Flavor Unit emcee Apache, born Anthony Teaks, passed away after a protracted illness. Shakim Compere, CEO and Co-Founder of Flavor Unit Records, remembered Apache, “Without Apache there would have been no Queen Latifah, no Naughty By Nature, no Chill Rob G., no anything” Compere told AllHipHop.com. “Apache was the string that tied all of Flavor Unit together. Without Apache none of this would be.”
R.I.P. Apache
BumpyKnuckles R.I.P Apache!! Salute To A Real Passionate EMCEE U Will BE MISSED! THIS 1 Hit THEOG HARD! WHOA! YOU WILL BE MISSED.
QtipTheAbstract R.I.P. To my brotha APACHE.. Together we made a dope lil hiphop joint... He was a real stand up dude...
ChipFu Man I had the op to work with apache during the roll wit the flavor joint. REST IN PEACE TO MY FLAVOR UNIT BROTHER" APACHE" condolences2fam
MrEdLover - My heart is heavy. Apache has passed away. He came 2 see me perform last month @ Carolines Comedy club...RIP!
djscratch RIP Apache. He wrote for Latifah after Treach stopped writing for her. The only Black Man that called you a BITCH & you didn't get mad.
djdoowop R.I.P.Apache - not only the pen behind alotta Latifah's raps but a good person
mobrocka (Monie Love) RIP APACHE OG REAL SH!T TALKER first Emcee to have a hit record talking bout the REALIST hood chick around the way " KEEP YA SOULTRAIN HO !
djhotday R.I.P. APACHE, THANKS FOR THE GOOD MUSIC YOU LEFT US DJ's TO PLAY
RAtheRuggedMan "if I was deaf, dumb, blind, stupid, lame, Handicapped, crippled and pussy was my middle name- you couldn't beat me" - Apache (1991)
MicGeronimo R.I.P to my boy Apache. He was a very good dude man. Very cool person.
SonOfMaestro I had the pleasure of knowng Apache while workng on The Lost Tribe of Shabazz. He was the unsung heart & soul of the Unit.
SadatX Dam , I knew Apache 2!! We losing a lot of brothers! Life is a true blessing
jrocc Also. RIP Apache. Had the funniest promo shirt that said. "Kill The White People" then on the back "But Buy My Record First"
-- Thomas V
I will be posting a compilation I'm doing right now in remembrance of Apache.
It appears that good things can happen when the UK gets blasted with the heaviest snow in 100 years. With the country coming to a complete halt, forum regular Step One had time to put together this sweet compilation of bootleg remixes and blends. Show some appreciation by leaving a comment (or a link to another remix) and he might bless us with volume 2.
Step One says "A staple of any nineties Hip Hop DJ’s collection is the shady white label remix. Information on whoever was putting these out was usually pretty thin on the ground for obvious reasons but they often held some real gems. Having rediscovered some of these recently I’ve put together a collection of some of those unofficial remixes as well as a few that I’ve found on the blogs and forums over the last few years."
01 2Pac-Old School (B.Cause Remix) http://diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com/ Usually the non-Pac fans favourite Pac track. B Cause throws some familiar samples under Pac’s reminiscing of 80s NY and gives it a nice funky vibe.
02 Big Daddy Kane-Set It Off (Daily Diggers Remix) http://www.dailydiggers.com/ Some of you might recognise this from DJ Mike Nice’s ‘Brooklyn Bullshit’ mixtape. The UK’s Daily Diggers flip the Cold Chillin classic.
03 Big Pun & Fat Joe-Twinz (Brooklyn Untouched Remix) This remix discards the original ‘Deep Cover’ beat and replaces it with another Dre & Snoop collabo, ‘The Next Episode’. Always goes down well in a club set.
04 Common-I Used To Love Her (Sir Charles Flavour Remix) http://www.myspace.com/djsircharles Common gets a G-Funk makeover as his vocals are dropped over Warren G’s ‘Nobody Does It Better’.
05 D&D All-Stars-1,2 Pass It (Bootleg Remix) A DJ Fashion remix? All signs point to yes.
06 Erick Sermon-Bomdigi (Street Jam Bootleg Remix) The beat from En Vogue’s ‘Hold On’ gives this E Double solo joint some extra bump.
07 Fat Joe & Doo Wop-Boriquas On The Set (DJ Dough & Porge One Remix) http://www.myspace.com/djdoughhiphop The UK’s Dough & Porge One always had some special remixes on their CDs. This one is taken from their ‘Heads Aint Ready’ mix which is well worth seeking out.
08 Method Man & Redman-How High (Bootleg Remix) The acapella of this track was definitely a favourite amongst producers, probably due to the amount of quotable lines from Red & Meth at their peak. This version uses the ‘Human Nature’ melody over EPMD's ‘You’re A Customer’ beat.
09 Mobb Deep-Hell On Earth (Paul Miles Remix) Another UK remix, this time by Birmingham DJ Paul Miles (aka Pat Bateman).
10 Nas-It Aint Hard To Tell (DJ Day Remix) http://likeathrottle.blogspot.com/ (this also came out on vinyl) This track has been remixed to death but this has to be the best of the unofficial ones. Quality production from DJ Day out of California.
11 The Pharcyde-Passin Me By (WAR! [What-A-Remix]) A Jazzy Jim remix.
12 Tim Dog & KRS-One-I Get Wrecked (Gamm/Samoo Remix) http://diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com/ I don't have any info on this one but I’m pretty sure I copped it at B.Cause’s blog.
"You goin overboard with all that, fuck New York shit trying to dis Brooklyn, but the Boogie 'bout to talk shit and ain't no fun, if the Dullah can't get none risin in the East, I'm bout to set it on the West, son Listen, I ain't even down with who you dissen far as I'm concerned NY been ass-kissen for the longest, on the live side I'ma dead it you aint a trooper, I know that's all super-unleaded gas you inhaled from all your record sales cause you went to California and blew up, but you fail tryin to dis the big apple, I aint supposed to wanna battle for a million dollar raffle? You gettin gaffled soon as I see you got a million after the battle, I be like "oooh what a feeeelin" Toyota will be selling me they biggest Landcruiser money green so niggas could fiend like drug users winners slap users like pimp slap hoes and we know Suge is pimpin them hoes on Death Row you actin like you wanna beef, but talkin below me you ain't a real thug, you a real CaliPhoney ** Who Shot Ya? No it wasn't me and my peeps you're talking bout New York, wordup, like something sweet don't fool yourself, this ain't New York Undercover it's real like the history of your father and mother I'm sayin, think about that shit that you did had a shootout in NY, raped a bitch, did a bid like you proud of that, then let the world know it happened first of all you fuckin up for other niggas' rappin how you makin movies, selling records, doin tours, then be up in Denemora (sp), scrubbin other niggas' drawers? the whole point in being criminal is gettin paid son, you paid already, actin Crazy like Eddie fuck a Thug Life, niggas die being unlawful let that peer pressure stress ya somethin awful with the world in ya hand, fuck a man, be a King you aint even a man cause you under the wing Heltah Skeltah from the shelter, need protection now you're one of Suge Knight's sons, runnin for election against Snoop Dogg for that top dog spot Death Row, Prisoner-of-the-month on lock. *** Now everybody know you from them roles you be playin so all that make a record shit aint even worth sayin west coast rappers go platinum in a second cause west coast niggas go out and buy records but east coast rappers be on conceited shit the wack emcees here make repeated hits they get star-struck and stop giving a fuck and lyrically, half these niggas suck, and what just put the real rappers in the ring let your man bring the beats and whoever do they thing fuck a record sale, fuck a phoney reputation, fuck a pimp record label and them suck-dick stations. Show skills, how ya flow skills, rock a party- live from the heart, in front of everybody without a shotty, ain't no need for all that get your stupid ass some rikers & tracks, fuck the gats my people out in Cali aint got nothin to do with this you on your own dick, partner, and you new to this I could never dis my peeps in the west but, that dissin Biggie shit, we still ain't impressed..."
Here's a blog from King Sun on his Myspace about the diss:
"Ok, I was the first to respond with a dis record towards Tupac when he first dissed Tribe Called Quest at the Source Awards in '94. Since Tupac appeared on "California" wit Dre, I felt the need to respond wit "Califony" and derived the hook from the Die Hard movie when Bruce Willis was a cop from NY and had beef in Cali. Every time he killed an adversary his reply was "Yippie Kay Ya Mother Fucker."
The beat was produced by DJ Mark the 45 King and was cut up by Funk Master Flex in D&D Studios in Midtown Manhattan. Shout outs to Doug and Dave. I then allowed Doo Wop to put the song on his mixtape to generate a buzz. Tupac and I discussed the dis song after having Ice-T play it for Pac. We laughed together over the phone and Pac new it was nothing personal, but I had to rep NY to the fullest. Shout outs to Ice-T, who's like my older cousin from the Left Coast who has always held me down, to WC Crazy Toons, DJ Aladdin, DJ Pooh, Evil E and Hen G and Shawny Shawn.
Rest in peace Pac. Our love goes out to Mrs. Shakur. Tell BIG I said "Hold some equality for me and Lady Heron and be at the door with Jesus so we can get in!"
Doo Wop played his record with King Sun on his critically acclaimed Summer Jam '96 mixtape. Doo Wop also goes at 2Pac & The Dogg Pound at the end of the tape. Notice how the mixtape only features East Coast artists. This was around the time of Hit' Em Up. According to DJ King Shammek, King Sun had also recorded another diss record titled "Don't Know How To A.C.T." directed at Westside Connection
Ahhh... the summer of 1996. My first summer in Chicago and one of the first things I purchased. The guy at the record shop (The Beat Parlor) wouldn't let me leave the store without buying it. It came packaged in a jewel case, no cover, no notes, no nothing but shrink wrap.
While this cd is full of great freestyles, some of my favorites are the Mad Lion one and the beginning of the Channel Live track (tracks 25 and 26). Scan of cd included. And yes, that is blue paint over Doo Wop's contact number. It actually came like that.
And since it is Gang Starr month 2009, there is a nice Guru freestyle in there.
01 Doo Wop-Intro 02 Keith Murray-Freestyle 03 Q-Tip-Freestyle 04 Busta Rhymes-Freestyle 05 Rampage The Last Boyscout-Freestyle 06 Fat Joe-Freestyle 07 Uneek-Freestyle 08 M.O.P.-Freestyle 09 Guru-Freestyle 10 Raekwon & Carlton Fisk-Freestyle 11 Ill Al Skratch-Freestyle 12 Shabba Ranks-Freestyle 13 Tragedy Khadafi & Don Black-Freestyle 14 Smoothe Da Hustler & D.V. Alias Khrist-Freestyle 15 Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Akinyele, Pretty Boy Floyd & Lord Tariq-Freestyle 16 Doo Wop-Freestyle 17 KRS-One-Freestyle 18 Treach-Freestyle 19 Keith Murray & Redman-Freestyle 20 Mobb Deep & Big Noyd-Freestyle 21 AZ-Freestyle 22 Lost Boyz-Freestyle 23 Uneek-Freestyle 24 Cocoa Brovaz-Freestyle 25 Mad Lion & KRS-One-Freestyle 26 Channel Live-Freestyle 27 King Just-Freestyle 28 Buckshot Da B.D.I. Emcee-Freestyle
