" Del : West Coast Avengers "
Here is a new project by Del just like he promised a few weeks ago, “The West Coast Avengers” features all funk samples this time around…..WCA runs 14 songs deep with Del handling all of the production duties…
Be on the lookout for Deltron 2 with Automator on the boards dropping sometime in 2012…
* Whoever rocked the cover art deserves a salute.
TRACKLIST-
1.BODY CATCHIN
2.DECISIONS DECISIONS
3.DESERTED ISLE
4.GONE
5.IDLE THREAT
6.MAZE WORLD
7.MESSAGE TO THA HIPHOP SNOB
8.RUBIX’S CUBE
9.SLOW LANE
10.SUDDEN IMPACT
11.SWAT
12.THA BIG HURT
13.THA HORSE ON THA TRACK
14.WILLY-WONKA WANKSTAS
" Jimmy Castor Lives "
The good folks over at the Super B-Beat Show conducted a outstanding interview with Jimmy before his untimely passing earlier this month…
And for those that are only familiar with “It’s Just Begun”- you will hear many other funky tunes on this particular episode that are worthy of praise as well…
Rest In peace brother..
" Monday Morale "
Ahhhh yeah, I’m finally back in Vietnam, California after spending 5 days in the wonderful city of Los Angeles…..
I had to take care of some family matters, go digging, and I also met up with my dude MF GRIMM (more on that in the very near future)….Anyway, I’m back in effect mode so prepare yourself for another wild week of battlefield goodness ya’ll…
First up to bat is this collection of head nodders from the heavily slept-on producer Kan Kick (Belt Drive & Beats Band)….Almost an hour of interesting listening material….
" HHP : 1/14/12 "
Here is the latest broadcast from those Hip Hop Project cats out in the Windy City….
Over four hours of nonstop Hip Hop joints past and present….
TRACKLIST-
Cru – Just Another Case
Nas – Made You Look (9th Wonder Remix)
Diamond District – In The Ruff
Apollo Brown – What You Need
Damu the Fudgemunk – Last Ole
Jurrasic 5- Quality Control
Dudley Perkins – Flowers
The Throne – New Day
Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick
Daddy Kev – Rhythm
Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
The Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park
Kos Electrik heat The seekwill.
MelloHype- Polyurathane
The Coup- Santa Rita Weekend
Glc- Chi State of Mind
Hen -Dont Get Comfortable
Davinchi- Clean Ass Whip
Hen- Get Comfortable
Skooda Chose- Shame
D will- Bachelor Pad
Defcee- Fantastico
Spinnerty ft. EP/Czar Absolute- Feels like rain.
Chance the Rapper- 22 offs
Dstyles- Felonius Funk
Skooda Chose- Top 5 mc’s
Planet Asia- Street Clothes
Glc- Empty Town
Brand new Heavies- Sometimes Inst.
Brand New Heavies- Sometimes- (Jay Dee Remix)
Big L- Mvp
Little Brother ft. Joe Scudda- Lovin it
J- Zone- U Dont Understand
Bassment Khemists- Vibrate
Binary star- Evolution of Man
Krs One – Reality
Raj Mahal- Loveeeee
P.U.D.G.E- Smoke it Over.
Cannabal Ox Vein – Cold Cryptic remix
Apollo Brown- Know the time
Dreaded fist (Sev Seveer remix).
Kazi- Average
Clew Rock- No Clew
Lootpack- Break Dat Party
Mf Doom- Hoe Cakes (Jake One Remix)
Chrome Children- Them
Common- Bitch in Yoo
Akbar- Bigga Dey Come
Kardinall Offishall- Kemotherapy
Sean Price feat. Skyzoo & Torae- “Duck Down”
The Away Team- Drunken Style feat. Add-2
Common- Stolen Moments pt.1
Big Shug- My Boston
Visual- Blessed
Fabid- Proper Damage
Freddie Gibbs- The Ghetto
Add2- Casette Tapes
Blu & Exile- The World Is…
Evidence feat. Roc Marciano & Prodigy- Fame
Vakill feat. Royce Tha 5’9- The King Meets the Sickest
Planet Asia- Boil Makers
Nas- It Aint Hard to Tell
Big Pun- You Aint a Killer
Party Arty- a Lotta Love
Pete Rock-Da Villa
Pharcyde- Runnin
Reks- Stages
Rise n Shine- Rise n Shine
Royce da 5-9″- Boom
A Tribe Called Quest- Award Tour
" Fly Garments "
Haven’t checked for Fila since my teenage era, but for some reason I decided to scope out their web site to see what they have popping off this Winter….
BLAM….This comfy looking Panno jacket looks right up my alley….
If you want to see what Fila is up to these days, CHECK IN….
" B – Boy Pressure "
I’m about half way through this mix by Skillkid and I’m already spazzing out…
Raw drums check, doubles check, under the radar body rocking breaks, CHECK…This is the official promo for the Raw Circles Sessions event in Belgium by the way..
Via- MM.
" 2012 Shock Treatment "
What part of the game is this ?
It seems as if some file sharing groups are under pressure right now….Blogs are shutting down left and right, dudes are crying foul, cats are getting sued, and motherfuckers are shook..
Guess what fam ?
I could really give a fuck less….Mr. Hip Hop Battlefield has been rocking for over four years now, and a very small number of my links are down, but guess what ?
I really could give two fucks..Why?
Because I’m a Hip Hop dude and I know for a fact that other Hip Hop dudes will find a way to flip the system just like we always have..Sure a straight up mafia move just got pulled on the blog world…..Sure underhanded politics are at play..
Sure it’s crazy wack that our hard work could get zapped away without notice (Hopefully you backed up your files)..
But stop your bloodclot crying because no one really cares…..Maybe Hip Hop will go back to the original recipe- cats pressing up records and pumping them independently like they are supposed to…….Thank god I’m a vinyl junkie to the death and all this MP3 shit doesn’t make me or break me, but all you straight digital cats that sold off all your records are going to have to get more creative when searching for new material now…HA.
Welcome to 2012 duke – shit is about to hit the motherfucking fan so grab your umbrellas……
Regardless of all the extra fuckery popping, HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD & FUNKWHATYAHEARD ain’t going nowhere because real live dudes do real live things….PERIOD..
Now were going to find out how sharp some of these weirdo blog creeps really are……I predict most of these blog opportunist are going to shut down shop because they relied on “blog bottom feeding” and their source of nourishment is drying up faster than you can say NAPSTER….
Big up to everyone that has rocked with me over the years (I SEE YOU)……You know how I get down over here : No dickriding, no ads, no asking motherfuckers for money, no favors, no angles, and no copping pleas…..I do this shit because I am a dedicated Hip Hop student that owes Hip Hop tremendously for helping to mold and shape me into the man that I am today….
A wise man once told me, ” It’s not about what Hip Hop can do for you, it’s about what can you do for Hip Hop ? “…
KEEP VINYL ALIVE MOTHERFUCKERS-
D
" Scratch Overdose 5 "
The “Scratch Overdose” segment has been missing in action as of late, so it’s only right that I splash ya’ll with some serious turntable abuse..
This time around Q-Bert, Shortkut, D-Styles, Varja, Shiftee & my peoples the “SCRATCH SHAMANS” let off some explosive scratch ammo at last year’s Fader Fest…WOW….Don’t sleep if you know what’s best for you trooper.
Get your scratch patterns up !
" Gensu Dean : Joints "
It appears as if 2012 will be a big year for SP-1200 wrecker Gensu Dean..Be on the lookout for the release of “Lo-Fi Fingers” on February 28th on Mello Music Group.
Chief One recently assembled a comprehensive mix of GD material that is packed with heat….And while your at it, make sure you seek out the C.L. Smooth & Gensu Dean “American Me” remix project….To be honest, I listen to it more than the original version….Can we get a full blown collaboration album fellas ?
PEEP-
01.Chief-One Intro
02. Gensu Dean – Forever (feat. Large Pro)
03. Edo G – Pay The Price (Remix)
04. Melatone – Memoirs & Melodies (feat. Thaione)
05. Mejest Fatal – U
06. Sadat X – Choosen Few (feat. Lord Jamar & Grand Puba)
07. Edo G – Boston (Remix)
08. Roc Marciano – Scarface N*gga (Remix)
09. Oxygen – Gone Diggin
10. CL Smooth – Unplugged (Remix)
11. Mejest Fatal – Get It
12. Lord Jamar – Study Ya Lessons (feat. Sadat X & Queen Tahera Earth)
13. ill Relatives – Cold Cold World (feat. David Banner)
14. Melatone – Making History (Remix) – feat. Oxygen, Nomad, Rashid Hadee
15. Gensu Dean – On & On (feat. 7even:thirty)
16. Crooked Lettaz – Caught In The Game
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" 1996 In The Mix "
Last year I posted up a few excellent concept mixes from KZSU’s DJ Wicked, now I’m going to lace you with a strictly 1996 session that will put you in the right frame of mind…
Don’t sleep on his Buckwild or strictly Bay sessions either (you can find those if you do a little digging in the BATTLEFIELD archives).
Tracklist-
01. Intro with Raymundo & Wicked
02. Real Live – Real Live Shit (Remix Instrumental)
03. M.O.P – Anticipation
04. Jeru The Damaja – One Day
05. Royal Flush – Movin’ On Your Weak Productions
06. Fat Joe feat. Raekwon, Armageddon & Big Punisher – Firewater
07. Homeliss Derilex – Cash Money
08. Eminem feat. 3 & Denaun Porter – Maxine
09. The Ex Cons – Markd4Death
10. Grav – What
11. Dan-E-O – Dear Hip Hop
12. Doo Wop & Sun Dullah – New York Love (All Eyez On Sun)
13. Mekolicious feat. Rob-O – What You Waiting For
14. Jay-Z feat. Sauce Money & Big Jaz – Bring It On
15. Mobb Deep – Apostle’s Warning
16. Bootcamp Click – Wake Up Show Promo
17. O.C. – Flipside
18. Wise Intelligent – Shitty Inna City
19. The Lootpack feat. God’s Gift, Declaime & Oh No – Attack Of The Tupperware Puppets
20. Falcon & Sleepy feat. Timbuktu – Lifestress
21. Cella Dwellas – Medina Style
22. InI feat. Pete Rock & Mekolicious – Fakin’ Jax (Rude Youth Remix)
23. DJ Honda feat. Sadat X, Wakeem & Grand Puba – Straight Talk From NY
24. M.F. Grimm feat. B-1 – Emotions [Prod. by Sugarless & Erick Sermon – 1996] Jive ENIGMA (LP) 12″
26. Constant Deviants – Competition Catch Speed Knots
27. Ranjahz – Street Life (Daily Basis Remix Instrumental)
28. Talk Break with The Friendly Traveler & Raymundo
29. Bahamadia – Rugged Ruff
30. Shadez Of Brooklyn – Everyday Livin’
31. Ultra feat. Noggin Nodders – Ain’t Nobody Happenin’
32. Citizen Kane – Structure/Foundation (What’s The Plan)
33. Just Ro feat. Common Sense – Confusion
34. Trigger Tha Gambler feat. D.V. Alias Khrist – Make A Move
35. Chuck D of Public Enemy feat. Kendo of Hyenas In The Desert, Son Slawta Melquan, Dow Jonz, N-Tense, Charlie Brown, Flip & Sharp of Backstabbers, B-Wyze, Outloud of Blahzay Blahzay & Kyle Johnson – No! (The Wreck League Massive Remake)
36. Siah & Yeshua dapoED feat. D.J. Bless – Gravity
37. Funky DL feat. Versatile E & DJ Stixx – 20-20-8-8
38. DNA – Paper Chase
39. Ras Kass – Anything Goes (Remix)
40. Kidd X feat. DJ Rhythm – Worst Thing In This World
41. Brainwash 2000 – Break It Down
42. Slum Brothers – Regular Niggers
43. Mannish – Tasha’s Room
44. Busta Rhymes feat. Q-Tip – Ill Vibe (The Ummah Remix)
45. Da Bush Babees feat. Q-Tip – 3 MC’s
46. The WhoRidas – Taxin’
47. Tha Mexakinz – Burnin’ Hot
48. Originoo Gunn Clappaz – Gunn Clapp
49. Innersoul – It’s The Right Time
50. Redman – Rock Da Spot
51. Big Jaz feat. Jay-Z, Sauce Money & Tone Hooker – Foundation
52. E.T.’z (Evil Twinz) – Ray Came True
53. The Rhyme Inspector Percee-P – Don’t Cum Strapped (Instrumental)
54. Outro with Wicked, Raymundo & The Friendly Traveler (Shout out to DRUMAT!C)
" Compton Shots On Deck "
Straight out of C.P.T. comes this cut by Columbo Black & Skillz Stillz, “Fruits Of Perseverance”…
I’m digging the feel on this one, especially Colombo’s verse…
Tune In jack !!!
" Hiero Shit "
Del recently took time out to chop it up about the loss of his brother, Ice Cube, Deltron 2, health issues, pet peeves, Dub Step (I don’t agree with him on this one), etc..
" Kool G. Rap + Necro = Rap Godfathers "
I’m not really sure how this collaborative album will sound, but I know for a fact that there will be a lot of killing, womanizing, gun talk, and all that wild shit (Hopefully over dope beats)… Take a listen to this hilarious podcast with those Conspiracy Radio dudes as they continue their streak of quality interviews in cyber-space…
“We are joined suited and booted by The Godfathers Kool G Rap and Necro for a 2 hour journey into their upcoming album. In this meeting, KGR and his new found partner in rhyme Necro sit down at the CWR table, offering a open and candid exploration into the creation and formulation of The Godfathers, citing each others work as a major influence throughout its recording. In addition, we discuss the parallels of Necro and Marley Marl’s chemistry with G Rap, competition, including what could have become a beef between Juice Crew’s Craig G and Necro many years ago, sampling, re-creating Kool G Rap and DJ Polo’s 1990 classic Men At Work, Domingo, dirty raps, politics and much more in a must hear podcast with two of Hip Hop’s biggest bosses. We debate the now deceased SOPA and still threatening PIPA governmental laws, analysing the record industry as the real Illuminati.
This is an entire show dedicated to two of the greatest hip hop artists of all time and is an apt prelude to one of 2012’s most anticipated releases. The Godfathers album drops Summer 2012.”
" Joint Of The Day "
“Dope Moves” by Truck North is the sure shot joint of the day…..
Hopefully he will do the right thing and press this up on wax…..After doing some heavy investigating I was still unable to find out who rocked the production, so if you know who is responsible for this insane beat let a brother know….
" Vanderslice – Cancel Christmas "
One half of the duo from Brutal Music, “Vanderslice” released the Cancel Christmas Break / Sample mix late last year…..I gave it a listen a couple nights ago and there were a couple things on it that definitely caught my attention…
Slice is known for bringing the drama with his beats, and this mix brings more of that cinematic, sinister shit to the forefront…
You know the motherfucking drill..
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