Comments on: Old Rap Wednesdays: Fondle ‘Em Records

By: stef tataz

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:52:29 +0000

I not only have fondle ‘em wax but also have a few of those fondle ‘em baby tees! footwork ny & illadelph - may ya’ll RIP

By: bumpsdick

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:11:06 +0000

@ bobbito garcia:

You’re welcome! And thank you for Fondle ‘Em!

-missingtoof

By: bobbito garcia

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:20:19 +0000

wow, you did your homework! good lookin’ on the love, homepiss . . .

bobbito garcia aka kool bob love formerly known as the barber

By: Old Rap Wednesdays: Pharoahe Monch & Organized Konfusion at WWW.MISSINGTOOF.COM

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:04:29 +0000

[...] similarly premised ‘Clear Blue Skies’ by Juggaknots that was posted earlier this month (hear it in the archive). While Juggaknots ‘Clear Blue Skies’ focused on the more prevalent [...]

By: bumpsdick

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:15:04 +0000

@ ookai:

Sad to hear about Fat Beats Amsterdam. Good record stores are falling by the wayside everywhere.

I have some J-treds and Indelibles on wax. Maybe I’ll post it here in the future. ‘Crate digging’ is becoming less and less literal as record buying is moving more and more to online only—for better or worse. Sigh.

I can’t imagine stopping record/CD collecting. Audio files are not the same, and my number one gripe about them is there is no equity in them. My Fondle ‘Em records I bought for 5 bucks 10 years ago I can sell for 10 fold. Any digital file I ever bought can’t be resold for any amount of money ever. That’s why we link to Amazon and other sites that sell tangible music. Buying from iTunes, Beatport and similar audio file sites is really a waste of money in comparison to a tangible record. A bit of a tangent, but somewhat related. Thanks for bearing with me.

By: ookai

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:54:51 +0000

yay… good post. I recently bought the Cenobytes 12inch, it was dope. I also found a J-Treds freestyle 12 at my local FatBeats (I live in Amsterdam). I did not cop it, which i regret now, because the FatBeats store has closed down recently, the shop manager apparently ran off with multiple thousand dollars that belonged to the U.S. owners. I don’t care about that, but killing the store like that was a nasty thing to do (this was the only Europe store, and there are not many record stores that are so dedicated to vinyl and to hip hop specifically).
They were selling a heap of records that were personal second hands of Bobbito himself, ha.

By: bumpsdick

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:55:26 +0000

@mumra:

Thanks! I’m not kidding when I said the brand new Juggaknots is hot too. Give it a listen when you can.

By: mumra

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:34:22 +0000

oh man you are bringin me back to my backpacker phase with clear blue skies , great stuff as always keep up the good work

By: schlarb

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:50:54 +0000

The Vermont location was THE location! Such a shady neighborhood too but I loved it. I used to drive all the way out from Long Beach just to pick up the ill stuff. I also picked up some Phil Blunts (remember that?), Funcrusher Plus on clear vinyl and Organized Konfusion instrumentals there. I remember DJ Nu-Mark and J-Rocc were working there back then too.

It’s funny but in this new day and age, which is only a few years removed, it’s nice to rap with someone who frequented the same spots and was digging for the same tracks.

By: bumpsdick

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:47:41 +0000

@schlarb:

I used to frequent Fat Beats myself, the L.A. location that used to be on Vermont (which is now on Melrose).

Siah & Yeshua was one of the best thing to come from Fondle ‘Em. Also underrated is Scienz of Life and Lord Sear.

I debated posting a track(s) from each artist on the roster, but that’s a grip of work and bandwidth. Besides, http://www.sandboxautomatic.com/fondle/ has samples of everything and that might better support the artists.