Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Basement Demos EP

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Basement Demos EP Ltd '09


All songs recorded between 1990-1991, from sessions "All Souled Out" EP dropped in '91 by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Limited to only 200 copies, this collector's EP will not be repressed.


Side A :
01. "The Midnight Wrecka"
02. "Cool and Calm"

Side B :
01. "Go C.L."
02. "Down To Move Ya Body"
03. "Go With The Flow [Alternate Mix]"

Produced by Pete Rock

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Basement Demos EP

Label : OneLegUp Records

Peace / Salaam

DIAMOND DISTRICT - IN THE RUFF LP

Diamond District - “In The Ruff” (Clean) LP 2009

In The Ruff is the highly anticipated debut album from new DC hip hopgroup “The Diamond District”, created by state veterans Oddisee, X.O.& YU. In The Ruff is the answer for any lover of hip hop who asks thequestion - “Where did that grimy East coast sound go?”

The group was founded by rapper/ producer Oddisee, who has a long listof production & collaboration credits with the likes of Freeway, TalibKweli, Siagon, Little Brother, Trek Life, Charles Hamilton, Jazzy Jeff, BuckShot, Royce the 5′9”, Nikki jean, Muhsinah, J-live, Lil Fame of MOP,Skyzoo and many more. Oddisee’s soulful, haunting samples over bass-heavy beat breaks create the perfect instrumentals for him, XO & YU tomatch with their street savvy, politically conscious lyrics.

In The Ruff is a raw mid-90’s Boom-Bap themed album for the DC state ofmind, destined to appeal to all lovers of hip hop’s golden era, managing totravel back in time and push the boundaries of DC Hip-Hopsimultaneously.

00 Intro
01 Streets Wont Let Me Chill
02 Who I Be
03 Back To Basics
04 I Mean Business
05 Get In Line
06 In The Ruff
07 The Shining (Produced by Dunc)
08 The District
09 Make It Clear
10 Off The Late Night (Produced by Slim kat 78)
11 Let Me Explain
12 First Time

The Album
Diamond District - “In The Ruff” LP (Clean) 2009

Or Grab it Here !

The Album
Diamond District - “In The Ruff” LP (Clean) 2009

Real Ish Boom Bap !!!

Mic Geronimo is back ...

Mic Geronimo is back …



Mic Geronimo est de retour avec son comparse de toujours, j’ai nommé Royal Flush avec un track qui risque de ravir les aficionados de la première heure, ainsi que raviver la flamme du vivier de emcees formant le cartel WASTELANZ.

Comment ne pas évoquer Mic Geronimo sans le Masta I.C., une espèce de fracture dans le temps, comme si Buckwild en saissisant la boucle de Gene Harris avait réussi à créer une brèche en concoctant un beat hypnotique dont la lenteur se fait ressentir, tels les effets secondaires de la codéine, tant adulé par le regretté DJ Screw.



Masta I.C. est arrivé posé comme un OVNI en cette année 95 sur la terre de la Zulu Nation en exposant The Natural, mic gero témoigne d'une époque où le talent primé avant quelconques gimmicks, car Michael Craig McDermon fait partie de cette période où nombreux emcees après avoir écumés 1 ou 2 voir 3 *maxis laissés entrevoir non pas l'espoir mais la possibilité d'un album.

from Mass Movementz : The Album
Mic Geronimo & Royal Flush - Everybody Raps



*Shit's Real (12") '93
*It's Real (12") '94
*Lifecheck (12") '95


Peace / Salaam

FREDDIE HUBBARD - A JAZZ GIANT

Freddie Hubbard - A Jazz Giant 1938-2008



Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard passed away in L.A. [december 29] – one of the most prolific trumpeters in the bebop, hard bop and modal styles from the 1960s to today -

Hubbard was a sideman to some of jazz’s most recognizable musicians including Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, Dexter Gordon and Wayne Shorter. He also played with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.



Hubbard’s albums as a leader include Open Sesame, which he recorded on the premiere Blue Note record label when he was only 22. Other recordings include the albums Goin’ Up, Hub Cap and arguably his best album, Ready for Freddie.

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R.I.P. Keep Diggin’!


This year 2008 is near finished with some bad news : recession, unemployment is growing, Mid-East still under fire, 8 years of a republican policy (until 2012 here in France). Also sad to see so much people die in total indifference all over the world, by the way I would like to dedicate this last post to all the homeless who die in the streets (especially in Paris at this moment which is very rough) all the families in the lack and last but not least civils and innocent Palestinians which has been strongly victims of a premeditated policy.

I Hope the Year 2009 will be a time for Peace, Unity Love and Having Fun ...

Toujours dans la transiition j'en profite pour dédier ce dernier post à toutes les personnes mortes dans une indifférence totale, celles et ceux qui ont perdus un proche ainsi que les familles dans le besoin ... en espèrant que l'année 2009 se présente sous de meilleurs auspices.

Happy New Year !



Freddie Hubbard "First Light"



Souls Of Mischief "93 Till Infinity"

LORD FINESSE - Rare Selection EP VOL. 2

Lord Finesse - Rare Selection EP vol. 2 '08



The second volume from the Funky Technician is a damn piece !! but let's get back to some recent albums .. I don't know if you have heard the last DITC which is called "The Movement" to speak true that album (unfortunately) sucks !

:: 1st of all I was totally disappointed by the NY's Finest made by the Soul Bro' so I was still waiting for the next D.I.T.C. and when it was released ... oh shit ! 45 sec after listening briefly all the tracks this album was going straight to the garbage .. Oh yeah, i'm dead serious son! I don't know what happened to veterans Hip-hop producers like Lord Finesse and others producers like the Double D (Huge Hefner) & Pete Rock ? althought Pete's treatment has some good points ... only Preemo keeps providing dope beats and stay steady.

The Ups and Downs ↓↑ :

The Ups ↑
Dope

Jewel

& Downs ↓
Bullshit
Average
???

:: 2nd surprise Lord Finesse has recently changed his name into "Finesse" okay ! maybe like Ali Shaheed Muhammad, I guess he's probably in this debate about saying or not saying "Peace God" and not using other words from the ghetto (5% rethorics) that seems to be a blasphemy (see notes from Ali / A.T.C.Q (peace god ?), or maybe he has simply cut short his name.

Anyway, back in the days DITC used to be so tight with those grimey samples & drumbreaks, 10 years after the last opus "Finesse" has replace all the lovely fat kicks/snares by some dumb claps with a poor production ?? ... no evolution in the drum and beat construction - here's sum shit on which you can meditate and knod ya head while waiting for the next "real" piece of the diggin' in the crates crew .

LORD FINESSEの未発表音源をVol. 2の2枚のEPにコンパイル!!!

01. Lord Finesse feat. AG - Fat For The 90’s (Demo Mix)
02. Grand Puba - Untitled
03. Lord Finesse feat. Shel-Rumble & Harry O - Show ‘em How We Do Things (First Session)
04. Big L - Principal Of The New School
05. Lord Finesse feat. Marquee - Awakenings Interlude
06. Lord Finesse - Awakenings Interlude (Instrumental)
07. Caron Wheeler - Soul Street (Funkyman Remix)
Produced by Lord Finesse

Lord Finesse - Rare Selection EP vol. 2

Label : N/A

Peace / Salaam

WHAT'S NEXT ON THE MENU ?

Well my friends, I don't know WTF is goin' on these days but it's getting more and more hard to post sum thingz ... I guess is the lack of time ... After having been graduate last year it seems to me that recently the spot is forsaken since January '08.

Indeed, while working full-time it's difficult to reconcile both (namely my passion for the hip-hop and the job - which is obviously not my main passion). Consequently, I thought on several occasions of stopping the adventure but my love for this culture is too strong. Thus, I will from time to time try to put on line some stuff and give a feedback to the comments if needed.

Peace "I'll be back" like this moth@fuckin Governator !

One

DJ PREMIER - Works Of Mart [Mix-Tape]

Works Of Mart - Penalty Records Promo Mix by DJ Premier



Here’s a gem from 1995. These were given out by Penalty Records to promote artists like Lord Finesse and mixed by none other than DJ Premier. Full audio below for you to savour the flavour...

SIDE A HERE
SIDE B HERE

source : Fat Lace Magazine

ISAAC HAYES ...

ISAAC HAYES (1942-2008) ...



Ain't got no words to explain, so just listen ... The late, great Isaac Hayes performing Burt Bucharach’s & Hal David’s “Walk On By (Single Version)” at Music Scene, 1969

You'll find here some classics from the Black Moses :



Isaac Hayes - Going In Circles





Isaac Hayes - Ike's Moods







Isaac Hayes – Walk on By


Label : H.B.S

Includes :



Biggie Smalls – Warning (Easy Mo Bee)


R.I.P

DOWN TO ERF - LEARN TO EARN

Down to Erf - Learn to Earn



A former member of the soulful Hip-Hop crew named Down to Erf, Mathematik's background embraces almost all the fundamental aspects of hip hop culture. He started out as a dancer in grade 4, evolved as a lyricist, learned to DJ and inspires his audience listen closely to hear his lessons. Pure Math is more than simple equations, it is a philosophy, a language and a perspective based on diverse elements that, when mixed by genius, invites its students and followers to step up their game.

This hip hop pioneer returns as architect of beats and poet who¹s got extraordinary rhythm and flow to continue his trajectory of revolutionary hip hop sound. His tracks throughout the album are reminiscent of the tri-part approach consistent with his past work: words that inform the mind, beats that move the body and a narrative that speaks to the soul.





Down to Erf - Learn to Earn




" Add with that, the solid production and the multiple eye winks to the old school and the whole crate digging culture ! "

... But now I learned to earn cos I'm righteous ... [Rakim Allah]

Peace Y'all Hope you enjoy that shit ... Tight !

D.I.T.C. - UNRELEASED PRODUCTION 1994

D.I.T.C. - Unreleased Production 1994


Probably available on all the good spot, but it's gotta be on hiphopfanatik ... Okay almost of them are unreleased like they say ... except tracks like Terror Tongue -"Lyrical Threat" (released on a D.I.T.C bootleg w/ Molecules "Revenge" prod. by Showbiz ft. Deshawn) and Lord Finesse - "True & Living" + "Check The Method" which was also available on the Excellent Lord 'Ness LP "the Awakening"


01. Fat Joe & Armageddon - Big Apple Gone Rotten
02. Terror Tongue - Lyrical Threat
03. 40oz. & Ahmed - Just One Of Those Days
04. Silky Black - My Style
05. Page - Mass Hysteria
06. 40oz. & Ahmed - Down For The Crown
07. Silky Black - Step Up & Get Some
08. Ghetto Dwellers - Feel The Beat
09. Deshawn - Snakes
10. Fat Joe & Armageddon - Big Apple Gone Rotten (Remix)
11. Lord Finesse - True & Living
12. Lord Finesse - Check The Method
Produced by D.I.T.C.

D.I.T.C. - Unreleased Production '94

Label : N/A

Peace / Salaam

FANATIK's HEAVY ROTATION # 01

FANATIK's HEAVY ROTATION # 01

Here sum shits on heavy rotation, some of them are classics, undercover or slept on mc's ...
peep that shit ! peep that !! Make sure u gotta it

SUM JAZZY SHIT :





Mathematik - Formation








Citizen Kane - Raisin Kane








Milkbone - Keep It Real









Grand Daddy I.U - Represent




Peace

JUST-ICE - History b/w Love Rap 12"

JUST-ICE - History b/w Love Rap [DJ PREMIER] '03



When the oldtimer Just-Ice meets Primo it gives that fuckin' piece ... warm horns and heavy rotation are guaranteed ! Just Listen ... "History" is definitely the most bangin' track, I remember when this shit came out I was buggin' !


A1 History (Street)
A2 History (Clean)
A3 History (Instrumental)
B1 Love Rap (Sample)
B2 Love Rap (Clean)
B3 Love Rap (Instrumental)

Produced by DJ Premier


Label : Fat Beats

original sample (right click / save as)





Joe Tex - Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants

N.B. : sorry for the sample guyz, I'm still lookin' for the original (ain't easy to get hands on ... any helps appreciated THX)

Peace / Salaam