[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8YhLEYEmU 425x344] When Big Daddy Kane called us and personally requested that Okayplayer be part of his 20 year anniversary celebration in NYC, how could we say no? Besides, when we learned that Tamir and the good folks at Lyrics To Go Entertainment (LTG) were presenting, we knew the production would be tight. Sure enough, tight was an understatement!...
Gotta kick it a little old school for today's version of Hip Hop Thursday. Admittedly, I have a limited amount of BDK's solo works, but he collaborates with some of my favorite hip-hop acts including the Roots, Jurassic 5, and Little Brother (see MP3 in comments section), so I wanted to give him the respect he deserves...
Nobody with any signs of sanity would disagree that Kane is one of the greatest rappers of all time. For wordplay, flows, versatility, style and presence he is in a league of extraordinary rap gentlemen. Kane was responsible for some of the dopest anthems of Hip Hop's golden age. Unfortunately he never dropped an all out classic album during those years.'Long Live The Kane' was cool, but it was...
Spotted over at Digger’s Union, this mixtape is perfect for this week’s Thursday Throwback. Big Daddy Kane hooked up with DJ J. Period a few years back for this mixtape of classics,...* Summary only. Visit the site for full article!
After yesterday's post I remembered the last track of Prince Of Darkness. It's a nice skit with a great break from Don't Let Love Get You Down where Kane's long time DJ/producer Mister Cee grabs the mic.While I'm at it, I might as well post another tune from Kane's 1991 LP Prince Of Darkness. The Lover In You was huge back in the day. It's smooth as silk and great for educational purposes. It w...
Big Daddy Kane x Scion. Word of this documentary has been around for a minute now, but with this “unofficial” trailer to the Big Daddy Kane docu called BDK, it looks like it’s finally happening. The real news though is that BDK was actually financed by car company Scion and will be released with Scion’s [...]
Big Daddy Kane x Scion. We just posted yesterday that Big Daddy Kane had a documentary short called BDK that was commissioned by car company Scion. Well Scion just hit us up and told us the entire documentary is actually online at their official online video site. So check out BDK at the Scion video [...]
Rudy Ray Moore sadly passed away the other day at the age of 81, best known for his filthy rymeing banter and of course teh character Dolemite.He guessed on legendary old school rapper Big Daddy Kane's (A contender for G.O.A.T.) album Taste of Chocolate LP way back in 1990 at the age 63. The track called Big Daddy vs. Dolemite see's the old master steal the show.Check it out below, but keep in ...
Here's another DJ BIG TEXAS exclusive sample mix… 18 years ago Big Daddy Kane gave one of his most consistent efforts with Taste of Chocolate, his third album. Kane not only had first-rate technique and rhyming skills working to this CD's advantage, he also had quite a bit of excellent and varied material to choose from. [...]
[ September 11, 2009; 10:00 pm; ] Friday, September 11, 2009 at 10:00pmBIG DADDY KANE'S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY BASH WITH PERFORMANCES BY ROB BASE, ROXANNE SHANTE, BIG DADDY KANE AND MUSIC BY COOL V & DJ POLO. MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED. THIS IS A SUPER GROWN SUPER SEXY EVENT PLEASE DON'T WAIT TO THE LAST MIN. GET UR TICKETS [...]