Damn, son! Bad Boy Records is lookin' like the Overlook Hotel of Rap right now - a cursed entity with the data to turn ya body into anti-matter, and anyone who was ever employed there is guaranteed eternal damnation in its ballroom of lost souls. Protect Black Rob at all costs.
R.I.P to the only rapper with a fly government name, a pioneering figure in Gettin' Retarded, and an arguable forefather of what's now known as 'Mumble-Rap'. Granted, both of Craig Mack's albums were glorified ashtrays, but from the MC EZ & Troup 12" in 1988 right up to his indie 12"s a decade or so later, Mack was #actually a Consistently Good Singles Artist™. Here's yer proof in the form of a generic list post:
MC EZ & Troup - Just Rhymin' (1988)
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear (1994)
Craig Mack ft. Notorious B.I.G, LL Cool J etc - Flava In Ya Ear (Remix) (1994)
Craig Mack - Making Moves With Puff (1994)
Craig Mack - Get Down (1994)
Craig Mack - Jockin' My Style (1997)
Craig Mack - Style (1997)
Craig Mack - Please Listen To My Demo (1999)
Craig Mack - The Wooden Horse (1999)
Craig Mack - Brand New N*gga (2000)
Craig Mack - Mack Come Thru (2000)
You won't be around next year, and, sadly, neither will he now. Drinks in the air for Mack, folks: the only man to get any decent use out of Das EFX post-1992.
11 comments:
R.I.P. Well Biggie clearly was the star Puffy kinda gave Mack a raw deal after Biggie came on board.
Mack's rap hands were next level.
Why you hating on Lee Mack? Craig Mack was a repeat one-hit-wonder with a Ben Grimm face.
Not Going Out was a terrible sitcom.
Craig Mack made a bunch of nice singles.
Case closed.
RIP Jim bowen, Ken Dodd, Steven Hawking and the UK's Toys R us.
+ Maplin.
Jim Bowen was definitely the last of a dying breed of British men who looked like pensioners by the time they hit 40. Who else but Jim could bring holocaust jokes to sunday night teatime telly?
Ayo Donal - is it #problematic that Jim Bowen insinuated that these 2 Irish Bullseye contestants were a gay couple?
you can rly feel Ian Paisley breathing down their necks as Jim waggles his eyebrows there
"D'you know what courting is? Have you got a young lady you're tampering with?"
Love his EPMD flip as well as the Bad Boy singles.
R.i.p.
I just dropped a Craig Mack tribute mixtape featuring an unreleased song from 1994.
Would you be interested in covering it on your blog? Let me know, and I'll send you the cover art + info.
Streaming Link:
https://www.mixcloud.com/djfilthyrich1/craig-mack-a-mixtape-tribute-featuring-unreleased-tracks/
Peace
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