Kaos - Court's In Session

I first heard this on the Radio 1 John Peel show back in 1987 or 88 and tried to find the artist / album ever since! It's only recently that i got a positive ID on it after trawling the internet and posting on many oldskool rap & hip hop internet forums asking what it might be. Nobody had the faintest idea! I eventually got a lead from a guy who thought he knew the artist.
I can't believe it took so long to find, but it was made harder by the fact that John Peel called the artist KAOSS as opposed to KAOS (with one S) but even so...!
So i figured there may be others like me that have searched in vain for years to find out who this track was by...so i hope this helps somebody somewhere!

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[pauldice]

@mkwpompeyfc It is the one and only Kenny Dope from MAW. The other DJ is called DJ Boo though, not Pooh. And if I remember correctly Afrika from the Jungle Brothers is credited as an 'ear advisor' on the back of the album. With beats by Todd Terry (around the same time as the Royal House album) this is an all star production.

[lomaraignee]

maaaaaan l've been searching for this, good lookin out djnee

[djdottieb]

i remember listening to this on WNUR 89.3 peely fresh street beat show.. thanx for posting a classic

[mkwpompeyfc]

@dj touche & @tazghettojunglist - i have wondered for years whether it was the same kenny dope too - it probably was as he had hip hop roots & also whether it was the same dj pooh that was down with king tee - i cant recall hearing todd terry but will have another listen - fantastic tune good old john peel - what a legend

[tazghettojungalist]

@DJTouche And Todd Terry!!!

[jaevilla]

@thirdpirate I WAS DJing AT A DUNBAR H.S PARTY PLAYED YOU GOT THE TIME AND EVERY BODY WAS LOOKING LIKE WTF? DID'NT KNOW REAL HIP HOP IF IT SMACK THEY AZZ..LOL GOOD OLE DAZE WHEN YOU COULD TELL THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN HIP HOP AND RAP AND YOU JUST KNEW BETTER LIKE EVEN THO SALT & PEPA ,RUN DMC, LL ,WAS HIP HOP THEY HAD ALOT OF COMMERCIAL JOINTS LIKE WHODINI BUT CUT MASTER DC THE POET, KAOS, ILL CHIEF ROCKERS, MANTRONIX ,45 KING, EVEN LATIFAH AT FIRST THAT WAS HIP HOP TO ME

[jaevilla]

man i had the album but my moms thru out my crates along with me

classic and jp chill used to bump this i grew up on this when err body was diggin the fat boyz.... CHICAGO RIOT ONE IN HERE

[DJTouche]

The Kenny Dope he mentions is actually Kenny Dope Gonzales! He was the DJ and produced this track, before he got into releasing house / freestyle music.

I used to love this album.

[jvcforce]

I've been looking for this LP. I was a high school student in Japan (!) and my friend, who was a big music nerd like myself, had this just-released LP! I haven't seen this LP since then. This is a very hard to get record. A criminally overlooked (or just unknown) hip hop album ever released.

[thirdpirate]

God this is one hell of a bangin' album.

Mad stuff.

I'm lucky enough to have this lp and spinning this recently after such a long time just thought they really don't make albums like this no more - it's a lost art for sure.