I did a spit take when I saw this pop up on Grandgood. Razzle Dazzle Ep is a personal favorite, but it was recorded in 96 and I haven’t heard anything about this guy since. Doesn’t seem like Lark’s style changed much since then, although the voice is a bit less nasally congested.
STREAM: Scott Lark – Bananas
A few old gems while I’m in a reminiscing mood:
STREAM: Scott Lark – Ashes to ashes
STREAM: Scott Lark – Natural Bliss
1am sitting in a pitch black room with a computer balanced on a pile of boxes music. Company Flow and 3:33 have both seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
DOWNLOAD: Company Flow – Krazy Kings Part III (3:33 Mix)
Company Flow – Krazy Kings Part III (3 33 Mix) by PThought
ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD LINK
Awwshit I’ve been waiting to hear more from Jersey’s Emcee Jermaine ever since he went all super rapper on “The Crazy 88″. Randomly he just turned up on a track with Adebisi, who I’m not familiar with but is also no slouch.
DOWNLOAD: Adebisi – Ain’t Got Ft. Emcee Jermaine (Prod. by Noc Beats)
via DJBooth
Tame One from Wax Poetics on Vimeo.
Tame One drops some interesting tidbits of Artifacts history and some views on the music industry. The video is actually an addendum to a thorough informative article on Tame’s history, which you can (and should) read over at the Wax Poetics site HERE.
This right here is a good example of why the TROY forum is the shit… These tracks popped up on a soundcloud page of a producer named Rhino CMZ, then were relayed to TROY by The Custodian Of Records. These kinds of random unearthings happen on the forum frequently…
9. A Day Across The Water-Jam C, Tame, Redman by RHINO CMZ
3. The Niceez Pisces-feat Tame One by RHINO CMZ
These two jumped out at me initially but there’s more good stuff to be found on that soundcloud page, GO HERE. Huge props to RHINO CMZ for sharing them and The Custodian Of Records for the heads up.
Really nice to see these guys working together again.
Artifacts – Turn It Out by Diamond Music Group
Effortless relentless exhalation of bars, dude raps like a firebreathing dragon on here. And he’s from Jersey, always a plus in my book. Fans of classic east coast rap modes should be pleased.
DOWNLOAD: Jermaine – The Crazy 88
My appreciation of Tame One has been well documented on here and on the Philaflava boards. My appreciation of Tone Liv has been steadily rising ever since I came across Remarkable Mayor (expect to see some selections from their LP posted here soonish). NJ rappers in their mid-thirties FTW.
The Sampler Platter can be downloaded for free here.
There isn’t much I can say about this guy that Thun didn’t cover here. While the whole Christianity thing would be a turn-off 99% of the time, Reyo is compelling enough from a skills perspective that I catch myself hanging on every word.
And if you haven’t checked out The Crazies, put some bologna on ya face
