Busy off of basic instinct

Last Thursday, I went out to Sake One's PST party. It was my li'l homie Jules's birthday, but I would have been there anyway to check out DJ Spinna, who was DJing at the party along with Sake and with Hakobo from the Culprits.

Spinna is a great, great DJ-- his mixing was impeccable and his selections were cool and varied-- some Dilla, some classic rap, some dancehall and some classic samples (I remember thinking, "Wow, he's playing the Turtles and people are whylin' out!").

I was really enjoying myself (i.e., too much Chimay) when, at about 1:45, something strange and awesome happened. What follows is a reconstruction of my experience:

It's cool that Spinna's playing "The Most Beautifullest Thing in the World"... I don't hear this song that often.

Who's that guy who grabbed the microphone? He looks like E da Boss.

Wow, he seems to know a lot of the lyrics.

Wow, he probably knows more of the lyrics than anybody except Keith Murray.

Oh, shit, that IS Keith Murray! Holy fuck! YAHHHHHHH!

I wish shit like this happened at my parties.

It was already a great night, but the surprise performance from a long-M.I.A. rap legend put it over the top. So, in Keith Murray's honor, here are a couple of tracks from an obscure 12" he cut with Curt Cazal (!) a couple years before he hooked up with Erick Sermon and came out on Jive.


Keefy Keef: "Cause I'm Keefy Keef" (GMV, 1992)


Keefy Keef: "Three's Company" (GMV, 1992)

I've never actually seen the 12" these songs come from; I lifted the better of the two tracks from the always-great Cocaine Blunts and the posse cut from DJ K-Prince's random rap collaboration with DJ Muro.