That just sucks man...

Anyone remember my R.A. The Rugged Man Collection?

Now check out this group rip that came out this summer. (Look at the cover and the tracklist shh...)

Which is all over the web.

No comments.

Okay, time to start catching up....

Elzhi [2008] Europass

In case you don't know, Elzhi is a member of Detroit's Slum Village, and honestly, I don't know much about him, but I downloaded the CD based on the production and guest appearences and I was supprised on how good it is. L.A. Weekly describes it as The Best Rap Album of the Year Thus Far, so you got to give it a go. Check out "The Reason" & "Motown 25", my favs.
Production is handled by Black Milk, DJ Dez, T3, Leef Mayfield and Denmark Vessy.

1. Intro
2. That's That One
3. Fire feat. Black Milk
4. The Reason feat. Phat Kat
5. Talkin' In My Sleep
6. Save Ya feat. T3
7. The Know
8. High Off Life
9. Heart Of The City
10. The Transitional Joint (Baby Girl Glow)
11. Dedicated feat. Trip
12. Motown 25 feat. Royce Da 5'9"
13. Audio Cinematic

EDIT: Sorry about that, that was my next post, link fixed now :)

Almost back baby

Ok, my last exam is tomorrow, and while I should be studying right now, but this just couldn't wait.

You know those things that you're waiting for so long that you've give up on them? Like:

Black Star reunion
Detox
Canibus releasing another dope album
World peace
Immortal Technique's Middle Passage

Guess what? It's not called Middle Passage anymore, but our friend Immortal Technique released a new album after 5 years of waiting! Holly shit!

It's an album-mixtape, mixed by DJ Green Lantern, who in the last month also released the amazing Nas - The Nigger Tape. So props to DJ Green Lantern, seriously. If you're waiting for tracks like "You Never Know" or "Harlem Streets" you're going to be disappointed, instead, Tech's new agressivity is really good, I think it's a great record.

I still have many albums to post, like 9th Wonder & Jean Grae's, Atmosphere's, Craig G & Marley Marl's (yup, that's right), Elzhi's, The Roots, Skillz, lots of great Hip-Hop has been recently released. I also got some tracks to update on my collections, and I guess I have to re-up them too, so I'll try to get back on top on the next weeks.

Immortal Technique [2008] The 3rd World

01. Death March
02. That's What It Is
03. Golpe De Estado (feat. Temperamento y Veneno)
04. Harlem Renaissance
05. Lick Shot (feat. Crooked I & Chino XL)
06. Apocrypha
07. The 3rd World
08. Hollywood Driveby (feat. PsycoRealm & Sick Symphonies)
09. Reverse Pimpology (feat. Mojo)
10. Open Your Eyes
11. Payback (feat. Diabolic & Ras Kass)
12. Adios Uncle Tom (Skit)
13. Stronghold Grip (feat. Poison Pen & Swave Sevah)
14. Mistakes
15. Parole (Evil Genius Mix)
16. Crimes Of The Heart (feat. Maya Azucena)

EDIT: Here's a unmixed version without DJ Green Lantern :) :

In the end they say Revolutionary Vol.3 is comming. For now, I'll add that on to the list.

Oh, and drop your forever delayed album lists on the comments just for fun.

EDIT: BONUS: Immortal Technique - Apocalypse (Remix) ft. AKIR & Pharoahe Monch

Okay, this is just epic.

Come back this summer

Yep... it's another post full os lame excuses.... thing is, I honestly don't have time to blog right now, I'll be very busy on this 3rd term with national exams and stuff... so I won't be alble to give the blog attention, just wanted y'all to know that. Sorry

Collection updates

Common:

95. Common - Freestyle (Trinity New Year's 2008)

96. Common - The Light '08 (It's Love) [Produced by Just Blaze]
97. Skillz - So Far, So Good (feat. Common)


Mistachuck:

89. Akrobatik - Kindred (feat. Chuck D. & Brenna Gethers)

90. KRS-One - Today’s Topics (feat. Chuck D)

Rakim: Live, Lost & Found

Rakim [2008] The Archive: Live, Lost & Found

The god is back? No, not yet, this is just a collection of live tracks and stuff like that, but you can also find 4 never heard before tracks, including the famous "It's Nothing". This makes me worried about The Seventh Seal, since I'm guessing this 4 tracks were made for it. Anyone, it's Rakim Allah, so I don't need to say more.

01. Hip Hop
02. Love 4 Sale
03. Word On The Street
04. It's Nothing
05. It's Been A Long TIme
06. My Melody
07. Don't Sweat The Technique
08. Follow The Leader
09. Ghetto
10. Guess Who's Back?
11. What's On Your Mind?
12. Remember That
13. It's Nothing
14. Saga Begins
15. Move The Crowd
16. Paid In Full
17. I Know You Got Soul
18. I Ain't No Joke
19. Juice (Know The Ledge)
20. Mahogany
21. Eric B. Is President
22. Microphone Fiend

2 Years and running... well, kind off..

Just noticed yesterday that it's been 2 years since I started posting... damn, 2 years? A lot of thing have changed, a lot of albums have been posted. But lately... meh... things in the blog have gone straight downhill. When I look back at months like September 2006, when I made 22 posts in a month, and compare them to the last couple of months, I'm even ashamed of opening the blog. As I said before, school has been pretty ruff lately, and I rarely have spare time to listen to most of the albums that come out, so my posts are affected, and I disapoint my visitors.
But, if you think I'm going to close the shop, you're wrong. Rapdungeon is still here, and I hope to still be here a year from now. I still got 160+ Kool G. Rap tracks and 100+ Masta Ace tracks to to post on my collections somewhere in the futue (thanks to many people who have helped), I just need to have time to organise and complete them, which I don't have right now.

Meanwhile, one of the blogs that has been here from the start, from one of the first people who ever commented on rapdungeon has closed down. So go thank Biff and all his crew at their blog for all their work.

New post comming soon.

Oh, no he didn't! More Jazz-Rap?!

Artofficial (2007) Stranger EP

"Imagine Soulive with a harder edge or The Roots, but jazzier, denser, and more spontaneous. Envision blending your favorite groups from Hip-Hop’s Golden era and replacing their sampled beats with Jazz musicians." -CDBaby

ArtOfficial consists of Danny Perez on Keys, Manny Patino on Drums, Ralf Valencia on Bass, and Keith Cooper on the Saxophone with the vocals provided by emcees Newsense and Logics.

Another 2007 Jazzy album I missed, a must-listen.

01. Big City Bright Lights

02. Gone

03. Clockwork

04. Eyes of A Stranger

05. Remember The Day

The Jazz is back

Jazz Liberatorz (2008) Clin D'oeil

Brand new album from this french group composed by DJ DAMAGE, DJ DUSTY and MADHI. If you're like me, you'll only need look at the group name and guestlist to know this is going to be REALLY good.
Like Brand New Heavies did 16 years ago (damn, 16?), the group makes jazzy music and invites great MC's to rap over, from Fatlip (Pharcyde), to Asheru, Sadat X or Apany B. I'm really tired so I won't write more, but I recommend this one. Jazz-rap is just one of the best things to ever being created.

1 - Clin d’Oeil
2 - Easy Mind feat. Tre Hardon, Fatlip & Omni
3 - i am Hip Hop feat. Asheru
4 - When The Clock Ticks feat. J. Sands
5 - Genius At Work feat. Fat Lip & T. love
6 - Indonesia feat. Tableek from Maspyke
7 - The Process feat. Apany B. Fly
8 - The Return feat. Saddat X
9 - U Do feat. Stacy Epps
10 - Cool Down feat. Rashan Ahmad
11 - Take A Time feat. Buckshot
12 - Vacation feat. J. Live
13 - Speak The Language feat. Lizz Fields
14 - Quidar feat. Soul Clan

Back to the Future

Guru (2008) Jazzmatazz - Back to the Future (The Mixtape)

You know the Gang Starr days aren't comming back, not even the early Jazzmatazz days are comming back, and you also know what I think of Guru's new "Superproducer" Solar. Anyway, I'll still be checking everything that Guru drops, as wack as it gets. But this mixtape isn't wack, in fact, I found many of the tracks pretty good, besides the remixed tracks, it has collabos with Zion I, Lor Tariq, Aceyalone, Mr. Lif, C.Knowledge (of Digable planets) and the amazing Blue Scholars.

Unlike his other work with Solar, this actually has some Jazzy laid back beats that we all love to hear Guru rapping over. This > Jazzmatazz vol. 4.

1. Intro (Don Gurizzy)
2. Knowledge f. Lord Tariq
3. 7 Grand Ya'll f. Solar
4. For Ya Mind f. Zion I
5. Peace! f. K-Born / Highpower / Solar
6. State of Clarity (Solar Remix) f. Common
7. Who Got It On Lock f. Doo Wop
8. B-Boy Kamikaze f. Tony Touch & Doo Wop (Diaz Brothers)
9. Too Slice f. Yungun
10. So What It Do Now f. Aceyalone
11. We Got That f. Nature & Solar
12. Jazzy Wayz (7 Grand Exclusive)
13. Stand Up (Some Things'll Never Change) (Reggae Mix) f. Damian Marley
14. Hot Like That f. Medinah
15. No Need for Stress f. Mr. Lif
16. Back to the Future f. Caron Wheeler & C.Knowledge (Digable Planets)
17. Assasino f. Young Pablo
18. The Game Needs Me f. Blue Scholars & Common Market
19. Feed the Hungry (Solar Remix)
20. Can't Stop the Movement (7 Grand) f. Ms. Camille