BUCK 65 - WAY BACK WHEN

The best Canadian rapper I've ever heard... Yes, that's right Drake...

PIVOT - SWEET MEMORY

RELEASED UNDER THE NAME PIVOT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOW KNOWN AS 'PVT'...

OTIS REDDING - CHAINED AND BOUND

I'M SO GLAD... HE RECORDED THIS SONG...

GHOSTPOET - RUN RUN RUN

HAVING JUST SEEN HIM PERFORM AT THE THAMES FESTIVAL, BENEATH THE LOOMING TOWER OF THE TATE GALLERY, THIS IS IN HONOUR OF THE MAN'S BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE AND THE ALBUM THAT HAS HAD IT'S FAIR FEW LISTENS SINCE I ORIGINALLY HEARD 'CASH AND CARRY ME HOME'....



CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE MONTH - EVIL EMPIRE by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, RAGE WON.
OUR CLASSIC FOR THIS MONTH IS A PERSONAL FAVOURITE AND AN ALBUM IN-BEADED IN MY ADOLESCENCE  FOR GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES THIS ALBUM EVEN MORE ENCAPSULATING THAN THEIR FIRST OFFERING, WHETHER IT BE THE RAW RECORDING STYLE, THE SELECTION OF THEIR WELL WRITTEN SONGS OR THE PERFECT ALBUM COVER, BUT THIS ALBUM WAS ALWAYS CLASSED AS MY FAVOURITE RAGE ALBUM.

SO TO CELEBRATE HOW GOOD IT IS...IT IS OUR RECOMMENDED CLASSIC, A DETONATING BLAST FROM THE PAST, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS NOT BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR RAGE THAN IN RECENT YEARS...THINGS GET WORSE, AND THE OLD MUSIC JUST GETS BETTER....













IT'S ALL THIS GOOD, TRUST US...

...THE ROGUECHEMISTS...