{"id":65449,"date":"2013-05-09T12:12:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=65449"},"modified":"2013-05-09T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T10:14:25","slug":"two-tj-swan-demos-unearthed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/two-tj-swan-demos-unearthed\/","title":{"rendered":"Two TJ Swan Demos Unearthed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/two-tj-swan-demos-unearthed\/biz-tj-swan-450x302\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biz-tj-swan-450x302.jpg?fit=450%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,302\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"biz tj-swan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biz-tj-swan-450x302.jpg?fit=450%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biz-tj-swan-450x302.jpg?fit=450%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biz-tj-swan-450x302.jpg?resize=500%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"biz tj-swan\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65450\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back in 2010 I received a recording of a TJ Swan demo recorded from Tim Westwood\u2018s show in 1988 titled \u201cMellow Love\u201d, although someone claiming to be affiliated with Swan then contacted me and demand that I remove the track on the grounds that: \u201cThis was a practice session. Swan wrote and sang the song to get a feel for it\u201d. He also claimed that a bunch of TJ Swan music was about to drop, but three years later we\u2019re still waiting.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Rap Blog Godd noz recently blessed me with a few more cuts which may have been intended for Have No Fear Swan Is Here. or are simply more \u201cpractice sessions\u201d. The first track, \u201cSensitive Love\u201d features Swan flexing his microphone techniques and busting some rhymes, while \u201cLove Is Blind\u201d is more of an uptempo number on the Al. B Sure tip. Was Marley Marl involved with these tracks? Are they finished LP cuts or just demos? Sadly, there\u2019s also no sign of the lost Big Daddy Kane\/MC Shan cameos that I hoped for\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hit continue reading to listen to the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unkut.com\" target=\"_blank\">unkut.com<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F91195733&amp;color=ff6600&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F91197615&amp;color=ff6600&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2010 I received a recording of a TJ Swan demo recorded from Tim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-h1D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}