Rammellzee - Live at Antenna Club UK (1982)

The genius of Rammellzee (the pic is of Rammellzee & Basquiat)

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• Bop

[dadweeze1977]

this is realness in the prime of hip hop

[beatnuts1uk]

@dadweeze1977 it sure is! Thanks for your post!

[STEPASAUR]

Rammell is the epitome of the Hip Hop emcee, you won't hear him even mentioned in a 'top ten all time' list but cats back then would have his swag way over a caz or a melle, not to take anything away from those who made their mark but right here with Ram is a totally free spirited rap that goes with the wind, his eyes were like his writing pad, RIP 

[beatnuts1uk]

@STEPASAUR thanks for post. I completely agree with you. When I meet Zee he told me that he always made rhymes up right there on the spot. I think thats 95% true as he uses a variation of the "Cypress hill" reference in this audio as well as at the end of Wildstyle. I am nitpicking! One of the reasons Zee's lyrics sound so fresh and dynamic is due to the fact he is thinking them up right there on the spot. I hope that the blue ray Style Wars DVD has the complete version of Ramm MCing. Peace!

[STEPASAUR]

@beatnuts1uk cheers for the response bro, i see what you mean on those two verses but i suspect even they were pieces that stemmed from initial sponteniety that just grew with repitition, I'm just thinking you either write or you don't, if he actually thought his stuff out i think it'd leave him clinical, definately too clinical to put half the stuff he did out, either way it's dope you got to meet him, it's one hand I'd like to have shaken for sure

[beatnuts1uk]

@STEPASAUR I agree. It's all part of Zee's genius. He was an artist who lived in the moment or perhaps, more correctly, the future! I think he did put a lot of thought and effort into the art and music he created but he had no "business plan". If galleries in Europe hadn't promoted him in the 80's he wouldn't have stopped doing what he was doing! He was going to carry on no matter what. Zee was good friends with Doze Green and they are very similar in this regard.

[beatnuts1uk]

@STEPASAUR Doze and Zee were part of a secret collective of artists called The Hidden. They have both mentioned this in interviews. Jim Jarmusch said Zee was "The kind of guy you could talk to for twenty minutes and your whole life could change, if you could only understand him." I don't think you needed to meet Zee to be touched by him. I saw Wildstyle in 1983 when I was 14 and was blown away by his performance. Meeting Zee confirmed to me that he was not acting a role. He was the real deal.

[Cheeseburgerj]

True Legend ---------- Max Respect

[battlechasers]

his brain fire on levels i dont know about. His radio interview with Rockafella was eye opening

[mooglie4]

@TheCarmelaz Just incredible.... a running locomotion of pure spontaneous poetry. "Genius!" my pa said (he was a writer and poet). Rammellzee is part of our big US culture. Love that voice and beat on the Beat Bop song which really beats all I've heard out there. TheCarlmelaz : keep your head high and walk on. Ram was special!

[MrPhillyrick1]

hip hop. plain and simple. culture

[TheCarmelaz]

List Up People! RAMMELLZEE was ad-lib. Always shooting from his brain. Never wrote it down and would never repeat the same words! GENETIC CODE has nothing to do with landmass....so let's be clear. No ETHNICITY has anything to do with GENIUS! .....Who's RACING who?

I should know.

Peace!

His wife.