Out of all the albums that Onyx put out, “All We Got Iz Us” is my personal favorite…….Fredro Star stepped up to the production plate and supplied the crew with some certified heaters……

“Walk In New York”, “Live Nigga’s”, “Last Day’s”, “Evil Streets”, and “Most Def” were all produced by Fredro………After the release of this album Onyx switched up their taste in beats and things started to move in the wrong direction…..

If these guys returned to the original recipe I still believe they could make some threatening music in 2011……It’s all about production direction at this point, because Sticky, Fredro, and Son Seez are always an interesting listen….

D.J. Books put out a Onyx mixtape last year (Mixtory & Violence)………Put on your best mad face and prepare for some rowdy frequencies……

Tracklist-

01. The S.O.U.L. Of ONYX
02. See You In Hell Freestyle
03. Last Dayz (Thief-Mix)
04. Take That
05. Throw Ya Gunz
06. Walk In New York
07. Authority Abuse Skit
08. The State Of New York Vs Kirk Jones feat. Canibus, Rah Digga, Redman, Guess Who, Scarred 4 Life, Nottz & Superb
09. QB Meets Southside feat. Mobb Deep
10. Shut Em Down (Remix) feat. Nore & Big Pun
11. New Warriors Skit
12. React feat. 50 Cent
13. Slam
14. ONYX Freestyle
15. Bichasbootlegaz Live Skit
16. The Worst feat. Wu-Tang Clan
17. Live (Thief-Mix)
18. Pleading 4 Your Life Skit
19. Jackin 4 Beats (Sticky Fingaz)
20. Conspiracy
21. Blak Vagina Finda
22. You’re A Killer Skit
23. Evil Streets (remix) feat. Method Man
24. Shiftee
25. Purse Snatchers Pt. 2 feat. D.V. Alias Khrist, Smoothe Da Hustla & Trigga Tha Gambla
26. I’ll Murda U feat. Gang Green
27. Da Nex Nigah Intro
28. Da Nex Nigah
29. Ghetto Mentalitee
30. O.N.Y.X.
31. Getdafucoutro

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This mixtape by D.J. Connect (Elite Fleet) should hold your attention on this extremely frigid Tuesday evening………He comes equipped with some nice blends, cuts, and overall enjoyable selections…..

Peep the playlist trooper……

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To be honest with you, I’m not the holiday dude…..Most motherfuckers couldn’t even tell you what the significance of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and all that other shit is really about…..Not to sound like an angry brother (Even though I am HAHA) but most of these holidays are all about spending that paper……

So the crew and I decided to spend New Years on the “YARD ACTION TIP”……48 hours of heavy Hip Hop Holiday shit……

I want to thank Planet (Funk What Ya Heard), Refa, Mane, Sha Rockerz, Kufu , Fooders, Kendrick, Jess, Liz, Jahmel Rockwell, Ground Level, State, Mad Miguel, Lungz, Daze Rock, and all North Star Zulus past and present…..

Big up for helping me start 2011 on the right foot……..

Peep these flicks of the squad going hard in the paint (Literally)……….And a crazy shout out to the “Back Em Down Boys” for always keeping it extra gully on the set…..BLAM, BLAM……

In my opinion, “Dub” is the original trance music……Some people can only deal with it in small doses, but I could listen to this type of shit all day without a problem and get my heavy meditations in order at the same time (YA HEARD)…

Dub champions like Lee Perry, Scientist, Jah Shaka, Mad Professor, King Tubby, and plenty others made a huge impact on me growing up….So much of an impact that even today I am obsessed with a twisted sense of sound manipulation that can be traced directly to what they were doing in the 70’s….

More on that in a later post perhaps- but in the meantime check out this mix by Unify (Tribe Of Kings)…Over an hour of dub scorchers homeboy……BOOOYAAAAKAAAAA SHOT !!!

Tracklist-

01 Reggae Regular-Jah Festival (Instrumental
02 Reggae Regular-Ghetto Rock
03 Barrington Levy-Time So Hard
04 Wayne Jarrett-Judgement Time
05 Wayne Smith-It Soon Be Done
06 Johnny Osbourne-Purify Your Heart
07 Jimmy Riley-Prophecy
08 Techniques All Stars-Prophecy
09 Raaw-Lili Twili (Dub)
10 King Jammy & Dry and Heavy-Breaking Dub
11 Earth & Stone-Don’t Let Them Fool You Dub
12 Earth & Stone-Don’t Let Them Fool You
13 Earth & Stone-Three Wise Men
14 Earth & Stone-Three Wise Men Dub
15 Revolutionaries-M.P.L.A.
16 Barrington Levy-Shaolin Temple Dub
17 Barrington Levy-Shaolin Temple
18 Ripton Hilton-Wicked Shall Not Reign
19 Eek-A-Mouse All-Stars-Wicked Dub
20 Tappa Zukie-Marching To Zion
21 Aswad-Warrior Charge
22 Prince Jammy-General Version
23 Earl Zero-Please Officer
24 Augustus Pablo-Pablo In Moonlight

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Hakim Green (Channel Live) is back with some more food for your brain in the 2011 season……I had a chance to listen to this last night, and he definitely does his thing with style, insight, and most importantly substance….

So give it a listen and get your day started off correctly…..

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The reason why you come to HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD is because you want those goodies, right ?…..

You pop up over here because you know for a fact that your not going to see all that wierdo shit, right ?

While a gang of your favorite blogs switched up and now cater to the bozo’s, you frequent this site when you need a dose of that official wreck……..HAHAHA…..

Shabazz The Disciple is no joke when it comes to that street knowledge rap…….His rhymes are flooded with all types of jewelry…..On his newest mixtape with D.J. Extremidiz (Hood Scriptures) he goes all out with a barrage of non-stop illness…

“Self Defense”

Defenders Of The Faith (Checkmate & Concise) are a duo from Vancouver, British Columbia that deserve more recognition for their brand of heat….Back in 2000 they put out Bait & Switch b/w These Days & Times on their own “Double Up” record label….

These Days & Times was the winner for me……Production by Mr. Attic (Grassroots) with extra swift scratches by Lil Jaz (Remember him ?)…….Over the years they have put out many singles, mixtapes, and an album or two…..I’m surprised more cats in the States aren’t aware of them, because when I headed up to Vancouver a year ago, they were a household name……(Yeah the above pic is me in Vancity channeling the spirits-HAHA)

Anyway, I decided to give them the remix face-lift, and add my own grime to the mix………Things got so out of hand that the motherfuckin electricity went out (Seriously)…..

Once the powered was restored, I had to start from scratch and try to put the production puzzle back together………MISSION ACCOMPLISHED…….

So strap on your parachute, lace up those combat boots, tighten up your war goggles- I’M GOING IN !!!

* If you have wack computer speakers you are not going to hear the low end science properly……

Take a listen- “These Days & Times”- Drasar Monumental Remix…

And just to keep it 100- Here is a video from the Defenders, “Make Money-2009″…….VANCITY STAND UP..

When you get a chance, make sure you check out this explosive dose of Canadian funk from the now defunct “Paragon” label…Heavy duty grooves…Neck snapping open drums, funky breakdowns, and all that other wild shit..

“Frank Motley’s groups and King Herbert & The Knights were part of a funk and r&b scene that sprung up in Toronto throughout the 1960s and early ’70s. Producer Jack Boswell recorded the groups live with no overdubs on a four-track (and usually in one or two takes in order to save money) at Spectra Sound Studios, located in engineer Bill Bessey’s basement. The Knights consisted of King Herbert on tenor sax, Roland Simmonds on lead guitar, David Jones on organ, George Philips on bass, Jimmy Butler on drums and vocalist Jack Harden”.

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If you need a little morale boost this Tuesday morning, Hip Hop Battlefield has exactly what you are looking for……Take a listen to this mix by D.J. Jun, and I can promise you the sun’s rays will pop up even if you are currently in the middle of a blizzard..

Ahhhhhhh, I know I feel better already……

Tracklist-

Joao Donato – Amazonas (Odeon)
Uniao Black – A Vida (Mercury)
Banda Black Rio – Mr. Funky Samba (Atlantic)
Djavan – Serrado (Odeon)
Banda black Rio – Casa Forte (Atlantic)
Curumin – Esperança (Quannum)
Grupo Xodo – Essa Menina (Copacabana)
Di Melo – A Vida Em Seus Métodos Diz Calma (Odeon)
Jorge Ben – Comanche (Philips)
Tim Maia – Sossego (Warner)
Banda Uniao Black – Yeah Yeah Yeah (Commonfolk)
Orquestra Cbd – Tema Da Zorra (Philips)
Skowa & Mafia – Deus Me Faça Funky (EMI)
Jorge Ben (7 Samurai Remix)- Sou Da Pesada (Poets Club)
Vanessa da Mata – Não Me Deixe Só (Sony)

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Primo & Pete Rock sit down and chop it for over an hour on a variety of Hip Hop related topics……..This is a bonus from the Pete Rock vs. Premier DVD, released only in Japan……POW…

VIA- DJ Premier Blog..

Sitdown With DJ Premier & Pete Rock from DJPremierBlog on Vimeo.

One day after Christmas, legendary singer Teena Marie passed away at her home in Pasadena, California…….She was only fifty four years old…

This is truly sad news for me, because her music was on constant rotation in my household growing up…..Not only did she sing, but she played several instruments and wrote most of her own material as well……..

R.I.P. Teena Marie- you will not be forgotten…..

For almost twenty years the Hiero crew have stayed together as a unit……I have to give them props for that alone…

E.P.M.D., Eric B & Rakim, ATCQ, and other Hip Hop heavyweights couldn’t manage to stay together for that long of a period…..Be on the lookout for more Hiero material in 2011, until then scoop up this mix by Digumsmak…….

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MF Grimm (Percey Carey) has to be one of the hardest working dudes in the world of Hip Hop…He has released double albums, started his own label (Day By Day), put out books, and it doesn’t appear as if he will be slowing down anytime soon….

Check out this new free E.P. he dropped a couple weeks back………

PEEP….

My homeboy from Alameda, “E.C.” just dropped an instrumental project on the Dot label…….A nice collection of production chops, soul drenched sequences, and all that other stuff…

Instead of letting beats run for too long- he keeps everything moving along nicely for all of you A.D.D. brothers out there…

Give it a listen….

Also, congrats E.C. on your first seed….” Poppa Don’t Take No Mess 2011 “

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I posted this up earlier this year, but every good break beat session deserves another go-round in my opinion…..So if you missed the first splash here is a second chance to get your mind right…

All the way from Japan comes this mix by D.J. XXXL (Nippon Beats & Breaks)…….Do the right thing trooper…

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