Timeline of the T.R.O.Y. Weekly Request Threads

Part of the mass appeal of the T.R.O.Y. blog and forum is that we constantly put in work.


Here's a recap of the request threads that've gone on in the T.R.O.Y forum so far: There is an official request thread and then there’s the weekly threads, so if you've been missin' out, you might want to review the last more than a year's worth of weekly request threads (whether to dig for rare and exclusive gems or to remind you of everything else you are still looking for):

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #001 - 10/16/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #002 - 10/20/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #003 - 11/10/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #004 - 11/24/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #005 - 12/01/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #006 - 12/12/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #007 - 12/22/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #008 - 01/06/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #009 - 01/15/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #010 - 01/25/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #011 - 02/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #012 - 02/09/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #013 - 02/17/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #014 - 02/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #015 - 03/06/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #016 - 03/19/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #017 - 04/04/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #018 - 05/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #019 - 06/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #020 - 07/12/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #021 - 08/02/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #022 - 08/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #023 - 08/31/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #024 - 09/07/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #025 - 09/14/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #026 - 09/21/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #027 - 09/28/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #028 - 10/05/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #029 - 10/12/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #030 - 10/19/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #031 - 10/26/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #032 - 11/02/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #033 - 11/09/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #034 - 11/16/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #035 - 11/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #036 - 11/30/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #037 - 12/07/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #038 - 12/14/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #039 - 12/21/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #040 - 12/28/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #041 - 01/05/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #042 - 01/11/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #043 - 01/18/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #044 - 01/25/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #045 - 02/01/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #046 - 02/09/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #047 - 02/15/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #048 - 02/23/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #049 - 03/01/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #050 - 03/08/2010

Mr. Philaflava, Jason Gloss, began exploring the concept of weekly request threads around the time the T.R.O.Y. blog started up, creating the first eight threads. That then switched to Jaz at the start of last year who held it down through the twenty first one (with Verge actually creating the twentieth one). Since then Odnet has been runnin' things. I couldn't even begin to list all the contributors.

Start checkin' it out when you have the time, there's no way that you won't find something that you both enjoy and haven't heard before. Stop by and ask for the impossible (I know I have and it's actually worked for me more than once) or try to help out if you think you can contribute. You'll be surprised by what you can find.

-- The Big Sleep

Best Album Cuts Compilation Challenge: Links #3

If you're a member of the T.R.O.Y. forum then it's impossible for you not to have known about our little Best Album Cut Compilation Challenge. We narrowed it down to 16 finalists and for the next few days we'll be posting their mixes, along with some of the other contestants who didn't make the cut. We strongly encourage you to check out all the options and then vote for your favorite mix. You don't have to be registered to the forum in order to vote. --Philaflava

Best Album Cuts Compilation Challenge (B.A.C.C.)

Links #3

kimani
1. Fuck What Ya Heard 4:12 Trends Of Culture
2. Sonset 6:00 Ras Kass
3. Bring It On 3:17 Organized Konfusion
4. Mad M.F.'s 3:33 Rumpletilskinz
5. All Black 4:21 Big L
6. Dog's Gonna Getcha 3:03 Tim Dog
7. Hazardous 5:05 Godfather Don
8. Abandoned In Da Streetz 3:40 Da Homlez
9. Runaway Slave 4:50 Showbiz & A.G.
10. Can-U-Feel-Me? 3:50 Saafir
11. Can't C Me 5:31 2Pac
12. Free Styler 5:17 Divine Styler
13. Ketchrek 3:36 Miilkbone
14. Loosifa 4:30 The Juggaknots
15. Niguz Talk S--T 4:21 Black Moon
http://rapidshare.com/files/335500928/Philaflava_Album_Cuts_Comp__Kimani-15_Tracks_.zip

basta
01 Low Ft Richie Rich - Gangsta City Funk (1994 Texas)
02 Brothers Of Struggle - Show it (1994 Ohio)
03 Confuzn - Who's Got Your Back (1994 Little Rock, AR)
04 By Any Means Necessary - Take It To The Maximum (1992 New Orleans,LA)
05 Da Criminal - Move On (1996 Chicago,Ill)
06 Off Tha Corna - Welcome to the Yard (1992 New Orleans,LA)
07 Taalam - Sunshine (1992 New York City)
08 Lethal T & The Outcast - Ready For The Gankin (1994 San Antonio, TX)
09 Boobie - Rollin With Lush bw In The Sticks (ft. Z Man)(1994 Ohio)
10 Bugsy - Million Dollar Game Plan (1997 Detroit,MI)
11 Wild Sniper - Addicted To A Dollar (1993 Brooklyn,NY)
12 Scratch Master Dee - Strait From The Old School (1995 Saint Louis, MO)
13 D-Town Funk - Clean This M-F Up (1992 Detroit, MI)
14 Zeek - Hallelujah (1994 Tulsa,OK)
15 MC Rodski and Dj Derezon (Young Guns) - Gangster Boogie (Unknown 1989)
http://rapidshare.com/files/335349644/Basta_Presents-Kyozai_T.R.O.Y._Challenge_-_Album_Cuts__2010_.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5TS1PWV5
http://www.mediafire.com/?zazdyyznk2y

thomasv
01 - Chuck D - Mistachuck
02 - The Roots - The Session (Longest posse cut in history)
03 - Kool Moe Dee - It's Alright Here
04 - Grand Daddy I.U. - Blast A New Asshole (Feat. Big Snow, Taheim, Kid Capri)
05 - Showbiz & A.G. - Represent (Feat. Big L, Deshawn, Lord Finesse)
06 - Craig G - Ummm!!!!
07 - Jamal - Keep It Live
08 - King Sun - Street Corner (Feat. Mr.Magic R.I.P.)
09 - Lord Finesse - Kicking Flavor With My Man (Feat. Percee P)
10 - Main One - Birth Of The Ghetto Child
11 - Master Ace - The Other Side Of Town
12 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Carmel City
13 - Busta Rhymes - Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad (feat. Jamal, Keith Murray, Lord Have Mercy, Rampage The Last Boy Scout & Redman)
14 - Da King & I - Mr. All That
15 - Tall Dark & Handsome - Tall Dark & Handsome
http://sharebee.com/a50bc667

Spartan
01. This Is What You Came Here For - Kid Capri
02. Let's Take A Trip - Da King & I
03. Styles I Manifest - Capital Tax
04. Drama - Genius
05. Call My Name - Keith Murray
06. Line 4 Line - Cella Dwellas
07. Ain't The Devil Happy - Jeru The Damaja
08. Just Like Dat - Special Ed
09. Graveyard Shift - Top Quality
10. We Can't Win - AZ
11. Disk And Dat - Kwest Tha Madd Lad
12. Infamous Mobb - Big Noyd
13. Man Of My Own - Mic Geronimo
14. You Must Be Out Of Your Fuckin' Mind - Fat Joe feat. Apache & Kool G Rap
15. They Shoulda Killed Me - Brokin English Klik
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BMTVX4PX

Jaz
http://sharebee.com/3d30669b
1-ADOR-Here Comes The Wreck (1994)
2-CEB-Back Up In Da Joint (1993)
3-Kirk-Stay Fresh (1994)
4-Group Home-Inna Citi Life (1995)
5-Figure Uv Speech-Next Contestant (1993)
6-Down South-Big Wheels (1994)
7-The Future Sound-Primates In Stitches (1992)
8-Yaggfu Front-Mr Hook (1994)
9-Tha Alkaholiks ft Loot Pack & Declaime-WLIX (1995)
10-Souls of Mishcief-Dirty D's Theme (Hoe or Die) (1995)
11-Lakim Shabazz-First In Existence (1988)
12-CPO ft MC Ren-Gangster Meoldy (1990)
13-Stezo-Talkin Sense (1989)
14-Craig G-No Favors (1991)
15-Greyson & Jasun-Shammin (1991)

Frezzy Pazzy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SO0B4LYO
01/ ODD SQUAD "Here to say a lil' somethin" (1994)
02/ THE GENIUS "True fresh M.C." (1991)
03/ CAPITAL TAX "Treetop connection" (1993)
04/ GROOVE B CHILL "Starting from zero" (1990)
05/ KING SUN "Cold new yorkin" (1990)
06/ KRISPY 3 "Back it up" (1993)
07/ LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL "A quarter to cutthroat" (1993)
08/ CHINO XL "Many different ways" (1996)
09/ MAIN ONE "El gran combo" (1995)
10/ ROUGH HOUSE SURVIVERS "So! Survivers we can rhyme" (1992)
11/ NUFF RUFFNESS "Styles come at ya" (1993)
12/ SHYHEIM "Here come the hits" (1994)
13/ THE B.U.M.S. "West coast smack" (1995)
14/ SAAFIR "Worship the D" (1994)
15/ ROYAL FLUSH "Regulate" (1997)

Debonair_P
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4N9BLYNK
Jeru The Damaja - Whatever
Rakim - When I'm Flowin
Chubb Rock - The Mind
Mad Skillz - All In It
EPMD - Get With This
OC - The Crow
Royal Flush - International Currency
Organized Konfusion - Invetro
Cella Dwellas - Medina Style
The Roots - It Just Don't Stop
Sadat X - Sauce For Birdheads
Illy Funkstaz - Gotta Get Da Cheese
OGC - God Don't Like Ugly
Artifacts - The Interview
Alkaholiks - 21 & Under

Shadz Of Lingo - A View To A Kill

Atlanta’s Shadz Of Lingo first debuted on Erick Sermon’s debut solo album No Pressure on the track "Lil Crazy" back in 1993,DJ Rocco and MC’s Kolorado and Lingo first met in 1986 at a Richmond, VA, High School.

In 1991 they all moved to Atlanta and began recording, A View To A Kill, released in 1994 was their only album that had a line up of dope producers behind the boards, Erick Sermon produced and appeared on "Mad Flavaz" (also released as a single) while Diamond D laced the Shadz with four ill tracks, “Ill & Get Clowned” which featured a lovely jazz horn sample, deep bassline and the infamous Skull Snaps drums, “Different Stylez” sampled Sister Nancy’s “Bam Bam” which was made famous by Large Professor for Main Source’s “Just Hanging Out”, “Think I Give A Fuck” with it’s ill Eddie Harris sample and Lou Donaldson drums and “Don’t Test Da Skillz” which sampled ESG’s “UFO” and Jack Bruce’s "Sam Enchanted Dick”,(also used by Showbiz) Diamond D was definitely the production highlight on the album but Madness 4 Real’s “View To A Kill” was dope and had a Cypress Hill vibe and his funk laced "I Step 2 U Den” was good as well.

Dallas Austin produces the hard “Wherez Da Steel?”, which is not bad but his later effort “Always Stylin” is better,
A View To A Kill is not a classic or a lost album, but it’s a great golden age Hip Hop album, that will keep the head nodding and make the listener smile.

A View To A Kill



1 Different Stylez (4:09)
2 Mad Flavaz (4:27)
3 Ill & Get Clowned (3:43)
4 Wherez Da Steel (4:25)
5 Psychopathic Interlude (2:05)
6 View To A Kill (4:07)
7 Think I Give A F--K (3:35)
8 Don't Test Da Skillz (3:45)
9 Crossfade Flow (1:05)
10 1 Step 2 U Den (4:11)
11 Alwayz Stylin' (4:18)

-- Jaz

Ask and you shall receive

Today we received an email (see below) asking if we had the Knucklehedz track "Headrush," unfortunately I didn't have the cut on hand but I knew where to look. Within a short period of time the request for the track was not only fulfilled but the thread became a flood. Now we definitely aren't the first to blog about this album, but we will do our best to fulfill every request you send us.

Remember the world's greatest forum dedicated to our favorite era is just is a click away. If we don't have an answer for you, we'll get it because T.R.O.Y. is the gift that keeps on giving.

-------

Peace,

Big fan of your site...hoping you can help me out with a lost gem. In 1993, Parrish Smith released these two white kids out of LI called the Knuckelheads. Their a-side ("ALL SHE WANTED") got the most burn, but there was bangin b s-ide ("Headrush")that only saw the light of day on red alerts show back in the day. Ive been searching for the record for over 15 years now. I've asked parrish himself and anyone within the camp for a copy of this record to no avail. Based off your impressive uploads, i have to ask... Would you happen to have this?

Keep up the good work,

-- Rigo "Riggs" Morales
Sr. Dir A&R Shady Records
Goliath Artists, Inc. Rigg'd Up, Inc.

REQUEST FULFILLED

Knucklehedz - All She Wanted / Hed Rush 12" - 1993
A1 All She Wanted (LP Version) (3:53)
A2 All She Wanted (Remix) (4:10)
A3 All She Wanted (Hed Mix) (3:54)
B1 Hed Rush (LP Version) (2:42)
B2 Hed Rush (Instrumental) (2:49)
B3 All She Wanted (Instrumental) (3:51)
B4 All She Wanted (Remix Instrumental) (4:00)
http://www.zshare.net/download/204940161e2bf03d/
See bottom of post for new link.

Knucklehedz - Savages / 5 Hoods In A 4 Door 12" - 1993
A1 Savages (4:10)
A2 Savages (Remix) (4:16)
B1 Savages (Remix Instrumental) (4:24)
B2 5 Hoods In A 4 Door (4:08)
http://www.zshare.net/download/20494224f0857990/
See bottom of post for new link.

Knucklehedz - Strictly Savage LP - 1993
1. Hedrush (2:47)
2. Savages (4:12)
3. Wuntz Upon A Time (3:03)
4. Party Wrecker (4:03)
5. Uglee Picture (3:35)
6. Girlies Keep Screamin` (5:11)
7. All She Wanted (3:57)
8. Trouble Makas (3:57)
9. 5 Hoods In A 4 Door (4:11)
10. Who Called The Cops? (4:40)
11. Joy Ridin` (3:59)
12. Merlin (4:13)
http://www.zshare.net/download/20493593722a30ee/

See bottom of post for new link.

Tom J and Steve Austin, 2 dope White kids that went went to the same Brentwood High School as Erick Sermon and were supposed to be the next out of the infamous Hit Squad camp but suffered badly because of the animosity between Erick and Parrish....

For more information about Knucklehedz check out T.R.O.Y.'s own Jaz and his blog @ http://coldrockdaspot.blogspot.com/2007/01/knucklehedz.html

Re-upped - Download everything from this post in one folder here.

Props to the T.R.O.Y. posters CharlieManson, godmc, kimani & hellriser who always put in work.

Special Ed-Legal

Special Ed-Legal (1990)
Profile

This was young Brooklyn-born Edward Archer’s second album and after the success of The Youngest In Charge (1989), Profile marketed him as some kind of rap heartthrob. Ignore the album cover and go straight to the music. Once again Ed hooked up with the great Hitman Howie Tee who laced Ed with hype tracks for him to get busy to.

Special Ed had one of the smoothest flows in Hip Hop history, check “Come On, Let’s Move It” where he goes to work over a loping Bobby Byrd track or the Salt and Pepa sampling “The Mission” which also sports the banging drums from Billy Squire’s “Big Beat." Ed had skills and could tell great stories -on "The Mission" he rhymes “Picked up the phone, yo who the hell is this? / Somebody said this is serious business."

Ed gets busy over the dope and sparse drums of “I’m Special Ed” and the early Gang Starr sampling “Ya Wish Ya Could," which also flips the infamous Honeydrippers-”Impeach The President” drums and samples Johhny “Guitar” Watson, with Ed boldly stating that all he needs is “just a mic and a track”.

“Ready 2 Attack” samples Rado & Company’s “Where Do I Go” three years before Pete Rock used it for Run DMC’s “Down With The King” and hard hitting Kool and The Gang drums allow Ed to wreck the mic, alongside a Big Daddy Kane vocal sample used for the hook.

“I’m The Magnificent” gets the remix treatment and “Living Like A Star” has Ed attacking a dope beat,while the posse cut "5 Men & A Mic" has Ed sharing mic duties with his brother, his DJ, Aksun, and Little Shawn. Legal was a great follow up album and still sounds dope a good 18 years later.


1. Come On, Let's Move It
2. The Mission
3. Ya Not So Hot
4. I'm The Magnificent (The Magnificent Remix)
5. I'm Special Ed
6. Ya Wish Ya Could
7. Ready 2 Attack
8. 5 Men And A Mic
9. Livin' Like A Star
10.See It Ya
11-Come On, Let's Move It (Remix) BONUS
12-The Mission (Remix) BONUS

Download Album Here

The Mission Video

Jaz

Class A Felony...

Class A Felony-Class A Felony (1993)
Mercury Recordings

Now here is an album that really fits under the obscure banner, Class A Felony was a New York duo made up of DJ Stitches and the late Edward Dumar Israel aka Lord Dumar, who sadly passed away before the album was released, Class A Felony was their only album and had contributions by great producers like DJ Mark The 45 King (“Hyped Up”, Black Rain”) and Diamond D (“I Can’t Take No More”), which features Lakim Shabazz but oddly no Lord Dumar?.

Class A Felony was a decent album that relied on quirky (peep the warped funk of “Time To Make The Doughnuts”) and familiar samples and fat drum loops, alongside Lord Dumar’s gruff vocal tone which is sometimes reminiscent of King Sun.

The classic Warriors film gets sampled on “Warriors Come Out To Play” and the timeless Bohannon “Save Their Souls” gets flipped on “I’m No The Herb You’re Lookin’ 4” , James Brown’s “Papa Don’t Take No Mess” gets a workout on the dope “Papa Don’t Play” and a heavy dub sample is used on “Lyrical Bloodbath” while DJ Stitches get his time to display his skills and finesse on the 1's and 2's on “Electricity”.


The hilarious and late comedian Robin Harris is sampled on “I Got A Warrant” and is a great tale of Dumar being on the run,Lord Dumar also runs a sinister tale on “The Night Stalker” and like Guru once said It's mostly the voice and Dumar does indeed have a dope voice and rides beats effortlessly.

I wouldn’t go as far as to call the album a classic, but it’s an ill, lost album that should be heard.

Props to godmc for the hook-up.

Jaz

Download Here

01 - Intro
02 - Time To Make The Doughnuts
03 - Hyped Up
04 - Hostage
05 - I’m Not The Herb You’re Lookin’ 4
06 - Gotta Go, Gotta Go
07 - Papa Don’t Play
08 - Lyrical Bloodbath
09 - Class A Felony
10 - I Got A Warrant
11 - Warriors Come Out To Play
12 - The Night Stalker
13 - They’re All Gonna Laugh At You
14 - Rita
15 - Black Rain
16 - Electricity
17 - I Can’t Take No More

The Hill That’s Real...

Various Artists-The Hill That’s Real (1992)

1992 was easily one of the dopest years in Hip Hop history, it was a time of Timberlands, polos, hoodies, and vast amounts of creativity, lyrical skills and fat beats as far as rap music was concerned, it was also the year the infamous Lil Fame (aka Fizzy Womack) of the Mash Out Posse, first recorded to wax on the The Hill That’s Real compilation, an album that celebrated the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York.

Lil Fame kicked the album off with the raw ‘Bring The Ruckus’ and also supplied his vocal talents to ’Neighborhood Hood’ and ‘The Hill That’s Real’, as well as appearing on the ‘Crew Full Of Shorties’ cut and overseeing the whole album.

Other key tracks were the ASAP tracks ‘Wrek The Art’ and ‘It’s On You’ with both tracks displaying hardcore jazz loops and fat drums, in fact most of the album is full of deep basslines, hard drums and dope loops supplied by producer Silver D.

Big Ken is a hardcore chick going for hers on ‘4 Star Bitch’ and the sharp tongued ‘All About The Pussy‘, both are dope cuts, but why is she called Big Ken?.

411 (another female) wrecks ‘Exit 21 South’ with adlibs from what sounds like Positive K (I’m not sure if it’s him though) and the album ends with Big Posse’s New York City Drive By’, so in essence, this is a dope album and worth checking for early Lil’ Fame recordings and for those that enjoy rugged Brooklyn Hip Hop. Brrrrrraaaaaappppp

http://www.zshare.net/download/5021583dc22645

The Hill That’s Real (1992)

01. Li'l Fame - Bring The Ruckus
02. ASAP - Wrek The Art
03. Smuve-Ruff, Big Ken, Sean Mic & Li'l Fame - Crew Full Of Shorties
04. Li'l Fame - The Hill That's Real
05. Big Ken - All About The Pussy
06. ASAP - It's On You
07. Big Ken - 4 Star Bitch
08. Li'l Fame - Neighborhood Hood
09. 411 - Exit 21 South
10. The Big Posse - New York Drive By

Jaz