Concrete Playground

Duke Magazine’s White Men Can’t Crump party has got me reminiscing all my favourite 90s R&B and Hip Hop, and you can’t ever look past N.W.A with Ice Cube, Dr Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren and Arabian Prince (Professor X). Straight Outta Compton is still one of the best gangster rap albums of all time!

Arabian Prince left the group in 1998 and has had less success than the group’s other members – but don’t assume that means he’s less talented. The always-on-it Stones Throw records released an anthology of his work last year titled Innovative Life and reminded us all what an ingenious writer/producer he is. MC’ing and DJ’ing his signature electro rap, don’t miss Arabian Prince in Sydney this week supported by Def Wish Cast, James dela Cruz (the Avalanches), and local DJs.