The hip hop which time forgot! Over the years much of the neglected hip hop one-offs and obscurities from the mid-eighties thru early nineties has begun to be re-appraised, as hard-core collectors like DJ Shadow, Freddie Fresh, Edan and DJ Ivory amongst others have unearthed and archived lost gems and forgotten classics. Collectively known by the much abused term ‘random rap’, there’s no strict definition of what should be included, and what shouldn’t – from completely unknown privately pressed obscurities, to neglected b-sides from artists who may have even managed a ‘proper’ deal back in the day. Here we have the same mix, with the first incarnations of better known names such as Naughty By Nature, Hard Knocks and Double X Posse (The New Style, Three The Hard Way and M.C Sugar Ray, respectively), alongside those artists lost completely in the midst of time, such as M.C Price & DJ Double Trouble and M.C Gee Que. A throwback to when 12” vinyl ruled, before MTV and hip hop radio – don’t sleep second time around!!!