1. (00:00:49) Intro 2. (00:01:45) World Tribute 3. (00:02:57) Something Real 4. (00:03:15) The Odd Couple 5. (00:02:32) Lonely 6. (00:03:02) Bright As The Stars 7. (00:02:08) Chapel Bells 8. (00:02:07) Vendetta 9. (00:01:41) Don't Go Outro *All mixed by Omni-Sik
*a-FILI-ated* Something different for you lot out there, we all know Ayatollah is a legendary producer and Canibus is a lyrical monster so what happens when you mix recent Canibus acapellas over Ayatollah's soulful, boom-bap production?... see for yourself. I loved it by the way, dope shit right here!
His third, and strongest, outing to date, Priest, Thief + Wizard is a solid collection of infectious grooves destined to win friends and influence people. Blame One spits with classic cool. Poised and poetic, his rhymes are silk and exercise a constant flow with casual, sparsely interjected rupture. This is a page straight from the textbook of hip-hop theory. Blame One is truly an MC’s MC.
Stemming from a purely independent production philosophy, Blame One’s creations exhibit a very unique hip-hop presence. Unexcitable, unexaggerated, and yet unadulterated, on the mic it would seem that Blame One just doesn’t give a shit. Maybe it’s that he gives too much. He speaks the real for those drowning in the overblown. No bullshit. No ego trips. This is hip-hop for hip-hoppers without any time for bumptious, hyperbolic beats.
Blame One’s music speaks for itself. Consistently throwing it back to old school funk/soul, his beats are classic to the core with literate intelligible rhymes to sink your teeth into. This is serious substance. A typical, anti-modern hip-hop backlash is complemented with legitimate commentary of politics, life and the wave-like effect of our actions. Like some preachy MC’s, Blame One doesn’t claim to be a revolutionary, nor does he lecture from an infallible perspective. The album is accompanied by the simple request that you just listen. Simply take heed.
Honestly, you’d be foolish to pass this one up. An MC like this is rare. Catch it before he explodes, goes major label and the world wants to get their fingers in it. This is the real, raw hip-hop scripture and it might not be pure for long. *Taken from okayplayer.com
1 Spell Casting (Prod. by KanKick) 2 Priest, Thief & Wizzard 3 That's What I Say 4 Everliving (Prod. by Mr. Brady) 5 Gotta Be Ready (Prod. by KanKick) 6 Its On Now! 7 Mr. Talkative 8 Drifting 9 Jah Is Powefull! (Prod. by KanKick) 10 Knock Em Out The Box (Prod. by Exile) 11 Deep Doo Doo 12 So Happy 13 Micro Mute 14 Outro
*a-FILI-ated* Seriously, you'd be a fool to pass up one of the best hip hop albums in 2006... if fact, one of the best hip hop albums, period!!! Blame is a supa dope MC with a silky smooth flow who seems to flow effortlessly over each & every track, backed by some serioulsy ill production, you'll be kickin yourself for not knowing about this dude earlier. He's got 2 other albums and a couple of EP's so hit me up if you want them. Also, he has a brand new album droppin late summer '08 called "Days Chasing Days" featuring big names such as Sean Price, Black Milk, Exile, Oh No, Blu & much more!!! To wet ya appetite peep this xclusive video of one the tracks from his forthcoming album called "Supreme Beings"... this has got me soo hyped it ain't even funny... do not sleep!!!!!
...and peep this classic track "Grown Man Rap" from the 2003 album "Chemically Imbalanced"
Rapper Big John from Tacoma, Washington has done more in one year than most can do in four. In twelve short months, Big John has managed to establish and manage his own label, record two full length albums, start an international group (coming soon), and perform alongside Hip Hop legends Kool G Rap, Kool Keith, Canibus, Kut Masta Kurt, and R.A. The Rugged Man. Big John's rap style is rapid fire, raw, and aggressive and on "The Next Step," he teams up with producers from all around the world to give the album a balanced sound. Production credits include Loptimist (South Korea), DC The Midi Alien (USA), Carling Edno (Italy), Beyonder (USA), Lizzo (Germany) and more! Featured tracks for "The Next Step" include two songs with Canibus, three with Boston rap veteran Esoteric, the iconic Kool G Rap, R.A. The Rugged Man and more!
01. Intro (Prod. By Clockwork) 02. 3 Kings (Ft. Kool G Rap & R.A. The Rugged Man) (Prod. By Loptimist) 03. The Next Step (Prod. By Loptimist) 04. Amazing Stories (Ft. Canibus & Esoteric) (Prod. By Beyonder) 05. Down-Wit-Us (Ft. Mic Daily) (Prod. By Clockwork) 06. Fuck Ya'll (Prod. By DC The Midi Alien) 07. Pain Killer (Prod. By DC The Midi Alien) 08. One More Bar (Ft. Canibus & Esoteric) (Prod. By Beyonder) 09. Payback (Prod. By Lizzo) 10. Pain & Agony (Prod. By Clockwork) 11. How We Do (Ft. Mic Daily) (Prod. By Carling Edno) 12. Lopzillas (Ft. Esoteric, Mic Daily & Beyonder) (Prod. By Loptimist) 13. Outro (Prod. By DC The Midi Alien)
*a-FILI-ated* I'll be honest, Big John don't really do it for me when he's on the mic... unless you like that kinda screaming, shouting voice and basic battle lines, but when you got dope beats from Loptimist, DC the MIDI Alien to name a couple and guests like the Kool G Rap, R.A the Rugged Man, Esoteric, Canibus etc... then you can't really go wrong. I know this album slipped past a few people when it was released beginning of the year but def check it out... bangin beats and guest spots elevate this album from sub-standard to pretty dope!
Genuinely considered the Godfather of Boston Hip-hop, EDO. G has crafted a handful of classics (“Be A Father To Your Child,” “I Got To Have It” and “Love Comes And Goes” among others) and in 1991 his “I Gotta Have it” hit number one on Billboard and the YO! MTV Raps countdown. His debut, Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto, sold over 600,000 units on the strength of Edo’s flawless portraits of inequalities in Roxbury, and became his city’s first and only rap artist to ever go gold. In the 15 years since, EDO’s dropped four heralded LPs and two EPs, toured the world extensively, and collaborated with the likes of Pete Rock, DJ Premier, KRS One, Common, Black Thought and Masta Ace.
Formerly the front-man for The Kreators, Jaysaun sold 10,000 copies of the Boston classic, Home, (featuring Guru, Big Shug, Akrobatik, Krumbsnatcha, and EDO. G), and was nominated for three Boston Music Awards, and even garnered significant MTV rotation. One of Boston’s most respected wordsmiths, Jay has worked with Pete Rock, Cappadonna, and DJ Premier and has been an instrumental component in EDO’s recent solo releases.
The Southie gunner Slaine has become an overnight force! He dropped his infamous mixtape; The White Man is the Devil Volume 1 in 2005 and moved more than 7,000 units without any distribution. Recently he followed that up with its sequel Citizen Caine. Slaine’s controversial tales of cocaine abuse, pharmacy robberies, violence, politics, racism, combined with his brutal imagery, have earned him the respect of collaborators such as Royce 5′9″, Krumbsnatcha, Hatebreed, DJ Premier, DJ Muggs, B Real, Everlast, DJ Lethal and Ill Bill, the latter three of whom he moonlights with as La Coka Nostra.
For Special Teamz first collaborative effort, Stereotypez, the stakes are much higher. Boasting guest appearances from Devin The Dude, Sean Price, Buckshot, Ill Bill, Akrobatik and Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta as well as production from legendary producers DJ Premier and Pete Rock and rising beatmakers Marco Polo, Moss, Jake One and Xplicit. Special Teamz’s Duck Down debut proves what their fanbase already knows: that no matter what preconceived notions people have about their city, Boston’s top guns deliver some of the most socio-politically relevant boom-bap in recent memory. And while their rhymes are the sound of race lines being crossed and barriers being broken, it’s really just the sound of rewind-worthy Hip-hop music, and that’s all that really matters.
1.) Get Down (produced by Young Cee) 2.) Three Kingz (produced by Young Cee) 3.) Stereotypez (produced by Ill Bill) 4.) Boston To Bucktown f/Sean Price & Buckshot (produced by Pete Rock) 5.) Classical (produced by DJ Shocca) 6.) Main Event (produced by DJ Premier) 7.) Long Time Comin f/Devin The Dude (produced by Xplicit) 8.) Home 2 f/Akrobatik, Dre Robinson, JY, Twice Thou & Frankie Robinson (produced by Young Cee) 9.) Clap Your Handz (produced by Young Cee) 10.) Story Of My Life f/JY (produced by Yomo) 11.) Fallen Angels f/D Guest (produced by Jake One) 12.) One Call (produced by Marco Polo) 13.) Fight Club (produced by Moss) 14.) Dirty Money f/Ill Bill (produced by Young Cee) 15.) Pushaman (Produced by D Boyz) 16.) Race Riot (produced by Good Will) 17.) Gun In My Hand f/Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed (produced by Jamey Jasta & Matty Trump)
Peep the video to the classic track "One Call" produced by the mighty Marco Polo!!!
Brooklyn's own Black Panther made his mark as a hip hop producer with his 2003 debut release “The Darkest Night Ever” on the label Third Earth. Blessed with lyrics by some of the best underground emcees including Jean Grae, stic man of dead prez, Pumpkinhead and C-rayz Walz this concept album received acclaimed reviews from the hip hop world with allhiphop.com stating, “Soon you'll be hearing his name in a lot of those 'favorite producer' arguments”.
2007 finds Black Panther ready to solidify his mark with his sophomore release “My Eternal Winter” March 13th on his own label, Manekineko Pro. with distribution from HBD/Koch. Once again Panther enlists some of the best underground emcees and always looking to push himself to the next level, takes it a step further to incorporate r&b, rock and pop for this concept album about individual eternal struggles.
The lead single “All Falls Down” features Bronx emcee Oktober Zero and songstress Maya Azucena. Other stand out tracks include “Dreams” with a medley of emcees including M-1 of dead prez, “And The Day Keeps Coming” featuring J Treds, “Nothing Personal” featuring M F Grimm and “The Half” which couples Maya Azucena's soulful voice over Panther's amazing production.
1. Winter's Calling 2. All Falls Down feat. Oktober & Maya Azucena 3. And The Day Keeps Coming feat. J-Treds 4. The Return feat. Pumpkinhead 5. The Half feat. Maya Azucena 6. In From The Cold feat. Masai Bey, L.I.F.E. Long, Savage Messiah & Mr. Melodic 7. Invasion feat. Mr. Metaphor 8. Love Letters feat. Paze Infinite & Maya Azucena 9. Dreams feat. Mez, Majesty, Ali Bey & M1 (of Dead Prez) 10. My Eternal Winter feat. Meridith Dimenna 11. Nothing Personal feat. MF Grimm 12. Your Mine feat. Shabaam Shadeeq & Bronze K 13. Sadtimes feat. Archrival 14. Hustle And Flow feat. King Syze, King Krong, Des Devious & Planetary 15. You Don't Know feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq
*a-FILI-ated* Dope album, if you slept on it last year, now's the time to cop it!!
01. The Revolution Will Be Classified 02. Enemy 03. Coka Moshiach Feat. Raekwon 04. Starsky & Hutch 05. Street Villain 06. White Nigger 07. Awaiting The Hour Feat. Killah Priest 08. Thousands To M's 09. The Plague 10. Come One, Come All Feat. Styles P 11. Sadistic (Remix) 12. Yae Yo 13. Unauthorized Biography Of Slayer 14. Apocalypse Now Feat. Q-Unique & Sick Jacken 15. Paradise Ranch 16. Swordfish (Remix) 17. Darkness Deepens Feat. Sabac & Slaine 18. War Is My Destiny Feat. Max Cavalera & Immortal Technique 19. I'm From Brooklyn Feat. Brooklyn Academy 20. A Bullet Never Lies
Note: This is NOT the actual album but an advance of some sort, a collection of the latest material from Ill Bill. Some tracks will make the album, some will not. Album comes out officially on 26th August 2008! Note that in ya diaries... in the meantime, enjoy the ADVANCE and REMEMBER, don't get it twisted, this is NOT the official album. This is dope from what I've heard so far.
01. A.O.T.P. feat. Apathy 02. My Time feat. Lord Lhus 03. Iceman feat. Cymarshall Law 04. Foreign Banguage feat. Side Effect 05. 40 Barz feat. Big Shug,Special Teamz&Singapore Kane 06. The Spell feat. Eternia 07. Ride With Me feat. Born Unique 08. Serve Justice (Remix) feat. Rasul Allah, Killah Priest & Richard Raw 09. Buried feat. Savage Bros 10. Suicide feat. Third Kind
The album was siiick, don't sleep on the xclusive Bonus CD, 10 more bangers to bump thru ya speakers!!!
"The Red Giants are the newest dynamic duo in Underground hip-hop, consisting of producer Brickbeats (Cincinnati) and emcee/producer Jermiside (Atlanta by way of Cincinnati). The two hip-hop aficionado's first crossed paths in late 2003 as Jermiside was making his rounds promoting his self released debut "The Biology Of Kingship" as Brickbeats was providing his golden era influenced backdrops for numerous rap acts in the Tri-State Area. A year later, after recording a hand full of well received songs, they decided to combine forces for a full-length release called The Red Giants. Recently Brickbeats' production talent has appeared on Neblina Records' Definition:Hip-Hop Compilation and has also served as the soundscape for half of Tanya Morgan's upcoming release "Moonlighting" meanwhile Jermiside has been making appearances on countless mixtapes and collaborating with various artists such as Ill Poetic, Von Pea, Ilwil, Shameless, Blayze McKee, Mikee & Whizzla, Beat Tribe Productions, Skee Tha Sergon and others.
01 - The Red Giants (Intro) 02 - Soundgazing 03 - Magnificent 04 - Do Ya Thang 05 - FP 06 - Illustrious Brothers (Featuring Von Pea) 07 - They Say 08 - DDF 09 - Good Morning America 10 - Satisfied 11 - Pair-A-Dice Island 12 - Oneder Years 13 - Jealousy 14 - Beautiful Day 15 - Coweards Course 16 - The Red Giants (Outro)
*a-FILI-ated* This album is a straight up classic!! Beats, rhymes, everything... you owe it to yourself to check this album out. If you dig it, make sure you buy it for the ridiculous price of $2 at ughh.com!!! I bought mine already, the best bargain you'll ever get for a dope ass cd like this one!!!
01 Surreal Ft. Sivion-Things I Say 02 Commonwealth Ft. Sean Boog - Tonight (Remix) 03 Theory Hazit - I Just Wanna Go Home 04 Free Speach Ft. Plat and Median - Right Now 05 Diablo Archer - So Good (Remix) 06 Soul P - Get Right 07 Surreal Ft. Absalom - The Proof 08 Theory Hazit Ft. Wonder Brown - Rags To Riches 09 Sean Boog - The Reign 10 Manchild - I Will Go 11 Son (Of Commonwealth) - Texture 12 Theory Hazit Ft. Sivion and Holmeskillet - Decisions 13 Sean Boog Ft. Chaundon and Legacy - Trapped In The Mind 14 Braille Ft. Sivion and Kaboose - Heavy Rotation 15 Surreal - No Delay 16 Diablo Archer - All Access (Remix) 17 Theory Hazit Ft. Sharlok Poems - Out With A Bang
A little exclusive for y'all, Vintage did all the beats on the new Theory Hazit album "Lord Fire"! If you already checked that, you know that Vintage is one dope producer so here's a collection of beats he did with various artitsts over the last couple of years... Enjoy!
Shawn Jackson's latest project, "First of All..." is a highly anticipated album that aims to satisfy true fans that feel a void within quality hip hop music. The album is a wonderful balance of sounds which features artists such as Guilty Simpson (Stones Throw Records), Ty of Ty & Kory, Double K (People Under the Stairs), Ta'Raach (C.R.A.C.), Beloved, and Comel of the group Time Machine. It's balance and well rounded features give listeners something that is often missing from hip hop, and further proves that Shawn Jackson is one of the strongest MCs in the game to date. His swagger, rhyme play, and well thought out content sets a high standard for those that choose to follow.
01. How Ya'll Feel?? 04:14 02. First Of All... 03:10 03. Soopafly (feat. Ty of Ty & Kory) 03:55 04. Fix Ya Face 03:28 05. Traveling Salesmen (feat. Comel of Time Machine) 01:16 06. Gold Medal Kids (feat. Beloved & Comel of Time Machine) 04:40 07. Backstage 02:32 08. Strategies (feat. Guilty Simpson) 03:54 09. Go There With You (feat. Ty of Ty & Kory) 03:49 10. Feelin' Jack 04:16 11. Countdown 04:43 12. Hate Down 02:29 13. Maan Up! (feat. Taraach & Big Tone) 03:34
Peep two music videos off the hot album "First Of All..." Dope ish!!!! don't sleep on this dude!
1. Preview 2. Enough 3. Ball Of Fire 4. Doy 5. True Blue 6. Ahhh
*a-FILI-ated* I wasn't gonna post this but I know a lot of you were feeling the album... I hope some of you bought that shit?!... like I did!! Anyways, here it is... the EXCLUSIVE bonus cd containing 6 bangers from Theory & Vintage... Enjoy! Shouts to Chilla Killa for gettin' at me, this one's for you!
01. Queens Get The Money (Produced by Jay Electronica) 2:11 02. You Can’t Stop Us Now (feat. Eban Thomas of The Stylistics & The Last Poets) (Produced by Salaam Remi) 3:04 03. Breathe (Produced by J. Myers & Dustin Moore) 3:33 04. Make The World Go Round (feat. Chris Brown & The Game) (Co-produced by Cool & Dre & The Game) 3:48 05. Hero (feat. Keri Hilson) (Produced by Polow Da Don) 3:59 06. America (Produced by Stargate) 3:50 07. Sly Fox (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez) 4:22 08. Testify (Produced by Mark Batson) 2:44 09. N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master) (Produced by DJ Toomp) 4:32 10. Louis Farrakhan (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez) 2:50 11. Fried Chicken (feat. Busta Rhymes) (Produced by Mark Ronson) 2:49 12. Project Roach (feat. The Last Poets) (Produced by Eric Hudson) 1:47 13. Ya’ll My Niggas (Produced by J. Myers) 4:15 14. We’re Not Alone (feat. Mykel) (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez) 5:38 15. Black President (feat. Johnny Polygon) (Produced by DJ Green Lantern) 4:27
Nas & DJ Green Lantern - The Nigger Tape (2008)
1. Intro 2. Gangsta Rap (Remix) (Prod. by DJ Green Lantern) 3. Cops Keep Firing (Prod. By DJ Green Lantern) 4. Hero (Prod. by Polow Da Don) 5. Black President (Prod. By Dj Green Lantern) 6. Association (feat. and Prod. by stic.man of Dead Prez) 7. Legendary (Mike Tyson) (Prod. by Salaam Remi) 8. Ghetto (Remix) feat. Joell Ortiz (Prod by DJ Green Lantern 9. Seen It All (Green Mix) 10. Esco Let’s Go (Full Song).(Prod. by Dj Khallil) 11. N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master) (Prod by DJ Toomp) 12 “Be A Nigger Too” (Remix) feat Dante Hawkins (Prod. by DJ Green Lantern) 13. Surviving the times (Original Cool and Dre Version) 14. Nas Timeline mixed by Statik Selektah (Nararated by Nas) 15. Outro feat. Richard Pryor
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)
*a-FILI-ated* 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)
The LP is a collaboration between North Philadelphia emcee iCON The Mic King, and Eastern Connecticut producer Chum The Skrilla Guerilla. The album borrows its title from the 80's TV series 'Jake and the Fatman', and although it doesn't stay fused to the theme too strongly, after you've heard the album it won't matter.
One thing that became apparent to me upon listening to this is how much iCON has grown since the 'Intricate Spectrum EP'. His delivery and flow are more polished, witnessed as he effortlessly cuts through each track on this album. Of course iCON doesn't get all the credit here, Chum (best known for producing Apathy's album 'Eastern Philosophy') provides solid tracks for iCON to run around with memorable lyrics. iCON is a complete emcee. Whether you want punchlines ("I'm unbeatable, not even my memory serves me correctly"), food for thought ("Here she is homeless, former smoker and battered wife/ Yeah her appetite for love, and hope is magnified/ She's broke but not broken, life pumps under her skin/ A businessman spits in her hands, "Change comes from within"/ With that saliva in her palms/ And delight in her heart/ She prayed "For your sake I hope you know how right that you are"), storytelling (See 'Mike and the Fatman'), or just good old-fashioned bragging ("When God met me he went through an identity crisis"), he's got all bases covered. So to the end this review I'm going to quote one more line from him, if you find yourself in agreeance, odds are you'll like this album too...
"In my world if you suck, it's a sin to emcee" *Review taken from amazon - he's right on the ball with this review, album is supa dope!!!
1. Modus Operandi 2. Speaks For Itself 3. Born Alone Die Alone 4. Madman 5. All Points Bulletin 6. Mike And the Fatman 7. Master of the Universe 8. On Hold 9. Poverty feat. Blue Raspberry 10. Law & Order feat. Killah Priest *All tracks produced by Chum The Skrilla Guerilla
1. Queens Get The Money 2. You Can't Stop Us Now (feat. Eban Thomas) 3. Breathe 4. Middle Finger (feat. David Banner) 5. Hero (feat. Keri Hilson) 6. Association (feat. stic.man) 7. Sly Fox (Produced by stic.man) 8. Testify 9. N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave & The Master) 10. Nigger Hatred 11. Be A Nigger Too 12. Fried Chicken (feat. Busta Rhymes) (Produced by Mark Ronson) 13. Esco Lets Go (Produced by DJ Khalil) 14. I'm On (feat. Cool) (Produced by Cool & Dre) 15. We're Not Alone (feat. Mykel) 16. Black President (feat. Johnny Polygon) (Produced by DJ Green Lantern) 17. Smokin' 18. War Is Necessary
Tracks 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,12,15 & 16 are official album tracks Tracks 4,6,10,11,13,14,17 & 18 are exclusive non-album cuts from various mixtapes and other sources!
01. The Greatest Warrior (Prod. by Illmind) 02. Don't Take It Personal (feat. Darien Brockington) (Prod. by Analogic) 03. 3 Kings (feat. Torae & Skyzoo) (Prod. by Analogic) 04. HPNY (Prod. by Khrysis) 05. Angie (Prod. by Khrysis) 06. Everything Ain't Easy (feat. Charlie Smarts) (Prod. by Foolery) 07. Understanding (feat. Darien Brockington & Percy Miracles) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) 08. Gone (feat. Jean Grae) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) 09. Told You That (feat. Torae) (Prod. by Khrysis) 10. Can I Live (Prod. by Khrysis) 11. Carnage (feat. Emilio Rojas & MAG) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) 12. Selfish (feat. Joe Scudda & Jozeemo) (Prod. by Illmind) 13. Submission (feat. Skyzoo & Sean Price) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) 14. We Are Here (feat. G.O.D., Sha Stimuli & DV Alias Khryst) (Prod. by D-1)
Chaundon has been coming up for years and this marks his official debut. Featuring all of the Justus League members you would expect (9th, Khrysis, Torae) and more, (Skyzoo, Jean Grae, Illmind, etc.)
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
*a-FILI-ated* 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...
1. We Comin' For Ya feat. Popa Chief, K-Blunt & Precherman 2. Brooklyn Zu 3. Do It For feat. Popa Chief, K-Blunt & Ol' Dirty Bastard 4. Blood Is Love 5. Cold World feat. 5 Foot Hyper Sniper 6. Knock Knock feat. GZA 7. Eat Ya Food feat. Killah Priest & Masta Killa 8. Baby 9. Pass The Mic feat, Chi-King & Felicia Ray 10. Party With The Zu feat. Preacherman 11. Get Dirty Some Beers (skit) 12. Pour My Liquor 13. If I Had A Gun feat. Shavo (of System Of A Down) & RZA 14. Put Yo' People's On feat. LaFonda 15. Marvelous feat. Lifestylez & Popa Chief 16. Get That Cheese feat. Captain Midnight & Shyheim 17. So Much 2 Say feat. Free Murda, Willy Gleamz & Allah Real 18. Shut Ya Trap feat. feat. Chi-King & Prodigal Sunn 19. Dirty Outro
Created by one of Hip-Hop’s most unique and beloved characters, the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, the Brooklyn Zu is one of music’s most recognizable names. In the early ‘90’s the Wu-Tang Clan emerged out of the New York City streets and began to shape the face of modern urban music. As a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard began building a group of his own Brooklyn emcees. Five artists combine to make up the Brooklyn Zu clique. These members include 12 O’Clock, Buddha Monk, Shorty Shitstain, Murdoc and The Zoo Keeper.
The Zu is poised to make sure no one forgets ODB or their style of music. The album enrolled many of their Wu-Tang family featuring: Ghostface Killah, the RZA, the GZA, Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn, Shyhiem, 60 Second Assassin and many more. The album also features production by the RZA and more. July 1, 2008 the untamable beast returns to breathe life back into Hip-Hop.
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.
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
*a-FILI-ated* 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!!!
Ivan Ives imports a flowing dose of his Russian roots to the LA hip-hop scene. With Iconoclast, Ives’ second full-length, released under the wings of his own No Threshold imprint, the street-savvy emcee brings an outsider’s view to the Capitalist migraine that dominates so many of hip-hop’s affairs.
The album features a star-studded cast of: Cappadonna (Wu-Tang), the legendary O.C. (D.I.T.C.), 2MEX (Visionaries), Vast Aire (Cannibal Ox) and of course backed by producer, Fresh (The Hitman), who does all the beats on the album.
01. Got It 02. Victory (Feat. Vast Aire) 03. Mad Game 04. Carpe Diem (Feat. 2mex) 05. Olivia Josephs 06. Soul (Feat. O.C.) 07. How It Is 08. The Recipe 09. Honor (Feat. Cappadonna) 10. Worldwide Hits (Feat. Fresh aka Hitman) 11. Lay Low 12. Rap Ethics 13. Revenge 14. Zzyzx Road 15. Life Is A Bitch
*a-FILI-ated* I know this one slipped past many of you, this is as indie as they come, small label, no promotion etc... but when I gave this a listen, the first thing that struck me were the beats! Fresh is a relatively unknown producer but cats should take notice, this dude chops up nice samples, mixing up soul, funk and other sounds to create some head nodding goodness! Ivan is a decent MC, dope guests help to... but check the beats man, I'll post up some more stuff by Fresh soon, for now, check out this banger!!
Peep this video for the dope track "Got It". Video's cheap as hell but you gotta laugh and admire the fact that this is a baaad tune! Producer Fresh comes correct again on the beat, siiick!!
1 Intro 2 Hustle feat. D of K-Otix 3 No Way No How (Remix) feat. Truth Enola 4 The Beatdown feat. Mic of K-Otix 5 Moving Target feat. Headkrack 6 The Drive 7 The Exchange feat. J. Sands of Lone Catalysts 8 A Plan 9 Ransom Note feat. Count Bass D 10 The Dinner 11 Know feat. D-Ology 12 The Sun 13 A New Day (A New Hustle) feat. D of K-Otix 14 Untitled
