this takes me back to that nostalgic time 

Cuts and beats by DJ M&M in the Spring of 1994.
This track was meant for a Boston Rap Compilation, however, it never got finished. There was not a proper mix down and we never got a chance to add essential background vocals. There are actual blank spots where rhymes should be.
This may help; add these missing rhymes when you listen:
Verse #2 - "fast like a slinky"
Verse#3 - "falsehood brings the illa noise" and 
"plus the kooky style".
This track had potential...but alas, here it is in the scrap pile. Enjoy!

Verbal Diarrhea '94 (Unfinished Ruff)- falsehood

In 1996 7L & Esoteric (known at the time, with third partner Karma, as God Complex) came out to record one of their first songs at my home studio in Medford.  The first session consisted of finding and fooling around with loops and beats, and much freestyle fooling around on the mic with a friend who happened to be with them, Nabo The Jedi.  A week later the guys came back, sans Nabo, and dropped their final vocals and cuts, I ran a quick mix onto DAT for them, and that was it.  I wouldn't even say I "produced" it, merely recorded and engineered and mixed it, chiming in with some creative suggestions here and there.  But they wanted to keep it simple and direct, so that mix was what ended up on their first vinyl release (https://youtu.be/TKRO-uCmy_M). God Complex would soon refine itself without Karma into simply 7L & Esoteric, Nabo would go on to be Nabo Rawk of the Porn Theatre Ushers, and I threw myself single-mindedly into producing for TYPE 4 for the next 20 years.  But I always had this track in the back of my head, with a desire to go back in and remix it with a slightly more intricate (more "me") style of production and arrangement.  It wasn't until 2018 that I finally got around to it.  Luckily I still had the original ADAT masters, along with other source material like the VHS tape upon which was their oft-used "Strontium 90" voice sample, and also a cassette tape onto which I had run recordings of those first fun freestyle sessions.  It is from those tapes that I grabbed the Nabo freestyle verse with which I close out this remix; one of several little production in-jokes I threw in to keep the project fun for myself.  I hope you will also enjoy this 2018 spin on a formative slice of 90s Bostonian hip-hop history. Thanks for listening! - Matt Reyes

The Strontium 90 Years

Cortex Nematode (2:56 AM remix)

God Complex, "Cortex Nematode (2:56 AM remix)"

Tapestry

Open Doors

In the Spring of 2019, I made this audio documentary for a hip-hop literature class taught by Professor Cameron Leader-Picone. The documentary dives into "Lecco's Lemma," a show which began on MIT's college radio station, WMBR 88.1 FM, in the mid 80s and was hosted by Magnus Johnstone. The show became widely influential in the Boston hip-hop scene and has since become a significant part of the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

For my research, I conducted interviews with Dr. Pacey Foster, the archivist who runs the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive, and with Matt Reyes, a Boston native who grew up listening to and performing on "Lecco's Lemma." With permission from Pacey, I also scoured through the archive, and pulled a lot of audio materials from it to give listeners of my documentary a chance to hear "Lecco's Lemma" in its original form. 

This documentary won an Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Education Association and was a finalist for Best Documentary at the 2020 Intercollegiate Broadcast System Conference. 

Painting Credit to Magnus Johnstone

God Complex, "Cortex Nematode (2:56 AM remix)"

Matt Reyes

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