g****h called me today and told me to get to cheapo with the haste, as they had a bunch of new hiphop 12"s in really good shape. he was right; i passed over some utfo and mantronix 12"s, biz's 'goin' off', and other gems that i had to put back. here's what i escaped with:

1. jonzun crew - pack jam - the tommy boy 12" sports a vocal on one side and an instrumental on the other. it's one of those classic electro jams that i've just never owned. now i can rectify that. yes, it was capitalizing on the pac man fever that swept the nation in the early 80s. good stuff.

2. johnny hammond - higher ground - kudu 16, this is the one with big sur suite. but that's not all; the version of 'higher ground' is very funky and 'summertime/the ghetto' starts w/ drums. dre introduced my ears to the bassline of 'big sur suite', and it looks likes a lot of other folks have too. good record. i remember copping an mp3 of that sample off xombi's page, back in the day, too.