James Brown - Samples Volume 5 & 6

Moving right along with his James Brown month, Roy Johnson brings us volumes 5 and 6 at his Scratch Reaction blog, and to our T.R.O.Y. forum. Catch up on the last 4 volumes of JB samples here.

Now, this blog post is already loaded, so I'm not gonna get into much about just how great the Godfather Of Soul was. His impact on Hip Hop, alone, is unparalleled. Imagine being around when his records were actually dropping, though. The times were turbulent and ever changing, sure, but the music that JB brought was ALWAYS dope. You ever wondered why a lot of his records are still expensive, even though there were hundreds of thousands pressed up? Because people played his records until the grooves burned out, plain and simple. Legendary status, non debatable.

James Brown - Samples Volume 5
1. James Brown - Can I Get Some Help (1969)
2. Ultramagnetic MCs & Tim Dog - Chorus Line II
3. Tim Dog - Fuck Compton
4. Percee P - '92 Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle
5. Kool G Rap - Play It Kool
6. Schoolly D - Peace To The Nation
7. Ice T - Freedom Of Speech
8. James Brown - It's A New Day (1970)
9. Grand Poobah Tony D - It's My Day (Instrumental)
10. EPMD - Gold Digger
11. James Brown - Let A Man Come In... (1970)
12. Flavor Unit - Flavor Unit Assassination Squad
13. James Brown - Untitled Instrumental (1970)
14. Schoolly D - Godfather Of Funk
15. WC All Stars - We're All In The Same Gang (Instrumental)

Download Vol.5 here.

Producer Info:
Ultramagnetic MCs & Tim Dog - Chorus Line II (Produced by TR Love)
Tim Dog - Fuck Compton (Produced by Ced Gee)
Kool G Rap - Play It Kool (Produced by The Large Professor)
Schoolly D - Peace To The Nation (Produced by Schoolly D)
Ice T - Freedom Of Speech (Produced by Afrika Islam)
Grand Poobah - It's My Day (Produced by Vandy-C)
EPMD - Gold Digger (Produced by EPMD)
Flavor Unit - Assassination Squad (Produced by Mark The 45 King)
Schoolly D - Godfather Of Funk (Produced by Schoolly D)
WC All Stars - We're All In The Same Gang (Produced by Dr. Dre)

Preview:

James Brown - Can I Get Some Help (1969)

James Brown - It's A New Day (1970)

James Brown - Let A Man Come In... (1970)

James Brown - Untitled Instrumental (1970)

James Brown - Samples Volume 6
1. James Brown - I Got To Move (1970)
2. Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
3. Hard Knocks - Strictly From The Bronx
4. DITC - Diggin' In The Crates
5. Double XX Posse - Headcracker
6. Double XX Posse - Headcracker (Remix)
7. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
8. James Brown - Brother Rapp (1970)
9. X-Clan - Holy Rum Swig
10. James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
11. Phill Most Chill - Be Intelligent
12. MC Everlast - Syndication (Instrumental)
13. Greyson & Jasun - Get Bizzy (Instrumental)
14. Redman - Jam 4 U
15. Big Daddy Kane - Get Down

Download Vol.6 here.

Producer Info:
Public Enemy - Terrordome (Produced by The Bomb Squad)
Hard Knocks - Strictly From... (Produced by The Spear Chuckers)
DITC - Diggin' In The Crates (Produced by Showbiz)
Double XX Posse - Headcracker (Produced by BK Coleman)
Double XX Posse - Headcracker Remix (Produced by BK Coleman)
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just... (Produced by DJ Muggs)
X-Clan - Holy Rum Swig (Produced by Brother J)
Phill Most Chill - Be Intelligent (Produced by Phill Most Chill)
MC Everlast - Syndication (Produced by Bilal Bashir)
Greyson & Jasun - Get Bizzy (Produced by Vance Wright)
Redman - Jam 4 U (Produced by Erick Sermon & Redman)
Big Daddy Kane - Get Down (Produced by Big Daddy Kane)

Previews:

James Brown - I Got To Move (1970)

James Brown - Brother Rapp (1970)

James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)

Thanks again and peace and props to Roy Johnson for these.

--Verge

Philaflava's Most Underrated Rapper

Print this out and play with your online friends. Polls are now up for Round 1. We did not include every rapper for obvious reasons and we'll state those in the tourney forum. We aren't going to please all but this took a lot of work so we hope to please most. Don't get caught on the title because really it's the most underrated rapper ever, not alive. A few dead folks apart of this tourney (lol). --Philaflava

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The Click - Lets Side EP (1991)

Obscure joint from 40 Water and company. Don't slept on this gem again. --Philaflava

A1 : Lets Side
A2 : Face the Facts
B1 : Dont Stop
B2 : The Shit

Download

Peace to basta for the link.

Othorized F.A.M. “You Shine” (1997)

As mentioned in the past, I've always been a big fan of Wu-Tang and most of the spin-off affiliates. And this Othorized F.A.M. record used to be one of my prized possessions. I never knew too much about this group as they were mostly a mystery and everything I heard came second hand: hail from Staten Island, part of Cappadonnna's camp and originally signed to Atlantic Records. Othorized F.A.M. is made up of Sean Wigs, Lounge Lo, Crunch Lo & Molly Q. While I believe most of the members are still doing solo stuff, Wigs is also a member of Ghostface's Theodore Unit. I'm pretty sure that this vinyl was released in 1997, but I can find no evidence to back it up. Included are scans of side a, side b and the sticker that was in the sleeve.

DOWNLOAD

enjoy,
-- dirt_dog

T.R.O.Y. - Album Cut Challenge

It's been awhile since T.R.O.Y. hosted a mixtape challenge. Join in on the fun and competition and submit your own mix of favorite album cuts. Please see rules below.

1. No albums post 1997
2. No singles, remixes or b-sides
3. No artist/group to appear more than twice on the compilation
4. No more than 15 tracks total
5. January 15th deadline

The tracks can be known, like De La's "I Am" or Rakim "Run For Cover" but try and be selective and put together a mix of some of your favorites. Once you're finished you can post your mix along with tracklist in the forum or simply email us directly and we'll post it for you. On January 16th we'll run a poll for the best mix. Winner gets props over here!

Contribute now.

Bobby Corridor “Substitution” (2009)

Here's a great new mix from Bobby Corridor using tracks that sampled "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss. Not sure about the video, but here's the original track.



OG Style- Catch ‘Em Slippin’
Great track from a great album, he even says “we’ve been waiting on this break for a long time”. Clever. I always hears “what about the doubters” as “what about the downloads”. Even before they invented them. Double clever.

De La Soul- Potholes in My Lawn
De La also use the drums in Stone Age and Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa (would have been seasonal) but here they use the piano yeah.

The Pharcyde- Ya Mama
Your mum.

Ghostface Killah- Mighty Healthy
Same break and some of the same lyrics as the next track.

Divine Force- Holy War
As interpolated by Ghostface (^this^). The best thing they did. Got this for 20p.

Ultramagnetic MCs- Ego Trippin’
The oldest track on this? Probably. One of the best? Yes.

Frankie Cutlass- Boriquas on the Set
Fat Joe and stuff.

Biz Markie- Cool V’s Tribute to Scratching
Biz is also on De La’s Substitution sampling Stone Age. SIX DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON. Big Daddy Kane’s Just Rhymin’ With Biz uses a bit of Substitution too. As does Looks Like a Job For.

Wu-Tang Clan- Clan in da Front
Rza and the Wu love this break. Because it’s good.

Gang Starr- Code of the Streets
Primo with the substitution break. Also using one of my favourite scratch sounds.

Naughty By Nature- OPP (inst)
As heard in the summer of whenever. Yeah, you know how I roll.

Tony D- Adam’s Nightmare
The beat that Naughty by Nature nicked. Another hip hop legend gone this year.

Public Enemy- Don’t Believe the Hype
Reminds me of a 6th form ice skating trip. Oh how we laughed. PE like the break too.

Gang Starr- Dwyck
Primo again. You know the one. The lemonade one.

Prince Rakeem- Deadly Venoms
Pre-Wu Rza. You disagree with me, fuck you mister.

Def Jef- Black to the Future
He’s Def and his name is Jef. He did some alright tracks.

Nice and Smooth- Skill Trade
Just the piano again. Just little bits though.

Supreme Nyborn- Versatile Extension
Let’s remix it. Booom

EMF- Rough Potential
Not that EMF but ^that^ EMF, Electro Motive Force. Incidentally I saw EMF (that EMF) supporting Boo Ya Tribe many years ago. Big boy riddims.

Schoolly D- Saturday Night
How the fluck did he get so cool. Could have also used Saturday Night Live by Masta Ace which uses large bits of the break, and has Premier on it. KEVIN BACON.

Choice MCs- This is the B-Side
Better than the A-side. Pianos and that.

Public Enemy- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (dub)
They did a track called The B-Side Wins again but this was an A-side. Weird. Could have included Miuzi Weighs a Ton too, if it would mix nice.

BTX- This Jam is Black
Super, a sprightly number from the great Select label.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince- Jazzy’s Groove
Final track and cut short before Grover Washington Jr comes in just in case it provoked a facebook group to try to post a mix of shouty rap metal instead.


Go HERE to download the mix. SendSpace link at the bottom.

enjoy,
--dirt_dog

Major Figgas Miscellany

Over at the forum, contributor GoodLook was kind enough to drop some joints from Philadelphia's own Major Figgas, a crew that may be directly unfamiliar to many, but have indirectly exerted some influence on the music industry in the past decade through their frequent collaborations and partnerships with some of your favorite rappers:

Major Figgas was founded in the Erie Ave area of Philadelphia by Gillie Da Kid and Abliva, who were friends from the neighborhood.^[1] They knew Bump J, Dutch and Rolx from all living in the same area, and eventually expanded after inducting Spade and Bianca. Chops, Rucie, L deniro and Dirty Rik all soon came aboard. After releasing several underground tapes, they released the full-length Figgas 4 Life independently which landed them a deal with RuffNation Records/Warner Bros. Records. At this time they had an ongoing back and forth fued with Jay-Z & his Roc-A-Fella rap group State Property. An expanded edition of the album was issued in 2000, which reached #115 on the Billboard 200 and #29 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[2] Their lone major radio hit was "Yeah That's Us", which hit #2 on the U.S. Rap Singles chart and #34 on the R&B Singles chart.^[3]They received a ASCAP Song of the Year award for "Yeah that's us" in 2001. (source- Wikipedia)

Here are the songs - let us know if you're feeling this because GoodLook suggests that he has more rare tracks to share if anyone is interested.

Gillie, Bump J, Dutch, Beans & Journalist - Philly Finest (Original version)

http://usershare.net/3w62dp6qgnb4

Ab Liva ft. Truth Hurts - Don't Fuck With Us (Prod. Dr. Dre)

http://usershare.net/j09la38mcj6n

Dutch & Spade - If You Want It

http://usershare.net/u5wppte4sw1l

Major Figgas - Untitled (98/99) (Throwback)

http://usershare.net/k51wnfo5dw56

Ab-Liva - Get That Money

http://usershare.net/itfl0zy3wsce

Gillie Da Kid - Slide Off (New shit)

http://usershare.net/bn255lr863r3

Gillie Da Kid - Somethin to Bounce To

http://usershare.net/3ekaums3st7s

Gillie Da Kid - Holla Back Rmx ft. Reed Dollaz, Joey Jihad

http://usershare.net/03j8era5k9t3

Major Figgas, Beans, Phillys Most Wanted - It's On Freestyle (DMX beat)(Liva kills it)

http://usershare.net/cadjtkmbqmzq

RE-UPPED:

All tracks in one folder here.

Thanks to kimani from the forum.

--Thun