WPRB – Raw Deal Rap Show
Thursday 15 October 1992 | Princeton, New Jersey
On Thursday 15 October 1992, Live Squad appeared on WPRB's Raw Deal Rap Show in Princeton, New Jersey. The group were joined in the studio by Jamieson Grillo, their Tommy Boy Records representative, during a promotional visit to the Philadelphia area.
Stretch, Majesty and K-Low discussed their Queens background, the three years they had spent trying to secure a recording deal, their Tommy Boy single Murderahh! / Heartless and the completed Game Of Survival album. They also spoke about the Heartless video and its connection to the planned film, their forthcoming single Blowin' Em Out Da Frame, and their promotional appearances in Philadelphia.
Jamieson Grillo joined the conversation to discuss Tommy Boy's promotional campaign, the group's recent appearance on Yo! MTV Raps and an on-air competition offering a Live Squad promotional package. The programme premiered the new radio remix of Heartless, followed later by the radio edit of Murderahh!.
The recording is particularly valuable because it captures Live Squad and their label representative promoting the single together, while preserving contemporary comments about the group's completed album, planned releases and work connected with 2Pac.
Interview Transcript
The transcript is presented in broadcast order. Speaker abbreviations are retained from the supplied transcription. G identifies the Raw Deal presenter, while JG identifies Jamieson Grillo.
[ HEARTLESS INSTRUMENTAL PLAYS IN BACKGROUND ]
GAlright. And we're back with the Raw Deal Rap Show minus DJ Cam tonight. Cam just, you know, cuffed up the whole program by being sick. So, you know, hopefully, he'd be back next week. I wanna thank DJ J Ski for his filling in his place. And in the studio, in the background, we have almighty. What am I saying? Don't mind me. Hold up a minute. We got the Live Squad in the studio straight off from Tommy Boy records.
GIn the background, you hear “Heartless”. So what's going on, guys? Let me drop these levels here. It's been a rough night. If you saw, like, the technical people just came in and bum rushed me and, like, made me switch, pull plugs out of everything and switch everything over. So what's up?
MAJAin’t nothing, everybody chilling. You know?
KLWhat's going on out there in radio land?
MAJAin't nothing. What's up, y'all?
GYeah. So what's going on? So you guys last night, we had this we had this little party last night in Philly, and tomorrow, Sunday night, you're performing at Club Mahorns along with Poor Righteous Teachers and Suicide and stuff.
MAJYeah You know.
GWhere are you guys from?
MAJFrom Queens. Hollis, Queens. You know what I'm saying?
GAlright So right now, you got a single out. First track was Murderahh!, and now you got a remix coming out of Heartless. Heartless, which we got here, world premiere. So how long did it take you guys to get a deal?
KLIt took us about three years.
MAJYeah. About three years, man. Three long, rough years.
GSo how many members in the group? Three. Three? Yeah. You wanna introduce yourselves?
MAJI'm Big UMagesty.
KLI'm the Almighty K-Low.
BSI'm Stretch.
GAlright So so what else you guys been up to? You working on an album now?
MAJThe album been done. Right right now, we just, you know, doing a little outside work. Tupac, you know, working on this next single, you know, where it's about to come out soon.
GWhat's the name of that?
KL / MAJBlowen’ Em out tha Frame.
GAlright. So you guys got a video out and everything roaming around with stickers. How how long you guys gonna be at the area? You guys in Philly right now. Right?
MAJTill... Yeah. Till Monday. Right?
BSYeah. Monday.
MAJMonday We'd be out of here.
BSWe're rip up Mahorns.
MAJMahorns on Sunday, so all the cuties, you know, come down and check us out. You know what I'm saying?
KLI really wanna thank everybody out there giving us support. You know what I'm saying? It's just cool to seeing people taking a liking to this video because it's a long form that we shot. It's like different parts of the movie that's coming out soon that we, you know, we Heartless. Heartless video. Yeah. So it was like a soundtrack to our
MAJHeartless is the soundtrack to the movie.
GAlright So you guys got... Are there any more shows this weekend before Sunday? Or Nah. Sunday. Just doing Sunday?
MAJYeah. Mahorns.
GYou guys doing any in stores or anything?
MAJYeah. All over. We're doing in stores and plus we're gonna be signing some pictures in the gallery tomorrow around two, you know, three. So anybody that needs some pictures at the food court. Anybody needs some pictures. Just come check us. You know I’m saying? Stickers. Records. Everything. Everything. Word up. Because I know it's real. Word up. Yeah.
GYou guys wanted to do Thursday night live in a little while? Do some freestyles or what?
MAJWe're we're tired just like you, man.
GOh, I know.
KLA long drive to here man.
GAlright. I'm a break out the pillows in a few minutes and the blankets, and we all just cool out and everything. And Jamieson’s mom brought us some cookies. Jamieson, where the cookies at? Hey yo, Jamieson. Why don't you step up?
JGOkay. Here we go. Radio. Radio. Suckers never play me. Kill the engineer.
GYo so what's going on, my man Jamieson Grillo from Tommy Boy Records. Over there. Yeah.
JGSo that dream about GD haircut with your man over there behind you.
GOh, I don't know. Yo.
JGYo. What's up, man? Chillin'. Tommy Boy definitely in effect. New group right here, Live Squad, and they're gonna definitely blow up. New video’s out there. They just performed on Yo! MTV Raps last Friday. You checked it out, the video's on the box. You can request it. It's request number 656 for everybody out there who has the box. Just let... Let you know that little...
GYou know, Jamieson got it, like, written on the back of his hand. He's got everything now.
MAJYou should've got up here from the get go, man. You know what I'm saying?
JGWell, you know, I'm just hanging out. You know, we're here in Philly, hitting a lot of radio stations. Probably check out Armond's in the afternoon sometime. College radio, of course. We had to come to your show, of course, because college radio, you know. You're college. Right?
GSort of. College commercial, like, somewhere in the middle of it.
JGSomewhere in the middle.
GYeah. You know, we're not, like, real professional, but we try to be.
GBut but you break records. Is is that correct?
GYeah. I mean, you know, I'm just waiting for you to put out something, and I'm a break it over my knee.
JGThat is... That's why I'm... I refuse to rap.
GI know. That's alright. But, you know, definitely, tomorrow night... Well, tomorrow, you guys will be at the gallery, 02:00. Right?
KLYeah. Yeah.
JGHoney's coming.
GWanna talk to some, you know, some people, some hotties, whatever. Anybody wanna call up?
KLNo. We told all the cuties, you know, come down to the gallery tomorrow. We'll be down You
JGcan put them on the air?
GWell, no. If if they wanna call up and talk to them privately, you know, have, like, deep, intimate conversations.
JGWhat's the number?
GIt's (609) 258-1033. (609) 258-1233. And now coming up, world premiere of the new remix of Heartless.
JGYep. All radio stations in the country. You're the first one, G.
GAlright. Live Squad live in the studio. If you wanna talk to them, give us a call. (609) 258-1033. (609) 258-1233. We'll be back on the Raw Deal Rap Show. Live Squad in the studio coming up right about now. Brand new track from the Live Squad. Remix of Heartless.
[ HEARTLESS RADIO REMIX PLAYS ]
GAnd in the house, we still got Live Squad. What's up?
KLYeah. Yeah. What's the deal? And so that's a remix of Heartless.
BSYeah. You know.
GAlright. We got a... Somebody was calling up. They wanted to hear Murderahh, so we got a radio edit of this. And Jamieson wants to give out this package. He wants to give out a T-shirt, a video, some stickers. What else?
JGAnd a cassette single.
GCassette single? Signed picture?
JGYeah. Sign picture.
GDon't don't be holding out. Throwing a sign. If you give him a shirt, some stickers, and a video, you gotta throw in a signed picture.
JGGet your address, I'll send it to you.
GAlright Alright. What number do you guys wanna take? What number caller?
JGWin a to win a Tommy Boy Live Squad package.
GTo win a Tommy Boy Live Squad package
JG7.
GNumber 7. Alright. Caller number 7. (609) 258-1033. (609) 258-1233. You'll win a package from Live Squad. T-shirt, cassette, video, stickers, and a signed picture. So (609) 258-1033. (609) 258-1233. Seventh caller. Coming up next, Murderahh! by Live Squad. Give us a call.
[ MURDERAHH! RADIO REMIX PLAYS ]
GOkay. You're back with the Raw Deal Rap Show. Live Squad's still in the studio.
BSYeah. Yeah. What's the deal?
GYo. Trying to stay awake. That's the deal. We got half hour left, you know...
MAJGot a half an hour yet left.
GYeah. We got... Go to 01:00.
JGSo Oh, yeah. Congratulations, Carla Carla won the fun pack.
MAJAlright. Have fun with the video, you know. And all your friends, make them go by you know what I'm saying?
GEverybody swing by the gallery tomorrow at 02:00. Word up. Hey. Last half hour, you heard, Live Squad Heartless.
MAJDon't make me get Heartless on you.
GThe remix of “Heartless”. Radio edit of “Murderahh!”. Daddy Freddie with, “Jah Gives Me Vibes” and K-Solo “The Formula”, also known as “House Party” out by request. So What are you doing, Jamieson? What doing?
JGWhat am I doing tonight?
GNo. What are you doing now?
JGI was just putting the phone, picture back in the bag here.
GAlright
JGI was answering the phones. And I thought Okay.
GGo ahead.
KLBefore we get into all that. People have been asked a lot of questions about the song Murderahh!. You know, it's a part of the movie. It's only a movie. Only a movie. You know, we ain't out here running around doing that. You know what they gonna say, we trying to promote that, you know, that craziness.
MAJJust a little something. Yo.
GOh, you hear that big mouth running in the background? That could only be Zulu. Hey, Zu. Go get in the other side. You know it’s Zu when you hear some... You hear vocals, like, five miles away.
KLYeah. Braids clapping.
MAJThat's my that's my man right there. We about to go to Mahorns and get drunk.
JGGet all the funk.
MAJYou know what I'm saying? So all the cuties that's up, you guys should come down and, you know, keep some brothers company.
GUh-uh. Or go to the gallery tomorrow at two.
MAJYeah. You know, come there tomorrow too.
JGWe'll be at the food court.
GAlright. Go either place.
MAJGot something for y'all. Word.