There are very few artists that can take hold of Hot Box these days. The late Stack Bundles has had the Kung Fu grip on our attention for years...
Who is he, Hot Box? And why is he so important??? Sit down Kiddies...let's learn about Stack Bundles...aka Seymour Cake...aka THE HANDSOME HUSTLER. We'll let Stack do all the talking...it's only right...
Here we see him featured on VOL. I of The Come Up DVD:
NY at it's best...and peep how young Stack was...it was early in his game and he still WENT IN. Here's some more footage from "The Come Up" for you. See Stack candid...REAL...
Stack had Far Rockaway on his back...he had NY on his back...let's fast forward a bit...
Somethin light for the non-believers....that was leisure spittin'...downtime rap....
This next clip is the epitome of NY rap...Every New Yorker knows that every night (except Sunday) is Funk Master Flex night. Long rides from borrough to borrough throughout the night are only complete with Flex's bombs accentin' the moves...Stack made it there...
Stack continued to stun listeners with his mesmerising flow, fascinating imagery and relentless delivery. From then on, the only direction he went in was UP. Then came the tours, recording sessions, the photo shoots, interviews, trips, more money, girls, cars, shows...the fame. Success.
Even made it to the "Fly High" video shoot....
Stack was on his way...and he made it further than any other Far Rockaway star. Sadly, he was gunned down in the early morning hours on June 11, 2007 in the lobby of the Red Fern apartment complex he lived in. Stack was 24.
There's a lot of Stack's tracks circulating out there. New material surfaces on what seems to be a daily basis. The list is wayyy too long for us to even begin to list. Almost all of his mixtapes are available on DatPiff...some singles are on iTunes...freestyles are all over YouTube...Lil' Wayne has a track on his recently released No Ceilings mixtape that features a song titled "I'll Holla-Stack Bundles Tribute"...Fabolous, Joe Budden, Jim Jones, Max B., Lupe Fiasco, Jr Writer and a host of others have also put their love for the late Stack on vinyl.
R.I.P. Stack Bundles
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