1 Year!

An year ago, inspired by Dally Personal and other blogs, I scanned the inside cover of De La Soul’s 3 Feet High & Rising, created an header, and made my first post, Jurassic 5’s Quality Control.
An year, thousands of downloads, and more than 250.000 visitors later, I’m here thanking all bloggers and visitors who have supported and/or inspired me during this time. Some shotouts to Biff and his crew, Crooklyn, Dally, 9Nine, Bankhead, HHB crew, Ekko, Smoking Section, Travis, Worms, Bootis, Ariel, everyone on the links and all the blog community and those who I’ve forgotten.

I know that everyone must have this album already but I don’t care and I’ll post it anyway, just because it’s one of the best albums ever.
Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, "Me, Myself and I". Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a "hippie" group. Sampling artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan's "Peg" and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap). Of particular importance is the amazing production by Prince Paul. While sampling was hardly new, 3 Feet High and Rising revolutionized the technique and influenced virtually every producer and artist to come later.
The Village Voice called it "The Sgt. Pepper’s of hip hop", and it’s perhaps the best designation that I can find for this album.

De La Soul (1989) 3 Feet High & Rising

1. Intro
2. The Magic Number
3. Change In Speak
4. Cool Breeze On The Rocks
5. Can U Keep A Secret
6. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
7. Ghetto Thang
8. Transmitting Live From Mars
9. Eye Know
10. Take It Off
11. A Little Bit Of Soap
12. Tread Water
13. Potholes In My Lawn
14. Say No Go
15. Do As De La Does
16. Plug Tunin' (Last Chance To Comprehend)
17. De La Orgee
18. Buddy (With Jungle Brothers And Q-Tip From A Tribe Called Quest)
19. Description
20. Me Myself and I
21. This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Fulltime Era (L. I. F. E.)
22. I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
23. D .A. I. S. Y. Age
24. Plug Tunin' (Original 12' Version)

Oh... And I've re-upped the Big L discography

Live From The Bricks

Redman (2007) Live From The Bricks

There's no need for introduction, brand new Redman mixtape full of new tracks, watch out for Red Gone Wild and his other album this year.

1. Jersey Conference Call
2. Live From The Bricks
3. Shut Em Down
4. How The Bricks Get Down
5. Click Click
6. Walk In Gutter (off Red Gone Wild Album In Stores March 27)
7. Yes Sir
8. Brick City Champion
9. It’s Ours (Skit)
10. Branson Branson
11. From The Bricks To The West (Skit)
12. If You Got Beef then Run On Up (feat. Markie)
13. We Mobbin’ (feat. Ready Roc)
14. Is You Down (Skit)
15. Get Off My Dick (feat. Ready Roc & Icarus)
16. Brick City Codeine
17. Piff Piff
18. Fuck Ya Opinion
19. R&B Smoke Break (feat. Melanie)
20. Sit Back & Enjoy The Show (feat. Yummy & Rockwilder)
21. I Know (feat. E3)
22. I Take Ya Chain (feat. Icarus)
23. Let’s Go (feat. Saukrates)
24. I Don’t Budge (feat. Ready Roc)
25. Ask Somebody (feat. Runt Dawg)
26. Brick City Gangstas (feat. Mr.Red Mr.Purp & Ready Roc)
27. Brick City To Rockland Country (feat. Blamm & L D)
28. International (Skit)
29. Well Well Well
30. Walk On
31. My First Brick City Song

New Releases

Since I've been posting some classics lately, I haven't covered the new releases as much as I should, so here it goes, the major releases/leaks of the last weeks, enjoy.

Snowgoons - German Lugers

German production team, The Snowgoons (Det, DJ Illegal, Torben, and DJ Waxwork), drop their debut album on Babygrande, "German Lugers". Including a high profile guest list of underground emcees, the LP will include songs from each Sean Price, O.C., Edo G., Living Legends, Rasco, Chief Kamachi, Last Emperor, Jus Allah, El Da Sensei, Wise Intelligent, Reef The Lost Cauze, Doujah Raze, MED, Craig G., Celph Titled, Baby Blak, Pumpkinhead, Afu Ra, Wordsworth, Edi Amin, Breez Evahflowin, Majik Most, Kreators, Born Unique, Mitchell Hennessey, and Virtuoso.

Full Tracklist

Wisemen- Wisemen Approaching

After the underground success of Bronze Nazareth's debut, The Great Migration, the artist teams with Think Differently Music Group and Babygrande to deliver the debut from The Wisemen, "Wisemen Approaching". Consisting of Bronze, Kevlarr 7, Phillie, and Salute. The album will also feature guest appearances from GZA, Vast Aire (Cannibal Ox), Killah Priest, Planet Asia and others.

Full tracklist

Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar

Sean Price (aka Ruck of Heltah Skeltah) returns, once again courtesy of Duck Down. Boasting a star studded guest list, Jesus Price Supastar includes 4 tracks produced by 9th Wonder, plus additional production from Khysis, Illmind, Tommy Tee, plus guest spots from Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Rustee Juxx, Buckshot, Sadat X, Buckshot, Steele of Smif and Wesson, Phonte of Little Brother, Chaundon, and Block McCloud.

Full tracklist.

Mathematics Presents...Wu-Tang Clan & Friends - Unreleased

Compiled and produced by the Wu-Tang Clan's DJ Mathematics, contains rare recordings, remixes and unreleased tracks, as well as outtakes from the cutting room floor that didn't make previous Wu-Tang albums. This album features Ghostface, Raekwon, GZA, Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Killah Priest, Hell Raza, Shyhiem and many more! For fans of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop as a whole, this album is a must have.

Full Tracklist

Hell Razah - Renaissance Child

New from Nature Sounds! 1/4 of Sunz of Man ventures solo with "Renaissance Child". Features guest appearances from Viktor Vaughn (aka MF Doom), Talib Kweli, Ras Kass, Tragedy Khadafi, R.A. The Rugged Man, Timbo King, The Maccabeez, Bronze Nazareth, 4th Disciple, and more.

Full Tracklist

Apathy - Baptism By Fire

Apathy kicks off the new year with "Baptism By Fire", a brand new collection of 27 tracks and freestyles, combining unreleased material, new stuff, and vaulted tracks from his recording sessions - even covers of "Hip-Hop Is Dead", "Speak Ya Clout", "Oh My God", and "Beautiful People". Including collaborations with fellow Demigodz members Celph Titled, Esoteric, Motive, One Two, Styles of Beyond, plus Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Emilio Lopez, J-Zone, The Inhumanz, and more.

Full Tracklist

Free Downloads!

Mick Boogie & Little Brother (2007)
And Justus For All

The new mixtape features production from Khrysis, Focus, the Kickdrums, Nottz, Oddisee, Babu and RJD2 as well as guest appearances from Talib Kweli, Ray Cash, Kardinal Offishall, Rhymefest, Skillz and Aftermath artist Bishop Lamont.

01) Big Pooh: Intro (Poobie’s Song)
02) Little Brother and Chaundon: Can’t Stop Us (Produced by Young Cee)
03) Little Brother and Oddisee: Delusional (Produced by Oddisee)
04) Interlude: The Purpose Of Mixtapes
05) Little Brother and Skillz: Life of the Party Remix (Produced by Nottz)
06) Little Brother f/ Legacy: Best Kept Secret (Produced by RJD2)
07) Interlude: Wack Freestyles
08) Little Brother f/ Rhymefest and Supastition: Do It To Death (Produced by Focus)
09) Phonte and Von Pea: A Word From Our Sponsors (Produced by Khrysis)
10) Interlude: The Justus League Crew
11) Phonte: Last Day
12) Little Brother: Never Leave (Produced by The Kickdrums)
13) Interlude: Mick Boogie, The A&R
14) Big Pooh f/ Ray Cash: Bring It On
15) Big Pooh, Bishop Lamont and Jozeemo: Without You
16) Interlude: Myspace Etiquette Part 1
17) Little Brother: The Pressure (Produced by Khrysis)
18) Little Brother and Joe Scudda: Fan Mail (Produced by Babu)
19) Interlude: Favorite Duos
20) Little Brother, Mos Def and Talib Kweli: Let It Go (Blackstar Version) (Produced by 9th Wonder)
21) Big Pooh and O-Dash: One Eleven
22) Interlude: Myspace Etiquette Part 2
23) Little Brother f/ Kardinal Offishall: Cross That Line Remix (Produced by 9th Wonder)
24) Little Brother f/ Cormega: Back At It (Khrysis Remix)
25) Little Brother f/ AZ: Rise And Fall (Produced by J. Cardim and Phonte)
26) Little Brother f/ Talib Kweli: Grown Man (Produced by Midi Mafia)
27) Little Brother: Outrolude

Stones Trow Records Presents... Chrome Children 2

(2007)

Madlib the Beat Konducta - Chrome Dreams
MED - Rhymes with an L
produced by Dabrye
Roc C - Living for the City
produced by Oh No
Chocolate Star - Stay with Me
produced by Gary Davis
Percee P - Reverse Part Two
produced by Koushik
Oh No - Gitback
produced by Decypher
Guilty Simpson - Money Motivated Movements
produced by Four Tet
Madlib the Beat Konducta - Selah's Children
Baron Zen - Theme (Danny Breaks Remix)
Aloe Blacc - Happy Now?
produced by Four Tet
J.Rocc - Bubbha's Dance
Gary Wilson - Soul Traveling
Clifford Nyren - Keep Running Away (Egon's Edit)
The Jazzistics - Marcus, Martin and Malcolm
produced by Yesterdays New Quintet
James Pants - Murder
Arabian Prince - Strange Life

De La Rare EP

De La Soul (1994) Clear Lake Audiotorium E.P

Clear Lake Audiotorium is a rare six track promo EP by De La Soul given out to A-list DJ's in 1994. It is comprised of four tracks from their album, Buhloone Mindstate, as well as two non-album tracks--"Sh.Fe.Mc's" featuring A Tribe Called Quest, and "Stix & Stonz" featuring The Fearless Four, Grandmaster Caz , and Prince Whipper Whip.

01. In The Woods
02. I Am I Be
03. Sh.Fe.Mcs (f. A Tribe Called Quest)
04. Patti Dooke
05. I Be Blowin
06. Stix and Stonz (f. Fearless Four, Grandmaster Caz, Prince Whipper Whip)

You Can't Stop the Prophet

Over the years, many great MC’s rapped over DJ Premier’s beats. Besides Guru, rappers from KRS-One, Rakim, Jay-Z, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Freddie Foxxx, MOP to Notorious B.I.G. (check this site for a complete list) spitted over Primo’s material, but no one, and I mean NO ONE has ever done it like Jeru The Damaja, his unique flow, voice, delivery and lyrics were, well… unique, and some of the best Primo’s beats ever done are here, in these two masterpieces, which are on Illmatic level.
It’s sad that after this two albums, Jeru decided to leave Primo and start producing himself, because his next two albums aren’t that great.
One year ago I posted Jeru’s debut, but since the link’s dead and I was going to post Wrath of the Math, I decided to post The Sun Rises in The East again.

Jeru The Damaja (1994)
The Sun Rises in The East

1 Intro (Life)
2 D. Original
3 Brooklyn Took It
4 Perverted Monks in Tha House (Skit)
5 Mental Stamina (ft. Afu-Ra)
6 Da Bichez
7 You Can't Stop the Prophet
8 Perverted Monks in Tha House (Theme)
9 Ain't the Devil Happy
10 My Mind Spray
11 Come Clean
12 Jungle Music
13 Statik

*All tracks produced by DJ Premier

Jeru The Damaja (1996)
Wrath of the Math

1. Wrath Of The Math
2. Tha Frustrated Nigga
3. Black Cowboys
4. Tha Bullshit
5. Whatever
6. Physical Stamina (ft. Afu-Ra)
7. One Day
8. Revenge Of The Prophet (Part 5)
9. Scientifical Madness
10. Not The Average
11. Me Or The Papes
12. How I'm Livin'
13. Too Perverted
14. Ya Playin' Yaself
15. Invasion
*All tracks produced by DJ Premier

And as a bonus, here is a pack with some miscellaneous Jeru’s tracks:

Bounty Killer - Suicide Murder (HipHop Mix) (feat. Jeru)
Grooveman Spot - 1,2,3,4 (feat. Jeru)
Ya Playin Yaself (Single Version)
Gangstarr - I'm The Man (Feat. Jeru and Lil Dap)
Gangstarr - Speak Ya Clout (Feat. Jeru and Lil Dap)
Digable Planets - Graffiti (feat. Jeru)
DJ Honda - El Presidente (feat. Jeru)
Frank N Dank - Worldwide (feat. Jeru)
Me, Not The Paper (Remix)
Murdera
Jeru & Afu-Ra - East New York Stamp [Prod. By RZA]

"I'd like to return to the classics..."

Kanye West, Nas, Rakim and KRS-One - Classic (Nike Remix)

Word... Life

O.C. (1994) Word... Life

Can’t believe I haven’t posted this one yet. Word...Life is the debut album from underground Hip Hop artist O.C. who is a member of the legendary Hip Hop crew D.I.T.C. and is also the 3rd and unofficial member of Organized Konfusion. The album is considered to be a forgotten Hip Hop classic of the 90's. It has that classic vibe from the beginning to the end because of the production by Buckwild, Prestige, Organized Konfusion, DJ Ogee, Lord Finesse and DJ Eclipse. A must-must-must have.

01.Creative Control
02.Word...Life
03.O-Zone
04.Born 2 Live
05.Time's Up
06.Point of Viewz
07.Constables
08.Ga Head
09.No Main Topic
10.Let it Slide
11.Ma Dukes
12.Story
13.Outtro (Sabatoge)
14.Born 2 Live (Remix)

R.I.P. Dilla

One year ago, the superproducer J Dilla died from Lupus at his home in Los Angeles, California. Rest in Peace.

J. Rawls - A Tribute to Dilla

The Roots - Can't Stop This (J. Dilla Tribute)

The Return of the Magnificent

DJ Jazzy Jeff [2007] The Return of the Magnificent EP

The legendary Jazzy Jeff returns with a brand new EP, look out for the LP next month.

01. Jeff N Fees Ft. Rhymefest
02. Jeff N Fees Ft. Rhymefest (Clean)
03. Jeff N Fees Ft. Rhymefest (Inst.)
04. My Souls Not 4 Sale Ft. Raheem Devaughn
05. Whatever U Want Ft. Little Brother
06. All I Know Ft. C.L Smooth
07. Bossynova

For My Peoples

Kollabo Brothers (2006) For My Peoples

Another Old Scool tribute: For My Peoples album is delicated to the rap listeners in all over the planet Earth from the old school to the new skool, old school heads like Tim Dog and Grandmaster Caz and, semi old school heads like Paris, Diamond D or Afu-Ra and modern Hip-Hop heads like Zion. What more can I say?

01. Intro ft. Craig G
02. No Equal ft. Craig G
03. For My Peoples ft. Donald D
04. Way Back ft. Tim Dog
05. Watch The Game ft. The Gambit
06. Lovin" This Shit ft. Afu-Ra
07. My Flows To Blow ft. Diamond D
08. Hip Hop Blues ft. Grandmaster Caz
09. Two Kool Brothers
10. I Got Soul ft. Zion (of Zion I)
11. Words I Wrote ft. Paris
12. Glad To Be Me ft. B.I.
13. My Melody ft. B.O.Dubb
14. Im a Real Emcee ft. Donald D
15. Outro

Polyrhythm Addicts

Polyrhythm Addicts (1999) Rhyme Related

A one-off mini-supergroup project, Polyrhythm Addicts scored an underground hit with their debut single “Not Your Ordinary”, and followed it up with a very short album (35 minutes, including two different versions of the single) before dissolving.

The cast is: Shabaam Sahdeeq, Apani B, Mr. Complex, and beatmaker extraordinaire DJ Spinna, four respected NY artists on the undie circuit.

Make sure you check this, Apani B is one of the best female mc's around.

1. Motion 2000
2. Take Me Home ft.Pharoahe Monch
3. Not Your Ordinary
4. Big Phat Boom Intro
5. Big Phat Boom
6. No Limit
7. Nervous Breakdown
8. Should Have Known Better
9. Not Your Ordinary -Rhythm Revolution
10. Seven Steps Behind

They are HERE!

On "Where Are They Now", one of the best tracks on HHID in my opinion (after you get used to the annoying James Brown (RIP) sample, the track's fine), Nas payed tribute to a lot of Old School artists that aren't rapping no more (well, some of them are), and what was the result? Well, less than two months later, three huge remixes came out of nowhere featuring these Old School elite.

Where Are They Now (80s Remix) (Feat. MC Shan, Raheem (Furious Five), Doctor Ice (UTFO), Kangol (UTFO), Kool Moe Dee, Sha Rock (Funky Four +1), Tito (Fearless Four), Grandmaster Caz (Cold Crush Brothers), Lique (Isis of X Clan), Dana Dane, Pebblee Poo & Just Ice )

Where Are They Now (90s Remix) (Feat. Redhead Kingpin, The Original Spinderella, Rob Base, Father MC, Monie Love, Mike D (of the Jungle Brothers), EST (of 3XDope), Positive K, Das EFX, Lords of the Underground, Dres (of Black Sheep)

Where Are They Now (West Coast Remix) (Feat. Breeze, Kam, King Tee, Candman, Threat, Ice T, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Conscious Daughters with scratches from DJ Bobcat)

Original Version & 3 Remixes

I personally think that the West coast one is the best, just love the beat, and the other two remixes are ridiculous too, but the beats are constantly changing.

But.... Where Is Tim Dogg?

What's your favorite, tell me what you think of the remixes.

Jazz Thing

VA (2006) Jazz Thing (JP Import)

Jazz rap fans, this one if for you, a compilation of nowadays finnest jazz-rap artists, it can't go wrong.

01. Pete Philly & Perquisite - "Grateful" (album version)
02. Kev Brown - "Always"
03. DJ Jazzy Jeff - "For Da Love Of Da Game" (feat Baby Blak & Pauly Yamz)
04. Sound Providers - "For Old Time Sake" (feat Asheru Of Unspoken Heard - street)
05. Jazz Liberatorz - "Force Be With You" (feat T Love)
06. Kero One - "Check The Blueprints"
07. The Procussions - "Wegotta!"
08. Noel Zancanella - "Lovely"
09. Nicknack - "Soul Nourishment"
10. Jazz Liberatorz - "Loop Prisoner"
11. Sound Providers - "It's Gonna Bee" (part II - feat Wee Bee Foolish)
12. Lone Catalysts - "Renaissance" (feat All Natural)