LA-based emcee Kid Abstrakt teams up with Kamau from São Paulo, Brazil to drop the single "Ritual" featuring DJ Nyack. The production is handled by Favela Made.
James Brown feat. The J.B.’s “Down and Out in New York City” (1973)
Prodigy “Down & Out in New York City” (2007)
Rakim “New York (Ya Out There)” (1997)
Lord Finesse “Check the Method” (1996)
LL Cool J “Mr. Smith” (1995)
The Beatnuts “Monster for Music” (1999)
Pharoahe Monch “Get Down” (2014)
Pete Rock “The Boss” (2001)
Pete Rock f. CL Smooth “Da Two” (1998)
Xperado feat. O.C. “Watch Ya Step” (1999)
Group Home “Livin’ Proof” (1995)
Main Source “Just a Friendly Game of Baseball” (1991)
Das EFX “Undaground Rappa” (1993)
Large Professor “Havin’ Fun” (2009)
Chill Rob G “Let Me Show You” (1989)
Ultramagnetic MC’s “Ego Trippin (12” version)” (1986)
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth “Bad Mutha” (1990)
Nas “Get Down” (2002)
Poor Righteous Teachers “Word from the Wise” (1990)
James Brown feat. The J.B.’s “The Boss” (1973)
Ice-T “You Played Yourself” (1989)
James Brown “Blind Man Can See It” (1973)
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth “Funky Technician” (1990)
Das EFX “They Want EFX” (1992)
Showbiz & A.G. “Giant in the Mental” (1991)
Zhigge “All That Glitters Ain’t Gold” (1992)
SWV “Right Here (Funkyman Scratch Mix)” (1992)
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo “Poison” (1989)
7A3 “Express the Mind” (1988)
Grand Puba “That’s How We Move It (Remix)” (1992)
Lyn Collins “Mama Feelgood” (1973)
Big Daddy Kane “Raw” (1987)
Makeba & Skratch “Mama Feelgood” (1991)
Ultramagnetic MC’s “Make It Happen” (1991)
Schoolly D “Mama Feel Good” (1989)
Public Enemy “Night of the Living Baseheads” (1988)
Big Daddy Kane “Mortal Combat” (1989)
Cypress Hill “The Phuncky Feel One” (1991)
James Brown “Make It Good to Yourself” (1973)
Percee P & Ekim “Lung Collapsing Lyrics” (1992)
New Dawn Records are pleased to announce the release of the new single "The Smoothest" by New York State rapper and producer duo Tone Chop and Frost Gamble. Featuring fellow upstate marksmen Decon Blu and Pa Pa Fresh, the latter also lacing the joint with additional cuts, this is the third single from the Binghamton pair's album "Beautiful Foundations" out on May 15th.
The single "Da Pain" by Big.D stands out as a powerful hip-hop collaboration bringing together several respected emcees from the scene. On this track, Big.D is joined by notable artists including Mr. Cheeks, Craig G, Smooth B, and Ras Kass. The production is handled by legendary producer Easy Mo Bee, with cuts & scratches by DJ Ace "The Cut Lieutenant".
Discogs is a reference website, but the information published there is sometimes incorrect. This is the case for the group Diffarent Kombonation, which is listed as a group from Washington, DC, but that is actually not correct. Diffarent Kombonation was a hip-hop duo formed in the early-mid 90s by MCs Diffa Alo and Kombo MC, who were from Los Angeles, California.
This group dropped their first and only physical release "Diffarent Kombonation" on vinyl and cassette tape in 1996 on Infini-T.. Entertainment, a record label based in Washington, DC. This musical project consists of the tracks "International" and "Stereotypes".
According to Kombo, the origins of the duo trace back to a spontaneous rap battle in Moreno Valley, California. As he recalls : "Both of us are from L.A., and we linked up in Moreno Valley, CA. I was kinda known on the underground scene out there already and this young punk tried to battle me in the mall, lol. So we ended up hooking up and forming the group. It was like ’93-’94. His nickname was Diffa, mine was Kombo so we made it Diffarent Kombonation".
About the connection with Infini-T.. Entertainment, the owners of this record label were cats from L.A. who went to Howard University in Washington, DC. They met in a club in Hollywood and they heard them flow and offered them a deal. The Diffarent Kombonation tape was the only project they did. After that, Diffa & Kombo decided to break up the group, then Kombo went solo. He later released a few 12-inch records, the best of them, in my opinion, being "I Don't Stop" produced by A.D.L.I.B. and released on the same label Infini-T Ent. in 1999. He also appeared on several projects dropped by Self Scientific, Amad Jamal and S.O.L.A.R. Panel.
Extra Bonus, for your personal knowledge... Kombo & Diffa were also part of another group called Suns Of the V.I. (Suns Of the Village Idiots), with Kombo's older brother Amad Jamal. They formed the group in 1994, and they dropped a track titled "Vocal Instrument" on the compilation album "The Next Chapter", released on vinyl in 1995 on Immortal Records.
Diffa - Amad Jamal & Kombo @The Next Chapter Party - Photo courtesy of Kombo
