Kool FM 94.5 London - July 1993 (DJ Tonic, MC 5-O, MC Det) 

Rewinding back to the summer of 1993. This was recorded the weekend following the now infamous <a href=http://hackneyhistory.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/rush-fm-raided-1993/>raid of Weekend Rush on the Nightingale Estate in Hackney</a>, and the resulting media and press headlines. DJ Tonic dropping a fierce pitched-up selection alongside MCs 5-O and Det with the lyrical reaction.

Tracklisting:
Eze G - Funky People
DJ Crystl - The Dark Crystl
Potential Bad Boy - Gidi Up
D.O.P.E. - Dope on Plastic Pt II
Potential Bad Boy - Set Me Free
Pure Energy - Awfully Dark
FBD Project - Breaking Up
DJ Crystl - Inna Year 3000
Ad break!
Bodysnatch - Euphony
A Guy Called Gerald - Anything 

Hold tight all pirates!

Kool FM 94.5 London - July 1993 (DJ Tonic, MC 5-O, MC Det)

Benjamin Zephaniah's poem about Colin Roach who died of a gunshot inside Stoke Newington police station on 12th January 1983.

Recorded live at Doncaster Co-Op -- 19/11/83. via Kill Your Pet Puppy.

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