If you're a REAL mc in the NYC area, you have to have heard or been through the longest running weekly open mic in the city at the Pyramid in the Lower East Side of manhattan. They've been in the same spot EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT for the past 10 years. Wrap your head around that for a second. The founding soldiers, Big Zoo, Vice Verses, and Prolific One (shouts to Joey Ty)
embody the foundation of hip hop lyricism and have cultivated a weekly open mic into a global connection over the last ten years with chapters in Africa, France, Germany, and England for starters. I decided to post this recording from the show i was on for 11 years on my podomatic page because it showcases the standards of lyricism that i co-sign, and gives a lesson of sorts to new jack mcs who don't bring the flow right because they're busy copying someone else's style to try to remain relevant. There are written rhymes here.....but most of it is freestyle/of the heads flow. A skill that many try but only a certain percentage are able to really showcase. Enjoy this nugget from my recorded archives. This show also features an apearance from EOW prodigy Vanguard and NYC vet Breeze Evaflowin. You can check out the End Of the Weak crew by going to www.endoftheweak.com or www.eodub.com. Or just google 'em. They're pretty popular. If you've heard of C Rayz Walz, Immortal Technique, Pack FM, Poison Pen, Homeboy Sandman, Pumpkinhead......and the list goes on....they all came from the bootcamp of the End Of The Weak crew. Nuff said.
