{"id":130797,"date":"2018-07-15T21:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T19:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=130797"},"modified":"2018-07-15T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T19:40:24","slug":"dig-of-the-day-special-k-special-k-is-good-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-special-k-special-k-is-good-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day: Special K &#8211; Special-K Is Good (1987)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sK1dUVsOts\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A real treat today &#8211; an Old School Pioneer on the record. First, press the pause button if you already clicked play, 2nd step is to roll yourselves some of that good stuff no doubt, 3rd step is to turn up your speakers\/headphones and the final  is to put away ya cell phones. You&#8217;re listenin&#8217; to a dope grown man heavyweight joint from the streets of New York by an Old School brother from Bronx who was active from 1979\u20131994, a member of the <strong>Treacherous Three<\/strong> and a younger brother of <strong>T La Rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A brother by the name of <strong>Kevin Keaton<\/strong> aka <strong>Special K<\/strong>, with his 1st solo single (out of two) titled <em>Special-K Is Good<\/em>, released on <strong>Public Records<\/strong> and  b\/w <em>Let&#8217;s Rock<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The joint contains samples of <em>Good Times<\/em> by <strong>Chic<\/strong> (1979) and <em>Gotta Rock<\/em> by <strong>Treacherous Three<\/strong> (1985).<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <strong>QD III<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy brothers &#8216;n sistaz<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"130800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-special-k-special-k-is-good-1987\/skk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"skk\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skk.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A real treat today &#8211; an Old School Pioneer on the record. 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