Raw Deal

October 24, 1991
WPRB (103.3 FM)
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

This classic episode features an amazing Thursday Night Live lineup with 2 Black 2 Strong MMG, Tim Dog, Tony D, BeFyne/B-Fine, Baby Chill, and Mr. Law.

Fine commented that “This joint is hilarious! The funniest shit was that Tim Dog kept fuckin’ [up] & blaming it on the DJ. Me and my brother Borne (aka Chill aka #9 RIP) were in the back rollin!!!”

Another lesson learned on this episode: cheesesteaks didn’t agree with Tim Dog’s digestive system.

Back in ’91, 16-year-old me labeled this tape “Hype!” and I’d have to say that 40-something-year-old me agrees.

Side A
  • 25 Ta Life… D-Nice (cont.)
  • Just the Two of Us… Chubb Rock (cut)
  • Ghetto Bastard… Naughty By Nature
  • Try Counting Sheep… Black Sheep
  • Masta Ace drop
  • Airbreak/Ads/Airbreak
  • Fuck Compton (dog edit)… Tim Dog
  • Ring the Alarm… Fu-Schnickens
  • Going Way Back… Just-Ice (slightly cut)
  • Brief airbreak
  • I Ain’t Takin’ No Shorts… Tim Dog
  • Russian Roulette… Courageous Chief
  • Here’s the Info… Craig G
  • Airbreak (Interview with Brett Wright from The Source)/Ads

Side B
  • Airbreak
  • Sometimes I Rhyme Slow… Nice & Smooth
  • The Choice Is Yours… Black Sheep
  • Don’t Curse (feat. Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, and Q-Tip)… Heavy D (cut)
  • Jump Up, Spread Out… Jamal-Ski
  • Chuck D drop
  • Airbreak (Interview with 2 Black 2 Strong over Can’t Truss It (instrumental)… Public Enemy)/Ads/Airbreak
  • 2 Black 2 Strong MMG drop
  • Ghetto Blasta… 2 Black 2 Strong MMG
  • ?
  • Buggin’ Out… A Tribe Called Quest
  • O.P.P. (Remix)… Naughty By Nature
  • Funky Dividends… Three Times Dope
  • Five Times the Rhymer (instrumental)… Deuces Wild
  • Airbreak

Side C
  • Thursday Night Live
    • 2 Black 2 Strong (“I ain’t messing up on the air, man!”)
    • Tony D (w/ Dre and others)
    • Tim Dog
  • Ads/Thursday Night Live (cont.)
    • B. Chill
    • B. Fine
    • Mr. Law
    • Tony D
  • Pissin’ On Your Steps… Del The Funky Homosapien
  • Thankx For Sleepwalking… Naughty By Nature
  • Crocodile Dundee… YZ
  • DJ Kam/Zulu drop
  • Cake & Eat It Too… Nice & Smooth
  • Airbreak/Ads/Airbreak
  • Lose ‘Em (feat. Tony D)… B. Fine and the Funk Family
  • Super Ho (Instrumental)… Boogie Down Productions
  • Shakiyla… Poor Righteous Teachers
  • Check the Rhime… A Tribe Called Quest

- Laze

About Raw Deal

In 1987, after answering phones for a show on Princeton University’s WPRB, G connected with PRB club DJ Eazy M to form Club Krush (which later morphed into Raw Deal). Trenton-based MC/DJ/Producer Tony D joined the pair in the basement station and for the next six years brought the best in underground and local hip-hop to New Jersey and Philadelphia during a time period where Philadelphia radio was ignoring and even shunning hip-hop. The show broke groups like the Wu-Tang Clan and Poor Righteous Teachers and featured in-studio performances from everyone from YZ, BeFyne, Courageous Chief, and the Hillbillies to Tim Dog, Treach, and Rza during “Thursday Night Live” sessions. In the later years of the show, DJ Kam took Easy M’s place and DJ Jay-Ski made his radio premiere as a guest on Raw Deal.

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In Context

These are the three shows that aired closest in time to this one.

October 17, 1991
Raw Deal
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

October 24, 1991
Raw Deal
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

October 31, 1991
Raw Deal
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

November 1991
Capital Rap Show
London, England, UK

These are three albums that were released closest in time to this show.

October 22, 1991
Black Sheep: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

October 22, 1991
Del the Funky Homosapien: I Wish My Brother George Was Here

October 24, 1991
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October 29, 1991
Big Daddy Kane: Prince of Darkness