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

YouTubin'

One of the dopest Youtube contributors has to be my man Dan from VintageHipHopSeattle. Below are some of my favorite videos he has posted on his page. But do yourself a favor and check it out yourself because you'll be entertained for hours.

I can't tell you how much joy this brings me. Talk about reminiscing, I remember staying up late to watch Pump It Up or YO! with a St. Ides in one hand and a pen in the other to write down all the names of the videos. My boys and I would just watch from beginning to end before we took our blunted asses to Denny's. Of course while riding out we'd play the very tracks you'll see below. God bless the internet and God bless VintageHipHopSeattle!

















--Philaflava

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks (1986-1997)

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 1
1. Advance (Original)
2. Success Is The Word
3. Say No Brother (Crack Attack)
4. Interview
5. The Bridge Is Over (Red Alert Version)
6. Interview
7. The P Is Free (Original)
8. Stop The Violence (Original)
9. Essays On BDP-Ism
10. Krs-One vs MC Shan
11. The Bridge Is Over (Bladerunners Edit)
12. Live In NYC (1986)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xtjrr1397jy

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 2
1. My Philosophy (Single Edit)
2. I'm Still #1 (Numero Uno Remix)
3. I'm Still #1 (Extended Remix)
4. Jack Of Spades (Extended Remix)
5. Jack Of Spades (Chuck Chillout Show 1988)
6. Jack Of Spades (Scratch Perverts Mix)
7. Stop The Violence (Sammy B Show 1988)
8. Moshitup w/ Just Ice
9. The TR 808 Is Coming w/ D-Nice (Original)
10. The TR 808 Is Coming w/ D-Nice
11. Serious Remix w/ Steady B
12. Tim Westwood Freestyle w/ The 45 King
13. Tim Westwood Freestyle
http://www.mediafire.com/?ijyy1kqighy

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 3
1. You Must Learn (Remix)
2. Ya Know The Rules (Remix)
3. Rhymin' Skills w/ D-Nice
4. Questions & Answers (Pal Joey Remix)
5. 13 And Good (Remix)
6. We In There (ATCQ Remix)
7. How's It Supposed To Be w/ Ed OG & Da Bulldogs
8. Rise N Shine w/ Kool Moe Dee & Chuck D
9. Self Destruction w/ Various Artists
10. Heal Yourself w/ Various Artists
11. The Jam w/ Shabba Ranks
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlyymzqz2my

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 4
1. Feel The Vibe, Feel The Beat
2. Outta Here (Demo)
3. Hip Hop vs Rap
4. Hip Hop vs Rap (Spinbad Blend)
5. Hip Hop vs Rap (E.R. Remix)
6. Sound Of Da Police (Remix)
7. Mortal Thought (Kenny Parker Remix)
8. Return Of The Boom Bap (Iron Lion Remix)
9. I Get Wrecked w/ Tim Dog
10. I Get Wrecked (Spinbad Blend)
11. Mad Izm w/ Channel Live
12. Mad Izm Remix w/ Channel Live
13. Break The Chain
14. 1, 2 Pass It w/ D&D All Stars
15. 1, 2 Pass It Remix w/ D&D All Stars
16. 1, 2 Pass It Remix w/ D&D All Stars (Stretch Armstrong)
17. Rough w/ Queen Latifah
18. Stop The Breaks w/ The Wu Tang Clan
http://www.mediafire.com/?rvt23dzjnkz

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 5
1. Funkmaster Flex Speech
2. Funkmaster Flex Speech (Spinbad Blend)
3. Ah Yeah (Diamond D Flava Radio Mix)
4. Ah Yeah (Diamond D Rhodes Mix)
5. Rappaz R.N. Dainja (Kenny Parker Mix)
6. Represent The Real w/ Das EFX
7. No Gimmicks w/ Lord Finesse
8. No Gimmicks Remix w/ Lord Finesse & O.C.
9. Bronx Tale w/ Fat Joe
10. DJ Iroc Freestyle
11. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle
12. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #2
13. DJ Enuff Freestyle #1
14. DJ Enuff Freestyle #2
15. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Chino XL & Ras Kass
16. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Chino XL
17. Wake Up Show Freestyle w/ Ras Kas & Mykill Myers
18. Freestyle w/ Common Sense
http://www.mediafire.com/?2ngmanznyg4

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 6
1. What I Know
2. Conscious Style w/ Wise Intelligent
3. Double Trouble Remix w/ Mad Lion
4. Word Perfect
5. The MC (Spinbad Mix)
6. Bring It Back
7. High School Rock
8. Perhaps Sh'll Die
9. Happy Verse Day w/ Channel Live
10. French Connection
11. Reputation w/ Chubb Rock
12. Move Ahead w/ DJ Muggs
13. East Coast West Coast Killas
http://www.mediafire.com/?2nnkgmd1tcm

Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks Volume 7
1. Funkmaster Flex Show 1997 (26 Minutes)
2. Freestyle w/ Mad Lion
3. Doo Wop Freestyle
4. Throwdown w/ Cold Crush Brothers
5. Knowledge Reigns Supreme
http://www.mediafire.com/?tymohyfxm2k


-- Roy Johnson

Blockhead Blesses Us - Part Deux

Stretch & Bobbito + Underground Railroad Freestyles

http://rapidshare.com/files/143437038/radio_freestyles.zip.html

1) smoothe da hustla on stretch and bob

2)l swift on NYU

3)percee p on stretch and bob

4)biz markie and redman live

5)jay-z on stretch and bob

6)artifacts on stretch and bob

7)kool kim on underground railroad

8)mf grimm on stretch and bob

9)omniscence on stretch and bob

10)genesis on stretch and bob

11)tash and mikah 9 on stretch and bob

12)artifacts on underground railroad

13)redman live

14)legion of d.u.m.e. on stretch and bob

15)godfather don and kool keith on stretch and bob

16)az on stretch and bob

17)special ed on stretch and bob

18)tony bones on stretch and bob

Another demo from Block's Stretch & Bob tapes

http://rapidshare.com/files/139340574/stretch_demo_s.zip.html

1)mr. cee mixtape session: master ace , paula perry and lord digga

2)both sides: surge

3)bustin' a nut: lord digga

4)born to live (demo version): O.C.

5)A.E.I.O.U.: the arsonists.

Apologies for the shitty quality on some of these but you motherfuckers know how old tapes can be.

-- Philaflava

Inspectah Deck On The Set With 2Pac

Hate him or love him, it cannot be denied that 2Pac was a prolific recording artist. His available catalog of work grows with each passing year and even though it has become difficult to ascertain which songs are legitimate 2Pac recordings and which are the contrivances of DJs and assorted grave robbers, sometimes the detective work and the debate are half the fun.

But what's Wu got to do with all this? Well, recently, Philaflava's denizens discussed a Rebel INS verse that was not included on the album version of 2Pac's "I Got My Mind Made Up." Although most are in agreement that an Inspectah Deck verse was recorded for the song, there are now two mp3s floating around the intarwebz that are claimed to contain the missing verse:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/14280907a6649c93/ - Version where INS sounds somewhat offbeat, feels like a cut and paste job.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/14360852d2597a94/ - more natural sounding INS verse.

To make matters more complicated, another commenter claims that the actual O.G. version of the song is a Dogg Pound track that features both Deck and Lady of Rage that was handed over to 2Pac sans the aforementioned guest verses, with Deck's adlibs curiously retained. I'm not sure what to make of all this but whatever the case may be, peep the tracks and let us know what you think. --- Thun

The Headrush

Whoa! This is by far the dopest .77 cent cd I have bought in ages! Very underground compilation from New Jersey. Released by Love And Hemp Media Syndicate in 1994. The Orfinz and The Dungeon Boys are the only 2 groups I know of on this release that have other singles.

Classic east coast hip hop, way below the radar. This cd has replay value in spades !

Leave us some comments, let us know you're reading and listening. We'll work hard to bring you enough gems and knowledge to keep you coming back.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AY6O2B1Y

1. (00:04:00) murder one - eeze off
2. (00:04:27) run amuk - the realm of my freestyle
3. (00:04:25) orfinz - slummin'
4. (00:03:36) da ill cyphers - wetz em
5. (00:03:40) put it on your ass - hardware
6. (00:04:29) madman - when i'm gone
7. (00:05:17) alkahal - hard day of murder
8. (00:03:50) 2 pm - i'm too small
9. (00:04:26) dungeon boyz - yum yum
10. (00:05:01) swiglizt gipsta - not da five-o
11. (00:04:15) straight up - word up
12. (00:04:10) orfinz - audio retards
13. (00:04:23) skully - who's da blame
14. (00:04:25) chain gang - no fair ones
15. (00:03:57) biazee - lyrically speaking
16. (00:04:32) 2 pm - aint tryin to hear it

-- schenactady fan

"You Can Still See New York City Through The Trees"

Take the time to drive a few miles east of Mecca, past the quasi-suburban locales of Southeastern Queens cited in the music of LL Cool J and Run DMC and venture off into the wilderness of Strong Island. You will inevitably encounter the heavily Black and Latino hamlets and Census-designated places that Havelock Nelson, Jeff Chang, and other writers have identified as the locus classicus of a new school rap movement that managed to dictate the pace of NYC street culture from a distance.

The Black Belt of Long Island is a Twilight Zone of sorts - not nearly as blighted as NYC's worst ghettoes but a far cry from the picture perfect Levittown idyll of Robert Moses' twisted imagination. A place where the comfort and repose afforded by detached single family housing is counterbalanced by staggering educational disparity. Where a thriving car culture and ample highways provide a temporary from the inequities of "small box" governance. Where park jams and mobile DJ sound systems and mix shows bloomed not long after the seeds drifted over from the five boroughs. A dynamic, fluid collection of zones frequently depicted by its native rap artists as the expansive magical sum of the Island's hopes and disappointments.

Join us on a journey through Strong Island, from Hard 2 Obtain's "12 Block City" (Lakeview) to Keith Murray's dirty stinking corner (Central Islip) to the birthplace of De La's D.A.I.S.Y. consciousness (North Amityville) to the stomping grounds of EPMD and Rakim (Brentwood and Wyanadanche) to every spot mentioned in Original Concept's "Knowledge Me," a hilarious and timelessly ill ode to L.I.'s underappreciated hip-hop pioneers. --- Thun

Download Strong Island Wildin' Compilation

Original Concept "Knowledge Me"

Public Enemy "M.P.E."

JVC Force "Strong Island" (Blue Mix)

MC EZ & Troupe "Get Retarded"

K-Solo "Rockin' For My HomeTown"

Leaders Of The New School "International Zone Coaster"

EPMD "Brothers From Brentwood, L.I."

Resident Alien "Emergency"

Keith Murray "Sychosymatic"

Hard 2 Obtain "L.I. Groove"

Punk Barbarians "L.I. Zone"

De La Soul "Long Island Degrees"

Rakim "Strong Island"