Alright folks, it’s time for me to pull out the crazy flame thrower remix shit to melt your ear drums off !!!!!!
Since I was away from my sampler for a couple weeks- I decided that today I had to go in the lab and construct some aggressive, UFC, type heat…And who sounds more aggressive than the MASH OUT POSSE ?
You know how I do on the remix tip….NO corny synths, NO hollow sounding drums, and definitely NO half-stepping….If your looking for some angry frequencies to boost your Hip Hop morale, you just found your theme music…
” Boom, Boom Boom, there you go bastard / murder international, custom made caskets “…….
I like my Hip Hop a little rough around the edges (If you haven’t noticed by now)…Matter of fact some of my favorite tracks were probably recorded in someone’s stank dungeon/bedroom with blunt ashes spilled everywhere, crates thrown about, and Hip Hop idols splattered all over the walls (Reminds me of my lab actually)….
Whenever I have done any work in a heavy-duty studio, I felt uneasy….In my opinion-dope Hip Hop can be made on a 4-track set up…Some dudes have things all twisted: They think the more money that they spend on equipment, the better their music will be…
You don’t need all that space-age equipment to come up with fly shit, all you need is a creative mind with a little knowledge of what this shit is REALLY about (YA HEARD ME)….
Anyway, hardcore Hip Hop will never die my man…..When it comes to grimy, no nonsense, street bully rap-“Minnesota” is one of the last true kings….He rhymes, produces (Made the beat for “Not A Player” for Big Pun- just in case you forgot), and engineers his own stuff….POW,POW,POW..
This joint came out a couple years back, but it still bangs !!!!!!
Queens kid “Mayhem Lauren” has been on the come-up for sometime now…I first caught wind of his material on some older J-Love mixtapes..
With every release, his rhymes and concepts have gotten sharper and more on point…..Here is a compilation of joints that should help jumpstart your Sunday morning..
Tracklisting-
01. Bout 2 Win Again 02. Glorious 03. Heavy Cream 04. 7000 Thoughts 05. Sound Boy Burial Freestyle 06. Queens 07. Swiss Alps (Ft. Action Bronson) 08. Got The Fever 09. Timeless Greatness (Ft. J-Love & Timeless Truth) 10. Lost Souls 11. Just Cant Win 12. Where Do You Come From (Ft. J-Love & The Large Professor) 13. (2)Dope Radio Freestyle 14. The Bigger Picture 15. True Confessions Freestyle
Hip Hop Battlefield top picks- “Bout To Win”, “Heavy Cream”, “7000 Thoughts”, “Swiss Alps”, “Got The Fever”, “Where Do You Come From ? ” featuring J-Love & Large Pro….
Now I am back on the battlefield so you better strap on your combat helmets, focus your binoculars, and lace up those boots homeboy !!!!!
In 1970 the U.K. band “Demon Fuzz” put out their sole album, Afreaka on Pye Records….WOW….This is the kind of music you play when you are looking for inspiration…Funky, unpredictable, soulful- afro-rock vibes…
It’s a damn shame these cats never recorded as a unit again because this is some powerful stuff…..Big up to my dude Selfish for looking out……Turn the volume to ten if you know what’s best for you….
Yeah…… As you could have guessed, I’m still cold chilling in Chicago (that explains the lack of updates )….While in search for the perfect beat in the “city of wind” I ran into my beat digging evil twin Big Mattlock…..
Years ago (while on another vinyl mission) I met him while he worked at a fully explosive record store in Seattle (Underdog)…We struck up a heavy conversation about breaks that would bore most people, but beat fiends like myself get hype in situations like this !!!!!
We have been friends ever since….We exchange breaks, secret society Hip Hop info, and all types of other shit….His knowledge of Chicago Hip Hop is staggering…He also ran a studio in Chicago 1995-2002 (EV Productions) that blessed artist like K.R.S.ONE, Planet Asia, Akbar, Diverse, Longshot, etc…..
Before a night out on the town, I decided to ask him a few questions about whatever the fuck I felt like……Pay attention you might just learn something….HAHAHAHA..
1…HHBF-…..Damn Matt, where is all the graff ?….For a city this size, I was expecting to see more roof-shots, freeway hits, and all that other shit….What’s the deal kid ?
1…Mattlock…..It’s out there man, you just gotta keep your eyes open. It’s nowhere near like it used to be at all though. Mayor Daley made it his mission to wipe out Graf and he’s done a great job. I worked on a documentary called “I Write On Stuff” that details a lot of the reasons why graf got shut down in the Chi(search for it online, you may find it).
It’s def starting to come back cause the recession has affected Daleys abilty to pay his fools to wipe it out with the buff trucks. A few years ago you would do a piece at midnight and it would be gone by 4AM. Now pieces are running a lot longer.
Also you gotta check out the hood and not just the train lines. There are tons of pieces running on the South and West sides.
Another thing is you will get a felony and go to Cook County Jail for doing graf. Cook County is no picnic, I know from experience lol. The police are very hard on graf out here so only serious cats will get it in out here. I was in there with murderers and they were laughing at me once I told them why I was there haha!
I gotta give props to TAS Crew, XMEN, PUMA Crew, UAC and all the other crews I came up around in Chicago.
RIP to my brothers KEP XMEN,and TEWEL CAB Crew and all the other fallen graf soldiers.
2…HHBF…O.K. O.K. That’s what the fuck is up !!!! I have heard some of your beats over the years, and you have your own type-of sound going on…Who have you produced for and what type of equipment do/did you rock ?
2…Mattlock…I’ve produced mostly Hip Hop artists like Diverse(Chocolate Industries), Longshot, Juice, Ang 13, Akbar, Crucial Conflict etc…
I’ve also worked with Blues legend Harmonica Hinds and Rob Mazurek from Chicago Underground and Stereolab. I’ve also had the pleasure of working with Jazz greats Jeff Parker and Ted Sirota.
As far as equipment recently I’ve been messin with different software but I’m not feelin it too much.
In the past I’ve had a MPC 3000 midied up to a S950. I also had an Ensoniq EPS 16+ for basslines. I’ve owned SP 1200’s and SP 12’s.
The best thing was my high school had a MPC 60 so I got my start on making beats in 1989. I started DJing in 1987 with my shitty pawn store Gemini turntables so once I got Techniques it was like heaven!
I’m off to the wonderful city of Chicago for about a week or so, but don’t trip…I’m still going to bless ya’ll with post from time to time….Antibalas, Premier, and D.J. Spinna will be in town while I am there- so it looks like it is going to be a jam packed week..
Peace to everyone that checks out the BATTLEFIELD on the regular….Time for me to fly out of sunny Vietnam California, and start my journey..
Chicago is known for heavy digging spots, so you know I’m coming back with those flames….
My partner in GRIME, Mr.Mad Planet just finished up this 40 minute mix for Terry Urban & Mick Boogie’s Serius radio show (Press Play)….I’m not going to even front-I haven’t listened to it yet..
But I have known “P” for over ten years, so I know for a fact he will get down for his crown…Matter of fact , I’m going to quit typing and listen to this joint in the booming system right now !!!!!!!…..DON’T SLEEP..
Tracklist-
Krs One – “Who Da Best” Apollo Brown feat. John Robinson & Ken Starr – “Balance” Green Lamas – feat. Selfish, Decay, Ton Liv – “Chameleon” Ken Starr – Feat. Akir & Oddisee – “Represent” Murs & 9th Wonder feat. Verbs – “The Lick” Pete Rock feat. Rakim – “Living For The City” ( Unlreleased) Dooley O – “Hip Hop” (Get Bizz Kids Drasar M. Remix 2010) Addict Merchants – “Why O” Ill Poetix – “The Touch” Opio – “Cherish” Raekwon – feat. M.O.P. Kool G. Rap – “Ill Figures” Cash Dreed – Steel Weighting
Mega Montana definitely does his thing on this cut right here “The Realest”….From Mayo & B.White’s new album entitled, The Mon Valley Miracle…..Produced by Get Beats..
F.A.B.I.D. (H-Stax & Mike Rone) have been making noise since the mid-nineties..They were even signed to Tommy Boy for a brief period of time, but never released an album on the label…
On this mixtape from a couple years back (Daily Bread) they go all out with the boulevard bully rap….Here are a couple cuts that will cause the average herb to tremble in his Timberland boots…
” Smash City “
” Freestyle “
And don’t sleep on Stax’s verse from the East N.Y. Radio 11 mixtape (Salute To The Illkid)……The best Guru dedication song I have heard so far…You can swoop that up HERE if you don’t have it already…….BLAM.BLAM…
1..When are you guys going to bless us with another “BFR” radio show?
2..What happened, are these brothers running out of beats ?
3..Maybe they gave up on Hip Hop and have decided to retire ?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-
Don’t worry baby paw…We ain’t going nowhere (YA HEARD)……The show will be back in effect sooner than you think, so make sure you keep you eyes peeled homeboy…
Earlier this year on “BFR”, I decided to play nothing but my beats (1/28/10)….Remixes, instrumentals, and all types of other shit…We got a lot of good feedback, so it’s only right that I venture into this dangerous territory again…
“My TC5 career started in late 1983. I was so amazed at the work Seen and Doze were doing at the time and the buzz they had in Art & Design High School, that I actively sought them out. I finally met Doze at the Roxy”s Night Club. We quickly hit it off and he put me down early 1984. Around this time, Seen and Juice had moved to Rhode Island, but by the end of the year they were back and not to happy with the amount of people Doze added to the crew. So all new recruits were kicked out and instructed to meet at Rocksteady Park to state their case. After reviewing my blackbooks and photo album, Seen made me a Vice Prez and allowed me to assemble the squad that rocked the I.R.T’s for a decade.”
Fresh off a tour in Europe, “Premier” hits us off with another batch of new Hip Hop flavors on his “Live From H.Q.” radio broadcast…
” JUST GOT BACK FROM TOURING EUROPE……DID A SHOW IN PARIS WITH ALCHEMIST & JUST BLAZE….AND ALSO DID A GIG IN AMSTERDAM WITH DJ SCRATCH…. AND I’M GOIN’ BACC ON THE ROAD TO AUSTRALIA WITH NICK JAVAS, A&E (MASTA ACE & EDO-G), THE BEATNUTS AND THEN BACK TO THE STUDIO TO FINISH THESE LP’s FOR 2010…..NYGz, KHALEEL, NICK JAVAS…….AND A WHOLE LOT MORE ON YEAR ROUND RECORDS….
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY AT THE RED BULL BEAT BATTLE IN LA…SHOUT TO MY DUDE NOTTZ……… (HUTCH from ABOVE THE LAW, BATTLECAT, DJ REVOLUTION, RHETTMATIC, RUSSELL PETERS, DJ CRAZY TOONES, KOOL SPHERE, JUSTIN ELAM-RUFF)…….
GO TO GURUTRIBUTES.COM (THE OFFICIAL SITE SET UP BY GURU’S FAMILY)
SHOUTS TO WC FOR CALLIN IN…..AND CHECC HIS NEW VIDEO “FRONTLINE” ON YOUTUBE OR ON DUBCONLINE.COM
I WILL HAVE MY GUEST DJ’S FILLIN’ IN FOR ME AND OF COURSE DJ ECLIPSE IS ONE OF THEM…. JS-1 WILL BE ON BOARD AND THE HOT NEW SHIT WILL KEEP COMIN ON THE SHOW….AND I WILL BE FILLING IN FOR DJ ECLIPSE THIS SUNDAY ON “RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL” SHOW FROM 10pm-MIDNIGHT (EST) WHILE HE IS IN CANADA WITH SPECIAL TEAMZ AND ILL BILL…..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PANCHI MAY 29….
R.I.P. ALWAYS TO GURU OF GANG STARR 4 LIFE ” !!!!
Tracklisting-
1. Slum Village–Lock It Down 2. Scarface (f. Malice, Mr. Lo Key)–Lyrical Assault 3. Diamond D–Superman 4. Son Of Bazerk–I Swear On A Stack Of Old Hits 5. Styles P (f. Bully)–Sellouts 6. Big Shug–Spit Six 7. Jay Electronica (f. P. Diddy)–The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace 8. A.G.–”Magnificent 9. WC–Frontline 10. Krs-One–Wolf 11. Scarface (f. Papa Reu)–Bad Man 12. Actual Proof–Skate Kidz 13. Kali(f. Termanology)–Higher 14. Sheist Bub (f. Streets Da Block, B’way Slim)–Give It A Rest 15. Devin The Dude–All You Need 16. Cimer Amor (f. Burke, Torae, Side Effect, DJ Waxwork)–Another Classic 17. Kool Sphere–Intro 18. H. STAX of F.A.B.I.D.–Salute To The ILL Kid 19. Scarface–The N Word 20. Reflection Eternal–Lifting Off
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