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With number 1 charting singles and worldwide album sales, SoulStice and Haysoos are both accomplished artists in their own right. SoulStice has recently released the much-acclaimed album, "North by Northwest: Solid Ground" and has been featured in XXL, SCRATCH, URB, Elemental and many more. SoulStice hails from Chicago, but currently resides in Maryland where Haysoos calls home. Both taking prominent roles in the east coast hip hop scene, a few collaborations eventually led to the smash single "Rock Solid," featuring former Terror Squad member Cuban Link. The single was so successful that the duo began recording an entire album as Wade Waters, which is due out on Wandering Soul in the fall of 2006 with distribution through Raptivism/Ryko. With a sound that readily appeals to hip hop fans of all types and a rapidly growing domestic and international buzz, Wade Waters is the group to watch in 2006 and beyond.

The debut album, Dark Water, finds SoulStice and Haysoos collaborating with the legendary AZ on the LPs lead-single, "Speak On It" (produced by Analogic) and former Terror Squad member Cuban Link on the smash single "Rock Solid" (produced by Shuko). In addition, Wade Waters captures the signature sound of D.C./Maryland with the aid of up-and-coming producer Kev Brown, who contributes production on "That's My." Additional production is handled by Analogic, Speaks, Bring it Back, and SBE Audiologist. According to Neil Levine, head of Urban Marketing at EMI/Caroline, Dark Water is "a classic gem from Wade Waters bringing back real hip hop."

01. What More (prod. Speaks)
02. Rock Solid feat. Cuban Link (prod. Shuko)
03. Wanna Be Free (prod. Shuko)
04. Speak On It feat. AZ (prod. Analogic)
05. Movement Music (prod. SBE Audiologist)
06. Back In Time (prod. Bring It Back)
07. Tread That Water (prod. SBE Audiologist)
08. Man To Man (prod. Analogic)
09. Right Back (prod. Analogic)
10. That's My (prod. Kev Brown)
11. Lifeline (prod. Analogic)
12. The Conversation (prod. Shuko)
13. Who But Me (prod. Speaks)
14. You Could Die (So Let's Live) (prod. Speaks)

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Won't say to much except if you ain't heard this album, then you're missing out on one seriously dope album. Every track is a banger, with lashings of that soulful boom bap we all love to hear. SoulStice & Haysoos are some intelligent MC's and really flow well together while spittin on a real positive vibe that everyone can relate to. This is an album you cannot afford to let pass you by, look at the producers!!! It don't better than that. Get familiar with the likes of Analogic, Shuko, SBE, Kev Brown because they are the future right here. If you haven't already, make sure you cop the SoulStice solo album he dropped in 2007 called Dead Letter Perfect, here's the link... Dead Letter Perfect... Really dope album which features production from another ill producer, Oddisee, as well as Analogic & SBE... don't sleep!

Originally born in a military hospital in South America but raised in Harlem NYC, he is known as a true lyricist, a conceptual artist and a Revolutionary. Immortal Technique has toured the world, being praised in publications like XXL, The Source, The Washington Post, Allhiphop.com, even Playboy and even the URB magazine cover in Nov.2006. Now he has collaborated with world famous DJ Green Lantern (Sirius Satellite, DJ for JayZ) to mix Street Hip Hop with the vivid landscape of global struggle.

01. Death March feat. DJ Green Lantern (Produced By: DJ Green Lantern)
02. That's What It Is (Produced By: Spictacular)
03. Golpe De Estado feat. Veneno y Temperamento (Produced By: Southpaw Young Elite)
04. Harlem Renaissance (Produced By: DJ Green Lantern)
05. Lick Shots feat. Chino XL & Crooked I (Produced By: Southpaw Young Elite)
06. Apocrypha (Produced By: Sick Jacken)
07. The 3rd World (Produced By: DJ Green Lantern)
08. Hollywood Driveby feat. Psycho Realm & Sick Symphonies (Produced By: Shuko)
09. Reverse Pimpology feat. Mojo (Produced By: Metaphysics)
10. Open Your Eyes (Produced By: Mesone; Southpaw Young Elite)
11. Payback feat. Diabolic & Ras Kass (Produced By: Bronze Nazareth)
12. Adios Uncle Tom (Skit) (Produced By: Southpaw Young Elite; Immortal Technique)
13. Stronghold Grip feat. Poison Pen & Swave Sevah (Produced By: Buckwild)
14. Mistakes (Produced By: Scram Jones)
15. Parole (Evil Genius Mix) (Produced By: DJ Green Lantern)
16. Crimes Of The Heart feat. Maya Azucena (Produced By: Southpaw Young Elite)

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Thought I'd do a re-up on this. Even though it's a mixtape/street album, it still stirred up a lot of debate with people automatically comparing it to his last to official albums. It took a while for it to grow on me, the commercial feel to a few tracks and the constant Green Lantern skits didn't help but over time you sort of adjust to the more polished sound because Tech still has that political mindset and always delivers his message with authority. You can never deny the man's skill and you have to appreciate his subject matter coz only a few can deliver it like he can and make you really site up and take notice. There are definitely a few bangers on here and without comparing it to his previous work, this is some dope shit! I mean, no album since 2003!!! Anything Tech drops now will be met with anticipation and excitement. I dig this now and definitely looking forward to his next official album, rumoured to be called The Middle Passage.



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NOTE: 2 Hidden Bonus Tracks On The Last Track

* Apocalypse Remix (feat. Poison Pen & Swave Sevah)
** Watchout Remix Rebel Arms (feat. J.Arch & Da Circle)

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The Torture Papers is the debut album from Hip Hop collective Army of the Pharaohs, released March 21, 2006 on Babygrande Records. The crew was established in 1998 by Jedi Mind Tricks rapper Vinnie Paz, and originally featured Paz, Chief Kamachi, Esoteric, Virtuoso and Bahamadia. Virutoso and Bahamadia later split from the group, which now conists of Paz, Chief Kamachi, 7L & Esoteric, Apathy, Crypt the Warchild & Planetary of Outerspace, King Syze, Reef the Lost Cauze, Faez One, Des Devious and Celph Titled. An Army of the Pharaohs collaboration album was rumored to be in the works for years, but was often delayed due to separate projects and internal problems. The constant delays lead to The Torture Papers being one of the most anticipated underground Hip Hop albums of the new millennium.

1. Battle Cry feat. Apathy, King Syze, Crypt The Warchild, Des Devious, Esoteric, Chief Kamaci, Planetary, Celph Titled, Vinny Paz (Prod. by Shuko)
2. Gorillas feat. Crypt The Warchild, Esoteric, Apathy, Planetery (Prod. by DC The MIDI Alien)
3. Henry The 8th feat. Vinnie Paz, Chief Kamachi, Reef The Lost Cause, Planetary (Prod. by Undefined)
4. Pull The Pins Out feat. Celph Titled, Esoteric (Prod. by Beyonder)
5. Tear It Down feat. Reef The Lost Cauze, Planetary, Vinnie Paz (Prod. by Loptimist)
6. Into The Arms Of Angels feat.Faez One, Crypt The Warchild, Vinnie Paz (Prod. by Rain)
7. The Torture Papers feat. Celph Titled, Planetary, Apathy (Prod. by Apathy)
8. Listen Up feat. Celph Titled, Esoteric, Crypt The Warchild (Prod. by 7L)
9. All Shall Perish feat. Chief Kamachi, King Syze, Vinny Paz (Prod. by Shuko)
10. Wrath Of Gods feat. Apathy, Esoteric, Planetary, Des Devious (Prod. by DC The MIDI Alien)
11. Narrow Grave feat. Chief Kamachi, King Syze, Planetary (Prod. by Villa The White Shadow)
12. Feast Of Wolves feat. Vinny Paz, Apathy, Celph Titled (Prod. by Oaks & Celph Titled)
13. King Among Kings feat. Chief Kamachi, Vinnie Paz, Esoteric, Celph Titled (Prod. by 7L)

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A straight up classic for me, I love AOTP and this album should be in every real hip hop heads collection. The main standout MC's for me on this album were Reef The Lost Cauze, Apathy, Celph Titled, Chief Kamachi & Planetary. All have their part to play though in making this album a true nod to that gutter underground boom bap sound with murder-death-kill lyrics, it don't get much harder than this. Make sure you cop this if you ain't already... Long Live The Army!!!

1. Silence & I (Prod. by Shuko)
2. The President's Wife (Prod. by Stoupe)
3. The Army (Prod. by Stoupe)
4. I Against I (Revisited) (Prod. by Stoupe)
5. Sibling Rivalry (Prod. by 7L)
6. On A Mission (Prod. by Sound Scientist)
7. Speak Now (Prod. 7L)
8. This Is War (Prod. by 7L)
9. Outro

Not sure how official this is, it's been floating on the net for a while so I thought I'd post it up coz I couldn't find it anywhere else. It's essentially A.O.T.P. material but from various albums and put together like a bonus cd. You should be able to know where each of these tracks were originally from. Enjoy!

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Babygrande has been making a lot of moves lately as they've recently released the new 7L & Esoteric, a reissue of Violent By Design, and a September drop of Brand Nubian's new album to name a few. In between all of that they're also dropping Outerspace's (Crypt the Warchild and Planetary) first LP Blood & Ashes. Friends from nearly birth, the duo's brotherhood is closely tied in with Jedi Mind Tricks, thus a similar style is manifested. With guest microphone mathematics from Immortal Technique, Vinnie Paz, Esoteric, Celph Titled, King Syze and Sadat X as well as beats from Beyonder, 7L, Celph, Sat One and Panik of Molemen fame. More noise from Philly...

1. Intro
2. Brute Force (Prod. by Beyonder)
3. Fire And Ice (Prod. by 7L)
4. Chrome Depot (Skit)
5. The Revolution feat. Celph Titled (Prod. by Celph Titled)
6. Cutthroats (Prod. by DJ Sat-One)
7. Top Shelf feat. Sadat X (Prod. by Shuko)
8. It Is What It Is (Prod. by 7L)
9. Gods And Generals feat. King Syze & Des Devious (Prod. by Jon Doe)
10. Immature (Skit)
11. Chapter Of Thunder (Prod. by Shuko)
12. Raw Deal (Prod. by Panik)
13. Blades Of Glory feat. Vinnie Paz (Prod. by Panik)
14. Whatever It Takes (Prod. by Arythmetic)
15. Far Greater feat. 7L & Esoteric (Prod. by 7L)
16. Angels Of Death feat. Immortal Technique (Prod. by Shuko)

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A definite classic in my book, the duo of Planetary & Crypt the Warchild of the famed A.O.T.P. fam drop a banger of a debut. With an ill sound similar to that of JMT but ultimately their own and a slew of talented guest stars who step up to the mic including underground intellectual MC, Immortal Technique, who closes the album on the brooding Angels of Death, old-skool stalwart Brand Nubian's frontman, Sadat X, and of course their main man, Vinnie Paz who transforms Blades of Glory into one of the album's stand-out tracks. These two dope MC's have risen from the shadows of Jedi Mind Tricks and dropped one the best debut's to come out in years!

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This project is Bekay's album delivered to Rawkus Records as part of his membership into the Rawkus 50. The Rawkus 50 is an artist driven revolution comprised of the 50 next important hip-hop artists. "The Horror Flick LP" delivers an album loaded with complex imagery and clever wordplay over boom-bap style beats and razor sharp cuts. Featuring production from Shuko (Keith Murray, Saigon, Immortal Technique), BeanOne (Supernatural, Jurassic 5), Arythmetic (Doujah Raze) & Analogic. "Horror Flick" also includes guest appearances from El-Gant, Mr. Met, DJ Dutchmaster and more. The Horror Flick LP is the perfect supplement to hold over Bekay fans for the soon to be released Hunger Pains LP.

1. Intro (Prod. by Learnt Grimey)
2. Battlin' Myself (Prod. by Hectic)
3. Ready To Go (Prod. by DJ Krylon)
4. Deadly Potency (Prod. by Arythmetic)
5. I'm The Reason (Prod. by Returners)
6. A Legal Question (Skit)
7. Alphabitch (Prod. by Shuko)
8. Battlefield (Prod. by BeanOne)
9. You Wanna Test? (Prod. Shuko)
10. Don't Feel Good (Prod. DJ Krylon)
11. Dead End (Prod. by Analogic)

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One Dae is the greatest MC you've never heard of. Despite this he is a NYC underground legend. He first gained a name for battling Mos Def at the first Bragging Writes Mc Battle-but most people don't know that that was son's first time on stage. This was to be the first of many battles for the kid who would become one of Brooklyn's finest!

The Scrap Book Mixtape is an collection of original tracks which Dae has recorded over the last few years. They are Dae's re-introduction to the game after an abscence which left fans wondering..."Where's Dae?" Despite internet rumors of imprisonment in a foriegn jail and death, Dae is the neither and has returned to claim his rightfull thrown. Hosted by the god Sean P, The Scrap Book is just a prelude to Dae's feature full length lp Daes & Times, which is set to drop late summer 08. Features include Sean Price, Bekay, Tsi La Brev, Flood and many more...tracks by Shuko, Marco Polo, JbL, and hip hop vet Domingo make this mixtape/album a real heat-rock for the summer! If you like your hip hop straight with no chaser, then get ready to be punch-drunk dunnys...DAES BACK!

...and dont forget to check for Daes & Times comimg soon!!!!

1. Sean Price (Intro)
2. Slide or Die
3. It's Dae (Prod. by Domingo)
4. Run For Cover
5. So Serious (Freestlye)
6. Have Mercy feat. Bekay (Prod. by Shuko)
7. Come on Man (Prod. by Domingo)
8. BK Funk
9. Say Goodnight... feat. Kev Turner (Prod. by JbL)
10. That Shit
11. BK All Dae /w C-Rayz Walz Drop (Prod. by Marco Polo)
12. What I've Become
13. 18 (Prod. by Domingo)
14. Sean Price "Daes & Times" Drop
15. Fire feat. Flood & Superstar
16. Felonious Flow
17. Dae After Dae
18. Smooth Shit (Prod. by Domingo)
19. BK 2 BX Connect feat. Tsi & Swave Sevah
20. Suicide (Prod. by Domingo)
21. War on Drugs feat. Sean Price
22. Am I Going To Die?
23. The Sun Somedae
24. Say What You Want w/ Sean Price Outtro



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"BK All Day" (Produced by Marco Polo)

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Listen to "Do You"

1. Do You feat. El Da Sensei, Skyzoo and King Magnetic
2. Where You Gonna Hide feat. Reef the Lost Cause and Pumpkinhead
3. Whats Missin' feat. Emilio Rojas, Kaze and Doujah Raze
4. Do you (Instrumental)
5. Where You Gonna Hide (Instrumental)
6. What's Missin' (Instrumental)

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This is some dope ass ish!!! This production duo from Poland are fast becoming sought after producers in the US, much like Snowgoons & Shuko are now, all reppin' Europe of course. The Single/Ep below was their debut last year but I think the new track "Do You"... and the other two songs definitely bump harder and leave you wanting to hear more from these Polski cats. Their in the lab now, working on the collaboration album with the legendary El Da Sensei. Don't sleep!!!





1. Different Places One Hip Hop feat. Rasco, Mic Stylz and Breez Evahflowin
2. Stick To Your Guns feat. Seven, Supastitionand and Nat Ill
3. Definition Of A MC feat. Afront and El Da Sensei
4. Different Places One Hip Hop (Instrumental)
5. Stick To Your Guns (Instrumental)
6. Different Places One Hip Hop (Acapella)
7. Stick To Your Guns (Acapella)

This Teaser-Mixtape is a collection of 11 incredibe cuts and features production from 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Shuko & The Gunna as well as guest spots from Sean Price, Skyzoo, Rapper Big Pooh of Little Brother and more. Chaundon is right now in the studio working hard on his upcoming untitled LP together with Shuko & The Gunna. The release will be within winter 2008. More info coming soon...

1. 3 Kings feat. Skyzoo & Torae (produced by Analogic)
2. Same Team feat. L.E.G.A.C.Y. (produced by Khrysis)
3. No Excuses (produced by Khrysis)
4. Streetrunner (produced by Shuko & The Gunna)
5. Submission feat. Sean Price & Skyzoo (produced by 9th Wonder)
6. Brutus (produced by Khrysis)
7. Mr. Info (produced by Khrysis)
8. Push Up (produced by 9th Wonder)
9. No Money Down feat. Rapper Big Pooh (produced by D-1)
10. Budha (produced by E.Jones)
11. They Love Me (produced by 9th Wonder)

1. Intro
2. Pray
3. American Dreamin'
4. Hello Brooklyn 2.0
5. No Hook
6. Roc Boys
7. Sweet
8. I Know
9. Party Life
10. Ignorant Shit
11. Say Hello
12. Success
13. Fallin
14. Blue Magic
15. American Gangster

3,14 produced by SHUKO & THE GUNNA
1,2,5,6,8,9,11,13 produced by THE GUNNA
4,7,10,15 produced by SHUKO

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Of all the remix projects of Jay-Z's "American Gangster", this is by far the best of the lot, just like Kno's remix project of "The Black Album". Shuko & The Gunna create some sick beats that will probably have you agreeing with a lot of people that this is better than the original release!!! You heard it here first! Check it out...



Peep the sick video remix of "Blue Magic"

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Hailing from Mainz, Germany (near Frankfurt), Shuko is one of Europe's top hip hop producers and has produced for a number of key hip hop artists like Army of the Pharaohs (Apathy, Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, 7L & Esoteric), Scales of Nappy Roots, Big Noyd, Heltah Skeltah, O.C., Papoose and more. Recently, he produced the street anthem "Out There," for Atlantic Recording artist Saigon (HBO's Entourage). Shuko has also recently licensed his work for appearance on the successful AND 1 street basketball DVD series including mixtape Volumes 8 & 9, and the special Asian Pacific video. His production can also be heard on several AND 1 national TV spots, on MTV's Made, in several videos for the NBA, and on UPN's Veronica Mars.

Listen to track 18, "Supah" feat. R.A. The Rugged Man

01. Intro by Heltah Skeltah
02. Out There feat. Saigon
03. What Happened? (Remix) feat. Frank B.
04. Be So Cold feat. Dre Robinson, Jae Milz & Papoose
05. Subway Surfing feat. Talib Kweli & Rakim
06. You Wanna Test? feat. Bekay
07. Outta Ya' Dome feat. Born Unique, Bad Seed & Canayda
08. Angels of Death feat. Outerspace Immortal Technique
09. All Out (Remix) feat. Big Noyd, Phil da Agony & Krondon & Bekay
10. Give It Up feat. Doujah Raze
11. Battle Cry feat. Jedi Mind Tricks presents: Army of the Pharaohs
12. Super MC's feat. Bekay, Graig G & Mr Met
13. Freestyle feat. Shabaam Shadeeq
14. Midnight Madness feat. Heltah Skeltah
15. Always feat. Soulstice
16. Rock Solid feat. Wade Waters & Cuban Link
17. Dirty Dirty (Remix) feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Rhymefest
18. Supah/Outro feat. R.A. the Rugged Man

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Don't sleep on this sick ass mixtape, beats are nuts, if ya like Snowgoons, A.O.T.P. or any of that gutta hip hop then this is for you. Bump this in ya whip, just in time for summer!!



Here's a dope music video from Keith Murray's "Rap-Murr-Phobia" album called "Hustle On" produced by the mighty Shuko!!!