Video : Y.N.X. x Aaqil Ali - Victory - 2023

Y.N.X. from Buffalo, NY and Aaqil Ali from Mount Vernon, NY drop their new collaborative joint entitled "Victory", Produced by Spunk Bigga. 

Poets Of Darkness - Poets Of Darkness EP - 2021

 

EP - 2021 - HJR 

"Here we finally have the Poets Of Darkness EP which includes the 5 tracks from their '94 demo tape. This Bronx/Queens crew was made up of the 4 members Six Nine, Tee, Big Rez & DJ Tech One. They are mostly known for their track "21 In the Ghetto" which appeared on the New Jersey Drive Soundtrack in '95. But one year earlier they released one of the best demo tapes from the 90s. Six Nine told me that Nas gave them money to record this demo and the production was made by Spunk Bigga, Tre Bag and Young Lord. With this producer line up you know that's a guarantee for phat beats. The record comes in a black sticker cover with dope artwork designed by Stilts. All tracks analog remastered by Adam Boose. Enjoy the 5 tracks here in a short snippetmix made by Chris Cutter." - courtesy of Heavy Jewelz Records 

300 copies only ... it will be shipped in August

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Poets Of Darkness - P.O.D Court / J.A.S.O.N - 1998

12" - 1998 - GP Rocc Records 

Here is the wax released by P.O.D a.k.a Poets Of Darkness on Gowanuz Projects Records in 1998. The wax consists of the tracks "P.O.D Court" and "J.A.S.O.N (Just As Soon Or Never)" produced by Spunk Bigga from Mount Vernon, NY. 

In the early 90s, the original members of the group consisted of 69 (Six Nine), Big Rez a.k.a Rezo, The Gift & DJ Tech One from the Bronx, NY.

The Gift : "69 lived in Forrest Projects, Rezo and Tech One were from Castle Hill Houses and I was from Parkchester Houses. We formed the group when we were in School together."

In 1994, the crew dropped their 5-track Demo Tape which is very hard to find nowadays, followed one year later by the track "21 In The Ghetto" on the New Jersey Drive Soundtrack. 

The Gift : "We had production from Spunk Bigger, Will Tracks, Trey Bag, Dj Tech One, also 69 did some production work. The connection happened with Spunk Bigga because our manager and Spunk's brother D.o were close friends. The song on new Jersey Drive Soundtrack was done by the Mangla Jay."

Spunk Bigga - Photo courtesy of Spunk Bigga 

But unfortunately those tracks are the only official songs available nowadays from the group and when I ask the Gift why there is nothing else released after that, the Gift explains "We were young and dumb. A lot of unfortunate incidents took place... We have over 250 tracks together but people are underhanded and don't have your best interest in hand.. Rezo left and 6 and I were holding everything down... But we split a couple of years later..."

Mad Props to the Gift, thanks for your time !