Get over the hump with #FreshRadio Happy #humpday March 27, 2013
27 March 2013 Fresh Radio
9a EST: #FreshRadio Mixtape (Replay)(Salute to Eazy E) with DJ Bee (Philly/VA/SMC)
Noon EST: #LegendsAtNoon The legend Lord Finesse on the wheels LIVE from Tokyo
2p EST: #ThePracticeSession with DJ I.N.C. (@fromthetopropes)
3p EST: #AphrodisiacSoul with DJ Ruckus
4p EST: #TheWonderYears with DJ Fountz
5p EST: #TheWorldwideShow with DJ Opal
6p EST: Busta Rhymes: The Coming in it’s entirety! We’re a day late…of course this doesn’t over shadow Teddy P and Eazy E, but here at Fresh we do salute classic bodies of work! Released March 26, 1996
The Coming is the debut album by former Leaders of the New School member, Busta Rhymes, released in 1996 by Elektra Records.[9] The Comingfeatures rapping from Def Squad members Redman and Keith Murray as well as a guest appearance from Q-Tip and singing from Zhané and different future Flipmode Squad members. One notable song on the album is “Keep It Movin” which features Busta’s former group Leaders of the New School, and it would mark the last time they would ever make a song together. It has production from many famed producers and production teams such as DJ Scratch, Easy Mo Bee and The Ummah.
The Coming was a critical and commercial success for Busta Rhymes. It reached #6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1996 and has since received a platinum certification from RIAA. Allmusic gave at a near perfect 4.5 out of 5 star rating. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic says that “Busta Rhymes has never had such an impressive showcase for his rhymes as he does on The Coming“.[1] It boasts the hit single “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1996. It was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance [10]and Steve Huey of Allmusic says that the song “catapulted Busta Rhymes into solo superstardom”.[11] It also ended up sporting another hit single, “It’s a Party” featuring Zhané. The Coming has sold 793,000 copies by June 2009. The Coming also along with When Disaster Strikes and Extinction Level Event, is seen as a classic rap album. [12]
8p EST: #DaFreshness with Xcalibur (NY)
9p EST: #5thElementOfHipHop with DJ Bee (Philly/VA/SMC)
10p EST: #Bangtime with DJ Rick Geez (Philly/VA/Pusha-T tour)
11p EST: #TheHipsterRadioShow with Thomas “Radio Raheem” Tillmon (Detroit)
DJ Bee Busta Rhymes, DJ Bee, DJ Fountz, DJ I.N.C., DJ Opal, DJ Rick Geez, DJ Ruckus, Eazy E, Fresh Buy, Fresh For The Soul, Fresh Radio, Lord Finesse, The Coming, Thomas "Radio Raheem" Tillmon, Tokyo