That Realness Is Now Closed!!!

C-Rayz Walz is back and wondering, "Who The F%@k Are You?" The blunt title is fitting for an MC who brings it hard start to finish. But don't let the hard image fool you, C-Rayz brings dedication, creativity and originality to his craft to stand out in a Hip Hop world filled with cookie cutter beats and rhymes. This veteran mic gripper mixes conceptual imagery and street credibility across 16 brand new cuts including "The Family Crest", a special dedication track to one of Hip Hop's greatest acts ever, Gang Starr. Guests include Slug from Atmosphere and one of the QB's most respected residents Lakey The Kid. Who is crazy enough to call their record "Who The F%@k Are You?"... C-Rayz of course.

01. Original Intro (Produced By: Kentron Da Mastodon)
02. The Art Of Energy (Produced By: Billy Bathgate)
03. Spread News (Produced By: Dub Sonata)
04. Love New York feat. Karniege, Vast Aire, Access Immortal, Poison Pen (Produced By: DJ Ruckspin)
05. In Your Soul feat. Slug (of Atmosphere), Samuel, Sum In 16 (Produced By: T.W.I.N.E.)
06. Needle In Ya Arm feat. Couture Ink, Lakey The Kayidee (Produced By: Platinum Beat Service)
07. Infected (Produced By: Judah
08. Oxy Killa feat. Major League (Produced By: Mike Beatz)
09. Hot Sauce feat. Klu Shiesty, Lady Pseudo (Produced By: Verse All)
10. Deeper Feelings feat. Echo1 (of House Of Repz) (Produced By: SensWalingh)
11. Crazy King feat. Bateria (of House Of Repz) (Produced By: Beatfirm)
12. Whiskey Mechanics feat. Roman E Gripp (Produced By: Enock Root)
13. Red, White & Blue feat. Sonni Shine, Lee G (Produced By: Delon)
14. OverSitChu (Produced By: Ill Legit)
15. The Twins (Produced By: Rhythmatik)
16. The Family Crest (Dedication To Gang Starr) feat. Swave Sevah (Produced By: Kenny Diaz)

01. Intro
02. For The Knuckleheadz
03. Neva Change
04. Mob Story
05. What To Do
06. New York, Ny
07. Double Dutch
08. Come-N-Play
09. Ate Sixin (Fear Billy G)
10. Eyes Red (Feat Rich Mo)
11. 2 Words
12. Hit Em (Feat Vast Aire & Swave Sevah)
13. Whatever
14. Up In The Section (Feat Karniege)
15. Root Beer Float
16. Don'T Want Nun (Feat Dom Pachino Of Wu-Tang's Killarmy)
17. Late At Night
18. Remember The Times
19. Gin-N-Jewce (Feat Billy G)
20. Ghost In A Shell
21. No Amateur
22. R.E.M. (Feat Hangar 18)
23. Brush Ya Molars Off

Nature first came to the world’s attention in the mid-90s doing intros for DJ Clue’s mixtapes, solo and alongside early mentor/rival Nas, and his notoriety peaked with his collaborations with Nas, AZ & Foxy Brown as The Firm, although ongoing collaborations and associations with Tragedy Khadafi, Mobb Deep, Cormega, Capone & Noreaga have kept his fanbase aware of his presense in the game. This new album, evidence that Nature has not been growing stale since his last release, is a showcase of today’s up-and-coming beatmakers, anchored by more seasoned producers Dub Sonata and Scram Jones. Nature’s confidence is evident by his sparing use of guests that compliment his style; N.O.R.E., Prodigy, Doo Wop and Kool G Rap. “Pain Killer” is a lethal injection to the stale state of Hip Hop in 2008, a seamless sequence of deft lyrical deliveries over innovative beats.

01. Intro (Produced By Scram Jones)
02. Live Wire (Produced By Mes)
03. Nobody Else But Me (Produced By DJ CIA)
04. Gotta Get It (Produced By Vin The Chin)
05. Cold Blooded Killer (feat. N.O.R.E., Prodigy (of Mobb Deep)) (Produced By SPK)
06. Everyday (Produced By Scram Jones)
07. Ya Homie (Produced By Scram Jones)
08. Small Talk (Produced By Ax Da Bull)
09. The Sermon (Produced By Dub Sonata)
10. Flashback Freestyle (feat. Doo Wop, Scram Jones) (Produced By Scram Jones)
11. Overnight Affair (Produced By Mes)
12. Thought I Told You (feat. Prodigy (of Mobb Deep), Kool G Rap) (Produced By Scram Jones)
13. Public Enemy #1 (Produced By Nature)
14. One Shot (Produced By Scram Jones)
15. Never Slip (Produced By Dub Sonata)
16. Runnin' Out Of Time (Produced By Dub Sonata)
17. The Countdown (Produced By Nature)

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Dom Pachino has also been featured on The Swarm Compilation (Gold), Rza as Bobby Digital (Gold), and Wu-Tang Forever(Platinum). As the first major Latin rapper ever to emerge from Staten Island, Dom P has always stayed busy; whether touring internationally, or appearing in TV or movies, he has released a slew of independent mixtapes, DVDs and albums through his Napalm Recordings Empire that have helped him to galvanize his own following. Here however, for the first time ever, Chambermusik Records is proud to present his first officially distributed album, Power Rulez. On this excursion he stays true to both the underground rap and Wu-Tang market, with tracks handled by the great Falling Down, Dub Sonata, and others. Featured are Islord (Killarmy), Shyheim (Wu-Tang),9th Prince (Killarmy), andmore. Producers include Falling Down, Dub Sonata, Hushh Entertainment, Shawneci, DJ Chulo, and others.

01. Intro
02. That’s A Fact (Prod. DJ Chulo)
03. Shot U Down (Prod. Falling Down)
04. Cripple U ft. Live Brim & 9th Prince (Prod. Hushh Ent.)
05. War Sindrome (Prod. P.R. Terrorist)
06. Dig Down (skit)
07. Without Stitches ft. Islord (Prod. Shawneci)
08. Duck Tape ft Islord (Prod. DJ Chulo)
09. Paper (Prod. Hushh Ent.)
10. Uglyist Flow (Prod. Falling Down)
11. All Right ft. Vito Pamagari (skit)
12. King (Prod. Hushh Ent.)
13. Can’t Find It (Prod. Dub Sonata)
14. Loving U (Prod. Mr. Bomba)
15. Fuk Critic’s (Prod. Dom Pachino)
16. 1st Come 1st Served ft. Shyheim & Crunch Lo (Prod. Shawneci)
17. Can’t Stop Me (Prod. CIA)

New England and Vermont based hip-hop trio; PRO, Learic and DJ Big Cat, have been plying their trade in the hip-hop world for over a decade and joined forces in 2005 to form "The Aztext". Following on from their acclaimed 2006 debut release, "Haven't You Heard", The Aztext are back to rock the hip-hop community with their varied 19 track sophomore release, "The Sacred Document". Production by Dub Sonata, E Train, Touchponics, Special Weapon, Nastee, and The Aztext.

Listen to track 3, "Lettin' You Know" feat. One Be Lo (Prod. by Dub Sonata)

01. Evolution
02. We Back
03. Lettin' You Know (Ft. One Be Lo)
04. Keepin' It Live
05. Couldn't Stand The Pain
06. Pay Attention
07. Blues & Jazz
08. Adventures Of
09. Roll Call
10. All I See (Ft. Memms)
11. Move Into Position
12. Life Of An MC
13. East Coast Air (Ft. Double A.B. & Rich Mo)
14. Our Kingdom (Ft. Mac Lethal)
15. Lookin' Out My Window
16. Back 2 Basics
17. Lettin' You Know (Ft. One Be Lo) (Radio Edit)
18. Roll Call (Radio Edit)
19. Back 2 Basics (Radio Edit)

More dopeness from these Vermont cats and again backed by some dope production including powerhouse, Dub Sonata!!!

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People do not associate Vermont very closely with hip hop music. PRO (originally from Monreal, Quebec) Learic (originally from Washington DC), and DJ Big Kat will to change that. After 10 years of solo efforts, these 3 joined forces in 2005 and formed, The Aztext.

The Aztext have completed their highly anticipated debut album, “Haven't You Heard?” in 2006, whose single 'Who's Wit Us?' hit number 2 on national college radio charts giving The Aztext a major boost on the Underground Hip Hop scene. “Haven’t You Heard?” was Hip Hop Album of the Year in the Free Press Publication and earned a spot as top 10 album (in all genres) in the Seven Days publication. The album features legendary hip hop acts such as, Krumbsnatcha of the Gangstarr Foundation, Q-Unique of the Rock Steady Crew and formerly of The Arsonists, Wordsworth of the Lyricist Lounge Show, Double A.B. and The Loyalists.

Listen to track 5, "Who's Wit Us?" feat. Krumbsnatcha (Prod. by Dub Sonata)

01. Intro
02. It's True feat. Memms
03. Breakthru
04. Learn To Talk
05. Who's Wit Us? feat. Krumbsnatcha
06. Better Act Like You Know
07. Something To Say feat. Double A.B.
08. When I Say…
09. The Game feat. Q-Unique
10. You Is You
11. 9 To 5
12. The Ultiamte Tag Team
13. Haven't You Heard? feat. Wordsworth
14. This Right Here
15. Learn To Talk II
16. Reverie feat. The Loyalists

*a-FILI-ated*
Dope, dope, dope album from these two ill cats out of Vermont! This is what hip hop is all about, beats and rhymes baby... and it's right it here in one nice neat little package. Production comes from E Train and one of my top beat makers right now, Dub Sonata... don't sleep!!!

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Listen to track 12, "Find My Dough"

After grinding as a battle rapper for years, New York emcee Double A.B. is putting less emphasis on scathing punchlines and drawing more from personal material. Diesel is a cohesive and vivid Gotham City auditory memoir where just the appearance of certain guest rappers — Cormega, Nature, Vast Aire, among others — invoke grit and restlessness.

The production on Diesel is solid, and you won’t find any club joints on the 16-track collective. But one of Double A.B.’s strong points is his unswervingly clever wordplay—something that’s refreshing in a world of short attention spans and ringtone-ready tracks that fall short in lyrical content. The record traverses the usual hip-hop narrative—girls, poverty, drugs—but draws upon witty metaphors and inventive rhyming (echinacea, what?) to deliver an underground view of Double A.B.’s NYC.

A highpoint is the C-Rayz Walz guested track “New York,” where the emcees get adjectival about New York over a minimal, tense beat, “New York grimy/New York gully/New York Shiesty/New York Hungry.” Other standouts include Double AB talking up his whip, “Maxine,” as if she were a woman, and the twanging, down-home ditty to fam, “Neighbors.”

What Double A.B. does on Diesel is create a throwback record that reminds you of how high the bar was once set for emcee. His rhyme pattern, flow and cadence come off as effortless but not thoughtless. Maybe all rappers should prep for full-lengths with battles.
*Review taken from okayplayer.com*

1. Mr. Belvedere
2. Neighbors
3. Take Me Away (feat. Cormega)
4. What to Do???
5. Maxine
6. Revolution Intro
7. Revolution Pt.2
8. Cuban Cigars
9. Love Potion
10. Come-N-Play
11. New York (feat. Swave Sevah & C-Rayz Walz)
12. Find My Dough
13. The Diesel (feat. Bill G, Rich Mo, Vast Aire, Dom Pachino and Karniege)
14. Double Dutch
15. Save My Soul (feat. Nature)
16. Dedication

*a-FILI-ated*
This album is sick yo, do not sleep on this one. Dub Sonata handles 11 of the 16 tracks and the result is nothing short of amazing. Tight album all the way through, lyrics, beats, everything!
The gutta's of New York have never sounded soo good!

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Listen to track 4, "The Sermon" feat. Nature

Balancing the gangsters from the backpackers can be difficult, but Dub Sonata’s debut album On the Arm manages to erase the line between mainstream and underground hip-hop. Dub Sonata’s joints sound like he’s been schooled by both DJ Premier and Three 6—soul samples on one track, stomping drums and alarms on the next. Sonata sits in the producers role, but unlike the recent Timberland solo super-producer disaster, he relies on his strengths—and the vocal cadences of the slew of guest rappers, including Double A.B., J-Hood and Bizzy Bone—to create a beautiful pastiche of New York hip-hop both old and new.

*a-FILI-ated*
Definitely one of the most slept on albums from last year. Dope producer, cool as hell guy to. He's on his New York ish wit this album and MC's like Nature & Bizzy Bone come through and spit hot bars over these sick beats. Don't sleep on this guy... I'll post up some more stuff related to him when I get a chance.

01. Rich Mo - Do What You Do 04:07
02. Double A.B. - Wake Up 04:11
03. J-Hood - No Sir 03:24
04. Nature - The Sermon 04:20
05. Skinny Joints - Streets Too Live 03:33
06. Swave Sevah, Double A.B. & C-Rayz Walz - New York 04:18
07. Billy G - Young N' Filthy 03:33
08. Bizzy Bone (Of Bone Thugs N Harmony) - Philosophical Gangsta 02:53
09. Vast Aire (Of Cannibal OX), Double A.B. & Swave Sevah - Hit Em 03:24
10. Deadly Divisionz - Riot Gear 02:53
11. The Aztext - Envy 04:14
12. J-Hood & A.P. (ODG) - So Fly 04:47
13. Moondoc - As Fas As 03:13
14. Double A.B. - Revolution 03:30
15. Dom Pachino (Of Killarmy) & Thirston Howl III - Napalm 02:57
16. Rich Mo - Murderers 04:30
17. Dub Sonata - Greatest Love 02:59