Maleko - Thinking Outloud

I have to be honest, I don't own the Thinking Outloud album :( But I have a rip of the tape version on Mini-Disc and my opinion is, that I prefer this version over the CD version. The only thing I have to add is that it belongs to my favorite Deeskee produced albums...

Maleko - Thinking Outloud CD

Maleko - Thinking Outloud Tape

El Uno - Sensate St.

Unipersonalis, Sensate St., Elee Uno, Lixto Flo and many more are the aliases of El Uno. He is not that type of full-time artist although his album was released on Highground, home of the FTA. It took me some time and patience to get this one because at the time I bought it, it wasn't really available anymore and I was lucky to buy it by request. El Uno now seems to name himself Lixto Flo and what I have last heard is, that he is working in NYC as some kind of graphics designer.
The interesting thing in El Uno is his style, because he is able to combine a good flow with a soulful voice. His lyrics cover funny but also serious themes, while the track "Cold Sweat" is an example of a serious one describing the situation of a person who shoots a store clerk during a robbery and the results on his life. But there is way more to explore on this one....

El Uno - Sensate St.

See And Be( Joe Dub & Alex 75) - Talksicology

Request: Raj - Conscious Contemplation

Conscious Contemplation

Easy Rider 01

Easy Rider 01

Request: Neila - Starting Early

Neila - Starting Early
DiscoG's

Record Players - Direct Drive

When I woke up today I had the song "Don't forget about the music" in my ears and at that moment I didn't know where it was on. I looked on utube but I couldn't find it there. So I had a look at DiscoG's and I found it there and was happy that I got the CD. So here it is...and don't forget: Making money but don't forget about the music!

Direct Drive

Joe Dub & Factor - Live In '75

Today I had some real luck, grabbing this one on a second hand market for only 3 bucks! I surely have to share it with you because I think that Joe Dub is an totally underrated MC/Producer. He only picked beats from Factor on this release, but Joe Dub proved on various other releases that he is also a dope producer.

Live In 75

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

Maleko - Omnidirectional

You probably wonder why I'm upping so much Maleko stuff today. Today I found some older links that are still working and I thought about sharing the music with you. As you can see on the picture of the cover there are a lot of artists on this album, so much that I am not able to tag them all! Here is a citation from P-Minus:
The mighty Maleko cranks out another winner with 18 lovely tracks featuring ALL of your favorite underground emcees and producers: Tommy V., Raj, Randy & Psuedo (Lip Service), Neila, Da Golden Ray, Jundax,  Ian, Space Ranger, Ceschi & David Ramos (Anonymous Inc.), Enzyme (Organics), Rage, Agile, Triangulum, Matre, Radioinactive, Autoflo, Optimus Rhymes, Deeskee, Nocturnal Ron, Mr. Slugsworth, Gunther B., Jericho J., Kiko, WD4D, Anti-MC and PBoFA.

That's almost 73 minutes of wonderful stuff that proves that the northern California underground hip hop scene is one of the most vibrant and collaborative around.

Maleko - Omnidirectional

Neila - Searching For Prajna

With this CD there is something wrong!
13 tracks are listed but the production credits state 16 tracks.
Eventhough the credits list only covers 8 tracks!
But production is handled by Joe Dub, Ruski (Deeskee?), Buk Naked and Jimi The Mantis Claw.
The feature list contains Drunken Immortals, Jimi The Mantis Claw, Rhettoric, Joe Dub, Tommy V, Type-O, Knows (of US Pros), Brad, Buk Naked, Jizzm, Brandon B, Fluid and Ruski.

Neila - Searching For Prajna