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Crate Digging with Kon & Amir

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 – running time 08:45
We tag along with East Coast producers Kon and Amir as they go digging for 45s on New York's Lower East Side.

We tag along with East Coast producers Kon and Amir as they go digging for 45s on New York's Lower East Side. The longtime duo is renowned in the hip-hop world for their influential compilations ("On Track," "Kings of Diggin," etc.) and fine-tuned radars for long-forgotten beats. In this episode, they explain the ins and outs of digging and collecting, the special appeal of 45s and what it is they're actually looking for in all those crates.

Highlights
bossa nova ( 5:27, 5:27 ) the Jersey ( 7:03, 7:03 ) music genre ( 4:26, 4:26 ) dance music ( 2:37, 2:37 ) bossa nova ( 5:27, 5:27 ) the Jersey ( 7:03, 7:03 ) music genre ( 4:26, 4:26 ) dance music ( 2:37, 2:37 )

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" War. In the sympathetic voters and believe we take along with its co producers economy as they go digging for 45. Your -- David from the hip hop world there and political compilation and abilities that others long forgotten he's. It is made it clear I could create thinking and record to a this episode has brought you back home fortified for more information that -- with -- cold 45."

" I want to have music and nobody I know nobody hackers from all sides want to have good news I can't anybody as. When I was younger when he something not musical collective right it is all -- I have this great -- want to have this going to have that. And I kind of deafening -- of that. I still homeless animals and breaks in the name when that's on my main concentration. Is all about John how good music."

" For me -- I'm right."

" You have the whole week. -- Let me tell you think it will only."

" made it maybe. That prayer that may be real -- hard."

" Right somewhere somewhere."

" Okay."

" that they were vitamin -- records. Song talks. Between AMD and lower east side yes. And Nam. I use of going in because they're in -- of -- lack of I mean there -- women and yes so there's no better place to do a lot of land --"

" Buys a lot we'll know when it was me morning by they would let me just supposed to be asked states. Gore in the songs and and it became into what it is now you know that's actual singles sold hello collected about them and would you -- Did you know some idiots you stop and nobody -- and it's good. And even could dance music that is good -- period when any day now I'm playing high remarks. Right and a lot of that is it. We've always he's only traveled DJ it weighs less than -- want to run its communal now I can't carry him like yeah yeah. And the second thing is that there's a lot of his thinking on when he Biden and McCain while helping. Want to live in Ontario on that same song might -- louder because you know the song -- is like ten songs on one side. And I want say like sounds. We want -- they'll be dynamic in the club."

" This stuff that I would."

" How did they don't want -- out."

" What brass scale it isn't the."

" Readiness on news it was supposed to do you don't know how. The business track definitely is crazy. I mean the whole songs active. And the whole song pretty good song I got in his presidential like under certain vibration. Yeah. Still an LES point 63. Another year to reach out legendary shouted."

" Yeah pretty much dislocation -- Just with the original locations though we just went through my big city. They'll use the word here this is always -- Dance record. And I also have all --"

" Relative -- an iPod -- and don't really what. What music genre that you. Yeah I was in terms like monetary data."

" Paid like 1000 dollars. Would have totaled 45."

" If I came across was."

" I'm not compete and how we -- right from the it's 145. Particularly bad."

" I really like."

" The only real. -- Plus in the fifth -- You need the free press Iraq. It turned out. I noble."

" I want this one that I just rent meeting ran into that I would like to have."

" I don't want to pay them money for it. Eyes on down the nozzle which is like this thing -- laying off on this morning guys responsible for creating bossa nova. "

" as 45."

" On this song -- Amazon us. And sign reading reading it even in Brazil -- frame rate you know insane that's when I would really like to have."

" The record -- Extremely rare good."

" Contains scenes over."

" Painless and I got one -- spot gold bugs -- cause -- decent. Stella wasn't really hit the man. Where was 65 or just street -- front of the world famous shot the sound library I -- outcome here. If I want to get a number of different things doesn't matter -- jazz Latin Brazilian. We'll see in the stuff."

" On the way I do on the wax -- record -- mom which means. -- from a wax points magazine and started to label. And now we're doing what we -- issues whether it's forty fives we -- do point five accident at a 45 moments. Legitimize our Brothers and closes like a -- record 96. So this Corzine. I can think particularly on network whether -- point 5 he's actually on Monday it myself from the owner. -- owners of Michael -- seemed like the Jersey people -- through a huge black collection."

" So a modern reggae record."

" doing -- thing all sorts."

" A 45 pulled from a healthy. That's probably about -- and action he felt he was one track. A crazy physical."

" Right."

" Now we're going to leave because. You know win -- and I'm the world head dangling."

" War. In the sympathetic voters and believe we take along with its co producers economy as they go digging for 45. Your -- David from the hip hop world there and political compilation and abilities that others long forgotten he's. It is made it clear I could create thinking and record to a this episode has brought you back home fortified for more information that -- with -- cold 45."

" I want to have music and nobody I know nobody hackers from all sides want to have good news I can't anybody as. When I was younger when he something not musical collective right it is all -- I have this great -- want to have this going to have that. And I kind of deafening -- of that. I still homeless animals and breaks in the name when that's on my main concentration. Is all about John how good music."

" For me -- I'm right."

" You have the whole week. -- Let me tell you think it will only."

" made it maybe. That prayer that may be real -- hard."

" Right somewhere somewhere."

" Okay."

" that they were vitamin -- records. Song talks. Between AMD and lower east side yes. And Nam. I use of going in because they're in -- of -- lack of I mean there -- women and yes so there's no better place to do a lot of land --"

" Buys a lot we'll know when it was me morning by they would let me just supposed to be asked states. Gore in the songs and and it became into what it is now you know that's actual singles sold hello collected about them and would you -- Did you know some idiots you stop and nobody -- and it's good. And even could dance music that is good -- period when any day now I'm playing high remarks. Right and a lot of that is it. We've always he's only traveled DJ it weighs less than -- want to run its communal now I can't carry him like yeah yeah. And the second thing is that there's a lot of his thinking on when he Biden and McCain while helping. Want to live in Ontario on that same song might -- louder because you know the song -- is like ten songs on one side. And I want say like sounds. We want -- they'll be dynamic in the club."

" This stuff that I would."

" How did they don't want -- out."

" What brass scale it isn't the."

" Readiness on news it was supposed to do you don't know how. The business track definitely is crazy. I mean the whole songs active. And the whole song pretty good song I got in his presidential like under certain vibration. Yeah. Still an LES point 63. Another year to reach out legendary shouted."

" Yeah pretty much dislocation -- Just with the original locations though we just went through my big city. They'll use the word here this is always -- Dance record. And I also have all --"

" Relative -- an iPod -- and don't really what. What music genre that you. Yeah I was in terms like monetary data."

" Paid like 1000 dollars. Would have totaled 45."

" If I came across was."

" I'm not compete and how we -- right from the it's 145. Particularly bad."

" I really like."

" The only real. -- Plus in the fifth -- You need the free press Iraq. It turned out. I noble."

" I want this one that I just rent meeting ran into that I would like to have."

" I don't want to pay them money for it. Eyes on down the nozzle which is like this thing -- laying off on this morning guys responsible for creating bossa nova. "

" as 45."

" On this song -- Amazon us. And sign reading reading it even in Brazil -- frame rate you know insane that's when I would really like to have."

" The record -- Extremely rare good."

" Contains scenes over."

" Painless and I got one -- spot gold bugs -- cause -- decent. Stella wasn't really hit the man. Where was 65 or just street -- front of the world famous shot the sound library I -- outcome here. If I want to get a number of different things doesn't matter -- jazz Latin Brazilian. We'll see in the stuff."

" On the way I do on the wax -- record -- mom which means. -- from a wax points magazine and started to label. And now we're doing what we -- issues whether it's forty fives we -- do point five accident at a 45 moments. Legitimize our Brothers and closes like a -- record 96. So this Corzine. I can think particularly on network whether -- point 5 he's actually on Monday it myself from the owner. -- owners of Michael -- seemed like the Jersey people -- through a huge black collection."

" So a modern reggae record."

" doing -- thing all sorts."

" A 45 pulled from a healthy. That's probably about -- and action he felt he was one track. A crazy physical."

" Right."

" Now we're going to leave because. You know win -- and I'm the world head dangling."

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Started discussion: July 1, 2008 @ 11:49am GMT

Episode 66 - Crate Digging with Kon & Amir [Discussion]

Thanks for the dope episode!
I love digging!
Wherever i travel i always look for record spots!
Also the production was very good.Documentary grade(like scratch).
Keep it Up!

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We tag along with East Coast producers Kon and Amir as they go digging for 45s on New York's Lower East Side.

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