever I wasn't at the Tunnel that Sunday, I use to always catch Future Flavas just for the remixes Pete Rock use to drop. NY radio as a whole was at its magnum opus. At the time, Hot 97 had Evil Dee, Marley and Pete, Stretch and Bob, Mr. Magic, Red Alert, and of course Flex at the helm. On the college radio tip Stretch and Bob were the kings of that but you also had Martin Moore, Sunset, and Mayhem on WNYU, Wildman Steve and Riz on WBAU, Half Pint, Dirty Dozen all putting in work. Plus, it wasn't a huge gap in contrast between what a DJ like Flex or Stretch was playing. 84-89 was the first golden era in NY radio with Mr. Magic, Marley, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Awesome 2, etc. But to me, 92 to 96 was the second golden era. The balance was just perfect.
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Half Pint and the Dirty Dozen?!? Wow, I haven't heard those names in years!!

My whole week was scheduled to tape these shows! I still have boxes upon boxes of Maxell's and TDK's of all these shows from like '91-'98. People don't realize how dope those years really were. Just a ton of music that you'll never be able to find again, was being played regularly on these college stations. NY Live on WNYU was probably my favorite after WKCR's show with Stretch and Bob, but there were so many shows that I got some of the dopest music from. I try to tell people about how crazy it was back then, but you definitely had to be there.
 
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