Who wunts some rare shit?

There are some things that vinyl collectors are always looking for. One of the most infamous releases are a batch of white label remixes by the Vinyl Reanimators, a production duo who I think are out of Boston. They have 6-10 records out but they are all pretty limited pressings. Their work is incredible and they are most known for their work with Edo G.

Well, here is one of their remixes. This is thier rendition of "Do You Beleive" by the Beatnuts.

Beatnuts- Do You Beleive? (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

That's not all. There are a few other remixes of theirs that are floating around out there. I'm not sure where I copped these. They are not nearly as rare as the Beatnuts remix but they are dope as hell.

Da La Soul- The Bizness (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Kool G. Rap ft. Nas- Fast Life (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Another VA gem is the joint "Big Daddy Anthem." It was a vicious cut featuring Wicked Will, Shabazz the Diciple, El Fudge, and odd-man-out Mr. Eon. While three out of four MCs shred the mic like it was nothing, the beat gleamed in the background, shining in simplicity. I don't have a copy of this any more but if you see that shit, pick it up. IF anyone reading this has a copy in mp3, get at the god.

Just some random things I've found:

Did you know that a few artists from Death Row Records put out some songs dissing Dre and Aftermath that are actually good? I picked this little gem up yesterday and it's most definetly soem vintage West Coast shit. This is also one of the most scathing diss songs ever:

Fuck Dre

Anyone notice that Dr. Dre has been on the recieving end of two of the hardest diss songs ever? My personal favorite is "Real Muthaphukkin G's." This joint is up there as well.

Speaking of Death Row, they are making a comeback of sorts this time on the East Coast. They signed Cormega's friend and comrad at arms Lakey the Kid. I was able to post some Myspace streams a while ago but here are downloadable versions of Lakey's new Death Row work. Be sure to cop the joint album between Cormega and Lakey called My Brothers Keeper.

30-30, No DJ on this version

Aniversarry Death Row

And meanwhile, in keeping with the dis song that started this post off, Tone Space isn't happy with former Non Phixion member Goretex. Gore, in his cocaine-induced cloud of idiocy, recently called a girl a "nigger-lover." This is clearly a violation and because of it you won't see me ever support anything Goretex related again. Tone shares his feelings with us in his song "Dishes with Your Name on 'Em." The song title comes from an episode late last year when Ill Bill beat the shit out of Gortex and then pulled all of the dishes out of Gores kitchen and threw them at Gore as he lied helpless on the ground.

Tone Space- Dishes With Your Name on 'Em

Short hiatus... got caught up in some hood shit. Now I'm yuppified. Shit changes.

Let's get back to some underground shit...

If anyone here buys obscure hip hop (known on the internet as "random rap") they'd be familiar with the output of Trenton, NJ. There are tons of indie records from 1988-1995 than came out of NJ's state capital, and in many ways that time in Jersey hip hop closely resembles the 1990-1995 era of indie rap music that came out of New Orleans (which is currently blowing up on the used CD markets).

Trenton as a whole as fallen off. The crime-rate has risen dramatically and the quality of life there has deteriorated exponentially. If it wasn't for the afluent suburbs around Trenton than insulate it, I'd say parts of the city are worse than Camden. I know, I've bought guns in both places.

Recently I've been put on to a Trenton artist named Kilogram. I was buying records in Philly and picked up a 12' by him called "B-eeze/I'm Walkin'." The A-side features Peddi Crakk and the B-Side features Journalist.

The 12' is sick to say the least. Beat pick-up I've had in a long time.

Two days ago I was rummaging through the crates of the Philadelphia Records Exchange and I came across another Kilogram 12', this time a test pressing called "Gossip/Get Your Money Up/Jersey." I don't feel the production as much on this joint as I do on the first 12', but lyrically Kilogram shuts shit down. This guy can rap his fucking ass off.

Here is some audio:

B-ezee ft. Peddi

Get Your Money Up

And here is the video for B-eeze ft. Peddi Krakk:

YouTube Link

It's nice to see that someone is trying to bring Trenton back to it's former glory. There was a time when the city was the movie-making capital of the world, now walking it's streets at night is closer akin to cheap horror flicks. For this reason, and many others I'm, Kilogram is keeping it positive. As Kilogram so aptly put it in an interview with hiphopgame.com:

"I feel like I can change the game because I'm bringing that reality back. You're not going to hear "my gun will do this." It's not all about selling drugs. You've got to be ready for the flip-side of that. If you sell drugs, you can go to jail and get killed. These rappers just glorify the beginning of selling drugs, the cars and the women. They don't tell you about when the cops come, you're going to be doing 40 years. We need to be pushing education onto our youth. Get out the hood. There are bigger things going on in the world than the hood. That's what I plan
to bring back to Hip Hop."