Thursday Throwback! Mark The 45 King-Kaboom (1996)

When most people think of old school hip hop producer Mark the 45 King, they know all about the 900 Number and that’s it. Fact of the matter is, this guy released dozens of 12” singles during the 90s and early 2000s, and not just backing tracks for east coast rappers either. Mark cut a variety of instrumental tracks to wax, some relying heavily on sampled breakbeats and loops, others such as “Kaboom” crafted primarily from scratch. “Kaboom” was released on a 12” single in 1996 that was shared with seven other short instrumental bits. It was unfortunately one of the last pieces of music issued by Tuff City, a heavy hitting New York-based label not only responsible for the vast majority of the King’s releases from 1986-96, but also the likes of Spoonie Gee, the Cold Crush Brothers, and Lakim Shabazz.