I met Ice-T at the Rainbo Roller Rink
5 years later, I was rhyming at Lower Links
And Alcatraz, Avalon, and the Double Door
I’d walk around and the ciphers I would explore
I got my start as a writer at the Fly Paper
Caught in the Middle, was created two years later
And I would go to dope shows thanks to Duro
Like Born Naked, O Type Star, All Natural
Sista Ang (Ang13) was one of my favorites
And Gramaphone is where I would pick up the latest hits
Ram and Spin, so smooth when they mix and blend
33 1/3, he was a linchpin
Kinetic Order, Mental Giants, The Molemen
East of the Rock, Rubberoom, Stony Island
Nuti Pack, No Home Training, Icon MCs
D 2 Tha S, Rhymefest, Verbally Diseased
Spalaney Macks, Immortal Griffen, Verb and Thawfor
There was an Avalanche coming around ‘94
Or 95, when I saw Primeridian live
And JP Chill had it locked on the southside
The first tape I ever bought on the streets
Was Rhyme Poets, ’89, it was proper release
George’s Music Room, First Lady, and Mary Thatcher
312 magazine, Statik, Mars and Casper
JPC, HPK, CRX, NUR
Triple X, Lit Ex, Project Roots, and The Yard
DA Smart, Jaquan Styler, Lo Tech, & Reese T
Aztec, Mary Jane, No ID, Peanut Gallery
Cee Rocks, G Most, THIG & Fully G
RIP Disco Dave, Pinkhouse and 3D
Verse 2:
Jesse De La Pena, Dos Ciferos, Mixx Massacre
Trixter, Queen Mother Productions, Fere & Zore
Decipher The Verbal Sniper, Vinyl Addicts, & Fuse
Blase Blase, Garden Music, J-Bird, & Chrewd
The Ultimate Weapon SWAN, Qwel, Devine & Dug Infinite
Underground Solution, AHX, & Crucial Conflict
The Grass Is.., Children of Reality
Stedy Serv, Ten Tray, the 40 Thievz
Alltruisms and the Monkey Wrench Factory
Monastic Cipher, Psychodrama, and TSP
Outerlimitz, Twista, Mr. Greenweedz
The Nacrobats, Vakill, Cayex and CMB
Off Da Wall, Nappy Heads to Whatnoxic
And when it came to freestyles rhymes, J.U.I.C.E had no losses
Black AG, Tha Chamba and Krashman
Rhyme with the ‘Warriors Ink’, and Atomic Ants
Larry Milla with ‘A Man, My Brother & Me’
Chi Rock, Booney Flawless, Mack Thorne, LA.Z
Sharing Needles, Unknown Elements, & Judas Breed
Family Jewels, Scam Artists- Ill MC’s
JP Schmedrick, Alterboysterious, & Cyanide
3 Stones from the Sun, 90 Proof, and Slaughter House 5
Titan Clash and Powerful Juvenile
And Iomos played drums while he freestyled
Go peep the flow of Dirty (MF) and SPO at the ELBO
No Pity Committee, M.A.T.S and Qualo
Universe, Discover, Grav, & Mind Space
I used to love when the Brickheadz were in the place
Tribe X, Dem Dare, Chicago Tribe
Boogie Boy, Jackboy, White Boy Mike
The Platter Pirates, 101 Crew, Quick Silver Cooley
Sudden Def wrote a rhyme like a crime movie
Third Rail & Intel dropping Mixtapes
The Pacifics, Bag People, MC Zulu, & F.A.T.E
Earatik Statik, Kingdom Rock, Mass Hysteria
At least one Ill State Assassin is in the area
Prodigy & EQ…G-Q…Smooth Lou
OCU and the Sauce Crew
Chicago Rocks, Artistic and Upski
Dzine, Slang, the Knomadz, & Pumpin Pete…
…and DJ Heather, Costume, Highruallahaz PCP Twilight Tone, and of course, the man, EC
More Love:
Ramonski Love, Risky Bizness, IFO, Rob Benavides, Abstract Essentials, Sean Doe, Them Badd Apples, Pugzlee Atomz, Brother El, Galapagos 4, Villain, Presence, Single Minded Pros, Manifest Destiny, Frontline, Organic Mind Unit, Hourglass, Sidewalk Skolaz, Time Travel Radio, Rage Hotline, He Who Walks Three Ways, Larry Mondragon, Luke of Law, DR Groove, Diamond Kut, Black Fist, Unorthodox Rhyme Pattern, Euphonics, Hip House, Red Dog, Beat Parlor, Metro, It’s Yours Magazine, Long Shot, Erica 312, Shazam Bangles, Longshot, Diverse, Seven, Psalm One, Chips Pentium, Rift Napalm, Meaty Ogre, Offwhyte, Centric I.E., Record Playas, the great DJ PNS, and on and on...
