6th Floor - Project Logic - 1995

12" - 1995 - Kick Live Records  

An other good indie wax released in 1995 on Kick Live Records and released by 6th Floor, a duo consisted of Shaun B and Stan hailing from Peyton Place, Red Hook Projects, BK. 

Both tracks of the records "Project Logic / Louder" are produced by Supreme aka Su-Preme who was also known for his productions at that time for Speedknotz, Da Last Future or Shabazz the Disciple. To make it quick, Shaun B and Stan lived in the same building and grow up together. Supreme lived in a different building on the same block. They all lived on the 6th floor... thats where the name comes from !  

Kick Live Records label was managed by D. Payton and R. Blemin aka Eniqueity who released a few 12-inches in the late 80s. Both were also from Peyton Place.

That's their only 12" officially released in 1995. The 6th Floor EP will come out in 2015 on a Roots Forward cassette project which contains 2 previously unreleased tracks "Simple Simon" and "Now Ya Know Me".

Mad Props to Preme Wilder.

Vinyl rip courtesy of 90's Hip-Hop Blog 

Chopped Herring Presents Bigg Vic + Supreme + AJ Munson CDs

CD - 2019 - Chopped Herring Records 

1 Intro

2 Fly Shit

3 Life That We Live feat Tonya Monique Young

4 Represent What Ya Love

5 Fortune And Fame feat Omar Chandler

6 Verbal Medicine feat T-Stile Sessed

7 Interlude

8 Money Sex And Fame

9 Life Of A Hustler

10 Two Ta Da Head feat Ragedy Ant Buddah Ratt, Mighty Mischievious & Sexual Poison

11 Interlude

12 Ghetto Hills

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CD - 2019 - Chopped Herring Records

1 Intro

2 Beyond

3 Friday Nite Live

4 Levels

5 Underground feat. AMP

6 Manystyles

7 Dontwanamcee feat Shalamar De Vinci

8 Stimulated feat Shalamar De Vinci

9 No Tolerance

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CD - 2019 - Chopped Herring Record

1 Intro

2 Back 2 Work feat. P Dirt x DJ Jason D

3 Solo feat. Verbal Kent

4 Throw Stones feat. Pawz One x Rapper Big Pooh x DJ TMB

5 HOF feat. Wake Self x DJ TMB

6 Guilty feat. Ruste Juxx x M-Dot

7 Action feat. Tha Soloist x Recognize Ali x Reks

8 Fantastic [Interlude]

9 Morning After feat. Redpill

10 Heavy feat. MORris Done

11 Cold Crush feat. RenThomas x Banish x Supreme Cerebral

12 Keep It Real feat. El Gant x Recognize Ali x DJ L Nasty

13 Ghostwriter feat P Dirt

14 My Worst Enemy feat. Exit Prose

15 Alright feat. MORris Done

16 Sounds Off feat. RickMal x Nepaul x DJ L Nasty

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The Speedknotz - The Speedknotz EP - 1998

12" EP - 1998 - Bloody Hook Records

This rare 12" EP released by the Speedknotz came out in 1998 on Bloody Hook Records. This Brooklyn based group was founded in the early 90s by War, Stress and Revo. The EP is composed of 5 tracks "Remember Me / The Zone / I Never / Jealousy & Envy / Knotz Landin", produced by War & Stress.

Not really easy to find info about the Speedknotz. The wax is well known by the Hip-Hop records collectors but I've never seen a review on the internet or in a Hip-Hop magazine. So the best thing I had to do was to contact the members. That's how War Bixby talked to me about the creation of the crew : 

"It started back on the early 90’s, Brooklyn was crazy ! We smoked blunts and just rap about each other (aka dissing) but in rhyme form, usually about how you were gonna bone the other guys Mom.. his clothes and how broke he was. I began to notice I could put words together that really meant something rather than blurt out jibber Ish about getting head from my boys Mom.

I met Stress cause his uncle lived on my block in Parkslope Brooklyn. We just would nod our heads like "what up" and keep it moving. Hip Hop was and still is a way of life, we learned a lot through the music.. like Slick Rick 'hey young world' where he addresses drug issues, KRS One 'Loves gonna get you' etc... we were rapping as a way of life, as a means of therapy. It was a hard time, Broken families, low income… We found a way to express ourselves through hip hop.

I worked as a barber in a popular barbershop named 'Just You' , there I met Marcos and Revo, they lived in the court street area of Brooklyn, Redhook Projects. Stress and I both worked as barbers, my boy Markus owned the shop so I got him in.

We always talked music, we both liked to dance, locking and battling, we even battled each other at 'intensity night club' in Sheepshead Bay... Das Efx was supposed to perform and canceled !! The club went crazy and everybody began to tear the club up, fights... bottles thrown and shots !! 

Through the shop I met a Dj, legendary “Dj Fat Phil” from w9st. Revo, Marcos, Stress and myself went to his house and he span records of instrumentals... we freestyled to them and he recorded it on a tape cassette. We thought that’s what it meant to go to a studio...We played the tapes at the barbershop. They were hating on us... saying everybody wants to be a rapper and laugh...

One day Guru from GangStarr walked into the shop... I cut his hair... he wanted a demo.. a real demo.. I was like huh? He said "go to a studio and get clean music"

Didn’t know anyone with a studio and didn’t know how to even find one...  this is way before the internet as we know it today. Luckily I met Shabazz the Disciple. He lives in Redhook Projects. He told me they were looking for talent to be part of the Mad Mob. He told us to meet him in the Projects, there we met Rated-X (known today as Hell Razah from Sunz of Man) Tre Bag and Supreme. We kicked our freestyles and they said they’d get back to us.

The Mad Mob - Early 90s - Photo courtesy of War Bixby

We needed a name… Me and Revo were at my house smoked out... we came up with "Speedknotz" originally spelled with the z at the end.. the vinyl was a misprint they made a mistake on it and didn’t want to redo it for us. Revo a.k.a Lumpz , Ed a.k.a Stressed out, War a.k.a Bad Vibez which became War Bixby and Marcos ended up not wanting to be part of it. My cousin's boyfriend set us up with a meeting at Def Jam. We went to see some exec but instead Randy Allen co creator of legendary rap group Onyx persuaded us to meet with him and his partner Jam Master Jay of Run Dmc.

They met us at the barbershop in Brooklyn, when all the people who laughed at us saw Jam Master Jay walk in, their hearts dropped ! Everyone wanted autographs, but he denied and stuck to the business... he loved our music.. that’s one of the greatest days of my life !!

Our producer at the time Supreme and Shabazz were in talks with a new group that was coming together a.k.a Wu-Tang. When JMJ wanted to sign us, Supreme wanted them to sign the whole Mad Mob including Speedknotz, but Jam Master Jay didn’t want the Mad Mob, he wanted Speedknotz ... so negotiations were kinda salted and It left a bad taste in JMJ mouth. The Mad Mob ended up linking up with the Wu-Tang Clan and they went their own way, it was definitely the fact we were so close to a deal ! "

After that, they were supposed to link with Jay Z or James Cruz (Violator Records) but each time negociations fucked up ... They met Dj Threat (RIP) at the Ruff Ryder’s office and he was supposed to play them on Hot97 but he died in a motorcycle accident the next day... Finally they were part of Death Row East, but the movement never took off. In spite of a great talent, The Speedknotz were definitely doomed to stay unsigned ...

Extra Bonus... I've found a Speedknotz Freestyle from a Stretch & Bobbito Show in the archives, aired on March 21st 1996. 

Massive Props to War Bixby (Youtube Channel / Instagram) & John Ruiz

Kyo Itachi - Genkidama 3xLP - 2017

3xLP - 2017 - Kamehameha House

A1 - Samurai Sushi feat Ruste Juxx

A2 - Organic feat Planet Asia

A3 - Da Super Heroe feat Shyheim

A4 - Like a Movie feat Big Twins (of Infamous Mobb)

A5 - At It Again feat Krondon

B1 - Look in Their Eyes feat Bishop Lamont

B2 - Off Course feat Vast Aire (of Cannibal Ox)

B3 - Trillmatic Anthem feat Conway, Ruste Juxx, Termanalogy, Skyzoo, Reks, Edo G

B4 - Megarm feat Supreme (of Representativz) & Steele (of Smif N Wessun)

B5 - The Dart Board feat C- Rayz Walz 

C1 - Trippin feat Rim Da Villins

C2 - Surprize feat Illa Noyz

C3 - Stolen Base feat Chris Spencer (Vic Spencer + Chris Crack)

C4 - Costolomy Bag feat Pressha Dinero,Vvs Verbal, Louie Skaggs, Dan Jah

C5 - Vibratium Dartboards feat Clever One (of Da Buze Bruvaz)

D1 - Genkidama flow feat Vizar Rancarr (Skanks & Kyo) & Haile Ali, Madman (of F.O.D)

D2 - Carnage feat Milez Grimez 

D3 - Proof feat Ran Reed & Innocent?

D4 - Dead Zone feat Shabaam Sahdeeq & Homeboy Sandman

D5 - Rosary Beads feat Realio Sparkzwell, Berreta 9(of Killarmy), Poison Pen, Block Mccloud

E1 - Bang Bang feat Sage Infinite, Recognyze Ali, Ill Conscious, Haile Ali, Rigz, Mooch, Twistello, Phil Blount

E2 - Should be Know feat The Committee Sounds

E3 - Bringing Back feat S.I.T.H.

E4 - Red Ribbon Flow feat M3 (of F.O.D)

E5 - Aint No Question feat FKB$

F1 - Dil Nah Nah feat Squeegie Oblong

F2 - Killamanjaro feat Haile Ali ,El Ay

F3 - Knukles Game remix feat One Click Bang

F4 - End Of Times Rhymes feat Sleep Sinatra

F5 - Up & Down feat Mélanie Rutherford

Kyo Itachi is back 8 years after "Musikyo" with certainly his biggest project : "Genkidama", a limited edition triple vinyl (Gatefold) with a huge guest list : 
Ruste Juxx, Bishop Lamont, Big Twins, Conway, Planet Asia, Termanalogy, Skyzoo, Reks, Edo G, Shyheim, Krondon,Vast Aire (of Cannibal Ox), Supreme (of Representativz), Steele (of Smiff N Wessun), Shabaam Sahdeeq, Homeboy Sandman, C - Rayz Walz, Rim Da Villins, Illa Noyz, Chris Spencer (Vic Spencer + Chris Crack), Ran Reed, Innocent?, Realio Sparkzwell, Berreta 9 (of Killarmy), Poison Pen, Block Mccloud, Pressha Dinero, Vvs Verbal, Louie Skaggs, Dan Jah, Clever One (of Da Buze Bruvaz), Vizar Rancarr (Skanks & Kyo) & Haile Ali,Madman (of F.O.D), Milez Grimez One Click Bang, Mélanie Rutherford, Sage Infinite, Recognyze Ali, Ill Conscious ... and many more. 

The project is entirely produced with his SP1200 and will be available in October 2017.
Cuts by Venom, Dj Impact & Dj Audas and Arwork Design by Jilva The Maker. Help to see this project comes true, It needs 300 pre-orders via Diggers Factory.

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Da Last Future - Devil's Most Wanted 1994 EP - 2016

EP - 2016 - Chopped Herring Records  

A1 Livin in Hell

A2 Mental Combat

A3 Diamonds

B1 Mental Combat II

B2 Evil Lulla Bye

B3 Devil's Most Wanted

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(First 120 copies on Clear, Purple & Yellow mixed coloured vinyl 

& the remaining 230 on black vinyl)

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SW:SIX - Convergence EP - 2016

EP - 2016 - SW:Six Music 

This is a selection of 8 exclusive tracks recorded between 2013 and 2014. Theses tracks combine most of MC's and beatmakers of Six2six Records & SWC Records : MI of Constant Deviants, FlaFla of Sparrow the Movement, Supreme, Rome, Steve Colossal, Dj Eagle, Starshit, Switchflow, Dj Impact, Dreem (EXP) , Mr Mat (EXP), Big C (EXP), Mono SickHop, L'Expert & Bab2 of L'Affaire.

500 Copies Only ...

Available on Vinyl & Digital Album 

Droppin' October 28th

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SW:SIX Music Presents Convergance - 2016

EP - 2016 - SW:Six Music 

This is a selection of 8 exclusive tracks recorded between 2013 and 2014. Theses tracks combine most of MC's and beatmakers of Six2six Records & SWC Records : MI of Constant Deviants, FlaFla of Sparrow the Movement, Supreme, Rome, Steve Colossal, Dj Eagle, Starshit, Switchflow, Dj Impact, Dreem (EXP) , Mr Mat (EXP), Big C (EXP), Mono SickHop, L'Expert & Bab2 of L'Affaire.

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Shydak & Blunt Coleman (aka Kyo Itachi) - Les Trois Temps (CD) - 2016

CD - 2016 - Shinigamie Records  

01 - Intro

02 - Les trois Temps

03 - Worldwilde Egotrip part 1 feat Finsta of Finsta Bundy & Peti Jean

04 - Shydak . . .

05 - Interlude

06 - On Garde L Attitude feat Poggy & Mr Blaiza

07 - La Meme Merde feat Messbass

08 - Worldwilde Egotrip part 2 feat Supreme of Representativz

09 - Toujours La Meme

10 - Outro

11 - Rappeurs Remix

12 - Maitre de Cérémonie

This is a Re-Issue of the album which came out in 2009 .

All Tracks produced by Blunt Coleman (aka Kyo Itachi), except Track 04 produced by Shydak

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6th Floor - Project Logic 7" - 2015

7" Limited Edition - 2015 - Roots Forward 

Originally released in 1995 on Kick Live Records

Clear Blue Vinyl Pressing

300 Copies Only !

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GLOBAL PLATOON - T O L I V E A N D N E V E R S A Y D I E - 2014

LP - 2014 - Six2Six Records 

250 copies only !

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GLOBAL PLATOON - TOLIVEANDNEVERSAYDIE - 2014

LP - 2014 - Six2Six Records  

1.2AM 

2.Distance Yourself 

3.Everybody Can't Rap (Vestry Street 95'Version) 

4.Executive Order (13382) 

5.Fiasco 

6.Global Warming 

7.Ground Zero 

8.Highway 2 Heaven 

9.Lord Maitreya 

10.Quarter til 2(AM) 

11.Violence (Who's Afraid? Pt.2) 

12.No Coincidence 

13.VIP 

14.Leaders Of The Global School 

Out Soon , Stay Tuned !!!