Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Jed Dust ‎- Strictly Kings & Better - 1997


12" - 1997 - On Point Ent. 

Here is the wax dropped by On Point Entertainment in 1997, a record label owned by a guy named Kool Suen One.
The A-side of the 12" also called the East Side, contains the track "Two Of A Kind" performed by Souljerz of Fortune, a duo consisted of Horra-Kill and Yaseen. The production is done by All The Kingz Men.   The best track of the 12" is pressed on the B-Side also called West Side, "Strictly Kings & Better" performed by the solo emcee Jed Dust with the production handled by the Bay Area-based producer Don Lo




Photo courtesy of Don Lo

Don Lo : " Me and Jed are originally from San Francisco. We met a decade prior writing graffiti as kids. Eventually we made a 3 man crew. The third person in our crew was Erase, who was his original producer and who taught me the ropes in this music thing. 

Jed relocated to the Bronx in 1994 but we continued to work on tracks. So I produced the "Strictly Kings & Better" single here in SF and flew out to NYC with DJ Zatch to record at Unique Studios. What better place to record than the Mecca !!! When we made this particular record, all I wanted was for DJ Premier to hear it. Preemo ended up using it twice on two of his records. One of them being for a Afu Ra record (Afu Ra - Defeat) and the other for the Blade 2 soundtrack (GangStarr feat. M.O.P. - 1/2 & 1/2) ... Mission accomplished ! "

 

That's the only joint they released on vinyl unfortunately... Don Lo released another Jed Joint entitled "The Formulate" on his first LP... but there is no Jed Dust album. Grab this 12" if you don't have it in your collection yet, it's a good one !



Monday, June 6, 2022

Bored Stiff - The Peoples (1993-1994) - 2022



The legenday Bay Area hip-hop crew Bored Stiff is back with something released from the vault... an album originally recorded around 1993-1994. It 's entitled "The Peoples" and it 's now available on Cassette tape... 





Order  

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Spank Pops - Paragraphs / Moon - 1999


12" - 1999 - Hot Box Records


Here is the debut 12" released by SP a.k.a Spank Pops a.k.a Spank Poppa, an Emcee hailing from the cultural heart of the Bay Area, San Francisco,Ca and affiliated with the Bored Stiff crew during the 90s. 

Photo courtesy of Michael Adams



The wax came out in 1999 on Hot Box Records and contains the tracks "Paragraphs" and "Moon", both produced by Shawn Costello a.k.a Big Shawn (of Bored Stiff). If you like Bay Area material, this 12" is for you ! For the CD headz, the tracks are also available on the album "Thought I Wasn't..." released on CD in 2002. 



Thursday, July 15, 2021

BORED STIFF - Ghetto Research (20 Year Anniversary) - 2021

 



Bored Stiff also known as B.S was formed in 1992 in the Fillmore, Lower Haight Street section of San Francisco. The group consisted of 12 members including Equipto, Big Shawn, TD Camp, Mint Rock, White Mic, Dubstar, P-Way, Ike Plump, Julz, and more...

Photo courtesy of  Ike Ali Pinkston

Their 3rd album "Ghetto Research" originally released in 2001 and fully produced by Big Shawn (except for track #12 by Laird Luv), has never been released on vinyl officially so if you like the Bay Area sound, it's the good moment to catch this 20 year anniversary edition (100 copies only).





Shipping Date : August 1st 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Bored Stiff - When Worse Comes To Shove - 2021

 



The group Bored Stiff from San Francisco is back with a brand new album. If you're looking for a physical copy, you can order the CD version on their bandcamp.




Sunday, December 6, 2020

Mix : DJ Shadow - KMEL 106 FM 90s

 


Here is a 45 min mix done by the legendary DJ Shadow and aired in the early 90s on San Francisco radio station KMEL. Props to Maze83 for the upload. 




Thursday, July 16, 2020

Documentary : Sounds Like My Life (Bored Stiff Documentary Teaser)





"Sounds Like My Life" is an upcoming documentary about the underground hip-hop group Bored Stiff and their story of survival through music. The full-length film directed by Reza Harris a.k.a Dregs Ones is currently in production. Stay tuned ...







Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Showbiz & A.G. - LIVE TV Interview SF, CA. - 1992




Here is an old interview of Showbiz & A.G. from New World Music Videos TV show (San Francisco, CA) which was aired in 1992 and hosted by Gary Baca aka "G-Spot" & Barry Dow. Very rare video footage here ... Big thanks to Gary Baca !!






Video : The I.M.F. x Lmt.Break - Reign Supreme feat. DJ Quest - 2019



Here is the video of the first single titled "Reign Supreme", off The I.M.F.'s upcoming EP which will be released soon on The Get Down Records, a record label based in Bristol, UK. It 's produced by Lmt.Break along with turntablistic maneuvers provided by Dj Quest. 
Coming soon... Stay tuned !!! 





Friday, February 23, 2018

Raw Soul - Raw Soul EP - 1996



from Left to Right : Rome, Dj Quest, Ed & Ink One (Seated) - Photo courtesy of DJ Quest



RAW SOUL was a Bay Area based Hip-Hop crew. The group started in the early 90's in San Francisco and consisted of Nel a.k.a Ink, Rome, Ed a.k.a Sho Nuff and Dj Quest

The original members were Ink and Dj Ra Sol, the House DJ from the Bay. He was from Oakland. Ink and Dj Ra Sol go back to their Graffiti days. They made up the name sitting in the studio :
Ink : "One day he was to be Rasta Soul and I was to be Raw Soul along with Dj Quest of the Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters with Eddie Def and Dj Cue. I met Romell from friend in a group, I did some tracks for their group called Truly Funky Minds."



Truly Funky Minds & Raw Soul - Photo courtesy of Sifu Frankie Frank


Ink : "Next to enter the group was a cat named Ed aka Sho Nuff who brung the swag to the group"
Dj Quest : "MC ED ... we just called him Ed. Teddy Riley looking brother, he was the hype man !!  I remember going to 3rd Floor Studios and doing cuts for various projects. Anyway, Nel used to work there and we started collaborating there but Nel and Rome linked up outside of through our hiphop community. Eventually, we got a manager and we practiced at 3rd floor studios. But way before anybody else was onboard, it was just Nel and I working on demos.. we almost got signed to Profile at one point"
Ink : "A lot of things started coming together for us when we met our manager, this lady named Tina who Romell met at one of our shows. Quest left cause he didn’t get along with Her. And it went from their, being the opening act to a lot well known names in the biz to headlining show’s in Canada, up and down the coast as well as our own back yard, all this was in the early nineties"







By the way, you can also check this video of Raw Soul live on New World Video TV Show hosted by G-Spot & Barry Dow and originally aired live on October 30th 1992.

In 1996 , Raw Soul dropped their first official EP on Soul Kids Productions, a record label directed by Ink and Romell. The EP was composed of 6 tracks produced by Ink and DJ Wonder Hands.
Ink : "The production was me with Dj Wonder Hands who I recruited for the group who was a friend of mine from where i lived"


12" - 1996 - Soul Kids Productions 








Stunning project from the beginning to the end, the EP is made of the main hip-hop ingredients... mad flows, good lyrics and dope instrumentals using a bunch of samples.
Songs like "What's Going On" performed by Les McCann or "N.T" performed by Kool & The Gang on "Dialect", "Summer Madness" performed by Kool & The Gang on "Are U Wid Me"... the production is just as good as some East Coast projects from that era but unfortunately the EP is their only physical release, the album never came out...

Ink : "Well what happened life as use Ed wanted to make money for his family so he left. Rome got in to radio and was a new father so he took a couple of years off then we came back and did the EP and that next year I became father so music got put by the way side, I still have maybe two unreleased tracks for the album that I'm sitting on. I never stopped making music, last hip-hop album I did was for Zulu nation"


To be honest, I've never had the chance to find this nice indie record so I'm like people who would like to see a reissue ... so maybe one day who knows...fingers crossed !


Massive props to Nel, Rome and Dj Quest. 


Friday, October 9, 2015

Discography : Bored Stiff






Bored Stiff also known as B.S was formed in 1992 in the Fillmore, lower Haight Street section of San Francisco. Made up of 12 members including Equipto, Big Shawn, TD Camp, Mint Rock, White Mic, Dubstar, P-Way, Ike Plump, Julz, and more. 
The group recorded countless tapes through the 90's and released two classic EPs on Vinyl & Tape : "Explainin" in 1995  & "Timeless" in 1997.  Their Full Discography is now available on Digital Download via Bandcamp  



LP - 1995 - Hella Records 






LP - 1997 - Hella Records 





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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Crate Digging in California



I was in California for 2 weeks and found a few places for records in LA and San Francisco.
Not enough time to explore properly , but the Shops were great !!  





Amoeba Music
6400 W Sunset Blvd 
Los Angeles , CA 90028




The Record Parlour 
6408 Selma Ave
Los Angeles , CA 90028




Amoeba Music
1855 Haight St 
San Francisco , CA 94117





101 Music 
1414 Grant Ave 
San Francisco, CA 94133



Groove Merchant 
687 Haight St 
San Francisco , CA 94117