Allah Be Universal - Indecent Exposure - 1997

12" - 1997 - Wild Beast Records 

One word... Enigma ! 26 years after the release of Allah Be Universal's first and only 12" on Wild Beast Records, this Queens-based MC is still like a ghost in the 90s indie hip-hop history. Even DJ Static from the South Bronx who produced the main single of the wax "Indecent Exposure", don't know much about him... All he can remember is that they just met at the studio through a mutual friend  and played him a few beats. "A.B. Universal picked that beat and started to write to it"... that's how the single was born ! The flip side of the record contains the track "Omerta" produced by Cross-One from East Elmhurst Queens, NY with scratches handled by DJ Goodfella. 

Fred Ones who recorded and mixed the tracks during the studio sessions declared in a recent interview I had with him  : 

Fred Ones : " I remember A.B.U.'s seriousness of the craft. This was over 20 years ago so exact details are hard but he had a real gift for rhyming… voice, rhyme flow and vocabulary. We all smoked and drank at the studio but when he got into the booth, it was time to work. Serious but chill dude !! "

About Wild Beast Records, It was managed by DJ Goodfella and a kat named Lex P. Lex P also released a 12" Test Pressing (Gladiator / Kinetic) in 1999, produced by DJ Static. About Allah Be Universal, if you want to grab more of his stuff you need to know that he also features on another 12" entitled Cliffhangaz (Ready 4 War / Curry Chicken Head) released in 1999 on Fat Beats Records, with productions managed by Shakim and the legendary Mista Sinista.

12" - 1999 - Fat Beats Records  

Serious ‎- Eyes On The Prize / Serious - 1997

12" - 1997 - Pump Records  

Here is another 12" to get in his collection ! It was released in 1997 on Pump Records by SERIOUS who seems to be an emcee from Philly. The A-side of the wax contains "Eyes On The Prize" (Vocal & Instrumental) and the B-side contains "Serious" (Vocal & Instrumental), both tracks produced by Capital J.

Pump Records was a record label based in Los Angeles, California. I don't know exactly how an emcee from Philly was signed with a label from L.A but I believe everything happened with the help of Static a.k.a DJ Staticman, who was originally from Hawai but was also based in L.A in the late 90s. He managed Rude Funk Entertainment and also worked on Radio Free Hawaii 102.7 FM. He was the owner of the 40 Shack Studios based in Honolulu, Hawai where both tracks of the 12" were recorded. Moreover all the tracks from SERIOUS's self-titled album released on CD one year later were recorded there and were produced by Static and Capital J. I've sent a few messages to SERIOUS and Static to get more info but no answers for now unfortunately... 

Breez Evahflowin & Deep of 2 Hungry Bros - Deep Breez 2 - 2020

LP - 2020 - I Had An Accident Records  

"Not all “Blacks and Puerto Ricans” in NYC got entangled in pharmaceutical kitchen chemistry glorified by a genre we created and hope to preserve. Some of us bypassed an oppressive system with our imaginations on Thundera, Eternia, Cybertron, Oa, Asgard, and more. Breez EvahFlowin and Deep of 2 Hungry Bros released Bring Out Your Dead in 2016 and never stopped creating. The Co-Inspiring duo banged out 2! That’s 2 and the Power Cosmic (which is the super exclusive limited edition cassette album only available in the vinyl preorder bundle). 

And since cameos are important to our Hip Hop loving fans, we’ve packed quite a few. Deep Breez 2 wax features Punchline and UG of Cella Dwellas (both Lyricist Lounge Vets), Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Dj Statik, and RedBaren907 who sounds like Fuzzybeard. The Power Cosmic cassette features Cryptic One (Atoms Family) and P.so the Earthtone King on a magical posse cut aptly named Agamotto. Powerful rhymes on hard beats make quite a heroic combo to save listeners from hearing about drug use and manufacturing for an abysmally redundant time." - I Had An Accident Records

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