Sometime shortly after I moved to New York City in Sept. of 1982 I happened across a radio show on WHBI 105.9 by "The World's Famous Supreme Team". It was this great little home made show where these two guys, "See Divine The Mastermind" and "Just Allah the Superstar" (members of the The Nation of Gods and Earths, commonly known as the Five-Percent Nation or the Five-Percent Nation of Islam), would sing their own songs ("Allah and Justice", "The Jamaican Song") over the instrumental sides of records, mix break beats, do dedications, play around with a drum machine, and do little skits to teach the kids not to eat pork (and much more.). I liked it so much that for a while I had to set my alarm so I could wake up in time to tape it at 4 AM.
I was pretty surprised one night when they announced they had a special guest who had discovered them and brought them to England: Malcolm McLaren. They collaborated with McLaren on some songs of his "Duck Rock" hip-hop project (that's them rapping on "Buffalo Gals") and then they released this record, which I think may have been their first and last. It was a hit in the UK I think, and a very big club record in NYC, although I don't think it was even released in the States.
I still have a bunch of cassettes of Supreme Team Shows that I hope to digitize and post here (or somewhere) at some point. (Thanks to Matthew Starensier who posted this video on Facebook and jogged my memory).
Oh Hell Yeah! I live in Omaha, Nebraska and "Hey D.J." was played on the airwaves here -- so, of course, it was popular in other cities in the U.S. It became a cult favorite of mine! Thanks for jogging my memory, this song is a sweet treat.
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Posted by: Mark Brown | August 12, 2008 at 05:05 PM
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Posted by: movie vidieo | August 18, 2008 at 03:15 AM
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Posted by: video songs | August 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM
This was the greatest musical entertainment around in the mid 80's. Heard it in the summer of 83 and took it home to Oakland, CA with me. Turned everyone out! I would love to get some of the oldies if anyone is holding!
Posted by: Freddie B. | September 09, 2008 at 02:52 AM
If anyone has any of the old shows i would love to purchase. Get at me if you can. Peace
freddieb@cvcoyotes.com
Posted by: Freddie B. | September 09, 2008 at 02:54 AM