electric relaxation

Circa 1993, in fact. The track was “Musical Essence”. It got mad play on MuchMusic’s Rap City, since he was a Canadian artist. I believe he was funded by one of those Ontario Artist grants; I forget what they were called, some kind of cultural initiative thing for promoting local talent.

I used to bump this track all the time, especially with my family friend Vivek, who first got me into hip-hop. No less than ten years later, everyone’s hyping K-OS as the next Wyclef. But I done been dat, suckas. Or, as they say in Eshkoshkan, “Yee ain’t hot AZIMIZ”.

I couldn’t find a copy of “Musical Essence” on Rhapsody, iTunes, or any other music service; but YouTube came through with the video. I bet there’s also another copy on VHS somewhere in our basement in Albany.