MC Rell & The House Rockers | Into The Future | 1988
With the sudden emergence of Rakim Allah that revolutionised the rap artform during the last years of the golden era of hip-hop, many record companies pushed hard to find among their artists the new Rakim to add to their roster, although all of these would eventually prove to be - in the best case- just a Rakim sound alike. That was the case of MC Rell, a Philly-born, NYC-based rapper, signed to PolyGram in the late 80s alongside his crew of DJs The House Rockers. They only got to put out one album titled ''Into The Future'' in 1989, and two promotional videos, ''Life Of An Entertainer'' and the self-titled single the year before. ''Into The Future'' features Cutmaster D.C. on the scratches and Chuck Chillout in the mixing.
