The Anonymous - Green & Gold

Today there is the CD version of the Green & Gold EP that was also released on vinyl but with less tracks. The group is called The Anonymous before that their name was Moonshine and before that it was Vertigo. Under the name Moonshine they released the album "Weep No More" plus two 12"es off it. As Vertigo they released the album "Swells of Abstract" that is available as digital download but I don't know if there really was a physical release in 1995 or something. The members of the group are DJ Drez, Zinndeadly, Able Body and Vesuvio who changed his name to Manifest. Since this release they didn't release any new music together cause what I heard was that they live in different cities now. What a shame!

The Anonymous - Green & Gold

Omid - Distant Drummer

This is Omid's first release after the Beneath The Surface with a totally different approach. Most headz  were skeptical about it but all I can say again is that it is different. It is like Amon Tobin's "Bricolage" were at a first listen you might think "Oh, that's a chaos". But if you listen to it more often you can discover ordered soundscapes some of them are more abstract and some are not. The track "Ways Of The World" is the instrumental of the track "Atlas" from Jizzm's "Archives"  with Nikko singing over it a lil bit. All other tracks are instrumentals. Very interesting is the video animation below to the track "Musical Chairs" and the fact that an italian dance crew performed to tracks from this album and to tracks he made later on.
The video is down :(

Distant Drummer

Radioinactive & The Pyramidi All-Stars 2002 live in Berlin

A good friend gave meeee a nice recording of a concert that happened in 2002 in Berlin. It was a pretty good show. The Artists who appeared were Radioinactive with Anti MC and Clouddead( Dose One, Odd Nosdam and Why? ). This recording only contains the performance of Radio and Anti MC lasting approx 30 minutes. It was recorded with a pocket recorder so it also catched the sounds of the audience and you can get a very good impression of the atmosphere during the concert. Many thanks goes out to the submitter for this wonderful recording.

Radioinactive & The Pyramidi All-Stars live

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

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

Deeskee - Focused Sonic Suicide

This is one of the rarest stuff I can offer on this blog. Actually, I got a copy of this tape from a friend about 9 years ago, I hope he is ok with meeee uploading it :) It is one of the weirdest tapes I have ever heard. If you just listen to the first track you'll surely understand what I mean. Pitifully 3 tracks are missing but there are 4 other tracks on it from the "In Loving Memory Of Deeskee" album.
Yesterday, my friend gave me his tape and I'm proud to announce that all tracks are now available her as a 1st generation dub!

Deeskee - Focused Sonic Suicide

Long Lost Relative - Twilight

Released in Austria, this project is a come together from musicians from the US ( Sundiata and DJ Werd ) and from Germany ( Kenji 451 and Squil ). While Sundiata provides his raps on four tracks, Werd adds some scratches together with his DJ-group the Phaderheadz on the intro track and he also produced most of the beats according to the credits list. Kenji 451 and Squil are credited as the producer duo Montags Dust.
If I get the ok I might also release an complete instrumental album from Montags Dust, soon.
Additionally, there is also an appearance of Tailan a femcee on a cool mellow track that contains a Clarinet that is played by Mezmatic. With a total of 14 tracks were 5 of them contain raps there remain 9 instrumentals.

Long Lost Relative - Twilight

Left & Style Misia - The Grind / Die Another Day

Recently Ghetto Tyylit and This Is For The Hustlers have posted up some really rare stuff from the Daysmen Empire. So there is also another release that I can provide with Style Misia and Left aka Amorphous who is not a Daysmen Empire member but who is from the Constylations who are the Daysmen Empire members plus New Moon aka Bash Bros. who are Piseas and Left.

Left & Style Misia - The Grind / Die Another Day

Money Bazz / Cozmic Ray - New York, New York / Danger

Another release from Psycho V with Cozmic Ray from Widow Prizum and Money Bazz from the B.O.D. Click. The track "Danger" also appeared on this record here but it is like an extended version with two different parts that were produced by 2 different producers. "New York, New York" is new to meeee and it's a good one, check it out.

NY, NY / Danger

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

Blue Sky Black Death - Razah's Ladder Instrumentals

Blue Sky Black Death - Razah's Ladder Instrumentals

Impressions On Concrete

Impressions On Concrete  is a project where DJ Presto brings various beat-smiths together on two vinyl records. I can remember that I once read that Omid, who also appear on this record, has pushed Presto to release his music because he liked his jazzy beatz. He not only pushed him to but also supported him and probably he also helped him to launch the label Concrete Grooves that was the home for various releases of Presto. The moment I first heard the music from Presto I liked it. He has 3 tracks on this record that are also on Presto's Inflight Instrumentals album and also on one of his 12"es. "Reminisce" is also on Akumas "Eye in the sky" album having a nice tempo of 96bpm. Omid's track "Solarism" is the instrumental of 2Mex's "Control Mexica" off the "B-Boys In Occupied Mexico" album where the track is falsely credited to be produced by Mum's The Word. To meeee it also sounds like it is produced by Omid but it could probably be produced by both. Mum's The Word also appears on this record like Fat Jack, Flaco, M Fusion, DJ Smash, Mr Montes, Khurse and Sach.

Impressions On Concrete

Marcy All Star$

The Prizum again....but having an interesting record here. Especially the track Crabb Niggaz that appears in two different versions on this record. One that has the same beat as the one on the "Hot Time" record from Polo and Zoundwavez aka Phoenix Orion but where only Phoenix Orion and the B.O.D. Click ( Clutch and Money Bazz) appear on. Be sure to check the other record to see the difference. The 2nd version of Crabb Niggaz is only performed by the B.O.D. Click and has a different beat that owns more of that East Coast flavour. The track "Alert The Masses" has a really tight beat and I'm a bit sad that there is no instro of it on this record. For "Ray Day" applies the same while there is also a instrumental of "I'll Get Ill" on this record that features Mr Jig. Never heard of Mr Jig before but he raps that he is also from the B.O.D. Click.

Marcy All Star$ 

Widow P - No Champagne Just Blunts n Heineken

This is Nr 3 in the round from the Prizum offering two different tracks "No Champagne" and "Pass It Around" plus their instrumentals. The Acapella of "No Champagne" is also included. Both tracks have very tight beats and the Prizum's raps are cool, too.

No Champagne

Widow Prizum - Jetlag

As the cover implies, this release builds a bridge between New York and Paris.
Widow Prizum ( Cozmic Ray and Ikeia ) from NY and Assassin ( Pyroman and Rockin' Squat ) from Paris join forces on the track "Jetlag". "Scared Of Us" is brought to you by the Prizum feturing Zoundwavez aka Phoenix Orion. Last but not least Cozmic Ray and Ikeia appear on "543-21". The Acapella of Jetlag is included plus its instrumental and the instrumental of 543-21.

Jetlag

Widow Prizum - Danger / A Brooklyn Kind Of Life / Bedstuy 12"

Widow Prizum - Danger...

Freestyle Fellowhip - Hot Potato 12"

2day I have recorded this Freestyle Fellowship promo record that is the only one except the test press that contains the instrumental of Hot Potato. Hot Potato comes in 3 different vocal versions were all Fellowship members appear on. Additionally, Ganjah K has an uncredited appearance.

Freestyle Fellowhip - Hot Potato 12"

Gunther B - Dissonance

A good friend submitted this release on friday and here it is with 30 minutes of pure instrumental music from Gunther B.

Gunther B - Dissonance

Alchemist - The Ultimate Music Machine

Alchemist - The Ultimate Music Machine

Request: Abstract Rude - Eyes Wide Shuttish

In September The Thirdman requested this release and thanks to Shane you can find it now here.
It is a digital only release with only 6 tracks. DiscoGs states that it is a CD release but I doubt it because I can't remember to have it seen as that.

Abstract Rude - Eyes Wide Shuttish

L*Roneous - Imaginarium

Looking at the credits of this album some might think that it may be boring. But I can tell ya it isn't! Even though it is only produced by DJ Zeph and L*Roneous is the only one who rips the mic. Don't let them trick you, it's hot!

L*Roneous - Imaginarium

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

Fanatik

Another interesting Bandcamp site comes from Fanatik with all his releases and more.

Fanatik on Bandcamp

Fat Hed

Hey guys check out Fat Hed's Bandcamp site. You can get one album there for free ( "Night Train To Babble On" ) and you can also listen to his upcoming album that is called "The Future That Never Happened".
Dope stuff!

Fat Hed on Bandcamp

The Infidelity Project

The Infidelity Project is a 2xCD compilation with close to two and a half hours of music. Gunther B took care of alot of them beats plus some other guys. There are also alot of features of MCs I have never heard of before excluding Tommy V. First I thought that some guys might be from EX2 but I saw that some guys also appeared on the Mystery School projects some others are difficult to track down.
The music reminds a lil bit on the Anonymous Inc album with a touch of the Anticon stuff.
For more infos especially the credits please visit Discogs

CD1
CD2

Third Sight - The Golden Shower Hour

Here is something different for you folks. Third Sight consists of D-Styles, Dufunk and Jihad The Roughneck bringing you close to 60 minutes of good music. While Jihad rips the mic, D-Styles and Dufunk program the beats. Good stuff!

Third Sight - The Golden Shower Hour

Christmas Surprise II

Like last year I wish you all the best for Christmas and for the year 2012 and offer you a special Christmas treat.
Surprise surprise :D

Christmas Surprise II

DK Toon Interview

My man Jack Devo over at Beetbak had the chance to get an exclusive interview with the Massmen member DK Toon. It's interesting to read and it sheds some light on another Good Life / Project Blowed member who haven't been on the radar for years. So check it out y'all

DK Toon Interview

Headnodic Beats Vol 1 (Vinylrip)

It's been a long time since I put up some stuff and I'm coming with some cool beats from Headnodic this time. The record was released on Insiduous Urban Records a record label which also gave home to the early Foreign Legion releases. Headnodic might not be new everyone cause he made two beats for Myka Nyne's Citrus District album and when you have a look on DiscoG's you will see that he has produced beats for alot of cool cats like Gift Of Gab, Scarub, Mr Lif, Zion I and so on....

Headnodic Beats Vol 1

Request: Fat Jack - Natural Hallucinogenics

Besides the two instrumental releases, one he released with DJ D (The Message) and the other one with Mascaria (Timespan), this one was a digital only release and also features some fine MCs. St. Mark 9:23, Mikah 9 and Abstract Rude bring you the background vocals on some tracks while on some other tracks Medusa & Feline Science and also Abstract Rude lay down some verses. As the name of the album implies, the tracks are of a laid-back style and I didn't try it but I can imagine that the album is a good one when being high.

Fat Jack - Natural Hallucinogenics

Eligh - A Story Of 2 Worlds

Just heard the new album of Eligh and I thought that I upload this fine release. It is Eligh's second album and he released it on Tape and on CD in 1997. Production is mostly handled by Eligh himself plus Elusive, Grouch and by Bizarro aka Bicasso on a very nice track called Plantlife were Bizarro also kicks some verses. Features also come from Scarub, Murs, Basik, PSC, BFAP, ASOP and Grouch.
I can remember a record store were this CD laid for some years. Everytime I went through the CDs, I thought: "Hmm, I'm not sure. Should I buy it or not?". But in the end I bought it and it was a good decision, it took long but I made it. When I hear "Fisherman's Lot" it comes to my mind and I'm feeling good. Or Congestion, or...

Eligh -  A Story Of 2 Worlds 

Below The Surface Presents: Strictly Indee

Below The Surface back in the day was a record label and store based in Cali run by Kegs I think. It had some really cool releases like a limited 7" series that are absolutely worth a check.

On this release you will find a bunch of cool cats like Equipto of Bored Stiff, Kirby Dominant, the Constylations(Style MISIA, AONE, Diverse, Pisces, Amorpheus and Esoin), BOAC and Top Ramen from The Earthlings, Shing02 and  Doc Maxwell who also collaborate on the Tags Of Times 3 Compilation, the Freelancers (Maleko and Da Golden Ray), Deeskee, Tommy V, the Westcoast Workforce(Anti MC, Joe Dub, Subtitle, Premonition, Megabusive and Radioinactive) and Sole, Jel, Alias and Pedestrian from Anticon.
And that weren't even all !

Below The Surface Presents: Strictly Indee

Request: Myka 9 - A Work In Progress Bonus CD

This is a limited Bonus CD for Mikah 9's "A Work In Progress" album. The first track features Pigeon John and track 5 features some guys who aren't credited but I think that they aren't Project Blowed affiliates. Two other tracks are only performed by Myka 9 while there are also 3 instrumentals. There are various clicks on every track, sorry for that.

Myka 9 - A Work In Progress Bonus CD

Freestyle Fellowship - Guerilla Kingz EP

I received this one from someone who bought this CD on a show some month ago. This EP seems to have some tracks from the new album that is going to drop soon. Check it out.

Guerilla Kingz EP

Freestyle Fellowship - Temptations

Temptations

Instrumentals

Freestyle Fellowship - Shockadoom

Shockadoom

Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern

To make the time short between now and the release of the new FF album, you'll find all 3 albums and one EP within the next days starting with their first release 2day. Innercity Griots their second release is already available here btw.

For all who haven't heard this album, let me tell ya that some peepz think that it was groundbreaking in the rap history for its styles. In the movie "This is the life" it was told that they thought: "Oh shit, I can't do it the old way anymore, I have to change my style of rapping". You can check their styles even better by listening to the Accapellas. In my opinion "Physical Form" by P.E.A.C.E is very interesting cause he raps about McBeth from Hamlet in a funny way for example. I have also added the Mix version which was done by J-Sumbi.

Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern

Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern Accapellas

Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern 2.0

SFSM Interview and Radio Show

Hey, don't miss this interesting interview with Chaz of the group San Francisco Street Music and a complete radio show with their music!

SFSM

2001: A Rhyme Odyssey

I can remember in 2001 when I had a different job than I do have now and one day there came a person in who always gave us some flyers and postcards. But at that day he left this CD which was a real coincidence because no one else at work was into that type of stuff except meeee. I already knew the Dilated Peoples and such that appear on that compilation from Guidance Recordings. After work I happily went to my homies house and we analyzed the compilation together. As mentioned I already knew most of the artists but Primeridian and Missin' Linx were new to me and I started diggin them.

2001: A Rhyme Odyssey

Stranger Day - Burning Bridges

Some time ago ludz03knowthis posted up the album where this track appears on and it totally blew me away. If you are able to grab a copy of the album, don't miss the chance it seems to be hard to get and infos about it are also rare.

Request: Awol One - The War Of Art

Shane requested this release plus Abstract Rude's "Eyes wide shutty" of which I haven't heard of before. You might buy the Ab Rude release from the digital market places.
But to come back to Awol One's album I can tell that it seems that Awol had only help from a few peepz like Eyedea, Jizzm, Riddlore, 2Mex and KRS One!!! No this time he had a bunch of producers like Daddy Kev, Grouch, The Undergods (must be the ones who also appeared on Omid's KXLU session), Rhettmatic, Pigeon John, Transducer, Andre Afram Asmar and J Zone.

Awol One - The War Of Art

Qlasbeats - Sampling Is A Crime

Shiranu - Arbeitslos

Basik - At The Mercy Of The City

After Apex Predator, Basik did an album in 2000 that was released on CD only plus a 12" off it. I can remember that I bought this one before the Apex Predator CD but I knew the tape version of Apex Predator and in 2000 it was impossible to find. Although any appearance of Slant is missing, it is very cool too. But I'm posting also this one because there are also appearances of the Copacetic Concepts members Imaginative Eye, Perfecto and Black Tongue. Besides them Eligh, Grouch Anacron, Anon, dB and PSC also bless the album with their work. Recommendable are the tracks "The Moment", "Generation X-Flies" where you can find the beat on Eligh's US version of Gandalfs Beat Machine, "Wanna Be Weirds", "Mr. Flossangeles", "Chalkboard Strategy" sick! and "Convining Swines". What do you think?

Basik - At The Mercy Of The City

Basik MC - Apex Predator

Being originally released as a tape in 1998 you'll herewith find the CD version of Basik MCs "Apex Predator". In contrary to the tape version the CD version has of course a better sound quality and also some more tracks. It carries all tracks that are on the tape plus two new tracks. By providing 6 beatz for the album ranging from hard-hitting to experimental-abstract to laid-back type of ish Slant of Onomatopoeia did an excellent job. Other producers who took care of them beatz are Eligh, Mr. Len, Grouch and 2 Fat and Eye-3 of Copacetic Concepts. Perfecto, another Copacetic Concepts member appears on 2 tracks. Other features come from Eligh, Grouch, Aesop, Scarub, Murs and also from Slant. All of them including Basik who of course delivera some dope stuff that is worth a check.
You can find more stuff from the Copacetic Concepts on the Ghetto Tyylit Blog.

Basik MC - Apex Predator

Ey yo the bus stops...

Before I bought this one recently I have only found the CD version of this release in a good quality. But what is unsatisfying with the CD version is that there are 2 tracks missing in comparison to the vinyl version. It's "Who Falls Apart?" and its instrumental. In contrary to Bus Stops, Who Falls Apart wasn't on the "World Ultimate" but on the "Sight Of Things" album.

There are also 2 very good remixes of Bus Stops on this record with one of them having an appearance of Aceyalone which is like a short song on its own. For every vocal track there is also an instrumental, so there are 8 tracks on this record with approximately 32 minutes of good music.

Nonce - Bus Stops 12inch

Supherb - All Bullshit Aside EP

From Wild West Recordings comes this fine 11 track EP. Wild West Recordings is a subsidiary of American Recordings which was founded by Rick Rubin who also founded Def Jam Recordings and was responsible for some very successful productions. The Nonce who also had some releases on Wild West Recordings produced the tracks "Born On Parole Remix" and "Mr. Hollywood" on this EP. "All Bullshit Aside" and "Any Formz Of Wackness" were produced by A.M. and I can only say that I don't have a clue who that is. The EP only consists of this 4 tracks in their clean, instrumental and with one exception their album versions.
"All Bullshit Aside" has a laid back break-beat with a nice trumpet sample and features Chino XL on the hook while the beat of "Any Formz Of Wackness" adds some tempo and features Real Thorough on the hooks. As you can imagine its about the non-tolerance of wack mcs. "Born On Parole Remix" also features Real Thorough but has a typical laid back Nonce beat while "Mr. Hollywood" has a hard pumping bass which again fits good to the aggressive theme of the track.
I recorded it today from vinyl and did some stuff to make it sound more clean. Hope you enjoy.

Supherb - All Bullshit Aside EP

Rules Of The Game 12"

A small but fine release featuring 3 tracks that were taken from the "Rules Of The Game" compilation plus their instrumentals will await you here. The Stiff are represented with a banging beat produced by TD Camp and performances by Kwanzaa and Pablo according to the credits list on the record. The next track has a laid back beat with constantly falling Hi-Hats produced by the Angel, a female DJ/producer with Mystic on the mic. At last there is a track by the Living Legends members Grouch, Asop and PSC. The laid-back beat is put together by the Grouch.
This record is the only one that was taken off the "Rules Of The Game" compilation which were also the only releases from Tripek Records.

Rules Of The Game 12"

Per Aa Ra - P(rays)e The Sun

Thanks to the Jaded Emperor there is now a digital copy of this tape. Jaded Emperor also add the follwing:

This album was, to the best of my knowledge, only available on cassette. I copied it and encoded it to MP3 using Audacity on 7/18/2011. The cassette came in an evelope with a booklet containing illustrations and lyrics to all but the last track (a bonus track). These have been scanned and are all in the PDF file included. Page 2 may appear to be cut off, but it is not, it's just a blank page.
Anyway, Kemetic Suns are still one of the dopest crews from any era of Hip Hop.
If you can find original tapes, CDs, or vinyl records, I highly suggest purchasing them.
Have Fun,
Jaded Emperor

Per Aa Ra - P(rays)e The Sun

Feline Science - Unda Ground Crewed

Request, Request. Kid Voltron requested some stuff from Feline Science and here it is. 36 minutes long and 9 tracks featuring Medusa, KoKo, Neb Luv, Baby Puma, Mortisha, Diamond and Jahah. Never heard of the last four mentioned femcees but they sound pretty dope.

Feline Science - Unda Ground Crewed

Mikah 9 - Citrus Sessions

Eleven years have past and the "Citrus Sessions" is what "It's All Love" could have been and what "A Work In Progress" prepared, a professional studio album . For Citrus Sessions alot of cats jumped on the train, its not only Mikah9 and Joseph Leimberg anymore but there are features of P.E.A.C.E. and his cousin K.I.T.S., Javis, Stix and Abstract Rude. Tracy Lane adds soulful background vocals to the album while you can find scratches from Exile of Emanon on the track "Me And My Girl". Headnodic produced "Viles" and "Everybody Gets Down" who was identified on my radar this year with his "Headnodic Beats Vol 1" release. Mike Meeker played various instruments and also produced some tracks and is also the executive producer. Ah, and there is also an appearance of DJ Kiilu, who produced the outro.
When this album was about to be released, Mikah9 put up he whole album as a free download because he said that someone else sold it without his permission. I have added this download release below plus some tracks that were also available as a free download from myka9.com including the track "Lost 4 Days" featuring KoKo that didn't make it on the album nor the EP. "Soiree" and "The People" were only on the EP.
The album deals with various themes in various styles, boring is something else...

Citrus Sessions WEB

Citrus Sessions CD

It's All Love

Nanana, i'ts all love...ohh. You are reading. Yeah, this is absolutely my favorite Hip-Hop record to date. As I heard it the first time, it totally blew me away. I heard stuff from the Fellowship before but this one was totally different cause of it's 80's style flair and of course Mikah 9 flowing over it in a soulful way. Additionally, he lays down some really dope lines. Especially on "Rise and shine" there is a part where it is hard to tell when he is taking a breath. But not only Mikah's skills shine on this album. It's also the production of Joseph Leimberg. This cat is so fucking talented, he is able to give Mikah a platform that is on the same level and allows him to flow freely and show his love for Hip-Hop.
Not long ago I found out that this album was also meant to be released on Capitul Recordings back in da day, when Acey let's them balls bouncing. And I can't really understand why they didn't push the album. Probably it was too far ahead of all the other stuff from '95 or they weren't able to realize what they held in their hands. Nah, I don't really want to think about it any longer. Fact is, there have been multiple versions of this album. First there was the Pure HipHop Inc version. The sound quality isn't best but it seems to be the most complete version. You can hear that a lot of them tracks haven't been finished completely. Some tracks end abruptly but "Rise and Shine" goes about 1 minute longer if you forget the intro to the track that was added on the other versions. I don't really understand why they took off the rest it really sounds better with the long ending in my opinion. The Pure HipHop Inc version also has 2 versions of "Come Up Off Of My Love", one produced by Joseph Leimberg and the other one produced by Fat Jack. You can only find "Homegirl" on this version while you can find the track "On the line" only on the other ones. The following version was from Mary Joy Recordings from 2001 while the other one followed in 2002 on Basement Records. That's were the re-mastering came from. Last but not least there is also an EP out there from the former Swedish record store 24/7 Records which followed in 2003.

It's All Love (HipHop Inc Version)

It's All Love (Basement Version)

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

Sonic Sum - Plaster Man

As requested by jackdevo, here is the second installment by the Sonic Sum. It is more an EP than an album. Originally 8 tracks deep it also has a hidden bonus track which is an instrumental. 3 tracks were taken from The Sanity Annex album while 2 of them are their respective remixes. "Rocket" appears on the forthcoming album "Films".

Sonic Sum - Plaster Man

Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex

While collecting nearly everything from Grouch on the end of the last millenium, a record store employee recommended me this record. He told me to check it out, i did and bought the CD. I took me a while because at that time I was strictly into West-Coast stuff but this one is also different from that typical boom-bap East-Coast stuff from that time. Sonic Sum added some cool samples that give them down-tempo breaks a certain trippyness. The albums character is also defined by some longer intros and interceptions within some songs. So if you haven't heard this album before, give it a try.
Additional Note: There are 3 12"es off of Sanity Annex available called

• Downtown Maze / Skypirate
• Callarama Gala / Flatlands
• Himbro St. / It's An Ashtray

Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex

Equipto - Vintage Volume Won EP

About 11 years ago I spoted this record at a homies house and at that time I couldn't get enough of it. What's funny about it is, that he didn't like record at all, although it was his and he only bought dope records he liked.

The beats remind of the good ol' Stiff stuff. So check them out!

Equipto - Vintage Volume Won EP

Awol One & Factor - Only Death Can Kill You EP

This is a fine and small release from Awol One which is entirely produced by Factor. From the album with the same title on, Factor became some sort of producer homie like Daddy Kev was before. Factor didn't produce all albums after that one but they seem to fit well as this release is a good proof.
The production is more than solid, 3 tracks plus its instrumentals on the flip side starting with "Old Babies" a moody-chilly-trippy beat(you know what I mean :D ) and for example a line like "smoking lots of weed, trying to keep my health up" by Awol which builds up a perfect parallel to the track name. I think I better not comment on this one.

BTW Awol One has a new album out called "Child Star" which sounds dope and is pretty different from his stuff from before.

Awol One & Factor - Only Death Can Kill You EP