Business Before Pleasure

The homie K-Prince - a/k/a super-collector Kohji Maruyama - joins me on the set tomorrow evening. As some of you may or may not know Mr. Maruyama is one of the major players within Tokyo/NYC-based multi-media scheme team, BBP (Business Before Pleasure, Boogie Belly Productions etc.), who are responsible for any number of nifty items that would've otherwise only existed in the classic rap-obsessed recesses of one's Pelon-fixated imagination. We're talkin' 'bout...

The Ultimate Breaks & Beats pillow cushion.

The Hawaiian shirt adorned with the Fresh, Warlock, Partytime, and Sleeping Bag logos.

Last winter's favorites, the his AND her's Strong City coffee mugs. 

And, of course, a handful of must-own mixes by the likes of DJ Muro, Tus-One, and the late, great GM Roc Raida, who put together a fine tribute to Kid Capri's 52 Beats in early '08.

Well, after more than a minor amount of persuasion I finally got KP to agree to roll thru and play a few jams from his world class vinyl cache - the product of so many years spent sifting through decrepit vinyl emporiums across this great land of ours. A heavyweight collector of old school obscurities, and quality-small-label-late-80s/early-90s (i.e. RANDOM) rap, his expertise is evidenced by his half of the very special WKOD: The Golden Era of Hip-Hop mix he released with Muro-san some years back. His knowledge of serious tunes and dollar bin treasures (as well as the highways and byways of the Eastern seaboard and rust belt) has made him a mandatory go-to-guide for visiting collecting dignitaries from the Far East. Last year he hipped me to the heaviest Rupert Holmes track (definitely not the one with the drums) that'll ever damage your ear canals. (Report that other "Piño Colada" nonsense to the Pause Police.) 

Suffice to say, he knows his stuff, he's got the goods, and he'll be bringing it with him mañana. Classics, unknowns, breaks, disco, rap, disco-rap, super disco breaks with rappers rapping, boom-bap, Boomtown Rats, Fun Boy Three album tracks - really, whatever's clever since the Asahi will undoubtedly be flowing freely it's bound to get sloppy as we stumble to the AM. Dip-dip-dive, so-socialize, people!