The kids growing up today probably view “L.L.” as a kind, gentle, father figure type of cat….But their was a time when L.L. was a swagged-out, braggadocio, b boy prodigy, that would take your ass out in a battle….Damn, times have changed…Every time I see “L.L.” now, he is taking his shirt off and rubbing water all over his chest…….Here is a clip from when “L.L” still had something to prove to the Hip Hop world……

It’s 2003 {Sacramento California}, and tonight at the “Colonial Theatre” “Pitch Black”, “Scratch {From The Roots}, Pharaoh Monch”, and “M.O.P.” are performing…….So I’m chilling with my dudes in the hospitality room, getting bent off of some brew when “M.O.P’s” road manager step’s to us……’What’s up, these beers are “M.O.P’s beer”…….I reply, “oh word”….And glance at my dudes, and we slowly creep outta there…{not before grabbing a chocolate chip cookie to go}……Time to check out the show…..”Pitch Black” did their thing……..”Scratch” killed it….”Pharaoh” is the motherfuckin man live…….”M.O.P.” holy shit….One of the best performances I have ever seen in my life….Even though they scream like crazy, their enunciation is top notch…..You could hear every word, every rhyme crystal clear {hard to pull off live}…..I’m screaming at the top of my lungs, jumping up and down like I am at a “Bad Brains” concert………….As the night comes to a close, I spot a sweaty as fuck “Billy Danze” in the parking lot……I run up on him and say some shit like,” You killed that shit G, keep it poppin”…….He looks at me square in the eye and replies, “You god damn right, I’m not going back to selling crack to them kids”……..I nodded my head and chuckled to myself as I stepped off in the opposite direction………Shit is real…

At first, I didn’t know what to think of this “Alchemist” produced joint…But after listening to it a couple times, I gotta give it the thumbs up…..It’s a total different sound for “Alchemist”, it sounds like some “Afrika Islam” 2008 shit …..Even Nore sounds different on this {can barely tell it’s him}…..Check in

Yooo, this shit still bangs…..R.I.P “D.J. Train”.

I was real reluctant to listen to “Q-Tip’s” new album……Those first 3 {ATCQ] albums had me in such a trance, I just wanted to remember them for the classics they are…But “Live At The Renaissance”, is not a bad record….A little too much singing in my opinion, but other than that, it deserves a listen……Download below {Official}

Damn man, my little blog experiment hits 200 today….So I have to bless you with a heavy hitter in my crate arsenal….Ahhh, “The Alliance” , “K-Swift”, “D.J. Skill”, and “King Of Chill” {Leeches}… God damn, I love this joint……You can check “King Of Chill” on D.J. Premier’s sirius radio show, every Friday night….100

Fuck what you heard, “Ras Kass” is one of the best to ever do it….If he never put out anything after “Nature Of The Threat”, he still would get my vote for one of Cali’s finest….I think his rhymes are above the audiences head, and that’s one of the reasons he has not received the praise he deserves…..Another thing that has plagued his career is bad production choices…When he has the right beats underneath him {Soul On Ice rmx , Home Sweet Home} the results are ill……But even the illest lyrics in the world couldn’t save some of the lackluster beats he tried to flip…….And can’t help but wonder, would things be different if that “Golden State Warriors” shit came out…….Anyway, I am still checkin for you “Ras” {No-Homo}…

Buckwild’s group, “Reservoir Dog’s” {Featuring Royal Flush}, released a song in 2000 called, “Cold World”…..I decided to remix it, and bug out with it a little bit……Add this one to your “Hip Hop Battlefield” stash cousin…..

I just listened to the “Duck Season 3″ joint, and I was impressed…More than half of the album was poppin {rare nowadays}…Babu truly shows his range with this one….One of the best cuts is called, ” East Coast, West Coast Connection” {Featuring A.G.}..Big up to Mad Planet for the lookout..

In my opinion this is the best “De La Soul” track to date….And the crazy thing is, they don’t bust one rhyme through the whole shit…But when you are as creative as “De La”, you can do whatever the fuck you want and still rock….It’s called “Brain Washed Follower”, produced by “Prince Paul”…. { Yes, I got the record}….And you probably don’t…..HaHa….

Yeah, I know foolio that it’s not a picture of “Roc Raida”…{But read dudes shirt}…..Anyway, they don’t call “Roc Raida”, Grandmaster Roc Raida for nothing homepiss….A while back he released an album with “Wayne-O”, that I don’t hear many people talk about…This album was produced entirely by “Roc Raida”, and he shows why d.j’s make the funkiest beats…..I think “Wayne-O” used to be in a group called the “E-Brothers”, who had a track on the “New Jersey Drive’ soundtrack {Funky Piano, also produced by Roc Raida}……Peep

I have posted up a gang of remixes since I have started this blog, and don’t trip fam, I have hundreds more…..This is a remix I did of a “Kev Brown” joint called “Life’s A Gamble” {You damn right dun,dun}…And I must say, this is funky as fuck….

What up my people? I appreciate ya’ll checking in to the blog, and to be honest I am just getting my feet wet….As time goes on this blog will only get more detailed, and more informative..To show my appreciation I am going to bless you with a freshly baked beat, cooked up by yours truly, “Drasar Monumental”…..A.B.C.-Yaaaaaa

“Children Of The Corn”, was a supergroup put together by the late, “Big L”….It’s members included pre-holy ghost “Mase”, “Camron”, “Digga”, “Bloodshed”, and “McGruff”….This is a wild session from the “Stretch and Bobbito” show, where they totally wreck shit….R.I.P. “Bloodshed”

And to this day “Jaz-O”, is nice on the microphone….It’s a shame that him and “Jay Z’ don’t see eye to eye anymore…Could it be that it was all so simple back then?