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Abstract Tribe Unique - Showtyme Instrumentals

Showtyme Instrumentals

Style Misia - Rebel Music (RE-UP)

Ok, it's the last one I'm offering. 17 tracks lasting almost 62 minutes there are some more features on it. Especially the appearance of P.E.A.C.E. is a surprise. Production is handled by Style Misia himself again. The track "Die Another Day" also appears on the 7" record "Style Misia & Left - D&C Affiliates". If you are interested in newer stuff from Style Misia be sure to check his Bandcamp-Site. There you will be able to load 3 albums from him for free.

Style Misia - Rebel Music

Update: Naptron - Afekz Of Metatron

Naptron is a member of Alien Nation crew which had its born place in Brooklyn/NYC. On an Alien Nation 12inch there is written:
Naptron
Alias : Meta-Predator
Function : Seismic Verbalizer
"The mind is my playpen."
Can turn foes into helpless accomplices by injecting cerebro-shells into their brainstems... gives him control of their minds... has a cruel sense of humor... arms himself by having victims debase themselves. Voice modulator has ability to cause localized earth tremors.

On this album he frequently uses his dark deep- and also a midget like voice. Someone who fits perfectly to Naptron is P.E.A.C.E. who has multiple appearances as Marvin Frye while Naptron appears as Seymour Frye. Other appearances are Phoenix Orion on "Show me what you got", D.V. Alias Khrist on a Skit, Orion South on "I can see it in your eyes", Supernatural on the Intro song and "Bredren" and the Alien crew on "Omega Minus Function".
Unfortunately, the production credits aren't given but there is also a 12" test pressing out there which states that Daddy Kev and Hive took care of the production on tracks that also appear on this album. Another EP also states the same.

Update: I cut out the silence on some tracks and normalized them to the same level. It now sounds better.

Naptron - Afekz Of Metatron

Deeskee - Music By The Hour

Music By The Hour

Shape Shifters - Circuit City

This 12" record is the only one off the album "Was Here" from the Shape Shifters. It was released in 2004 and contains 3 tracks on the A-Side plus its instrumentals on the B-Side. Every track has its own flavor as each was produced by a different producer. 'Circuit City' has a taste of Electro-Funk and is produced by Andre Afram Asmar. On 'We R The Dinosaur' you have a typical Shape Shifters style of beat that could also have been on the Know Future or the Adopted By Aliens album. LA Jae took care of the production on this track btw. 'Run The Crowd' was produced by LifeRexall and has a straight forward boom-bap beat.
Like the tracks have different beat styles they also cover different themes. Check them!

Circuit City

Haiku D'Etat - Coup De Theatre + Instrumentals

Coup De Theatre

Instrumentals

Fat Jack - Cater To The DJ 2

Fat Jack - Cater To The DJ 2

Fat Hed - Night Train To Babble On

Not long ago I provided a link to Fat Hed's Bandcamp page where you can get a part of this album for free. Now that I got the CD I can provide the whole album. Besides Fat Hed there also appear Awol One, Motion Man, Nocando and some other guys. Production is done by Nocturnal Ron, Fred C and also Kut Masta Kurt. Be sure to check him out. Fat Hed has a cool voice and some funny raps.

Fat Hed - Night Train To Babble On

Rifleman, Nga Fish, Tacktloss, Brodhi and Kegs One German Radio Show 2004

Hey, check this fine recording out on This Is For The Hustlers

Neila - For Whom The Bells Crow

The last time I wrote something about Neila, I tried to encourage you to help her out by buying her LP "Only This One Counts". Since then she also released the same album on tape! Two releases earlier, Neila put out this fine CD where you can also get a 7" off it if you are lucky ;D
There is only one feature from Pigeon John on this album but what makes it so interesting is the line of producers who were involved. There is Porter from Sweden, Maki from Canada, Sakari aka Ameba from Finland, while the rest is from the US I think. Omid, Joe Dub from SFSM, Jimi The Mantis Claw, Paris Zax who produced Busdrivers "Imaginary Places", Vrse Murphy from Sacred Hoop, Deeskee and Presto. Phew... Also involved were James Morris and Wil-Dog Abers from Ozomatli who played the bass on "Make Up". "Stolen Thoughts" was performed by Monte Carlo 76.

For Whom The Bells Crow

Fat Hed - What Do We Need Today? / Need Some More 12"

Fat Hed put out this small release in 2004 containing only two tracks from the album "Night Train To Babble On" plus its instrumentals. The A-side is produced by Kut Masta Kurt who you might know from the Diesel Truckers with Kool Keith or from the Masters Of Illusion where Motion Man also is a member. Motion Man also appears on "What Do We Need Today?". The B-Side is produced by Nocturnal Ron and there is also a feature of Crag Malkovich. Enjoy.

Fat Hed - What Do We Need Today? / Need Some More

Sonic Sum - Films

Sonic Sums latest effort "Films" is totally different from Sanity Annex. While Sanity Annex had long intros and breaks on some tracks that make someone feel like staying and resting, this one is more like acting and moving forward. You can't say that for the whole albums for sure, because both vary but it applies to the majority of their tracks. Something that is also missing on Films is the usage of soulful backup vocals but Films is a piece of its own...
Additional Note: There are 2 12"es off of Films available called "Rocket" and "Films"

Sonic Sum - Films

Request: Alchemist - Instrumental Kings 3

60 of Alchemists dopest beatz come with this 2xCD that you better shouldn't miss. This is for a DJ who I highly respect and of course for all the other beat junkiez out there.

CD1
CD2

LifeRexall - Frequency Response

Dis is LifeRexalls 2nd album which was released in 2003 as a CDr. It comes as a pressed 2xCD containing a bonus instrumental disc and is somewhat rare. You can find the instrumental of "Rock Rhymes" on it, a track that was only on a rare 7" of Sublevel Epidemic.
I came across this release last year when I rediscovered my interest in Hip-Hop instrumentals and Liferexall as a producer catched my attention on the Smartyr release. As a member of the Shape Shifters he was responsible for a bunch of beats but this release doesn't have that typical weird Shape Shifter sound.  The overall style is more laid-back but some tracks also offer some forward motion so that it has a certain diversity. So have fun!

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Frequency Response
Instrumentals

Request: Naptron

To save time and space, you will receive the Released and Unleashed album from Naptron. Most of these tracks were also recorded during the Celestial Recordings time somewhere between 1998 and 2001 I think and I'm sure that Al 'T' from Jamonproductions put out the Unleashed album around 2003 or 2004. Sadly, there are no production credits given.
Last thing I want to tell you is about the track Herrerah which is an ode to the Good Life fellas...

Naptron - Unleashed

Naptron - Released

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Collecting instrumentals to make an instrumental mix album Dan The Automator came into my mind. As he belongs to my favorite producers, I checked his discography and found this one catching my ears. Some might know the Automator from the Dr. Octagon album or from Deltron 3030 both being very dope, too! If you check his other stuff you might come to the conclusion that there is very little that is not likeable and that's what makes the Automator so interesting!

White People is production-wise a kind of Borderline album. On some tracks they experimented a lot so that you won't say that it's obviously Hip-Hop but you can do your own opinion on that...

Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People Instrumentals