" Get Your Fresh Produce "
My man ” Dug Boogie ” is holding it down when it comes to those fresh podcast…Make sure you check out the ” Produce Section ” with Science Of Lifer, Mr. John Robinson….
Tracklist…
Enter the Produce Section Intro (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
Ordo Ab Chao (Prod. by J Dilla)
Grandz (Prod. by I.D. 4 Windz)
1 of the greatest (Produced by J Rawls and DJ Rhettmatic)
N.Y. CA (Prod. by Madlib)
Makings of U (IG Culture Remix)
Mascot feat Peter Hadar (Prod. by K Dubble)
Why’d You Lie (Prod. by R.Thentic)
Rapsploitation (Flying Lotus Mix)
The UK feat Cymarshall Law & K Banger (Prod. by I.D. 4 Windz)
It’s Worth It feat Tiffany Paige (Prod. by I.D. 4 Windz)
Cherish (Confusion) feat Wordsworth of EMC (Prod. by K Dubble)
2 Things (Japanese Import – Planet Groove/Jazzy Sport 12″) (Prod. by Grooveman Spot)
The Big Picture (Prod. by I.D. 4 Windz)
Dap Feat. Farrah Burns (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
Science, Jazz and Politics (Remix) (Prod. by IG Culture)
Circulate feat Invizible Handz (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
On the Road Again (Prod. by I.D. 4 Windz)
C.U. (Prod. by Ta’Raach)
Hit Me (SP’s Phone Home Remix)
Heavenly feat ID 4 Windz & Tiffany Paige (Prod. by J Dilla)
Rap Thing (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
Invizible Man feat 20/20 aka U George (Prod. by MF DOOM)
Its Jay ARE (J Rawls and John Robinson) Prod. by J Rawls (Album coming in 2009)
*Leaving the Produce section outro (Prod. by Flying Lotus)
" Phil Most Chill Interview -Re-Up "
I did this interview with ” Phil Most Chill ” over a year ago now, and I feel it’s time to splash ya’ll with it again…” Phil ” is on a blog hiatus for now, so hopefully this will get him to step in the arena once again..Salute to you ” Phil “..
It’s unfortunate that our Eagles are falling apart at the god damn seams…
Anyway, here is the interview ya’ll…Have a good weekend..
Face the facts folks, most so-called Hip Hop dudes could care less about the artform….Many are content to abandon their morals, and quickly { sell out } as soon as the opportunity presents itself…..But Philadelphia’s “Phil Most Chill”/ Soulman/ {insert one of his many aliases here} is cut from a different cloth…..It is obvious from his blogs, music, productions, etc, that this brother lives and breathes this Hip Hop shit…..And as a writer for Rap Sheet { Soulman’s World Of Beats} he was breaking down the science of sampling before you beat nerds even had a clue…..So without further delay here is the interview I conducted with ” Baritone Tiplove ” himself…..
1. {HHBF}… The first production I heard from you was “On Tempo Jack”, it sounded like you were using the SP 1200…What equipment were you using back then?
(PMC}….I had a real low budget set-up, just a Casio R-Z sampling drum machine and a Tascam 4 track Portastudio. All I could sample on the Casio were short little sounds, which I usually used for the kicks, snares, 808’s etc…All the longer samples and loops I had to fly in on the 4 track, straight from the turntables…..I was suprised to find out later how many other producers had the Casio R-Z too. I knew right away when I heard De La Soul’s “Daisy Age” off the “3 Feet High” album that Prince Paul was using it…..
2..{HHBF}….Philly is known for it’s pioneering D.j’s….Who is your favorite Philly D.J. and why?
…{PMC}…Well I gotta say the homie D.J. Cash Money, but Philly is full of legendary D.J.’s..I kinda feel bad to leave any of the other dudes out….Cash is like me, though….He’s into the record collecting real big, plus he’s into stuff like rare videos and toys from the 70’s, all this nostalgia stuff, and I’m into all that, too…I saw some stuff over Cash’s crib that I have never seen anywhere else….
3…{HHBF}…..Juice Crew Or Wu-Tang?
…{PMC}….Aw man….I can’t even pick between the 2…I guess Wu put out more records, but ain’t much out there topping the best of the Juice Crew…Kane’s first album? G Rap ? The first couple of Biz albums? Wooo…Hard to beat that…But ultimately, I gotta say it’s Wu Tang…There’s just a much larger output of unbelievable dope joints coming out of the Wu camp…I even like some of the slept on later Wu-Tang albums, like Master Killer’s joints….
4…{HHBF}…Out of all the places you have been, what country/state had the flyest records?
…{PMC}…I honestly never did a lot of travelling for records, so I don’t know….I guess I’d say New York had the most ill records, but I’ve dug most extensively in my own area, which is the Southern to Midwestern Pennsylvania area, and I’ve caught a ton of crazy records around here….I used to hit up all these little out-of-the-way townships, college communities, whatever, and I used to come up on a lot of good stuff……
5…{HHBF}…..85 or 95?
…{PMC}….Even though I’m an 80’s guy, I gotta say 95…I didn’t particularly like where Hip Hop was going in 1985, other than a few certain groups and certain dope records..Overall, it was some drum machine bullshit going on that I wasn’t feeling, plus a lot of wack ass rap dudes too in my opinion….The old school was falling off and becoming dated, Sugarhill couldn’t keep up with the times musically, cats were on some ol’ t.v. theme song shit, everybody was doing “Roxanne” records….A lot of rap and bullshit was going down…I honestly thought rap was over, until dudes realized they could actually rock those old school breaks on records, full loops instead of just little hits over drum machines…Once they figured out how to recapture that original sound of Hip Hop, like in late 86-87-88, that’s when the shit was on again……
1995, I can’t even remember what exactly was hot right then…I know the signs were there that things were changing, though. There probably was a lot that I didn’t like in 95′, too…But for the most part I think that real shit was still rockin things…Primo was killing it……wasn’t 95′ the year of “Cuban Linx” and “The Infamous” and all that?….That was definitely a great time for Hip Hop, probably the last days, to be honest…I got married in 1995 too, so I better say that was a good year……
6..{HHBF]…Do you think Mumia Abu Jamal will ever be released from prison?
…{PMC}…No, I can’t see that ever happening…I’d be shocked if that happened..
7…{HHBF}…What other types of music are you into besides Hip Hop?
..{PMC}….Many, many different genres…Sweet soul, psych rock, lite rock, jazz, some folk, some reggae, modern soul, funk, easy listening, some lounge…I get into whatever hits my ear at the moment…Some people probably think I’m closed minded because I have pretty strict opinions about what is and what isn’t Hip Hop..But I am very open minded about music..
8…{HHBF]…Tat Money or Code Money?
…{PMC}….I don’t know much about Code Money, so I’ll take Tat Money because I know that dude has always been a beast on the tables…Plus he used to sell me beats at the “Funkomart” record store back in the days….
9…{HHBF}…..Are you D.J.ing out publicly as of late?…
…{PMC}…..Nope…..I don’t know how many people know of me are aware, but I’m really not a D.J…I guess that’s strange for a person who has as many records as I do, and have a reputation as a mixtape dude….But to be honest I have rarely ever played out…I don’t like D.J.ing at all because you have to cater to the crowd, and I just have the wrong temperment for that…My attitude is “fuck ya’ll”, I’m not going to play the new Rhianna record, I’m sorry……
10..{HHBF}….HaHa, If you could change one thing about the music industry of today, what would you change?
…{PMC}…..Hmmm..I guess just find a way to eliminate illegal downloading of Mp3’s..Probably just get rid of Mp3’s altogether..I love the technology as a collector of music..But as somebody who used to make money selling music, MP3’s killed everything…It’s not profitable anymore, everybody just get’s shit for free now,,,And I don’t blame them, I do it too…
11…{HHBF}…3 Times Dope or Steady B?
…{PMC}…3 Times Dope..EST was the first rapper from Philly that I really respected as being nice on the mic…No disrespect but at that time I thought Steady, Schooly D, and some other people, made banging records, but were not that hot lyrically…I liked the beats more than the rhymes on a lot of joints….I always thought Steady had some hard ass beats…Matter of fact, I did a version of “On Tempo” with famous Philly studio engineer “Joe Da Butcher” because I wanted him to help meget my beats banging as hard as Steady’s joints were…
12…{HHBF}….What is the Hip Hop scene like in Philly these days?
…{PMC}…Oh, I’m the wrong person to ask about what’s going on now…I’m an old head..I don’t even check shit like I used to…Knowing Philly though, I’m sure there are some talented people out there getting it in…
13…{HHBF}….Favorite Hip Hop memory?
…{PMC]….Way too many to name, but for the sake of the interview I’ll say it was a jam in 1980 with Bambaataa, Cosmic Force, Funky 4, Disco 4…..I had been to a lot of jams before that, but that was the first one I remember where I was really fimiliar with all the Mc’s and D.J’s…Before that I may have seen some known dudes, but I wasn’t really paying attention, it was no big deal to me…..But by 80, seeing the Funky 4 standing on top of lunch tables rocking rhymes to the B.T. Express, seeing Jazzy J cutting the hell out of The Sequence’s “America” jam, seeing Red Alert behind the tables with Bam and them…..There is no substitute for that experience, no matter how many rap history books a person reads or how many old school disco rap 12’s a person listens to…I feel lucky, word up…
14…{HHBF}….Since you are a father I have to ask you, do you censor what type of music your children listen too?
….{PMC}….Of course…My kids are 9 and 6, so really all the music they hear is what me and my wife are playing in the car….I don’t want them listening to the so-called Hip Hop stations too much because the content of a lot of these songs is crazy..I guess I sound mad old, but whatever…It doesn’t matter if the curses are edited out, it aint hard to fill in the blanks…The subject matter is still what it is, clean version or not….
15…{HHBF}….Thank you Phil for answering my questions, I have a million more but I don’t want to jam you up too much brother….Let the people know about some of your current projects..
….{PMC}….There will definitely be some more Phil Most Chill unreleased stuff from the late 80’s coming out in 2009….I did a mix featuring about an hour’s worth of my unreleased songs that was supposed to come out in Japan in conjunction with a box set of Phil Most-related T-shirts, but I don’t know what ever came of it…Maybe it got released in Japan and I don’t even know about it…I got paid regardless, so I’m not worried one way or the other….I’m also working on new rap stuff, got a couple E.P.’s I did with Bankrupt Europeans that I guess is coming out on Traffic next year…The Philly Phil Old School Jam L.P, the Dilla beats L.P, The lil dudes don’t want it L.P……Who know if anyone will ever hear that shit? And I’m still doing the THAT REAL SCHITT blog…….I’m always staying busy with something……
Well it’s time to shake the spot peoples, make sure you check out Phil’s blog, and that “Lo-Fi Theory” album, as well as his many other releases…….Peep
" Rakim Drops Jewels "
Check out the newest ” Conspiracy Radio ” show with special guest, Rakim, R.A. The Rugged Man, Mykil Myers ( remember him ), Scorzayzee, etc….
” Ra ” discusses his new album, integrity, his legacy, and all types of other shit that you need to hear….
YOU BETTER CHECK IN..
" Friday Firepower "
You gotta give it to Prodigy for being one of the most consistent shit talkers in the history of Hip Hop..I don’t think any M.C. spits more greasy bars than “P”..
Out of all the joints he has released over the last five years, ” Return Of The Mac ” is my personal favorite..” D.J. Diggz ” dropped this Pre-Mac mixtape before that album came out, and it’s packed full of heaters that you might not have heard before…
FREE-P….
Here is the playlist duke….
01. Superman and God Intro
02. Sold My Soul To The Devil ft. Big Twin (prod. by Havoc)
03. Prodigy-Interlude
04. The Rotten Apple (prod. by Alchemist)
05. Bang On Em (prod. by Alchemist)
06. Summer In New York (prod. by Sid Roams)
07. Stop Frontin (Got You Open) (prod. by Alchemist)
08. Stuck To You (prod. by Alchemist)
09. Alchemist-I Love This Shit
10. 550 Benz ft.Sam Scarfo (prod. by Alchemist)
11. If It Aint One Thing ft. DJ Absoulut,Nucci Reyo & AZ
12. Hood Rich (prod. by Havoc)
13. 7th Heaven ft. Un Pacino (prod. by Alchemist)
14. Flush the Raw ft. 50 Cent
15. Mic Check ft. 50 Cent,Havoc & St. Laz
16. The Infamous G-Unit ft. Un Pacino & Nyce (prod. by Larry Lo)
17. Bring It Back ft. Un Pacino (prod. by Havoc)
18. A Few Funerals (prod. by Havoc)
19. Brand New Shit (prod. by Alchemist)
20. Real Tight ft. 50 Cent,Havoc & Big Twin (prod. by Alchemist)
21. Blood Money (prod. by Havoc)
22. Thats Why Nigga
23. How The Thugs Play
24. Gangsta Boys ft. Mazaradi Fox (Dumbout/G-Unit) & Bynoe (Riot Squad)
25. Immortal-Interlude
26. What A Real Mobb Do pt. 2 ft. Big Twin (prod. by Alchemist)
27. Prodigy-Interlude
28. Straight Murder ft. 50 Cent (prod. by Alchemist)
29. Horror Show (prod. by Havoc)
30. I’m On It (prod. by Havoc)
31. You Aint No Gangsta ft. Havoc (prod. by Havoc)
32. Lourder (prod. by Alchemist)
33. New York Shit (prod. by Alchemist)
34. Get Clapped ft. Lloyd Banks (prod. by Havoc)
35. The New Mobb ft. Big Twin (prod. by Alchemist)
36. Got It On Smash ft. Big Twin (prod. by Sid Roams)
37. Outro
" Beat Junkie Radio "
This two hour “Beat Junkie” extravaganza is no joke..First off, “Mello-D ” spins a set of electro cuts that will get your head right…After that, “J.Rocc” blesses us with that exclusive type steez….J.Dilla demos, unrealeased Guilty Simpson , Phife Dog demos, etc…
DO NOT SLEEP…
" KMT Slim Presents The God M.C. Rakim-The 18th "
Instead of discussing how I feel about his new album, I would rather just hit you off with this mixtape that documents some of Ra’s finer moments; past, present and future…
Here is the playlist…
1. Ra…Kim the R Intro
2. It’s Been A Long Time
3. Flow Forever
4. Walk These Streets
5. Paid in Full(Coldcut Rmx)
6. In the Ghetto
7. Waiting for the World to End
8. Mystery (Who is God)
9. Holy are You
10. When I B on the Mic
11. Microphone Fiend
12. Classic(Better than I’ve Ever Been)
13. Don’t Sweat the Technique
14. I Ain’t No Joke
15. Show me Love
16. Mahogany,I’m Glad You’re Mine/ Al Green
17. Coltrane Style
18. I Know You Got Soul
19. Let the Rhythm Hit Em’
20. Guess Who’s Back
21. My Melody
22. Juice (Know the Ledge)
23. Follow the Leader
24. The 18th Letter (Always and Forever)
25. Move the Crowd
26. 7 By Nature,Mind Raised in Asia
" The Chef Invades The West Coast "
*Pic ( Big Mark, Me, Raekwon, and Planet )
Last night I went out with the crew to celebrate my man Mark’s birthday…We had a motherfuckin ball…Things got a little out of control and Mark could barely stand up after a night of some heavy Hip Hop frequencies…Maybe it was all those tall Long Island Ice Teas……( This is how it all started )
We decided to go check ” Raekwon ” and see how he GETS IT IN these days…I have seen ” Rae ” numerous times, but last night he was in top form and totally wrecked the place with non-stop bangers….Dude has been in the game for over 15 years and still manages to sound hungrier than ever…( You have to respect that )
When that song ” Surgical Gloves ” came on it felt like the place got hit with a grenade…I liked this ” Alchemist ” produced joint before, but on a loud system it sounded sooooo sinister..
All in all it was a great show…Your boy hasn’t lost a step….
Also big up to the opening M.C. , ” Skyzoo ” for holding it down as well…Check out this exclusive footage from last nights show that you won’t see anywhere else except here or “FUNKWHATYAHEARD”, …
The night didn’t end there for us, we headed over to the other side of the city to check out Reggae legend, ” Eek A Mouse “…..
How can you front on a brother that rocks a combat helmet on stage ?….Salute to you ” Eek A Mouse ” for still being very original…BLAM,BLAM,BLAMZ…..
Well that’s all folks….Big up to everybody that came out..ROCK ON..
" Real Live Shit "
Check out this live recording of that dirty,rotten, scoundrel ” Jeru The Damaja ” ripping the mic at the Notting Hill Carnival in Europe (1995)..
” Afu ” pops up on the set as well…Props to ” Step One “..
" R.I.P.- Derek B "
U.K. Hip Hop pioneer ” Derek B ” passed away this morning from a heart attack ( He was 44 years old ) ..He was the first rapper that I have ever heard from Europe..” M.T.V. Raps ” used to give ” Bad, Young Brother ” a lot of burn back in the day and I always appreciated how hype he sounded on that track..
He was also the first U.K. artist to be signed to Russell Simmons ” Rush Management Company “…
Condolences to his family …..R.I.P. Derek B ( 1965- 2009 )
" N.Y.G’Z On Deck "
I heard this a couple weeks back and I was very impressed..It looks like ” N.Y.G’Z ” are going to make plenty noise on D.J. Premier’s ” Year Round Records “…
The name of this cut is “Ready” and it’s produced by “Preem”..Check in…..Peace to (D.J.P.B.)
" New Vin Rock Mixtape "
” Vin Rock ” from the ” Triple Threat ” crew just sent me this brand spanking new mixtape to drop on your head..You already know that ” V ” is no fuckin joke on the decks..After years of battling it is good to see him still doing his thing…
Salute..
This is what he had to say regarding his latest project ( Human Highlight Mix )….
” Well recently I was asked to put a little promo mix together by Packer Shoes for Dominique aka “The Human Highlight Film” and the 20th Anniversary release of the Reebok Pump! Anyone growing up in the 80’s had a pair or had a homie who made sure his shoes were pumped before he hit the Bball court after school! I use to swear my vertical went up by at least 2 inches wearing them joints! So I put this mix together to commemorate his career and put together some tracks that were out during his time. Kind of like a soundtrack to his life and times. Bet y’all didn’t know Nique was not selected to the top 50 greatest playes of all time.WTF? Somebody go wake Commissioner Stern up. Thanks to Mike at Packer shoes for making me part of this project. I feel like finding an ATL Hawks throwback jersey and tryin to slam on fools! Or an aggressive lay up….Get the free download here folks! Dj Vinroc-“The Human Highlight Film!” Mix “
" On My B-Boy Shit, Part 3 "
Even though Winter is in full effect, I’m still in a Summer time state of mind..So I decided to head over to my homeboy ” D.J. Mane One’s spot ( The 1520 Sedgwick Ave. D.J.’s ) to see what he had poppin on his very thorough ” Super B Beat Show “….
Damnnn…They don’t even play games when it comes to those breaks duke….They even invited ” D.J. Groovy ” from Brazil to lay down some nasty heaters….If your looking for that perfect beat to jump start your weekend, look no further…
Also the segment, ” Songs You should Never Play At A B- Boy Jam ” had me dying……Peace to my dudes in S.D. who keep it fresh: Mane, Daze, Nicknayme, W.S.T., Izzy, S.D.’Z’s, etc….
" Happy Anniversary "
Peace to all Z’s worldwide..Every chapter, past and present …..May you all be blessed with health, guidance and prosperity..
" Sex, Drugs, Funk & Soul "
Just copped this book by Rick James, “Memoirs Of A Super Freak”…..So far so good…I knew it would be filled with ill stories about partying, heavy drug abuse, and all that other wild shit, but I also wanted to find out about what made Rick tick, and his philosophies about music…
The dude was a musical genius…After the James Brown/ George Clinton era, Rick was one of the main dudes to carry the funk into the future…Here are a couple facts about Rick that you might not have known…
1…He used to be in a group with Neil Young while he lived in Toronto, Canada…
2…The reason why Rick was in Canada in the first place, was because he went A.W.O.L. after finding out he was about to be sent to Vietnam…
3…Dude had his own record label ( Stone City Records )
4…Twenty five ” Top 40 ” singles…
5…Six platinum records…
6…Won a Grammy when it actually meant something..
7…Recieved advances of more than a million dollars per album…
8…Served a 3 year prison sentence..
9…His real name was James Ambrose Johnson, Jr….
I could go on forever, but I don’t want to spoil the book for you….You can get your own copy HERE
And to all you cats that summed up Rick’s life with a catch phrase or a silly cocaine joke, you might feel differently after reading the pages of this very personal, in-depth book….R.I.P.
" Raekwon Tour Dates "
Your favorite “Chef ” is currently on tour to support the success of “CL2″….If he comes through your city, you already know what time it is JACK !!!!!!!!!
I already got my ticket, you can cop one yourself HERE
November 2009
10 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11 – Baltimore, MD – Bourbon Street
13 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
14 – Santa Clara, CA – Avalon
15 – Arcata, CA – Mazzoti’s
17 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
18 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
19 – San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
27 – Fayetteville, NC – Chocolate City
December 2009
3 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
5 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
6 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
8 – Bloomington, IN – Bluebird Theater
9 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
10 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
11 – Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa
12 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre
15 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
17 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
18 – Portland, ME – Asylum
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