New single dropped by NYC-based rapper Plaza, off of his latest album "Height Of The Night" available now on Much Better Records. The track is produced by Tru Comers.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Subway Hip Hop Vol 17 - The East Coast Corridor Pt3
LP - 2025 - Subway Hip Hop Records
DJ 3rd Rail and Subway Hip Hop Records are back with the 3rd volume of the East Coast Corridor series, a 6 song EP featuring Napoleon Da Legend, Nejma Nefertiti, King Magnetic & Page The Hand Grenade.
" Vol 17 The East Coast Corridor pt. 3 Leaves off where Vol 15 (pt.2) and Vol 10 (pt. 1) ended. Dope boom bap press on vinyl. As the production gets better the lyrics continue to push the envelope.
On this EP Napoleon Da Legend makes 4 appearances on the this EP. Two solo gems with Superior MC over 3 different beats and Thief with an incredible produced track. He starts this EP with Came To Draw Blood pt. 2 the posse cut with Page and Nejma. Came To Draw Blood pt. 1 can be found on Vol 15 He also rocks with King Magnetic & Page on the song “Depths of Hell”.
Nejma Nefertiti, once again brings that heat she’s known for. Spitting lyrical bullets on the song Buck! Buck! Buck!. Plus blessing the posse cut Came To Draw Blood pt. 2
King Magnetic stops by on the song Depths Of Hell to bring his raw unedited flavor with Napoleon Da Legend and Page The Hand Grenade.
Page The Hand Grenade is back after blessing us with 2 solo EP’s Vol 11 & 16. Featured on the posse cuts Came To Draw Blood pt. 2 & Depths Of Hell. He also has a solo song called “Off The Grid” which explains him at times. He’s like the special forces of MC’s. Comes in, handles business and bounce. PEACE. " - courtesy of Subway Hip Hop Records
Monday, April 14, 2025
Kool Kat - Usual Suspectz - 2025
LP - 2025 - Kool Kat
German Beatmaker Kool Kat is back with a second musical project entitled "Usual Suspectz", featuring a nice guest list : RJ Payne, Crimeapple, Milano Constantine, Estee Nack, Al Divino, Awon, Recognize Ali, Tha God Fahim, Spit Gemz and more... The album is available on vinyl !
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Remix Session : Mobb Deep - Back At You - Mimetizm Rmx
Paris, France-based beatmaker Mimetizm drops a dope remix version of Mobb Deep's joint "Back At You".
Video : Dead Perry - '83 Canadian Hollow Tips - 2025
Dead Perry drops the visuals of the second single from his debut solo LP entitled "Acoustic Shadows". "'83 Canadian Hollow Tips" features P-Dirt, Raz Fresco & Daniel Son.
Video : EA$Y MONEY x PHINELIA - Unforgiven - 2025
Here is the video for "Unforgiven", a single delivered by Massachusetts duo EA$Y MONEY & PHINELIA, produced by Statik Selektah and taken from their collaborative album "Drug Money".
Thursday, April 3, 2025
90's Tapes & No TV Raps present DJ Skeli - Newz From Tha Undaground #01
90's Tapes & No TV Raps are back with DJ Skeli's Newz From Tha Undaground #01 Mix, which contains an hour and a half of indie hip-hop joints. Great selection as usual... Enjoy !
Monday, March 31, 2025
90's Tapes & No TV Raps present Rugged Mind - Headquarter Session #01
90's Tapes & No TV Raps present Rugged Mind - Headquarter Session #01, almost three hours of 90s Boom Bap and Underground Hip Hop aired on March 29, 2025 and mixed by DJ SampleMind & DJ Odradeck. Pump up the volume and enjoy Fellas !
Danja Mowf - Word Of Mowf - 2025
2xLP - 2025 - 90's Tapes / HHV
" Hailing from Richmond, VA, Danja Mowf rocked the spot in 1997 with his debut "Word Of Mowf". As a major figure in the Virginia-based The SupaFriendz collective, all of its members have guest spots on the album including Mad Skillz and Lonnie B. Originally released in limited numbers on CD and cassette only, the album gets the full reissue treatment with all new artwork design plus two bonus tracks (original versions of "Question" and "Dangerous"). " - courtesy of 90's Tapes
Available in a limited run on 2LP (300 copies), CD in jewel case (300 copies) & cassette (100 copies)
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Big Chase - Rare & Unreleased
Big Chase's demos are now available with the help of Calvin "Trouble" Jones and 16F Music. If you don't remember the blog article I did 2 years ago about Big Chase, here is a quick recap about his story:
Big Chase (also known as Chase G.O.D.) is an American Rapper / Producer from Brooklyn New York who grow up in Marcy Projects who first became active as a dancer in the late 1980 through the 1990’s for fellow Brooklyn rapper Jaz-O (formerly The Jaz and Big Jazz) & Jay-Z. Before recording his own music with Brooklyn producer Calvin Trouble Jones (also known as DJ Trouble Lee) from the early to mid 1990 then later he teamed up with 2 other Brooklyn rappers and recorded a few demo uner the name Darker Image. In 1996 Big Jaz single "Waitin" he was credited as co-producer - Chase G.O.D. but much of his early rap was never released until now.
Heather B - Takin Mine - 2025
LP - 2025 - Vinyl Digital
Vinyl Digital deliver the reissue of Heather B's classic album "Takin Mine" which was originally released on vinyl in 1996 on EMI America / Pendulum Records.
500 copies with Printed Sheet ...
Kut One - Live Wires 4 - 2025
LP - 2025 - Chopping Block Records
DJ Kut One and Chopping Block Records present "Live Wire 4" featuring Spit Gems, J-Live, Craig G, El Da Sensei, Ruste Juxx, Ethemadassassin, Stallone & Weathers... just to name a few.
Now available on Vinyl & CD (20 copies each).
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Video : Killah Dilla & Jay The Assassin Ft Daniel Son - 94 TORONTO - 2025
"94 TORONTO" is a single taken from Killah Dilla & Jay The Assassin's latest album entitled "Jay Killa", which was released earlier this year. The track features Daniel Son.
Video : SUPREMACY - Mentors - 2025
Supremacy (Supremacy Hip Hop Clan), duo comprised of Lil Supa' and Dann The Sinistah deliver the video for their latest single "Mentors" featuring DJ Mad Pee. The production is handled by Xeos.
Video : Fresh Daily & Parental - These Things Take Time - 2025
Visuals for the first single off of the collaborative album "These Things Take Time" by Fresh Daily who is now based in Oakland, Ca and producer Parental from Paris, France. The album is available to Pre-Order on vinyl (Black vinyl - 300 copies) on HHV.
Video : Ramson Badbonez - Can't Give Up - 2025
Leaf Dog-produced track, taken from Ramson Badbonez's latest album entitled "White Rabbit", available now on Vinyl, CD & Cassette on High Focus Records.
Video : Boog Brown, Slopfunkdust & Sponatola - No Limit - 2025
"No Limit" is a new single dropped by Boog Brown and produced by Slopfunkdust & Sponatola. Check the Video !
Friday, March 28, 2025
Mixtape : DJ OG-S & Fatcap - Smoke Flavors - 2025
The Australian-based magazine and Label Puff Down presents a dope mixtape entitled "Smoke Flavors", a one-hour mix of rare, underground, early ’90s hip-hop demos collected by DJ OG-S & Fatcap. Check the tracklist !
Side A :
1. (Intro) SD50's vs Roguish Armament (1993, New York)
2. Jaquan Styler EP (1994, Chicago)
3. S.C.I. Demo (1994, Houston)
4. Voices of Terror Demo (1994, New York)
5. Down 2 Earth Demo (1992, San-Francisco)
6. Running Rebels Demo (1993, New York)
7. Poets Supreme Demo (1992, Boston)
8. XPM EP (1995, San-Francisco)
9. Bazooka Demo (1995, San-Francisco)
10. Smoov Lunatic Demo (1996, New York)
11. Lords of Rap Demo (1993, London)
Side B :
12. Old English Genuine Draft Demo (1992, New York)
13. Unknown artist Demo (1992, California)
14. Delinquent Habits Demo (1993, Los Angeles)
15. Cool Mike G EP (1994, New Haven)
16. GMD Demo (1992, Seattle)
17. Outlaws Demo EP (1992, New York)
18. H.O.B.O. Trybe EP (1994, Burbank)
19. Homicide Division feat. MC Fussa Dee Demo (1993, Bahamas)
20. Voices of Terror Demo (1994, New York)
21. Natural Talents EP (1994, Philadelphia)
22. Powerule Demo (1992, New York)
Available on Tape (100 copies) & CD (100 copies)
Sunday, March 23, 2025
5E - Paradox RMX - 1998
Northwest hip-hop had a very good indie scene during the 90s so I think it could be a good idea to give some shine to this group called 5E who was definitely part of it. This group was comprised of K-DUE a.k.a K-Dueski, GDe (pronounced Jeed), Juice, and Bitzo One a.k.a DJ Bitz N' Pieces.
If you don't know them, you need to know that they dropped their debut single "Paradox RMX" on wax in 1998. The single is taken from the excellent compilation album entitled "Classic Elements" released on CD format the same year on K Records, which is an underground record label located in Olympia, Washington. It also features groups or emcees like Ghetto Children, Jaleel, Black Anger, Jace or the female MC Soulstice... just to name a few.
As there is no info on the internet about 5E, K-Due agreed to answer some of my questions to give us some. Here is the interview !
K-Due, where did you all come from ?
K-Due : " We all met in Des Moines, Washington which is a smaller city just south of Seattle Washington. "
When did you form the crew ?
K-Due : " We actually formed sometime in 1990/1991 and originally were a dance crew. At that time there was no crew name and the members were a little different. It was still myself, GDe, Juice. But we had two other dancers. Maurice and Brian. The real formulation of 5E happened in 1992 I would say. "
How did the connection happen between all the members ?
K-Due : " So really it started as dancing. Early 90s. Dancing was a huge part of hip hop. My brother and I used to make dance routines. Somehow in our apartment complex word got around that we could dance so we got a visit from another kid named Maurice. He came over and said "hey, I head y'all can dance". So we said yeah and he asked us to show him our moves. We did and he was impressed enough to invite us to join him and two others, (Brian and Steve) to start a dance crew and try to make it on to Showtime at the Apollo and Star Search. That was the plan. So we worked on a routine all summer long, until one day my brother says he doesn't want to dance anymore and we should just be a rap group. At that point we made the change and we all started rappin and stopped dancing. The Group would first be called "The Foundation". Shortly after, Juice decided we should change the name to "5 x Raw". (5 times raw since there were 5 members). "
How were you signed by K Records ?
K-Due : " We were doing lots of shows in the Seattle area and we're making some connections. We also had appearances on two popular hip hop radio shows. KGRG "ear to the street" with DJ Crush was one of them. So we would eventually be on the show to perform live and do an interview. But DJ Crush would play our unreleased songs as well. "
K-Due : " From that exposure we met Jay (can't remember his last name) but he had a company called Impact Entertainment. He was promoting shows in the Seattle and Tacoma areas and wanted to do a compilation that bridges the gap between Washingtons two big cities, Seattle and Tacoma. So Jay saw us perform and approached us to see if we were interested in having a song in the compilation "Classic Elements". "
There is no other official release after the single "Paradox RMX", what happened to the group ?
K-Due : " We unfortunately started to grow up shortly after that and life kind of took over. My older brother GDe had two kids already at that point and stopped making music. Juice would move on to make solo music as the name J.U.I.
I ended up getting together with two other friends and friends a different group called Organik Produce. We did put out more music but mostly just hard copies sold locally. Since then multiple releases online from myself and other members. But yeah I would say by 1999 5E was officially disbanded. "
Mad props to K-Due, thanks for your time Bro.
Friday, March 21, 2025
J Scienide - Fire At The Philharmonic - 2025
LP - 2025 - GGBR Records
First off... you need to know that all profits from this sale go towards J Scienide and his medical recovery & rehabilitation fund.
Toronto-based record label GGBR Records in association with Static King, Gold Era & Wavgodmusic present "Fire At The Philharmonic", an album compiled with music recorded by J Scienide’s visits to Toronto. It features guest appearances from Opio, Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood, Lord Juco & King Bliss. With production from Bozack Morris, Futurewave, Finn, Sibbs Roc & Slang Hugh.
Available on Limited Edition Black Vinyl (100 copies), Limited Deluxe Fireball Vinyl Variant (50 copies), Limited Deluxe Solid Gold Vinyl Variant (50 copies), Standard Edition CD (200 copies), Solid Gold Edition CD (50 copies), Standard Edition Cassette Tape (50 copies) & Solid Gold Cassette Tape (50 copies)
Video : Spit Gemz - The Final Word - 2025
Astoria, Queens-based rapper Spit Gemz delivers the visual for his first single "The Final Word", taken from his brand new musical project entitled "Diamond Cut" fully produced by Ciecmate. The album is available on Vinyl & CD via Broken Tooth Entertainment.
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