Funky DL freestyle from 1997

Here's a lil' freestyle I dubbed off the Max & Dave show on Kiss FM from Hackney's Funky DL, recorded early 1997, just before his debut album 'Classic Was The Day' dropped... enjoy.

Mud Family freestyle

More tape rips for ya, here the mighty Mud Famalam get busy on Kiss FM back in '97. Skinnyman, Chester P, Mongo & Intenz let rip for 7 minutes of mayhem, this was around the time the 'Mud Files EP' dropped on Jazz Fudge Recordings. I've got a whol'eap of Mudlumz live tapes here to go through at some stage too, hol' tight. Until then, enjoy the Mud...

Dominant G & Braintax freestyle '97

Here's some more freestyle action from the Max & Dave radio show on Kiss FM back in 1997, this time it's a Low Life Records affair with Dominant G (who at the time had just released 'The Whole Circumference EP' with Psychic Phenomena), and the one and only Braintax...

Roots Manuva, Taipanic, Skeme & Chris Smoove freestyle...

Yes yes, been trawling through my dusty tape collection again today. This recording is off an old Kiss FM, Max & Dave show from 1997. A killer 10 minute freestyle session with Roots Manuva, Taipanic (Blak Twang), Skeme & Chris Smoove, with Shortee Blitz on the pots and pans.

This was around the time Manuva & Twang were still rolling with Tuse and his Sound Of Money label, before either had dropped any albums, only a couple of 12"s, and Chris Smoove & Skeme hadn't had anything out.

It was a very interesting period for the UK scene, having started to pick up the pace again after a lull around 1994, lots of hunger and some decent artists and music had started to come out again.
I used to record Max & Dave every Wednesday night, they always repped the UK artists.
Enjoy this slice of history...