Raw Deal

February 27, 1992
WPRB (103.3 FM)
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

A rare tape from after 1992 that I actually labeled with the date, this show features some nice remixes and semi-rare tunes as well as a series of good airbreaks with a very opinionated G. Groovy Productions was in the house. Unfortunately, I was a little cut happy on this episode to try and save tape, but there’s still a lot of good stuff left.

Side A

  • Intro airbreak (“KRS never dissed Trenton”, funny commentary on BDP’s “Sex & Violence” cover art)
  • Drug Dealer… Boogie Down Productions
  • How to Flow… Nice & Smooth (cut)
  • Uptown Anthem… Naughty By Nature
  • They Want EFX… Das EFX (cut)
  • Ready to Penetrate… Sugar Bear
  • Real Estate… Cypress Hill
  • Courageous Chief Drop
  • Airbreak (Weather report: “Chance of participation…”)
  • Zxulu Up & Up Productions Ad
  • Easy Star (Dancehall Remix)… Poor Righteous Teachers
  • Buffalo Soldier… MC Amazing (cut)
  • Movie Scene… Fu-Schnickens
  • The Choice is Yours… Black Sheep (cut)
  • Warpath… Courageous Chief (cut)
  • Trenton Where We Live (Remix)… Almighty & KD Ranks (cut)
  • Airbreak (G asks why Ice Cube’s tour gear is all made in Korea)
  • Buffalo Girls… Malcolm McLaren
  • Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)… Public Enemy (cut)
  • Livin’ Like a Troopa… Greyson & Jaysun

Side B

  • Mistadobalina… Del the Funky Homosapien (cut)
  • KRS-One drop
  • Sex & Violence… Boogie Down Productions
  • True Fuschnick… Fu-Schnickens
  • Airbreak (over Nice & Smooth “Funky For You (dub)”; G’s “groundbreaking news” including news of “Dr. Dre’s new label, Death Row Records”)
  • KRS-One drop
  • Say Gal… Boogie Down Productions
  • Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a #… Chi-Ali
  • Juice (Know the Ledge)… Eric B & Rakim
  • Can’t Run, Can’t Hide… Groovy Productions
  • Jump… Kris Kross (cut)
  • Fudge Pudge (feat. O.C.)… Organized Konfusion
  • Nice & Smooth drop
  • Airbreak (shout-out of mine to Joe R & Qwik-Cut)
  • Queen Latifah drop
  • Ain’t No Future In Yo Frontin’… MC Breed
  • No Bones In Ice Cream… Nice & Smooth
  • UMC’s drop
  • ends
  • Airbreak – from another episode, possibly the next week’s (started at 6pm, promotes next week’s 11 hour show starting at 1pm)?

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.

February 20, 1992
Raw Deal
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

February 27, 1992
Raw Deal
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

March 1992
The Operating Room
New York, NY, USA

March 4, 1992
The Operating Room
New York, NY, USA

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

February 25, 1992
Boogie Down Productions: Sex and Violence

February 25, 1992
Fu-Schnickens: F.U. Don't Take It Personal

February 26, 1992
Ganksta N-I-P: The South Park Psycho

February 27, 1992
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