The Mooschool's Short-Lived Hip-Hop Career

I don't know how many of you like Hip-Hop music these days. I still listen to a bit but it used to be fantastic back around 1988-89. Each album you'd buy would be breaking new ground pushing the genre a little further. And, OK the lyrics were often brutally misogynistic and homophobic and dealt with Afro-American issues in the ghettoes of New York but the music's inherent message was one of self-assurance which will always appeal to teenage ears, no matter where they come from.
By the time my brother Michael and I went to University in Manchester in '95 (he went to the proper one, I went to the Met.) our interest in the music had become more hands-on. We'd saved up and bought some SoundLabs (record turntables) and started writing rhymes. Together with a couple of DJs that we teamed up with we started getting a few gigs around various bars and clubs and not just student establishments. I've got to say it, mainly because nobody else will but three years passed in Manchester and The Moo School were getting pretty good.
When we moved down to London in '98 to find work our music became more of a studio-based sideline and we proceeded to put together three demo CDs in as many years. Magazines such as Sound on Sound, Hip-Hop Connection and The Mix gave us good reviews but there was a distinct lack of label feedback and by 2001, as our careers began to take shape, the music production had come to a standstill.
I'm quite proud of what was produced over those few years. Remember the self-assurance theme?! Plus, as you can see in the photo above, the identical FILA jackets my Dad gave us one Christmas finally came in handy. So no regrets I didn't become the next Derek B (although MC Tunes did buy me a pint once) but the great thing about the interweb, as my Mum calls it, is I can still link our entire catalogue to the outside world where it can be ignored by millions forever! If you like Hip-Hop or Drum' n' Bass, take a listen to The Moo School today.