Never Dated (Classic Magazine Covers #3)

Time for a new shrine. Like all great artists, I'm sure Milk will reappear sometime soon. This usually annoys me though as I like to think of my icons chilling on a beach somewhere living large off their royalties, never to be seen again. I'll make an exception this time, the world needs Milk D.
So back in 2001 Milk, bizarrely enough, was in London promoting a neo-crooner called Jason Downs, just as you would expect any old-school rap legend to be doing. The All City Show at that time was little known. The original crew consisted of Whatever Man (Zane Lowe), DJ Touche (The Wiseguys) and me, Dan Greenpeace (Dan Greenpeace). We invited Milk in for an interview and what we got was an amazing live rendition of Top Billin'. We all just stood there and gawped at Milk performing his classic to a private audience of three people. Shout out to DJ Touche who provided the first and last beat that Milk rhymed on.
Before he came on the show, we'd already featured Milk on the cover of Fat Lace Issue 5 where he famously revealed '(DJ) Red Alert said Lyte sounded like a boy and I (Milk) sounded like a girl. He hated Top Billin'. Maybe if Milk had bought him some rims, he'd have played the record. Or is that Funk Master Flex?
Anyone reading this who has been steeped in hip-hop culture will be well aware of Milk's formative years in the group Audio Two, so to avoid cliche, I dug out some of releases after he dropped the 'D' from his name. If you dig a little deeper you'll find out Ad-Roc and Sway & Tech were also involved in this Milk project.

I guess if I'm going to do this I need to be thorough, so here's Milk's catalogue, just on Rick Rubin's American Recordings:

SPOILED MILK Milk 'Spoiled Milk' (nice touch with the Yellow Vinyl)*
AM-3021 Milk 'Never Dated' LP (Picture Sleeve)**
AM 9 43005-1 Milk 'Never Dated' CD (with extra tracks)
AM-1993-0 Milk 'Spam' 12" (Picture Sleeve - you gotta love that swine head)*
AM-146 Milk 'Get Off My Log' (Picture Sleeve - subtle phallic imagery, hilarious)
AM-135-PRO Milk 'Get Off My Log' (White Vinyl - the colour of milk, clever)
AM-140-PRO Milk 'Get Off My Log' Jazzy Fat Woody Remix (White Vinyl)

* I think this was pressed by American but not 100% sure
** Has anyone seen a promo or test pressing of these? Hit me up.


Click to hear Milk D on the All City Show circa 2001 (if you like the audio, please say 'what's up' and leave a comment)

Click to watch Milk 'Get Off My Log' video (if you like the audio, please say 'what's up' and leave a comment)