Subway Hip Hop Vol 17 - The East Coast Corridor Pt3

LP - 2025 - Subway Hip Hop Records  

DJ 3rd Rail and Subway Hip Hop Records are back with the 3rd volume of the East Coast Corridor series, a 6 song EP featuring Napoleon Da Legend, Nejma Nefertiti, King Magnetic & Page The Hand Grenade. 

" Vol 17 The East Coast Corridor pt. 3  Leaves off where Vol 15 (pt.2) and Vol 10 (pt. 1) ended.  Dope boom bap press on vinyl. As the production gets better the lyrics continue to push the envelope. 

On this EP Napoleon Da Legend makes 4 appearances on the this EP. Two solo gems with Superior MC over 3 different beats and Thief with an incredible produced track. He starts this EP with Came To Draw Blood pt. 2 the posse cut with Page and Nejma. Came To Draw Blood pt. 1 can be found on Vol 15  He also rocks with King Magnetic & Page on the song “Depths of Hell”. 

Nejma Nefertiti, once again brings that heat she’s known for. Spitting lyrical bullets on the song Buck! Buck! Buck!. Plus blessing the posse cut Came To Draw Blood pt. 2

King Magnetic stops by on the song Depths Of Hell to bring his raw unedited flavor with Napoleon Da Legend and Page The Hand Grenade. 

Page The Hand Grenade is back after blessing us with 2 solo EP’s Vol 11 & 16. Featured on the posse cuts Came To Draw Blood pt. 2 & Depths Of Hell. He also has a solo song called “Off The Grid” which explains him at times. He’s like the special forces of MC’s. Comes in, handles business and bounce. PEACE. " - courtesy of Subway Hip Hop Records

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Subway Hip Hip Records Vol #12 - The Hudson Tunnel 12" EP

 

EP - 2024 - Subway hip-Hop Records 

Subway Hip Hop Records are back with the volume #12 of their Hudson Tunnel Series. All the tracks are produced by DJ 3rd Rail & Padawan. 

A1 - Shabaam Sahdeeq - God And Da Devil

A2 - El Da Sensei -Yes I Do

A3 - Napoleon Da Legend - Return of The Sharpshooter

B1 - Page The Hand Grenade - Worst Case Scenario

B2 - Nejma Nefertiti - The Q.U.E.E.N.

B3 - Napoleon Da Legend & Nejma Nefertiti - Fiend For Perfection

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Radio Show : DJ 3RD RAIL Dedicated Hip Hop Mix Show 2024-01-15

 

WORLD PREMIER SUBWAY HIP HOP RECORDS VOL #11

PAGE THE HAND GRENADE-PULL THE PIN-EP

"This Sunday night on our legendary hip hop vinyl radio mixshow "DEDICATED" we will play this EP for the world to hear. 

1/15/24 Sun-Mon 12midnight-5am CST from Chicago's WNUR 89.3fm & www.wnur.org 

Legendary Bronx MC, Page The Hand Grenade returns. We are honored to be able to bring you this 6 song vinyl EP of new material. One of the first MC's to rhyme on DOO WOP's mixtapes in the early 90's. His first vinyl appearance was on LORD FINESSES'S-Check Me Out Baby Pah song. Than later on featured on O.C.'s-Weak Ideas song produced by Buckwild. He linked up with The Freestyle Professors and was featured on many songs. (He's got a song breaking all this down). 

So as you can see we are not playing with these hip hop vinyl releases. I want to thank everyone who has purchased any of our last 10 vinyl releases from the store. www.subwayhiphop.com or elsewhere." - courtesy of DJ 3RD RAIL

Vinyl coming soon... Stay tuned !

Page The Hand Grenade - 2-22-2020 "A Day In The Bronx"

 

2-22-2021

"A Day In The Bronx"

It is February of 2020 as I just bought a ticket for a show called "Checklist The Play" which was written and directed by Wali "World" Burgos. 

I was not sure that I was going to be able to attend as I had mixed feelings about taking the trip.  I have not travelled to "The Bronx" since February of 2019 when my mother was still alive.  As I currently live in North Carolina, this would be the first trip up there without seeing her.  I created an itinerary to keep me busy for one day in the Bronx.  On 2-21-2020, at 3 PM EST, I left my job and boarded the Greyhound bus for an overnight trip that made stops in many cities along the way.  A week prior to my departure, I booked studio time at D.I.T.C. Studios in the Bronx.  "Checklist The Play" started at 7 PM and my studio session was from 2 PM to 6 PM.  I booked a hotel room at the Days Inn on Third Avenue alongside Bruckner Boulevard.  As soon as my bus arrived the next morning, I jumped on the subway and headed to the Bronx.  I had no idea what I was going to record when I booked the session.  I just wanted to record in the "Big L" booth with his picture on the wall for inspiration.  I was in a dark place mentally with my mother recently passing away along with me living in a homeless shelter for veterans.  While travelling overnight, I wrote two sixteen bar verses to an instrumental Buckwild track titled "I dream of wealth."  I checked into my hotel room, showered, changed and took an Uber straight to the studio.  

I was greeted by Jahlil as he helped me get the words out clearly using his accurate punching in skills while I recited my rhymes by reading from my rhymebook.  After the session, I headed back to my hotel room for a quick break before I called another Uber to take me to Lehman College for the play.  Wali "World" Burgos along with his brother and sister Khalid and Asia, produced a great show.  The whole cast was amazing and talented as DJ Famous and Frank Vocals provided good musical vibes.  After the play was over, I rode the number two bus from Bedford Park Boulevard, all the way down to 138th Street and 3rd Avenue back to my hotel room.  I ordered McDonalds from Uber Eats and went to sleep.  I checked out of my hotel room the next morning and walked to Giovanni's on 149th Street and Grand Concourse for breakfast.  I then proceeded to the bus terminal to head back to North Carolina.  My bus arrived back to North Carolina at 6:30 AM on 2-24-2020 as I called an Uber and went straight to work.  From 2-21-2020 to 2-24-2020, I spent "A Day In The Bronx" on 2-22-2020.

Thank You For Reading

Stanley Grimes Jr.

2-16-2021

Page The Hand Grenade - A Day In The Life: The 90’s Demos - 2019

LP - 2019 - Chopped Herring Records  

A1 - Ringin Bellz        

A2 - Emcee Inspection

A3 - Page is in the House        

A4 - A Day In The Life
B1 - West Nile Virus
B2 - We Write The Songs featuring Shokahn
B3 - Nitecrawlers feat. Big Bad Sho, Big Sud & Surg Cartel
B4 - So Many Rhymes  

350 copies only ... (120 copies on Turquoise & Yellow Vinyl,  230 copies on trad Black Wax)

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Page The Hand Grenade....Mind Blowing Scriptures on Pages

Each time we talk about the Diggin' In The Crates crew, we always refer to the main DITC frontmen like Lord Finesse, Show & AG, Diamond D or Buckwild, just to name a few... but to me some affiliated artists like Stanley Grimes aka Page the Hand Grenade also need to be highlighted... 

If you're not familiar with this Bronx-based emcee originally known under the name of Rampage, who has been rhyming since the late 80s, you need to know that in the early 90s he featured on a few tracks produced by Lord Finesse or Buckwild and he also worked with O.C, Freestyle Professors and DJ Homicide.





I had the chance to ask him some questions...and he explained to me how everything started for him and told me more about his musical background ... here is a slice of the Bronx's Hip-Hop History ! 

Page :"I was born and raised on 180th Street and Boston Road which is right across the street from the famous Bronx Zoo.  So I literally grew up around a bunch of animals.  Hip Hop culture and music was all around me.  In my household with my mom's long stereo with 8-track tapes, and my older brother Ronald, who I shared a room with, attended all the park jams as he used to tell me about them when he came home late nights.  The first hip hop record that I liked was called "Fresh is the Word" by Mantronix.  The second record that caught my ear was called "Ego Trippin'" by the Ultamagnetic Emcees.  In 1987, I started high school on Boston Road and 166th Street.  Morris High School was the name of the Bronx Landmark where my mom attended there along with former Secretary of Defense, General Colin Powell.  Lord Finesse was in the 11th grade as he was the best emcee in the school at that time.  He lived in the nearby Forest Houses.  In the lunchroom, he would bang a beat on the lunch table and rhyme at the same time.  The only class we shared together was gymnastics where we would play basketball.  After I was expelled from Morris High School, I attended Theodore Roosevelt High School and used the same bang on the table and rhyme format and developed my own following.  I met DJ Doo Wop and we started making mixtapes and eventually changed the way other dee jays made mixtapes.  After Lord Finesse's second album release, he came to one of the Doo Wop parties at the Parkside Plaza and we exchanged numbers.  Shortly after, he invited Doo Wop and I to his apartment to listen to beats on his new SP 1200 and Akai 900 as he started producing tracks.  Lord Finesse was always a DJ and an emcee.  Buckwild who was also a mixtape DJ, was hanging out with Lord Finesse one day and he asked me to rhyme on his mixtape called "Back To School."  Me, Lord Finesse, Lord Tariq and a few others went crazy on Buckwild's mixtape."

Page : "Afterwards, I started working with Buckwild as we ended up recording our first song called "Masshysteria" for the D.I.T.C. compilation album in 1994. Buckwild was already working with O.C. on his "Word Life" debut album.  Buckwild introduced me to O.C. as we went on to record "Weak Ideas" in 1995."  

Page : "DJ Homicide was introduced to me by my friend Monte from Lambert Houses. We would travel down to his house on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and record songs and mixtapes. He produced the song "Flip Da Script" in 1994 for his mixtape.  We also did promos for the Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show. "

Photo courtesy of Stanley Grimes

Page : "There was no album released by me in the 90's because of me not knowing how to handle myself diplomatically.  In 2004, I joined the United States Air Force and began travelling the world and meeting new people.  In 2005, I bought a Tascam 8 track recorder and microphone and started learning how to record my own vocals.  I met the Freestyle Professors through a friend and producer named Amed who is also a D.I.T.C. affilliate.  He was featured on the 1994 D.I.T.C. compilation as well.  In 2006, I made a mixtape and had my friend Peter Gunz and his son Cory Gunz rhyming on it as Amed introduced me to the Freestyle Professors and we started recording together.  In 2009, I deployed to Kuwait and I recorded verses from over there and emailed the WAV tracks back for them to mix.  That's how "Devastating" with Sadat X was recorded." 

Page : "Last but not least, I am the original "Rampage" from the Bronx.  I am an Aries so the Ram is my zodiac and the Page is what I write on.  My name was established in 1989 but was never officially trademarked.  Rampage the last boyscout which is Busta Rhymes cousin, came out under the name in 1993.  When D.I.T.C. members were negotiating the deal with Sony for the compilation in 1994, I changed my name to Page The Hand Grenade....Mind blowing scriptures on pages."

Mad Props to Stanley Grimes a.k.a Page The Hand Grenade, thanks  for your time.