From The Source, December 1992 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Karbine - 1200 Remixes 2 - 2023
NY-based producer Karbine delivers the second volume of his 1200 Remixes Series, including remixes from Lord V.I which was already blogged a few months ago, Doz Funky Bastardz, Concrete Mob, AK Skills, S.O.P., Shabazz The Disciple, Rezidue and Big Noyd.
MINI-DOC : Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene - Cost Of Living
Detroit’s Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene released their album “Cost of Living” telling Philmore’s story about life on the Westside of Chicago. The pair prepare to head out on tour and wanted to give fans a deeper look at the record.
Monday, October 16, 2023
Miilkbone - Da' Miilkrate - 2023
2xLP - 2023 - 90's Tapes / HHV
"Representing New Jersey to the fullest, Miilkbone stepped to the scene in 1994 with the piano-driven single "Keep It Real", followed by the full-length debut release "Da Miilkrate" in 1995. In the ghetto landscapes of the Delaney projects in his hometown of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, hip hop became the soundtrack of Miilkbone's life. As b-boy kids bounced their ill pills with the mad swagger of basketball macks, the boo-boom of Rakim and Kool G Rap inspired the moods, grooves and attitudes of a new generation of rhyme slayers. Mainly produced by the likes of former Illtown protégé Mufi, Naughty By Nature's very own Kay Gee and up-and-coming Nick Wiz, the album remains a highlight from the golden era in the catalogue of rap from New Jersey." - courtesy of 90's Tapes
Available in a limited run on 2LP+7" (750 copies), extra 7" of "Keep It Real" in original artwork sleeve (300 copies), CD in jewel case (300 copies) & cassette (100 copies)
PENPALS - PENPALS 3 - 2023
LP - 2023 - Chopped Herring Records
Chopped Herring Records deliver "PENPALS 3", another album produced entirely by PENPALS group member SQ. Jazzy AF and nice with the drums, SQ comes correct to lay the foundations for Rapswell & Bobby Nobles' smartass lyrics. Rounded off with a sweet, full colour cover, "PENPALS 3" is another solid, new Herring album for the 2023 stash.
Pre-Order : CLEAR WAX in full colour jacket (300 copies) / BLACK WAX in the sick Season-Only White Label jackets (50 copies)
Video : D-Styles & J Scienide - Slovakia - 2023
For the story, D- Styles and J Scienide sold out of the initial copies of the "The Periodic Tables of Excellence" vinyl extremely fast (less than 10) minutes. They noticed that they sold a pretty good amount in Slovakia. "Sold a lot of records in Slovakia" It was like a running joke. D sent J a beat a few days later to see if he liked it. The next day J sent him the song. the rest is Slovakian history...
Lu Chin Chen - Weight EP - 2023
Boston-based emcee Lu Chin Chen is back with "WEIGHT", an 8-Track EP produced by Relentless the Tangible, Dilly Fingaz (TRP Productions), Amen & Conflikt of Hellzwind, Tone Chop, Sultan Mir, Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha and Fuzzy Ed, with features from Dystrakted, DJ TMB, F.T. of Street Smartz, Tone Chop, Awful P, Stryke, Ruste Juxx, Solomon Childs & Tha Soloist.
Available on CD (*Replicated CDs in full color sleeves)...
Big Chase - The End of the Line - 1991
Let's talk about this unreleased demo originally uploaded on youtube a long time ago by Calvin Trublife Jones (a.k.a DJ Trouble, p.k.a DJ Trouble Lee) and performed by an emcee named Big Chase. I really like this demo and I think it could be interesting to see Big Chase's unreleased material dropped on physical format. The only track released officially by Big Chase is the song "Y'All Ready For It" (The track uses the same instrumental) on The Rhythm Shack All-Stars EP, dropped by 16FMusic in 2014.
If you don't know Big Chase, you need to know that this MC, a native of Brooklyn, grew up in the Marcy Projects and was originally a dancer for Jaz and Jay-Z during the early part of Jaz's career from the late 80's to the early 90's. Even though he had quality music, Big Chase never received a major recording deal and his material was never released until now. Labels would not sign him because they were interested in Jay-Z and didn’t take Big Chase seriously. At the time he was known as "Little Chase"... the one Nas called out "hangin' with Little Chase" in his track "Ether" which was a response to Jay-Z's "Takeover".
The demo entitled "The End of the Line" was produced by DJ Trouble Lee and was recorded at The Rhythm Shack a.k.a The Shack Studios. The Rhythm Shack was founded by producer /engineer Tkae of the Mental Castawayz back in the late 80's. Originally it was a converted bedroom in an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It would later be relocated to 129th Street in Harlem as a full-fledged commercial studio.
DJ Trouble & Carlos Bess @ RHYTHM SHACK STUDIO - 1992 - Photo courtesy of DJ Trouble
DJ Trouble Lee met Big Chase at the studio, they had a production crew called the Groove Stalkers comprised of Tkae, Trouble Lee, Carlos "C12" Bess and DJ Choco. For the story, Tkae was doing some amazing Demos with Chase and then one day he decided to stop producing and destroyed everything... floppy disks, DAT tapes and the 1 inch tapes... They came into the studio and everything was all over the floor destroyed...
DJ Trouble : "It was heartbreaking and Chase couldn’t believe it... all of them couldn’t believe it... so that's why Chase and I started working one on one for years. There's a much deeper story behind all of us who was at the Rhythm Shack. You will not believe the things that happen there...you can write a movie about the whole beginning to the end..."
The good news behind this story, is that some Big Chase's unreleased material exist ! DJ Trouble has been remastering them over the last few years when he moved to Iron Bound Sound in Newark, NJ. Chase was with him and he started another group with some guys from his new block when he moved from Marcy Projects. The group was called "Darker Image", it was 3 of them but no info about the 2 other kats unfortunately... but it seems they recorded some dope demos.
The Demo "The End of the Line" is now available on Spotify, and I think Calvin "Trouble" Jones is cooking something... so stay tuned fellas, more material coming soon !!
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