Tony Touch Shows Where The New Boom Bap Lives In His Latest Mix (Audio)

One of the highlights is Redman’s “Real N__a Time.” The song finds the Def Squad MC (who released 11 albums at Def Jam) covering Slick Rick’s “Lick The Balls.” Funk Doc makes the classic boom-bap about stacking paper and sprinkling bud into his roll. The display is confident and cool, with Redman using the chorus to ask the audience, “What you know about real Hip-Hop?” Moments later, he spits, “Everybody wanna be ghetto / Too much Kool, not enough G Rap’s in the demo,” he quips. Red’ was one of the Def Jam label-mates who greeted Slick Rick with a guest spot on his triumphant return, 1998’s The Art Of Storytelling. Notably, Slick Rick appears on the same compilation to pay tribute to a peer in the form of reworking Masta Ace Incorporated’s “Born To Roll.” It is one of the few tributes outside of the Def Jam catalog. Earlier this year, Slick Rick earned a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.

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