Whilst the ethos at Fat Lace Central can basically be summed up as: “Take the burning zeitgeisty issues of the day and the hip-hop issues that are really heating people up, subtract all contemporary relevance, add a tortured pun based on a record released on Nia in 1984 and throw in a picture of T La Rock for good measure”, we still do care about our heroes. Growing up all naive and hairless in the 80’s, we assumed the liked of Steady B and Cool C, whose records we loved, were getting handsomely rewarded for their pains. Now we know better. After the death of their solo careers, these former Hilltop Hustlers hooked up with DJ Eaze (who he?) to form C.E.B. aka Countin’ Endless Bank. Forgive us our flippancy, but does that press shot look like a trio of men faced with infinity feeding money into a counting machine?
It turned out that the Ruffhouse money for their self-titled album added up to a jar of coppers, so Steady and Cool tried their hand at robbing banks, with famously disastrous results. Steady faces life without parole, Cool C the death penalty, although his execution has been postponed a couple of times. Perhaps while the judge analyses the lyrics of ‘Carousel Chanel’ for subtext. In a bid to understand their motiviation, we once restaged their bank raid for Fat Lace Magazine, with equally disastrous results. Dan Large now faces life without parole. Anyway, enjoy this snatch of C.E.B. when their arses were their own, and acquaint yourself with Steady B’s unsuccessful appeal. Word to Adobe Acrobat for that one.

C.E.B – Back Up In Da Joint

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Steady B’s Appeal.pdf