From The Source - June 1997 - Scans courtesy of Max The Keeper
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Eternal Meazure - Reign Supreme - 1999
12" - 1999 - Covert Operation
No need to spend a lot of money sometimes to buy a good indie wax, and it is the case for this 12" released by Eternal Meazure, duo comprised of Nah'L and T-Love from Carson CA. The record was released in 1999 on Covert Operation.
On the A-side, you can listen to the lead single titled "Reign Supreme" which is produced by Nah'L. The B-side contains 2 other tracks "Radiation" produced by Nah'L and "Declaration" produced by DJ Khalil and featuring Chace Infinite, both from the LA-based group Self Scientific.
"Eternal Meazure group members Nah’L and T-zone have been closely related to all aspects of hip-hop including Break Dancing, Graffiti art, D.J. ing and emceeing since 1982. Formulated out of Carson California, the two long time b-boy partners teamed up after a classic break dancing battle in 1983 where after they formed a group called “New City Crew”.
Courtesy of EM - 1983
In 1991 the duo teamed up again to form Eternal Meazure, this time for a fierce display of esoteric battle rhymes combined with unique production.
The group first gained underground recognition while attending Clark Atlanta University where they teamed up with a network of DJ’s and Emcee’s called the “S.O.L.A.R. Panel”. The network consisted of groups from cities all over the U.S. including Boston, Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Fortunately this network had exclusive access to a popular underground radio show called “The Panther Power Hour” 89.3 which was hosted by “Dedan Skills”, S.O.L.A.R. Panel founder and a close associate and long time friend of Tupac Shakur. This allowed Eternal Meazure to gain underground exposure and respect from fellow peers in the hip hop community.
In 1996 Eternal Meazure made its debut appearance on wax with Nah’L as the featured emcee on Self Scientific’s independent release “Degrees”. Within months the record became an underground classic which led the two groups to Japan where they performed shows while soliciting vinyl. As a result, the group gained local as well as international recognition for a new and future trend of hip-hop.
Three years later in 1999, Eternal Meazure independently released 1000 copies of their debut LP “Reign Supreme”. Within six months, the group caught the ear of the famed Bay Area vinyl distributor Benny B. of ABB Records. This would then lead to a vinyl distribution deal paving the way for Eternal Meazure to travel overseas performing in countries such as France, Japan, and Amsterdam." - Official Group Biography
Monday, August 13, 2018
Demo Tape : One a.k.a B-1 - 1994
I've got the different 12" singles released during the 90s by this emcee hailing from Farmers Blvd, Queens named One a.k.a B-1, but I've never seen or listened to his mysterious Demo tape which was reviewed by Dr Bombay a.k.a Ganjah K in Rap Pages Magazine of September 1994.
From Rap Pages - September 1994
The review mentioned a demo called "Takin’ Niggas" featuring Lord Finesse, Grimm and Freddie Foxxx. In 2013, B-1 was interviewed by Rob Unkut and talked about that track :
From B-1 – The Unkut Interview - June 05th 2013
I tried to find Ganjah K online to know if he still had the tape and if there was a way to listen to it but the b-girl T-Love told me that unfortunately he passed away on Christmas 2017... may he Rest In Peace.
I can't give you any snippets of the demos, all of them are still unknown until today but here is a B-1 freestyle from a Stretch & Bobbito Show aired on October 12th 1995.. it's better than nothing !
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Ill Treats, Audessey & Oxygen - Classic Material - 2016
2xLP - 2016 - HHV
A1 - Classic Material - feat Audessey And Oxygen
A2 - On Some Other Shit - feat Audessey
A3 - By Design - feat Audessey And Cadence
B1 - Have You Ever - feat Audessey And Oxygen
B2 - Tune In - feat Audessey
B3 - Mirror - feat Audessey And Ugeorge
C1 - Classic Present feat Audessey And Oxygen
C2 - Peep The Form - feat Audessey, U-George, Ghetto Socks And Oxygen
C3 - Routine - feat Oxygen And Audessey
D1 - Cosmic B-Boy - feat U-george, Audessey, T-love, Oxygen
D2 - Kick The Flavour - feat Audessey And U-George
D3 - Angels - feat Audessey And Oxygen
Producer Ill Treats teamed up with underground legends Audessey & Oxygen for classic boom bap material, 12 tracks in total with guest appearances from UGeorge, Ghettosocks, Cadence of Raw Produce (R.I.P.), T-Love and others.
300 Copies Only !
Listen (snippets) & Pre-order your copy Here
Shipping Date : April 15th 2016
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