Carson City Kings

There isn't a great deal I can say about the Boo-Yaa Tribe except they're west coast hip hop royalty. Maybe not to in many peoples heads, but in mine. I grew up in the era when Boo-Yaa dropped 'New Funky Nation' (I know you remember the 'Raid' video) but when these crazy Piru ex-gangbanging Samoans (quit gangbanging in 1987 after their young brother 'Youngman' was shot and killed) released their second album 'Doomsday' with that gangsta mentality to it, they became one of my favourites. The Tribe consists of Samoan brothers, Ganxsta Ridd, Kobra, Monsta O (O.M.B.), Godfather, Murder One, E.K.A. and Gawtti who joined later. They had another album called 'Good Times, Bad Times' that was meant to come out in '92 that was never released, I think most of the tracks ended up on 'Doomsday'. Boo-Yaa also released 'Mentally Disturbed in '96.

Boo Yaa Tribe featured on Cypress Hills 'Hole In The Head', a track on Kid Frosts 'East Side Story'. In '92 Boo-Yaa Tribe did a track for the soundtrack of 'White Men Cant Jump' (soundtrack called 'White Men Cant Rap') called 'Area Code 213'. In '93 they teamed up with Faith No More for the Judgement Night soundtrack with the metal/rap track, 'Another Body Murdered' (track was better than the movie). In '95 the album 'Ocupation Hazardous was released, I have the vinyl which goes under the banner 'Ganxsta Ridd & The Otha Side' and Emvee has the cd version that goes by the 'Boo-Yaa Tribe' banner... fuck knows?


They dropped an album called 'Angry Samoans in 1997 which was a heavy metal album and returned with the hip hop album 'Mafia Lifestyle' in 2000 and 'West Koast Nostra' in 2003. Ganxsta Ridd did feature on Caz' album 'Goin Head Up' in 2002 and on 'Legends' from the 'True Crime soundtrack (also appeared on West Koast Nostra). It's a rare thing to hear a Boo-Yaa Tribe feature on someones album. The Boo-Yaa Tribes history isn't the average background of a hip hop crew, their music career started in Japan as the 'Blue City Crew' before returning to the U.S. to start their Boo-Yaa Tribe career (which stands for Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire) I've read stories about them getting in a gun fight with Tone Loc after a music awards night and that classic story of Dee Barnes hiring Boo-Yaa to get Dr Dre after Dre beat on Dee for playing that Ice Cube, NWA diss to NWA when they were on her show. I'm eagerly awaiting the new album by Ganxsta Ridd and Regime member, Monsta Ganjah called 'wesperados' that will be dropping in the coming months.

Here's footage of the Boo Yaa Tribe (then known as the Blue City Crew) from the 1983 Rainbow West Coast hip hop documentary 'Breakin' N Enterin' (best documentary ever made and also features Ice T, Egyptian Lover and Chris The Glove Taylor)

Boo-Yaa Tribe MP3's:
Boo-Yaa Tribe - Area Code 213 (1992 from White Men Can't Rap)
Boo-Yaa Tribe and Faith No More - Another Body Murdered (1993 from Judgement Night)
Boo-Yaa Tribe - Gang Related (1994 from Doomsday)
Boo-Yaa Tribe - Chilling On The West Side (1995 from Occupation Hazardous)
Caz ft Ganxsta Ridd - N A Real Way (2002 from Goin Head Up
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Ice T - Return Of The Real (Original Version)

Alotta Ice T fans rate 96' 'Return Of The Real', one of Ice's worst albums, I personally find it up there with his best. It's got alotta hard tracks like 'They Want Me Back In' and 'The Lane' and has dope production by Rhyme Poetic Mafias JEL. Recently I was shocked with the news that back before Priority/RSR released the album there was actually another version put forward to the label that got turned back. A label called 'Boo Muzick' has the rights to the original version and has 500 individually numbered promo copies in circualation. EMVEE is the proud owner of number119.

If you have ever heard DJ Aladins, '$port Your Vest In The West' compilation you'd be familiar with the dope Ice T & L.P. track 'Down With Us', well this is the album it was originally intended for. It also contains a different intro and another 7 tracks that differ from the final version, although one track has the same lyrics to a track that made the final version with a completely different beat, and I'm way too lazy to check which track that is at the minute.

This post is for any Ice T fan who like me a couple of months back was oblivious to this existing. and now can click a button and hear some dope tracks that has evaded us for over a decade. Note, the tracks I put up are all the tracks that didn't make the final cut, the promo version still has another 5 tracks but are on the final version.

Ice T MP3's:
File # 143 (Intro)
To Live And Die In L.A.
Groups Of Ghetto Bastards
Press Your Luck
Down With Us
Here I Go Again
Ballin Bitch I Knew
Fuck That Shit
Victim Of The Criminal Zone
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Insane Poetry - Fallen From Grace

First up sorry for the lack of posts (or none for that matter) over the last 4 weeks. Between Emvee's uni, me catching up on some tax returns, us going interstate for a small holiday, trying to organize some more important shit etc, there's been no time to do anything on the net except check my emails and myspace.

For anyone who knows the deal about Insane Poetry (and you should if you've been checking us out for a while) you'd would know that Cyco is not to be fucked with when it comes to murdering a mic, well after a long wait since the 2003 'Faith In Chaos' comes his new album 'Fallen From Grace'. Seriously I would never ever even think about promoting someones album on here or anywhere for that matter that I didn't think was a crazy fuckin' hard album. I've heard 9 tracks from this so far and have my copy hitting my letter box any day now, every single track is hard and real and is no doubt Insane Poetry at its best. Both the lyrics and the production are top notch.

I've chucked up 1 track from the album, 'Can You Feel My Pain' this track is sick but I've heard 3 or 4 tracks from 'Fallen From Grace' that are better (for me anyway), but seems as this was the track that Cyco put on his myspace for download that's the only one I feel comfortable putting up ('Heat' and 'Heartless' are crayzeee!). I've also chucked up a handfull of others that vary over the years, but are all non-album tracks. The 'On Deadly Ground' I put up is the 'Ill Boogie' version from his battle 12" against Dialated Peoples with DJ RIP One as his DJ, not the 'Blacc Plague'.


Hope you enjoy these tracks, check out Insane Poetry's myspace to get more of a feel for the new album and if you like what you hear, support a REAL underground artist and cop that shit!

INSANE POETRY MP3's:
On Deadly Ground (Ill Boogie 12" version)
Can't Flow With Us
Conversatan (ft. KGP)
Fatal
Great Day To Die
Strange Days
Can You Feel My Pain (Fallen From Grace - 2007)
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New Jersey Rhymes

Bordering New York it is no surprise that New Jersey is huge for hip hop, and without going into the history of their scene (as I don't know enough about it), I've decided to focus on 5 dope releases that come to mind when I think of the garden state. Some of the artists hailing from the east coast state that I haven't featured but are worth mentioning are Naughty By Nature, Redman, Joe Buddens, Lords of the Underground, YZ and the JVC Force (no doubt I've missed alot out but they're some off the top of the head).

Tony D - Droppin' Funky Verses
First up I'm placing my attention on a guy who needs no introduction, but primarily due to his production efforts with the likes of the Poor Righteous Teachers rather than for his own music. I'm talking about Italo-American Trenton native Tony Depula, better known simply as Tony D. In 1991 Tony D dropped his 'Droppin' Funky Verses' album on the 4th and Broadway division of Island Records, an album that for whatever reason is slept on by alot of people. Just like he claims in the title, Tony drops funky verses throughout this album, all rhymed over the top of his own top draw sample-based production that made him famous and the album's also packed with quality cuts. It was hard choosing a track to put up with this post because there's just so much quality on this release, but seeing as we've uploaded the 3rd Bass diss for another post, I've gone with 'Tony Don't Play That'.

Krown Rulers - Paper Chase
Secondly, here is a release that many people rate as one of the definitive hip hop classics of all time, I'm talking about Krown Ruler's 1988 album 'Paper Chase' that dropped on Warlock Records. With quality cuts from DJ Royal Rocker and hard hitting rhymes courtesy of Grand Pubah (not Brand Nubian), this Camden, NJ hip hop duo managed to leave an everlasting legacy on the hip hop world with their relentless energetic style that grabs you by the balls as soon as you press play. Krown Rulers were down with Phillie's Tuff Crew back in the day and although I prefer the Phildelphia crew, these dudes held their own and the only downside I can think of is they didn't drop enough material, however that might explain for their high standard of quality control? The track I've put with this post is the 'B-Boy Document' that High and Mighty remixed a few years ago.

Lifers Group - Lifers Group
When it comes to real lyrics, I can't think of any album (or EP) that can claim to bring the reality than the Lifers Group 1991 self titled EP that dropped on Hollywood Basic. Formed by inmate Maxwell Melvins and with support from Hollywood Basic CEO Dave "Funken" Klein, life sentence in mates from New Jersey's Rahway Prison put their wealth of experiences down on track to let the world know what goes on behind bars in the belly of the beast. The EP only has 2 real tracks, 'The Real Deal' and 'Belly of the Beast', however both are nearly six minutes long each and resemble posse cuts in their format. In 1993 the Rahway lifers returned with a full length album titled 'Living Proof' that is also well worth checking out. A documentary also came out about the Lifers Group but unfortunately I've never been able to find a copy to check it out.

End Time Warriors - Let's Stay Together
Hailing from South Trenton comes ETW, a Christian rap trio consisting of Johnnie, MC L King and MC Free. They droppedthe 'Let's Stay Together' album in 1993 on Forefront Records, who you may know as the label that unfortunately unleashed DC Talk's music onto the world. Anyway, this is ETW's 3rd album and although it definitely has an abundance of religious messages, it also brings with it the feel of classic funky sample based hip hop and can be listened to without feeling your getting bible bashed, which is my main issue with alot of religious hip hop. The track I've uploaded for the post is simply titled 'South Trenton' and serves not only as a track to rep where they're from, but it also sees the trio put forward that everyone goes through their own struggles and that you've just got to keep on keeping on to get ahead in life. This is by far my least favourite release mentioned in this post, but I added it for something different and due to it being a good chance to mention an artist that wouldn't fit into many other topics.

Chino XL - Here To Save You All
Finally, the lyrical jesus himself, former Art of Origin member Chino XL and his 1994 American Recordings release 'Here To Save You All'. What this certified MENSA member lacks for in quantity he more than makes up for in quality, and listening to this album a whole 13 years after it dropped, you think to yourself how crazy it is that his lyrics back then burn 99% of what rappers can come up with today. With dark sinister production providing the backdrop for wordplay wizardry, it's not a big surprise that this album wasn't a mainstream success, but more importantly it blew up in the underground scene and raised the bar of lyrical standards. Chino gained notoriety in the hip hop world due to his habit of using other rappers in his punchlines, which was the cause for his well publicized beef with 2Pac who in turn dissed Chino back on the 'Hit Em Up' track. The only downside to this album is that the production doesn't really do it for me at all, but the lyrics are what take centre stage on this album and it's those lyrics that seperate Chino from almost all other rappers dead or alive.

MP3's:
Tony D - Tony Don't Play That
Krown Rulers - B Boy Document
Lifers Group - The Real Deal
ETW - South Trenton
Chino XL - Many Different Ways
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You Are Now About To Witness The Death Of Street Knowledge

In the last couple of weeks I've been listening to my old Ice Cube records a fair bit, I rarely put any Cube on these days. However, Ice Cube, WC and DJ Crazy Toons are heading to Melbourne next month and as a huge WC fan we got tickets and airfare to checkout the show, should be interesting for me seems the last (and only) time I saw Cube was in 94 which in my opinion was when his music stopped being enjoyable (even that 'Lethal Injection' was average except 'Ghetto Bird'). Anyway, like I said I've been listening to his old shit again and it just reminds me on how much better early 90's west coast hip hop was then than it is today.

Looking back at that early 90's west coast feel, I remember the Nitebreed ontop of their game, Ice T was running shit, South Central Cartel were fresh out, Quik and Eiht were battleing it out on wax, the king of Gangsta Rap still had breath in his lungs and Ice Cube and his crew were dropping quality albums. Ive titled this post under the banner of 'Street Knowledge' however infact their were fuck all albums that actually got the Street Knowledge label on the back, so this post is actually Street Knowledge/Lench Mob Records etc. Although their really wasn't that many artists and releases for that brief moment in time the 'Street Knowlege' posse were dope.


Kam who dropped 'Neva Again' in '93 ended up beefing with Cube and dissing him for various reasons such as accusing Cube of stealing his 'W' sign that stood for 'Watts' before Cube modelled it for his 'West Side Connection'. He dropped the track 'Whoop, Whoop' on DJ Pooh's 'Bad News Travels Fast' album. Not sure what happened with Yo-Yo, but when was the last time you heard her name mentioned? Kausion who released 'South Central Los Skanless' ended up beefing with Cube for some reason too and had Gonzo put out the track 'Fairy Tale Gangsta' which is the continuation to Cubes 'Gangsta Fairy Tale' tracks (with a difference). Lastly was Da Lench Mob, Take a guess how that ended.... I've put up 5 tracks from the golden era of Street Knowledge, They only had three or four of years but some real good quality music was released in that time.

MP3's:
Ice Cube - My Summer Vacation
Kam ft Ice Cube - Watts Riot
Yo-Yo ft Ice Cube - What Can I Do?
Da Lench Mob - Who Ya Gonna Shoot Wit That
Kausion - What You Wanna Do?
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Kamanchi Sly (Vinyl Rips)

U.K.s Hijack is one of the hardest hip hop crews to ever brace the hip hop scene, not because the lyrics were neccessarily the hardest going around but just because of the 100 bpm type beats, the two dope DJ's (DJ Under Cover & DJ Supreme) with ahead of their time scratching and the crazy vocals being spat by the emcee, Kamanchi Sly. Those factors saw Hijack burn the U.K. hip Hop scene and to this day is still looked back at as being the best by alot of heads, myself included.

After the Rhyme Syndicate deal fell apart, so did Hijack. The two DJ's went their own ways and I'm pretty confident that Kanchi Sly started putting out some wack techno, trance, D&B or someshit like that. After years in the wilderness, Kamanchi returned to the Hip Hop scene with two mini E.P.'s that are back to his old Hijack style, infact if anything he's more B Boy orientated than he was before.

I froze in shock a couple of years ago when I laid eye's on these records on the shelf, all these tracks are dope as fuck and I hope some old Hijack fan that slept on these releases stumbles across our blog and gets what I got out of these gems.PEACE.


Kamanchi Sly MP3's:
Games Bitches Play
Letcha Self Go!
Let's Stay Together
The Catalyst
Crushing Toys
Hung Drawn And Quartered
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Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 3

Chamillionaire:
Mixtape Messiah 3

...::: Tracklisting :::..
1. Get Ya Burners Out
2 Money Already Made
3. Get on my level
4. Livin good
5. Its just pain
6. The call
7. Nothin but Lies
8. Ima playa fasho
9 Roy Woods Jr. Skit
10. Failures Not an Option
11. Got a lot of options
12. See it in my eyes
13 Don't hurt em hammer
14. Roy wood Jr. Skit
15. Its on
16.You a dummy
17. Chamillionaire Speaks
18. Mo Scrilla
19. The Crowd goes wild
20. Makes me Stronger
21. Chamillionaire speaks
22. Famous ft. Chamillionaire Rain

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This is a direct link from Chamillionaire's website, but I figured some of you that check this blog out might not of come across it if I didn't post the link here, and to be honest this is well worth downloading. Alot of people seem to hate on Cham since he blew up off that 'Ridin' track, but I've always felt like the guy is one of the most original artists doing his thing, and he's shown lately that the fame and success hasn't got to his head in the slightest. This free online mixtape has been released in the build up to his up-coming full length album 'Ultimate Victory' that is dropping this September and that features the legendary Slick Rick on the single 'Hip Hop Police'. Let the haters hate, I'll be enjoying Cham's slinky skills while others are wasting their energy dissing him.

Friday The 13th

As I've already done a horror rap write up previously on this blog there's no need for another one, but seeing as today happens to be Friday The 13th (cheers for the reminder Skitzo), I thought I'd upload just a handful of horror related mp3s for those of you that get into it. Horror rap has alot of naysayers, but to me, it's just another example of how people have utilised the hip hop culture combined with their own interests in order to create unique, and quite often quality music. The five tracks I have gone with for this post are from different regional locations and all the respective artists bring their own styles to the table, but obviously all are on the violent tip so if that aint your thing I wouldn't bother checking these tracks out.

MP3's:
Brotha Lynch Hung - Return Of Da Baby
Dribbles, Plan B & Mandle - When The Sword Swings
Esham - The Wicketshit Will Never Die
Insane Poetry - The House That Dripped Blood
Q Strange - Q Strange Caper
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The Hypest From Cypress

The other day I was sussing out the myspace bulletin board, and while usually all I see are wack quizzes, surveys and people shamelessly claiming they're the hottest thing to ever hit the hip hop scene, on this occasion one post caught my attention at an instant. DJ Ace of Rhyme Poetic Mafia had put out a bulletin wishing his homie Sen Dog of Cypress Hill a speedy recovery after suffering two minor heart attacks. Sen is thankfully on the road to recovery, so although I will obviously wish him the best to start off this post, hopefully he wont be needing it. It's rare for me to do a post on one solitary emcee, not for any particular reason but predominantly due to a lack of initiative. I've decided to do a quick write up on one the hypest from Cypress because to me, he's massively under-rated, even despite the world wide fame of Cypress Hill themselves.

Sen Dog and B Real are complete contrasts of one and other, and I'm aware that one of the main reasons that Cypress are as big as they are is because of the unique sound they bring to the table due to the style variations. However, something I've noticed is that for whatever reason alot of people I've come in conversation with don't credit the staunch Cuban rhymer as much as I believe they should. To me, if I was asked to drop some names of rappers with the dopest voices in the industry, Sen Dog would be up there with the first names that come out of my mouth. Along with having such a unique and effective delivery, alot of the guys lyrics, both in English and Spanglish, hit hard!

Sen Dog's heart attacks took place while he was on the road with his older brother Mellow Man Ace while touring to promote their recent album together titled 'Ghetto Therapy' under the group name Reyes Brothers. The explosive microphone assassin is also apparently working on putting out a solo in the near future as well as re-teaming up with his rock group SX10 to drop another album. Anyway, as much as everyone obviously knows who this East LA hip hop heavyweight is, his talents are still greatly under-appreciated in comparison to his partner in crime B-Real who more often that not gets the line share of the recognition. With that out the way, I'll end this post by once again wishing Sen a speedy recovery, and I've also uploaded a few tracks by Sen Dog (either as a member of Cypress, his rockgroup SX10 or a feature he's made on someone elses album) that demonstate why I think he is so dope.



^Cypress Hill Ft Velvet Revolver - Rock Superstar ^

Sen Dog MP3's:
Cypress Hill - Cock The Hammer
Delinquent Habits Ft Sen Dog - It's The Delinquentes
Mellow Man Ace Ft Krazy D, Sen Dog & Chief T - Hypest From Cypress
SX10 ft Everlast & Mellow Man Ace - Rhyme In The Chamber
V And Legacy Ft Sen Dog & Bobo - Originality
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Baby Mamma Drama

"Former Suave House Records artist Tela is wanted for $128,000 in unpaid child support. According to reports, Memphis resident Tela AKA Winston Rogers has neglected to pay child support for the past 5 years." Source: HHLIVE.COM

Now I know that his news is a few weeks old, and I'm not entirely sure how the case stands right now, but being a fan of Tela's work on Suave House and Rap-A-Lot it caught my attention, and none the less it offers a good segway into a post I had in mind. While Tela's got his own baby mamma dramas going on right now, he is just another rapper in the long line of hip hop artists who've been burnt over child support related shit, a handful of which I'll mention below.

In mid-2006 Flint Town legend MC Breed got locked up for not paying $200,000 in child support payments, he said in court that "I'm in so much debt right now that it makes my head spin every time I think about it". The judge didn't give a shit about Breed's financial problems and sentenced the then 34 year old rapper to a year in the Jackson State Prison. I honestly feel bad for the dude, from living it up in Andre Rison's mansion with 2pac while filming the 'Gotta Get Mine' video and dropping an album called 'Big Baller' to pleading with the judge over child support payments, you've really gotta ask yourself how the fuck the midwest rap pioneer got himself into such a fucked up financial situation? Going by Breed's fairly recent collabo's on with the likes of The Dayton Family, Project Deadman and Esham, it's clear he still has what it takes so hopefully he can get back on his feet in the near future and drop some more dope music.


^Three Six Mafia - Baby Mama^

Juvenile of Cash Money Records is another culprit when it comes to failed child support payments. At the start of 2006 the New Orleans native was prosecuted (not for the first time) in Florida for failing to meet his responsibilities as the father of a dependent child. Staying down south, the self proclaimed snowman Young Jeezy was ordered to pay $1,400 a month in child support to his ex-girlfriend in order to support their 9-year old son. Other notable child support cases have revolved around rappers (or in some cases pop-stars) such as DMX, Jay Z, Puff Daddy, Eminem, 50 Cent, Beanie Sigel and Kid Rock. The interesting case is with Detroit native Kid Rock who actually asked for child support payments in 2001 from his ex partner Kelley Russell after she originally tried suing him in a defamation case for what he said about her on his track 'Black Chick, White Guy'.

Obviously the more money an artist makes the more prone they are to be embroiled in child support bullshit, whether they are black or white or from New York or New Orleans. On one side of the arguement it's obvious that there are alot of gold diggers out there with dollar signs for pupils who are out to milk successful artists for all they can. But on the other hand I can see the other side of the story, like Tweedy Bird Loc says in his diss to Eazy E - "It aint my fault the hoes is gettin' you for your riches, but you shouldn't have babies by 20 different bitches". Anyway, it's just another part of life that ultimately is always going to be reflected in hip hop music, I'll leave you all with a few tracks on the topic.

MP3's:
Daz Dillinger - Baby Mama Drama
Eazy E - My Baby'z Mama
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Don't Call Me Da Da
Thirstin Howl III - How Many Babee Movas
Three Six Mafia - Baby Mama
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Brother Ali @ St Pauls

Brother Ali @ St Pauls
Friday 29 June 2007

Up until last night I'd never heard Brother Ali's music before but seeing as he was in town I copped a ticket to his show. A part of the reason I decided to go was to catch local rapper Damo's first ever live show and I've gotta say his set was worth half the ticket price alone. Later in the night Terra Firma came on and rocked a few tracks in anticipation for their upcoming album release. Finally Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali hit the stage and rocked a lengthy set. Brother Ali had great stage pressence and combined with meaningful lyrics I'll be sure to check out his albums in the near future. Here are just a few flix I took on the night.

Words One & Damo

Simplex (Terra Firma)

Raph A.L. (Terra Firma)

Mic Lez (Terra Firma)

Brother Ali (Rhyme Sayers)

Random Vinyl Rips

Alright got a few tracks ripped that don't really fit in a certain topic, so here's some random tracks. First is 'Word Association' by Bostons 7L & Esoteric, this track is definately available on cd but I only have the 12" and seems it's a nice track I gotta put it up. 7L & Esoteric make a dope duo, they're also members of the "super group" Army Of The Pharohs with Celph Tittled, Outer Space, Apathy, Chief Kamachi, Crypt The War Child, Planetary, King Syze, Reef The Lost Cauze, Faez One, Des Devious and Vinnie Paz which is another crazy album, infact you've got a 1 in 10 chance that you're listening to them right now on the shuffle mp3 player on the side of your screen?

I have always been a fan of Dre Dog since I was at school and heard 'Smoke Dope And Rap' from his In-A-Minute Records days. After he changed his name to Andre Nickatina I lost track of all his albums he dropped. He's also made a few with Bored Stiff's Equipto, which are dope! Anyway, I found a compilation on wax in a second hand store a year or two ago called 'Rules Of The Game' and on it is a Andre Nickatina & Equipto track called 'Blueprints Of war' not sure if this track is made for the compilation or if it's on one of their albums but it's the best track I've heard from these guys with a eerie beat and fast in and out verses.

If you've heard the 'Walk On Toes' track by Grimm, South Park Mexican, Ricksta and Lucky Luciano from the latters album, then you've heard the remade version. The original is Grimm, South Park Mexican and Mr Kee from a Black And Brown compilation, the OG.'s called 'Game Untold', I personally like the remade one better but Mr Kee's verse on this one is quality. A five verse version with them all on it would be good, also unlike the remade version the one that's up for download is at it's original speed where as the other one is slightly screwed up.

The final track is Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Rack Lo and Clinic, Clinic is an Australian artist from Brisbane, the track's called '5 Finger Discount'. It's produced by Stricknine from Class A Records which is an Australian producer and label who produced a handful of tracks from Thirstin and Racks album 'Lo Down And Dirty'. No surprize by the title this track's all about racking up from stores, good to hear another American/Australian collaboration which is getting a more and more common thing. You may have noticed we've finally changed the tracks playing on the MP3 player on the blog, We appologise to any serial visitors who heard the same 10 tracks over and over again, we'll try and change them up more often, probably won't though through lazyness.

MP3's:
7L & Esoteric - Word Association
Andre Nickatina & Equpto - Blueprints Of War
Grimm, South Park Mexican & Mr Kee - Game Untold
Thirstin Howl The 3rd, Rack Lo & Clinc - 5 Finger Discount
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DJ Kansel & Agonylife - Oz-Tex Connect Official Mixtape

Resident Records Australia Presents:
DJ Kansel & Agonylife
Oz-Tex Connect Mixtape
***Limited Edition***

...::: TRACKLISTING :::...
01. DJ Kansel & Agonylife - Intro
02. Agonylife & H.A.W.K. - Flows
03. ESG - Purped Out
04. Towdown & Mike Jones - Diamonds & Tattoos
05. KB Da Kidnappa - These New
06. Doc Holiday & P.L.A. - Look At It
07. Stunta The Tex Mex Thugga
08. Stunta - Flow
09. Lil Flip & Below Zero - New Era
10. Da Ryno of Dirty 3rd Records
11. Da Ryno, Bavu Blakes, Magno - 2 Tuff
12. Colby Savage - Tha Block
13. The Agonylife Catalog
14. Agonylife & Slim Thug - Flows
15. Slim Thug Tha Boss
16. Cory Mo - Flow
17. Towdown 'The Texas Tycoon'
18. Towdown & Lil Flip - Look At Me
19. Lil O - Flow
20. KB Da Kidnappa - No Love For My Enemys
21. Colby Savage & Small Texas - Salute Me
22. The Real Street Military
23. Icey Hott - Papers
24. Agonylife In The Mix
25. Pimp C & Bun B (UGK) - Money On My Mind (Kansel Remix)
26. Slim Thug - Herda That (Kansel Remix)
27. Lil Keke & C-Note - Where Da South At
28. Lil O & H.A.W.K. (R.I.P.) - Don't Plex
29. Stunta - Flow
30. Chalie Boy of Dirty 3rd Records
31. K Rino (SPC) - Break It Down
32. Chingo Bling The Tamale Kingpin
33. Chingo Bling & Lucky - Flows
34. KB Da Kidnappa - Outro
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Top 10..... Same Ol' Rappers Over & Over Again

Why is it that whenever someone feels the need to list their top emcees of all time there's about 10 names that keep popping up over and over again? Is it because they are obviously the best to ever grab the mic... or is it that some people need to put down their 'Source' mag and start realizing that thereare more than a couple of dozen artists out there?

I'm a believer that it's the latter, I know Rakim is one of the all time greats, I know that Big L is dope but fuck, Have you seen the lists on Jin's 'Top 5 (Dead Or Alive)' video, about 30 people asked, about 20 different rappers listed. There are plenty of underground artists with doper metaphores , sicker stories and tighter flows than the usual names listed. R.I.P. to both Pac and B.I.G. but are they really even close to best? Each to their own I guess.

As a follow on to those Thirstin Howl tracks I put up last week here are 3 more tracks paying homage to the greats that led the way. The first is one of my favourites, it's by San Francisco's San Quinn, the track is 'Northern California', if you're into bay hip hop (and you fuckin' should be) but don't know all the history behind it like that Richie Rich was in the legendary '415' before he went solo or Pac started out in D.U., Mac Dre's jail stint over bank robberies, X-Raided's charge or groups like Totally Insane, RBL Posse or IMP laying the foundation, then this track's for you.

Next is Crooked Letters' David Banner from Mississippi, I've never been the most hardcore David Banner fan but this track comes out at every party, 'Westside'. It's a total dedication to all the legends in the west coast hip hop game. Lastly I've put up Jin's 'Top 5 (Dead Or Alive)' Inever actually gave this dude a minute of my time to even know who he was until I got it in a mix from a friend the other week, Any track that starts out by mentioning Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow and Melle Mel is always gonna get my attention.

MP3's:
San Quinn - Northern California
David Banner - West Side
Jin - Top 5 (Dead Or Alive)
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911 Ain't No Joke

Cleaning up my computer the other day I found some tracks by 'Truth Told' that I forgot I even had. I played 'em and thought I had to chuck them on here. Where as alotta emcees act like they're all educated on politics but end up quoting lines off of a Michael Moore documentary, Knowledge is oozing out of the mic when Truth Told records a track. Don't ask me who or where Truth Told are from, but they sound dope.

I couldn't put up this post without putting up some Immortal Technique. There are alot of dope political rappers out there, especially since the towers dropped but these two along with Paris are up there with my favourites. I also put up "Impeach The President" by Green Lantern, Saigon, Dead Prez and Immortal Technique.


MP3's:
Truth Told - 911 A Cold Day In Hell
Truth Told - Birth Of The Prince Of Terror
Truth Told - Final Call Before Armegeddon
Immortal Technique ft. Mos Def - Bin Laden
Immortal Technique - The Cause Of Death
Green Lantern, Saigon, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique- Impeach The President
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O.G. Stripes

My ears seem to be very different from alot of hip hop fans out there, most people love their mid 90's East Coast hip hop with DJ Premiere production.... I'm not one of those people. When it comes to East Coast hip hop I want to hear Kool Moe Dee, Eric B & Rakim, Whodini, Tony D, Slick Rick, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Donald D, Fat Boys, Schoolly D, Tuff Crew, Two Kings In A Cypher, old BDP records, Cold Chillin'....... my interest in the East faded out in the 90's for some reason but in the last 5 or 6 years I've been getting back into the East with alot of new refreshing artists like Immortal Technique, High & Mighty and the Lo Life roster.

The Lo Life artists are headed by Thirstin Howl 3rd from Brownsville Brooklyn who is a Puerto Rican ex-con who is a dope battle rapper and a def emcee. Alot of his lyrics are about shoplifting and especially Ralph Lauren gear. Their is a documentary coming soon about the Lo Lifes and all the millions worth of clothes they ganked in the late 80's and 90's. I don't even want to get into it because the quantities and dedication have to be seen to be believed and any words I write would be a massive underexaggeration. There are a couple of Thirstin Howl 3rd documentaries out now that have previews of that Lauren one on it and shows drawers and waldrobes filled with products that will make your jaw drop.

The Source magazine helped Thirstin and his crew that consists of members like Rack Lo, Unique London, Master Fool and the Alaskan Fishermen etc by reporting the Ralph Lauren story in a couple of their issues. Anyway, the reason this post was put up is to put all 3 of his 'O.G. Stripes' tracks up for download. These tracks are dedication tracks to all old school artist from New York and the West Coast. If you're into those sort of tracks where rappers dedicate a track to artists they used to bump before making it themselves, then you'd love these 3 tracks.

This post will be followed soon by simular tracks by other artists, we got about a dozen others ready to chuck on.

MP3's:
Thirstin Howl III - O.G. Stripes chapter.1
Thirstin Howl III - O.G. Stripes chapter.2 ft Dana Dane
Thirstin Howl III - O.G. Stripes chapter.3
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