Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Video : Chris Skillz - One Two ft Skyzoo & Left Lane Didon - 2018
New video dropped by Chris Skillz featuring Skyzoo and Left Lane Didon, off his album "Eternal Bliss".
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Methods - 1993
In my opinion, "Methods" is one of the best Charizma's track. The song appeared on the 12" single "My World Premiere" recorded circa 1993 and released in 1996 on Stones Throw Records, three years after Charizma's tragic murder. The instrumental produced by Peanut Butter Wolf contains a sample of a song released in 1971 called "Dindi" performed by Willie Bobo and The Bo Gents.
12" - 1996 - Stones Throw
From The Vinyl Exchange - Courtesy of Stephanie Ornelas (RIP)
"I think this was the last song we recorded before he passed away. Our earlier songs were all “hype” because it was that Black Sheep, “The Choice Is Yours”/House of Pain, “Jump Around”/ A Tribe Called Quest, “Scenario” era. But when we recorded this, hip-hop had started getting much slower and darker. Fittingly, musically, “Methods” is a very sad and emotional-sounding song, although I never could’ve predicted it’d be our last, or the reason for that. It was my idea to have it go 45 seconds before the drums come in, and Charizma actually integrated a line from a rap I wrote in 1987, when I wanted to be a rapper. Of course, he made it sound cooler than I ever could: “Dreaming of the usual, a rap beat.” I was so excited he used that line." - Courtesy of Peanut Butter Wolf Breaks Down His 10 Favorite Songs From the Charizma Box Set - Spin Magazine - May 22nd 2014
The wax isn't really very rare, by the way the vinyl is still available on the Stones Throw website for a cheap price.
Video : ChanHays - Smokin feat Fat Ray, Phat Kat, and Guilty Simpson
2nd official video off the debut solo project "Here" dropped in 2017 by the Canadian beatmaker ChanHays. It's still available on CD... so don't sleep ... If you're not convincted, look at the guest list and you 'll know what I'm talking about !
Microphone Check : Capone-N-Noreaga - Operation : World Domination
From The Source - May 1997 - Scans courtesy of Frederic Thecle
Monday, February 19, 2018
Sounds Of Rage - Beyond Da Stars EP - 1996
EP - 1996 - 20M Records
Sounds Of Rage was a Philly based group, consisted of G-Masica, Pitch Black and Gobe Raw. The wax came out on 1996 on 20M Records, a record label from Francisville, Philadelphia PA . The executive producer of the project was Snake Plitzkin and all the productions were done by L.E Square of 100X.
The EP is composed of three songs :
"Superfly" featuring Pitch Black, "The Swamp" featuring G-Masica & Pitch Black ...
L.E Square : "I have great story behind this beat, the mc's were sitting around in my studio when i started with the voice sample (from Roy Ayers) but I wasnt sure where i was gonna go with it... They took a break & went to the store... When they came back in they were like whoooaa.... Is that the same beat? The rest is history. They went in the booth and murdered it.. And the crew in the background is called Bloody Tribe of Murder." , and the last song "Street Warrior" featuring G-Masica & Gobe Raw.
Vinyl rip courtesy of 90's Hip-Hop Blog.
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