Remix Session : Big L - I Don't Understand It (Phat Tape Remix)

Here is the remix session, with a very good version of Big L 's single " I Don't Understand It" remixed by Phat Tape.

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New Joint : Big L - Fred Samuel Playground feat Method Man - 2025

 

Certainly the best song in my opinion, taken from Big L’s latest posthumous album, recently released on Mass Appeal. Here is the Lyric video !

Sperrow & DJ STR - Smashin' Bricks Vol. 2 (7") - 2025

 

7" - 2025 - Comin Tru Records / STR Records 

" “Smashin’ Bricks Vol. 2” brings Sperrow and DJ STR back together with two heavy remixes and their instrumentals. Side A delivers DJ STR’s flip of Dilated Peoples – “The Platform”, while Side B features Sperrow’s rugged take on Big L – “Shoulda Used A Rubba”." - courtesy of Comin Tru Records / STR Records

100 copies only ...

Order : Comin Tru Records / STR Records

  

Big L - Harlem Renaissance - Represent Magazine 1995

 

From Represent Magazine #6 - Feb / Mar 1995

Boogie & The Barber w/Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito - August (23rd or 30th) 1998 - WQHT

 

Episode of Boogie & The Barber with Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito aired in August (23rd or 30th) 1998 on Hot97. This show was first uploaded by DJ Nes on his Dirty Waters Blog in 2014.

Govna, Diezzle Don & Funk Doc ‎- Ghetto Red Hot
Canibus - Get Retarded
Ras Kass - H20 Proof
Scaramanga feat. Godfather Don ‎- Special EFX
Xzibit feat. Montageone - Nobody Sound Like Me
Gang Starr feat. WC & Rakim - The Militia II Remix
24:54 ?
Sauce Money feat. Jay Z - Pre Game
Fat Joe feat. Big Pun & Armageddon - Terror Squadians
Mobb Deep - Allustrious
Gang Starr feat. M.O.P. - 1/2 & 1/2
Goodie Mob - Sprite Commercial
Talk Break
Big L - ’98 Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle

Talk Break
Willie Stubz feat. Cuban Link & Triple Seis - Pimpin’
Big L - Size Em Up
Brand Nubian feat. Loon - Back Up Off the Wall
Pharaohe Monch - Queens
Talk Break
De La Soul feat. Pete Rock & Rob-O - Stay Away
Medina Green feat. Mos Def - Crosstown Beef
The Roots - Don’t See Us

Check the Stretch&Bobbito Archives for more shows !

Record Report - HHC June 1995

 

From Hip Hop Connection Magazine - June 1995 

Hype - HHC 1995 : Big L

From Hip Hop Connection Magazine - June 1995 

 

Remix Session : Lord V.I - Free Cheeze (Karbine Remix)

NY-based producer Karbine delivers a dope remix of "Free Cheeze", a single released by Lord V.I. in 1996 on Sixth Boro Records. 

If you're looking for more Karbine's material, you can also checked his excellent remix project entitled "1200 Remixes" which includes tracks from Street Smartz, AK Skills, Channel Live, Big L, Mobb Deep, Da Youngsta's and more ... Enjoy !

Children Of the Corn - Welcome To the Dangerzone - 2023

2xLP / CD - 2023 - Dust & Dope Recordings / HHE  

Dust & Dope Recordings and Hip-Hop Enterprise team up to bring us "Welcome To the Dangerzone", Children Of the Corn's ultimate collection of their previously released and unreleased recordings for the first time ever on vinyl and replicated CD format. It includes The classic rare tracks and never before heard versions, all mastered from Digga's original recordings by Adam Boose. Double LP housed in a gatefold sleeve, with exclusive Digga interview and liner notes by Werner von Wallenrod, as well as the complete lyrics. Artwork by Spek the Architek.

1. HARLEM U.S.A. (HARLEM VERSION)

2. AMERICAN DREAM (FINAL VERSION)

3. HARLEM NIGHTS

4. FAIR ONE PT. 1

5. GIVE UP THE GAME

6. DOIN’ IT

7. I REMEMBER WHEN

8. HARLEM U.S.A. (UPTOWN VERSION)

9. TRICKIN’

10. AMERICAN DREAM (DEMO VERSION 1)

11. BISCUITS & BANGERS

12. HARD 2 GET BY

13. ILL FLOW

14. PAINT THE TOWN RED

15. THE CORN

16. DON'T SLEEP

17. FAIR ONE PT. 2

18. A STAR IS BORN

19. AMERICAN DREAM (DEMO VERSION 2)

Order : Vinyl (Black Vinyl - 150 Copies & Midnight Purple Colored Vinyl -150 Copies) / CD (500 Copies)

Remix Session : Big L - MVP (Al Da Jazzmatic Remix) - 2022

 

Here is a good Remix of "MVP" produced by Al Da Jazzmatic from Finland.

Mixtape : Donnie Propa - Straight From The Crate Cave - Big L Edition

 

Double K7 - 2022

Here is the latest Mixtape dropped by Donnie Propa entitled "Straight From The Crate Cave - Big L Edition" and released on Limited Edition Double Cassettes. 3 different colour ways available (Half black half white / Frosted Clear / Translucent Yellow)... but sold out in less than 3 minutes... crazy!!

A Side :

1. Platinum Plus 

2. The Big Picture 

3. No Endz, No Skinz 

4. Da Graveyard 

5. Get Yours (Remix) 

6. Deadly Combination 

7. Dignified Soldiers 

8. The Heist 

9. L’s Big Freestyle 

10. American Dream 

11. The Enemy 

12. Platinum Plus (Riverside Mix) 

13. MVP (Summer Smooth Mix) 

14. Now Or Never 

15. Dangerzone 

16. Games Females Play (Original Mix) 

17. 98 Freestyle Parts 1 And 2 

18. Roc Raida Tape Freestyle 

19. NY Freestyle 

20. Internationally Known 

B Side :

1. Ebonics (DJ Premier Remix) 

2. Work Is Never Done 

3. Way Of Life (Buckwild Version) 

4. Holding’ It Down 

5. Stand Strong 

6. We Got This 

7. Stretch And Bobbito 95 

8. Times Iz Hard 

9. Day One 

10. School Dayz 

11. Put It On (L.G. Remix) 

12. Street Struck 

13. Yes You May (Funk Flow Mix) 

14. How Will I Make It 

15. All Love (Show Remix) 

C Side :

1. Fall Back 

2. You Know What I’m About 

3. Devils Son 

4. Thick 

5. Casualties Of A Dice Game 

6. Where You At? (Show Version) 

7. Uptown Connection 

8. MVP (Buckwild Remix) 

9. Put It On 

10. Day One (Show Remix) 

11. Harlem NYC (Remix) 

12. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous 

13. 8 Iz Enuff (Demo Version) 

14. On The Mic 

15. Who You Slidin’ Wit (Buckwild Remix) 

16. Principal Of The New School 

D Side :

1. Zone Of Danger 

2. MVP 

3. Furious Anger 

4. Wake Up Show Anthem 

5. Comments From Big L And Showbiz 

6. Represent 

7. Give It To Em L (Original Mix) 

8. Ebonics 

9. Way Of Life 

10. Dangerous 

11. Back Up Off Me 

12. Size Em Up 

13. Da Unexpected Flava 

14. Thorough Fam 

15. Double Up 

16. Back In My Hood 

17. 5 Fingaz Of Death 

18. I Don’t Understand It 

19. I Can’t Understand It (Original Demo Version) 

20. No Endz, No Skinz (Original Mix) 

21. Flamboyant 

Order  

Flippin' Da Trax - Rap Pages, Apr/May 1995

 

Rap Pages, Vol.4, #5 (Apr-May, 1995) - Scans courtesy of Max The Keeper

DJ Premier – So Wassup? Episode 3

  

DJ Premier presents the brand new series: 'So Wassup?' a salute to the floppy disk. Throughout this series, DJ Premier explores his most classic productions, and how the technology of the time influenced the sound. Here is the episode 3 about D.I.TC's single "The Enemy". 

Microphone Check - The Source, April 1995

 

From The Source - April 1995 - Scans courtesy of Frederic Thecle 

Page The Hand Grenade - 2-22-2020 "A Day In The Bronx"

 

2-22-2021

"A Day In The Bronx"

It is February of 2020 as I just bought a ticket for a show called "Checklist The Play" which was written and directed by Wali "World" Burgos. 

I was not sure that I was going to be able to attend as I had mixed feelings about taking the trip.  I have not travelled to "The Bronx" since February of 2019 when my mother was still alive.  As I currently live in North Carolina, this would be the first trip up there without seeing her.  I created an itinerary to keep me busy for one day in the Bronx.  On 2-21-2020, at 3 PM EST, I left my job and boarded the Greyhound bus for an overnight trip that made stops in many cities along the way.  A week prior to my departure, I booked studio time at D.I.T.C. Studios in the Bronx.  "Checklist The Play" started at 7 PM and my studio session was from 2 PM to 6 PM.  I booked a hotel room at the Days Inn on Third Avenue alongside Bruckner Boulevard.  As soon as my bus arrived the next morning, I jumped on the subway and headed to the Bronx.  I had no idea what I was going to record when I booked the session.  I just wanted to record in the "Big L" booth with his picture on the wall for inspiration.  I was in a dark place mentally with my mother recently passing away along with me living in a homeless shelter for veterans.  While travelling overnight, I wrote two sixteen bar verses to an instrumental Buckwild track titled "I dream of wealth."  I checked into my hotel room, showered, changed and took an Uber straight to the studio.  

I was greeted by Jahlil as he helped me get the words out clearly using his accurate punching in skills while I recited my rhymes by reading from my rhymebook.  After the session, I headed back to my hotel room for a quick break before I called another Uber to take me to Lehman College for the play.  Wali "World" Burgos along with his brother and sister Khalid and Asia, produced a great show.  The whole cast was amazing and talented as DJ Famous and Frank Vocals provided good musical vibes.  After the play was over, I rode the number two bus from Bedford Park Boulevard, all the way down to 138th Street and 3rd Avenue back to my hotel room.  I ordered McDonalds from Uber Eats and went to sleep.  I checked out of my hotel room the next morning and walked to Giovanni's on 149th Street and Grand Concourse for breakfast.  I then proceeded to the bus terminal to head back to North Carolina.  My bus arrived back to North Carolina at 6:30 AM on 2-24-2020 as I called an Uber and went straight to work.  From 2-21-2020 to 2-24-2020, I spent "A Day In The Bronx" on 2-22-2020.

Thank You For Reading

Stanley Grimes Jr.

2-16-2021

Record Report - The Source March 1995

From The Source - March 1995 - Scans courtesy of Frederic Thecle 

Foul Child Trailer + Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (25th Anniversary Edition Bundle) - 2020

"Foul Child: The Legend of Big L, a new mini-documentary film chronicling the trajectory of the profoundly influential and visionary Hip Hop artist Big L, coming May 29th via Mass Appeal & Certified Classics. Featuring exclusive interviews by RZA, Buckwild, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Twelvyy, Dave East, Stretch Armstrong, Bobbito Garcia and Peter Rosenberg." - courtesy of Mass Appeal 

For the info, this mini-doc has nothing in common with the official documentary "Street Struck: The Big L Story" which is still in production. 

3xLP - 2020 - Get On Down 

A1. Put It On   

A2. MVP   

A3. No Endz, No Skinz    

B1. 8 Iz Enuff

B2. All Black

B3. Danger Zone 

C1. Street Struck   

C2. Da Graveyard

C3. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

D1. I Don't Understand It

D2. Fed Up Wit the Bullshit

D3. Let 'Em Have It "L"

Bonus LP:

E1. Devil's Son

E2. I Shoulda Used A Rubba

F1. School Dayz

F2. Times Iz Hard

F3. Da UnExpected Flava

Devil's Son 7":

A. Devil's Son

B. Devil's Son (Instrumental)

1000 sets available, Shipping Date : Late July 2020 

Pre-Orders  

DJ Filthy Rich Presents Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous 25th Anniversary Tribute

Live At The Devil's BBQ ft Nas, Large Pro [Filthy Blend]

No Endz No Skinz

You Know What I'm About w Lord Finesse (OG Version)

Casualties Of A Dice Game [Filthy Blend]

I Don't Understand It

The Unexpected Flava (Unreleased)

Represent w Showbiz & AG

Filthy's Uptown Break

Fine Tune Da Mic [Filthy Blend]

Da Graveyard

Let Em Have It L

Put It On ft Nas [LP + RMX + Filthy Blend]

Stretch and Bobbito 93 freestyle

Roc Raida Freestyle

Times Iz Hard On The Boulevard (Unreleased)

Uptown Connection ft McGruff, Mase [Filthy Blend]

Fed Up With The Bullshit

How Will I Make It (Unreleased)

A Star Is Born ft Cam'ron & Bloodshed [Filthy Blend]

MVP (LP Version + RMXS)

Street Struck

All Black

Yes You May RMX w Lord Finesse

Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

Danger Zone

8 Iz Enuff
Stretch & Bobbito 95 freestyle

Contact : DJ Filthy Rich  

The Hip Hop Spot w. WMS & DJ Riz - Feb 14th 1995 - WBAU

The Hip Hop Spot w. WildMan Steve & DJ Riz -  February 14th 1995 - WBAU

"This show we interviewed Big L R.I.P. and The Cella Dwellas! We started the show with Riz on the 1's and 2's! I'm on the air getting ready to interview Big L who was waiting to go on the air!! Tyesh Harris from Columbia Records was at the station that night with Big L to promote his hot joint "Put It On" f. Kid Capri! I'm on the mic letting the listeners know that Biggie Smalls was here!! You can hear Tyesh and B Wise saying "it's Big L"! I corrected the mistake and then interviewed Big L! Big L was cool about waiting for the interview and the problem with the mic while he was freestyling! He was able to do a short freestyle and was professional about everything! The Cella Dwellas came on next and they mentioned that they knew Riz from playing High School football in Brooklyn! They also played against Masta Ace and so did Riz!! Riz was a star player from Canarsie and went to play football at Hofstra U. We had a good time doing our Jerky Boys impressions and bugging out!!" - WildMan Steve 

Delphi Oracle - Peace and Quiet

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Escape 

Talk Break

Big L - Interview

Big L - Put It On 

Big L - Freestyle

Big L - Interview

Big L - Put It On Remix

Notorious Big - Who Shot Ya

Masta Ace Inc - 4 Da Mind

Cella Dwellas - Land Of The Lost Instrumental

Talk Break

Cella Dwellas Interview

Cella Dwellas - We Got It Hemmed

Cella Dwellas - Freestyle
Cella Dwellas Interview