"Oh freak, freak y'all"
It was with a lot of sadness that I saw Sam Sever post up the incredible "Beat Bop" clip on Facebook yesterday because he said R.I.P. RAMMΣLLZΣΣ
It turned out that one of Hip Hop's most unique and a pure artist in every sense of the word, passed away from liver cancer, my sincere condolences to his Family and many Friends around the World.
There have been some great tribute posts around the net already, so please take some time to check them out and remember a legend, You can hear Ram's influence in artists like The RZA, MF Doom, The Beastie Boys and MF Doom and quite a few other artists.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/rammellzee-graffiti-artist-dies-at-49
http://fatlacemagazine.com/2010/06/r-i-p-rammelzee
http://repo136.blogspot.com/2010/06/rammellzee-rip.html
http://beatboxradioshow.blogspot.com/2010/06/rip-rammellzee.html
http://www.unkut.com/2010/06/r-i-p-rammellzee
http://purehip-hop.blogspot.com/2010/06/news-rammellzee-passes-away.html
2003 interview at @149st
http://www.at149st.com/ramm.html
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/06/rammellzee_rip.html
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rammellzee
Interview at Cocaine Blunts
http://www.cbrap.com/?p=958
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/06/_the_mighty_ram.php
4 comments:
He was certainly a unique individual. I don't think this world was ready to accept him or his beliefs fully.
Hopefully he'll have more luck in the next world.
thanks for always biggin up PHH Jaz... appreciate that a grip...
yeah, this was a big loss...wish more ppl would've said something about this..
R.I.P. R:L:Z.
I did a tribute/sampler of Ramm’s music since most people slept on it after Beat Bop:
http://elmattic.podbean.com/2010/07/01/rammellzee-elegy-for-a-gothic-futurist/
Anytime Big D O...elmattic, thanks a lot for that, mad appreciated :)
Ben...you are absolutely right.
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