1. Tombstone Intro (Prod. by J.Glaze)
2. The Champion (Prod. by Alchemist)
3. Born Survivor ft Cormega (Prod. by Moss)
4. This Is It (Prod. by Dtox)
5. Luv Letter ft Ms. Whitney (Prod. by INS)
6. P.S.A (Prod. by Lee Bannon)
7. T.R.U.E ft. MeShel (Prod. by INS)
8. We Get Down (Prod. by INS)
9. The Big Game ft Raekwon & AC (Prod. by Mental Instruments)
10. Tombstone Interlude (Prod. by J.Glaze)
11. 9th Chamber (Prod. by INS and Khino)
12. Really Real ft. Carlton Fisk & Fes Taylor (Prod. by INS)
13. Serious Rappin ft Termanology & Planet Asia (Prod. by Mike Cash)
14. Do What U Gotta (Prod. by Flip)
15. Crazy (Prod. by J.Glaze)
16. Gotta Bang ft Kurupt and Billy Danze (Prod. by Shorty 140)
17. The Bad Apple (Prod. by K.Slack)
18. Brothaz Respect ft Cappadonna and Fes Taylor (Prod. by Cee the Architech)
19. 5 Star G (Prod. by Moss)
20. The Neverending Story ft Pleasant (Prod. by Agallah)
Here is a quick drop for those who can’t get enough Devin Copeland. Besides the obvious misspelling in the track title, I think we all really benefit here. Lend your thoughts, yo! –Philaflava
Benifit Plan feat. Devin The Dude, CHOPS & C.Pertile Download
A-Wax continues to obliterate hooks. Verses end up in bad shape here too. This comes from Ice Meez’s Cold Game tape, which is decent enough but largely forgettable. These two work really well as a duo.
C-Bo and Trae dust off the instrumental for Yo Gotti’s Marvin Gaye sampling “Gangsta Party” with 8Ball and Bun B for C-Bo’s upcoming mixtape with Cartune Network. While the track is certainly cool and noteworthy, the real purpose of this post is to point out how slept-on Memphis-born producer Carlos Broady is in most (all) circles. The guy has crafted some of the most recognizable beats ever (CNN’s T.O.N.Y., Mase’s 24 Hours To Live, Nas’ Project Windows, Ghostface’s The Hilton, Saturday Nite and We Made It, Hobo Junction’s I’ve Been Through It, Lil Kim’s Queen Bitch, Puffy’s Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down, A bunch of tracks on Heist of The Century, half of Yo Gotti’s Back To Basics and pretty much everything non-Primo that Royce has rapped over in the past few years), and he remains under everyone’s radar. Appreciate the versatility.
It’s been awhile since some of us gave a f*ck about Jay and our interests may never completely return but here’s a 20-track compilation to reminds us of why he was once the man. Thanks to HipHoppin for the assist. –Philaflava
01 04:38 Jay-Z ft. Beanie Sigel – Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)
02 03:19 Jay-Z – U Don’t Know
03 04:06 Jay-Z – Can I Live
04 03:54 Jay-Z ft. Jaz-O & Amil – Nigga What, Nigga Who
05 03:54 Jay-Z – A Million & One Questions (Remix)
06 05:25 Jay-Z – Say Hello
07 05:36 Jay-Z ft. Beanie Sigel & Scarface – Some How Some Way
08 03:48 Freeway ft. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – What We Do
09 03:47 Jay-Z ft. Mecca – Feelin It
10 02:53 Jay-Z – Public Service Announcement
11 02:53 Jay-Z – Dear Summer
12 04:48 Jay-Z ft. Beanie Sigel & Scarface – This Can’t Be Life
13 04:25 Jay-Z – Dead Presidents 2
14 04:00 Jay-Z – So Ghetto
15 03:50 Jay-Z ft. Memphis Bleek & Freeway – 1-900-Hustler
16 04:53 DMX ft. The Lox & Jay-Z – Blackout
17 02:27 Jay-Z – Early This Morning
18 04:01 Scarface ft. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – Guess Who’s Back
19 02:48 Jay-Z – If I Can’t Do It (Freestyle)
20 03:56 Jay-Z – Never Change
One of the highlights from the Black Dynamite original score gets a classy video treatment. Foxy ladies, smokey interiors and sweaty lounge singers abound.
If you’re like me you’ve probably been wandering whatever happened to Phan and UG from the Cella Dwellas. This Flatbush duo just had crazy chemistry together and always had a stellar production team behind them. Nick Wiz. Large Professor, Ayatollah and Rockwilder just to name a few. Recently we’ve seen U.G. pop-up on a few collabos like Riot off General Steele’s album and many of our T.R.O.Y. heads will recall the Nick Wiz compliation Cella Sounds that came out a few years ago. But what’s up with the new shit? Well the wait is over.
Upon checking out Addicted To The Vision I came across two tracks from U.G. that just restored my faith in the hip-hop I miss. If you need to taste the product first those tracks are available to stream and download. Don’t sleep! –Philaflava
New KC/Bay callabo. Rich is still the most slept on commodity in rap right now. Effortless smoothness, unique flow and voice and a razor sharp wit. Hopefully as the Bay continues to garner blog attention, Kansas City can hop on the coat tails. With Street Ballin, Rich and Vallejo vet J-Diggs, who has released some truly terrible material in the last year or so, whale out over some really solid production, often finding KC crooner Boy Big on the hook. No one is saving the world here, but if mob shit is your weapon of choice, you need not look any further. Check out a few tracks and download below.
If I were to ask you “Where’s my killer tape at?†you would undoubtbly know that “Shameek from 212 got bust in his head two times and he was laying there like a new born fucking baby god with all types of fucking blood coming outâ€
Or if in passing I said “torture muthafucker torture†you might inform me that you would indeed “stab my tongue with a rusty screwdriverâ€
Let’s say you were hungry and wanted to get some food that was best described as “some marvelous shit to get your mouth watering†you would know who to see.
How is it that we would all know this?
Well from our number four album Enter the 36 Chambers by The Wu Tang Clan.
Released in 1993 it revolutionized production and offered up a bevy of styles from GZA’s traditional rhythms and cadence to ODB’s madman with a mic style, it was unlike anything that any of us have heard at the time and since then artists have been trying to replicate it with expectedly boring and lackluster results….I’m looking at you white people.
My first experience with the Wu was at the Wiz on Central Avenue in Yonkers. I spent my summers working on a Coors truck and every Tuesday I would go to the Wiz and by all the new releases whether I heard them or not. Towards the end of that summer I bought the cassette single for Protect Ya Neck b/w Method Man. The art work could best be described as non-descript, basically plain white cover with a logo. I never heard them, but I read about them and people suggested I check them out. I went back to my car, at the time a Colt Vista Wagon, aka a piece of American shit that Detroit has become famous for, and played the single for a good 45 minutes before pulling out of the parking lot. It was that good and different. Even U-God came off, which is usually the case when he limited to 8 bars or less.
Needless to say I was stuck. I waited and waited until the album came out that fall. The wait was worth every second. The album dropped and it felt like everything changed, at least it did for me. Production now had to be moody and cinematic, lyrics had to be strong and layered and flows had to be insane. The album feature 3 of the greatest songs in the history of rap (Protect Ya Neck, CREAM, and Can It Be All So Simple) and I guess you can argue for a fourth with Method Man, which for my money was a great song for the 90s but not all time.
Everything about the album (with the exception of the song Tearz) is perfect, even the skits are enjoyable to this day. What other album has had skits that spawned hours of conversations and inside jokery, t-shirts, Youtube clips, etc. There are none.
I can’t believe I considered leaving this album off the list.
