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Hip-hop and rap, that's where my heart's at. But I'll play anything so long as it ain't crap!

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Favoriting August 27, 2021: Put The Needle On The 1986 Bay Area Rap Contest (w. Naru Kwina FKA Sir Quick Draw)

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Billy Jam  Intro by the creator/producer of the KALX 1986 Best of the Bay Rap Contest   Favoriting 1986  Upon noticing the unstoppable rise of a new musical movement (one that was dismissed as a novelty by the tastemakers of popular music & culture) in Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area I decided to put together a rap contest on my then radio station KALX 90.7FM in Berkeley - It was a very detailed and time consuming undertaking that took me a couple of months work to put together all the details on -such as approaching Fantasy Records and Whole Earth Access and The PROS and putting together the panel of judges -not to mention traveling all over the East Bay and SF with my GF JoAnn to put up the flyer I made for the rap contest - but the time consuming project that I took upon myself to do as a volunteer at the UC Berkeley radio station ultimately would turn out to be very rewarding from both a personal standpoint as a fan of the music & culture and from a career perspective as it taught me so many aspects of the music business - something I didn't realize at the time - good times that I was blessed to be in the center of! 
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The Saints  live '86 Contest Rap on KALX/BillyJam show   Favoriting 1986   
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Def City Crew  Oakland rap crew   Favoriting 1986   
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The Paisley Crew  P-Tech Beat live on air rap contest performance   Favoriting 1986   
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Gary LaPow  Supermarke Shuffle live on KALX contest   Favoriting 1986  from Berkeley CA 
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The Cold Ice Crew  C.O.L.D ice live radio rap contest performance   Favoriting 1986  from the East Bay city of Richmond CA 
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Sir Quick Draw  Rapaholic   Favoriting   now known as Naru Kwina - today's co-host - was 35 years ago (when I first met him) known as Sir Quick Draw 
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Billy Jam  1986 Rap Contest mic break + intro to Rap Attack   Favoriting 1986   
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Rap Attack  Rap Attack Crew Rap   Favoriting 1986  the Berkeley duo Rap Attack were among the runners up in the contest that numbered about 50 entrants who sent in their demo cassettes - most of which were sent back to the entrants after hearing them -unfortunate since it would be great to have them to listen back to now - esp. based on how tight sounding Rap Attack - as runners up - were -- Pictured alongside this playlist track is pic of some of the handful of demo tape / rap contest cassette entry tapes I still have from the 1986 rap battle 
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BillyJam + judges  winner of the 1986 Best of the Bay Rap Contest   Favoriting 1986      0:32:46 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
mic break with Naru Kwina 

 

 

image is cover of Naru's most recent album - from February this year - heard on this show 

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Sir Quick Draw + David Kaos  The Hump (live on Billy Jam KALX show)   Favoriting 1986   
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Sir Quick Draw + David Kaos  on the streets (live on Billy Jam KALX)   Favoriting 1986   
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Sir Quick Draw + David Kaos  '86 freestyle   Favoriting 1986   
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Naru Kwina mic break 

 

 

image is from late 2019 release (played on this show) featuring Naru and the late great Strong Soul 

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Listener comments!

  7:00pm
ami ad:

Hello DJ. Hello all.
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Will the Sound Guy:

Whatup Billy Jam and all!
  7:01pm
celeste:

hello world leaders - hello billy jam
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Marley P. Dogg:

Hello Billy Jam!!! Hope everyone is well!
  7:01pm
Seedless:

What up what up the weekend kicks off here!
  7:01pm
ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

Woooo HOOOOOO!
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chresti:

Hi Billy Jam and PTNOTRs!
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ShelbyG:

hi jammerz
  7:02pm
ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

KALX!
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ADA:

peace peace peace
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chris in the redwoods:

hey, Billy Jam and folks in the hip hop time machine.
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ShelbyG:

BJ: where's that accent from?
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chresti:

You sound the same, Billy Jam!
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Be Now Homeboy:

Yerrrrrr!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Hello all!
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ShelbyG:

hello my friend, Ivan
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Ju Da Venom:

Watup all
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Shelby:)
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Ju Da in da house
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Chresti sporting her fanciest avatar
  7:06pm
ami ad:

Gonna spark one up, first for the day.
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ShelbyG:

what's good, Ju?
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ShelbyG:

ami ad: I had a surprise day off, full steam ahead!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

How was last Friday night’s show Ju Da?
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chresti:

That's right Ivan, dressing up for the party!
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Bucci:

Wats up fans
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HyperDose:

Nice avatar, chresti. Hope you opened a window!
  7:10pm
ami ad:

ShelbyG: Hehe, I cut back too the past few months. Smoke em, if you got em...
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Ju Da Venom:

Dope
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mariano:

Hey Billy Jam, everyone!

Yes, nice avatar, chresti.
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radioronan:

Hello DJ Billy Jam and PTNOTR people..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Billy Jam and all
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Will the Sound Guy:

Whatup Bucci, thank you for engineering!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

This is an interesting time capsule of sorts
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ShelbyG:

ok...you still got it, Billy J, deartháir
  7:14pm
JM in Lemoyne:

This guy is taking no shorts
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ShelbyG:

damn, I miss mixed tapes
  7:16pm
ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

I really love listening to Billy’s old radio broadcasts. They are VERY entertaining!
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chresti:

Thanks mariano!
  7:16pm
ami ad:

Hey mariano, bumped into "Pestilence Shall Come" on the youtube, I think the dude is trying to mimic your style.
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chresti:

Hi HyperD!
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chresti:

I could of been listening while visiting my family in 86!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
mariano:

Lol, am ad! I'll have to manifest in their midst, reestablish my demonic alpha.
  7:20pm
celeste:

shout out to the cREW!
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tak:

winnerrr
  7:23pm
ami ad:

Yea mariano, you are the Tru one.
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Bucci:

solid and 2 the point
  7:24pm
James vital tactics:

Peace and blessings to everybody to and then right now I'm giving you a big shout-out right now I'm on the road just got out of work I'm driving on the Taconic State Parkway headed towards 84 East Westchester status you already know I'm send an email out to everybody up in here but Billy Jam you are the man with the master plan
  7:25pm
celeste:

unstoppable
  7:26pm
Steve Dub:

Dang this contest is hard! We need more of this in our lives🤘🏽
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chresti:

I wANT that Hornet! Only 700 bucks!
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Bucci:

i would lose contest
  7:28pm
Sasha:

oh man this all brings me back to when I used to live in the east bay. So many great rappers and had one of the best concerts of my life watching lil B!!
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Bucci:

THIS contest
  7:29pm
Sasha:

And how could I forget first Fridays!
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Be Now Homeboy:

YeRRRRR!
"ya dont stop"
  7:31pm
Sasha:

Bravo to rap attack!
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ShelbyG:

Rap Attack
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Nice glasses Shelby!
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ShelbyG:

why, thank you
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tak:

yee congrats!
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chresti:

My dad worked at EDMUD!
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ADA:

Hell yeah!
  7:37pm
Seedless:

1984 when Dinosaurs walked the Earth
  7:37pm
ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

Oak Irish accent! Lol!
  7:39pm
celeste:

unstoppable to this day
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chresti:

I think this is the first time I could hear any Irish lilt, barely
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ShelbyG:

chresti: up until this show I couldn't place it..being married to a Kentish Man I'm often quizzed on accents
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Bucci:

I was only in Ireland for a week before I started l lilting. It's addictive
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radioronan:

total beat treat hearing this now.. couple of years before my time listening to Hip Hop Slam on kalx & kusf..
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tak:

love this sound and even if it's a joke i loved that other one too
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Billy Jam, Bucci and the hip-hop house!
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ShelbyG:

@Bucci: when we moved back from UK I was asked if I was from England, I'm from Nebraska (RUNZA'S!!). It's all about inflection, rhythm, lalala...
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PaulRobeson1920:

Hi Hi Hi Ya’ll. GOOD stuff on the radio
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Bucci:

@Shelby absolutely it's like music to me
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Will the Sound Guy:

Diggin this early stuff, to the point
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Bucci:

whoa dark turn
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chris in the redwoods:

for real, Bucci. coming hard.
(and thanks for running the board!)
  7:53pm
JT:

another matchless billy jam document
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ShelbyG:

@Bucci: yessir
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ShelbyG:

I dig this.
  7:54pm
ami ad:

Thank you, DJ. Crew. Dope show. Peace.
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chresti:

YAAAHHHH! Thanks Billy Jam!
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Bucci:

@chris from redwoods ✌️🇮🇹
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tak:

kept promises
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radioronan:

amazing .. Billy Jam and Naru..Bucci on the board..thanks so much.. cheers all!
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Bucci:

@chresti of course of course!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Thank you Billy Jam, Naru, Bucci and all... Fun times
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Bucci:

Fun-ass show Billy!
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sasha40585:

Another banger of a show Billy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Billy Jam and guest
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HyperDose:

Thanks DJ & crew!
  8:07pm
Alex:

Wow strong cradle to the grave verse from grandmaster flash influence on that last verse
  8:08pm
JT:

another priceless billy jam document
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