super rocking mr magic and marley marl on wbls, 1987

[@girth908]

Thanks man I needed this for my Ipod!!!

[@timmercer6674]

The first to play rap music on the radio 📻 🙏🏽 Mr. Magic 🎩

[@mookeychase0907]

This is why I love youtube where else could I hear these jewels?

[@kenadams591]

and I'm fkn old an don't even know how to use an ipod..lol Still have my cassettes of some shit..Peace

[@girth908]

@bembry409 I remeber playa, when I found out u could mute and still record the show, i went CRAZY cause my parents didnt wanna hear this in the middle of the night so i had to sneak it commercials and all i didnt care YA HEARD!

[@battlemastaa]

I remember Beating up on KRS-1 and RED Alert with great impact during the RADIO Wars and the Bridge Wars stemming from that whole rivalry 107.5 WBLS RAP ATTACK SHOW HEADED by Mr. Magic VS 98.7 KISS Red Alert Show on 98.7 KISS both New York City Radio Stations... of course that always was a no brainer-- MR MAGICS RAP ATTACK SHOW ALWAYS WON Against RED Alert of 98.7 KISS FM including everybody else that tried to clone his show NO COMPETITION-No Equal For the Rapp Attack SHOW...

[@eddiebrooklyn718]

wow...worlds best lookin sound.. R.I.P... Mr. Franky Crocker.... thank you for the great memories !

[@RekoSuave]

OMG!!!! This brought back so many memories. I lost my cassette tapes years ago, thank you for this! I am from DC, and used to travel to NJ/NY frequently to visit fam, and I lived to tape the "Rap Attack" with Mr. Magic, and when I came back to DC those tapes were like GOLD!! I almost shed a tear listening to this!!!! MAN!!(I'm a female)

[@freedhoelay5953]

You took the words out of my mouth. Can't say anything more. Definitely a special time.

[@bigboscoe]

Ironically, I remember this show!!

[@weilland]

I feel like im in queens, ny again. thanks for this. wbls in a class by itself

[@rexboogie]

This was a good time to be a B Boy in New York! Mr Magic was the fist hip hop DJ on radio(WHBI) I remember setting my alarm clock to 2am puching record and going back to sleep. The next day I would wake up to see what I had on tape. But the WBLS show was better then the WHBI one. Marly Marl was nice.

[@bembry409]

I would be coming home on the A train going home to Far Rockaway from Brooklyn and I could not wait until we got out of that damn tunnel so I could get reception on my Walkman and hear "The Rap Attack"!

[@starrlitegentry9871]

Starrlite from Flatbush #1 Super Listener in NY ison the -check In- (RIP)Super Rockin' Mr Magic

[@superbenterprises]

Back when rap was played on the weekends at night only.

[@D84D]

used to cut reel to reel tape to bite these styles at the local public radio station in Alaska. All we had was someone from the states usually brother from the military. We'd listen to KSKA public radio all night. It was our WBLS. But if someone had a tape from NY Oh my Gawd it was like being teleported into "The World". We used any equipment we could. Radio Shack mixer w/ fader pre write onto reel then cut all the pieces together. Then Marvel would maybe play it on KSKA 82-86

[@chef197]

never again.. my youth in music.... rock on..

[@eddiebrooklyn718]

yes sir, the Billy-Dee of radio !!!

[@SCMAN42]

Thanks for posting Ive got some mixes from that era.

[@battlemastaa]

Super Rocking Mr. Magic A/K/A John Rivas Spearheaded Hip Hop to the mainstream and he was and still is instrumental in its success... Mr. Magic A/K/A John Rivas May be gone but his stay here was monumental to Hip Hop. Mr. Magics contribution paved the way for everybody in HIP HOP Past, Present and future... Many tried to mask his flow but severally fail in there attempts MR Magics Rap Attack Show Has NO Equal, it was a Hip Hop dynasty during its term here hands down...

[@PaoloSWIFT]

DOPE MUSIC ! Peace & Respect Paolo "SWIFT" / Italy

[@edmasteratwork]

wow dude thx for this, love yr page too!... IN A CLASSSS BY ITSELF!

[@Irish_Mike_NYC]

I wish I could buy these for my i pod, I'd listen all the time!

[@viejohans]

(RIP) Mr Magic!. Un RENDIDO HOMENAJE DESDE "COLOMBIA" para "Mr Magic" de WBLS FM de NEW YORK CITY por su aporte al Hip Hop en nuestro pais y en nuestros corazones con sus mesclas!!!!!! Hans Marinkelle (FACEBOOK)

[@eddiebrooklyn718]

yes sir...hip-hop 4-ever !

[@qqqTOXICqqq]

Man i got crazy tapes from Wbls with Mr. Magic even talking about the snow & all...I don't have the digital means to transfer it yet. The tapes are slowly rotting day by day, lol!

[@zitozentinel]

I remember this night... :)

[@GeeLove]

@NinjaKeet , for real son. Especially if you were from New York, Newark, NJ. , and Philly. I was stationed in Jacksonville, Fla. and I would tape joints when I went to New York and my friends from NYC would bring back bags full of tapes. Big fun and good memories.

[@firewall430]

man, this shit is still nice..big up to NYC

[@bigboscoe]

Yo! That shit takes me back, homie! BLS was all that!

[@e5w5i5l5]

yooooo im buggin right now i just stepped back in time shit is crazy get on it doggonit

[@soln4suhreborn]

That's the truth!! My friend Derrick would visit family in NYC over the summer and record Marley on WBLS and Red Alert on KISS FM and I'd trade dubs with him from tapes I made off of WJLB (Wizard) and WHYT( Electrifying Mojo) in Detroit . I'd try to find a lot of those joints at the record stores and buy therm.

[@girth908]

@NinjaKeet I used to bring them from the BX to NC every summer my cousins would go NUTZ, then my big brother said u should sell them, that started the Hustla in me at 14 lol

[@nybornFunk]

RAW Hip RADIO.........Rockin

[@Cirkdiz]

Time To Get iLL - Beastie Boys 0:00 - 4:15 Back To Burn - T La Rock 4:26 - 7:14 T La Rock Beat Box 7:14-7:36 Back To Burn 7:36 - out...

[@arranboon1]

With the instrumental to 'Split Personality' by UTFO at the beginning ;)

[@e5w5i5l5]

you waited for those WORLD PREMIERS

[@chrisbuck1695]

I Love the Mr. Ed sample, this shit is so good

[@SuperRockingMrMagic]

oh there i go go ^^

[@mel4ord]

DIS A DE TING the thing that H HIP HOP,HIP HOP!! DJ MUSIC

[@Distortionmonster]

Slammin'.

[@floydusmaximus]

whats the first track? love it

[@OcK1er]

Where can I get a archive of this shows online?? Must have!!!!

[@mouzetrapp]

r.i.p. mr magic !!!now it time to vent!! its a shame we cant get the juice crew story told( the vapors) right!! all these so called rich niccas need to get the movie paid for !!!! its so important to hiphop not just tupac and b.i.g. but the golden age of hiphop!! im about to start a youtube movement so maybe we can get this done right!!!

[@chris2fy221]

world premiere!

[@caption46]

If rock stations can have dedicated stations in classic rock hip hop has had a long enough history to have a few stations dedicated to old skool hip hop.I heard someone on the radio in Miami request some old skool Lil Wayne now what are the multiple things wrong with that statement?

[@mikijapajapa]

@toluca225 THANKS!!!! OXO :))

[@arranboon1]

UTFO - Split Personality at the beginning..

[@shwndh]

@JRCnyc T La Rock and Mantronix got together for a T La Rock return. Wasn't too popular though. T La Rock faded off the scene but Mantronix had a hit with MC T on their LB, Mantronix.

[@mikijapajapa]

7:00~ who's music?

[@mikijapajapa]

but i wanna konw 7:00~ ....lol somebody teach me!! >=< lol

[@rexboogie]

If you said KRS was not down with KISS you dont know what u r talking about. As far as DJing Red Alert nor Marley Marl were that good compared to alot of other djs out at that time. And I dont care who won between Sparky d and shant'e. KIss played BDP so they won!

[@djmmcee]

READ. I did not say that. I said WBLS and Marley were too raw compared to KISS. I said that KRS was not KISS (the composition of... what it was made of, etc). Try to kick knowledge again, maybe you will be correct in correcting somebody.

[@djmmcee]

wrong. 'Bls was to raw. Marley got sloppy, but kept flava in his cuts and mixes. The only thing Red could do is mix and kick a basic scratch. He could not even transform. KRS was not Kiss FM.

[@rexboogie]

I think Kiss FM won the war. KRS was to much for them. The Bridge is over the Bridge over bidy bye bye!

[@verdemanthe1]

Budlight margarita cant be good. YOu make beer bud. Quit trying to be something youre not.