Notes from Nick D'Angelo: "In 1989 Auckland University radio station ('college radio') 95bFM released a compilation rap cassette called "AK '89 - In Love With These Rhymes", made up entirely of unreleased local artists from Auckland, New Zealand (Aotearoa).
The title was a riff on the seminal NZ punk compilation "AK '79" (Ripper Records) and the classic NZ alt-music compilation "In Love With These Times" (Flying Nun Records)
Some of the tracks submitted were from unsigned artists, and others were neighbourhood rappers selected from the BFM Rap Contest, held to find a local support for Run DMC. The latter were recorded in BFM's production studio by Mark Tierney (Strawpeople) and Eddie Chambers (Nemesis Dub Systems and Unitone HiFi).
The BFM radio jingles included on the compilation feature Fiona MacDonald (Headless Chickens and Strawpeople), Otis Frizzell & Mark Williams (MC OJ & the Rhythm Slave), and the scratch talents of Pasene Faifua.
NB: these Soundcloud recordings were transferred from a 25 year old cassette tape so audio quality may vary! And whilst the influences on the rappers are obvious, we felt it was important to get them into the studio and allow them a chance to demo their talent.
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