Some people enjoy mellow music on their Sunday mornings…

But over here on the BATTLEFIELD I keep that hardcore pumping at loud decibles 24/7…..For instance, I got a heavy boost this morning from the Tuff-Crew affiliated “Danger Zone Mobb Squad”….

On “Flippin Keeloz” Tone Love paints a vivid description of a drug dealers demise…..Explosive material indeed!!

And by the way, Dope Folks will be releasing unearthed “DZMS” vinyl in the near future….You can pre- order HERE..

A1: Flip’n Keeloz (Straight YaYo Mix)
A2: T.L. Back To Yell (Strong Mix)
B1: Flip’n Keeloz (Montana Mix)
B2: T.L. Back To Yell (Come Back Mix)

You know it’s going to be a good day when we get to hear Florida scratch pioneer Magic Mike, Craze, and Q-Bert on a track together…..Hopefully we will get more collabs like this in the future..

I can remember a time when Mike was one of the fastest DJ’s out there….I’m glad that he is still practicing on his scratch patterns in the new millennium……SALUTE.

*My only complaint is that they shouldn’t have included those wack keyboard lines underneath….

Magic Mike:

“When I set out to do ‘Journey Into Scratchin’, I wanted to work with 2 DJ’s that I respected the most in the genre where I started. I watched QBert back in the New Music Seminar days when I was at the peak of my career and all I could say was wow. DJ Craze took what I helped start in Florida to a whole different level. Once again I was in amazement. It was only right that I do this song with the 2 guys that keep me practicing to this day. I am thankful and humbled that they chose to work with me…”

QBert:

“I need to work with the legends, Craze and Magic Mike more often! I hope this is just a start!”

Craze:

“When Magic Mike asked me to be on a track with him and Q-Bert, it was a no brainer. Those two are my heros when it comes to djing. Magic Mike has inspired many generations of djs and producers and QBert will forever be the best scratcher in the world… It was truly an honor.”

After a lengthy hiatus we are back on the set tonight 9’oclock sharp (Vietnam, California time)…

Yeah, I know it’s been awhile but brothers are extremely busy…..We both have two jobs, girlfriends, obligations, and all that other time consuming shit just like everyone else…But enough of the bloodclot crying, tonight we are going to wreck cyberspace with an avalanche of vinyl flame throwers, doubles, remixes, B-Sides, blends, scratches, etc…

We also have a special guest joining us…..”MF GRIMM” will be in attendance to shake things up for all of you who know what time it really is…HA.

CHECK THE SHOW LIVE HERE @ 9P.M.

*UPDATED LINK..

One-

D.

While scoping up my mans blog from FUNK WHAT YA HEARD, I noticed a new mix by our brother P-Sol rocking nothing but Lord Finesse cuts….DAMN..

On general principle I have to post this up because dude does his motherfucking thing…

Doubles, cuts, blends, and a couple secret spices to make it all cohesive….Do yourself a favor and download this one with a quickness..

TRACKLIST-

1. INTRO / COLLAGE
2. LORD FINESSE & DJ MIKE SMOOTH- BAD MUTHA
3. JAMES BROWN- THE BOSS
4. LORD FINESSE- CHECK THE METHOD
5. GRAND PUBA- UNTITLED
6. XPERADO- ALL NIGHT
7. D.I.T.C.- DAY ONE
8. OLIVER SAIN- ON THE HILL
9. LA BOPPERS- YOU DID IT GOOD
10. D.I.T.C.- ALL LOVE
11. LORD FINESSE- SHORTIES KAUGHT IN THE SYSTEM REMIX
12. BIG L- DEVIL’S SON
13. SHOW & A.G.- DIGNIFIED SOLDIERS FT. BIG L, LORD FINESSE, O.C. (ORIGINAL & REMIX)
14. MOBB DEEP- G.O.D. PART 3 BLEND
15. BIG L- STREET STRUCK
16. RASCO- RUN THE LINE (LORD FINESSE REMIX)
17. POS NEG- NO DOUBT REMIX INSTRUMENTAL / INTERVIEW
18. AHMAD JAMAL- GHETTO CHILD
19. WALKIN LARGE- DO THAT (LORD FINESSE REMIX)
20. BIG L- MVP
21. DEBARGE- STAY WITH ME
22. DAVID AXELROD- THE SMILE
23. LORD FINESSE FT. GRAND PUBA, SADAT X & LARGE PRO- ACTUAL FACTS
24. LORD FINESSE- KEEP THE CROWD LISTENING (DJ PREMIER REMIX)
25. GROUND FLOOR FT. LORD FINESSE- DIG ON THAT
26. LORD FINESSE FT. KRS-ONE- NO GIMMICKS
27. INTERVIEW / INTERLUDE
28. OSCAR PETERSON- DREAM OF YOU
29. LORD FINESSE- HIP 2 DA GAME
30. LORD FINESSE- HIP 2 DA GAME (BUCKWILD REMIX)
31. MINNIE RIPERTON- HERE WE GO
32. VINYL DOGS INTERLUDE
33. LORD FINESSE- PARTY OVER HERE REMIX
34. NOTORIOUS B.I.G.- PARTY AND BULLSHIT (LORD FINESSE REMIX)
35. LORD FINESSE- STEPPIN’ HARD ZULU NATION
36. LORD FINESSE FT. PERCEE P- YES YOU MAY
37. LORD FINESSE SPEAKS
38. LORD FINESSE- THE FUNKY TECHNICIAN (P-SOL BLEND)
39. LORD FINESSE- THE FUNKY TECHNICIAN
40. JAMES BROWN- BLIND MAN CAN SEE IT
41. GANGSTARR- JUST TO GET A REP (P-SOL BLEND)
42. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. FT. SADAT X- COME ON
43. LORD FINESSE FT. O.C.- BRAINSTORM
44. LORD FINESSE- RETURN OF THE FUNKYMAN X ELECTRIC SENSTATION

DJ 7L recently hooked up with the good folks over at Stussy to release this high powered “Shoot To Kill” mixtape….

Plenty of roughneck rudeboy gun talk popping off on this one – If you think I’m bullshitting, take a look at the playlist homeboy..

24 cuts of hardcore shotta anthems….BOOOYAAAAKAAA SHOT.

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This interview with Danny Dan The Beatman on the Super B-Beat show is straight up hilarious..It’s also refreshing to hear someone speak their mind with no apologies…

My favorite quote-

” When it comes to this new shit I don’t understand it man…I don’t play it, I don’t listen to it, I don’t want to know it…..It’s crap and it’s not real music to me “

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Mane One also comes correct with a nice set full of heavy breaks..Peace to all my folks out in SD.

Ultra affiliate Fred Beanz lets loose on his latest rocket, “Get To Know Me”…

Sure you might have heard this sample before, but bronx bomber “FB” keeps things interesting by rocking it extremely raw….

Tune in JACK !!!!

Here are a couple reasons why Magnum’s only full length album “Fully Loaded” will cost you over 400 bucks…

1..It’s crazy rare, consider yourself extremely blessed if you spot this during your digging festivities..

2..This album is flooded with supreme musicianship, ill concepts, and well thought out compositions…

3..Some of your favorite Hip Hop producers flipped samples from this album, which drove the price sky high…

In my opinion NO album in the history of recorded music is worth that amount of cheese (maybe I’m just a cheap skate when it comes to digging HAHA)….Don’t get it twisted though famo- these are some golden grooves that will put you in a 1974 state of mind…

“Evolution”

“Composition Seven”

It’s damn near impossible for me to front on Del at this point….

He has reached Kool Keith status in my eyes, because no matter what type of rhymes he drops there is always something that makes me laugh uncontrollably….For instance on this new cut “Quit Playing”, there are a couple bars that are straight up comedy..

HAHA…..Especially when he tries to emulate the sound of someone falling off a cliff…

The Genius is currently on tour, so if he rolls through your city you know the motherfucking drill duke!

March 10.

GZA
Sunburn! Music Festival 2012
Gogol Bordello, The Thermals, and GZA
Lewis And Clark College
Portland, OR, US

FRI 16 MAR

GZA,Das Racist, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, Young L, and A Club Called Rhonda
Thee Satisfaction, Main Attrakionz, Cities Aviv, Davinci, Dark Sister, Johnny Nelson, THEESatisfaction, and Main Attrackionz
Beauty Ballroom
Austin, TX, US.

SAT 24 MAR

GZA
Firehouse 13
Providence, RI, US

THU 29 MAR

Gza of the Wu, DJ Figure,
Of the Trees, and Digital Bonesaw Society
Port City Music Hall
Portland, ME, US

WED 18 APR

Bad Brains
GZA
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY, US

Remember when I mentioned late last year that I had a few tricks up my sleeve for 2012 ?

1..On Spit Gemz latest mixtape (Welcome To Hell’s Gate), they rock over one of my productions for “Sinister Grin” featuring J-Love, Shaz IllYork, and Starker…..

If you look at the cover above- the song is #10….

Needless to say I’m excited about that shit….BLAM.

2..I’m currently in the studio with a real live NYC Hardcore Hip Hop legend working on a full length project…..And to be quite frank, the shit is coming out very explosive….

We will be in the lab for a few more weeks and ya’ll will be the first to get a sneak peek when the time is right, so stay tuned to the motherfucking BATTLEFIELD trooper……Don’t get twisted though- I will still sprinkle ya’ll with daily blog jewelry regardless of how insanely busy my life is right now…

Big up to everyone that checks in the regular (I SEE YOU)…

ONE-
D

Bumpy Knuckles is the special guest on the latest “R.I.O.O.C” broadcast….

Be on the lookout for that Premier & Bumpy collabo album when it drops in the near future (I have a feeling that it might be one of the best releases in 2012)…

Via-LTBB.

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* Piece by Culpa Onerz..

If your looking for a little aerosol morale, I highly suggest that you head over to the newly constructed PFE website to see how they get down over there…

Burnerz, sketches, Hip Hop, and all that other shit….Also, big up to the PFE crew for holding it down in the recent Ironlak finals..

PEEP..

Those dudes over at Ego Trip continue with their streak of dope features with Easy Mo Bee’s top ten sample flips…This is slowly becoming one of my favorite things to check for on the web…

The former “Rhyming Is Fundamental” member goes in heavy by describing production techniques down to the smallest detail…

WU TANG CLAN- “Take It Back”

Sample Source: Bob James – “Nautilus” (CTI, 1974)

Easy Mo Bee: Basically, I wanted those bells to come out. The bell sounds Bob James was achieving on the keyboard. In a way you can kinda say what I did was [Main Source’s] “Live at the Barbeque” to the next level. I was like, I want something a little bit more intricate than [the pattern on] “Live at the Barbeque.” So I’m sampling the kick and snare, but they’re like kick and snare pieces with bits of music left on them. I’m sitting there and I’m playing it back and I kinda ended up getting a slightly new drum pattern out of it too. I added some light guitar sounds on top. Played a bass line that contained some of the original notes from “Nautilus,” but it was slightly different. And it just felt good. And plus, I always wanted to use that, man. Like all of the samples that I wanted to use people done already raped ‘em. So it’s like if you coming behind them you gotta do something great with ‘em or just leave it alone, man.

TUNE IN….

Mr. Dan Greenpeace lets the pianos rock on his latest offering “Piano Breaks 2″….

” So I should probably put this into some kind of context. Back in 1998 a then fledgling bedroom DJ by the name of Yoda put out a mix tape called ‘Piano Breaks’ (Google it – it’s out there somewhere) using rap records that used piano samples. I was a fan as soon as I heard his early mix tapes and went on to help him release others on my Fat Lace imprint like ‘Jewbonics’ as well as our first collaboration ‘Jews Paid’, the precursor to ‘Unthugged’. So roll on some 14 years and ‘Unthugged 3D’ is about to drop but in an act of total randomness sparked by an idea seeded on a long ass flight, I decided to precede our new collab with a mix tape of my own, an homage to the original Piano Breaks “.

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