tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18548584717608641902024-03-07T23:09:28.768-08:00top-notch-recordsDope slept on Hip Hop records !!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854858471760864190.post-3192791564857788002013-01-20T03:26:00.003-08:002015-02-22T00:52:52.221-08:00Throw Your Hands Up High !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mad nice white label test press only 12" right here by Bostons very own Big Oh !!!<br />
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While the east coast was at his prime in the mid 90s, Boston was def. dropping some dope shit too in the years of the nine !!!<br />
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If you visit my Blog on the regular or checked out my mixes i did and posted a few years back, you def. will know a joint by M-Slash which was featured on my "Transmittin' Straight From The Other Side Pt. 1" mix !!!<br />
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Well, this test pressing right here was supposed to drop on the same label called Wild Fire Records back in 1996 but sadly never did !!!<br />
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There isn´t much information givin as the labels are blank, but if you take a look at the run-out-grooves it´s def. clear that this 12" was originally created for Wild Fire Records by Big Oh and the names of the tracks included on this 12" are titled "Throw Your Hands Up High" & "Big Oh Rox The World" !!!<br />
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As i stated before, this 12" was supposed to drop in 1996 and isn´t a record you´ll find as there can´t be many around of these (would wonder if a run of 100 copies exist to be true) !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Throw Your Hands Up High":<br />
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LINK EXPIREDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854858471760864190.post-436137719518309922012-10-01T11:02:00.001-07:002015-02-22T00:53:05.412-08:00Da Minds Of Sol !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Incredibly dope independent rap shit outta Philly by a group called Da Minds Of Sol !!!<br />
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Pretty tough to come by and even after finding Haak Filmore it doesn´t seemed to be easier as he wanted some serious cash for his last spares too !!!<br />
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The first time i heard this 12" right here was in the winter months and it had that dark, melancolic vibe to it which is some kind of unique with Da Minds Of Sol production style !!!<br />
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Also, "From The Forthcoming Album Suffa Da Consequenses" written on the labels as well as Black Thought of The Roots backing up the vocals caused some serious discussions to the underground vinyl community !!!<br />
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Is this a demo cassette only release ?<br />
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After Da Minds Of Sol were located and it was clear that "Suffa Da Consequences" was never released on any format it was clear that this needs to be done in any way possible !!!<br />
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Hope was there when youtube videos popped up with Da Minds Of Sol talking about their group, the unreleased Album and Haak Filmore put up some photos of Da Minds Of Sol Anniversary Edition T-Shirts via his Myspace page...but still, nothing happened (yet) !!!<br />
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Anyway, this 12" right here released in 1997 on 5th Dinasty Records, produced by Ill Prodc with the titles "Blinded By Da Light" & "Holocaust Pt. II" is the only official release they put out (if you don´t count their youtube upload of "Guaranteed Raw" as a release) !!!<br />
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Pure dopeness all the way through if you ask me and a real bitch to find !!!<br />
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Absolute incredible underground rap heater outta NYC by a group called Total Chaos !!!<br />
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As you know 1993 was a very good year for underground Hip Hop and a lot of brilliant independent releases such as Sons Of Sam, Lord Aaqil, Massive Ring etc. have been released and this one right here is straight up the same alley !!!<br />
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The 12" was released on Urban Soul Records, produced by Chris "The Black Poet" Wilson and is featuring 2 incredibly dope tracks titled "Whoz Got Da Myk" & "Cum & Get Sum" !!!<br />
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Very though to find piece of wax, so you better keep your eyes open !!!<br />
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Check ot a sample of "Whoz Got Da Myk":<br />
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What we have right here is something for the true Natural Elements heads, Nightbreed !!!<br />
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Nightbreed was founded by none else but one of the original early Natural Elements group members KA after he left the group !!!<br />
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To be true, KA was always one of my favourite members of the original Natural Elements in the early 90s so it was a no brainer to cop this debut 12" by KA & Kev aka Nightbreed titled "2 Roads Out The Ghetto" !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1998 on Fortress Records, produced by Charlemagne and is featuring 3 dope tracks titled "2 Roads Out The Ghetto", "Long Time Coming" & "Ruckus" !!!<br />
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There are some very hot demos around which were played by Stretch & Bobbito back in the days which hopefully will se a quality wax treatment anytime in the near future !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "2 Roads Out The Ghetto":<br />
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Next record up in this place is also a very dope EP which dropped in 1998, this time outta NYC by a group called N.Y. Confidential !!!<br />
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This EP right here is the perfect listening for the cold snowy weather we have outside at the moment !!!<br />
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Brilliant 5 tracker released on Guillotine Records NYC which totally produced by E. Knight and features the titles "Why?", "Rumors Of War", "Backstabbed", "Anger Consumes" & "Me & You" !!!<br />
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There´s also another 12" out by N.Y. Confidential which got released in 2000 on Guilotine Records as well, but to me it´s all about their debut EP right here !!!<br />
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LINK EXPIREDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854858471760864190.post-53446168995002088122012-01-23T11:52:00.000-08:002015-02-22T00:54:27.594-08:00Mr Ruckuz !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mad nice solo debut EP from Baltimores very own Mr Ruckuz !!!<br />
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There aren´t many rap records out there which were released in 1998 or later that are straight up my alley, but this one right here is one big exception !!!<br />
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If you´re a true 90s head, you get everything you wanna hear, Jay Funk Productions at it´s best, Mr Ruckuz spittin verses at his best and last but not least some nice chrous scratching with some of your favourites lines !!!<br />
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There are 6 tracks on this EP titled "The Resurrection", "Chump Change", "Underground Anthem", "Senselezz Murderz", "She Was 19" & "Hung Jury" !!!<br />
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I could tell you a lot about how dope this record is, but to cut a long story short, this solo debut EP by Mr Ruckus titled "The Verdict", released on Madd Versatile Records in 1998 is the shit that you need to get !!!<br />
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Not an easy find, but def. worth it !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Senselzz Murderz":<br />
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LINK EXPIREDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854858471760864190.post-5970637613076668542011-12-18T11:23:00.000-08:002015-02-22T00:54:57.104-08:00Lord Aaqil !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alright, time for one of my favourite slept on Hip Hop 12"s of the early 90s by a guy outta Philly who goes by the name of Lord Aaqil !!!<br />
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This 12" right here titled "Check It Out" is easily one of the best independent Hip Hop 12"s that got put out in 93 and i would have absolutely no problem with naming it with 12"s like Sons Of Sam "Oooh He Got An Afro" & Massive Ring "Middle East" in one breath !!!<br />
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In fact, if this material would have been released on a major label back then it would be in line with all the big hitters like Main Source, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth or Showbiz & A.G., Diamond D etc. !!!<br />
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The 12" contains 5 tracks in total titled "Check It Out", "Kick It Like Dis", "Kid, What´s Ya Name", "Kick It Like Dis RMX" & "Kamillah Story" !!!<br />
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All of the tracks are dope, but "Kid, What´s Ya Name" & "Kick It Like Dis" are the stand out tracks !!!<br />
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Not an easy 12" to find and always seem to fetch a big amount of money on auctions but trust me, it´s worth it !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Kid, What´s Ya Name":<br />
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Alright, you may wonder why the hell is he posting a picture of a Peanut Butter Wolf test pressing when the headline clearly states that this post is about Torontos very own Frankenstein !!!</div>
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Well, it´s simple because Frankenstein (who is most probably known to you) is not only a very talented MC, he´s also a even more talented producer who did a lot of dope remixes and a very dope one for Peanut Butter Wolf "Run The Line RMX" 12" too (which is most probably not known to everyone) !!!</div>
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It´s no secret that Peanut Butter Wolf brought you some of the dopest underground 12"s in the mid to late 90s, in fact he did one of the best late 90s underground rap 12"s when he put out "Run The Line" featuring Rasco and "Undercover" featuring Encore on the flip !!!</div>
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While the "Run The Line" 12" got a official release through Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf was working on a extremly dope follow up remix 12" featuring a mad nice remix of "Run The Line" by DITCs very own Lord Finesse as well as a remix by Mark The 45 King and put a monster remix of Encore "The Undercover" by Frankenstein on the flip !!!</div>
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Sadly only a few test pressings were made (i heard there are only 25 copies in existance similar to the Rass Kass "Jack Frost" test pressing) and the record never got a official release (due to sample clearance) through Stones Throw Records !!!</div>
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There was a picture cover available for the 12" in different colors than the original version which ended up with a sticker reading "This Is NOT A Remix" which was put over the Remix printed on the cover which is featuring the catalog number STH-2010 of this test pressing !!!</div>
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There later was a Japanese pressing of "Run The Line RMX" by Lord Finesse on Copasetik Recordings, but sadly the dope Frankenstein Remix of "The Undercover" was missing on this one !!!</div>
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Back once again with another dope various artist EP outta NYC which goes by the name of Unsigned Artists EP !!!
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Like the <a href="http://top-notch-records.blogspot.com/2007/10/nodyaheadtodis.html">Nodyaheadtodis Vol. 1</a> EP i posted 4 years ago this one right here is a true want list killer on most of the mid 90s independent Hip Hop collectors out there (for a good reason) !!!
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This record is not only extremely dope, it´s also extremely hard to find !!!
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Anyway, the reason to get your hands on a copy of this Unsigned Artists EP for most peeps out there is def. the track "Bullet For A Bullet" by War Click !!!
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It´s not the only dope track, but it´s def. one of the hottest joints from a pretty unknown group which is highly slept on and never had a real deal to release their music through a wider audience !!!
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There are 7 tracks in total on this EP which are performed / titled by War Click "Bullet For A Bullet", Slasher "Cutthroat Island", Open Mic & L.D. "Co-Defendant", Baby Sharks "Legacy Of Pain", Angels Wit Dirty Faces "Angel´s Cipher", Nut & Slick Love "Nutta Butta Baby" & Kim Jackson & Slick Love "Mak'Em Feel It" !!!
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The EP was released in 1996 as a promotional wax only and executively produced by Slick Love, Peter Rueben, Fritz Jean & Charlie Plange !!!
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If you ever get the chance to getyour hands on a copy, you better grab it while you can !!!
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Alright, this is one of those records you put on your turntable and the first thing you think is fuck, this shit is awesome !!!<br />
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The same time you´ll also think that "It Seems Kinda Strange" that these guys never had a breakthrough !!!<br />
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The problem isn´t that they never recorded a whole album of dope material to release (in fact they did), the problem is that nobody seem to recognize them back in the day !!!<br />
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The record i´m talking about right now is by a group outta Washington D.C. which goes by the name of Underachieva´z !!!<br />
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I´ve always been a huge fan of the sound Da Bush Babees had back in the 90s and i really enjoyed both albums they did to the fullest because it´s simply quality material from start to finish !!!<br />
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You may wonder why i´m talking about Da Bush Babees right now, well, it´s simple because the first time i heard this record right here i was kicked back to the time when i heard Da Bush Babees for the very first time !!!<br />
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This record right here which was only available as a test pressing was givin away for demo shopping and promoting purposes in 1996 and is featuring 2 absolutely dope tracks in total titled "D.C. Rocks" & "Ya Betta Believe" !!!<br />
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While the A Side "D.C. Rocks" comes through with a heavy bass line and some rougher vibe, the B Side "Ya Betta Believe" comes a bit more smooth with some kind of Brooklyn-Jamaican vibe to it similar to Da Bush Babees back then !!!<br />
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There also was a cassette out by the Underachieva´z back in 1996 which is featuring 6 tracks of their unreleased album "It Seems Kinda Strange", but sadly this test pressing right here is the only wax they put out !!!<br />
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It´s def. not that type of record you´ll come across in a record store or something like that because there can´t be many around of this test pressing (i wouldn´t wonder if only a hand full exist), but it´s def. worth looking for and if you ever get the chance to buy a copy of it you better grab it while you can !!!<br />
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Anyway, this 12" right here is def. one of the best and most slept on Hip Hop records which is out there from the 90s and the whole package is absolutely Top Notch !!!<br />
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Sterling (official) debut 12" by none else but North Bronx Alliance very own Aiello Wilson outta the Bronx NYC !!!<br />
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As part of the North Bronx Alliance, Aiello recorded another 12" before this record right here which was (sadly) only available as a Test Pressing and<br />
<a href="http://top-notch-records.blogspot.com/2008/11/north-bronx-alliance.html">got reviewed on my Blog</a> over 2 1/2 years ago already (if you like to check out as well) !!!<br />
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Nevertheless the North Bronx Alliance 12" got shelved, Aiello managed to drop this absolutely dope official debut 12" right here titled "Black Soil" on Chase Records in 1997 (which is featuring the North Bronx Alliance and was produced by Rob Dinero too btw) and pressed up a small batch of 300 copies !!!<br />
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Like i mentioned in the North Bronx Alliance post already, Aiello became pretty close beeing signed with Rawkus Records back in 1997, but sadly this never happened !!!<br />
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Last thing i heard from Aiello is that he´s trying to press up some wax of the previously unreleased demos Stretch & Bobbito played back in the 90s !!!<br />
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Hope you dig what you hear and keep looking for that dope stuff !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Black Soil":
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Incredibly dope debut release by Reckanize & Mr. Sta Puff outta Brooklyn NYC !!!<br />
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Not much info about those guys beside that they released this incredible 12" titled "Hip Hop Don´t Stop" in 1996 on Bedroom Beats which is produced by 7th Sunn, G-Clef & Pedro Sime !!!<br />
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2 dope joints on this one right here titled "Hip Hop Don´t Stop" & "Massive Weight" which is featuring BAC, Strippoker & Tequila !!!<br />
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Mad nice debut 12" right here by NYCs very own Kapone which got him signed a deal with Penalty Records only to release another 12" and get lost in the archive afterwards !!!<br />
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I never understood why Penalty Records only released one 12" by Kapone and not a whole album but the fact they never did makes this debut record right here another case of a dope, slept on artist which never got the shine he deserves !!!<br />
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The debut 12" right here titles "Who´s Blowing Up Far Rockaway Queens" was released in 1994 on Project Sound, produced by Koors and is featuring 3 dope tracks in total titled "Who´s Blowing Up Far Rockaway Queens", "Never Slumber" & "In The Mix" which is featuring another artist named Fags !!!<br />
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Back atcha with the realness and a totally slept on group outta San Diego which goes by the name of LPSD (Lyrical Prophets Strictly Dope) !!!<br />
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Some of you will know LPSD because of the thankfully done reissue of "Back Atcha" on Armory Records !!!<br />
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Well, before Armory Records did a reissue of "Back Atcha" in 2004, this was a test press only 12" released in 1995 on Angel Trax Records !!!<br />
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Ok, i bet most of you will say if this is available as a good sounding, legit reissue, why the hell should i be look out for this very hard to find test pressing !?<br />
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The answer is because of the absolutely insane b side track titled "Insane Nigga" which can only be found on this test pressing right here !!!<br />
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I remember the first time i heard "Insane Nigga" i was totally blown away and knew i had to get this freaking beast of a test pressing which was without a doubt one of the hardest records to find ever !!!<br />
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I´m not sure how many copies were pressed back in 1995, but i could bet that there can´t be more than 100 (if not less) !!!<br />
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I hope you guys enjoy the snippet and keep looking for that dope stuff !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Insane Nigga":<br />
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Mixtape time, this time the mix i´m posting really was available as a tape and not a digital file only !!!<br />
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This Mixtape right here was my first solo Mixtape i put out ever (well, the tapes i recorded live for friends in the mid 90´s while practice don´t count, seriously) when i still was playing out on the regular and was running with my old turntablism crew Unique Techniques from 1998-2003 !!!<br />
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Some of you may know this tape from other sites, but i decided to put it on my Blog as well cause i still feel this tape years and years after i put it out and think it has to be a part of my Blog as well !!!<br />
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For those of you who don´t know this one, i hope you enjoy the listen and please feel free to drop a comment !!!<br />
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Check out Bibow "Wreckin' Shit" Side A right here:<br />
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LINK EXPIREDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854858471760864190.post-20850760712366793442010-12-24T01:02:00.001-08:002015-02-22T00:57:32.068-08:00X-Mas Special: The Sons Of Sam Story !!!<a href="http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/top-notch-records/IMG_1498.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/top-notch-records/IMG_1498.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 450px;" /></a><br />
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Wassup !?<br />
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Another year is gone and as you guessed it already it´s time for another X-Mas special on my Blog !!!<br />
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I hope ya´ll enjoyed the ALPS Cru story i posted 2 years ago and were able to get a bit more info and knowledge about the Cru !!!<br />
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This time you get another very informative read from none else but The Xav of the Sons Of Sam !!!<br />
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The Sons of Sam started putting beats and rhymes together in 1992. We had a Casio<br />
SK5 and a turntable. The Casio had a 1 second sampler, no time to do anything with, so we had to put the record we wanted to sample from on 45 and spin it with our finger and listen real close for the part we wanted to sample to come up. Perfect loops every time.<br />
It would freak people out who we got clean loops like that. We finally we ended up getting an Ensoniq EPS in 92. The best machine in the world to me. We do and did everything on that machine. Today I use an Ensoniq ASR 10 but we still got the same EPS and they work perfectly. The name goes like this; Samson, now known as Pa-kid, and myself, The Xav, are brothers. Our father was called Sam the snake man so we easily thought of S.O.S. Most people didn’t get why we chose that name because they<br />
related it to the killer, David Burkowitz. Coincidentally, David is our fathers given name. So we had to explain to people that we kill the beats with rhymes. It was a perfect fit. My middle name is Xavier so Xav came about from Charles Blake (rip) a fellow MC who I used to DJ for around 84-85 and Samson is as simple as Sam’s son. I started writing rhymes in 1986 after hearing Rakim and Check out my Melody. Before that I was a Scratching, Breaking and riding BMX bikes. I didn’t like any of the rap that I was hearing before that so when I heard Rakim, it was a weird feeling of being attracted to this song and the flow. The voice was hypnotizing. I was hooked and started writing and trying cadences and flows like Rakim. Over time I found my own voice, style and character. Samson and I were always individual writers and were more lyrically skilled than other local rappers we were hearing. Our beats were also strong. We just decided to get together for a song called Ooooohhh he got an afro while we were rocking twelve inch afros. There was this one time when I put a ruler in my hair and it almost disappeared.<br />
So it was close to 12 inches. We recorded the song at Up & Up in New Jersey. Megahurtz, who got his identifying shine on the sound bombing project and producer of several tracks for Busta Rhymes, was one of our engineers. He was also producing at the time and he and Samson use to trade beat ideas. Deciding to put the afro song out as a single we needed another song for the B side so it came down to two songs; Rising Son and Charisma. Rising Son was a solo track by Samson. It was the first song that was recorded in the studio but I don’t think he was feeling it for the single so Charisma was chosen. We used to sleep with pen and pad next to the bed so if we woke up in the middle of the night with lyrics on our mind, we could put it down. I wrote and produced Charisma in 2 days after dreaming of the lyrics and the cadence as it all came together over a simple drum loop and a flashed/played/fingered base line. Production wise we were experimenting with a lot of samples and sounds. Sampling drum hits and creating custom drum kits was challenging and nobody was doing it as much as we were at the time. If you listen to the ep that was released by Vinyl Addicts, the original unreleased material from 93, you’ll notice that none of those sounds were heard before. The only tracks with recognizable sounds are Charisma for the drum loop, Afro remix for it’s drum loop and it may be one other. But everybody was just looping the same drum patterns you heard on every rap record played on the radio and in the hood. We programmed and tapped out our drums. We were always going against the grain with everything we did. There were a few rappers from Delaware who stood out. Grand G was one of them and I was influenced by him in some way to make flawless tracks. His sound was like a NYC veteran. There were others of course. Everybody was good, don’t get me wrong, but not everything is of interest to me. I’m very critical when it comes to that kind of stuff. So when the record was made I figured out how to get distribution through record pools.<br />
There was no money in it but with a 300 piece pressing, it was good to get the buzz needed and press more if we had too. Funk-o-mart, was one of the stores in Philly that took the record on consignment. There was also Armands. I don’t remember what other stores took it on consignment but it wasn’t about that for me at the time. It was about making noise and getting enough attention to bait the labels.<br />
In 1993 we recorded 12 songs for the album and had the owner of Up & Up going to bat with labels for us after he heard the material and felt we had potential. He would give us free studio time to redo the songs and make them hype for...”a hit”. Not feeling the direction, he suggested we make new songs so we went back in the lab. We got up in the morning, kept a box of corn flakes cereal next to the machines for breakfast and banged out new tracks to shop. We probably went through a giant box of cereal in a day. We made 12 complete new songs in about two weeks. Beats and rhymes. We mixed them, sent them to him, he went to bat and we waited. Nothing happened for months and we started getting frustrated and restless and burned out from writing and producing so much in so little time. I realized that this was the pressure that can do a rapper in. I could feel the pressure of creating a dope sophmore project after the first project was real and not forced. The songs were great nevertheless. The good news was that there was an interest from some of the labels but we didn’t really know who they were. The bad news was that we needed to make more songs. Something more hype, something for the future because by the time we would get a deal the songs would be three years old. At least that’s what the owner of the studio thought. By that time we were so far ahead of what was going on, I still don’t think people have caught up yet. We didn’t pay attention to what we were doing as writers. It was actually building consistency and I think that’s why we still get down to this day the way we do.<br />
In 1994, a year after the record came out and we were sitting on about 40 complete tracks, we won an award for the best rap group in the Delaware valley. The Delaware Valley Music Poll Awards was an annual music competition that celebrated local musicians and groups. Thinking this award would give us more label attention and public interest, we prepared for a ride that never came.<br />
Long story short, I got tired of doing all the footwork and spending the money and frustrated with bullshit passing us by. And not knowing where to go after that award thing didn’t turn out anything because it was so political, I took a break from S.O.S. I still continued to write rhymes but got more into Breaking, photography and writing.<br />
1996 brought me to a new writing style and having fun, letting go and not being so serious about music was now my focus. I set up studio time at D&D, a major underground studio that housed Gang Starr, Jeru, Onyx, Diamond D and even Jay Z.<br />
The engineers were credible and I felt this was were we needed to be so we could get the attention of some major producers and rappers. I became friends with Easy D, an engineer of the studio and former rapper himself. He would give me prime time slots and a cheap rate and I started recording as a solo artist. The man with the glass eyes was my first solo project recorded there and it was a shit talking track. I brought Samson in with me when I recorded it and the vibe was so dope, I decided to get back in it again. Technique and Big Deal were the new tracks we recorded. We changed the name to Wry Penmen as we started to notice everybody was a Son of something. They weren’t going to come close to this name. It would be a representation of our new sounds. By this time Samson is called Pa-kid and I’m still Xav but go by ZNo-Zeen in the B-boy world. It was time to play with characters and have fun with the game. I started going by Henry Bemis and Archie Rays as well as Xav and Z-no-Zeen.<br />
And they could all rhyme differently than the next.<br />
We recorded a ridiculous amount of songs, solo and together. The man with the glass eyes was distributed in Australia as an ep disc. Then it was distributed in California as a 10 track disc with my solo cuts and production by Pa-kid.<br />
In 1998 I ended up working as a photographer for Rap Pages, Blaze and Vibe for about a solid year then went on the road as a Breaker. To this day I’m still on the road as a Breaker. I create theatre shows with the form and incorporate my rhymes in the work.<br />
It’s getting more attention than the work I did before so it keeps me on the edge of creating Hip Hop theatre so to speak. I’ve done that for the last 15 years. I never stopped writing or making beats. In fact I got a new untitled solo project that is super raw and edgy. Back to the beats, loops and rhymes again. It’s fun again. I’m creating some dope ass DIY videos for the songs and creating a film from all of them about a 40 year old rapper still trying to make it and a half ass A&R who tries to get back in the game after being black listed. They become good friends and help each other realize who they are.<br />
But in any case the videos are for the songs I’m doing now. 15 songs and skits no longer than 2 minutes long. The attention span of a lot of people today is only about 2 seconds long and the music I hear is boring and don’t really take any skill to produce.<br />
So I’m joining them but with all my skills from the past. It’s just magnified and mature now and comparable to anything out there today. Underground and mainstream. What ever that is supposed to mean. Pa-kid is still making tracks and is still a monster. We talk about the state of the music today and keep it moving. It’s just fuel for the fire. I live in Hollywood so when I visit the east coast we get up and make some songs if I got time but we always write and pass off ideas and what we’ve come up with to each other.<br />
I can go on for years about a lot of things that happened along the way but the most important thing is that we still make good music and it’s still original shit and gets better every time we put pen or pencil to pad, paper, post it note, napkin, back of a receipt, on a parking ticket or a bill, which ever one is closer.<br />
There has been a lot of support from Chris at Diggers Wit Gratitude, Bibow who turned everybody on to each other, Buddah who stands up for the little left out man who loves genuine rap shit and Maze of Vinyl Addicts who just don’t stop. With the project I’m working on now, I’m hoping to generate an interest in picking it up or slinging it to the fans. It’s a dope project and relaxed in the way I’ve been able to put it together. I’m just writing what ever I feel like writing and smashing down any stereo types about rappers from the 80’s and 90’s sound too out of date and have lost it. It aint happening here! I promise you that! It may have if I tried to play the radio/mainstream game but that shit is all cosmetic and patch work. No real foundation for longevity. It’s made in the moment, played in the moment and will stay in the moment.<br />
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I hope ya´ll enjoyed the read and wish ya´ll merry X-Mas and a happy new year !!!<br />
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Peace & One Love,<br />
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Do you guys know the feeling of going on a long way to work and can´t listen to the same tracks on your way day by day again ?</div>
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Well, i was at that point not long ago and took the time to see what kind of stuff i´ve got left to listen to on my way to work i´m not tired off !!!</div>
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It happened that i found a mix i was working on in the early 2000s somewhere after i did my "Wreckin' Shit" mixtape (for those of you who know) but sadly seems like i lost the multitracks for that one (sadly) !!!</div>
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I gave it a try and thought it pretty much fits to the sound i´m doing right now under Top-Notch-Productions (mainly 90´s independent Hip Hop) !!!</div>
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Now i had to decide, delete this mix because of the unmastered sound and the fact i misplaced the multitracks to finish or upload it for you guy to listen to it as well !?</div>
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So here you go guys, this was planned to be the next mixtape after my "Wreckin' Shit" tape and was planned to be released under the name "Mr. Morbid" !!!</div>
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Like i mentioned before the sound isn´t mastered properly but i think the mix does have it´s moments and pretty much fits into my recent sound scheme !!!</div>
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Hope you enjoy the unfinished Bibow "Mr. Morbid" mix:</div>
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Today we have a mad nice piece of plastic outta NYC by a group called Bound E! Hunters !!!<br />
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This 12" right here got me bugged out several times cause it was a real pain in the ass to get my hands on a copy (and was without a doubt one of my biggest wants) !!!<br />
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The Bound E! Hunters consist of the members Con Rock Hard, Pay Juan & Cypher Born (who joined the group after this 12" right here) !!!<br />
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They (sadly) only put out this 12" right here which is totally loaded and packed with dope shit to the fullest including some straight butta flowing lyrics over some absolute Top Notch productions !!!<br />
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There are 3 tracks in total on this killer 12" titled "Breakitdown", "Whatz-Happinin" & "Da Hunters" which are all absolutely off the hook !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1994 on Bleecker Street Records and is produced by Con Rock Hard !!!<br />
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If you´re ever be able to find a copy of this killer 12" right here anywhere i suggest you should better grab it while you can !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Da Hunters":<br />
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Next round with an incredible highly slept on release outta Queens NYC by a group called Trybal-Men !!!<br />
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This shit is really Top Notch, they put out 2 records including 4 tracks in total and each track they put out is a winner !!!<br />
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The first appearance by Trybal-Men was on a split artist EP titled "Survival Series 11355" and got followed directly by this dope 12" right here titled "Down Like That" !!!<br />
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While the main title "Down Like That" was already featured on the dope "Survival Series 11355" EP, the flip side of this 12" right here titled "Greenary" is what you´re looking for, trust me !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1996 on Mr. Eggs Records, produced by B.G. Skillz for Paul Sea Productions & Sur and is featuring 2 amazingly dope tracks in total titled "Down Like That" & "Greenary" !!!<br />
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This 12" right here seems to be a bit more tricky to get your hands on within the last 2 years, so if you get your chance to grab one you better do it while you can !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Greenary":<br />
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Time for another banger by a group which goes by the name of Constant Deviants !!!<br />
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This release right here is their debut 12" titled "Competition Catch Speed Knots" !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1996 on Vestry Records, produced by Dj Cutt and is featuring the track "Competition Catch Speed Knots" in 4 different versions !!!<br />
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Constant Deviants recorded a whole album back then which has (sadly) never seen the light of the day (until later this year if everything works out fine) !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Competition Catch Speed Knots":<br />
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Today we have another dope artist outta Queens NYC who goes by the name of Bee Why !!!<br />
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Bee Why dropped a whole lot of underground bombs in the mid to late 90´s (in the form of 4 dope 12"s) but sadly never had the chance to present his high quality rap skills to a large audience in form of a full lenght album on a major label (there only was a small CD release 3 years ago which in my opinion got slept on as well) !!!<br />
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Anyway, the 12" i´m blogging about today is his debut 12" titled "The Boros" !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1997 on Wolfpak Entertainment, is produced by Gee The Nutty Professor (who is no one else than Ayatollah before he became big) and is featuring the track "The Boros" in 4 different versions !!!<br />
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If you ask me i would say that all of his 12"s are dope stuff and worth checking for !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "The Boros":<br />
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Time to drop another bomb outta Brooklyn NYC !!!<br />
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This one right here is the Brooklyn House Compilation on Solid Noize Records from 1998 and like all other Brooklyn based various artist compilations i posted, it´s a record you shouldn´t pass by if you come across a copy !!!<br />
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The whole EP is produced by Rob Da' Noize Temple for Solid Noize Entertainment and is featuring a whole lot of dope MC´s called Dirty Able, Alpyne, Skyy, Mello-Dramatic, Dirty 730, Usual Suspect presenting 6 dope tracks in total titled "Shorty", "Throw Em Up", "Anybody", "Ghetto Life, "Brooklyn Revolution" & "Killer Instinct" !!!<br />
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All tracks on here are fire so you better keep you eyes open !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Anybody":<br />
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What we have right here is a mad nice 12" outta the Bronx NYC by Cover (The Child Of Destruction) !!!<br />
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Even if this one had a lot of shine on mixtapes back in the day, it´s still a record the mass wasn´t able to get cause there (sadly) never was a full album by cover on a bigger label !!!<br />
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Cover had a few more 12"s out, but to me it´s all about this bangin' debut 12" titled "Underground Flow" !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1995 on Embassy Records, produced & featured by Michelo for Sound Piers Production & is featuring 2 absolutely dope tracks in total titled "Underground Flow" & "Underground Flow RMX" !!!<br />
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While the main cut "Underground Flow" is a bit more rough than the "Underground Flow RMX" on the flip side, the "Underground Flow RMX" is still a notch better than the regular version in my opinion (which doesn´t mean that the regular version isn´t good) !!!<br />
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Anyway, i consider this one as a must have for any certified 90´s underground Hip Hop vinyl fiend and if you haven´t copped a copy of that one already you better do it now !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Underground Flow RMX":<br />
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Very nice late 90´s Hip Hop outta New York by a group called Dirty Face Angels !!!<br />
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Dirty Face Angels released two dope 12"s in 1999 on Fat Stache Entertainment titled "Actin' Up" & "It´s Not A Game" which are both Top Notch !!!<br />
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This one right here is the "Actin' Up" 12" which is produced by Dat Nigga Reg and is featuring 2 absolutely dope tracks titled "Actin' Up" & "MOElogical" !!!<br />
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Both Dirty Face Angels 12"s are hella dope and def. something you should grab if you´re able to !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "MOElogical":<br />
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Next round with another NYC banger by a group from Harlem called BBO Enterprises !!!<br />
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This 12" right here is their debut and (to my knowledge) only 12" BBO put out !!!<br />
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The 12" was released in 1996 on BBO Enterprises, produced by Futuristic and is featuring 3 dope tracks in total titled "Get Rude", "Dayz Lik This" & "Pose A Threat" !!!<br />
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Like already said, this is a very solid 12" overall but one track (in my opinion) is pretty outstanding and goes by the title of "Dayz Lik This" !!!<br />
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Check out a sample of "Dayz Lik This":<br />
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