The Stretch and Bobitto Show.
89.9, you should know this and where it sits on the radio dial. From 1 to 5 am every Thursday night you could hear two tallented DJs spin the latest in hip hop music. No R&B, no hooks, nothing but dope shit, new artists, and the most legendary freestyle sessions to ever be transmitted over the airwaves. Cutting, blending, interviews, and all sorts of craziness.
I could call the show legendary, but it would certainly not be enough. Beef would start on air (Craig G. calling out Necro, Necro showing up to a Craig G. show and Craig leaving the show before it started out of fear of maybe losing his life), the dopest unsigned MCs would call in and rhyme (this is actually how the legendary Natural Elements crew broke onto the airwaves... A-Butta used to rhyme over the phone), and random crazies would just show up in the studio. When you tuned into the Stretch and Bobitto shit was always poppin' off.
What happened to the show is very sad. By 1996 Stretch was focusing on being an "industry n*gga," and he wasn't cutting and mixing the way he used to. Then there were the gay rumors the followed him to Hot97. He left the show in 1999 and it morphed into the CM Famalam show, which was cool but the rappers they focused on were not nearly as cutting edge as they were in the past. From 1998 to the end of the show it seemed to me like the show's focus migrated from hardcore hip hop to hip hop that was a bit... um... nerdier. Now there are plenty of gay rumors surrounding the other host of the Stretch and Bob show, Cucumber Slice and founder of Fruit Meat records Roberto Garcia...
What happened?
Courtessy of Rick O'Shea I obtained five Stretch and Bobitto shows from 1995 to 1999. Today I want to share with you an episode from 1995 feauting a live session with Non Phixion.
Big respect to Rick O'Shea.
1995 Episode of Stretch and Bobitto
But wait, we have some more...
Percee P and Sick Lyrical Damager Freestyle Session 2.26.96 on WKCR
Company Flow Freestyle in 1997 on Stretch Armstrongs Hot97 Show
The Percee P joint is sick. It's ill because it's from 1996 and he is kicking parts of rhymes that ended up on his track "No Time For Jokes" that came out in snippet form in 1999 and in full in 2004. SLD rips shit, his perfomance here is better than anything that you'll find on his overpriced 12'.
The Company Flow freestyle is nice too. It has parts of the "It is live?" infamous pseudo-subliminal that Sole took offence to. Big Juss shreads this mic and both spend some time going off the top of the head on some rediculousness.
Since we just ended a little mixtape kick here at Mustafa's blog, we're going to go on a bit of a radio kick for the next couple of updates. I'll be featuring recordings of LA's Wake Up Show from the mid-90s, demos from WKCR, and some of the most infamous radio freestyle sessions that ever worked their way over the airwaves.
The magic you hear on this old Stretch and Bob show can still be found on the WNYU's Halftime Show. You can tune in every Wednesday Night at 1 am on www.wnyu.edu. DJ Eclipse of Non Phixion brings you the latest in that hardcore hip hop shit.
89.9, you should know this and where it sits on the radio dial. From 1 to 5 am every Thursday night you could hear two tallented DJs spin the latest in hip hop music. No R&B, no hooks, nothing but dope shit, new artists, and the most legendary freestyle sessions to ever be transmitted over the airwaves. Cutting, blending, interviews, and all sorts of craziness.
I could call the show legendary, but it would certainly not be enough. Beef would start on air (Craig G. calling out Necro, Necro showing up to a Craig G. show and Craig leaving the show before it started out of fear of maybe losing his life), the dopest unsigned MCs would call in and rhyme (this is actually how the legendary Natural Elements crew broke onto the airwaves... A-Butta used to rhyme over the phone), and random crazies would just show up in the studio. When you tuned into the Stretch and Bobitto shit was always poppin' off.
What happened to the show is very sad. By 1996 Stretch was focusing on being an "industry n*gga," and he wasn't cutting and mixing the way he used to. Then there were the gay rumors the followed him to Hot97. He left the show in 1999 and it morphed into the CM Famalam show, which was cool but the rappers they focused on were not nearly as cutting edge as they were in the past. From 1998 to the end of the show it seemed to me like the show's focus migrated from hardcore hip hop to hip hop that was a bit... um... nerdier. Now there are plenty of gay rumors surrounding the other host of the Stretch and Bob show, Cucumber Slice and founder of Fruit Meat records Roberto Garcia...
What happened?
Courtessy of Rick O'Shea I obtained five Stretch and Bobitto shows from 1995 to 1999. Today I want to share with you an episode from 1995 feauting a live session with Non Phixion.
Big respect to Rick O'Shea.
1995 Episode of Stretch and Bobitto
But wait, we have some more...
Percee P and Sick Lyrical Damager Freestyle Session 2.26.96 on WKCR
Company Flow Freestyle in 1997 on Stretch Armstrongs Hot97 Show
The Percee P joint is sick. It's ill because it's from 1996 and he is kicking parts of rhymes that ended up on his track "No Time For Jokes" that came out in snippet form in 1999 and in full in 2004. SLD rips shit, his perfomance here is better than anything that you'll find on his overpriced 12'.
The Company Flow freestyle is nice too. It has parts of the "It is live?" infamous pseudo-subliminal that Sole took offence to. Big Juss shreads this mic and both spend some time going off the top of the head on some rediculousness.
Since we just ended a little mixtape kick here at Mustafa's blog, we're going to go on a bit of a radio kick for the next couple of updates. I'll be featuring recordings of LA's Wake Up Show from the mid-90s, demos from WKCR, and some of the most infamous radio freestyle sessions that ever worked their way over the airwaves.
The magic you hear on this old Stretch and Bob show can still be found on the WNYU's Halftime Show. You can tune in every Wednesday Night at 1 am on www.wnyu.edu. DJ Eclipse of Non Phixion brings you the latest in that hardcore hip hop shit.
6 Comments:
I have a handful of WKCR tapes from the day- they are one-of-a-kind: legendary, fresh, b-sides, and unreleased shit.
Thanks for the dope shit.
yo, nice withe that stretch and bobito.
this came out on cd as well a while back...va-stretch_armstrong_and_bobbito-10.28.93-(aged_to_perfection)-2cd-2004
nice stuff - features freestyles/interviews from big l and nas
va-stretch_armstrong_and_bobbito
-10.28.93-(aged_to_perfection)
-2cd-2004
heavy!
you got anymore?????
please?
people out west sometimes try to compare sway&tech to stretch&bob, i remember on bobs last show sway he mentioned the wakeup show, and bob was quick and funny to point out, '...but yall got paid...'
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