DJ Madsol Desar & Krumbsnatcha - On The Block For A Minute (1997-2000)

 

EP - 2026 - HHE

"It all started back in 1987 when Madsol formed a rap duo with the late, great Dialek. They recorded together all the way up until 1995 building a catalog of music that laid the foundation for their lasting legacy in East Coast hip-hop. In 1997, Madsol and Dialek established the production team Knighz Of Muzik, creating countless underground classics for artists including Ed O.G, Scientifik, Concrete Click, Laster, D. Auguste, Da F.E.N.C.E. Men, and many others.

Later in 1997, Madsol relocated to New York City to fully pursue his music career as a producer, DJ, and recording artist. That same year, he founded Hi-Rise Records, one of New York City's premier independent underground hip-hop labels. Bridging the gap between the streets and the industry, Hi-Rise Records became known for its authentic lyricism and uncompromising production. The label released the first official recording by Immortal Technique and went on to release acclaimed underground recordings featuring Talib Kweli, Esoteric, The Last Emperor, and other influential artists.

Hip-Hop Enterprise now proudly presents a project with previously unreleased recordings from DJ Madsol Desar and Krumbsnatcha. We have one track recorded in 1997 at D&D Studios Brooklyn, NY and we have 4 tracks recorded in 2000 at Frame of Art Studios also located in Brooklyn, NY. On the B-Side, we will have all the instrumentals of the project. The timeless production of Madsol combined with vintage Krumb Snatcha from the Snatcha Season era is a definite winner!" - courtesy of Hip Hop Enterprise

Available on Boston Green Opaque Vinyl⁠ (100 copies - HHV Records Exclusive)⁠, Black Vinyl ⁠(150 copies) & CD⁠ (100 copies)

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Built To Last Mix : Dialek BTL Mix

 

New Built To Last Mix dedicated to the Boston-based producer Dialek who passed away in March 2023. Rest In Peace !

01/ Concrete Click "Naive To The Fact" 

02/ Scumbag SaV! "Misery" (ft Dialek) 

03/ Krumb Snatcha "Hip Hop" 

04/ Da F.E.N.C.E. Men "Head To Head" 

05/ Laster "Searchin 4 Meaning" 

06/ D.Auguste "Dream Pool" 

07/ The Union ( D.Auguste, Da F.E.N.C.E. Men & Laster) "Mental Scriptures" 

08/ Edo.G "Understand" 

09/ Chubb Rock, Lil Dap, Paw Dukes & Edo G "Rich get Rich (No More Prisons)" 

10/ Paw Dukes "Amazin"

Da F.E.N.C.E. Men ‎- Head To Head / Massacre - 1998

 

12" - 1998 - Dark Records 

Here is the debut 12" released by Da F.E.N.C.E Men on Dark Records in 1998. Da F.E.N.C.E Men was a Boston-based group consisting of 3 members named A-Sharp, Mr. Mattox and Big F.E.N.C.E. 

Mr Mattox : " The Members of the group were A-Sharp, Mr. Mattox … behind the production of Big F.E.N.C.E, who believed in us. Also shouts to T-BugOut who inspired us in the writing process.

F.E.N.C.E. stands for Far East Niggaz Collecting Endz, this title was because Boston, Ma is more Far East than New York and that's where Hip-Hop was stationed at that point. "

The wax is composed of the tracks "Action" (Clean/Dirty & Instrumental), "Head To Head" (Clean & Instrumental) and "Massacre" (Clean & Instrumental) featuring Krumb Snatcha and DJ Madsol-Desar on the cuts. All the tracks were produced by Dialek (Knightz.Of.Muzik) who also managed Dark Records with Madsol-Desar. 

Mr Mattox : "We grew up with Dialek… who became our main producer at the time. Krumbsnatcha was the homey… and Dialek did production for him so we linked up on a few diff records recorded at the infamous D&D studios in New York !!"

Madsol-Desar - Krumbsnatcha & Dialek at D&D Studios - 1996 - Photo courtesy of Krumbsnatcha

As for me, the best tracks of the record are "Massacre" and "Head To Head". "Head To Head" contains a sample of the song "Star Children" released in 1978 and performed by the Mighty Ryeders. If you like to dig into samples, you should grab this album !

It is definitely the 12" from Da F.E.N.C.E Men to own in his hip-hop records collection. If you're looking for more material from this crew, they also released a few other records after that including a full album in 2004 and an interesting single titled "Mental Scriptures" dropped under the name The Union, a group consisting of D.Auguste, Laster & Da F.E.N.C.E. Men.

EDO G - Knightz Of Edo G Musik EP // Scientifik - The Master / Da Bulldogs - Bust A Nut 7"

EP - 2018 - Back2DaSource Records 

A1 - Back In The Days (Prod By Madsol Desar)

A2 - K.O.M Next Move (Prod by Dialek)

B1 - I Missed That (Prod by Madsol)
B2 - What The Deal (Prod by Madsol Desar)

7" - 2018 - Back2DaSource Records 

A1 - Scientifik - The Master
B1 - Da Bulldogs - Bust A Nut

Back2DaSource Records are back with some dope Edo G's unreleased tracks produced by Madsol Desar & Dialek for Knightz Of Musik Productions. This EP contains 4 unreleased tracks dating back from 97/98 and the 7" contains 2 previously unreleased Scientifik & Da Bulldogs tracks. 

Orders : 

- EDO G - Knightz Of Edo G Musik EP 
 - Scientifik - The Master / Da Bulldogs - Bust A Nut 7" 
- Boston Bundle   

Laster - Liberal Art LP - 2017

LP - 2017 - Back2DaSource Record 

A1 - One on One (Prod by Dialek) 

A2 - Hardknocks (Prod by Dialek) 

A3 - Clueless (Prod by Madsol Desar) 

A4 - Elbow Room (Prod by Dialek) 
A5 - Twisted Logic (Prod by Dialek)
B1 - Open House (Prod by Laster) 

B2 - Gone With The Wind (Prod by Dialek) 

B3 - Backstabbers (Prod by Dialek) 

B4 - Flattery (Prod by Madsol Desar) 

B5 - Step Up Front (Prod by Dialek) 

Back2DaSource presents the vinyl version of Laster's 90s unreleased album. The Tracklist is a little bit different from the CD version with 10 tracks only. 

Release Date : End of September 

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Laster - Liberal Art - 2017

CD - 2017 - Back2DaSource Record 

01 - One on One (Prod by Dialek) 

02 - Hardknocks (Prod by Dialek) 

03 - Clueless (Prod by Madsol Desar) 

04 - Elbow Room (Prod by Dialek) 

05 - Open House (Prod by Laster) 

06 - Gone With The Wind (Prod by Dialek) 

07 - Backstabbers (Prod by Dialek) 

08 - Flattery (Prod by Madsol Desar) 

09 - Step Up Front (Prod by Dialek) 

10 - Off Balance (Prod by Madsol Desar) 

11 - Bare Witness (Prod by Madsol Desar)
12 - Bare Witness (Instrumental)

Big Up to Madsol Desar, Bee Jay a.k.a Beatjunkie82 and Back2DaSource Records for unearthing that unreleased Laster album.
After two excellent 12" Singles "Off Balance" and " Searching for Meaning" released respectively in 1997 and 1998, the unreleased 90s album produced by Laster, Dialek and Madsol Desar who both formed the production team K.O.M (Knightz Of Muzik), is now available on CD format. Vinyl LP will be out soon in September. 

"With such great heats put out at the time, we had to put out this 90s unreleased album called Liberal Art, produced by Madsol Desar & Dialek. Soulful samples, jazzy &melodic samples, but also inspired by classical music with crazy dope strings samples, this album has a lot of incredible and different kind of prods but they all always on point/DOPE boom Bap and brings different sort of vibes, you def cant sleep on this Classic Hip Hop Album from Boston, this is HISTORY. On the lyrics side, Laster brings his best, serious topics, dope flows and poetry, zodiac expert in action"

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