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 

Atmosphere - Overcast (3xLP) - 2017

3xLP - 2017 - Fifth Element 

01 - 1597
02 - Brief Description
03 - Current Status
04 - Complications feat. Beyond
05 - 4:30AM
06 - Adjust feat. Beyond
07 - Clay
08 - @
09 - Sound Is Vibration
10 - Multiples
11 - Scapegoat 
12 - Ode To The Modern Man (Lightning Blend) 
13 - WND
14 - Multiples (Reprise) 
15 - Caved In
16 - Cuando Limpia El Humo
17 - The Outernet
18 - Untitled
19 - Broken Rewind Button feat. Beyond
20 - Bus Benches 
21 - Pea King

"Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Overcast, the full album is remastered and available on vinyl for the first time!

20 years ago, while building a buzz on the Twin Cities scene playing countless local shows, recording demos and endless freestyle sessions, Atmosphere released a milestone record that set the trajectory for a career that is still evolving and pushing forward to this day.

In the late 90's, for a brand new independent label, pressing a vinyl LP was an expensive venture. At the time, the focus of the young entrepreneurs was set more on expanding the foundation they had built in Minneapolis, so they invested their time and money into networking nationally by doing shows, MC/DJ battles, and sometimes traveling from coast to coast just to give CDs away, all in order to grow the fanbase. As a result of an ambitious plan gone right, Overcast will now, finally, see its way onto vinyl!

For this special 20-year anniversary vinyl edition, all the original recording sessions were transferred from the reel-to-reel tapes and mixed especially for vinyl by Joe Mabbot, long-time engineer for Atmosphere, dating back to God Loves Ugly. The album is pressed on triple white color vinyl and packaged in a custom built case-wrapped and debossed jacket, and includes three previously unreleased songs from the original reel-to-reel tapes!" Fifth Element 

Shipping Date : October 23rd 2017
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Nick Wiz - Cellar Sounds Volume 5 - 1992-1998

2xCD - 2017 - No Sleep Recordings 

"No Sleep Recordings and production master Nick Wiz, return with the long-awaited fifth installment of the “Cellar Sounds” 2CD series. Again, this is a treasure chest of vintage mid-90s underground Hip-Hop; the majority of which has never been heard before! Again, Nick showcases why his studio “The Cellar” was a key location in the NJ/NYC underground scene. His unique fusion of filters, horns, smacking SP-1200 drums and dense bass-lines gave his work a signature sound and it is also why Wiz was the producer of choice for the legendary series of Echo Unlimited / Lyricist Lounge cassettes, “Underground Airplay”. Still, Nick Wiz was most noted for his contributions to the Cella Dwellas “Realms and Reality” debut, as well as albums from the likes of Rakim, Mad Skillz, Chubb Rock and others. In between putting in work on these major label releases, he still dedicated himself to the cause of the unsigned artist.

Prolific to say the least, Wiz constantly ran sessions and developed several groups at a time. Artists like Shabaam Sahdeeq, Ran Reed, Chino XL, and Pudgee were mainstays in the underground radio dominated Nineties scene, while others like Hardwe’re and Gauge the Mental Murderah are best remembered from sought after “random rap” 12”s. While a lot of the material produced and recorded by Wiz did find its way to release, countless other tracks remained stored away on DAT tapes for over a decade.

Found on this incredible 2CD set are selections from the highly collectable “Underground Airplay” tapes, unreleased remixes, and obscure demos from lyricists throughout NYC and New Jersey. Forty-four tracks in total, spanning from Wiz’s early recording in 1992 to his zenith in 1998, this is a true time-capsule of the Nineties underground Hip-Hop sound; presented in perfect digital quality! Part nine of the “For Those That Slept” series." 

Fifth Element 

DISC 1

1. Ran Reed - "Unexpected" (1995)

2. Cella Dwellas - "Dig This" (1998)

3. Shabaam Sahdeeq - "Great Paper Chase" (1996)

4. Emskee - "Remember" (1995)

5. LSD - "Don't Fuck With I" (1994)

6. Cella Dwellas feat. Ran Reed - Ready For War" (1996)

7. Darc Mind - "Femme Fatale" (1996)

8. Triip - "No Tricks in 96" (1996)

9. Ran Reed - "Old School, New School" (1996)

10. UG (Cella Dwellas) - "Nobody" (1998)

11. D.V. Alias Khryst feat. Retsam - "Street Therapist" (1999) *

12. HDM - "Da Professional" [Demo Version] (1996) +

13. Cella Dwellas feat. Sean Price - "Cypha" (1998)

14. Nautilus - "Untitled Song #2" (1994)

15. Mad House - "Birth Defect" (1992)

16. Ran Reed - "Imma Diss You" (1995)

17. Martyse - "Out Of Their Misery" (1995)

18. Shabaam Sahdeeq feat. Black Sun - "Think About That" (1997)

19. Unknown Artist - "Slicing Wit A Vocal" (1995)

20. Miilkbone - "You're Funny" (1997)

21. Zoodizoo - "Wild Like A Zoo" (1995)

22. Main One - "I'll Be There" (1999) *

DISC 2

1. Chubb Rock feat. Ran Reed - "Soon Come" (1995)

2. Zoodizoo - "Physical Form" (1995)

3. Cella Dwellas - "Nasty Shit" (1996)

4. Black Sun - "Come Again" (1997)

5. Ran Reed - "Just A Verse" (1994)

6. Shabaam Sahdeeq feat. Kima and Ran Reed - "Bring It" (1997)

7. UG (Cella Dwellas) - "Ya'll Don't Want It" (2000) * +

8. Chino XL - "Wordsmith" [Early Version] (1998)

9. Phantasm (Cella Dwellas) - Against The Grain (1999) *

10. Mad House - "Dome Calls" (1992)

11. Ran Reed - "No Wins" (1995)

12. Hardwe're - "Hard Headed" (1995)

13. LSD - "Cash Money" (1994)

14. Emskee - "Run It" (1996)

15. Cella Dwellas - "Interlude" (1998)

16. UG (Cella Dwellas) - "Money" (1998)

17. Pudgee - "U Want War" (1998)

18. Ran Reed - "Role Switch" (1997)

19. Shabaam Sahdeeq - "Hoodlum Thing" (1993)

20. Gauge - "Mark Of The Beast" [Demo Version] (1998)

21. Dizaster - "War Goin' On" (1995)

22. Cella Dwellas - "Mystical Scrolls" (2011) *

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Ran Reed - Still Commanding Respect (CD) - 2017

CD - 2017 - Ran Reed Music 

01 Timeless
02 Hard Rhymer
03 The Crew (f. U.G.)

04 Still Commanding Respect

05 Stray Shot (f. LoVel)

06 Pathetic M.C.’s (f. Bumpy Knuckles)

07 Mind Of A Gangster

08 Silly Love

09 Doo Doo (f. D.J. Modesty)

10 Walking Testimony

11 Marked For Death (f. Kool G. Rap)

12 B.S.R.S

13 The Innovator (f. Shabaam Sahdeeq

14 Switch Up

15 The God’s Power (f. Sadat X)

16 Made For Me

17 The Gun Boy Interlude (f. M.O.P. )

18 Tortured Souls (f. U.G.)

19 Invasion (f. D.V. Alias Khryst)

20 Dedication (Part II)

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