anybody knows any good online hiphop radio shows? The radio in my country sucks and it would be cool to listen to something good while Im at the office. Thanks.
8. "RE: JAY SMOOTH'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (WBAI)" In response to Reply # 6
This man (Jay Smooth) had the dopest underground hip hop show, along with WKCR, in the tri-state area (NY,NJ,CT) during the mid 90's and bridged the gap between hip hop and jazz. This show really turned me on to jazz music when I was in high school. Although I felt the show was going down hill when wack on-air personalities like G Man (who used the show as his soap-box) and Gail (an annoying Long Island accent)cracked the mic. I still check for it..time to time.
I know Jay occasionally posts on OkayPlayer, so hopefully he will update the soundfiles on-line for the show since they stopped updating them since the management programs at WBAI.
10. "RE: JAY SMOOTH'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (WBAI)" In response to Reply # 8
Hey thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the show over the years. The mid-nineties were indeed our golden age, when we had Avee and Spinna on board every week. Actually that was the golden age for NY Hip-Hop radio in general, I really miss those days...Martin Moor and Mayhem, Magic and Mr. Cee on WNYE, the 105.9 lineup on Saturdays, Bob and Stretch in their prime...
But there's still some top-notch radio going on. Our current lineup is not too shabby, IMHO. I am working towards getting the website running again, should not be long before new mixes are posted there.
WBAI is very hectic these days, the management team is either monstrously incompetent or they are intentionally seeking to destroy the station. Actually maybe both of those are true. But hopefully we will be able to survive this and keep the show going.
P.S. In the name of diplomacy I will pretend i didn't see that part in the middle of your post.
14. "RE: JAY SMOOTH'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (WBAI)" In response to Reply # 10
I apologize if you were irked by my comments regarding the other on-air personalities on your radio show over the years but I had to be honest with my opinion. I'll make it a point to start checking the show again on Saturday nights.
17. "RE: JAY SMOOTH'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (WBAI)" In response to Reply # 10
What happened to Z-Black? What happened to Martin Moor from WNYU and everyone from WNWK? Does Kim Jackson still do Nightflight?
Unfortunately your show is one of the last of a dying breed. I never thought that things would get this bad.
Have you looked into an internet only show? Going to one of the university stations? Making a 2 hour tape and putting it on Napster, Morpheus, Audiogalaxy, etc...?