This is the recently made documentary about Freshco & Miz, the emcee and DJ
duo who won their respective titles as the Battle for World Supremacy
Champions in 1989. For those too young to remember, the Battle for World
Supremacy was
the competition to win back in the day, and
winning had always
ensured that a prosperous career lay
ahead.
Previous winners of the DJ battle had been DJ Scratch, Cash Money and
Jazzy Jeff. So when
Miz won in
89 and teamed up with Freshco, the emcee
champion from the same year, they looked set to follow in their predecessors
shoes, but that wasn’t to
be. This documentary explores their journey to, and beyond, the Battle
for World Supremacy. Why it didn’t work out and what happened to masters of
their craft.
There’s some really nice nuggets of history shared through the
narrative of this documentary. Miz in
particular highlights some of the evolution that was taking place at that time
in terms of DJing techniques and how the music industry was changing
around them. Keep an eye out for appearances by MC Serch (BfWS host), MC Lyte,
Guru, Ice-T as well as
early performances by Treach, Dres
and Yo-Yo and
several others.
As a
side note, I’m not sure what happens to Monie Love at 57:30, she
suddenly decides to speak like someone with learning
difficulties, very
bizarre!
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