BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE WERE OUTTASITE

Today’s Clash related post is on Big Audio Dynamite, Mick’s post-Clash project that mixed hip hop and punk in a way nobody had done it before. At the time, George Clinton and Prince were merging rap with rythym and blues, but nothing like this. This isn’t rock/rap either–it’s nothing like that lame-ass Limp Bizkit shit. This was a true synthesis of styles, without posturing. It wasn’t whites trying to sound black, in other words.

From November 12, 1986.

A few tastes and a zip.

C’mon Every Beatbox
Sudden Impact
Sightsee M.C.
BAD
Beyond The Pale
A Party
Stone Thames
E = MC2
Bottom Line
Medicine Show
1999 (Prince)