Club Krush

February 22, 1990
WPRB (103.3 FM)
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

One of the rare episodes where G ("Mr. Softee!!!") isn't in the studio until the very end of the show. During the first two airbreaks, Tone discusses getting the gas face after dissing Serch on stage. Tone shows a good sense of humor about it all by playing "Gas Face" after one of his own tracks (a love song I completely forgot about). At the end of side B into side C, Eazy pairs an EPMD instrumental with a Chill Rob G vocal, then a Chill Rob G instrumental with a De La Soul vocal. LA Law, Dre, and Lance are in the house. The show ends with G joining the crew and Eazy cutting off G and tone for discussing the story behind "Mr. Softee" because "we're under FCC investigation."

Nice, clean tape, full episode with no songs cut. Great selection, hilarious airbreaks, solid show all around.

Side A

  • Intro & Airbreak into Eazy's set
  • Positivity... Gang Starr
  • Evil That Men Do (feat. KRS-One)... Queen Latifah
  • No Delayin'... Nice & Smooth
  • Let Me Show You... Chill Rob G
  • Pubic Enemy... A Tribe Called Quest
  • Airbreak into Tone's set
  • The Humpty Dance... Digital Underground (lots of skips!)
  • Stuck to You... Tony D
  • Mack of Rap (Instrumental)... Markey Fresh
  • Gas Face (Instrumental)... 3rd Bass

Side B

  • Gas Face... 3rd Bass
  • Shooting the Gift... Craig G
  • Back Again... YZ
  • Young, Gifted and Black... Big Daddy Kane
  • Airbreak into Eazy's set
  • The Magnificent... Special Ed
  • Ready 2 Attack... Special Ed
  • Heed the Word of the Brother... X-Clan
  • Go 2 Work... Doug Lazy
  • The Big Payback (Instrumental)... EPMD
  • Let the Words Flow (Instrumental)... Chill Rob G

Side C

  • Ghetto Thang... De La Soul
  • Airbreak into Tone's set
  • Swing Beat… Rock N’ Gee & D.J. Shawn
  • Take the Bait... Craig G
  • A Day of Outrage, Operation Snatchback... X-Clan
  • Ain't Sayin' Nothing... Divine Styler
  • Listen to Me Brother... Tony D
  • Music Makes You Move... Too Kool Posse
  • Airbreak
  • Heartbeat (DJ Reggie Reg Heart Attack Remix)... Seduction
  • ... into "Too Smooth" (minus Fresh J)

About Club Krush

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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