Neila - Vertical Trees With Eternal Leaves

This is Neila's first album that was pressed on CD. Before that she released tapes and CD-R's. There are only two guest spots on it, one from Gajah of the group Acid Reign and one from Myk Mansun who is close to Acid Reign. As you probably know Gajah you might not heard from Myk Mansun before but he is also a dope MC and Producer. Surprisingly he appears on Myka 9's album 'Souvereign Soul' that was released last month! On 'Vertical With Eternal Leaves' Myk Mansun also produced the track that he appears on. Besides him Daddy Kev, Liferexall, Matth and Omid also produced one track. Deeskee was the one, who took care of the remaining 11 beats. 1+4+11 makes 16 relaxing tracks that fit very well for the winter time.

Vertical Trees

Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language + Beats(Re-Rip)

On the re-issue of the Instrumentals CD of this album Mumbles shared some detailed informations. He was introduced into digging records and beat making by his brother DJ Marvski and Cut Chemist and started producing in '92-'93 where he also made most of the beats for this album. Mumbles and AC went to the same school and when the rumor spread that AC is recording an album at Capitul, a friend of Mumbles handed a beat tape of Mumbles to AC and so they hooked up together. They recorded the tracks "The Greatest Show On Earth" and "Makeba" that were released on the album "All Balls Don't Bounce". Surprisingly, "Guidelines" was also recorded for the same album but they couldn't figure out the origin of the samples and the track didn't made it onto the album.
There is no info why "A Book Of Human Language" wasn't also released by Capitul but Mumbles has written that NuGruv, the label that manufactured and distributed the album, went bankrupt and in the end Mumbles and AC weren't paid properly :(

The re-release of the instrumental album btw has some different mixes and one or two tracks on it that weren't on the original album!
I have ripped the instrumentals CD again today because I have realised that I have uploaded the wrong rip the last time which had some errors. Sorry for that but now the quality is ok.

A Book Of Human Language

A Book Of Human Beats

Spontaneous - Spur Of The Moment Musik

Shout outs to Jack Devo over at Beetbak!

Spur Of The Moment Musik

DiscoG's

Help meeee: Posse Searching

Today Euphonico has send me an email with a mp3 file and asked meeee if he knows who appears on the audio file. For the first part it was easy but for the 2nd part meeee is seeking your help to find out the name of the group/artists who appears there. Help meeee!

Unknown Track

That was fast, thank you! It is a very nice track from Oddjobs. I have to dig more of them.

Visionaries - Sophomore Jinx

Sophomore Jinx
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Visionaries - Galleries

Galleries
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Nobody - Soulmates

Nobody? Soulmates! Is it weird? No, it isn't. It is very relaxing with its smooth instrumentals and just some fine vocal tracks. Was it on vinyl? Yeah, there are two different vinyl versions of it. And there is also a CD version with one extra track plus 2 EPs and one 12". Just now I'm also listening to this while Soulmates is running. Fits nicely!

Soulmates

Anticon: Music For The Advancement Of Hip-Hop

Anticon

Bleu Collar

Following up to the Slant Special there is also this album I have to post. Slant produced 2 tracks on it and there are also tracks on it that are produced by Eligh, Mum's The Word, Grouch and Champ of whom I haven't heard of before but DiscoG's says that he also produced one track for Rasco and one for the Cali Agents.
Bleu Collar are Basik who you might already know and Reese 1 of whom I heard that he was in Jail back in the day what could be the reason that he is relatively unknown. DiscoG's says that Reese also has a different group called King Fantastic who had two releases recently.

Bleu Collar

Deeskee - Music By The Hour

Music By The Hour

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

Slant Special

Dear music-lover, I have planned this long ago and collected these tracks since then because in my opinion Slant is a dope artist. He produced dope beats in the past, was a hell of a MC and he also made some short films.
Slant, was a member of the former group Onomatopoeia together with Puzoozoo Watt and Vixxen or they are probably homies still but there hasn't been some new stuff from them for a long time.
Rumor has it that Slant quit his own music career to work as an A&R for a big player in the HipHop biz.
He was also a member of the group called Kali-9 together with Basik, Vixxen, Jizzm, Khynky Rhead and also DJ Drez I think. I'm not a 100% sure if they all belonged to the group or if they are all group members but I think that it must have been a hell of a group!
To give you some examples of how dope Slant was a producer and also as an MC I compiled 30 plus tracks into two parts letting the music speak for meeee.

Part I:

1. Onomatopoeia Anthem
2. Take Hold - Puzoozoo Watt, Vixxen
3. Coming - Vixxen
4. Twice As Hard - Vixxen
5. Excuses - Puzoozoo Watt
6. Disconnected - Puzoozoo Watt
7. Muff Diving Beat #2
8. Father Antiradio - Radioinactive
9. Remaining Underground - Radioinactive, Subtitle
10. Can I Get A Witness - Rifleman
11. Evolve Or Desolve - Jizzm, Slant, Akil, Chali2na, J-Smoov
12. (in)sense - Puzoozoo Watt, Slant, Vixxen prod. by Omid

Part II:

1. Fuck You - Slant
2. Oompa - Puzoozoo Watt, Slant
3. Knowledge Of Self - Jizzm
4. Suck It Easy Remix - Jizzm
5. Lyrics At Your Door - Jizzm, Rican Sun
6. Pirates - Jizzm, Puzoozoo Watt
7. Muff Diving Beat #3
8. Frigid Air - Basik, Perfecto
9. Act Like You Know - Isaiah, Murs
10. Paint The Town Red - Bleu Collar
11. Paint A Picture - Global Phlowtations, Sunspot Jonz, Slant prod. by Mystik Journeymen
12. Full Metal Jacket - Bleu Collar
13. Apex Predator - Basik
14. Fresh Breath - Basik, Slant
15. Warriors Remix - Jizzm, Otherwize
16. Arythmikhulesightandsound - Rifleman
17. B-Boy Class - Basik
18. Muff Diving Beat #4
19. Press On - Onomatopoeia prod. by Jizzm
20. Lost Angels - Jizzm, Vixxen

Arcsin - Oculus Fang

Oculus Fang

PBW - Run The Line

Run The Line

Awol One & Factor - Only Death Can Kill You

Here is another find from the second hand market. I was surprised again! You can hear Awol One on 10 tracks that were produced by Factor plus some guest appearances. Don't miss it especially the track 'Old Babies'.

Only Death Can Kill You

Phoenix Orion - Neo Elo Alpha

Neo Elo Alpha

Fat Jon - Wave Motion

Fat Jon - Wave Motion

Awol One & Daddy Kev - Killafornia

Today I went to the second hand market and to my surprise I was able to grab some nice CDs there again. Besides some stuff from Fat Jon, Jaylib, DJ Vadim and Daedalus, I found this sick CD EP from Awol & Daddy Kev for cheap.

Killafornia

Blackbird - Birds Eye View

While being on the second hand market last sunday, I also grab this one for 3 bucks. Nice Treat!

Birds Eye View
DiscoG's

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

Grouch - Fuck The Dumb

Fuck The Dumb

Glue - Catch As Catch Can

Catch As Catch Can

Instrumentals

2Mex - B-Boys In Occupied Mexico

This is my favorite 2Mex solo release to date and I'm very proud to provide this one because I once lended it to a friend and after that it had a lot of scratches on the bottom side that even my CD-Player wasn't able to play it without skips. But thanks to XLD there are no audible errors!

B-Boys In Occupied Mexico

DiscoG's

Omid - Summer Tour 2006

In two-thousand and six Omid went on tour, where he visited various countries, and took this CD with him to sell it to the fans. It is 14 tracks deep and solely contains instrumental tracks besides two tracks.

Summer Tour 2006

Myka 9 - A Work In Progress

To speak honestly, it was hard for meeee to like that album for a very long time. It has solid beats but on some tracks I would have expected Myka to be more serious and more skilled like he used to be on It's All Love. Some tracks stand out from the average but then there is for example a track that is called "This ain't the shit". I think that it must have been the reason why I always underestimated this album but I'm happy that I haven't sold it! Besides some tracks its really a hidden treasure and a nice treat for fans of Myka. Be sure to peep The THIRDMAN's Blog where you can find the vinyl version with selected tracks from this album that was released by 247 records from Sweden.

A Work In Progress

Rules Of The Game

Rules Of The Game

Sacred Hoop - Retired

I can remember having copied this extended EP or album, no matter how you want to call it with its 8 tracks, from a friend from vinyl back in the day. And not long ago I was able to grab the CD and can now provide it to you. There are still copies left for sale on various platforms and I'll recommend to grab one copy, too. It's definitely a must have if you are a fan of bay-area related underground stuff.
Sacred Hoop consists of rapper Luke Sick, producer Vrse Murphy and the DJ Fondouglas who is replaced on later releases by DJ Marz. The same group organization with one MC, one producer and one DJ you can also find in the groups Third Sight and Glue to name two examples.
And what a surprise, Jihad of Third Sight appears on this album! DJ Quest and Eddie K of the Space Travelers also do.

Sacred Hoop - Retired

Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By

Lovage

Lovage Instrumentals

DiscoG's

The Real High Life EP

The dig of the week is this fine record that I traded for a Mikah 9 record and also got a Candy's 22 record for it. Straight Bored Stiff ish that contains 8 tracks while the CD version contains some more tracks.

The Real High Life EP

Glue - Seconds Away

This time I will present to you a group that is not from the Bay. The name is Glue and it consists of one emcee called Adeem who won the Scribble Jam twice and who is an Anticon affiliate, DJ DQ who is taking care of some Cuts and the beat-smith Maker who also produced 3 albums (be sure to peep em!) for Qwel of Typical Cats. In general the productions of Maker apply dirty drum sounds and can be compared with productions from Blockhead, Joe Beats, ANT, Alias and Void Pedal. Some of them beats also contain a note that is typical for the Bay like on the track "Mixing Excuses" were Neila could have hook up with Adeem! If you aren't familiar with Glue you should definitely check their music...

Glue - Seconds Away

Foreign Legion

In my opinion this is one of the top hip-hop albums out. DJ Design created pure heat with his banging beats where its unavoidable to shake to your head to. Besides DJ Design, Foreign Legion consists of Prozack Turner and Marc Stretch.

Foreign Legion - Kidnapper Van: Beats To Rock While Bike Stealing

Instrumentals

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

Naptron Selecta

Thanks to Jack Devo over at Beetbak this selection is not lost! In the following weeks I will also try to take care of the stuff that isn't up anymore. If you have some wishes you can hit me up under the email to your right.
You can also expect another selection of tracks of a group that I don't want to mention for now. But I hope and think that you guys might like it. See ya till then and in the following is the text to the original post to Naptron Selecta:

I put together some tracks from Naptron that weren't posted up for now. Containing approx. 40minutes on 8 tracks you will find 3 tracks that you might already know but the other 5 might be new to you. That's no wonder, some are unreleased, as long as I know.
But hold tight! Most of the tracks are real bangers! Persons who also appear are Otherwize, Rockin' Squat, Pyroman, Medusa, P.E.A.C.E. and Mama Moon.

Naptron Selecta

Vooodu - Southern California Nights / Dark Regions

Vooodu - Southern California Nights / Dark Regions

Fat Jack - Cater To The DJ 2

Fat Jack - Cater To The DJ 2

Connect The Dots

Connect The Dots

Graffiti Kings

Today I will throw in another fine compilation. Again a bunch of dope artists appear on it as you can see in the tags list below. The DicoGs entry states appearances of Abstract Rude and Pete Rock which is not correct! But Pete Rock did one beat for Spinderella of Salt'n'Pepa and Suga B from Urban Prop. Pretty nice combo btw! Other pearls are Awol One's track called "Life" with its sluggish beat, Swollen Member's "Deep End" and ?

Graffiti Kings

Tags Of The Times III

Hello, today I wanted to listen to this fine compilation again that I haven't heard in years and  I thought by myself: "Why not sharing it with the other guys?". I can remember buying the CD on a trip to Paris, mais oui!
Again there are so much artists on this release that all their names can't make it into the tags list :(

Tags Of The Times III

The Anonymous - Dedicated

The Anonymous - Dedicated

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

The Anonymous - Swells Of Abstract

Released originally in 1995 under the group name Vertigo, The Anonymous re-released this album in 2006. DiscoG's says that there are four additional tracks on this release. To meeee it is their best effort compared to Weep No More and Green & Gold. The overall flow is tighter and it is less mellow compared to WNM.

Swells Of Abstract