Video : Truth (feat. AL Skratch & Kurious) - Spit It - 2024

Queens emcee Truth delivers his latest single "Spit It" featuring Kurious and AL Skratch , taken from his latest album entitled "Nostalgia ThEraPy", which is fully produced by Da Beatminerz (Mr Walt & DJ Evil Dee). 

 

RIM - Rimbrandt (Oil Based) Part 1 - 2023

 

CD / K7 - 2023 - BarsOverBS 

"Rimbrandt (Oil Based) Part 1" is the latest project dropped by the Brooklyn-based emcee RIM. The album is available on physical format (CD & Cassette), with productions from DJ Evil Dee, Wavy Da Ghawd, Ill Tal, Sebb Bash, Hobgoblin, Nolan The Ninja, Buckwild, DJ Skizz, and Farma G.

The Guests list includes MCs like Vic Spencer, Hus Kingpin, Sean Price (RIP), Eddie Kaine, P.U.R.E, Josiah The Gift, Generale Steele ... and more.

Order 

Video : Amadeus360 Feat Buckshot, Termanology & DJ Evil Dee - Warfare

Amadeus360 The Beat King drops the video for "Warfare" featuring Buckshot, Termanology and DJ Evil Dee, taken from his upcoming album "THE MPC JEDI".

Truth - For All Intents and Purposes - 2022

LP - 2021/ 2022 - Animal Military Records / Get On Down  

"Truth continues his verbal onslaught with his 3rd album, “For All Intents and Purposes.” Truth teams up with the legendary production duo Da Beatminerz (Mr. Walt and DJ Evil Dee) (who also featured production on Truth’s 1st two LP’s - From Ashes to Kingdom Come [2016] and The Fight for Survival [2019]) , who produce the entirety of the LP. Truth’s sound remains consistent once again throughout giving the listener banger after banger. With lines, like “You get O love like the back of a Cleveland jersey” and “Violently respond conflict endorsing pen scorching / I give even the greatest a problem like Ken Norton,” further displays Truth’s verbal dexterity matched perfectly to Beatminerz production.

The Queens emcee displays rugged lyrical content, heavily scratched based hooks (DJ JS-1, DJ Evil Dee and PF Cuttin), over incredible Beatminerz Boombap! The album features Tragedy Khadafi, Ras Kass, Large Professor, Treach and Joe Fatal. Longtime collaborator PF Cuttin mixed and mastered the album. Truth is looking to leave his mark giving true hip hop heads exactly want they want!

This is a must get LP for true Hip Hop heads! Just like Truth’s first two albums, it definitely does not disappoint!" - courtesy of Get On Down

A1. Power of Truth

A2. Let's Do It (Cuts By DJ Evil Dee)

A3. Duck Dodge Hide (Cuts By DJ Evil Dee)

A4. Where You At (Cuts By PF Cuttin)

A5. Listen Up (Cuts By DJ JS-1)

A6. Aim for the Kill (Cuts By DJ JS-1)

A7. Fistory in the Making (Cuts By PF Cuttin)

B1. Stomped Out (Cuts By DJ JS-1)

B2. Brutality (Cuts By DJ Evil Dee)

B3. Attack (feat. Large Professor) (Cuts By DJ Evil Dee)

B4. Take Em' Down (Cuts By PF Cuttin)

B5. Entourage (feat. Ras Kass, Tragedy Khadafi, Large Professor, Treach and Joe Fatal)

B6. Pardon the Disruption

B7. The Eternal Force (Cuts By DJ JS-1)

Available on Super Limited Maple Green Vinyl (50 copies only).

Standard Black vinyl coming soon...Stay tuned !

Da Beatminerz - Still Got Da Props

 

From Elemental Magazine - Issue #32 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton 

Black Moon - Rise Of Da Moon - 2019

LP - 2019 - Duck Down Records  

Here it is !!! the long awaited album from the legendary group Black Moon is now available for Pre-Order via Duck Down Records website. The Project features appearances from artists like Method Man, Smif-N-Wessun and Rockness Monsta, and is fully produced by Da Beatminerz. 

Pre-Orders : Vinyl / CD / Quarter Moon Bundle / Half Moon Bundle /  Three Quarter Moon Bundle / Full Moon Bundle

Shipping Date : October 21st 2019

Random Rap Radio Presents Mad Skillz Bundle + Interview

Random Rap Radio blog and my man Irish Craig are back with some good Mad Skillz materials from the mid-90s : a live in London recorded at Subterania in March 1996, a Tim Westwood Show aired on March 8th 1996 and a DJ Evil Dee Monday Night Flavor Mix aired on July 24th 1995 on Hot97. You can check the bundle Here 

A recent Mad Skillz interview is also available Here 

Enjoy !

Kevin Keith & The Dirty Dozen - June 12th 1993 - WNWK

Kevin Keith & The Dirty Dozen 105.9 WNWK June 12, 1993

Kevin Keith & The Dirty Dozen Show Intro

Brand Nubian - Lick Dem Mothaphuckas

MC Lyte - Brooklyn 

Scrapmental - Left to the Right

Boss - 2 to Da Head 

Tha Alkaholiks - Last Call

Wu Tang Clan - Method Man

Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Come & Get Me While I'm Hot

Justin Warfield - Dip Dip Divin'

Talk Break

Justin Warfield Interview

Justin Warfield - K Sera Sera

Trends Of Culture - Valley Of The Skinz

Slick Rick - Cuz It's Wrong

? 

Jungle Brothers - Jimbrowski 

Diamond D feat. Sadat X & Lord Finesse - You Can't Front

Talk Break

The Flipstones - Demo 

Shaq feat Fu-Schnikens - What’s Up Doc ? (K-Cut's Fat Trac Remix)

Talk Break

The Flipstones Interview

Bronx Zoo - ? 

Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean

WNWK Advert

Props to Dj Eclipse for the upload

Mix : Black Moon 'Enta Da Stage' 25th Anniversary Mixtape

"Released October 19th 1993, Black Moon's classic debut LP 'Enta Da Stage' celebrates its 25th Anniversary this week. Produced entirely by Da Beatminerz, the album's production style epitomises early 90s East Coast boom bap sonics with laid back, filtered jazz-funk samples meeting crunchy drums, cut choruses and gritty wordplay. In celebration of the anniversary we've teamed up once again with Wax Poetics magazine to present this exclusive mixtape pairing album tracks and remixes with their sample sources, interview snippets and more. Mixed by Chris Read." - WhoSampled 

1. Black Moon - Niguz Talk Shit (DJ Evil Dee '96 Instrumental)

2. Chris Read - Theme #3 (Scratchapella)

3. Barry White - Playing Your Game (sampled in 'I Got Cha Opin (Remix)')

4. Black Moon - Rap City Interview 1993

5. Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Remix)

6. Grover Washington Jr. - Hydra (sampled in 'How Many MCs')

7. Black Moon - How Many MCs

8. Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy [Extract] (sampled in 'How Many MCs')

9. Black Moon - Murder MCs

10. Lee Dorsey - Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in 'U Da Man')

11. Black Moon feat Dru Ha, Havoc & Smif N Wessun - U Da Man

12. Ahmad Jamal - Misdemeanor (sampled in 'Black Smif N Wessun')

13. Black Moon feat Smif N Wessun - Black Smif N Wessun

14. Lonnie Smith - Spinning Wheel (sampled in 'Black Smif N Wessun')

15. Baby Huey - Hard Times [Loop] (sampled in 'Powaful Impak!')

16. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School - Scenario [Extract] (sampled in Powaful Impak!)

17. Black Moon - Powaful Impak!

18. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidinanda (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

19. Cannonball Adderley - Eye of the Cosmos [Extract] (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

20. James Brown - It's A New Day So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn [Extract] (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

21. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

22. Boogie Down Productions - We In There [Loop] (sampled in 'Make Munne')

23. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin [Loop] (sampled in 'Make Munne')

24. Black Moon - Make Munne

25. Tyrone Washington - Submission (sampled in 'Act Like U Want It')

26. Black Moon - Act Like U Want It

27. Donald Byrd - Wind Parade (sampled in 'Buck Em Down')

28. Run DMC - Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) (sampled in 'Buck Em Down' (Beatminerz Remix))

29. Black Moon - Buck Em Down (Beatminerz Remix)

30. Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache [Loop] (sampled in 'Buck Em Down' (Beatminerz Remix))

31. Ronnie Laws - Tidal Wave (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

32. Lightnin Rod - Sport [Loop] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

33. Skull Snaps - It's A New Day [Loop] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

34. DJ Grand Wizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five - Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie [Extract] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

35. Black Moon - Who Got Da Props

36. Black Moon - Who Got Da Props (MW Smooth Instrumental)

37. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stils - Season of the Witch [Loop] (sampled in 'Son Get Wrec')

38. Black Moon - Son Get Wrec

39. John Klemmer - Song to Katherine (sampled in 'Shit Iz Real')

40. Black Moon - Shit Iz Real

41. Buddy Montgomery - Winding Up (sampled in 'F**k It Up' (Ruff & Rugged Mix))

42. Black Moon - F**k It Up (Ruff & Rugged Mix)

43. Quincy Jones - Summer in the City (sampled in 'Reality...')

44. Black Moon - 'Reality...'

45. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - We Live in Brooklyn Baby (sampled in 'Reality...')

Planit Hank feat. Jeru The Damaja, Buckshot & AZ - Life in Crooklyn - 2018

"This track is off underground producer Planit Hank upcoming EP  'Night Before Purgatory' dropping next month. Featuring Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, M.O.P, AZ, Canibus, Chris Rivers, DJ Evil Dee, Styles P, Kool G Rap & a few more..." - Hardtimes Records

Sure Shot Singles : Black Moon - Who Got The Props / Fuck It Up - 1993

12" - 1992 - Nervous Records

From The Source - February 1993 - Scan courtesy of Frederic Thecle 

Black Moon - Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition - 2017

2017 - Fat Beats Records

"The Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition bundle includes the LP, CD and cassette copies of the Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition, each enclosed in a deluxe hard case box.

Each variant features the original album, Da Beatminerz instrumentals and remixes across six LPs, three CDs and three cassettes, respectively, along with an 18-page booklet with new interviews, extensive liner notes, and unreleased photos from the original Enta Da Stage photo shoot and additional visual ephemera.

The vinyl and cassette releases are limited to 1,000 and 500 copies, respectively.

Composed of members Buckshot, 5ft, and DJ Evil Dee, Black Moon simultaneously kicked off and defined the rap renaissance of New York with the release of Enta Da Stage in 1993. Whereas plenty of earlier groups had spit rage-filled rhymes to tear down the world’s unjust establishments, no one had evoked brooding pathos or introspective anger quite like Black Moon. Underground hip-hop might have been dominated by the sunny sound of G-Funk when Enta Da Stage dropped, but from then on the scene turned to the dark side. Black Moon was rising.

Working closely with the original members, Fat Beats Records is proud to present the definitive Enta Da Stage box set. Reissued for the first time across three formats – 6xLP, 3xCD, and 3xCassette – this album is the complete encapsulation of an era for anyone seeking to understand the origin and the essence of New York’s Golden Age. All formats include the Da Beatminerz (Evil Dee and Mr. Walt) instrumentals and remixes, plus extensive liner notes by David Ma (Pitchfork, Wax Poetics) with rare and unreleased visual ephemera in an 18 page booklet. The story of Black Moon, alongside their peers Biggie, Big L, Nas, Kool G Rap, and Wu Tang, reminds us that the bleakest times produce the most profound agents of cultural change. And as we stand at the precipice of a new age of anxiety, Enta Da Stage has never been more relevant… or more necessary.

Although Black Moon would go on to release three more albums – and its members would go on to greatness with Da Beatminerz, Boot Camp Klik, and various solo projects – Enta Da Stage remains the perfect distillation of tight lyrical menace, rowdy crew hooks, stripped down breaks, and deep basslines on all of its fourteen tracks. Although Enta Da Stage might stand in the shadow of East Coast albums such as Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic, Liquid Swords, Ready to Die, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and The Infamous, history will remember that Enta da Stage preceded those releases. To understand Enta Da Stage is to understand the origin and the spirit of New York hip-hop once and for all." 

Fat Beats

Order your Complete Edition :

- THE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE - 6XLP BOXSET + 3XCD + 3XCASSETTE 
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 6XLP - BOXSET
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 3XCASSETTE - BOXSET 
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 3XCD - BOXSET

Documentary : Black Moon - Behind The Moon

Behind the Moon features group members Buckshot, 5FT, and Evil Dee giving a tour of their neighborhood, working in their home studio, visiting radio stations during a promotional tour for the album Total Eclipse, and sharing the stage with the likes of Sean Price, Starang Wondah, and Cocoa Brovaz during their furious live show.

Black Moon - Go To War - 2014

 

Photo by RAY RAEL YAU

New Track from Black Moon recorded for Dj Evil Dee's recent Mixtape . 

Mixtape : Edible Beatz Presents 5 Deadly Venoms Of Brooklyn

Edible Beatz is back with his last Tape rip from 1997 : 

Tony Touch, DJ Premier, DJ Evil Dee, P.F. Cuttin', Mister Cee :  5 Deadly Venoms Of Brooklyn

Tracklist :

P.F. Cuttin' "The Lizard"

Verbal Hoodz - I'll Be Damned 

Dr. Dre & B-Real - Puppet Master 

Breeze Evahflowin' - Forsaken 

Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Wild Hot 

Camp Lo - Say Word 

The Dutchmin - Surrounded 

Powerule - Bright Lights, Big City 

Mister Cee "The Toad"

Zhane - Request Line (Mister Cee Blend) 

KRS-One - Raptures Delight 

Yvette Michelle - Not Feelin' You (Mister Cee Blend) 

The Veterans - The Medicine 

Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize 

Frankie Cutlass , Kool G Rap , Mobb Deep & M.O.P. - Know The Game 

Mobb Deep - Young Luv 

Tony Touch "The Snake"

Tony Touch - Deadly Freestyle 

Steele Kat One & Lil' Noc - Freestyle 

Freddie Foxxx - Freestyle 

Sunz Of Man & Makeeba - Freestyle 

Guru - Freestyle 

Channel Live & Benny Boom - Freestyle 

Jeru The Damaja & Lil' Dap - Freestyle 

DJ Premier "The Scorpion" 

Grand Wizard Theodore & Kevie Kev Rockwell - Military Cut 

Busy Bee Vs. Kool Moe Dee - Live At The Harlem World 

Double Trouble - Live At The Amphitheater L.E.S. 

Cold Crush - It's Us 

T La Rock - It's Yours 

LL Cool J - I Need A Beat (Jazzy Mix 1984) 

Malcolm McLaren & World Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals 

MC Lyte - I Cram To Understand 

Divine Force Crew - Holy War 

DJ Premier - Ending Interlude 

Evil Dee "The Centipede"

Black Skavengers - Poison Pill 

Jeru The Damaja - Me Or The Papes 

M.O.P. - Downtown Swinga 

Krumb Snatcha - Gettin' Closer To God 

Shamus & Flu - Tight Team 

AK Skills - East To West 

Shadez Of Brooklyn - Calm Under Pressure

DJ Evil Dee - 05.24.71 (A.K.A. The Birthday Joint) - 1996

K7 - 1996 - Tape Kingz  

Face A

1 Pete Rock & Lost Boyz - The Yearn
2 Shadez Of Brooklyn - When It Rains It Pours
3 PMD - Rough, Rugged & Raw
4 Bahamadia - Rough & Rugged
5 Blahzay Blahzay - The Pain I Feel
6 Artifacts - Art Of Fact
7 De La Soul & Common - The Bizness
8 Ranjas - Daily Bizness
9 Mad Lion & KRS One - Double Trouble
10 Dark Sun Riders - Time To Build
11 L.O.D. - Feel It

Face B
1 Heltah Skeltah - Da Wiggy
2 Paula Perry - Paula's Jam
3 Finsta Bundy - Feel The High
4 Akinyele - In The World
5 Mobb Deep - Right Back At You
B6 Sadat X - Stages & Lights
B7 Roots, The - Clones
B8 Real Live - Real Live Shit (Remix ft. Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, Lord Tariq & Killa Sin)
B9 Group Home - Tha Realness
B10 Shadez Of Brooklyn - Change

-= Props to Edible Beatz for the Tape rip =-

Black Moon: The Beginnings