From The Source - January 1995 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
Monday, May 31, 2021
PHD - Without Warning - 1991
Kai Fortyfive - SLUGSMOKE & MIRRORS - 2021
K7 - 2021 - Long Island Rap Records
Long Island Rap Records drops Kai Fortyfive's fourth release entitled "SLUGSMOKE & MIRRORS". This is a deluxe edition cassette, limited to just 25 copies, includes the album instrumentals on the-b-side.
"There are few poetic flourishes among SLUGSMOKE & MIRRORS’ breathing details of New York street life, no glitz, glamor, glory, or even grit, just survival or death. In a place where yesterday’s foreign car could be tomorrow’s only home, futures are built on regrets or not at all. With this in mind, Kai Fortyfive speaks plainly and bares souls.
“SLUGSMOKE is really just a compilation of stories/memories from not only my life but the lives of my friends,” says the rapper/producer from Elmont, New York. “It was type hard to write this album because mentally I had to go back to a lot of shit I’ve been through. It’s tough to recollect on pain and trauma, but I feel like in order to deliver the album the way I needed to, I had to go back and relive those stories. All in all, this is definitely my most important work I’ve ever done and I’m glad people are in tuned for real.”
Call these criminology bars or worse, reality raps, and severely miss the point. There’s little space here for distinguishing between shadows and ghosts, let alone musical classifications. The rhymes are dope, the beats are hard, and Kai Fortyfive does them all. The only guests are family, Lowcaste LXRD$. The only style the painful truth flickering through fogs of war."
25 copies only...
Shipping Date : Late June 2021
Orders : Bandcamp / Long Island Rap Records Store
Remix Session : T-Max - Execution Style (Franz B Remix)
Remix version of T-Max's "Execution Style" produced by the German Beatmaker Franz Branntwein a.k.a Franz B.
Sunday, May 30, 2021
Microphone Check - The Source, August 1995
From The Source - August 1995 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
DJ Emskee - Pen Joints Show #214 - May 28th 2021
This is the Pen Joints Show #214 aired on Bushwick Radio (www.nevasayneva.com). The Show can be heard every Friday evening for the Rush Hour from 5PM to 6PM, where DJ Emskee plays the best in raw, underground/independant Hip-Hop.
Video : Shinobi Stalin X Traj P - Deadshot feat. Wordchemist - 2021
Video of "Deadshot", off Shinobi Stalin & Traj P 's album "11 Hours to Leicester" released earlier this month. Video Filmed and edited by Ieshient and RexSposure.
Saturday, May 29, 2021
The Notorious Biggie Smalls - Ready to Blow Up
From Ego Trip Magazine - Photo courtesy of Elliott Wilson
Single Review : Elemental Magazine - Issue #26
From Elemental Magazine - Issue#26 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Microphone Check - The Source, February 1996
From The Source - February 1996 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Soul Party - Da Bacyard (1992 unreleased) - 2021
CD - 2021 - Fat Flava Records
Fat Flava Records drops this insanely dope CD with previously unreleased and mad dope material recorded in 1992 by New York City's Soul Party (Boogie & Double A (RIP)). The album is composed of 12 tracks produced by Michael "Kidd" Gomez. Artwork & layout design by Spek The Architek.
300 copies only ... Don't Sleep !!
K-Supreme - Demo Tape - 1993
Let's talk about K-Supreme and his demo tape uploaded on youtube by Sneak Tipp a long time ago... K-Supreme was an MC from New Jersey and he recorded these demos around 1993. All the tracks are produced by Soo and everything is good from the beginning to the end...This is the kind of demos we'd like to see coming out on vinyl nowadays !
K-Supreme, could you tell me where you lived in the mid 90s ?
K-Supreme : "I lived in Newark, NJ and in Irvington, NJ. Back then it was very competitive, as a rapper you had to battle to be considered a true MC."
How and when did you fall into hip-hop ?
K-Supreme : "I was living in Jersey City and I use to beat box for the rappers battling... after a while I wanted to rap, so I started writing and one day in school (Snyder High in Jersey city) 1985, I had my first battle and I won... so I started writing more... then in 1986 we moved back to Newark, NJ. When I came back to Newark, I'm walking up the block and somebody called my name and I turned around it was my dude I knew (DJ Greg G) and he asked me if I was back in Newark to stay and he said he had a rap group he wanted to put me in....so I went to his house and we formed a group but it didn't last long, but the other 2 members left...so now it was just me and Greg G the DJ... from their we started doing shows at our high school (Shabazz) then we also did shows in New York, and all over New Jersey. In 1988 we ran into Lakim Shabazz (from the Flavor unit), I gave him one of my tapes and asked him if he could give it to the 45King... that next day the 45King called me and wanted to meet me... so he starts giving me his address, at this time I'm thinking he lives in New York...as he gives me his address he says "Stuyvesant Avenue"... I knew some streets in New York have the same name as some Jersey streets. So I asked him "Stuyvesant in Jersey ?" He said "yea" and I said "I'm right around the corner", he immediately said "come over", so I went around the corner and we chopped it up for a few minutes and at that time I met Apache (rip), he was my dude and was like a mentor to me, him and his brother Latee, they would tell me what to look out for in the business etc... some time went by and 45king did an album and put me on it...we shot a video for it... and once it got played on video music box... people showed love when I went to clubs in N.Y. "
What was the name of this track with 45King ?
K-Supreme : "I have no clue...because he would call me and ask me to come over (at this time he lived in N.Y ) and he would play a track and ask me to put a verse on it...I did about 10 tracks like that...the one day out of the blue he calls me and says come to my house tomorrow early in the morning, now at this time I knew they filmed videos early in the morning... so I'm thinking I'll just be in the video but when I got their I found out on the spot I'm on the record... I never new the name of the song because again he would call me to come over and just ask me to lay a verse on this, not knowing what it's going to be used for. When he called me later to come to his house I didn't even know he was doing a video for one of the songs...it might have been called "The New Batch" because it was a group of MCs and we were supposed to be a group like the Flavor Unit. I know Warner Brothers scraped the album ...but before that happened video music box played the video a few times…"
Could you tell me how the connection happened with the producer Soo ?
K-Supreme : "I met Soo through a mutual friend, my dude B.Down and soon as I met Soo we clicked, and started recording songs...we even started a super group in 1990 the group was called Brick City. But I didn't stay long, I was out the 1st night after the meeting....to many people was focusing on the wrong things....we tried a second time that failed also...the 3rd time was the one...and this is before Wu Tang came out...we called the super group the Organization...The Org (for short) incredible group of MCs (Soo, S.Coop, B.Down, Doc C KDub (K-Supreme), Nauseous, Flam, Barry, Burn, Roc, Baseem Sadot, Code Red, Butch Cass). We just couldn't focus on the mission...then one day before leaving my house to get to Soo's studio I saw the Wu-Tang Clan on video music box...and it blew my mine...I was like "that's what we're trying to do", when I get to Soo's house everybody talking about the Wu....I salute them cause it's not easy to have that many MCs in a group....it's hard to just have 2 MCs in a group. But Wu Tang story reminds me of ours...they had the focus we didn't....but Soo just like RZA was the glue."
K-Supreme (Right) & Soo (Left)
K-Supreme : "Also when our super group went their own way...me and Soo continued recording with each other. We worked on a few projects and did shows opening up for A.Z, KRS1, doing shows all over from Jersey to Phoenix, Az... N.Y etc..."
2 MCs features on the track "Show-N-Prove", Poetic & Slimmy, could you give me more info about them ?
K-Supreme : "My Dude Slimmy he also was apart of our group the Org... Poetic my dude he was doing his thing in N.J and we finally got together to do a track. It was so many dope MCs at that time and on my solo project I wanted to highlight not just MCs from our group...but also MCs who I felt were dope and should have light shine on 'em."
In 1994 you released the EP "Doe Or Die" on R.B.I. Records Inc. How did the connection happen with them ?
K-Supreme : "My manager at the time had the connect with them... It really wasn't a label, he just had the records pressed up with R.B.I Records."
Why didn't you release the demos at that time ?
K-Supreme : "In those days the thinking was different...you start thinking the track is old and it ran its course....but if I had all of my recordings today I would definitely put them out... "
Mad Props to K-Supreme, thanks for your time !
The Wicked Takeover Ep#012 - May 21st 2021
12th episode of The Wicked Takeover aired on May 21, 2021 hosted by DJ Wicked on WRAPfm.
"The Wicked Takeover brings you deep into the Vinyl crates of Wicked. Expect to hear everything from album cuts to b-sides, remixes, white labels, bootlegs, etc. You'll also hear Hip-Hop from the Golden Era of 1988 to the Mid-90's all the way to current times. A large focus will be on 2k Hip-Hop, especially 2010 to current. Fridays 9pm EST | 6pm PST www.wrap.fm"
Recognize Ali - I Self Lord And Master - 2021
Originally released on CD and Cassette in 2018, Recognize Ali's album "I.S.L.A.M (I Self Lord And Master)" is now available on vinyl with the help of Copenhagen Crates. The album features emcees like Napoleon Da Legend, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Verbal Kent and King Magnetic just to name a few... and is produced by Swab, D.Mar, Alberto, B-Sun, Jakk Wonders, Alcapella, Delta Sigma & Tone Spliff who produced most of the tracks of the project.
Available on Black 12” (85 copies), Milky Clear w/ Black Puddle 12” (80 copies), White w/ Black Splatter 12” (75 copies), White & Black Swirl 12”(70 copies), and OBI Black 12” (40 copies).
Video : Verbz - Calling Me Back - 2021
Brand new single from the Croydon-based emcee Verbz, "Calling Me Back" produced by Illinformed. Video directed and produced by Honey JD.
Monday, May 24, 2021
Wild Sniper - Catching Wreck - 1993
12" - 1993 - CM Records
Here is a good indie 12" released in 1993 by the emcee named Wild Sniper from Brooklyn, NY, member of the 5 Star Crew, consisted of Wild Sniper, K-Suite, Mighty Oxx, Flipster and a duo of female emcees named X-Cess.
For the production part, "Catch Wreck (Original)" was produced by Fred Brown and David Downie, "Yo! We Got Alot" was produced by J. "Supreme" Benjamin, David Downie and Fred Brown, and both remix versions of "Catch Wreck" were produced by David Downie, Fred Brown and Josh Daniels. Both remix versions are good but the winner version is the Explicit Remix.
The 12" came out on the Brooklyn-based label CM Records which released the same year the full various compilation of the 5 Star Crew titled "We Got Alot", another one to catch if you don't own it in your collection yet ! The tracks "Catch Wreck (Original) and "Yo! We got a Lot" are also on it.
DJ Philly & 210Presents - Trackside Burners Radio Show #390
Here is the latest episode of the Trackside Burners Radio Show (Episode #390) hosted by DJ Philly & 210Presents and aired on the London-based radio ITCH FM.
Mix : DJ DS - Goes Back to School (The Graduation: 1991)
Thanks to everyone that recorded a drop for me on this & the others in the series, including Percee P, Skratch Bastid, DJ Moneyshot, DJ Jimmy Green, DJ Repo, Rob Pursey, Nanlib, Def Goldbloom, DJ Bobby Cousy, E Major, DJ Mentos, Kil, Kane Major, DJ Wix One, Easy Egg, Hip Hop History Guy, Richie (1 of 100), Steve (Applestump Records) & anyone else that’s hooked me up!
Also to all the bloggers that have posted; Jamo, DJ Step One, Pipomixes, Rob Unkut, Unikone, Hip Hop Nostalgia, DJ Sav One, Golden Era, DJ Rikki Rick, This is for the Hustlers and many others. Sorry if I've missed you!" - courtesy of DJ DS
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Microphone Check - The Source, September 1996
From The Source - September 1996 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
Tru Comers - HENNY WHITE (Comin Tru Instrumental Series Vol.2) - 2021
EP - 2021 - Comin Tru Records
A1 - Dedicated
A2 - Eraser
A3 - Untouchable
B1 - Indian Head
B2 - Infinity
B3 - Yak
Tru Comers's latest instrumental project entitled "HENNY WHITE" (Comin Tru Instrumental Series Vol.2) is now available to pre-order.
250 copies only ...
Release Date : June 11th 2021
Pre-Order : Vinyl Digital / Spot Records
Mixtape : Donnie Propa Presents Straight From The Crate Cave - Large Professor Edition
The English DJ Donnie Propa drops a new Mixtape dedicated to Large Professor. "Straight From The Crate Cave - Large Professor Edition" is available on Limited edition cassette, Electric Blue and Retro Grey.
A Side :
Mack Don Illz
Rap Professionals
Blaze Rhymez 2
Dope On Plastic (Remix)
Extra Abstract Skillz
Back and 4th Scrambler
XL
I Justwannachill
After School
CT to Queens
Truly Yours 98
In The Scrolls
The LP
Maica Living
The Mad Scientists
Forever
When You Sleep
B Side :
Guess Who
The Man
The Come Up
Focussed Up
Amaman
Cool
Rap World
Put Yo’Self In My Place
Hungry
Back To Back
World Renown
Fakin The Funk (Remix)
Looking At The Front Door
Overseas With Officials
Did What We Had To Do
Radioactive
The Radar
Podcast : Bedroom Beethovens - EP #120 : Edo.G & Insight Innovates
"Edo. G & Insight Innovates swing by the podcast this week to chat about their self-titled debut album. Very grateful for the opportunity to chat with them because as a hiphop lover I realize that this is the culmination of decades of friendship and collaboration, birthed from childhood memories and the early days of the Boston rap scene. We talk about all the various factors throughout the years that led up to this point, as both artists sound as hungry and passionate as ever while they deliver one of the year’s best releases to date. For Edo and Insight, that meant more than just “boom-bap” sounds or tight lyricism—it meant bringing everything to the table, including next-level lyricism. As I soon realized by talking to them, it was part of their shared goal to make a dope hip-hop album that reflects who they are and what they’re about. Enjoy the show." - courtesy of Bedroom Beethovens
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Microphone Check - The Source, July 1996
From The Source - July 1996 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
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