I understand if you're living in a shelter or your car but if you can get yourself a Nintendo Switch, an IPad, a PS4 and a laptop, there is no reason why such a self-respecting Hip-Hop head shouldn't have a record player. Records players are cheap, plentiful and easy to come by. Get yourself the original with the picture cover and everything." And they reply "but I don't have a record player." So, usually I'll spend two seconds to find a super cheap copy of the 12" on EBay, link it like, "there ya go. Like, it'll be "Holy Intellect" by Poor Righteous Teachers. Sometimes readers message or e-mail me saying, "OMG! I've been looking for that song for 15 years! I need it! Please send me an mp3!" And it's not even something that rare. it will be CD, mp3 "and we will do vinyl as well if there is a demand." Well, I'm keen to hear it. Apparently, they experienced some delays (there's an excellent blog post all about it here), but they now site March 24th as their release date. They're working on a new album called Return To Earth. McLaren and Lady E now make up the group, and they have a great official website over at. Newcleus has now entered into a fourth generation. The "Edit" is just a 4 minute version of the original six minute version, the "Dub" is a brief (2:23) instrumental, and the "Bonus" just fills out the rest of the record with bonus beats.īefore I go, I have to tell you guys about this.
The 12" has four versions: the main version, and the "Dub," "Edit" and "Bonus" mixes, all of which are pretty self-explanitory. It's not exactly 100% as good as "Jam On It " but if you like Newcleus, you'll certainly like this as well. There's also a brief bit of singing on the chorus, which really only goes to show how "Huxtable House Party" is just all about being a light, catchy song over funky beats in the style of their greatest hits. His voice doesn't hit quite as hard or deep, but he's still holds his own on the track just fine. even at one point doing a little "wikki wikki wikki." A new member takes the place of Cozmo or Chilly as the traditional, lead MC and does a pretty good job of emulating the style and the effect of his predecessors. The Newcleus kids ( Kid Fresh and Lil'-O-Me) are still on-hand, filling pretty much the same role they did on the original hits, ad-libbing with their vocoder voices.
Though for some reason they deny the connection: "no, we're not talking about TV it's not Theodore and Rudy." What is it, then, if not a Cosby Show reference? Of course it's a Cosby Show reference! Huxtable, for those of you too young to remember, is the family name of the characters from The Cosby Show. The song is called "Huxtable House Party," an ode to the The Huxtable dance, and it came out in 1987. I can't say I expected to enjoy this 12" when I put it on my turntables for the first time, so it was really a nice surprise. They retain more of the lively, old school vibe of the original line-up, but still steer themselves more in the raw hip-hop direction of The Next Generation.You know, as opposed to that pop 80's sing-songy style the original crew had started drifting into with songs like "Why."
This is one of those in-between-stage Newcleus joints, and it's actually pretty good. It featured some original members, and some new members who didn't stick around to be part of the "Next Generation." This version of the group never released any albums, but they did put out a couple 12" singles on Super Power Records in the late 80's. But there was a short-lived iteration of Newcleus in between these two formations. And you probably have at least heard of Newcleus: The Next Generation, who came out with an album and a bunch of singles in the 90's - it was mostly new members, but a couple of the kids from the original line-up were in that one. Of course, you all know who Newcleusare, and remember their classic jams: "The Wikki Wikki Song," "Jam On It," "Computer Age," etc.