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

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CM Famalam Radio Show - March 04th 1999 - WKCR

 

Here is a Re-up of the CM Famalam Radio Show from March 04th 1999 with Bobbito a.k.a DJ Cucumber Slice & Lord Sear a.k.a Stak Chedda, which was blogged by DJ Nes in 2012. The guests that night were Dilated Peoples (Rakaa Iriscience, Evidence & DJ Babu).

Peanut Butter Wolf feat Planet Asia - In Your Area

Baby Blak - Real MC

Rahzel - All I Know

DJ Eli & Shan Boogs feat. Yeshua DapoEd, J-Treds, & Pumpkinhead - Truly Gifted Ones

Zion I - Innerlight Remix

Slum Village - Get Dis Money

El Da Sensei feat Pharaohe Monch & Prince Po - Frontline

30:45 ?

Lootpack - Weededed Remix

MHZ - Rocket Science

People Under The Stairs - San Francisco Knights

Dr Becket & K-Skills - Hitten Hardest

Arsonists - Pyromaniax

Self Scientific - Sublevel Dominance

Rob Swift - Dope On Plastic Remix

Black Star feat Black Thought - Respiration (Flying High Remix)

Lootpack - Wanna Test

Ang 13 - Comin' Through Alert

Inspectah Deck - Word On The Street

The Roots feat Common - Act Too (Love Of My Life)

Talk Break w/ Dilated Peoples

Lord Sear Freestyle

Dilated Peoples Freestyle

Talk Break

DJ Babu Set 

Talk Break

Swollen Members Feat Dilated Peoples – Counter Parts - 1999

12" - 1999 - Battle Axe Records  

Here is the second 12" released in 1999 by the rap trio Swollen Members, consisted of Mad Child, Prevail and DJ Zodak from Vancouver, Canada. It came out on their own Battle Axe Label.

The wax consists of the tracks "Front Street" produced by The Alchemist on the A-side and "Counter Parts" on the B-side which features Dilated Peoples' Iriscience and Evidence who produced the track. It also features the legendary Kutmasta Kurt on the cuts. In my opinion "Counter Parts" is definitely the best track pressed on this very cheap 12".

Video : Evidence - Lost In Time (Park Jams) - 2021

Here is the latest video dropped by Evidence. The Single "Lost In Time (Park Jams)" is produced by Nottz (Cuts by DJ Babu) and the video is directed by the LA-based Photograph Stephen Vanasco. 

Record Report - Elemental Magazine Issue #18

 

From Elemental Magazine - Issue #18 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton 

Swollen Members - Shatter Proof / Consumption - 1997

Here is an interesting debut 12" released in the mid 90s by the rap trio Swollen Members, consisted of the Canadian emcees Mad Child & Prevail and DJ Zodak. It came out in 1997 on Battle Axe Records, a record label based at that time in Vancouver, Canada and managed by the group members.

12" - 1997 - Battle Axe Records 

The A-side of the wax consists of the tracks "Shatter Proof " and "Consumption" featuring Aceyalone, both tracks produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples and easily the best tracks of the 12-Inch. A sample of "Orange Lady" performed by The Weather Report in 1971 is used by Evidence for the production of "Shatterproof", and for the production of "Consumption" he used a sample of "The Rite of Spring" performed by Hubert Laws in 1971.

The B-side is composed of the tracks "Sunburn" feat Mix Master Mike and "Paradise Lost" featuring Tony Da Skitzo and Mr Brady, both tracks produced by DJ Zodak. 

Dilated Peoples - Wide Open

 

From Elemental Magazine - Issue #35 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton 

Dilated Peoples - Imagery, Battlehymns & Politics Poetry ('94 Promo Album)

My man Hakan Dougpark is back with good material for your Quarantine !!!

Here are the snippets from the real Dilated Peoples's promo album "Imagery, Battlehymns, & Political Poetry", which was supposed to be released on Immortal Records in 1994 but it was unfortunately shelved ... Enjoy !

People's Party - Talib Kweli And Evidence

Interview : Dilated Peoples - May 2000

Here is a lost interview of Dilated Peoples recorded by Adam 'Quest' Walder after their performance at the Axis Nightclub in Boston, MA on May 2000.

"A week before the now classic “The Platform” dropped, I was lucky enough to get on the Dilated tour bus with Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience, and DJ Babu right after their performance at the Axis Nightclub in Boston, MA on May 16, 2000.

Before the interview, they smoked a lot of weed and to say I got hit with that second hand smoke would be an understatement. As hard as I tried to concentrate and ask the hard hitting questions, my brain was on another planet (thanks Ev!)." - Adam "Quest" Walder

Feel free to check his youtube channel, you'll find a lot of indie hip-hop shows and rare footages.

Underground Persistence

From Spin Magazine - July 2000

Dilated Peoples in Pound Magazine - July 2000

From Pound Magazine - July 2000 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton

Video : Evidence - The Factory - 2018

Video of the single "The Factory" taken from Evidence's album "Weather Or Not".  Song produced by Twiz the Beat Pro and Video directed by Jason Goldwatch. 

Album Review : Rasco - Time Waits For No Man - 1998

LP - 1998 - Stones Throw Records 

From CMJ New Music Monthly - August 1998

From Spin - October 1998

Singles Review - Vibe - April 1999

From Vibe Magazine - April 1999 

The Cipher - Episode #232 : Evidence Interview

Photo by : Van Styles 

Tracks featured in this episode:

Bette Midler, “Mr Rockefeller”

Instrumental All Stars, “General Hospital TV Theme”

A Bronx Tale - Craps Scene

Red Foo & Dre Koon f/Evidence, “The Freshest”

Dilated Peoples, “Ruggedness”

Dilated Peoples, “End of the Time”

LMFAO, “Party Rock Anthem”

Mos Def, “Beef”

The Whooliganz, “Put Your Handz Up”

Newcleus, “Jam On It”

Paul Hardcastle, “19”

Newcleus, “Jam On It”

The Game f/Ludacris, “Ya Heard”

Evidence, “A Moment In Time”

Dilated Peoples, “Neighborhood Watch”

Dilated Peoples f/Defari, “Third Degree (Official Video)”

Action Bronson, “Strictly 4 My Jeeps”

Dilated Peoples, “Work the Angles”

Dilated Peoples, “Triple Optics”

Evidence, “10,000 Hours”

Evidence f/Jonwayne, “To Make a Long Story Longer”

Dilated Peoples, “The Main Event”

Dilated Peoples, “Years in the Making”

Special Ed, “Think About It”

Dilated Peoples, “The Platform”

Organized Konfusion, “Prisoners of War”

Dr. Dre f/Devin the Dude & Snoop Dogg, “Fuck You”

Dilated Peoples, “Mr. Slow Flow (Remix)” f/PMD

EPMD, “Strictly Snappin’ Necks”

Dilated Peoples, “Mr. Slow Flow (Remix)” f/PMD

Beastie Boys, “Alive (Evidence Remix)”

Dilated Peoples, “Trade Money”

Evidence, “Down in New York City”

Swolen Members, “Shatter Proof”

Defari, “Bionic”

Kanye West, “Jesus Walks”

M.O.P., “Follow Instructions”

Sean Price f/Pharoahe Monch, “BBQ Sauce”

Sean Price f/Pharoahe Monch, “BBQ Sauce”

Nas, “Nas Is Like”

Bette Midler, “Mr Rockefeller”

Bette Midler, “Mr Rockefeller”

Dilated Peoples, “This Way”

Kanye West, “Last Call”

Evidence, “Throw It All Away”

Evidence, “Jim Dean”

Evidence, “Chase the Clouds Away”

Ice Cube, “It Was A Good Day”

Evidence, “Chase the Clouds Away”

Swollen Members f/Evidence, “Dark Clouds”

Evidence, “Born in L.A.”

Evidence, “What I Need”

Evidence f/Slug & Catero, “Powder Catero”

Evidence f/Slug & Catero, “Powder Catero”

Evidence, “By My Side Too”

Evidence, “I Still Love You”

Evidence, “Sleep Deprivation”

Evidence, “10,000 Hours”

CNN Will I Am Hologram, First time on TV

Emanon (Aloe Blacc and Exile) ~ Imaginary Friends {FULL ALBUM}

Avicii, “Wake Me Up”

Evidence f/Aloe Blacc, “The Liner Notes”

The Cipher Show  

Evidence in URB magazine - 2008

From URB - Issue #156 - Nov-Dec 2008

Evidence - Weather or Not - 2018

LP - 2018 - Rhymesayers Ent. 

01 - The Factory

02 - Throw It All Away

03 - Powder Cocaine feat. Slug & Catero

04 - Jim Dean

05 - Weather or Not

06 - Moving Too Fast feat. Catero

07 - Runners feat. Defari

08 - Bad Publicity feat. Krondon

09 - Rain Drops

10 - Sell Me This Pen feat. Alchemist & Mach Hommy

11 - Love Is A Funny Thing feat. Styles P, Rapsody, & Khrysis

12 - 10,000 Hours

13 - What I Need

14 - To Make A Long Story Longer feat. Jonwayne

15 - Wonderful World feat. Rakaa

16 - By My Side Too

"Evidence has returned to deliver his third solo album, Weather or Not, the final chapter in The Weatherman series before beginning the next saga. “As a writer and a rapper, I’ve been using the weather as a metaphor my whole career,” Evidence explains. “On the Dilated Peoples song “Guaranteed”, I had a line that said, ‘Some think I’m clever, others think I’m the one who makes too many references to weather… or not.’ Every time I would perform that song live, the crowd would always say the ‘or not’, so I knew I was on to something, and it would eventually be an album title.” 

For Weather or Not, Evidence tapped a stellar cast of producers to share duties with, including Alchemist, DJ Premier, Nottz, DJ Babu, Twiz The Beat Pro, Sam I Yam and Budgie. The album also features an all-star lineup of guests and friends, including Slug (Atmosphere), Rakaa (Dilated Peoples), Alchemist, Styles P, Rapsody, Jonwayne, Defari, Krondon, Khrysis, Mach Hommy and Catero. 

“I made this album with loyalists in mind,” Evidence says. “There’s nothing that’s unintentional. There are no wasted words.” While the album predominantly highlights his talent as a rapper, Evidence is also a well known producer, photographer and videographer. But, for all of his non-stop, high-level productivity, Evidence is most notably modest, a quality fully captured on Weather Or Not. 

“Now that the album is finished, I can see clearly that every single song serves its own purpose. To me, it’s like a playlist, or a greatest hits collection…except that none of these songs existed before I made them.” "

Release Date : January 26th 2018
Pre-Orders : Vinyl / CD 

Singles Review : Vibe - Jun/July 1998

From Vibe Magazine - Jun/July 1998 

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