THE MICROPHONE MASTERS MID 80'S LOS ANGELES HIPHOP

AS A COLLECTOR OF HIPHOP MUSIC, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH EARLY RECORDINGS OF AN ARTIST OR GROUPS, BACK IN 1997 I MET AN M.C./GRAFITTI ARTIST BY THE NAME OF MARK7 FROM LOS ANGELES, HE WAS RECORDING A PROJECT AT THE STUDIO I WAS WORKING AT. MARK7 AND I HAD THE SAME VISION AS INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST, SO WE DECIDED TO CO-LAB ON A 12 INCH RECORD TOGETHER. HE HAD A FRIEND NAMED URG7 WHO HAD JUST PUT OUT A RECORD AND KNEW HOW TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY , SO WE ALL MET IN HOLLYWOOD TO CONNECT, WEEKS LATER WE RELEASED THE CO-LAB SERIES #1..LONG STORY SHORT, URG7 AND I DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO HIS CREW THE UNDAGROUND ASIATICS LEAD BY D.J. KALLY BOOM SHABAZZ. YEARS PASS AND URG7 MENTIONS A 12 INCH FROM 1987 THAT CAME OUT, FROM HIS OLD GROUP HIM AND SHABAZZ WERE IN CALLED THE MICROMASTERS. SO NOW I'M ON THE HUNT FOR THAT A RECORD, IN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO I FOUND THAT RECORD. MONTHS PASS AND ONE DAY, URG AND I ARE CHIILIN' AND I ASK HIM ABOUT THE MICROPHONE MASTERS AND HE TELLS ME HIS MEMORIES OF THE GROUP. HE ALSO TELLS ME HE MAY HAVE SOME OLD CASSETTES OF THEIR EARLY RECORDINGS. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ARCHIVE GET READY FOR A LESSON IN MID 80'S LOS ANGELES HIPHOP .........MAX

ONCE UPON A TIME IN COMPTON,THERE WERE A CREW OF HIPHOP HEADS CALLED THE SCRATCH PATROL,FEATURING THE OOM BROTHA'S,KID BOOM,DR.DOOM & DEE JAY ZOOM,THEY RAN INTO A KIDD WHO CALLED HIMSELF PRINCE & THE REST IS
HISTORY,THE MICROPHONE MASTERS AS A CREW CONSISTED OF 3 MAIN MEMBER'S DOCTOR DOOM, KID BOOM, EGYPTIAN PRINCE,WE USE TO GET TOGETHER WEEKLY & DO A TAPE,JUST BASICALLY RECORD SONGS STRAIGHT TO A CASSETTE DECK,NO PUNCH IN'S OR RE-TAKES WHAT WE DID IS WHAT U GOT,ANYWAY K.B.(KID BOOM) USE TO SELL THE TAPES AT OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND WE WOULD MAKE CLOSE TO $80 TO $100 DOLLARS A WEEK.WE WERE ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS UNDERGROUND CREW'S IN COMPTON,AND OFTEN DRAWING DJ'S,RAPPER'S & PRODUCER'S FROM OTHER CREW'S THAT WANTED TO BE DOWN WITH THE SOUND.

KID BOOM & EGYPTIAN PRINCE HOOKED UP IN JR.HIGH AT WILLOWBROOK IN COMPTON,THEY ALSO LATER ATTENDED CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN COMPTON WHERE THEY MET THE 3RD MALE RAPPER TO EVENTUALLY JOIN THE CREW,RAP-O-MATIC,KID BOOM & DR.DOOM KNEW EACH OTHER FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD,THE CREW WOULD SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS RECORDING IN COMPTON ON 132 ND ST AT KID BOOM'S PAD. TALENT SHOWS, AND TAPE AFTER TAPE THEY GOT BETTER AS A UNIT,THE CREW SOON CHANGED WHEN DUE TO FAMILY ISSUES RAP-O-MATIC HAD TO LEAVE THE GROUP,THE CREW SOON REPLACED HIM, WITH WHAT SOME CALLED A BOLD MOVE,A FEMALE M.C. ,RAPPIN REE'CEE,NOW THE CREW WAS MADE UP OF 3 MALES & A FEMALE,KID BOOM,DR.DOOM,THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE & RAPPIN REE'CEE BECAME THE MICROPHONE MASTERS.
THE GROUP STAYED IN THE STUDIO MAKING MUSIC & RECORDING,CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF HOTT SONGS ,TOO COLD CHILLIN WHICH AT THE TIME WE RAPPED OVER AN ICE-T INSTRUMENTAL "COLD WIND MADNESS", & FRANCINE, A FEMALE INSPIRED SONG THAT WAS INSPIRED BY THIS FEMALE K.B. MET AT GRADNITE NAMED MAXINE,THESE TWO SONGS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A INDY HOLLYWOOD BASED LABEL CALLED "ECLIPSE RECORDS" THEY LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD ON THE DEMO TAPE AND WANTED TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER A SITUATION,WE SIGNED CONTRACT'S & STARTED WORKING ON THE 1ST RECORD,1 YEAR AFTER GRADUATION
WE WERE ALL THRILLED,WE WERE PLACED TO WORK WITH TWO PRODUCERS WHO WERE BROTHERS KNOWN AS THE "FOWLER BROTHERS" ORIGINALLY K.B. DID ALL HIS BEATS ON A DR. RHYTHM OR A ROLAND 808 AND I REMEMBER BEING IN THE STUDIO & THE PRODUCER WOULD TELL US THE BASS WAS DISTORTED,BUT WE WOULD LAUGH BECAUSE WE WANTED IT TO SOUND THAT WAY,OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH OR TWO THE RECORDS WERE DONE, SIDE A TOO COLD CHILLIN AND SIDE B-FRANCINE, & THE GROUP WAS ON THE ROAD TO GO & DO THE 1989 URBAN MUSIC AWARDS IN CLEVELAND OHIO,WITH NAMES SUCH AS...U.T.F.O L.A. DREAM TEAM,LEVERT,S.O.S. BAND & OTHERS ,THIS WAS A FUN TIME & A HUGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE,THE SINGLE DID WELL,ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM WIT "FRANCINE" IT SEEM'S SOME OF THE RADIO DEE-JAY'S THOUGHT THEY HEARD PROFANITY ON THE RECORD SO OF COURSE KID BOOM WENT BACK IN THE STUDIO & MADE SURE THE SCRATCHES SOUNDED LIKE WHAT IT WAS REALLY SAYING,"ALL STUCK UP" & NOT( ALL FUCKED UP). RAPPIN REE'CEE BROUGHT A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC TO THE CREW,WITH HER COMMANDING VOICE,POTENT LYRIC'S & PUNCHLINES & THE FAMOUS ROLL OF HER TONGUE,A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVED THE FORMULA WE CREATED TOGETHER,THE RECORDINGS COLLECTED HERE ARE THE MOST RAW & UN-CUT VERSIONS OF PREVIOUSLY UN-RELEASED MATERIAL THAT WERE SOME OF THE FINAL COLLECTIVE EFFORT'S OF THE GROUP,WHO'S FAN BASE STRETCHES FROM,SWITZERLAND TO BOSTON TO JAPAN,THE MICROPHONE MASTERS CREW,& AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THEY STILL KEEP IN TOUCH. THANKS TO THE FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO BELIEVED & SUPPORTED US.

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