{"id":123278,"date":"2017-11-17T01:25:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T00:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=123278"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:37:43","slug":"dig-of-the-day-special-ruggedness-madd-drama-checkin-down-the-menu-remix-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-special-ruggedness-madd-drama-checkin-down-the-menu-remix-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day Special: Ruggedness Madd Drama &#8211; Checkin Down The Menu (Remix) (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QTsSq_BkodY?ecver=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dear folks, you&#8217;re tuned in to 600th <strong><em>Dig Of The Day<\/em><\/strong> right here on <strong>Blackouthiphop<\/strong>! Trust me, before you hit &#8220;play&#8221;, light that shit first.<\/p>\n<p>We continuin&#8217; with that dopeness for ya ears, so here&#8217;s something r.a.w. for you and yours. You won&#8217;t hear much doper shit than this. Mr. <strong>Melvin Carter<\/strong> aka <strong>Ruggedness<\/strong> who goes first, delivers 67 seconds of pure undisputable eargazm&#8230; This boys lost their mind. You&#8217;re listenin&#8217; to <em>Checkin Down The Menu (Remix)<\/em> which was released in &#8217;95 as a part of <em>Best Ones Yet \/ Make U Go Crazay<\/em> promo 12&#8243; \/ cassette, since the &#8220;also ridicoulusly dope&#8221; uncensored original version appears a year before on their limited <em>Forreal<\/em> single release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruggedness Madd Drama<\/strong> are an underground Hip-Hop trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisted of lead MC\/producer <strong>Melvin &#8220;Ruggedness&#8221; Carter<\/strong> and hypemen\/occasional MCs <strong>Eddie Hurk &amp; Chink<\/strong> aka <strong>Madddrama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Yours truly has been workin&#8217; like a Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished, that&#8217;s why sometimes there&#8217;s no post for 2-3 days, I hope you understand, I missed out even 5 days this time, damn it&#8217;s been busy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <strong>Ruggedness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and stay tuned. 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