Triflicts - Genuine / Don't Make Me Try - 1996

12" - 1996 - Hydra Entertainment

Here is the debut single "Genuine / Don't Make Me Try" released by Triflicts on Hydra Ent. in 1996. This wax is really affordable and is definitely a must have.

Triflicts was a group consisting of Gab Gotcha, Creech a.k.a Creature and Buc Live hailing from Queens, NY.  More precisely Creature and Gab are from Corona, Queens and Buck is from Flushing/ Fresh Meadows. 

Creature : " We formed the crew in 1991. Me and Buck Live went to High School together. After I dropped out I went to GED School and met Gab Gotcha. I introduced them to each other and we became a group. "

Between 1993 and 1994, Triflicts recorded a few demos produced by JuJu of the Beatnuts who was from the same area and by James Data a.k.a Jam DOT from Flushing, Queens. Those demos were sent to Island Records and got them a deal. They signed to 4th & Broadway - Island Records and "I'm Terror" produced by Jam DOT was supposed to be the official single but it didn't come out unfortunately...

Creature : " They didn't want to clear the samples or something ... This is 1994, almost 30 years ago... I mean it wasn't a million-dollar deal... lol ... only a single with an option for an album. We were young and we made mistakes. Things like that happen but I am very happy to be able to experience it though."

But their manager had a relationship with Hydra Entertainment so they decided to drop a single with them. That's how their debut single "Genuine / Don't Make Me Try" produced by JuJu of the Beatnuts was born.

On January 11th 1996, they were invited by Stretch & Bobbito on WKCR. Here is the interview & Freestyle aired that night.

Unfortunately it was their first and only official single ... After that Gab Gotcha was incarcerated ... and Buck Live quit music so that kind of brought the group to an end. The demos that got them signed to Island got put out a few years ago on the French label Sergent Records.

For the info, Creature is still in the game under the name of Creaturenomics. He dropped a bunch of solo stuff through the years and he has recently released his latest EP entitled "Hunt for the Future" on Vinyl & CD, with the help of Chopped Herring Records.

Mad Props to Creature. thanks for your time.

JAM DOT - Da Original Troopa / Da OOH! - Lost In Queens (CD) - 2018

CD - 2018 - Back2DaSource Records 

Da Original Troopa EP :

On Top 

Off To The Races 

Flashers 

On Point 

The Hustle 

Gravity

Da Ooh! - Lost In Queens EP :

The Chemistry 

Watch Out 

The Chemistry (Instrumental) 

We Ah Dae (Unreleased Demo) 

This Is How (Unreleased Demo) 

Act Like You Know (Unreleased Demo)

Bonus Tracks :

Soul Searchin' 

Soul Searchin' (Remix) 

Time (Wastelandz Remix) 

Think (90's Unreleased)

"4 Bonus tracks are added to this cd format compared to the wax version, those tracks are from his previous 90's EP and never been released on cd format" - Back2DaSource Records

400 copies available

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Jam D.O.T - Da Original Troopa

The excellent record label Back2DaSource Records has recently released the long awaited Jam DOT - Da Original Troopa EP / Da Ooh! - Lost In Queens EP. 

All I can say is I've been a huge Jam Dot 's fan since day one and it's a great pleasure for me to see this kind of wax seeing the light of day. For those who aren't familiar with this MC from Flushing Queens, here is some info for your personal knowledge. 

"People always ask how things were back in the Golden Era. Da Ooh was birthed from pure hip hop. Jam and Kwota forged a relationship unapologetically bombing the streets of Queens and New York. On their missions they would freestyle and hook up with The Triflicts and a bunch of other friends and spit cyphers and drive around the city playing midnight basketball.

Jam already rhyming and making beat tapes worked with several other artists managed to get Kwota in the studio to record Da Ooh Tribe Demos."

"We would be in the studio with L Double and Life helping out, there are several tracks and intros you can hear their voices on. Due to some unforeseen circumstances by the time a record deal was secured for the project. "

12" - 1994 - Warning Records  

"Kwota wasn’t able to participate but the label decided to record two new songs « Watch Out » and « The Chemistry » with just Jam which gave birth to Jam D.O.T « Da Original Troopa » aka James Data."

"Working on « Da Original Troopa » project , Jam and family formed 456 records which would be the launch pad for him and other artists he was producing like Reno, Khalil, L Double, Saquan and few others over the years. You can hear Reno on hooks like « The Hustle » and songs like « Queens ». Da Original Troopa came from many days and nights of just getting lost and exploring NY by way of car, 7 train, bus or even just walking the streets with a can in hand, a few stickers and a marker !! Bombing Beyond Insanity !"

James Data aka Jam DOT

In 1995 the first Jam DOT 's 12" single came out on 456 records, composed of 2 tracks "Soul Search'n " and "Like This", featuring L Double (Da Lunatic) and entirely produced by Jam. 

12" - 1995 - 456 Records

The second single released in 1996, is composed of 2 tracks : a remix to "Soul Serch'n" on the A-side and the B-side is made of a new track called "Time" which is available in 2 versions : the Radio version and Wastelanz Remix version.

12" - 1996 - 456 Records

« Opting not to release a solo album just yet that same year he released “Survival Series 11355” a Compilation album through a joint venture with another local indie label. The album allowed James to showcase more of his production skills and introduce several up and coming Mc’s to the underground Hip Hop scene. »  

Survival Series - 11355 is an indie comp which came out on Mr Eggs Records, produced by B.G. Skillz, Dj Sur, Bejasa a.k.a Juwelz and Jam. 

3 Jam DOT tracks appear on the B-Side : "Eye See" featuring Khaliyl & Réyel produced by Juwelz, "Can No One" featuring Syquawn and "Queens" featuring Réyel, both produced by Jam.

EP - 1996 - Mr Eggs Records 

2017 is finally the year which brings us some unreleased Jam Dot  tracks with the help of James Data and Back2DaSource Records :

"For this release we selected the best Jam DOT 90's unreleased tracks never heard before which deserved to be on wax, 6 tracks EP simply called Da Original Troopa EP that stands for DOT, Jam Da Original Troopa , all the tracks are produced by Jam DOT himself.

Then second EP on this double vinyl release is Da Ooh! as said above this group consisted of Jam DOT and Kwota, in this second 6 tracks EP we have chosen to reissue their very rare Da Ooh! - The Chemistry 12" and we added three crazy Demos from Da Ooh! early 90's material"

2xLP - 2017 - Back2DaSource Records  

Jam DOT - Da Original Troopa EP :

A1 - On Top

A2 - Off To The Races

A3 - Flashers

B1 - On Point

B2 - The Hustle

B3 - Gravity

Da Ooh! - Lost In Queens EP :

C1 - The Chemistry

C2 - Watch Out

C3 - The Chemistry (Instrumental)

D1 - We Ah Dae

D2 - This Is How 

D3 - Act Like You


Orders 

James Data, Reno (Survival Series), Sinnagi, Skila and Dice

Mad Props to Bee Lapointe, James Data, Mike Cole, K7 Pacoje, Persu, Dé L'archiviste, Metaphyzik aka Pascal Ross Marquette & Back2DaSource Records.