YouTube Appreciation/Classic Wu Shit pt. 2

Ok Class, you have an assignment today.

First, you're going to need about two hours of free time and a bag of this:



Next, you're going to have to sit in your most comfortable seat and smoke that shit. All of it!

Now you should be moderatly stoned. Enjoy the following:

Protect Ya Neck

Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' To Fuck With

The Mystery of Chessboxing

M.E.T.H.O.D. Man

In case you guys don't get the point... last night I discovered the virtues of YouTube. I smoked a ton of weed and watched classic rap videos until 2 am, which is quite late for me given that I rise from my bed before 5 every morning. This shit is the motz and every two weeks or so I'm going to do a thread like this.

I picked Wu Tang Clan videos because the oldest ones are my absolute favorites. There was nothing doper to me as a youngin' than watching a bunch of dudes rap with masks on because they had warrants. Fuck computer effects, I want heads with gats, big knives, timbs, and hoddies repping it... that's that street shit. It reminded me of the time my best friend was taken out of school in handcuffs for bringing two shottys to his 9th Grade semi-formal. The shit was all over the news and he was on TV with a black box over his face- imortalized in anonymity and a martyr for the foulness we grew up in- just like our hero, .

WE LIVE THIS SHIT!

DIE!

-MGP

Rare Gore Shit

My favorite rapper? When I listen to him rap I always remind myself that he should be. Gore is obscure, he has a great vocabulary and makes great word choices for his rhymes, and his recent obsession with the studio punch-in belies the fact that all of his early work displayed his complete mastery of cadence and flow.

Today I threw together a bunch of rare and obscure Goretex shit. I don't think any of this is from the Cannoe Head joint and unless you are a poster at NecroHipHop.com you haven't heard much of this stuff.

1.) Revolutionize

An original Necro production used by Non Phixion to freestyle over at their first appearance on radio as a group (WKCR). The beat is super dope and in 1994 when this came out one might mistake it for a Pete Rock track.

Gore's verse is last but it is easily the best out of the bunch. Everyone reps hard but Gore just came right the fuck out of left field and dropped this gem.

2.) Retaliation

200? track done with a Sweedish rapper named Greise. Gore reps last again and sets it off properly:

"Catch a fractured head; the one who leaves actresses dead/ I ain't a even rapper, just a canibal that ain't been captured yet."

SICK!

3.) Non Phixion Freestyle Over The Triumph Beat

Yeah, some of these verses you've probobaly heard before but Gore and Ill Bill spit two super vicious verses that aren't on any of their other freestyles or songs. The sound quality is less than perfect but this is a joint even the die-hard Non Phixion fans haven't heard yet.

4.) Goretex- Hated Remix

Jigsaw did an alternate version of this. From what I understand Jig is no longer down with NP or PL.

No one noticed.

5.) Woody Allen Verse

Just an obscure verse from an old NP freestyle that has yet to hit the net in full length quality.

6.) Bad Spit ft. Goretex- Demonic Devise

Scanandavian MC with a Gore spot. This is only a few weeks old. Gore goes off the deep-end with this verse, probably the most scum-bag verse of his that I've ever heard.

7.) Non Phixion Freestyle

This only exists in accapella version I believe and someone from the Necro board put some of his beats to it. Not bad.

8.) Unknown Source

Obscure Gore verse from an unknown radio program, sometime in the mid-90s.

Rare Goretex Shit

PS.

It's off topic but... for the record I want to add that MF Grimm's dis to MF Doom is without a doubt the best dis track in the last 10 years. Maybe because it isn't much of a dis so much as the perfect way to pull someone's card. I've been hearing a lot of rumors in the underground about how shady Doom has become, rumors I've been hearing as early as 1999. This song is intensely personal yet everything that hip hop and the code of the streets truly embodies. If you haven't heard if yet I suggest you go hunt it down.

-MGP

Tribute to Jersey pt. 2

"They call me Hussien, Fatal/ It's a two-game table/ I'm rockin' ya nigga's craddle with a knife in your navel..."

The first time I heard of Fatal Hussien he was killing shit with Tupac. Fuck, to be honest with you I never liked 'Pac that much so when I heard my man's 'Pac tape I went out and bought a copy just to hear this Fatal guy.

For those who don't know Fatal Hussien he is a former member of the Outlawz and hails from Montclair, New Jersey. I think he or Kadafi was Tupac's godson as well. Fatal has an effortless flow and is a very good writer. He killed the "Made Niggaz" track something SERIOUS too, murdering one of my favorite beats of all time.

Anyway, I feel that Fatal is highly slept on as an MC because everyone associates him with Tupac and figures he was one of his lackeys. That's far from the case. I think the real reason for Fatal not being well known is his lack of roots in a particular area and his favorite mistress is a beast of a broad known as incarseration. His first album, In the Line of Fire, has a heavy West Coast vibe and features a lot of West Coast artists (as well as East Coast heavyweights like Freddy Foxx and Tame One). His second album came out on Rap-a-Lot, a label based out of Houston, and I haven't heard it but I was told it had the typical Rap-a-Lot sound (which is no insult, just proof that Fatal doesn't have his own sound). His next album is due out on Murda Inc. This lack of consistency is why I feel that Fatal stays under the radar. There is no particular sound that Fatal can call his own. Some would call this a curse, I think it displays his dexterity as a rapper.

One of the peculiarities of Fatal's first solo is the fact that there are a lot of uncredited features. Some claim New Jersey, others shout out the Bay Area. On the track "Friday" some nameless MC shouts out "Killa Black" which was the name of Havoc's (of Mobb Deep) brother who died in a car accident a few months before Fatal's album dropped. I don't know if this was some kind of cheap-shot because 'Pac and the Mobb had beef at the time, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about the references on this album and why the MCs remain nameless. It's a shame, these guys are dope on the mic.

As far as what is up with Fatal now, who knows. Rumor has it he had a falling out with Pac after he crashed his car, then he left the Outlawz, then he spent three years in prison for slashing someone's face with a boxcutter and then stabbing that person in the stomach and intestines (gives a whole new meaning to that "knife in your navel" line I quoted above). He is all over Ja Rule's latest album and he dissed 50 Cent a few times on there as well. I also heard he has a "Fatalveli" mixtape out but I don't know the first thing about it or where to buy it for that matter. I was also told he does work with Jim Jones of the Dipset crew as well but I can't say I'm a fan of Jim Jones really.

Today I present to all of you two archives for download. The first is Fatal's first LP, In the Line of Fire, which features Tame One, Freddy Foxx, Mac Mall, and some other uncredited West Coast rhymers who are quite nice with it. The second file is a little compilation of rare and unreleased shit as well as some guest spots. A lot of this shit is exclusive and you won't find it outside of my blog.

In The Line of Fire

Fatal Hussien Rarities and Guest Spots

So what's next for the last installment of Jersey's Finest? I'm not going to tell you now but just know that I am in the process of collecting 12-15 rare/unreleased tracks by this crew plus videos and a few full albums. Stay tuned because it'll be here next week.

-MGP

Vinyl Oddities pt. 2

Back with part two in my three part series about the strange world of vinyl. My first entry for today should look familiar to most of you:



What shouldn't look familiar to you is the b-side. If you own the record you know that the song The Real Weight is the b-side. My copy, the test pressing, is for Jehroo's (Jeru) "bichez."













I found the difference in song and strange spelling for Jeru, who had two classic albums to his credit by the time in his career, to be quite bizzare.

One of my favorite 12's from 2003 was Chuggo's No Gentleman/schoolyard bullies record. One of the things I like about his music is that he and his cousin Timmy 2gats have this voice-over guy that hypes them up on their records. I first heard him on his diss to Bishop and then on this 12'. They put an extra track onto this 12 with clips of the guy so that djs can use them in remixs of their own. I thought this was clever advirtisement on their part- listening to a Choclair song and hearing some dj scratch in a "Chuggo" or moaning woman for shits and grins.



Oh, if you don't have the 12' I want you to know that Pumpkinhead absolutly killed his guest verse on Schoolyard Bullies. Chuggo bodied it too but it's my favorite Pumpkinhead verse. Immortal Technique, Brooklyn Akademy, and the usual cast of Lakeshore criminals make appearances on Chuggo's debut Act Like You Know.

The first rare record I found was Ill Advised Through The Eye/ Kwestions/ Against the Grain 12'. It came out on Quake City records. It's a rather obscure record of a group very few people outside of Philly are aware about (or care about for that matter). The first copy I bought of it came from England. It's label is black and white, well black and off-white really. Anyway, it appears that there are two seperate pressings because a copy spotted in a Japanese record shop is a light rainbow back ground instead of and off white back ground. I wonder if the song's are any different?

And what the fuck is up with errors on records? Both of my copies of Baron Ricks "Harlem River Drive" 12's have the labels flip-flopped. Dj Honda's "We Don't Play" 12' says it has the track "Foundation" on the B-Side but it's not there even though his name is is big blue letters on the cover. Oh, gotta love the first batch of Necro's "Most Sadistic" 12', the b-side on that was "I Need Drugs" as opposed to the proper tracks for the release: "Your Fuckin' Head Split" and "You're Dead." Speaking of Necro and vinyl, will we ever see the 12's for Dopesick and Our Life?






The records are all pressed and have been sitting in the PLR offices since 2001 when the songs were recorded. We eventually got the songs on Brutality pt. 1 but having them on vinyl with acapellas and instrumentals for mixing and blending would have been dope in 2001 when Necro didn't have any instrumentals out. I especially want to have that Dopesick 12' for the sick cover art alone. Does anyone have a high quality picture of this cover? I'd love to have that mailed to me as a file.

What's next for part three? A little Jay-Z, some Norwegian shit, and more. Stay tuned.

Tribute to Jersey pt. 1

When most people think of New Jersey they think of Guidos from the Shore, the Sopranos, homosexualty in the Governor's mansion, and the Turnpike. If you've lived here you'd know that New Jerz is also home to a lot of life's finer things: easy women and dope hip hop.

From the mid-80s to the present day NJ has been a hotbed for hip hop tallent. There are a lot of dope scenes out here. Trenton was making a lot of noise in the last 80s and early 90s, Joe Buddens is holding it down, Eminem came here to rock with the Outsidaz, Canibus grew up here, and Jus Allah reps the most dangerous city in America- Camden (the city where I teach high school).

One of my favorite clicks in New Jersey is PPP. What a lot of people don't know is that PPP is the Pistol Poppin' Posse. Hailing from Newark they opperated much like any other street gang and unique to them (MFC aside) is the fact that certain members of PPP rapped but most were thugs and street cats getting paid the illegit way.

In 2000 I left NJ to go to school in Delaware. It was there that I met a member of PPP whose name I can't mention for a number of legal reasons. He had warrants back home and his cousin set him up with a job cutting hair in Dover.

For those that don't know, PPP is who Redman, Tame One, and most of the original Outsidaz run with. A lot of them are family members. Redman and Tame One are first cousins and on the other side of the family bloodline is Pace Won. For today's update I uploaded the aptly titled Family Day. Our nameless friend hooked me up with the vinyl after I recognized his tattoo- a bottle of champaign with PPP written in script on the label. Let's put it this way, if you are a street cat in Jersey you know what the fuck that tattoo means. PPP is big in Newark, they move a lot of shit from shottys to blow. Shit is very real. Real recognized real and then shit was on an poppin'. A few days later we were taking some L's to the head like "aaaahhhhh" and money pulled out one of these:



Family Day is a dope concept. Govna Mattic, who a lot of people might remember from the Ghetto Red Hot 12' with Diesel Don and Redman (the cover had the three men breaking up a few pounds of trees, weighing, and bagging up in front of a map of the world) is one of Redman's lesser-known cousins and obviously his rap career is a hobby. He got Red, Tame, Pace, Roz (Red's baby sister), and Young Zee to contribute to the song. The beat is slow and reminds the listener of a slow, lazy summer afternoon complete with BBQ and fat bags of trees. It was originally from Govna's album Hell Up In Newark but the track was pressed on a limited amount of vinyl (two pressings, maybe 300 copies total) and sold hand to hand in 1997. The song wouldn't appear again until Govna's album came out in 1999 and was also sold hand to hand. If anyone was wondering why a track with so many heavyweights would go unoticed now you know why: zero distribution.

As for the album- it's not bad at all and it has a lot of nice tracks. I intended to only upload one track today but in case anyone is interested Govna Mattic's full length I've uploaded that as well. You can find that motherfucker right here.

Interesting fact: my nameless friend is a member of the now-defunct Outsidaz. He ghost wrote a lot of verses for other rappers from NYC and people signed to Ruff House Records at the time but we won't go there because I don't think any of it was released.

Giving it up for Mista Sinista...

The year was 1994 and I just copped the new album from Common Sense. I put the tape in the deck and cranked up the volume a couple of notches. After a few seconds of hiss the notes of light piano strings began to trickle on my ears with the comfort of warm summer rain. All of the sudden a new noise commanded my attention- deft scratching by who I would later learn is one of the best djs to ever do it: Mista Sinista.

In my estimation Mista Sinista is one of the best djs to ever stand behind the 1's and 2's but people sleep on him behind the boards. Maybe it is because Sinista's production credits are very few in number. He also works with relatively unknown artists. Today I'd like to introduce you to some of Sinista's work as a producer.

Cliffhangaz- Ready 4 War/Chicken Curry Head 12'




This is one of my favorite 12's to come out of the golden era of indie hip hop in NYC. I don't have any idea who these guys are but this 12' is super nice. The beats are airy and breeze through the speakers lightly. The MCs are dope too. I like Sinista's use of the comedian for a vocal sample on Chicken Curry Head as well. Ready 4 War is a bit darker but still easy on the ears. If you can pick this 12' up I suggest it. I bought my copy at Fat Beats when it dropped and then copped a double in Austria for 2 Euros in 2002.

Chicken Curry Head

Ready 4 War

Kukoo Da Baga Bonez- Padded Cells



The first track on side B of the vinyl is the only cut Mista Sinista produced on the album and it sure is a banger. A lot of crate diggers in NYC might know who Kukoo is, he put out up to 10 singles in the 90s and once in a while his name pops up on blogs related to digging but a lot of people never heard of this EP. It came out in 2001 on Analysis Records (A Czech label focused on house/dance music, I think) and the name is actually Insane Psycho Home feature in Kukoo da Baga Bonez and World (World is Kukoo's little brother I believe).

The track itself is quite dope and has that gritty, dreary sound of late 90's hip hop.

And of course there is always the landmark lp by Mista Sinista's old group the X-ecutioners called X-pressions. True to form, Sinista works with unknown MCs and heavily featured on this LP are the E Brothers, who I believe were first introduced to the hip hop world on the New Jersey Drive Soundtrack. It's quite hard to say for sure what Sinista's contributions to the LP are because some production credits read "produced by the X-ecutioners" and others divie up the contributions between who did the drums, who did the scratches, and who mixed the track and all of the mumbo-jumbo. Regardless, this album is very important to hip hop because it may have been the first major-label release (there were always mad tapes from DJ crews as far back as the mid-80's but this was one of the first to be released on a large scale) that focused strictly on the dj and his contributions to hip hop. Just so you kids know, the first hip hop producers were all DJs who found dope breaks and looped them for the breakers at block parties and that word to Kool Herc.

Peep the album here:
X-ecutioners- X-pressions

In summary I am curious as to what else Sinista has produced. If anyone reading this knowns what's really good on that tip please shoot me a line so I can do a follow-up on this in the future.

-MGP

Three cds of that rare shit?

Peace to my man Neoteric. He hit me up the other night with this and I am sharing it all with you.

http://www.groundlevelpromotions.com/Futility/DJ_Neoteric-The_Re-Edutainment-3CD.zip

Here is the track list, play the mix and stab your mother to it, bitch:

Tracks:

Disc 1

01 - K-Solo - The Answerback (DMX Diss)
02 - Poor Righteous Teachers - Dreadful Day
03 - Digital Underground feat The Luniz - Didnt You Know
04 - 2 Unorthadox - Just A Lil
05 - Jemini The Gifted One - Funk Soul Sensation
06 - Mobb Deep - True Lies (unreleased)
07 - Whitey Don feat KRS ONE and Shelly Thunder - Lyrical Shot
08 - Jean Forte - Hot
09 - Paula Perry - Reasons
10 - Ras Kass - Home Sweet Home
11 - Nice and Smooth - Hot Shit
12 - Fatal Hussein feat Tame One - Ghetto Star
13 - Black Moon - Six Feet Deep
14 - King Sun feat Doo Wop - NY Love (Tupac Diss)
15 - Skam feat Eminem - ThreeSixFive
16 - Cormega - Fuck Nas (Nas Diss Track)
17 - Method Man - PLO Style (Frankenstein Remix)
18 - Special Ed - Freaky Flow (DJ Premier Remix)
19 - Ghostface feat RZA - Marvel
20 - Ol Dirty Bastard - Dirty The Moocher

Disc 2

01 - Ahmad Rass Kass Saafir - Come Widdit
02 - Jay-Z - I Cant Get With That
03 - Channel Live - Sex for the Sport Remix
04 - World Reknown - How Nice I Am
05 - Positive K - Its All Gravy Remix
06 - Volume 10 - Sunbeams Remix
07 - Fundoobiest feat B-Real - Wopbopaloobop (Soul Assassins Remix)
08 - Deliquent Habits feat Big Pun and The Beatnuts - Western Ways Remix
09 - Cappadonna - 97 Mentality
10 - Chi Ali feat Trugoy Phife and Al Tariq - Let the Horns Blow Remix
11 - Cru feat Ras Kass - Ebonic Plague
12 - Mobb Deep - Everyday Gunplay (unreleased)
13 - Mobb Deep - Young Luv (unreleased)
14 - Frankie Cutlass ft Doo Wop Fat Joe - Bouriquos on the Set
15 - BBO - Beat of the Year
16 - Nas - The Foulness Pt 2
17 - Ganjah K - Love Got My Mind Trippin
18 - King Just - Warriors Drum
19 - X-Clan - Cosmic Ark
20 - Outkast feat Slim Cutta Calhoun - High Schoolin

Disc 3

01 - Pete Rock and CL Smooth - In The House
02 - Eddie F feat Heavy D Notorious BIG Tupac Grand Puba and Spunk Bigga - Lets Get It On
03 - Pudgee feat Notorious BIG, Lord Tariq - Something Big
04 - Luke feat Notorious BIG - Bustin Nuts
05 - Mobb Deep feat Tragedy - First Day of Spring (unreleased)
06 - Big Daddy Kane, Big Scoob Shyheim, Jay-Z ODB - Show and Prove
07 - Rawkotics - Hardcore Hip Hop + Remix
08 - Red Hot Love Tone - D.I.Y.M.
09 - Crustified Dibbs feat Notorious BIG - Cunt Renaisance
10 - Groove B Chill - Top of the Hill
11 - Milk - Get Off My Log
12 - Nice and Smooth - Blunts
13 - Mysterme - Unsolved Mysterme
14 - Psycho Realm - Confessions of a Drug Addict
15 - DV Alias Khrist - Move, Stomp
16 - Mexakinz - Push Up In the Wrong One
17 - Flava Unit MCs - Roll With Da Flava (101 Ways Blend)
18 - A Tribe Called Quest feat LONS - Scenario Remix
19 - Total Devistation - Wonderful World of Skins
20 - Whoolaginz - Put Ya Hands Up

Too Much Music Pt. 2

Showbiz & AG-Runaway Slave
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01NR8CBT

Naughty By Nature-Poverty's Paradise
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1YFX3ULK

Rawkus Soundbombing Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UZT894NF

Showbiz & AG-Goodfellas
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=02PDQJXC

Keith Murray-He's Keith Murray
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=331VNFNZ

Boot Camp Click-For the People
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01ZJWCXQ

Wu-Syndicate
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=37FDA5DX

Charli Baltimore-Cold as Ice
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4HJ1DGTY

Frankie Cutlass-Politics & Bullshit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E0SXPCM1

Lil Kim-The Naked Truth
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XDMR62NM

Lyricist Lounge Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E74SQMGX

Atmosphere-Overcast!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IH4E6ZC

The Beatnuts-Street Level
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ICKC471

Kool G. Rap-4,5,6
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PD3DCYEZ

Lords of the Underground-Here Comes the Lords
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4RH8B1BV

Mantronix The Album
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B8LVFOKQ

Rah Digga-Dirty Harriet
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R5PCPHOY

Public Enemy-Yo! Bum Rush the Show
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JSYINZB7

Buckshot-The BDI Thug
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RKJDPID2

Bahamadia-Kollage
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z8518BQK

DJ Clue-The Professional
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JVY1X1F5

Chino XL-I Told You So
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SVW6LNP4

Ill Al skratch-Creep wit Me
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5V2YIKZR

Cella Dwellas-Realms N Reality
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CF5DBXN5

Das Efx-Hold it Down
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AIKXE6NY

Various Artists-America Is Dying Slowly
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2R3CXT7N

O.G.C.-Da Storm
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UL94Q4RW

Lake Entertainment Presents the 41st Side
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q9NW2RVJ

Pete Rock-Soul Survivor
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P01C7UME

Insomnia-The Erick Sermon Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9QBI0392

Real Live-The Turnaround:A Long Awaited Drama
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3VJPJ2Q3

Lost Boyz-Love, Peace & Nappiness
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KYY8H4C3

The Almighty RSO-Doomsday:Forever RSO
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B7CC5PVA

Terror Squad-The Album
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DIVOM8CJ

Grand Puba-2000
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=26NXGL29

Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap-The Tunnel
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U9ORAQ05

Pete Rock-Soul Survivor 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KR3YGKBN

Littles-The Feeding
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VDNCD2Q2

Killarmy-Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UHPOFKBZ

The Roots-Organix
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NVLRLF22

Fat Joe-Don Cartagena
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4OAIV0H3

Sticky Fingaz-Decade
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IQXVPXPH

DIE SLOW YOU FUCKING HOMOS! YOU ROT IN FECES!

Too much music...

Brotha Lynch Hung-Loaded
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=043QOYDA

UGK-Trill Azz Mixes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2869ED8B


Young Droop-1990 Hate
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01STC1E9

RBL Posse-A Lesson to Be Learned
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01E4F39U


Gambino Family-Ghetto Organized
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=04MJ9OI9

Young Buck-Straight Outta Ca$hville
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01EUAPH5

Defari-Focused Daily
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01XHYKHB

Yukmouth-Thugged Out:The Albulation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=278D6AAF

Z-Ro-s/t
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27TM4EMN

Yukmouth-United Ghettos of America
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01QAKNGU

The Wicked Streets of Chi-The Classics
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=26D61SQ8

La Chat-Murder She Spoke
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0102P6Z6

Botany Boyz-Forever Botany
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=26GS10A2

Youngbloodz-Against Da Grain
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=387KGBNL

Big Pokey-Hardest Pit in the Litter
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B00XMLAD

WC & the MAAD Circle-Curb Servin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30F36BQW

Big Ed-The Assassin
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3903UQ2I

Above the Law-Livin' Like Hustlers
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30MR4QKX

X-Raided & Kingpen-City of Kings:The Sac-A-Indo Project
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3805PZOM

Midwest ******z Compilation Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30HJGIKR

DPG-Dillinger & Young Gotti
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=390PP9L4

DJ Magic Mike-This is How it Should Be Done
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=37XMY9JA

B-Legit-Tryin to Get a Buck
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I549YHQ0

2 Live Crew is What We Are
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30FHYOSM

Young Droop-Killa Valley:Moment of Impakt
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GAOTVS6P

Master P Presents West Coast Bad Boyz Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=28NYFUK3

MC Eiht-We Come Strapped
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1S7IYQVJ

2 Live Crew-Move Somethin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30SDEAMM

Rappin Ron & Ant Diddley Dog-Bad N Fluenz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=28AC9APD

Archie Lee(Swisha House)-Da Mista Masta
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X006Z9JS

Esham-Boomin Words From Hell
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EZWYFMZL

DJ Squeeky-On a Mission
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MP81FNGI

Master P-99 Ways To Die
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LM9F2DEJ

Mia X-Good Girl Gone Bad
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QFQFRS2Y

2 Live Crew-Banned in the USA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z452KFKP

Master P-Get Away Clean
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6963V1A4

E-40-The Mail Man
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4C0N185

Master P-Mama's Bad Boy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V61AXN99

Kingpin Skinny Pimp-King of the Playaz Ball
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NQX161ED

B.G.-Chopper City
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TT1JPRXG

Brotha Lynch Hung-EBK4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IOFYWZA4

Prophet Posse-Body Parts
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HMX2K1CJ

E.S.G.-Ocean of Funk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HE2C82TZ

C-Bo-Gas Chamber
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RDZCLSJ7

Andre Nickatina-Tears of a Clown
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=57TRE2DO

C-Bo-Enemy of the State
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5R807O70

Charli Baltimore-Cold as Ice
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4HJ1DGTY

C-Bo-Life as a Rider
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QX9A8NVC

San Quinn-Live N Direct
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FWNYAEMC

3XKrazy-Stackin Chips
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4G2DH2TY

Guce & Killa Tay-Bullys Wit Fullys
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1ZZ67ETS

Dre Dog-New Jim Jones
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L9Z3GLFO

Gangsta Blac-Can it Be
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XZHGYNJN

Andre Nickatina-Cocaine Raps
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICW1OSLN

Haystak-Car Fulla White Boys
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z9PTNFSX

Andre Nickatina-Raven in My Eyes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39MPDFO1

The Click-Money & Muscle
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FRM2AMAD

The Click-Game Related
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39CG98LT

Dru Down-Can You Feel me
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X3H1UB5M

Celly Cel-Heat 4 Yo Azz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C5WG3X73

Jim Crow-Crow's Nest
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C9GRL1I7

Goldy-In the Land of Funk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P05DXNZU

Down South Hustlers-Bouncin' & Swingin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CJLGUTQ

Latino Velvet-Clique
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO0LILS6

King George-Life of a Kingpin
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YR31YFIS

UNLV-Mac Melph Calio
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6WZ4QHU

2 Live Crew-As Nasty as They Wanna Be
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8POUORFU

JT the Bigga Figga-Don't Stop Til We Major
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9GAL3FZ6

The B.U.M.S.-Lyfe 'N Tyme
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HY3DRBK6

Mean Green-Major Players Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1ZSMK4UI

Top Authority-Somethin to Blaze To
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3YJ7X1SK

DFC-Things in tha Hood
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FOSV6LTI

Crucial Conflict-The Final Tic
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DHDHFYWX

17 Reasons Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O1ZRSK69

Tela-Piece of Mind
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JDOYMFIN

2 Live Crew-As Nasty As They Wanna Be 2:Sports Weekend
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8GRTA1MX

Twista Presents Legit Ballin Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZVB62BCX

Geto Boys-The Resurrection
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5DSFMM5L

Silkk-The Shocker
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0FMLYE0X

Southwest Riders Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A89SJVNG

TRU-True
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OZDG60F9

Tommy Wright III-On the Run
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RYO42C0B

Conscious Daughters-Ear to the Street
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S5JABHKG

David Banner-Certified
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPT49PH5

Lil Flip-The Leprechaun
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q25UOJJJ

Mr.Serv On-Life Insurance
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GL1DPXUE

Tha Alkaholiks-Coast II Coast
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I928NKAR

Warren G-In the Mid Nite Hour
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7V8HX2QD

No Limit Soldiers Compilation-We Can't Be Stopped
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PFU1ZQ8V

Twista-The Day After
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8IW90IOC

Lowdown-Underground Classics (1994-1998)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MM4FX1JL

Roy Jones Presents Body Head Bangerz Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QZ999WZP

Taylor Boyz-16 Harda Re-Up
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2HTTF4K4

Screw Heads-Forever and a Day
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IHS6MXT7

Geto Boys-Da Good, Da Bad & Da Ugly
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y79UV401

South Park Mexican-Hillwood
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RSI6D1GS

Skull Duggery-Hoodlum Fo Life
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35Q90GM1

The Luniz-Lunitik *****
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NIWD8ESL

RBX-The RBX Files
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R8HMBFL7

The Nonce-World Ultimate
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PFNC3KZL

Tela-Double Dose
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UKWRDZV6

Coo Coo Cal-Disturbed
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WV36YXM2

Marshall Jefferson-The Evolution of Chicago House
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=POXJXRQ7

Sway & King Tech Featuring DJ Revolution-This or That
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5FMEJ0S4

Rasco & the Cali Agents Present Hip Hop Classics Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UWM6AI96

Brand New Heavies-Trunk Funk Classics (1991-2000)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HUB3ETV6

DJ Shadow-Endtroducing
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RJR3NO8Y

Dirty-The Pimp & Da Gangsta
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FKUQ88SL

Dungeon Family-Even in Darkness
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FX17HTY5

DJ Shadow-The Private Press
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SPB1PGQR

Beastie Boys-Check Your Head
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SE1P4WI

DJ Babu-Duck season Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MB7VSSDB

Da Bush Babees-Gravity
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YMGC1AEN

Choclair-Flagrant
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZUMB4ZUC

Del the Funky Homosapien-No Need For Alarm
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J5G1SCRC

De La Soul-Art Official Intelligence:Mosaic Thump
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D9FUB632

Hieroglyphics-Third Eye Vision
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8RHOC2T9

De La Soul-Buhloone Mindstate
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=23K8U4E8

Cocoa Brovaz-Spit Again
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X28YNB96

E.S.G.-City Under Siege
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HW8KEFEH

D-Shot-Six Figures
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UV7I4SQM

Da Brat-Funkdafied
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NR534FJM

David Banner-Them Firewater Boyz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R6VM5LFQ

Crucial Conflict-Good Side Bad Side
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HDESP5TW

No I.D.-Accept Your Own & Be Yourself(The Black Album)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HMZO3ODC

Cali Agents-How the west Was Won
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=66XWAUUC

DJ Skribble-The Best of D&D Studios
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=71RQQUBE

E.S.G.-Sailin' Da South
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RUZ5IA3N

Big Mike-Hard to Hit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M2QOKVHR

5th Ward Boyz-Ghetto Dope
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IE40MZHZ

Celly Cel-Deep Conversation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G1W1OXY6

Da Brat-Anuthatantrum
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T7O2N0QV

Cool Breeze-East Points Greatest Hit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=THNIV72C

E.C. Illa-Illa LP
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G0AH47TT

Celly Cel-The 'G' Filez
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZMA73Z37

Dame Grease Presents Live on Lenox
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KE24KPKQ

Mr. Mike-Wicked Wayz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7EQRPO95

Mac-World War III
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GJW8O2HU

MC Mack-Chapters of tha Mack For Life (1993-1996)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K07ZW8A7

Mia X-Unlady Like
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AR4ZAB7Q

Mr. Doctor-Setrypn' Blockstyle
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=65V9HFOI

The Mossie-Have Heart, Have Money
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EKARISGK

Jamal-Last Chance No Breaks
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ED4B009

Mr. Serv On-Da Next Level
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B6BSPRQ4

Master P-Ice Cream Man
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I2UPZE7M

John-Got'ti-Cut Throat
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1V44TOZH

MC Eiht-Last Man Standing
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E30MDQR8

Master P Presents West Coast Bad Boyz Vol. II
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ASQ9BQSP

Dilated Peoples-The Platform
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WGSX8JP9

Playa Fly-Fly Shit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LTKKWTW7

Skull Duggery-These Wicked Streets
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JBZY36J5

18 Wit a Bullet Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3UXZTEMP


Oomp Camp-we too deep
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6ZFUQ3L1

Playa Fly-Movin' On
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HAXCYMKD

J. Prince Presents The Realest N!@@az Down South
Disc 1--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BC4TKW38
Disc 2--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MKUDJ6RH

RBL Posse-Ruthless By Law
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=53V22H32

So so Def Bass All Stars
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RC9RWM39

Magic-Thuggin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L9AM9UZK

The Wicked Streets of Chi-The 1st Episode
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3PUJI0LK

Souls of Mischief-93 Til Infinity
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GK6XOK6X

D.S.G.B.-The Last Supper
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LSQFNLJ8

Tom Skeemask-2 Wild For the World
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PG1HOVU9

South Park Mexican-Time is Money
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JFOE6QDK

Soulja Slim-Give it 2 Em Raw
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7AR1MV0O

Kane & Abel-Rise to Power
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V426NWFT

Slimm Calhoun-The Skinny
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WM7LRC78

Tash-Rap Life
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=80ECXVH0

Prime Suspects-Guilty Til Proven Innocent
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OGZ51FP9

Spice 1-The Last Dance
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NQCTJ55Z

Twista Presents Legit Ballaz-New Testament 2K:Street Scriptures
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9ERZGBX9

Trick Daddy-Based on a True Story
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AXCID1OZ

Sir Mixalot-Mack Daddy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QQ861FOD

Crucial Conflict & Buckwild Records Present Call of the Wild
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JB0OJHT2

Tow Down-By Prescription Only
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=83K7CTE6

The Coup-Kill My Landlord
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1VES42DX

Suave House Compilation
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N2TCU5MP

Tre-8-Ghetto Stories
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N3DUP6YM

Richie Rich-Nixon Pryor Roundtree
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RRADJ0VT

T-Rock-Rock Solid 4:20
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=53L79AMD

Super Cat-Don Dada
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FB2KA04O

Hangmen 3-No S***s Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HJY9I6GT

Too $hort-Married to the Game
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VKBE4GRJ

Silkk the Shocker-My World, My Way
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9FX9SHY8

Black & Brown Ryda Thugz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L79XYYUE

T-Rock-Conspiracy Theory
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8CEW1QA1

T.W.D.Y.-Derty Werk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CNGEUYB0

Murder Dog Presents Southern XXXPosure
Disc 1--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9OADX8S4
Disc 2--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OIW6YT2G

Turk-Young & Thuggin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICUG8RGC

South Park Mexican-The Purity Album
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SWLGGNNQ

Mystikal-Tarantula
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GVFZ16Z9



Thug Life-Volume 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SXPKI9F

Ying Yang Twins-Thug Walkin'
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RXZ6CG2Q

MC Eiht-Undergound Hero
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BKI2VAO3

Rasco-The Birth
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RS23CZ29

Bay Area Playaz Vol.2
Disc 1--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PO1MS0RC
Disc 2--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4RHCUXLT

TRU-Tru 2 Da Game
Disc 1--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0CKCPYC8
Disc 2--http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G8A4QZWQ

Planet Asia-The Last Stand
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AAN88TDG

Spice 1-187 He Wrote
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2QY8UQ3Q

Lil 1/2 Dead-The Dead Has Arisen
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30EHIZSN

Geto Boys-Til Death Do Us Part
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41W38FAF

Outlawz-Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZK036VFT

Ice-T-7th Deadly Sin
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MFITWNCY

Eightball-Almost Famous
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9O4ETMY

Saafir-The Hit List
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7UCJUCQF

The Legendary Traxter-All Hell Breaks Loose
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3XI8HBWK

Mack 10-Bang or Ball
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UK1GNS9F

Ganksta N.I.P.-The South Park Psycho
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7ZKUX3DE

Suga Free-Street Gospel
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K6MVZLR1

Mr. Doctor-Bombay
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C4UR5AMA

Pastor Troy-Face Off
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4PB6Q0FE

Jayo Felony-Crip Hop
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2L22FIT5

The Coup-Genocide & Juice
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0HKPWXRU

Gangsta Blac-I am Da Gangsta
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G5PBFFG7

Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7GKY83X5

The Spooks-S.I.O.S.I.S. Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I4HE4VWT

Eightball & MJG-Space Age 4 Eva
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KGMZWZ6Z

Playa Fly-Just Gettin it On
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FGWQUTMV

E-40-Charlie Hustle:The Blueprint of a Self Made Millionaire
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUQL02DZ

Domino
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ZL197GG

Manson Family-Heltah Skeltah
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0RCEMIKH

Kamikaze Inc-Kami Kaze
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K6YE2A1A

Kam-Kamnesia
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AWYNQJO9

E.S.G. & Slim Thug-Boss Hogg Outlaws
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L7IQ11NC

Guerilla Maab-Resurrected
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O1S3YO9C

Sir Dyno-Greatest Hits:Good Times Bad Times
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ESVAEKC8

The Kaze-Kamakazie Timez Up
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LAXO652B

N2Deep-The Golden State
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GI2K29ZT

Goodie Mob-Still Standing
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3L035PNI

Compton's Most Wanted-Represent
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YDI3F26M

DJ Squeeky-In Da Beginning:Underground Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DMH1QDYZ

Juvenile-Solja Rags
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R2O3FTJX

Magic-Sky's the Limit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P93QUZ20

Snoop Dogg-No Limit Top Dogg
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EZ8S7V01

Project Pat-Mista Don't Play
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=63IO4AO1

Above the Law-Legends
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D8W1X53G

Threat-Sickinnahead
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=059WBKBA

Kane & Abel-Most Wanted
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RP32HX4A

Midwest ******z Compilation Vol.2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZHFGVXRC

Luke-Freak For Life 6996
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CLM31ICA

De La Soul-Stakes is High
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0W0VQOQZ

Master P-Only God Can Judge Me
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MVF107N4

Rasco & the Cali Agents Present Hip Hop Classics Vol.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UWM6AI96

Vinyl Oddities... Part One of Three.

Through my years of collecting rare hip hop shit I've uncovered some really cool stuff. One thing that I find interest in is the details about obscure stuff and what makes it different from anything else.

Today I'd like to talk about something I find dope... un-noticed details of records.

1.) Baby J ft. A-alikes "Walk With A Bop."













I obtained this 12' as a promo in 1998 I think. It's one of my favorite songs to this day. Anyway, the dirty and clean versions of the song start off with the chorus. The accapella starts off with the two rappers having a conversation related to the song's theme and then jumps right into the chorus. I find it very strange but also quite enjoyable. I wish I knew how to produce beats because I'd use that to remix the track and add something new to the original.

2.) RA the Rugged Man- ????

I really don't know what to call this single. It's just too different in form and too unorganized to go un-noticed. For starters they stole the Radio Shack Logo and used that for their logo.















Side A reads: R.A. The RuggedMan and Akinyele in this terribly goofy, 50's Movie Horror Font. Then underneath that is says "What the..." and the track sequence: Radio Mix, Original Dirty, Inst.















So far it looks normal (somewhat).

Side B reads: R.A. the RuggedMan Classics
{Never on wax before!)
Stanley Kubrick
1- Dirty
2- Clean
3- Inst.















Ok, so this is totally different from the back as most 12's follow the same sequence on each side and stick with the same wording (Radio on one side, Clean on the other).

But this is what gets me, it was released by Robbins Entertainment and was distributed by BMG.

BMG? That's fucking major, and at the time RA was signed to Priority (which was also big at the time). They stole the Radio Shack logo and put out this single? That's kinda foul in the business world.

There is more to the story than that though, the label number is RA-222 the phone number has a 516 area code. That's Suffolk County, where RA is from. I called it when I got the record in 1999, trying to get out on their mailing list. It was a fucking pager number.

So quite frankly, I don't know what to make of this record. I think it is the only place to get RA's criminally slept-on "Stanley Kubrick" joint without the mixing that is on the CD release. RA tells a lot of stories about pimping record labels for money and not putting out any music. Could this be proof of one of his stunts? Everyone and their brother knows that RA bootlegged his own Jive release Night of the Bloody Apes when he got dropped and the tape that was made into mp3 for the internet came from a tape dub that RA provided someone, right?

3.) Group Home- Dial a Thug/12 O'Clock BKLYN /Breaker 1,9













First of all, this is one of the best produced 12' of the late 90's and in my opinion is every bit as dope as the stuff Group Home did with Premier. The album was a different story but Lil’ Dap and Malachi did the right thing by putting the best tracks from the forthcoming LP on this single because they didn't keep this vibe up enough (though it was still a better album than I feel most people gave it credit for).

Anyway, the record label stamp reads:













Unauthorized duplication of this recording is applicable to laws and subject to beat down.

In 1998 I felt that made the record just that much more dope and I still feel that way today. Unless you looked for it you wouldn't notice it. I like those subtle little touches of thuggery.

I'm leaving on a jet plane...

Well, Mos Def didn't leave on a jet plane but if anyone here has heard "The New Danger" then you'd know something left on that plane, most likely his heart. The new music is mostly unlistenable, but I digress.

In 1998 DJ Honda dropped HII and the following year he released Mos Def's song "Travelin' Man" as a single. A lot of people might remember the remix to the song, which got a lot of rotation as college radio began to decline. Anyway, on the CD single there were two versions of the song: the "remix" and the "main" version. Here is where the controversey starts as the "main" is slightly different than the LP version. Most people bought the single for the remix and never gave the other tracks a second thought, myself included. One day when I was 18, after owning the CD for more than two years, my girl and I went for a drive to smoke some weed and I popped the cd in, hoping to cruise to Honda's laid-back production. I went to mouth some of the lyrics along with Mos and I didn't get the words right. It was kinda embarassing. I was high as fuck but I knew that something was different. My girl was laughing at me, but when we got home I pulled out my H2 LP and found out for myself: the two songs were in fact different- different hook and different mix essentially- and I felt an odd combination of vindication (because I was right) and excitement (because I found some rare shit by accident).

Here are all three versions of the song for you guys:

Travelin' Man LP Version-
http://rapidshare.de/files/10842719/Travellin__Man__Featuring_Mos_Def__LP_Version.m4a.html

Travelin' Man "Main" Version-
http://rapidshare.de/files/10843131/Travellin__Man__Main_Version_.m4a.html

Travelin' Man Remix-
http://rapidshare.de/files/10842950/Travellin__Man_Remix.m4a.html

Scene Check

Today I am going to look as some of the rising stars in underground hip hop coming out of Toronto and Chicago.

Toronto

Last week I brought up the Arkeologists, a production crew out of Toronto. Aside from the aforementioned Chuggo the Arkeologists did all of the production for Poor Man Militia. The subjects that PMM rap about are much different than what Chuggo focuses on. While Chuggs is bragging about how much pussy he gets and how comfortable he feels in a jail cell, PMM are a lot more conscious in a Wu Tang kind of way. There are reference to crime but their are just as many references to the despair that nessestiates crime. There is also a touch of the island influence that we saw in Wyclef in his solo debut The Carnival in one of the MCs and in the beats.

Highlights of this album are "Robbery," "Stay Calm," "Still Thinkin'," "Victims," "Richman/Poorman," and "Newspaper Nap."

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2CIOS0MQ29MFE1EBOMN9NMI3RV

Chicago

Does anyone here remember Prime? At one point he ran with the Molemen. After parting ways with them he started his own collective known as "Middle Ground." So far they have not released any music but I was given a CD last year full of all the shit they've done so far. When I got this CD I knew that none of this shit was commercially available so I'm not too sure how much of this shit is out there now but here are 13 tracks and one music video by Prime's new team. My favorite track is the one featured in the video and if anyone could rip that into mp3 for me that'd be fresh.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CSHNXA0F6IJ90AOIKX07VAEQ4

If anyone has full albums from crew from around their way and you feel that they deserve a bit more shine than they are getting now please send mp3s my way at mustafagoodprose at g mail dot com.

Peace,

MGP