“NO DELAYING” finally gets video treatment (initially dropped on their self titled debut from 1989 – video wasn’t made until 2011)…

Proof that quality music has no expiration date duke !!!!

Do yourself a favor and scoop up the “THRESHOLD RECS” podcast #2 with that wild and crazy guy Kutmaster Kurt rocking the decks…..Strictly KOOL KEITH & MOTION MAN tunes that are bound to have you bursting with uncontrollable laughter fits…

Threshold has plenty of vinyl releases to offer as well so don’t snooze troopers…

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It appears as if “DOE OR DIE 2” is finally going to see the light of day……The Visualiza connects with Static Selektah for the first leak of his upcoming release…

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Amanda Ghassaei is the person behind a laser cutting machine that utilizes wood, paper, and acrylics to store grooves instead of vinyl…..I’m not completely sold on this, but I must admit that her discovery is very creative…

Enough of the rambling – peep for yourself cousin…

Laser Cut Record from Amanda Ghassaei on Vimeo.

Rock Steady Crew repper DJ JS-1 filled in for PREEMO a few months back on the “Live From Headquarters” radio show (3/ 1/ 13)…

You know the drill, all brand new material…

TRACKLIST-

01 – Live From HeadQCourterz Intro
02 – Torae feat Pharoahe Monch – What’s Love
03 – Spit Gemz feat Vinnie Paz – Invisible Chess
04 – Prodigy – Give Em Hell
05 – Likwuid – Give The Drummer Some
06 – Jakk Frost feat Malik B, Reef Tha Lost Cauze, Tana D -Psycopath
07 – Freak Da Monsta and Werd Life – Prepare For The Ruckus
08 – Apollo Brown and Guilty Simpson – Parkour
09 – Bumpy Knuckles – Ask The Coach
10 – Nutso feat Wais P and Punchline – Sidewalk Talk
11 – Sav Killz – Take A Moment
12 – Big Noyd – Light Up The Night
13 – Trez – Crescent Moon
14 – Sha Stimuli n Dynamite Bruhz feat Reks – Spazztastic
15 – DJ JS-1 feat The Artifacts and Reef Da Lost Cauze – Show Shocker
16 – Ill Bill feat Meyhem Lauren and Q-Unique – L’Amour East
17 – Vstylez feat Ruste Juxx – Don’t Cross That Line
18 – Showbiz and AG – Watch What We Do
19 – Rapper Big Pooh – Hgh
20 – Big Noyd, Large Professor and Kool G Rap – Natrually Born
21 – Pknuckle feat Big Twin and Ras Kass – This DJ
22 – Afu-Ra feat Vinnie Paz and Hannibal Stax – Big Boys
23 – Wu-Block feat Ghostface Killah – Different Time Zones
24 – Ill Bill feat Lil Fame – Vio-Lence
25 – Mic Handz – In The Streets Again
26 – Khaleel and Dj Premier – Nobody Tryna Hear Ya
27 – Dynasty – Stay Shinin’
28 – Czarface – Hazmat Rap
29 – Nine, Ruste Juxx, Shabaam Sahdeeq – Burners
30 – Timeless Truth feat Sean Price – Hypnosis
31 – Rahzel feat Sadat X – New York
32 – Czarface – Let It Off
33 – Koncept – 40 oz Spliffs
34 – Ill Bill and Dj Premier – World Premier
35 – Illa Ghee – Black Coffee
36 – Nusto feat Large Professor, El Da Sensei and Tony Touch
37 – Sadat X feat Masta Ace – Plan of Attack
38 – Czarface feat Ghostface Killah – Savagely Attack
39 – N.O.R.E. feat Large Professor – Build Pyramids
40 – Public Enemy – 31 Flavors
41 – Cy Marshall Law – Just To Get A Rep (freestyle)
42 – AZ – Genesis
43 – Outro – Premier calls in from Belgium

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If your a dedicated HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD reader, than you already know how much I have been bigging up Philly Lo-Life mic wreckers, the BUZE BRUVAZ….

Him-Lo & Clever One finally get the vinyl treatment with the release of ” Cheesesteaks & Beat Breaks ” on Chopped Herring Records….I’m excited about this because you would be hard-pressed to find their material in any form whatsoever….

For the price of 15 bucks it’s a no brainer – so head over to CHOPPED HERRING with a quickness before these limited edition joints sell out (only 350 copies)…

Take a listen to this live session with Mr.Soul Brother # 1 with STRAIGHT GOODS….

Turn the motherfucking volume up and catch a groove homeboy..

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Yesterday I gave this KILLIN FIELD “Criminal Street Slang” album a listen and I was surprised at how raw it is…

I am even more surprised that this slipped passed my radar back in 1999 when it initially dropped…These cats from Roxbury, Mass wear their influences on their sleeves, but “CRIMINAL STREET SLANG” still deserves some quality burn time…….

Tracklist-

01Other Side of Town (remix) 02:54
02 E.P.Y.P. 03:34
03 Hard Ball 04:38
04 Same Ol’ Thug 05:02
05 Gleam 04:03
06 Throw Your Links 03:41
07 Cuttin’ Rock 03:44
08 Live Niggaz 03:51
09 Heavily Armed 03:53
10 Lock It Up 03:31
11 Cold Streets 05:05
12 Wildlife/Sharp Dagger 04:16
13 City War 04:37
14 Thug All American 04:17
15 Breakin’ Up 04:29
16 Bear Traps 03:16
17 Bear Trapz 03:41
18Outro

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Since the start of 2013 I have noticed that a massive amount of top notch blogs rarely update anymore, or have flat out called it quits…..

Here are a few reasons why…

1…Cats cruise through spots and rape someone’s whole content and repost the same shit on their blogs without giving credit…

2…Even if someone digs your blog and downloads all types of music, it’s doubtful that they will take the time to leave a comment (I can’t front, I’m guilty of this as well)..

3..When I first started HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD there were blogs out there, but nowhere near the amount that we have in 2013….Now everyone and their mama has one which makes it difficult to sift through all the fluff to find the gems…

I can go on and on, but I think you get the picture…

Unfortunately my homeboy from DAILY DIGGERS has fallen back from updating his spot….I truly hope he doesn’t throw in the towel because he is a thorough cat that added some jewelry to cyberspace…For instance, this CRATE RAIDERZ digging doc that he posted awhile back is highly recommended viewing…..

Rob Pursey recently rocked an all 45 King produced session for those cats over at SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY…

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“DJ Mark The 45 King was perhaps (with the exception of Marley Marl) the first producer I remember just wanting to own all the records that he’d produced, remixed or had a hand in. The simple, hard hitting loops of some of his early classics coupled with the fact that all the MCs he worked with – Lakim Shabazz, Chill Rob G, Latee, Markey Fresh, Latifah etc. – all had the kind of flawless, commanding flows that just demanded you listen, mean that to this day it’s hard to compare his music to anyone’s and as a resul just have a ’45 King zone’ in my brain. Seeing him get his huge paydays later in his career with ‘Hard Knock Life’ and ‘Stan’ was perhaps, to me, one of the most rewarding stories in rap history, but this mix is definitely about that late 80s/early 90s zone that he just dominated for me. However, loving pretty much every damn record he produced, this had to be a Part 1 of sorts, as I could never have included all the gems that he committed to wax. Hell I even missed out my personal favourite ‘Court Is Now In Session’ just so I’d have to do another! Anyway, enjoy some of the most unheralded, but dopest rappers in history (along with a couple of well-known legends of course) over that classic Mark The 45 King sound. More dusty than digital – enjoy”.

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Straight from France comes the Opus Dopus radio podcast….Even though I don’t co-sign everything they rock, I always hear something that makes my ears perk up…

When you head over there make sure to tell them the grimy dude from HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD sent you jack !!!

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Here is the latest mix from Mr. VOODOO FUNK, who travels the world extensively in search for the perfect beat…

This time around he laces us with explosive Nigerian grooves that will jump start your Monday correctly….

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Regardless of how thorough a Hip Hop connoisseur you might be, there will always be some ill shit that slipped past your radar….

For instance on this Milwaukee Hip Hop dedication mix by DOPE FOLKS – they throw in tons of joints from that region that are so obscure it’s ridiculous…..

I double dare you to attempt to play NAME THAT TUNE…

The Bronx bombers the FREESTYLE PROFESSORS were the special guest on DJ Toshi’s Classic Storm radio show earlier this year…

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*Originally posted September 21st, 2012.

It’s been awhile since I heard anything from the turntable wrecking ball, RICCI RUCKER…..The stuff he was doing a decade ago still outshines most of the scratch patterns I hear today…

Luckily I stumbled onto this project he rocked while on tour in Japan earlier this year…For some reason he doesn’t start scratching until the 20 minute mark, but when he does set it off – it’s straight up curtains…

Over an hour of wildness trooper…..