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OUTKAST - PLAYER'S BALL

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So I just got home from New York yesterday. I'm super sick, so I don't really feel like writing too much but this song is important in so many different ways. To this day Scarface refutes the title of 'King of the South' but it's true. This is where it started. This is when it became important.
GETO BOYS - 4 CORNERED ROOM

PERFECT // INSTALLMENT #2

1. SONIC YOTUH // TEENAGE RIOT (1988)

2. LESLIE GORE // YOU DON'T OWN ME (1962)

3. MY BLOODY VALENTINE // ONLY SHALLOW (1991)

4. MARVELLETES // POSTMAN (1961)

5. DAVID BYRNE INTERVIEWS HIMSELF (1984)

6. NOTORIOUS BIG // BROOKLYN NEW YORK (1989)

7. MARY WELLS // TWO LOVERS/ BYE BYE BABY (1962)

8. METAL URBAIN // PANIK (1977)

9. PAVEMENT // CUT YOUR HAIR (1990)

10. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN // JUST LIKE HONEY AND INSIDE ME (1985)



*I should note on this installment I tried to find video of Marv Johnson, The Essex, The Wipers, Crass and a few other classics but to no avail...fuck you YOUTUBE! So if any of you have quality video of the perviously mentioned artists then PLZ share it w/ us!

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Can we all agree that DJ Premier is basically God? And check out Jeru's 'Crooklyn' Sweatshirt! Godamn that is cool.

JERU THE DAMAJA - COME CLEAN

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For me personally, it gets no better than this. Grimey as fuck, cinematic, gangster, accessible, dark, fresh, PERFECT. Something about Ghost and Rae together is just magic. This song is 'top 5' material for me. Through and through, time and time again I will put this record on and listen to it front to back with a smile on my face. Raekwon perfected the whole storytelling record for the rap game, and sure enough Jay Z, Nas, and Biggie all followed suit but never really captured what Raekwon and Ghostface did on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..

RAEKWON - CRIMINOLOGY

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Mad Skillz or 'Skillz' never had a lucrative career as a rapper. In fact, this was his biggest single, and it was attatched to the complete and utter failure 'From where??' in '95. This was a bangin' single though, and Skillz deserves some shine. I mean, dude has been ghost writing for studio gangsters (P. Diddy, Mase, Jermaine Dupre, etc. etc.) since before his album flopped. Poor guy.
MAD SKILLZ - THE NOD FACTOR

The Alchemist ft. Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, and Pusha T.

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON - 'UP ALL NIGHT'

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OBVZ

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KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society) was a rap trio in the 90s. In 1994, while filming a video for their upcoming record Black Bastards (bad ass name, right???) DJ Subroc was hit and killed by a car while crossing the street. Subrocs brother (Zen Love X) was so distraught he left the rap game all together, only to re appear years later with a mask on under the alias MF DOOM. Ohh yeah, you know that guy, right? Anyways, KMD never made it too big, but they had a string of pretty bangin' singles and they all look fucking fresh like they all just got off the set of A Different World.

KMD - PEACH FUZZ

BILLY CORGAN AND THE WHAT WENT WRONGS

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Now that we've brought up the Midwest we need to watch this video. MC Breed was credited with being the first real breakout Rapper from the Midwest. Although Breed would go on to try and become apart of various west coast scenes (LA Funk, Bay Area Hyphy) he would never really crack commercial success 100%. Doesn't matter though, b/c when you forget your roots yr a phony and then you die...well almost.
MC BREED- AINT NO FUTURE IN YO FRONTIN'

T.I - WHATEVER YOU LIKE

I'm almost embaressed at how much I really truly like this song but fuck it.

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Kanye, Twista, R Kelly, Common... Chicago has made a name for itself, but for the most part the best shit always went under the radar and straight into the used bin. My Midwest cuddies could argue for days about who went the hardest in the Chi: the West or the Southside (totally pretending like the North doesn't even exist). But it's the Westside that produced Do Or Die and Psychodrama, the two hardest hitting Windy City rap groups in my opinion, so it's dubs up, period. Do Or Die are known for their collaberations with Twista way back but it's their mix of soulful hooks and legit street credibility, THE rarest element in hip hop these days, that got their name on the tongues of true heads. Chicago is a money making city. The gangs don't just put on bandanas and write on walls. Motherfuckers had whole project units turned into drug distribution centers the one time couldn't even infiltrate. Pimpin was as accepted as going the school route and it's just as common to see dudes banged out with canes and hats as it is a bomber jacket and a fitted. The West Side was the epicentre of pimpology. Do Or Die lived that, and they literally exhale legit swag.

Do Or Die - "Po Pimp"

THE SOUTH VOL.1

I won't lie... I fucked with 50 back when "Get Rich..." came out. That album sucked me back into rap and away from early 80's hardcore because like the rest of America, I was wondering how this dude got shot nine times and lived to rap about it (again and again and again). Now I wish 50 would get shot dead this time, and G-Unit as a whole is pretty much shit. I mean who else could ruin Mobb Deep? Seriously, that takes some fucking serious voodoo. Young Buck is hardly a favorite of mine but somehow he got blessed with a gem this time around and I'm glad the Outlawz got to crawl out of obscurity for a moment to get gritty on my favorite track since "Hit Em Up". 2Pac was the King in my eyes and he taught these boys well, and while this isn't their shining moment, the beat is so good they could twidle their thumbs and make stupid noises and I'd still think this shit's classic.

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I always liked Redman. Even in that weird actor/rapper Redman period I thought he was cool. Seems to me everyone kind of thinks of him as a joke, which is partly his own fault but, SHIT man he put out a platinum record at one point, as well as 4 other gold records and was named 'Rap Artist Of The Year' in 1992 by The Source. Doesn't that count for nothin'??!?! Let's just pretend 'Red Gone Wild' never happened and open up our godamn motherfuckin' earholes to one of the illest cuts of the 90s.
Redman - Tonights Da' Night.


But seriously, how are you going to go wrong when you got a grizzly flow like redman and you are sampling Mary Jane Girls for yr beats? It's a match made in weed heaven. There are a bunch of half naked dudes dancing around in this video which is kind of interesting when compared to (most) standard rap videos; that have an eerily similar recipe for success.

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MOBB DEEP - SHOOK ONES PART II

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QUEEN LATIFAH - JUST ANOTHER DAY

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FUCK man I LOVE Big L. He had so many classic cuts but before I get to all that I'll give you the general run down. He started rhyming in the early 90s in a group called 'The Hard Way'. L quickly realized the others in his group didn't have the drive to really do it so he said 'fuck this' and quickly bounced to solo stardom by battling people around his local harlem and 'roasting MCs'. Lyrically he was dark! Influencing Gravediggaz and many others from a soon to be 'horrorcore' scene. Big L was one of the first to mix rhymes of urban new york along with heavy depictions of blood and gore. Don't worry though he rapped about doing drugs, fucking bitches, and getting paid too. This is probably the song Big L was best known for, but seriously he never really fell off. He was set to sign with Roc-A-Fella records in feb. of 1999 but was shot 10 times in the head and chest outside his harlem home a week prior to meeting with Jay-Z. Fuck haters. RIP BIG L.
BIG L. - PUT IT ON

WAVVES - S/T CASSETTE (FUCK IT TAPES)

So here it is. My first release.
CASSETTE 'S/T' (FUCK IT TAPES) ---AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH FUCK IT TAPES

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Classic Cut obviously right? So fucking good. The sample is the best, and it taken from a group in the 70s called Enoch Light and the Light Brigade. The song was called 'Hi-Jack' and is BAD ASS! Jennifer Lopez basically stole this beat from Beatnuts for her single 'jenny from the block'. What a slut, right? I know.

The Beatnuts - Watch Out now


The song they sample for Watch out now (Enoch Light - Hi-Jack)


Jennifer Lopez 'performing' 'Jenny From the Block'. GROSS. The important part is the DJ trying to mix in Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx in the backround. While yr at it listen to those corny ol' J-Lo lyrics for this song. Here's my personal favorite "I'm real I thought I told you, I've really been on Oprah" Or "I'm down to earth like this, rockin' business". HAAAAAAAA!

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Pharcyde was so good but what's better is Spike Jonez directing some insane shit over one of the freshest Jay Dee beats ever.

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I can't die my boo boo's bout to have my baby! Hell yeah. I love the voice of the devil in this video when he's talkin' to ol' Snoop Dog, ya know wheelin' and dealin' with him all dark majesty style. SO BRUTAL!!

FANTASTIC MAGIC COMIX # 1

THIS COMIC WILL BE FEATURED IN SOME THINGS MAGAZINE. ART AND MUSIC CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE MT. EERIES PHIL ELVRUM, OLD TIME RELIJUN, JAMES JACKSON TOTH + A BUNCH MORE TALENTED DUDES/DUDETS I CAN'T REMEMBER.

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The story of Brotha Lynch Hung is a weird one. Rest In Piss came out in 1994 and was the first single off of Season Of Da Siccness. It was Lynch Hung's second album for independent gangster rap label Black Market Records. Basically everything about Black Market and Lynch scared the shit out of me. They had a rapper named X Raided on their roster (actually they still do) who is currently serving a 31 year sentence (he get's out in 2027) for killing a rival gang members grandmother (fucking harsh, right?!?). Black Market hired other crips to go visit X - Raided in jail and they would sneak in a tape recorder and record acapella vocals through the phone at Sacramento State Pen. X - Raided has put out something like 6 records since he was put in jail.
It had been rumored that Black Market had and was always just a drug front for Sacramento Crips and the deal Lynch had with them was definitely less than professional. There were no papers signed, nothing but hand shakes and a deal that included Black Market would pay Lynch's rent, and toss him a couple hundred dollars a month so that he could eat and get high. They ended up fucking him over and stopped paying him after his next record 'Loaded' came out so Lynch paranoid and scared of leaving Black Market moved away from Sacramento after fellow Sacramento Rappers and Gang members had accused him of being a 'studio gangster'. Lynch's mom died shortly after and he started only recording these weird songs about killing himself. Anyways, before everything had gone wrong for Brotha Lynch Hung, he put out this gem - or Pop cutie if you will. Rest In Piss..

PERFECT // INSTALLMENT #1

#1 - TOY DOLLS - WE'RE MAD. (WE'RE MAD/IDLE GOSSIP DVD) 1984.

#2 - DINOSAUR JR. - FREAK SCENE. 1988.

#3 - RZA + ODB AT TALENT SHOW. BROOKLYN NEW YORK. SOMEWHERE AROUND 1989.

#4 - THE DICKIES - BANANA SPLITS. 1979

#5 - TEARS FOR FEARS - CHANGE. 1983.

#6 - R KELLY SINGS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 2006???

#7 - SWANS - A SCREW. 1986.

#8 - KATE BUSH - WUTHERING HEIGHTS. 1978.

Ol' Dirty Bastard

There are literally tons of different things I could say about ODB. There truly was no father to his style, and now his sing songy rap style is a formulated hitmaker for all of the hip hop industry. Among other things, Russel Jones was one of the coolest icons in recentish popular history. Russel, a character like no other, was obsessed with crack, and pussy, in and out of jail every year since 1993 and completely afraid that the corrupt american government planned to assasinate him. Get to know him a little better. Below, his track record, and the best documentary I've seen in a long time - Dirty Minded.

'In 1993, ODB was convicted of second degree assault for an attempted robbery and in 1994, he was shot in the abdomen following an argument with another rapper.

In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay child support for three of his thirteen children. His wife, Icelene Jones, claimed he had not paid any support in over a year.

In 1998, he pled guilty to attempted assault on his wife and was the victim of a home invasion robbery at his girlfriend's house. He was shot in the back and arm but the wounds were superficial.

In July 1998, only days after being shot in a push-in robbery at his girlfriends house in Brooklyn, he was arrested for shoplifting a pair of $50 shoes from a Foot Locker store in Virginia Beach, Virginia, although he was carrying close to $500 in cash at the time. He was issued bench warrants by the Virginia Beach Sheriffs Department to stand trial after he failed to appear in court numerous times. He was arrested for criminal threatening after a series of drunken confrontations in Los Angeles a few weeks later, and was then re-arrested for similar charges not long after that.
During a routine traffic stop, the details of which remain clouded in multiple versions of events, he was arrested for attempted murder and criminal weapon possession. The case was later dismissed.

In February 1999, he was arrested for driving without a license and for being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest (the first person arrested for this infraction under a new California law). Back in New York weeks later, he was arrested for drug possession of crack cocaine and for traffic offenses. With multiple cases in the past and present, he was arrested with marijuana and 20 vials of crack. After his arrest, ODB reportedly asked the police to "make the rocks disappear". During a court hearing, he once called a female prosecutor a "sperm donor."[6]
This criminal record was commented on by Chris Rock in his 1999 spoken word song, "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)", with Rock asserting that "ODB couldn'tve possibly committed all those crimes. Coolio did some of that shit."
ODB entered rehab while still technically a fugitive from the law, but strange behavior during a subsequent court date sent him to jail for a brief period.

In October 2000, he escaped from his court-mandated drug treatment facility and spent one month as a fugitive. During his time on the run, he met with RZA and spent some time in their recording studio. He then appeared onstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York swigging a bottle at the record release party for The W, the third Wu-Tang Clan album.

In the summer of 2002, he was arrested inside a South Philadelphia McDonald's (at 29th and Gray's Ferry Ave.), he was spotted by an off duty Philadelphia Police Officer. He spent a couple of days in a Philadelphia jail and was later extradited to New York City. A Manhattan court sentenced him to two to four years incarceration. He attempted suicide not long after his sentencing.
In May 2003, Russell Jones was released from prison. It was rumored that long time friend, Mariah Carey, picked him up after his release.'

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Basically the most romantic song ever. 'Wrap my lips around that 40'. Catch me sleepin? Ha! NO WAY BRO! Luniz : 'I got 5 on it'

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SPRITE AND RAP MUSIC IN THE 90S

OBEY YA THIRST, SON!

NAS & AZ


PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH


KRISS KROSS



KRS1 VS MC SHAN

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Remember Craig Mack? No? Yeah you do, fool! He kind of sounded like Busta Rhymes but without those silly ol' dreadlocks and those corny ol' theatrical flows. Craig Mack was a roadie for EPMD in the late 80s before he met Puff Daddy and went on to be the first artist ever signed to Bad Boy Entertainment. Basically Flava in ya ear was Mack's only sucessful single until he did the re-mix w/ Biggie, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J and like six other dudes. Here is the original (which fucking rules) and also the remix (which obvz fucking ruled too). RIP CHRIS WALLCE!

Craig Mack - Flava' In Ya Ear


Craig Mack Feat. The Notorious BIG - Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)

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Positive K - I got a man

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CLASSIC CUT, NO?

OLD SKULL

Old Skull was a trio of 9 year olds in the late 80s early 90s that sang songs about how they were pissed off and wanted to kill Reagan. Not only that, they sang songs about pizza, homeless people, and killing eagles. Pure gold you guys.



Do yourself a favor and listen to 'pizza man'. The most angsty song about pizza i've EVER heard. That's my kind of track, ya know?
OLD SKULL ON MYSPACE

"Oh, Pizza Man, if you are late,

You will give it to me for free

OK Pizza Man, here's your tip:

A bullet to the head"

Carter III

I am two songs into listening to the leaked tracks from Lil Wayne's 'Carter III' and he's already mentioned The Macho Man Randy Savage three times so far. Also he seems keen on singing over every song...at least Juelz Santana has some massively ignorant moments, like on his verse for 'nothin' on me' when the lyrical casanova exclaims 'You surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally'. Believe that.

ORANGE JUICE AND A BLUNT FOR BREAKFAST

This is hands down Messy Marvs most shining moments he's had on any track he's done to date. Such a different sounding flow, and beat than you are used to hearing him rhyme over, and it fits him better (I think) than the mega-ignorant hyphy style he's known for. If this song doesn't put a smile on yr face I don't know what will. Written shortly after Marv had served 9 months for weapons charges. Orange Juice and a blunt for breakfast!



Right? Right? This is officially my sunny summer cut 2k8.

CASSIDY IS BANANAS

Cassidy makes a mochary of Roca-Fella Records, Freeway, and Studio gangsters. Also note, he is 19 in this video and Roca-Fella had to PAY him to battle Freeway. Talk about backfire this did not go the way Jay Z or Damond Dash had planned. The videos are both about 8 minutes long but completely worth watching till the end.



and also part two

CATATONIC YOUTH

I actually first heard this cat maybe 2 months ago and I remember thinking the artwork was ILL. It looks exactly like something Raymond Pettibon would have drawn but I'm pretty sure the art is done by the solo member of the band (Diltz Barret) as there is no mention of Raymond anywhere.. regardless the music is just as cool in itself as the art. Seriously listen to 'Side A' and tell me you don't want to take ecstasy in a sewer.



CATATONIC YOUTH

SLICK RICK PARDONED

And in Celebration I found this little diddy:


For full story on the pardon, the original convictions and how/why shooting yr cousin for conspiring to kill you is cool/interesting go here.

NY GOVERNOR PARDONS SLICK RICK