Chopped Herring Records are back with some unreleased demos recorded between 1994 and 1997 by the Cockroach Click, a crew from the VA area comprised of Evidence, Anti-Epidemic, D-Ace, The Racist Bros. and Eregular.
Available on Black vinyl (175 copies) and Light Brown Coloured Vinyl (125 copies)
" “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
Evidence delivers a dope video for the single "Chopstick" released by Roc Marciano and the Alchemist. Their upcoming album entitled "The Skeleton Key" will be dropped on December 13.
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)
Latest single dropped by Blu and produced by Evidence, taken from their collabo album "Los Angeles", dropping July 12th 2024 on vinyl on Bigger Picture Recordings... stay tuned !
Visuals for the new single dropped by The Alchemist and Oh No, taken from their new collaborative album "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" which is available now to pre-order on vinyl via ALC Records.
Chicago MC Philmore Greene teams up with producer Apollo Brown to drop the 15-track album entitled "Cost of Living". It features emcees such like Evidence and Rashid Hadee.
01. Consequences
02. Nice To Meet You
03. Keep Goin'
04. Day On The Ave
05. Immaculate
06. Time Goes
07. Paradise feat. Evidence
08. Steep Life
09. Hittin' Blocks
10. This Is Me
11. Free
12. Just Imagine
13. Promises
14. It's Different
15. Where's The Love feat. Rashid Hadee
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".
Evidence is back with a brand new single pressed on 7". The Track is entitled "Nothing Stays In Las Vegas" and is produced by The Alchemist. If you want to grab a copy of this limited vinyl (White & Black Vinyl, instrumental version on b side - 500 copies only), check the Store !
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.
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.
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.
Here is a batch of new videos recently uploaded online...
First video is coming from Evidence who bring us his latest single "Better You" produced by The Alchemist, from the forthcoming project "Unlearning Vol. 1" (more info coming soon...). The second video is dropped by the Australian artists Nelson Dialect & Must Volkoff featuring Krown "Focussing" from the forthcoming sophomore album "Glorious Definitely". And the last one is the video of Beneficence & Confidence's latest single "Jerz To The Jugular" featuring El Da Sensei & DJ Kaos (of The Artifacts), taken off the album "Stellar Mind".
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.