Showbiz & A.G. Runaway Slave T-Shirt

Description

Bronx, 1992. Show and A. dropped the blueprint.

Before D.I.T.C. was a household name in underground circles, Runaway Slave was already changing the game. Showbiz on the boards laying down that dusty boom bap Bronx sound — cratedigger snares, sample chops that felt like they were pulled straight from your uncle’s basement jazz collection. A.G. on the mic with that raspy, matter-of-fact flow, spitting street philosophy without ever raising his voice. Diamond D contributing production. Big L trading verses on the demo circuit. This is the record where the crew that would define 90s New York independent rap first showed up in album form.

“Fat Pockets.” “Soul Clap.” “Diggin’ in the Crates.” Songs that named a movement. Songs that taught a generation what real sample culture sounded like. Show would go on to produce for Big L, KRS-One, Gang Starr, D.O.C. — but it started here, with A.G. as his rhyming half, on Payday Records in the fall of ’92 when nobody else in mainstream rap was making a beat that sounded like this.

This shirt honors the crew that stayed in the vault for the diggers. For the heads who own the original Payday pressing. For the ones who know Showbiz’s “Fat Pockets” beat by its first two bars. For the culture the Diggin’ In The Crates crew built from the concrete up.

Product Details

• Premium Bella Canvas 3001 — 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Lightweight (4.2 oz) with retail fit
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Tear-away label for comfort
• Available in Black, Navy, and Chocolate

For the ones who spin the D.I.T.C. cuts unironically. For the ones who know A.G. is Andre The Giant. For the ones who understand that the Bronx never stopped digging. For you.