VA [2007] Top Shelf 8/8/88 "Introduction: 17 years ago a small recording studio, TOP SHELF, located in the basement of a brownstone in the East Village section of New York, was looted during the Thompkins Square riots of 1988, displacing the recordings of many soon-to-be Hip Hop stars. The studio had been the meeting place for many rappers, neighborhood kids, and producers that would later be responsible for the greatest period of the Hip Hop age, "The Golden Era." A search commenced soon after the recordings were lost, but nothing was ever found. So sought after were the tapes, they soon acheived Holy Grail status amongst Hip Hop circles. Despite years of searching, and dozens of hopeless crusades, the tapes remained lost. No one was quite sure who took them or where they were... until now.
After an extensive investigation and search that lasted two years, the recordings have finally been recovered by Fab 5 Freddy and myself (Benjy Grinberg). They were found dozenss of miles from the site of TOP SHELF in an abandoned strage faciilty in North Jersey. ...We sought after the lost recordings of TOP SHELF because they were rumored to be among the hottest songs from that era, and we thought it was a tragedy that the world never got to hear them. It turns out that these two-inch tapes are truly a treasure chest--a time capsule of the energy and excitement of 1988 Hip Hop."
1. Fab 5 Freddy - Intro
2. Black Sheep - I'm The One
3. Big Daddy Kane - Like That, Y'all
4. Biz Markie - My Name Is...
5. MC Lyte - Listen Up
6. Grand Puba - Let's Go
7. Smooth B Of Nice & Smooth - I Want My Money Back
8. Graig G - Catch A Lyrical Beatdown
9. Chubb Rock - Chubb Rocks The Party
10. Special Ed - This Mic
11. Doug E Fesh - It Ain't Nothin
12. Jungle Brothers - Back In The Jungle
13. Just Ice - I Run The Streets
14. Melle Mel & Grandmaster Caz - The Battle Is On
15. Master Ace - Revolution's 'Bout To Start
11 comments:
This is a dope compilation, that BDK track is fire, same with Biz. I haven't gotten past those yet
Pooch
Thanks for sharing, it's great so far. But is anyone else suspicious of the story behind this album? eg. Kane doesn't sound like 88, the CD from Japan??
Yeah, I've heard some people talking about if this album was really recorded in 88 or if it was recorded later trying to sound like 88.
Some artists don't sound like they sounded in 88.
Oh well either way it's still good.
now that i think of it.....kane sounds totally different....some do sound authentic thou.....
not cool if they tryin to fake something
its still dope too thou
shiiiit I gotta check your site more regularly! This looks incredible and I've never seen it before. Big big ups my man...
re-up!!! pleeeez
could you please reload? Thank you
it's been confirmed as a hoax but cares. these tracks are doper than most shit out now
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what an awesome disc! I wonder is you have more stuff of this band!
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