D.M.F. Dangerous Mentality Forever - Elohim - 1998

12" - 1998 - AV8 Records 

 

D.M.F., an acronym for Dangerous Mentality Forever, was a duo from QueensBridge and Ravenswood Projects, consisting of S. Reese a.k.a Brother Black and E. Reed a.k.a Pryme Tyme. They formed the group around 1995 and they dropped their only 12" in 1998 on AV8 Records. 

The records is composed of 3 songs : "Elohim" and "The Anthem" produced by D.M.F. & Malik, and "Throw Your Drinks Up" produced by Big Will Rosario and DJ Tone Rock.

 

As far as I know, D.M.F. was signed by Big DS (RIP) of Onyx, but never released anything else due to business reasons. After that, the duo continued to record material under the name C.F.L., an acronym for Committee For Life. D.M.F.'s 12" is still cheap and easy to find, so it won't cost you much to add this record to your collection. 

PLAZA - Height of the Night LP - 2025

 

LP - 2025 - Chopped Herring Records  

Chopped Herring Records are back with the much-anticipated 19th release in the CHQU33NS Series. "Height of the Night" is a 14-Track LP with productions from Tru Comers, Karbine, OJz, Chillon Davis, Merz, Mandare, Brown 13 ... just to name a few. The guests are Eddie Kaine, Tweezy and Bub Styles. 

Available on Tradition Black vinyl (225 copies) & Clear vinyl (125 copies)

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Documentaries :

 Here are two dope Documentaries from the Tribeca Film Festival 2022 which will be available for streaming soon."Katrina Babies" directed by Edward Buckles, Jr on HBO and "Supreme Team" directed by Nasir “Nas” Jones and Peter J Scalettar on SHOWTIME.

"From director Edward Buckles, Jr., Katrina Babies offers an intimate look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the youth of New Orleans. An entire generation has grappled with the lifelong impact of having their childhood redefined by tragedy. Buckles, who was 12 when the hurricane hit, documents the stories of his childhood peers who survived the storm, while opening a door for his own healing, capturing the spirit and resilience of New Orleans."

"Directed by Nasir “Nas” Jones and Peter J Scalettar, Supreme Team is a three-part limited docuseries that takes an in-depth look at the notorious Queens, New York gang, and tells the real story from the mouths of its two leaders and family members, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and Gerald “Prince'' Miller."

Demo Tape : Hardcore Reps - 1994

The members of the group Hardcore Reps were Daman and Majestic, two brothers from Far Rockaway Queens NY. In 1994 they dropped a very good 6-Track Demo Tape (Ramifications) fully produced by Angelo "ANG" Foukas. 

Daman & Majestic - Photo courtesy of Daman 

Daman : "The connection of the group was just the idea of we both knew we were talented so lets make this group, at the time we came from an era of real lyricism so we battled a lot of other people from our neighborhood and sharpened our skills. Basically the connection between ANG and us came about one night we were performing at a show and then soon after we were done ANG approached us, said he liked our music and inquired if we had our own production and if not were we interested in collaborating with him, we could give him a call and needless to say the rest was history, ANG processed a unique melodic sound to his beats, and the sound fit perfectly with what we were trying to do. ANG Foukas is originally from Greece, but resided in Jamaica Queens. After the Ramifications project we put out another single on a Treat Records collaboration album and we soon branched off into our own production studio which is called REP Studios, here we work with up and coming artist on their overall production, lyrical content and video production and editing. The name HardCoreReps was a representation of personalities, our music mentality and our environment, hard core rap music but with a heavy dose of lyrical word play between the two of us."

Only the tracks "The Music" and "Dead Um" were pressed on vinyl two years later on ANG's "Them Crazy Beats To Flip To!" instrumental project.



Mad Props to Daman for the info.

III D ‎- Can I Pump That - 1994

 12" - 1994 - On-Point Entertainment 

Here is the wax of the day ... released in 1994 by a group name III D consisted of Vic, Tone, Rich & DJ Mac, all from Queens, NY. 

Not a lot of info about this group online but according to a little tchat I had with DJ Mac, him and Rich knew each other since kindergarten, and Rich, Tone & Vic went to high school together... that's how the connection happened between all the members of the group. 

This is their only one 12" single released on On-Point Entertainment which is composed of 2 tracks titled "Can I Pump That" available in its LP, Instrumental, Acapella and Naked Mix versions and "Peep The Flow", produced by Tye for T.O.P Productions. 

Southpaw Chop - Laced with Tragedy feat. Tragedy Khadafi - 2020

7" - 2020 - Southpaw-Chop 

Last release in Southpaw Chop's series of collaborations with hip hop legends, featuring Queens-based emcee Tragedy Khadafi. 

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Release Date : January 31st 2020

New Jax : Da Odd Kuple - 1994

From Rap Pages - June 1994 - Scan courtesy of Tim Burton 

Blaq Poet - Hush - 2019

The Queensbridge MC is back with a brand new single "Hush" from his forthcoming project "Scribes" which will be released in January 2020. Stay tuned ...

Mobb Deep in Elements Magazine - 1996

From Elements - Issue #8 - Winter 1996 - Scans courtesy of UBC 

Video : Truth feat. Tragedy Khadafi - TNT (Large Professor Remix)

Here is the video for "TNT Remix" recently dropped by the Queens emcee Truth. It is produced by the legendary Large Pro and featuring Tragedy Khadafi. His last project "The Fight For Survival" is still available on Vinyl via Fat Beats, Tuff Kong or Get On Down . 

Video : Kesper & LEX - My Way - 2019

First video dropped by the Queens based duo Kesper and LEX, off their album named  "An Honorable Exchange" released in late 2018. "My Way" is produced by PhybaOptikz. 

Shabar (Bar Love) - Prepare Yourself EP - 2019

EP - 2019 - Chopped Herring Records 

A1 - Prepare Yourself feat. Shabay

A2 - Weather Report feat Jason

A3 - Surprise feat Shabay

A4 - Rhythm Runners feat Artwell Smart, Shabay (Food Of The Gods)

B1 - Prepare Yourself Remix feat Shabay

B2 - Armed and Dangerous feat Shabay

B3 - Maniac feat Shabay

B4 - Slaughter House feat. Artwell Smart, Shabay (Food Of The Gods)

1991-1995 Unreleased/Unheard Queens Material fully produced by Artwell Smart.

350 copies only ... (120 copies on Clear & Turqoise coloured vinyl & 230 on traditional black vinyl)


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Food of the Gods [Zig Zag Zig] - That Was Then...This Is Now 1992-1996 EP

EP - 2018 - Chopped Herring Records 

A1 - How Many Times feat. I Universal Allah 
A2 - The Fatal Antidote feat. Artwell Smart & Shabay God Allah 
A3 - Lunatic Syndrome feat. Shabay God Allah, I Universal Allah & Shabar Love Allah 
A4 - Butter Zone  feat. Artwell Smart & Shabay God Allah  
B1 - Brainstorm  feat. Artwell Smart & Shabay God Allah 
B2 - Thats Was Then...This Is Now feat. Artwell Smart, Shabay God Allah & I Universal Allah 
B3 - Food Of The Gods feat. I Universal Allah, Shabay God Allah,  Shabar love Allah & Artwell Smart. 
B4 - Artwell Dialogue feat. Artwell Smart & Mista Sinista






"Wow this is SOME unheard/unknown/unreleased 90’s project. Mind blowing material, for reel. Following on from our Big Sha EP [1994] from earlier on this year, we have the Food of the Gods aka Zig Zag Zig – That was Then…This Is Now 1992-1996 EP. Incredible material from this QU crew steeped in that 5%-er 90’s flava. Reminiscent of the Zig Zag EPs we dropped [no ish!] this is a must for fanz of big old jazz b-lines and righteous lyric!" - Chopped Herring Records

350 copies only ... (120 copies on Gold colour vinyl & 230 on traditional black vinyl)

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