i honestly had no idea she had ever put out a solo record until like a year ago. apparently the album didn't even come out in the us??
― dyl, Thursday, 11 August 2022 05:43 (one year ago) link
it did not. unfortunately, it's pretty inconsistent.
here she is in 1989 (according to the description)β
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Ig9ekXZiY
when i think of most influential rappers/musicians/pop stars/"FAMOUS PERSON"s of my lifetime, she's easily in that conversation.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Thursday, 11 August 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x361Lwf4x4E
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 15 August 2022 10:21 (one year ago) link
Method Man - Say
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 15 August 2022 10:22 (one year ago) link
funking love thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsUyeR6t4Ediamond d. feat. big L - day one
― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 August 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
very classic. also a very classic sample source. alltimers all around.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Thursday, 18 August 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
presenting this evening's feature: lyfe'n'tyme by the b.u.m.s
how was your 1995? mine was great. i saw the show. coolio was king of the summer, thanks to "gangsta's paradise." there was trouble brewin, but we didn't care because the beat was flames. however, my favorite album of the year was easily lyfe'n'tyme by the b.u.m.s, repping east oakland.
the brothas unda madness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC2mVQaI-uM
(the lead single, "elevation (free my mind)" with a sonorously souped up teddy pendergrass loop)
d-wyze and e-vocalist weren't the most impressive emcees, but much like the group home album, they got by on charisma and crack production (but okay, let's be honest - they were definitely better than malachi and lil dap on the mic). they had a decidedly nyc-centric sound at times; probably explains why i was such a big fan. the beats were handled mostly by sway+tech affiliate joe quixxx and remind me a lot of common's resurrection or maybe even gang starr's hard to earn - just that perfect jazzy boombap. jeep beats, i guess, is what they used to call it. kind of a conscious vibe at times, on tunes like "take a look around" or "flex uv a finga" it felt like a real earnest vibe; they genuinely wanted better. they were definitely righteous, too. just check out the spoken word closer "who gives you the right" which opens with the accusatory inquiry: "are you afraid of what can't be bought?" right on.
the album highlight -and one of my favorite songs of the 90s- applies feel good smoked out g-funk vibes to a blackbyrds sample and gives you smokey as the whipped cream. "let the music take your mind" is just pure perfection:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6TIprVmgwU
the album flopped. priority spent a lot of money on it, too. they shot two videos, did a ton of remixes, and even got bay area legend saafir for an incredible b-side appearance. they disappeared. a year later, forgotten and never to be heard from again. i like to think they weren't just talking shit; they took whatever money they could from the label and straight up dipped. whatever the case, the one album they released will forever be a personal classic.
epilogue: ya'll remember mystic? her first appearance is on this album.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Friday, 9 September 2022 01:14 (one year ago) link
my bad, here's "let the music take your mind"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2WFiRYBHfA
WOO WOO WH-WHOOOOO
fuck your bad crew
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Friday, 9 September 2022 01:17 (one year ago) link
fantastic, what's not to love abt this random old rap
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 9 September 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
Looks like D-Wyze is a barber now, but released a video this year. Nice beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pedq3uBeF_Y
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Friday, 9 September 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
O_O
okay random new rap you are loving
(omfg ty for posting)
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Friday, 9 September 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
one of the most ridiculous songs of all time. love love love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0gwmPjZL6g
jayo felony f method man + dmx - "whatcha gonna do" (1998)
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Thursday, 22 September 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
love that one. love this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5R_YRi5yGE
― SincereLee 'Scratch' Perry (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
No memory of The B.U.M.S but no idea how they slipped through the cracks. Guess they were never on Rap City, which along with late night radio was my source for new rap back then. I wonder if they're dissing Souls of Mischief on that first one you posted, Austin?
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
rap city is where i first saw the video for "elevation" - tho only a few times. they big up SoM in "let the music take your mind" so i don't think it was meant as a dis.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
was not familiar with Jayo Felony but ovb loving it
Redman's verse on "whatcha gonna do" is great
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 23 September 2022 10:14 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKpy6UPVAcBlack Rob - Make It Hot
random old Biggie flow I am loving
RIP, seems he had a hard life
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 25 September 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P831fGL4HjU
Oh No - Beware [feat. Cali Agents]
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 14 October 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
i've had kool moe dee's knowledge is king album playing a lot and that still slaps
― βCheeky cheeky!β she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 October 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
apani b + friends - "estragen" (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDc-QaS3XCw
https://www.discogs.com/release/719922-Apani-B-Fly-Emcee-Estragen-Soul-Control
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Sunday, 20 November 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
planet asia - "handlin business" (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSRuBuqjW0s
sick beat.π₯
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
another lowkey west coast heavy hitter from 95. this time proper g-funkβ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtWq5jl0ws
twinz featuring warren g and bo roc β "journey wit me"
warren g was so good in those days on the beats. it's basically like g funk smooth jazz vamps. very wah'd out aquatic sound. he was certainly doing more consistently better stuff than dr dre at the time. he had a hand in several albums and they're all very solid. some questionable sample choices at times, but i really do feel like he's been underrated in hindsight. he never really did "HARD" beats, so i can see why some people were not into it. maybe he should've been working with r+b acts the whole time? anyway, the whole twinz album is great and i don't think it's a coincidence that the best tracks are the mellower ones with r+b hooks. it's been a personal classic to me since it first came out. in the bigger picture, it's probably a solid 3.5 mics.
here's one of the singles and a tie-in, because i know how much ilxors like "free" by deniece williams. you'll either love or hate this oneβ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_45vTXgMes
"eastside lb"
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:59 (one year ago) link
hehe who doesn't love "free"?
nice songs Austin, thx for sharing
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 15 December 2022 07:57 (one year ago) link
rest in peace random old rapper grandaddy i.u., hempstead's finest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsR7A6ZRv54
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 December 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
og juice crew, too β rip! good jam.
here's one that's been on repeat lately. more twinz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZhPTTZdk4
da 5 footaz featuring the twinz β "players play" (not sure β probably ~98). very sick beat.
(andy: "this might be andy's favorite song right now."<βwhich means it 100% is)
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 00:26 (one year ago) link
great stuff indeed, Warren G funk
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 09:56 (one year ago) link
"life is a circus, so i be clownin with no purpose"
5 footaz lowkey some of the best of the 90s. shame that album never got released. but i do go on.
always were there, too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW79tyiNktE
warren g featuring jah-skillz β "super soul sis" (1994)
i'm at a point in life where i have nothing to prove to anyone; so anyway i used to rap this in the mirror to myself. i can't even begin to describe just how classic this is. it's almost as if it's part of the example upon which my idea of "classic" was built. i guess that's how i got the motherfucken super on my chest?
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
you've got a hold of something good Austin, thx for sharing
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 22 December 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
thinking of compiling a jah-skillz playlist.
should her and snoop dogg have done a collaboration? probably, ya.
shame it was queen pen on "no diggity" instead of her. she certainly had the connections.
"why oh why oh whyyy but WHY NOT - shouldn't i represent this shit called hiphop?!"
https://centralsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/warreng_jahskillz.jpg
dunno when that pic is from, but what a fucking badass.
random thoughts about random old rap you are loving.
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Thursday, 22 December 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
and i may have posted this one before, but here it is again in context. probably one of the most listened to songs of my life-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLg0dLlb8c
warren g feat the twinz, jah-skillz + neb love - "we brings heat" (1997)
"heavyweight champs known for blowin out your amps"
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Thursday, 22 December 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
i'm not even gonna post it but there's also that classic freestyle track on the first warren g album where she completely embarasses warren. he has to go after her, that's all i'm gonna say.
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Thursday, 22 December 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link
okay, last one but the way she trades lines with trip locc is just jesus christ the fucking swagger of this woman-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELMDqQrlL1s
neb love also dope as fuck on the opening verse.
there's also this track from 2020 featuring a rebooted 5 footaz. it's alright-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl1ZyIpFXHY
"life goes on"
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Thursday, 22 December 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
sry that first video on the last post is the twinz feat neb love + jah-skillz - "hollywood" (1995)
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Thursday, 22 December 2022 19:24 (one year ago) link
some rare warren g production-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY44rNacKYI
kam - "keep tha peace" (1995)
couple years later and ice cube inspired kam to stop keeping the peace lol-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjUKPIYbmyQ
dj pooh feat kam - "whoop! whoop!" (1997)
"shoulda beat yo ass in chicago, don't need security wherever i go."
sidebar: kinda wondering how this "whoop whoop" factors into the juggalo timeline.
― "guys, remember andy?" remember him?! i am him!! (Austin), Friday, 30 December 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
also between that and "the bitch in yoo", ice cube was getting completely eviscerated in the mid-90s. i guess friday was entertaining enough that i didn't really notice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBVqGYPe1Qs
common - "the bitch in yoo" (1996)
"from gangsta to islam to the dick of das efx"
― "guys, remember andy?" remember him?! i am him!! (Austin), Friday, 30 December 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
lol, the cover of that "classics" album
― βCheeky cheeky!β she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 December 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
love this thread
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtKJbptcns
Been playing this a lot lately for some reason
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
no reason needed, classic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
otm
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
I made this playlist two years ago for a friend who wanted to explain her rap palette. I've been spinning this a lot lately as it's a microcosm of what I like about hip-hop.
Some obvious, lots of album cuts, and somewhat missing the Golden Age of hip-hop (not intentionally, I think I just figured I'd get to it later)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1vK7oYXE9RxcxbZ8rQYjg2?si=gLiHn7puRAyvY7wYnN-jRg
― paranormal bully romance (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 January 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link
xp mos def famously a big fan of that wonderful song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTBIvIDnnv8
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 5 January 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
Mos Def OTM, hilarious song
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 5 January 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
rip raheem "tame one" brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkoJwm0qhA
brick city kids (a/k/a artifacts) - "what what" (1997)
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 06:09 (one year ago) link
(he passed back in november, just now heard the news)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P90NkYgruI
"art of facts" (1997)
and of course-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2X0WXcQZI
"wrong side of da tracks" (1994)
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 06:17 (one year ago) link
one more. you know i had to post the david axelrod beat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljjv7gNI_6k
artifacts feat busta rhymes - "c'mon with the get down (buckwild remix)"
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 06:29 (one year ago) link
weird coincidence, had been listening to brick city kids the past two weeks, but their other track, the self-titled one that starts the first soundbombing βmixtapeβ, was thinking of posting it but everyoneβs heard it million times β¦
thereβs a funny line in it though, something like βhigh tech like inter-net web sites / downloading mega bytes every time i touch the micβ
― the late great, Monday, 9 January 2023 07:16 (one year ago) link
didnβt realize heβd passed, must be why a bunch of expensive copies of the single (the one with βbrick city kidsβ and βwhat whatβ) suddenly materialized on discogs (which is why i had been listening to that track, actually)
― the late great, Monday, 9 January 2023 07:19 (one year ago) link
Been listening to Snoop's overlooked 2017 album Neva Left, uneven of course but some cool old school west coast vibes on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y99h3Dlt0A
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 January 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link
i skipped it at the time, so checking it out now. the list of features is promising.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 16:10 (one year ago) link