Sway & King Tech's Wake Up Show Unreleased Project is a compilation of rare tracks by Noggin' Nodder, Chino XL, Steve Def, & The Bums and it has King Tech remixes of D'Angelo, Rakim, & The Pharcyde. The last track on the album is possibly the greatest radio promo of all-time, the 1994 Wake Up Show Anthem with Nas, Organized Konfusion, Ras Kass, Saafir, Shyheim, Dred Scott, & Lauryn Hill. Noggin' Nodder is now known as Motion Man.. the track Bounce is a real banger! That Ice Cube sample is crazy and so is the beat produced by Kut Masta Kurt! The rest is fully produced King Tech. I always thought this was a vinyl only release so I was really surprised when I found this cd! A great pickup!
Just today I received an email from Kris over at Ras Kass Central, where he has a Canibus-like online following and I noticed they're starting this campaign called "Save Ras Kass." Now, it's no secret that he is one of my favorite lyricists of all-time. It's no secret that T.R.O.Y. has showed Ras Kass more love than most rappers discussed here. In fact, I'm willing to bet there hasn't been a blog out there that has come close to what we have done as far as support goes.
So getting back to this viral marketing they're doing. What exactly does Ras Kass need saving from? He is no longer in prison. He is no longer signed to Priority Records (at least, I believe so). He is no longer beefing with established rappers (who aren't nearly as talented as he is) like Game. So basically Ras Kass needs saving from Ras Kass. Maybe it's the folks he surrounds himself with. Maybe it's his management? Maybe, just maybe Ras Kass needs go back to the basics and realize what made him the lyricist he is today.
Below we're sold on "15 of Ras Kass' classic songs to remind everyone why Ras Kass is one of the top 5 emcees. " yet we all can look at this track list and easily pick apart a handful of selections that are suppose to help remind us of his G.O.A.T. status. No Sonset? No Etc.? No Jack Frost? No Music Bizness? No Oral Sex (pause)? No Won't Catch Me Runnin"? No Remain Anonymous?
You know the saying you only get one chance for a first impression? Well he's had multiple chances and he still isn't getting it right. I'm not here to pick apart what Ras does, it's only because I have so much respect and expectation for him as an emcee that I feel this adamant about his career and his choices he has made over the years. So download this mixtape and hear glimpses of why Ras Kass was once not to be fucked with and hopefully he'll find his way back home. We've all been waiting. Hip-hop has been waiting. - Jason Gloss
What's up, TROY fans. I've been on hiatus for a couple months, but now I'm back in full effect. I got six volumes of my favorite early-to-mid 90s west coast underground tracks on tap, so check back regularly. You may have noticed that I have a severe east coast bias, but this is also reflected in the type of west coast hip hop that I enjoy. I'll be adhering to a strict time frame (1992-1996), with a focus on artists such as Aceyalone, Freestyle Fellowship, Ras Kass, The Pharcyde, Del, Casual, Pep Love, Souls Of Mischief, Blackalicious, Saafir, Homeliss Derilex, Mannish, Chali 2na, Charizma, The Dereliks, Ahmad, Motion Man, E-Rule, Lateef, The Atban Klann, Funkytown Pros, The Nonce, Madlib, Mystik Journeymen, Abstract Rude, etc.
Before you download these compilations, give this track a listen:
James Sumbi - Sunshine Men (1991)
And with that, I present to you: The Sunshine Men.
Side One 1. Mannish - The Impact Of My Insanity 2. Aceyalone - The Greatest Show On Earth 3. Ras Kass - Remain Anonymous 4. Mannish - Mannish (Instrumental) 5. Dereliks - Iz On Some Other.... 6. Blackalicious - Count And Estimate 7. Motion Man - 93 Swing 8. Peanut Butter Wolf - The Chronicles (Instrumental) 9. The Nonce - Mix Tapes 10. Charizma - Methods 11. Chali 2na - Who's Gonna Be The Next Victim 12. Casual - Rock On (Instrumental) 13. Casual, Pep Love & Del - Who's It On 14. Saafir - Can U Feel Me 15. Freestyle Fellowship - Hot Potato 16. Freestyle Fellowship - Pure Thought (Instrumental) http://www.mediafire.com/?1m5rty4hem0
Side Two 1. Del - You're In Shambles 2. Homeliss Derilex - Survivin' The Game 3. Ras Kass, Saafir & Ahmad - Come Widdit 4. Alkaholiks - Mary Jane (Instrumental) 5. Atban Klann - No Sequel 6. Madlib - Get Down And Go For Mine '95 7. Funkytown Pros - The Remedy 8. The Nonce - Who Falls Apart (Instrumental) 9. E-Rule - My Synopsis 10. Lateef - The Wreckoning 11. Mystik Journeymen - Depths Of Survival 12. The Pharcyde - Otha Fish (Instrumental) 13. The Pharcyde - Bullshit 14. Aceyalone & Abstract Rude - Keep It True 15. Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity 16. Peanut Butter Wolf - Lunar Props (Instrumental) http://www.mediafire.com/?gterkjmhnvn
Sorry this is a little late but a much needed vacation was calling. Volume 9 might showcase some rather big names, but some of the stand-out tracks come courtesy of the smaller ones.
Remember we're always looking for gems to lace these compilations so be sure to email us heat @ blog.philaflava@gmail.com. And for coverage on current hip-hop make sure to visit our sister blog Steady Bloggin. Enjoy! --Philaflava
1. Raekwon - Broken Safety feat. Jadakiss & Styles P 2. BeatMonstas - Beats N Rhymes 3. D. Black - What I Do 4. SelfSays - Little Things 5. Notes To Sef - Yellow & Grey (Remix) feat. Dilated Peoples 6. Ras Kass - Milli Vanilli feat. Killah Priest 7. Kam Moye - Step By Step 8. Raekwon - Have Mercy feat. Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry 9. Beanie Sigel - Where's My Opponent feat. Omilio Sparks & Freeway 10. Kurupt - Check Check feat. Freeway & Roscoe 11. M.O.P. - Stop Pushin' 12. BK-One - Here I Am feat. Phonte, Brother Ali & The Grouch 13. Mr. Mecca - Over Here feat. Skyzoo, Sha Stimuli, A. Pinks & Torae 14. Saigon - Eyeball (prod. Just Blaze) 15. DJ Honda - D.R.E.A.M. feat. Sean Price 16. Big Twins - Bacon & Cheese feat. Prodigy 17. Truck North - Dutch Dalton feat. Rapper Big Pooh 18. Rapper Big Pooh - People (Remix) feat. Posdnous
Ras Kass is easily one of my favorite MCs of all time, but I'm mostly just a fan of his mid-90s discography. Fortunately, he recorded quite a few tracks in between the years of 1994 and 1996, and he also blessed several radio shows with ill pre-written freestyles. Three volumes worth of non-album tracks is no small feat - that's more than Organized Konfusion had in between the years of 1989 and 1998.
I have also included a "Soul On Ice" instrumental companion as a bonus. Enjoy, and hit us up in the comments section if you have anything that isn't included here. There's an alternate version of "Won't Catch Me Runnin" that I was hoping would surface before the completion of this post, but nobody seems to have it.
Ras Kass - Non-Album Tracks Volume 1 1. Live From C-Arson 2. Remain Anonymous 3. Etc (Extended Version) 4. Won't Catch Me Runnin' 5. Riiiot! w/ Chino XL 6. Come Widdit w/ Saafir & Ahmad 7. Plastic Surgery w/ Xzibit & Saafir 8. Arch Angels w/ Xzibit 9. E=MC5 w/ Western Hemisfear 10. Jack Frost 11. Soul On Ice (Remix) 12. Anything Goes (Remix) 13. Won't Catch Me Runnin' (Remix) 14. On Earth As It Is... (Vaporized Blend) 15. Come Widdit w/ Saafir & Ahmad (Fredwreck Remix) 16. Soul On Ice (Explicit Remix) http://www.mediafire.com/?1din5j1tga2
Ras Kass - Non-Album Tracks Volume 2 1. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle 2. KZSU Freestyle #1 3. KZSU Freestyle #2 4. KXLU Freestyle 5. DJ Rhettmatic Freestyle w/ Chali 2na 6. Wake Up Show Freestyle 7. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Krs-One & Chino XL 8. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Krs-One & Mykill Myers 9. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Coolio 10. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ ODB & RZA 11. Wake Up Show Anthem '94 12. Come Widdit w/ Saafir & Ahmad (Joe Quixx Remix) 13. Jack Frost (Extended Version) 14. Handle The Truth w/ Saafir, Almighty Arrogant, etc 15. Niggaz w/ Lyrical Lunatics 16. Get Up Get Down w/ Coolio 17. On Top Of The World w/ Battlecat 18. It Ain't Nothing Nice w/ DBA Flip http://www.mediafire.com/?dzqymmemotd
Ras Kass - Non-Album Tracks Volume 3 1. Everything I Love (Demo) 2. Core Audience (Demo) 3. High IQ (Demo) 4. Won't Catch Me Runnin' (Demo) 5. Capital R-A-S (Demo) 6. Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Demo) 7. Interlude 8. Take A Deep Breath (Demo) 9. Remain Anonymous (Demo) 10. Take A Deep Breath Remix (Demo) 11. Walk The Walk (Demo) 12. Reelishymn (Demo) 13. Nature Of The Threat (Demo) 14. Drama w/ Coolio (Demo) 15. The Evil That Men Do (Demo) 16. Soul On Ice (Demo) 17. Oral Sex (Demo) http://www.mediafire.com/?mnqmzmdz0uq
Ras Kass - Soul On Ice Instrumental Companion 1. On Earth As It Is 2. Anything Goes 3. Marinatin' 4. Miami Life 5. Won't Catch Me Runnin' 6. Jack Frost 7. E=MC5 8. Remain Anonymous 9. Soul On Ice (Remix) 10. Come Widdit 11. Come Widdit (Fredwreck Remix) 12. Anything Goes (Remix) http://www.mediafire.com/?qijjogmyimk
We recently had a poll at the TROY Forum where we asked people to vote for their favorite track from "Soul On Ice". In my case, it wasn't easy, as I've had at least six different favorites over the years, but as of this moment, my go-to track is probably "The Evil That Men Do".
On Earth As It Is
Anything Goes
Marinatin'
Reelishymn
Nature Of The Threat
Etc.
Sonset
Drama
The Evil That Men Do
If/Then
Miami Life
Soul On Ice
Ordo Abchao
Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section.
I was actually waiting on a few tracks before I finalized this but I won't continue to bore you with semantics. Let's get right in to the mix, it's definitely more east coast heavy this time around but I feel it complete that proper summer blend I was going for. Enjoy! --Philaflava
Sounds Like The 90's (Volume 8)
1. Statik Seletah - Critically Acclaimedfeat. Lil Fame, Saigon & Sean Price 2. Nut-Ragous - NYC To LA feat. Jay Rock 3. Slaughterhouse - Microphone (prod. Alchemist) 4. Uncle Murder - Summertime Shootouts (prod. DJ Premier) 5. French Montana - New York Minute (Remix) feat. Jadakiss, Lil Cease, Mic Geronimo & Noreaga 6. Rakim - Holy Are You 7. DJ Honda - Magnetic Arts feat. Mos Def 8. Atmosphere - Feel Good Hit of The Summer 2 9. Luckyiam - Sumpthin 2 Say feat. Imani & Pep Love 10. Raekwon - Flying Daggers feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man 11. J Dilla - Reality TV feat. Black Thought 12. Nino Bless - Boom Bap Shit feat. Skyzoo, Ras Kass, Rhymefest & Scram Jones (prod. Madlib) 13. Havoc - Always Have A Choice 14. Tame One - Freedom of Speech 15. Young Chris - Last Two feat. Freeway & Beanie Sigel 16. Freedie Gibbs - How We Do ('93 Til Freestyle)* 17. Ras Kass - Mike Jacks*
Peace and props to Kalel for knocking out this cover last minute and incorporating my idol (Rickey) on it. Big shout out to Strategy for taggin' and bagging this mix properly so you all could have little pretty images and proper tags for each track. Peace to the T.R.O.Y. and Steady Bloggin' fam. We run this blogosphere rap shit!
Alright, this is NOT an official remix but it would definitely befit you to give this a listen. Here's the story behind it:
Back in between 1994 and 1996, I stumbled upon a purple Cut Chemist mix tape. It was well mixed and full of the latest material from mostly independent labels and some majors, from what I remember. What really stood out to me was this Ras Kass remix of On Earth As It Is...
Through years and years of diggin' and searching, I pretty much gave up on ever hearing it again. Then, one day while digging through a 3 dollar bin at this little record shop in Jersey City,
I found this Ill Mentality record called Lovin' U4 Dayz. I remembered the song and thought it was cool, but no big deal. But when I threw the remix for it on, I nearly fell out. It was the same exact beat as that Ras Kass I had been looking for. Hmmm.
A couple of month's ago, Markshot[from the T.R.O.Y. forum in Philaflava] uploaded all those mid 90's Ras Kass singles. On the flipside of the Anything Goes single, I saw the Acapella version of On Earth As It Is...
That's when my dumb ass realized there never was an officially released remix of it and that Cut Chemist must have blended the Ras Kass vocals over the Lovin' U4 Dayz Remix instrumental.
In discogs, it says that the original version of Lovin' U4 Dayz was produced by Nick Wiz and that the remix was freaked by Prince Ad. But you can never tell with discogs since their information is usually submitted by sellers.
Preview:
Ras Kass - On Earth As It Is... (remix -blended by vaporized)
Recently, one of our more prolific T.R.O.Y. posters, Markshot, blessed us all with pretty much every ill single Ras Kass dropped in the nineties. Well, he actually uploaded them all a few months ago but the links died out. Of course, upon request, he re-upped them with the quick fast. Nothing more to really say about this except dig in while the diggin's good! Ras Kass was making undeniably exceptional music at that point in time. "Won't Catch Me Runnin'" and "Miami Life" were favorites of mine when they first dropped and they still hold weight today. Enjoy!
Anything Goes
A1 Anything Goes (Radio) A2 Anything Goes (LP Version) A3 Anything Goes (Instrumental) B1 On Earth As It Is... (Radio) B2 On Earth As It Is... (LP Version) B3 On Earth As It Is... (Xplicit A Capella) B4 Anything Goes (Radio A Capella)
A1 Come Widdit (The Fredwreck Remix) (4:15) A2 Come Widdit (Joe Quixx Remix) (4:57) A3 Come Widdit (Radio) (4:33) B1 Come Widdit (The Fredwreck Remix Instrumental) (4:50) B2 Come Widdit (Radio Instrumental) (4:35)
i've learned a lot of things from hip hop over the years but not much of it has had positive connotations. however, if you dig a little deeper, you can find songs that both teach AND entertain. some may call it "EDUTAINMENT". sure, KRS pretty much holds the title in this sub genre but there are plenty of other teachers out there who also have morals to pass on to the young listeners...and it's not always about some sweet shit either. listen and learn.
1)blackman in effect: boogie down productions moral: learn your history and have pride in that shit 2)america: wu-tang clan moral: wear a condom or you will probably get AIDS 3)big shots: king sun moral: don't get too big for your britches 4)mama's always on stage: arrested development moral: being a mother isn't easy. treat your mother right 5)get a job: heather b moral: get a job 6)the music of business: ras kass moral: the recording industry is all sorts of fucked up. good luck with that shit. 7)the streets are a battlefield: KMC moral: shit is mad real out there, be careful. 8)ain't got no class: da lench mob moral: what the fuck is wrong with you? be a parent to your children. 9)less then zero:ed o.g. and da bulldogs moral: the hood is rough. handle your business 10)little hooker: willie d moral: quit being a lying whore. 11)color blind: ice cube (featuring wc, coolio, da lench mob, kam king tee and threat moral: gangs are not the move. 12)caught up in the game: da bushwackass moral: it's easy to get caught up in doing dirt, perhaps we should teach the young'un's differently.
You read right, this is remastered but don't get carried away. We all know the original was recorded poorly so this is a slight improvement to help us appreciate John Austin at his finest.
"I will be stylin' when Cali is an island It's my fault my shake from Brooklyn to Vegas The earthquakes on lyrics, ya plates like San Andreas Would be rumblin'! You're not ready for my fly type of genre I'll rock your world like Ugly Wanda" The vocals were cleaned up and the majority of the pops/clips are removed.
Props to Bad Cop for making this happen. 1. Everything I Love 2. Core Audience 3. High IQ 4. Won’t Catch me Running 5. Capital R-A-S 6. Blood Is Thicker Than Water 7. Interlude 8. Take A Deep Breath 9. Remain Anonymous 10. Take A Deep Breath (remix) 11. Walk The Walk
