Let's Build 3.0

Are you a rapper, producer, DJ, promoter or publicist? Do you feel you have something that the folks @ T.R.O.Y. would appreciate?

If so, make sure you add us to your mailing lists and break us off with your latest tracks. PLEASE do not attach mp3's to emails, they will be deleted. If you are sending mp3's we ask that you provide links to download them.

Don't forget to check us out on Philaflava, Myspace, Facebook & Twitter too!

Help us continue to bring awareness because the more we grow, the more we'll have to produce. If you have a website or blog, let your readers know that our forum and blog welcomes them.

To all of our wonderful readers/supporters please let us know what you think. Got suggestions for future theme months? Want more interviews? Tell us because we work for you.

Enjoy our Native Tongue month, check out our exclusive Guru interview and take this time to catch-up on all the great mixes/uploads we've provided. Vibe we're gunnin' for that top spot in 2010.

Thanks for your support!

-- Team T.R.O.Y.

http://www.myspace.com/troyblog

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1559126615&ref=profile

http://twitter.com/troyblog

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead Era Rarities (1991-1992)

This is, without question, the weakest era for De La Soul remixes & b-sides. Of course, a full 100MB volume of "Saturdays" and "Keepin' The Faith" might look legendary in comparison to whatever they're doing nowadays, but hey, even James Brown fell the fuck off at some point.

Volume 2 is a mandatory download, though. Check the audio samples for "De La Slow" "De La's Poster", "Roadrunner", and "Scenario". I get the feeling that they have a ton of 1991-1992 era material in the vaults; these guys were some serious workaholics, as indicated by the sheer amount of non-album tracks that were churned out during the "3 Feet High & Rising" sessions.

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead Era Rarities Volume 1
1. Saturdays (Disco Fever Mix)
2. Saturdays (Radio Home Mix)
3. Saturdays (Ladies Nite Decision)
4. Saturdays (6 AM Mix)
5. Saturdays (Who's Skatin' Promo)
6. Saturdays (Dave's Home Mix)
7. Saturdays (What Yo Life Can Truly Be)
8. Keepin' The Faith (Just A Touch Mix)
9. Keepin' The Faith (Fly And Funky Mix)
10. Keepin' The Faith (12" UK Mix)
11. Keepin' The Faith (7" UK Mix)
12. Keepin' The Faith (No Bass Mix)
13. Keepin' The Faith (Straight Pass)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ut4hzjmjeim

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead Era Rarities Volume 2
1. Piles And Piles Of Demo Tapes Bi-Da Miles (Conley's Decision)
2. Ring Ring Ring (Party Line Mix)
3. Ring Ring Ring (Executive U.S. Decision Mix)
4. Ring Ring Ring (7" UK Mix)
5. Ring Ring Ring (CJ's Alternative Mix)
6. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa (Remix)
7. De La Slow (Demo)
8. De La's Poster (Demo)
9. Let The Horns Blow w/ Chi Ali, Dres, Phife & Fashion
10. Roadrunner (Demo)
11. Scenario w/ ATCQ, LONS & Black Sheep (Demo #1)
http://www.mediafire.com/?nglexyvd5yz

De La Slow (Demo)


De La's Poster (Demo)


Let The Horns Blow w/ Chi Ali, Dres, Phife & Fashion


Roadrunner (Demo)


Scenario w/ ATCQ, LONS & Black Sheep (Demo #1)


Props to Vincent Lopez for blessing us with the "Scenario" demo, and major thanks to dirt dog for hooking up the ill cover!

--Roy Johnson

Simple E - Colouz Uv Sound (CD 1994)

Simple E, a female emcee, is mainly known for the classic hit "Play My Funk" released on the Sugar Hill Soundtrack in 1993. She then followed with a full length release titled "Colouz Uv Sound" in 1994. The album had one guess appearance from Bay Area legend Spice 1. One thing that people might not be aware is that the album featured two productions from Mista Lawnge of Black Sheep and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest. Since it is Native Tongues Month, I was pretty sure that a lot of people would be interested in those obscure productions. The rest of the album features jazz influenced beats. Simple E's flow is reminiscent of Missy Elliot. I'm not really sure where Simple E is from but her fan club is located in New Jersey. She is definitely from the East Coast. Enjoy,

1. Kum Follow Me
2. Day Ain't Reade
3. De Abyss
4. East Coast/West Coast (Feat. Spice 1)
5. Rant & Rave (Producer - Mista Lawnge)
6. Soul Searchin'
7. Kinke Reggae
8. Neck Work (Producer - Ali Shaheed Muhammad)
9. Paradigmz
10. Blue Jeans
11. An Innocent Rage
12. Realite
13. Play My Funk

Download



-- Thomas V

Tribe Vibes: Volume 2

A1 Luther Ingram - Pity For The Lonely [Public Enemy]

A2 Billy Baron - Communications Is Where It's At [Public Enemy]

A3 Funkadelic - Nappy Dugout [Ham N' Eggs]

A4 Freda Payne - We've gotta find a Way [Ham N' Eggs drums]

A5 Sly & The Family Stone - Remember Who You Are [After Hours]

A6 Les McCann - North Carolina [After Hours]

A7 Cannonball Adderly - Soul Virgo [Bonita Applebum]

A8 Slave - Son of Slide [Go Ahead In The Rain]

B1 Roy Ayers - Running Away [Description Of A Fool]

B2 Average White Band - Love your Life [Check The Rhyme]

B3 Funkadelic - Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic [Everything Is Fair]

B4 Kool & The Gang - Soul Vibrations [Scenario Remix]

B5 The Fatback Band - Wicky Wacky [Show Business]

B6 Cal Tjader - Aquarius [Tour Guide on Midnight Marauders LP]

B7 Jack Wilkins - Red Clay [Sucka Nigga]

C1 Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down [Award Tour]

C2 Charles Earland - Low Down [Award Tour]

C3 Milt Jackson - Olinga [Award Tour]

C4 Steve Arrington - Beddie-Biey [The Chase Pt.2]

C5 Kool & The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight [Oh My God]

C6 James Brown - Just Enough Foom For Storage [Lyrics To Go]

C7 Minnie Riperton - Inside my Love [Lyrics To Go]

C8 Clyde McPhatter - Mixed Up Cup [Lyrics To Go drums]

D1 Bola Sete - Bettina [8 Million Stories]

D2 Albino Gorilla - Psychedelic Shack [Midnight]

D3 Roy Ayers - I Feel Like Making Love [Keep It Rollin']

D4 David T. Walker - On Love [God Lives Through]

D5 The Cyrkle - The Visit [Get A Hold]

D6 Gary Burton - I'm Your Pal [1nce Again]

D7 Henry Franklin - Soft Spirit [The Hop]

[Download Here] <Mediafire

[Back Up Link] <Megaupload

At 320kbps, so the file is over 300MB

As is par for Strictly Breaks' Tribe Vibes series, you're getting a massive amount of funk, soul, and jazz here on Volume 2. From 'Nappy Dugout' to 'North Carolina' to 'Just Enough Room For Storage', your appetite for greezy, gutbucket type funk will be straight. On the soul and RnB tip, 'Pity For The Lonely', early 80's sounding 'Beddie Bye', and the sampled a thousand times over 'Inside My Love' should keep your lady in the mood to deal with your punk ass. Closing this volume out is a spiritual jazz track called 'Soft Spirit'. You'll hear the sample for 'The Hop' in the intro, but it veers off into a deep reservoir of space jazz from that point on.

Even if you had these, you still may want them again being that we including an extra here and there that weren't on the original vinyls.

Catch Volume One here.

Volumes 3 and 4 coming soon, stay tuned...

--Verge

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising Era Rarities (1988-1990)

There have been countless De La Soul non-album track compilations put together over the years, so we're not exactly breaking new ground, but if you're like me, then you enjoy having everything organized in one place. Over the course of the next week or two, I'm going to list four separate installments of De La Soul rarities:

3 Feet High & Rising Era (1988-1990)
De La Soul Is Dead Era (1991-1992)
Buhloone Mindstate Era (1993-1994)
Stakes Is High Era (1996-1998)

First up, we got a two volume set of 3 Feet High & Rising era non-album tracks. I attempted to create an alternate version of the officially released album on volume 1, with volume 2 containing all of the leftovers. There are quite a few ill-advised European remixes in circulation, but you won't find any of 'em here. Enjoy.

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising Era Rarities Volume 1
1. Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie
2. The Magic Number (Too Mad Mix)
3. Freedom Of Speak
4. Strictly Dan Stuckie
5. Jenifa (12" Version)
6. Ghetto Thing (Ghetto Ximer)
7. Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)
8. Skip 2 My Loop
9. Tread Water (Stonebridge's Pumpin' Mix)
10. Potholes In My Lawn (12" Version)
11. Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)
12. Brain Washed Follower
13. Plug Tunin' (Something's Wrong Here)
14. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
15. The Mack Daddy On The Left
16. Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)
17. Double Huey Skit
18. D.A.I.S.Y. Age (Edit Mix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2tiimzjnqmt

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising Era Rarities Volume 2
1. What's More
2. Me Myself And I & Say No Go (Unity Mix)
3. The Magic Number (1-2-3 Mix)
4. Freedom Of Speak (We Got More Than Three)
5. Jenifa (Alternate Mix)
6. Eye Know (The Kiss Mix)
7. Tread Water (Stonebridge's Local Mix)
8. Say No Go (New Keys Mix)
9. Me Myself And I (Remix)
10. Eye Know (Daisy Bass Mix)
11. Say No Go (House Of Love Mix)
12. Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children w/ Queen Latifah
13. Doin' Our Own Dang w/ JBs & ATCQ
14. Doin' Our Own Dang w/ JBs & ATCQ (Fermie Remix)
15. Doin' Our Own Dang w/ JBs & ATCQ (JBs Remix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kyii3mm3mw0

Preview:

Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie



Eye Know (Know It All Mix)



D.A.I.S.Y. Age (Edit Mix)



What's More



Me Myself And I & Say No Go (Unity Mix)



--Roy Johnson

Touring The States: New Orleans, LA

Recently, we made one Louisiana post. It was from town called Shreveport, situated in the northwest part of LA State.

This one is coming out of New Orleans, dropped on Sheska Records, which is situated in a New Orleans suburb called Westwego. That would be all of the info I have; the rest of it you will find in the inset, inside of the download file.

T-Mann - DJ Let Me Play (1997)

01. Intro

02. Just For The Radio Feat. Black
03. Early In The Morning Feat. Black, DJ Lil Daddy & P-Dog
04. DJ Let Me Play
05. Gotta Make It Swing

Sample:


DOWNLOAD + FULL INSET

-- Markshot

Tribe Vibes: Volume One

A1. Jagger The Dagger (Push It Along)

A2. Loran's Dance (Push It Along)

A3. I'm Gonna Love You (Push It Along)

A4. Fourty Days (Luck of Lucien)

A5. Think Twice (Footprints)

A6. Funky (I Left My Wallet In El Segundo)

A7. Memory Lane (Bonita Applebaum)

A8. Daylight (Bonita Applebaum)

A9. Fool Yourself (Bonita Applebaum drums)

B1. Walk On The Wild Side (Can I Kick It)

B2. Spinning Wheel (Can I Kick It drums)

B3. Inner City Blues (Youthful Expressions)

B4. Electric Frog (Mr. Muhammad)

B5. A Chant For Bu (Excursions)

B6. S.O.B. Drums (Excursions drums)

B7. Young And Fine (Butter)

B8. Gentle Smiles (Butter)

B9. I Like Everything About You (Butter drums)

C1. Down Here On The Ground (Vibes and Stuff)

C2. Is It Him or Me (The Infamous Date Rape drums)

C3. Baby This Love I Have (Check The Rhyme)

C4. Ain't No Sunshine (Everything Is Fair drums)

C5. Green Dolphin Street (We Got The Jazz)

C6. Uncle Willie's Dream (What)

C7. Oblighetto (Scenario)

C8. Little Miss Lover (Scenario drums)

D1. Mystic Brew (Electric Relaxation)

D2. Inside Love (Electric Relaxation)

D3. Absolutions (Oh My God)

D4. Why Can't People Be Colors Too (Oh My God drums)

D5. Martins Funeral (We Can Get Down)

D6. Outside Love (Electric Relaxation drums)

D8. Ekim (Steve Biko)

D9. Dirty Old Bossa Nova (Jam)

[Download Here]

[Back Up Link]

I was originally going to give yall two volumes of these Tribe Vibes at a time, but they're just too damn great. I don't want them to get lost in the infinite sauce of T.R.O.Y. downloads that are clogging up your hd's. These really deserve thorough listens, especially this one. Just picking out samples that other people used since is enough to keep you busy for a while. And if you need an intro into funk laced soul and jazz music, this is a great start.

If you're not familiar with Jagger The Dagger by Eugene McDaniels, you'll immediately recognize it as being sampled a number of times for some other pretty notable rap joints. I bugged when I first heard this song and it remains one of my favorite funk tracks of all time. The shit is just straight rugged and evil sounding. Like many other originals, I heard this one after hearing the hip hop usage and couldn't believe just how great it was. Which leads me to this -

What gets you more hype when hearing samples?

Actually knowing what was sampled as soon as you hear the hip hop track?

Or finding the sample after hearing the hip hop track?

For me, it's probably a little bit of both. On one hand, I feel like I know my shit when I know the original first. But sometimes it takes away from the freshness if you already heard the sample. There's even times I feel that the original was so good it shouldn't have been touched at all.

On the other side, there's a certain rush I get when I stumble on an ill sample that I never knew about. Especially if it's off a real tough record or somewhere nobody would have thought it was on.

If you have a preference, hit up the comments.

Thanks to HHIR for the full versions of Absolutions, Outside Love, and Ekim.

--Verge