stezo

back in '88, epmd had an interesting background dancer on their strictly business tour...steve williams from connecticut. one year later, the same kid had his first record released. under the name stezo, he put out the classic "crazy noise" album with productions by the almighty paul c. anyway..since i am focused on mid 90ies records on this site, i wanted to present you three records he put out after a break of about four years. in the same manner as three times dope did, stezo appeared on four independent records in the mid 90ies as well after his early career.

STEZO 12" '94

1. BOP YA HEADZ
2. SHINING STAR

in '95/'96 stezo released an ep with "time to blow ya mind", "tension off the chest", "figure it out" & "where's the funk at". i don't have that one though.

STEZO 12" '96 (check out the typos on each side)

1. TIME TA BLOW YA MIND
2. TENSION OFF THE CHEST (FEAT. K-SOLO)



STEZO 12" '97

1. MR. S
2. FUNKY FOR YA

while the first two records were produced by chris lowe, the last one has productions by a guy called k-b.

after these records, stones throw released older stezo material- a 12" with tracks from '89-90 and a remix by koushik. also i think he had an appearance on the "i gotcha" album of his cousin dooley o.

hit me up should you have a spare copy of the ep or audio of "figure it out" and "where's the funk at".

oh...and..."bop ya headz", that's my joint!

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

midnight blue

did you know that on the same label, who brought you the two eightball 12"s, another rapper had his debut!? i'm talking about chris lowe, who put out his first record on urban music for the masses in '93. you get featurings by ill pedestrians and anda. i can not tell you too much about this record but "midnight blue" has a smooth and jazzy vibe on it i really like. "can i hit it" is pretty similar but sounds rougher thanks to a new drum set. definitely worth checkin out and another personal grower.

CHRIS LOWE 12" '93

1. MIDNIGHT BLUE
2. CAN I HIT IT

enjoy,

pz,
akutt