Quote of the Day: “The only way you could get a record on the Radio, was to go to the Gay Clubs… You had to go to the Paradise Garage, the Loft, the Underground, so many of them… And one day in the Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, who had a crush on Davey D, played “Christmas Rappin’” [by Kurtis Blow]… And Frankie Crocker played “Christmas Rappin”. He only played it 2-3 more times but he played it, Christmas Eve. Next thing I knew, I was off to Amsterdam. Me and Kurtis Blow, 1979, got on a Plane and went to Amsterdam… They said, What would you like, Mr. Simmons? I said, I’d like some Cocaine and some Pussy! When they said Absolutely, I knew that I had arrived.” - Russell Simmons (Interview on the Combat Jack Show, 3/11/2014) Kurtis Blow, Christmas Rappin! (1979) youtube/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:26:29 +0000