On Sunday night I threw together a short Roc Raida tribute set at the beginning of my Sirius show.  On Monday night Premier and I held our monthly “Like They Used To Say” party at APT which we dedicated to Roc Raida and were able to raise over $4,000 for his family.  On Wednesday night I wanted to do a proper tribute show so I contemplated on what to do.  As I compiled every song I could that Raida was featured on (production or scratches) I thought it would be better to reach out to his friends and get their take on what the man meant to them.  What started out as a dozen or so people that I intended to talk to snowballed into phone call after phone call of friends wanting to share stories.  Please forgive me if I left out someone’s name (or misspelled) in this email, but following is a list of who called or showed up at station (no particular order).

Boogie Blind, Daddy Dog, Roli Rho, Kuttin Kandi, Riz, JS-1, Jab, Sugar Cuts, Neil Armstrong, Fat Fingaz, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, A-Trak, J-Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, Scratch, Revolution, Rahzel, Bobbito, A.G., Lord Finesse, Dr. Butcher, Vin Roc, DJ Grouch, Freestyle, Spictakular, Shortkut, Supreme and Tame One.

We ended up going an hour longer then we should have.  In between calls I found some old cassette tapes of radio show appearances by the X-Men.  I hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as I did.  Thanks to the whole Halftime crew for making this run smooth; Skizz, Petey Cologne and Marz One.  To everyone that showed up or called in….I love you all.

R.I.P. Grand Master Roc Raida.  We’re going to miss you.

Eclipse

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