One of the Flavor Unit’s most well rounded MC’s was CHILL ROB G….

His vocabulary was massive, he was also a fully capable battle MC, but instead he mostly rocked well thought out social commentary type of bars….Not only that, when it comes to the art of storytelling he was truly in a class by himself (take a listen to “Court Is In Session” again for further analysis)….

My man 50 grand “KID DYNO” from Daily Diggers recently caught up with the New Jersey legend for a interview that will hold your attention….

” KID DYNO: Please could you fill us in with details of your new track with DIAMOND D, and tell me how you guys first hooked up on this project?

CHILL ROB G: I met Diamond through The 45 King, he always had some of the illest tracks so it was definitely something I wanted to do… I was just hyped he said yeah to be honest. Let me come right out and say this particular track (Excitement) might be new to the world but I’ve been sitting on it for some time now. I have a couple more unreleased joints that I’ve been baby sitting and their all going to finally see the light of day”.

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In the last couple years I have noticed that the bar for DJing has gotten extremely low….I hear cats trainwrecking, picking the wrong selections, and my favorite : dudes standing behind the decks with a self righteous attitude without actually blending one song for an entire evening…

HAHAHA…

No doubles, no mixing, no composition, no scratches, no motherfucking respect for the artform….You don’t have to be on Q-Bert’s level, but in 2012 I expect DJ’s to bring some motherfucking skills to the tables..

And what’s up with these cornball selections…..I don’t want to hear “UNITY” by Queen Latifah at the jam….Nah, I don’t want to hear “Funky Cold Medina” in the discotech duke !!!!!

Hip Hop has been around for 30 plus years so it shouldn’t be to difficult to put together a creative set…..

Anyway, the FUNKY PRESIDENT ” J Rocc ” comes equipped with another round of goodness on Tasters Choice # 6….

Don’t sleep…

Tracklist:

1. That Reggae Funk
2. 2 In 1
3. Version 1
4. Version 2
5. That Congos Edit
6. A Fela Joint
7. A Fela Break
8. Afro Break
9. Universal Music
10. More Of That Afro Funk
11. Reggae Funk Break 1
12. Funky Reggae
13. Reggae Funk Break 2
14. James Brown Cover
15. I Bought This For $3
16. Afro Break 2
17. Let’s Slow It Down
18. Track 18
19. King Floyd
20. I Already Had This
21. Art Lebeau Classic
22. Lou Rawls
23. Alton Ellis
24. Bill Withers
25. Motown

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The weekend is almost over homeboy….

Don’t worry though people, I got some certified BODY ROCKERS that will help you start your workweek on the right footing….DJ Dimitri keeps the vibes up on the explosive compilation “My Favorite Funk Gems 2″…

Booming open drum breaks, ill compositions, soul power, and all that other fly shit…

TRACKLIST-

01 Alphonse Mouzon – Funky Snakefoot
02 Kashmere Stage Band – Kashmere
03 Brother To Brother – In The Bottle **
04 Jimmy Norman – Gangster Of Love Pt. 1 and 2
05 Lyn Collins – Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again
06 Don Byron – Fencewalk ***
07 Chicago Gangsters – Gangster Boogie
08 O’Donel Levy – Bad Bad Simba
09 All the People Featuring Robert Moore – Cramp your style
10 Idris Muhammad – Power Of Soul ****
11 David Batiste & The Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt. 1 & 2
12 Carleen & The Groovers – Can We Rap
13 Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – Four Play
14 Rabbits & Carrots – Los Pelos Tiesos *****
15 Johnny Pate – Shaft In Africa (Addis)
16 Wade Marcus – Spinning Wheel
17 The Mystery Kindalchi Band – A1
18 Leon Mitchison – Street Scene
19 The Mohawks – The Champ
20 Bernard Wright – Spinnin’
21 Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken
22 The Nite-Liters – K-Jee
23 Alvin Cash – Keep On Dancing
24 Billy Cobham – Crosswind
25 Archie Bell And The Drells – Tighten Up
26 Seatrain – Flute Thing
27 St. Maartens The Rolling Tones – Its A Feeling
28 The Solicitors – Music For The Brothers
29 United 8 – Getting Uptown (To Get Down)
30 Michael Longo – Like A Thief In The Night
31 Wilbert Longmire – Black Is The Colour
32 Fuzzy Haskins – The Fuzz And Da Boog
33 Buster Williams – Fortune Dance
34 Komiko – Feel Alright
35 Houseguests – What So Never The Dance (pt 1 & 2)
36 Natural Bridge Bunch – Pig Snoots Pt. 1
37 Young-Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man
38 Bad Bascomb – Black Grass
39 Detroit Sex Machines – The Stretch (Edit)
40 Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet

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This new cut by Evitan (Keep Keeping On) is the best offering that I have heard from this Native Tongue duo as of yet….

Glad to see veterans putting out new material….Who knew Jarobi had a little wordplay in him ?

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Mac Dough is back with another installment of under the radar Hip Hop goodies for all of you to snack on…..Number 5 is loaded to the brim with nonstop action (some of the blends are a little sloppy, but he makes up for it with his selections somewhat)…

If you think I’m bullshitting, check the playlist..

TRACKLIST-

MF Grimm : Crumbsnatchers
Fat Joe : You Must Be Out Of Your Fuckin’ Mind (this song is actually from Apache’s album, someone labeled it wrong, RIP)

Hyenas in the Desert : Othe Side of Midnight
Cru : Bluntz & Bakakeemis
Not responsible : Hankin For A Hunka Cheese
Large Professor :Spacey
D-Stroy : Off the Wall
Sons of Sam : It’s Like That
Big L : MVP (Buckwild Remix)
Shorty Long ‎: Shorty’z Doin’ His Own Thang
Shanow : Remedy Man (Known As The Shanow)
Kukoo da Bag a Bonez : Sleepin on the Enemy – Sergent records
Propo’88 & Blabbermouth : Boogiewitdaruffneck – Sergent Records
Mista Melo : In the Cut – Sergent Records
Ego / Ellmatic / Rawberry : Funky 2 + 1 Demo (scratches : Calhoun) – Sergent Records
Ruggedness Maddrama : Checkin down the Menu
Horror City : MC Hustler
World Renown : How Nice I Am (SID Remix)
T.D.S Mob : Dope for the Folks (Props Remix)
Lord Aaquil : Kick it Like This
Cash Crew : Bring it Down
Indikator : The Indikator Remix
Labtekwon : Pharaoh of the Kayo
Voodoo : Nasty Nigga
Suspekt : Straight from the Heart
£ords of Rap : Where Does The Xtra 3 Quid Go?
Tha 9-X Crew : Smoked Hickory
Flatbush Natives : Big Up
Roguish Armament : Bodega
The Bums : Rain
Ego the Baptist & Propo’88 : Egotrip – Sergent Records
Black Sheep : City Lights
Ideal J : Show Bizness
Keith Murray : Herb is Pumpin’
Meyhem Lauren : I got the Fever
Real Live : Iceberg Slick
Consequence / Mobb Deep : Queens gets the Money
Fat Joe & Armageddon : Big Apple gone Rotten (Remix)
Hi Tech : the Tech’s Technique
Blak Twang : Mr. Jam Promotah
Scientists of Sound :What’s the Reh Reh
Hillfiguz : Not Enuff Time
Call O Da Wild : Clouds of Smoke
The Bums : Take a Look Around (Groovebumz Remix)
GhostFace Killah : Marvel
Danny Brown : Re-Up
Celph Titled & Buckwild : Swashbuckling
Hidden Identity : Pure Rudeness
Ewrection : Mixed Up
Props : Props (Bring it On)
Shazam X feat. Percee P & Sick Lyrical Damager : Respect Costs More Than Money
The Beatnuts : Back 2 Back
Ego The Baptist & Propo ’88 : 71.1 Freestyle Session – Sergent Records
Action Bronson : Shiraz
A Tribe Called Quest : 1nce Again (Caligari Remix) – Sergent Records
Big O : Schmoov wit tha Ruffness
Group Home : East New York Theory
Da’ Enna C. : You Can’t Use My Pen
the Next Wavelength : Push Come To Shove
Huss & Hodn : Der Stoff, aus dem die Regenschirme sind
M.T : Set it Off
MSI & Asylum :Bwoy Wah Ya Tek Dis Fah
Born in Hell : The Boom
The Nonce : World Ultimate
Big Joe Krash : Break The Chain
East Of The Rock : Galaxy Rays
3 Times Dope : Gimme dat Beat
Ill Distracxion : No Mc’s
Ideal J : Comme Personne Ne L’A …

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* Originally posted 1/1/12..

I put this mix together on New Years Eve of last year to help boost my Hip Hop morale levels…While fools were out there guzzling copious amounts of liquor, wilding out, shooting off ammo, and waiting for the ball to drop : I was nestled up in the lab channelling the Hip Hop spirits….HAHAHA….

If you missed it the first time around, here is your chance to scoop up this 45 minutes of straight wreck….All vinyl, all rugged, all laced with the proper HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD spices….

Turn the motherfucking volume up!!!

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Oh No gives the “Now And Again” record label a facelift on this session of beat deconstruction….VIA RM.

Tracklist-

01. Flight
02. What We Need
03. Price Is Right
04. Out West
05. Presidential
06. What We Got
07. Still Got It
08. The Track
09. Testin’ It Out
10. Coffee Break
11. Kickin’ It
12. Junkyard
13. On The Trail
14. First Thing
15. Starlight
16. Newsworthy
17. Play On
18. Run On Sentence
19. Tha Magnificence
20. I Feel Like It
21. Came and Went
22. Cross Country
23. Not Nice
24. Raw Stew
25. Essential
26. Blindness
27. Real Dump
28. Soul Surgery
29. Phantastic

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If their were an award for “who has the best voice in Hip Hop” – Big Twinz would win the first place trophy without a fraction of a doubt….

On the Infamous QB EP he keeps his vocals extra ugly….

Hip Hop Battlefield top pick – “Don’t Be So Amazed”..

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WOW….

If you are really trying to impress that B-Girl in your life, I highly suggest you place an order for this extra fly cassette coffee table by Jeff Skierka designs…

The tables are about to go into production – so if your curious on how to cop one

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Doc Delay recently unearthed three mixes that are flooded with obscure Hip Hop gems from the late 80’s – early 90’s…

This is what he had to say regarding the “Medium Rare Mix” series…

DON’T SLEEP…

“I’ve been making this Rare Rap mix Series Since 2003, and with the web-only release of the 4th edition, I thought it might be blog worthy to share the entire series and provide some history behind the projects. Not every track in this series is great, but there’s something that I found unique enough about every song to include them. The first volume is definitely the most dated sounding and I cringe at the sound of some of my cuts, but it’s interesting to follow the trajectory through the years. I used an alias given to me by this dude Hermitcrab – Tom Thumz. The CDs sold around town and people gave me some great feedback. A few promo copies came in actual supermarket meat trays. The second was part of a double CD package that went with me on a 2 month tour of Europe so most copies ended up over there. I kept catching more and more of these records that I never knew existed, and rediscovered things I had buried for years. The outro on II is my favorite. We recorded this guy Mel in Union Square and he claimed to have been MC Shan’s baby sitter. Volume 3 was the most widely distributed. 1000 were pressed and Traffic had it in stores everywhere. As more and more discoveries fell in my lap, I couldn’t help but try to amass enough for another mix. Volume 4 was recorded one weekend in March 2009, and by the time it was done, there was no drive or energy to try and package and market another hard copy.

Last week, my friend Raj over at Soulstrut posted the fourth mix on the site’s front page and helped breathe some life into the project. I thought I would use the opportunity to share the entire series. So, here are the first 3 mixes”..

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In the mid 2000’s I was lucky enough to catch a “Bastard Language” show that forever altered my perception of scratch patterns…..D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Excess, and Toad Styles went on a two hour scratch rampage that left the crowd in a heavy trance…

People were literally standing around with their mouths wide open….

The precision of the cuts made me want to hit the lab and step my motherfucking game up…..In 2012 the trio carries on without Ricci, but the results are still mind boggling….

Peep for yourself homeboy..

After listening to this ill unreleased joint by Ghost & Trife Diesel “Horror With Ghost And Company” (which later morphed into “Paychecks” with the Theodore Unit), I have come to the conclusion that they should do a whole project with K-Def……

THIS IS THAT SHIT (nice drum work K)……

When these two get decent production the results are memorable…For further analysis take a listen to the Phase 1 mixtape they dropped awhile back…

TRACKLIST-

01 – ghostface intro
02 – 24-7
03 – cutting it up (feat. raekwon the chef,ghostface killah & icewater)
04 – the drummer (feat.ghostface killah, method man & street life)
05 – smith bros.(feat.ghostface killah)
06 – ghostface interlude
07 – theodore (feat.theodore unit)
08 – pay checks(feat.ghostface killah)
09 – pop ya collar (feat. theodore unit)
10 – set it off (feat. ghostface killah)
11 – doomz day
12 – ghostface interlude
13 – n.b.a.
14 – running out of time (feat.wiggs)
15 – strawberry (feat. theodore unit)
16 – shooting up your projects
17 – ohhwee (feat. saigon, nate dogg, & ghostface killah)
18 – theodore stories
19 – ghostface outro

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Am I wrong for having a gripe about the name SMALL PRO ?

Not really feeling the name AG THE CORONER or YOUNG GURU either….That’s like someone calling themselves KRS TWO or YOUNG G.RAP.

HAAAHAHAHA….

Regardless, Small Pro has a few beats on his latest release that made me turn the volume up…

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD’S TOP PICKS..”Bomb Ass Green”, “He Is I & I Am Him”, and “Not Parkay”..

DJ Eclipse filled in for Premier 06/27/12 on the “Live from Headquarters” radio show (ever since Sirius put the clamps down on the links, catching a download has been difficult so swoop this up with a quickness) ….

You already know the motherfucking drill : doubles, jokes, and brand new cuts..

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Since the weekend is upon us, it’s only right that I pull out the extended banana clip for you motherfuckers….

I’m going to splash you with some dangerous frequencies that you won’t find ANYWHERE else on the internet….

“Silverhawk” on the dubplate tip rocking strictly NINJAMAN & SHABBA RANKS…..This is not that happy go lucky dancehall shit – this is that certified rudeboy flamethrower special flying at your grill…..

Put on your best screwface and prepare for more pressure !!!

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