The Whooliganz got their start because one of the members, Mad Skillz, had major roots in the Hollywood entertainment industry.Combine that with the other member, Mudfoot, also from an upper class family, and the duo had the money and means to try to make an impact. Two white teenagers from Beverly Hills, California doesn’t necessarily scream hip hop, but for a brief time, these two kids toured with some legends in the game, and what they turned into as they got older is a story that you couldn’t even make up. Today, the Rejectz Show takes a look at some of the guys that time has pasted by and history has forgotten about. And quite honestly, as you grew, so did your musical tastes. Some were caught up in contractual limbo they could never fight out of. The music followed you throughout your childhood, moving in cycles, from one artist to the next.Īlong the way, your favorite rapper became an afterthought to the new school, much as you moved on from elementary, to middle, to high school.
Hell, I remember confidently making tapes for a shorty I was crushing on in middle school. Clicking eject, and putting that new fresh joint into your boombox, flipping open the sleeve to check out the lyrics, man… those are the moments that you’ll never forget.Īs tapes turned into “mixtapes” when you got older, whether from waiting for what seemed for hours for that DJ to spin your favorite jam again to hit record, or making your own “DJ Kev Doggs Dope Mix Vol #1” by endlessly fast forwarding and rewinding to get to that song on your favorite album, you weren’t so young anymore.
You remember exactly where you were the first time you ripped the plastic flesh from that cassette tape.