On Sunday night I threw together a short Roc Raida tribute set at the beginning of my Sirius show. On Monday night Premier and I held our monthly “Like They Used To Say” party at APT which we dedicated to Roc Raida and were able to raise over $4,000 for his family. On Wednesday night I wanted to do a proper tribute show so I contemplated on what to do. As I compiled every song I could that Raida was featured on (production or scratches) I thought it would be better to reach out to his friends and get their take on what the man meant to them. What started out as a dozen or so people that I intended to talk to snowballed into phone call after phone call of friends wanting to share stories. Please forgive me if I left out someone’s name (or misspelled) in this email, but following is a list of who called or showed up at station (no particular order).
Boogie Blind, Daddy Dog, Roli Rho, Kuttin Kandi, Riz, JS-1, Jab, Sugar Cuts, Neil Armstrong, Fat Fingaz, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, A-Trak, J-Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, Scratch, Revolution, Rahzel, Bobbito, A.G., Lord Finesse, Dr. Butcher, Vin Roc, DJ Grouch, Freestyle, Spictakular, Shortkut, Supreme and Tame One.
We ended up going an hour longer then we should have. In between calls I found some old cassette tapes of radio show appearances by the X-Men. I hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as I did. Thanks to the whole Halftime crew for making this run smooth; Skizz, Petey Cologne and Marz One. To everyone that showed up or called in….I love you all.
R.I.P. Grand Master Roc Raida. We’re going to miss you.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Eclipse – The Halftime Show (Roc Raida Tribute) | Part 2 | Part 3
thx for this post..cant wait to listen to this
R.I.P. ROC RAIDA
THANK YOU! This made my Friday
Glad this was uploaded. Been listening to the Half-Time Show since they started and I expected something like this while I started listening Wednesday night. Thank you DJ Eclipse.. RIP Roc Raida
RIP Grandmaster Roc Raida
RIP ROC RAIDA
shouts to eclipse!
Mad, mad, mad respect for posting this! Seriously Meka…thank you! Ive been having a tough time digesting the loss of Raida since 1st hearing about it last weekend. Raida was a huge influence & inspiration for me. He molded me to understand what a real Hip-Hop DJ is supposed to be, act, perform & hold himself. I was blessed enough to meet him last Sept. for an intimate instore showing in Vancouver. He was so humble & more than happy to take a pic w/me. Its bugged out & weird I know, but I feel like I lost someone I personal knew..no stan type shit, just someone I held in high regards & looked up to..long live the GM RR! One…
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Frank151 » Blog Archive » Roc Raida Tribute On The DJ Eclipse Halftime Show (Download) said this on September 25th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Roc was one of the best ever. The past couple of years i got to see him live in bmore and dc a bunch of times and if u never got the chance to see him live u will probable never really know how tight he was. Cool dude will greatly be missed and atleast a couple tight people r paying tribute so thank for the download and thank u raida for being an inspiration to every real dj r i p
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