Stones Throw deliver a special edition 2LP of the album "Big Shots" on Apple Juice colored vinyl, a tribute to Charizma’s drink of choice. Recorded from 1991-93 for Hollywood Basic, and ultimately released on Stones Throw in 2003. Limited quantities available.
This wax was the debut 12" released by the New Jersey-based group called Down N' Dirty Tribe. It came out in 1995 on Jungle Sounds Records, a small indie record label based in Manhattan and managed by a hippie white man named Paul from what I know.
The A-side (Brickside) contains the lead single "Inn'A Cipher" which is available in its Clean Mix, Brickville Mix and Dirty Landcruiser Mix versions. The B-side (Villeside) contains the track "Mindtrix" which is available in its Clean Mix & Original Mix versions, and the instrumental version of "Inn'A Cipher" (not the Mindtrix Cipher Mental Mix version as written). All the productions are handled by Dontay for Diggin 4 Daze Inc.
Down N' Dirty Tribe was consisted of 5 members and was made up of 2 duos and a solo artist. First duo called The Elementz, was comprised of Eddie Dos & Big Chief. The second duo was consisted of Meny Myndz & B Wyze,and the solo artist was the young Puerto Rican emcee Tito Grahmz a.k.a Tito Sunshine. They were all from Hoboken, New Jersey except Tito Sunshine who was born in Hoboken, NJ and raised in Brooklyn (Park Slope).
For the story, the crew was originally a 4 man group. The group was already formed when Tito Sunshine was added around 1994. At 12 years old (around 1991-1992), Tito Sunshine met the Beatnuts (Juju & Psycho Les) in front of a club called the Roxy in NYC. The Beatnuts found him outside of the club rapping with a bunch of real street guys all older than him. They would take him to clubs or block parties to battle after that. They also invited him to a studio session where he recorded a verse on the song "Sandwiches" which was released in 1993 on the "Street Level" album, but they didn't keep the verse from the original version. It was actually erased along with Kurious George's verse and they just kept Psycho on it and Tito's intro.
Down N' Dirty Tribe was founded by Dontay in the back of a record store he worked at. The members of the group used to go there and spin records til one day Dontay said they can be a group and he can get them a record deal, so they went for it. That's how everything started for Down N' Dirty Tribe ! After the release of a second 12" (Trail Of Tears / Atrocities Of A T.H.U.G) on Get Bucks Entertainment in 1997, they changed the name of the group and went by Dirt Mob.
First single from the forthcoming collaborative EP which will be dropped next month by Fashawn, Cap Kendricks & DJ Access. "Where The Sidewalk Ends" also features the London-based MC Lord Apex.
" Berlin, Germany, sometime early, early nineties. 3 MCs share a dream, a dream of taking this rap thing to the max. It wasn't long before Doubleface, Boogieman and Big Sal started making noise in the streets of the capitol and by the mid-nineties the band Harleckinz was a household name in Germany's rap music scene. It is these demos here which would eventually break the band and secure various major deals. The rest is history - yet another beautiful rap story originated in Hip Hop's golden era. "90two90six" contains 25 never before released demo tracks and instrumentals recorded between 1992 and 1996 next to 5 tracks which have been originally released on "From The Levels Below". " - courtesy of 90's Tapes
Available on 4xLP (300 copies), 2CD in jewel case (300 copies) and Double Cassette (100 copies)
London's hip-hop producers Insight, DJ Thor & J1200, also known as Pyramids Crew, deliver the visuals for the single "Bring It Back" featuring New Jersey-based emcee K-Prez.
Here is a second unreleased track dropped by Omniscence and Below System Records, taken from his upcoming album reissue "The Raw Factor", which will be released on double LP on June 28th 2024.
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