M.P. from FUNKWHATYAHEARD and myself will be spinning tonight in the city of Oakland, California….The location details are a little sketchy right now with all the chaos popping off due to the “Occupation”, rioting, and all that other wild shit…

Soon as I find out more about the location I will let ya’ll know….

Here is a little Friday Hip Hop morale from Debonair P entitled, “Blends #6″………Have a good weekend and stay safe out there, especially if your in the Oakland area…..I have a funny feeling the block is going to be hot tonight..

Tracklist:

Society – F.U.N.K
Jemini – Brooklyn Kids (Remix)
B.U.M.s – Take A Look Around (VR Remix)
Showbiz & AG – I’m Not the One (Remix)
YG’z – Ghetto Celeb
Boogiemonsters – Honey Dips in Gotham (Remix)
Dredknotz – Respect
Black Moon – Murder MCs
Ground Floor – One Two
Big Shug – Do What Pays Ya
Black Sheep – North East South West (Remix)
Artifacts – Dynamite Soul II
Heavy D – It’s A New Day
Youngstas – Mad Props (Remix)
The Roots – Distortion To Static (Remix)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Take You There (Remix)
Cella Dwellas – Land Of the Lost (Instrumental)
Scientifik – Yeah Daddy
Dirt Nation – Khadijah
K Terroribul – Ruthless Confrontation
Microphone Prince – Trunk of Funk (Remix)
Pudgee – Keep Your Coat On
Da Bush Babees – Remember We (Remix)
Red Hot Lover Tone – Give It Up (Remix)
N-Tense – Watch His Back
Thrust – Do You Understand
Ghetto Concept – E-Z On the Motion
Kay Gee – U.N.I.T.Y (Instrumental)
Rakim – Last Resort
Grand Daddy IU – The Real Mack
Capital Tax – The Masha (Remix)
Shadz of Lingo – Think I Give a f*ck?
People Without Shoes – Green Shoelaces (Instrumental)
Masta Ace – Sittin On Chrome (Pitkin Ave Remix)
Fat Joe & Grand Puba – Watch The Sound (Remix)
Evil Twinz – Redrum
Alkaholiks – Relieve Yourself
Beatnuts – Hellraiser (Remix)
Zhigge – Riddles That Rap, Riddles That Rhyme
Top Quality – I Can’t Hear You
MC Shan – Pee Nile Reunion
Brothers Uv Da Blackmarket – Livin In Da Bottle
Urban Thermo Dynamics – My King Fu (Remix)
Souls of Mischief – Get the Girl
EC – Ill State of Mind
Ubad – The Legacy
Slick Rick – Cuz It’s Wrong
Edo G – Less Than Zero
De’1 & K-Def – Uneke
Main Source – Where We’re Coming From
Juice With Soul – Body Armor
Digable Planets – Where I’m From (Aural G Ride)
Ali Dee – Tap Skinz (Remix)
Hard 2 Obtain – Ghetto Diamond
Rough House Survivors – Rough House (Remix)
Trendz of Culture – Crotch Ripper / Mad Speaker
Kurious & Casual – What’s the Real
UMC’s – Staten Island Comes First
Double X Posse – Executive Class
Intelligent Hoodlum – At Large (Marley Mix)
Madkap – Proof Is In the Puddin’ (Remix)
A.D.L. – Daddy
Da King & I – Kingpin
Hansoul Project – For the Ni@@as
Jaz B Latin – Set It Off (Mista Lawnge mix)
Lil Fame – Bring the Rukas
Dred Scott – Can’t Hold Back
Main Source – Faking the Funk (Remix)

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Brownsville’s “Mash Out Posse” stopped by DJ Eclipse’s radio show for a round of comedy, brand spanking new Hip Hop, and information regarding MOP’s latest release with the Snowgoons…

Check in JACK !!!!!

Tracklist-

1. Kool G Rap & A.G. “Rap Is Outta Control Intro” prod. by Marco Polo, cuts by DJ Eclipse
2. Bronze Nazareth feat. Canibus (additional vocals by Raekwon) “The Bronzeman 2″ prod. by Bronze Nazareth
3. DJ Cosla & Tribeca “The World’s Best” prod. & cuts by DJ Cosla
4. Torae “For The Record” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
5. DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles “B.A.P. (Bumpy and Preem)” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
6. M.O.P. & Snowgoons “Anybody Can Get It” prod. by Snowgoons, cuts by DJ Danetic
7. The Away Team feat. Laws & Big Remo “Paid” prod. by Khrysis
8. Black Milk & Danny Brown “Loosie” prod. by Black Milk
9. TEF “4 Tha Love” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
10. Styles P feat. Pharoahe Monch “Children” prod. by Pete Rock
11. Immortal Technique feat. Styles P, Vinnie Paz, & Poison Pen “Black Vikings” prod. by Southpaw
12. Jedi Mind Tricks feat. Young Zee & Pacewon “Design in Malice” prod. by Mr. Green
13. ILL BILL feat. Q-Unique “Let It Go” prod. by Q-Unique
14. Bumpy Knuckles “Fake” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
15. 9th Wonder feat. Phonte & DJ Flash “Band Practice” prod. by 9th Wonder
16. Median feat. Halo “Right On” prod. by 9th Wonder
17. The Away Team “4 the People” prod. by Khrysis
18. The Regiment “The R” prod. by Soulution
19. Sha Stimuli “The Realist” prod. & cuts by DJ Qvali
20. M.O.P. & Snowgoons “Get Yours” prod. by Snowgoons
21. King Syze “Damage” prod. by Skammadix, cuts by DJ Kwestion
22. Statik Selektah feat. Sean Price & Termanology “Population Control” prod. by Statik Selektah
23. Rasheed Chappell “The Genesis” prod. by Kenny Dope
24. Bronze Nazareth “King of Queens” prod. by Bronze Nazareth
25. Immortal Technique feat. Joell Ortiz, CF & Pumpkinhead “Young Lords” prod. by Southpaw
26. RUN D.M.C. “Jam Master Jay” prod. by Russell Simmons & Larry Smith

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This is the first leak from the “Reloaded” album that should be dropping in December…

Roc stays consistent by dropping explosive joints like this…To me it sounds like “Scarface Nigga” somewhat, but I’m not complaining..

Peep.

“Emeralds” produced by Arch Druids……

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Even though you could easily find this on the right side of the blog, I’m going to repost this for all of you motherfuckers that are looking for some certified shock treatment…

Earlier this year I took the time to remix some Mobb Deep joints to put my own dirty spin on things…..My goal was to make it as ugly as possible, rock only records, make it cinematic, and scare the living shit out of the suckers who think they make raw beats…….

Nothing more, nothing less…

I believe my goal was accomplished….It took me quite some time to put this together : Numerous mixdowns (300 tracks mixed down to one is no joke), boosting levels, rearranging beats, inserting movie samples, mad overdubs, etc….

The response has been more than I ever anticipated…….Dudes have hit me up all over the globe saluting the wreck involved with this project, (Remix Weaponry) and I sincerely appreciate all the support, words of encouragement, and various blogs reposting it….Feel free to post it up again…

So without further delay, here is my dedication to one of the greasiest crews to ever rock, “Mobb Deep”……If you haven’t heard this before here is your chance to get up to speed, and if you have heard it-listen again and get your god damn mind right..

BLAM,BLAM…..

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Scratch sentences have the capability to turn an average song into a full fledge banger….

Remember when MC’s did tribute songs to their DJ ? DJ’s are a critical piece in the Hip Hop puzzle and when you take them out of the equation – you lose…..PERIOD….

That’s why after many years of DJ’ing I still practice on my scratches…Not only to add to my productions, but to stay sharp with my patterns and keep up with the various new styles of cutting that have popped off over the years…..Your never going to catch me sounding like Eric B on the cuts..

HA!

Anyway, Toad Styles is a god damn beast when it comes to getting busy…..Take a listen to this scratch project he put out awhile back that deserves repeated spins….

GET YOUR SCRATCH PATTERNS UP..

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And while your at it peep this clip of “TS” & D-Styles totally wrecking shit…

Big up to my manz Big Danz…

Even though I heard the Hiero Crew rock this same sample years ago, Buckwild’s version packs more of a punch…..Next week Celph Titled & Buck will drop the “Ninteen Ninety Now” E.P. and this is the first leak..

“While You Slept” featuring Laws…

Back in the early 2000’s I went to a Raekwon show with his crew Ice-Water (Polite, Stomach, Cigar, PC, & DC) as the openers…..After cracking a couple jokes with the Chef I got hit off with this Wright Brothers mixtape….

Included were exclusives, remixes, etc…

Some of the production is a little too keyboard-ish for my taste, but some of the material does bang pretty well….You know the motherfuckin drill…

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HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICKS-

New Day, Clientele Kids, Lex Exclusive, We Know Niggas, Rae Freestyle, Family Matters, and 30.

If your an avid Hip Hop Battlefield reader you already know about my affinity for library records, especially ones that were made in the 70’s…..

Why ?

Because some of them are packed with crazy dramatic textures that are ripe for chopping, looping, and stretching out…..For instance, this Bruton masterpiece “Dramatic Action” will keep you on the edge of your seat….So click on your samplers and go for broke kid !!

TRACKLIST-

Track 1 – In Pursuit / Steve Gray
Track 2 – In Pursuit (Alt. End) / Steve Gray
Track 3 – Roughed Up / Steve Gray
Track 4 – Roughed Up (Alt. End) / Steve Gray
Track 5 – Roughed Up (Sped Up) / Steve Gray
Track 6 – Daring Endeavour / John Coleman
Track 7 – Daring Endeavour (Without Brass) / John Coleman
Track 8 – Pressing Endeavour / John Coleman
Track 9 – Pressing Endeavour (Short) / John Coleman
Track 10 – Devil’s Leap / I.Martin & B.Dee
Track 11 – Breakneck / Mike Vickers
Track 12 – Busy Highway / Stokoe & B.Bennett
Track 13 – War Of Nerves / John Scott
Track 14 – Test Of Strength / John Scott
Track 15 – Full Alert / John Scott
Track 16 – Face Of Danger / John Scott
Track 17 – Face Of Great Danger / John Scott
Track 18 – Motordown / John Scott
Track 19 – Motordown (Fast) / John Scott
Track 20 – Tearaway / John Scott
Track 21 – Knife Fight / John Scott
Track 22 – Racing / Chris Cunning

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While scoping out the Ego Trip blog (Chairman Mao) I spotted an interview with one of my main production influences, Hank & Keith Shocklee (Bomb Squad)….

When they came out with their “Wall of Sound” approach they instantly rearranged what I thought a Hip Hop producer was….They were so unpredictable with their beats that you never knew what types of sounds you would hear….

CM- ” That style was reflected in the hectic nature of your production as well—the interludes, the dense, multi-layered walls of sound.

Keith: I think that came about because we was excited about what we were doing and we wanted to keep everybody’s attention. Being DJs and understanding the dance floor, we knew that when your record’s not full, it becomes stagnant. We liked to put stuff in a record so later on, after you heard the record like 12 times, you’d be like, “Yo, I didn’t know they put that in there!”

But the thing was, we put in stuff that made sense. I seen a lot of people copy the stuff that we were doing, but it just didn’t fit their records. We never put anything in a record that didn’t fit the record. We went through a lot of samples. A lot of samples! We liked confusion, but we still kept it at a point where it was danceable, it didn’t crowd anything and you always understood the song “.

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The heat keeps popping off over here nonstop ya’ll…..

Hip Hop past and present, breaks, meditative sessions, and of course under the radar joints that many of you have never heard before…This time around DJ Handjob ( yeah that name is quite ridiculous ) rocks a mix that features slept on cuts that will perk your ears up…..

The first person that sends me a correct playlist will get a special Hip Hop Battlefield gift….Seriously…

Handjob gets points for blending the majority of songs here (Cats are afraid to mix these days it seems)….If you need a little Monday night boost- tune in JACK !!!!

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Yeah, I know that most of you do not come to Hip Hop Battlefield to read my rants….Everyone has an opinion- people are way too critical these days so why come to a Hip Hop blog to read rants from “another angry brother” ?

Right ?

Hip Hop Battlefield is a vehicle to highlight the music I dig so why take the time to dwell on the negative ?

Right ?

I feel you, but sometimes a brother has to hit the decompress button and air some things out……So I’m going to “Jump out the window” real quick and let loose on a few things that are puzzling to me…….

1…”BLOG BOZOS”…

It’s crazy to see so many BLOGS fall completely the fuck off…I’m not talking lack of updates, I’m talking about dudes posting content that contradicts what their whole shit is supposed to be about…

Blantant contradictions…Your supposed to be a Hip Hop blog, but your steadily posting up that “fluff” just to keep traffic going to your site….

I see you…

2..”HOLIDAY MADNESS”

Isn’t it odd to see grown folks dressed up in all these silly costumes (Today is Halloween)……Dudes dressing like women, girls dressing up as hookers, white folks walking around with Afro wigs, black folks strutting around with Elvis wigs in their 50’s ?

When I was a kid we used to throw eggs at you motherfuckers….

HA!

3..”OCCUPY WHEN IT’S SNOWING OUTSIDE”

Now this might be a touchy subject for some of you out there….I can’t front, I would rather see people resisting certain parts of this materialistic “system”, but I’m really curious to know what the goal is when it comes to this “Occupation” situation…..

What are the long-term goals?

I once read that you “shouldn’t speak about Revolution until you are prepared to eat rats to survive”…..Are these protesters really in it to win it, or will they retreat to their mini mansion when it starts to get a little chillier outside ?

Yeah, I know some protesters are genuine with their form of resistance, but for some it’s just a motherfuckin publicity stunt…Either way I’m all down for rearranging this whole shit…

Too much power in the hands of clowns who could give a fuck less about the “people”..

4..HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD 2000 POST….

I’m slowly climbing the ladder to my 2000 post here on the battlefield…It could have easily been more, but I try my hardest to maintain some level of quality control….If I do not truly like it, I do not post it up…

Simple right……No politics, no dickriding, no favors, no middleman, no playing the game, no nonsense, no bullshit……This is my motherfuckin battleship and I’m going to stick to my guns regardless of how many times cornballs try to hit me up for add space…

Ya heard me ?

5..”LAST RANT OF THE YEAR”

This is the end for “Vocabulary Spill”……..No one cares so why keep rocking it, right ?

Four editions in four years and it’s time to keep it moving.

My homeboy from London “Kid Dyno” is no slouch when it comes to his Hip Hop studies..

On his excellent blog Daily Diggers he covers all things Hip Hip related…..If your seeking quality write ups, Hip Hop history, radio shows, under the radar rockets, and of course breaks : Daily Diggers has you covered trooper…

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Next up to bat from London (once again) we have Kool Skool with “Shucks One” who has held it down for a number of years…..

He recently rocked a interview with Cormega that will hold your attention….You also get over an hour of music.

POW…

“The Show features rare old & new tracks by Cormega, Kool Sphere, Capone & Noreaga CNN, Blaq Poet, DJ Premier, MC Eight, Beatnuts, AZ, Al-Tariq (Fashion), DJ Hot Day, Arkim, Kool G Rap, Lord Finesse, Tragedy Khadafi, De La Soul, Black Sheep, A Tribe Called Quest, Mobb Deep, Big L, Mic Geronimo, MOP, Sadat X, Royal Flush, Fabulous, Freddy Foxx, Large Professor, Nas and
more”.

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It’s been a little while since I slashed you with a remix razor across the face…

So without further delay, here is another banger straight from my personal torture chamber where I abuse my records to the furthest extent….

HA..

You know how I do by now : anarchy chops, booming drums, mad beat changes, and that extra splash of BATTLEFIELD pressure that will make all the herbs look for an escape route….

Big shout out to everyone who feels the steez, more wreck on deck trooper (Make sure you listen to this on decent speakers or you won’t truly absorb the low end manipulation)…..

Rugged Brood featuring Shamus – “What’s The Impact” Drasar Monumental Remix…….

Back in 1996 Grav repped Chicago to the fullest on his debut album, “Down To Earth”…

Grav wasn’t the most explosive MC, but he maintained a solid flow, rode beats nicely, and rocked a street savvy presence that deserved attention (No Homo)…

One of the highlights of Down To Earth was a cut entitled “City To City featuring Lil Ray & Al Tariq….It also featured production from a unknown producer at the time that goes by the name Kanye West…

If Kanye would have stayed in this lane of beat making, I probably would take him somewhat serious in 2011…….Instead he chose to do what so many other producers do : FLIP THE SCRIPT…..

HA….

Take a listen to “City To City” and reminisce when your boy Yeezy was rocking without all the motherfuckin extras…Sure shot single material if you ask me….

The Funk Ark crew from Washington DC know how to get the god damn party started….

If your in the mood for some explosive grooves, you just found it trooper…..Shout out to my dude in DC “Big Mats” who just got married, salute my brother….

TRACKLIST-

1. A Blade Won’t Cut Another Blade
2. Diaspora
3. Funky DC – feat. Asheru & Sitali
4. El Beasto
5. Carretera Libre
6. Horchata
7. Katipo (The Spider)
8. From The Rooftops
9. Pavement
10.Power Struggle

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The Funk Ark – Diaspora by afrobeatblog