*Update – My top ranking cut is, “Waited So Long”….

Like I said a few weeks ago, 90% of the time I review something fully before letting it fly on HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD…I”m not thirsty to put up random shit just to boost the activity rate over here – I’m more concerned with quality not quantity…

With that being said though, when you see a brand new MILANO CONSTANTINE project (The Way We Were) you do the right thing and rock that shit with a quickness….I really wish he would of used SHOWBIZ or the P BROTHERS for his first official album, but I guess that wasn’t in the cards…Regardless I’m going to give this some decent burn and I will tell you what I think at a later time (Fingers crossed)….

LIL DAP is back on the set with some 2017 boulevard slick talk with “American Pimp”…Give it a listen…

You know it’s going to be a good day when you get the opportunity to hear JUST-ICE speak his mind for almost two hours straight…..

On this episode of ‘The House List’, Peter Agoston travels to the top of The Bronx for a rare conversation with one of Hip-Hop’s unsung legends, JUST-ICE. Born in Brooklyn, reared in the Bronx, Just-Ice is New York City personified. We talk about the earliest inclinations of what would be the genre of Hip-Hop, Justice’s vast record collection, his seminal works with Kurtis Mantronik on the Fresh/Sleeping Bag imprint, getting lit with T-La Rock & Laurence Fishburne, playing ball with BDP’s Scott La Rock, and much more. This is an essential listening for any purveyor of Classic Hip-Hop. All recorded in Just-Ice’s home in the Bronx.

I’m officially back after taking a two week hiatus due to the BOX CUTTER BROTHERS 4 release…Much thanks to everyone that went out and supported the wreck it is appreciated.

RACK LO recently dropped a heavy jewel with “Lo-Life: An American Classic”…Go out and cop the book if you know what’s best for you troop!!!

Lo Life: An American Classic takes the reader on a trip to New York City in the early 80s—a time when crime and violence ran the streets. The famed street gang, The Lo Lifes emerged from this tumultuous time. Formed by crews of teenagers from the Brownsville and Crown Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn, they made a name for themselves by dressing head to toe in highly coveted Ralph Lauren clothing or “Lo.” Polo apparel—and other preppy 80s fashion brands like Guess, Nautica, and Benetton, among others—presented an aspirational lifestyle for these kids from rough neighborhoods just struggling to get by. Fighting for style and survival, the Lo Lifes targeted these brands, and would acquire them by any means necessary—including stick-ups, shoplifting, and hustling. A reign of terror ensued, when your new winter coat could make you the target for a robbery or worse.

What started as an informal gang uniform, organized around clean designs and bright colors, became a devotion to a lifestyle brand, and eventually created an association between the streets and luxury that would fundamentally change the foundation of the fashion industry.

Lo Life: An American Classic documents the personal collections of archival Polo apparel and never-before-seen vintage photographs amassed by the crew. And through countless interviews with original members, as well as individuals from the worlds of fashion, hip-hop, and art, presents the first comprehensive oral history of this notorious New York collective. It tells the remarkable story of how a small group of teenagers fighting to make a name for themselves eventually made themselves seen, heard, and emulated globally.

PEEP…

The MOLECULES & SHOWBIZ collab album “A Bronx Tale” is on my highly anticipated list for 2017..MOLECULES released the cover art on Twitter awhile back, he even went as far to announce that the album will be dropping within the next few months…I’m going to keep my fingers crossed, until then I might as well repost the very dangerous “Revenge” cut…

“Neek The Exotic break backs and necks / when fakers try to front they get smoked like blunts”…The man behind those infamous words (Neek The Exotic) has a new project that just dropped..

From the sounds of this sampler- the joint he did with Bumpy Knuckles at the 5:34 mark is my top ranking choice for some vinyl 12 inch action….

PEEP…

BIG TWINZ is the special guest on the latest broadcast of CHROME RADIO (Toronto, Canada stand up)

TRACKLIST-

BIG TWINS – ORGANIZE prod. CUNS
Big Twins – Conceited
Boldy James – Married to the Streets (feat. Peechie Green & Kool G Rap)
AG Da Coroner – Death Camp (feat. Lord Nez, Big Twins)
Mercy – Bulletproof Porsche Ft. BIG TWINS (Prod. by Solidified)
Chrome Break w/ Big Twins
Winter Soldiers – Big Twinz, Ali Vegas, SmooVth, Hus KingPin(Prod By Giallo Point)
Planet Asia – The Scientific Era
Superior – Rapper Shot (Ft. Don Streat, Termanology, Lil Fame & DJ Grazzhoppa)
ROCCWELL feat. BORN UNIQUE & DJ CASE – LET IT GO
Tragedy Khadafi – Billion Dollar Barz
Chrome Break w/ Big Twins
Big Twins & Twiz the Beat Pro – Paranoid (feat. Godfather Pt. III)
Ty Nitty – Catch Me Mobbin
Supreme Cerebral & Nowaah The Flood – Hockey Mask(Prod. by Kurse)
Its Cold Outside Remix feat. Fat Joe A.G. & O.C
Cold Winter – Sage Infinite Recognize Ali SmooVth Phybaoptikz Saipher Söze Daniel Son
Lyrikal Landslide feat. Ruste Juxx & Nutso (Cuts by Dj Nix’on)
Jamo Gang – Here We Go Again featuring Big Twins (Prod. by J57)
Ty Farris – Product Of My…… Produced By Trox
Big Twins & Twiz the Beat Pro – Take Away the Lies (ft. The Alchemist & Evidence)
CHROME BREAK W/ Big Twin
Big Twin & Planet Asia – Last Man Standing
Big Twin – The Eulogy (Prod. by Vanderslice)
Beatnik Dee ft. Big Twins – Never Looked Back
Marvalous Mag – Mulah Monsta (Feat. Big Twin)
Big Twins & Jhood – Where Will I Go
BIG TWINS – COMPLEX
Action Bronson & Alchemist – Blood of the Goat (Feat. Big Twin & Sean Price)
Hus Kingpin ft. Big Twins – C.R.E.A.M. Regime (Prod. Grubby Pawz)
GODFATHER PT. III – Code Red (Feat. Big Twins)
Big Twins – Stick Up
Big Twins – All My Life
Big Twins – Reflection
Big Twins & Twiz The Beat Pro – Straight Face ft. Killer Ben
SmooVth – Wigs (feat. Big Twins)
Big Twins – Bobby Flay (Feat. Ras Kass)
Mike Delorean Ft. Big Twins & Nature – GoonsBridge
King Midas Clique – Round Table (Feat. Big Twins & Truth Ali)
Roc C – 3 Hermanos (Ft. Guilty Simpson & Big Twins)
Big Twin – 2015

JEFF WEISS hits us with a nice write up on the significance of MAIN SOURCE’s debut album 25 years later….I don’t agree with all of his points, but it’s still worth your time regardless..

The bespectacled Large Professor leads the ceremony, backwards cap on, commanding the DJ to stop and re-start the tape. But this time…LOUDER. A dozen on-stage teenagers attempt to mean mug, but they can barely conceal their euphoria. For the first time, they’re about to perform what was immediately hailed as the best posse cut ever (unless you preferred “The Symphony.”)

Large Professor introduces his crew: Joe Fatal, Akinyele, and, of course, Nasty Nas, the Jesus-snuffing prodigy from Queensbridge, already revered as the second coming of Rakim, the God MC. Extra P roars for the DJ to “turn that shit up.” Sleigh bells shake over the boot stomping Bob James drums. Sinuous guitar lines lifted from Vicki Anderson create havoc. The crew simultaneously bang their heads, throw their hands in the air, and then Nas obliterates the binary between heaven and hell. It’s the platonic ideal of what people talk about when they talk about “real hip-hop.”

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If your in the Bay area February 10th, come celebrate with us as we go into full blown berserker mode for a night of turntable abuse, chop overdosing, aerosol wreck, surprise guest, and all types of creativity…

Salute to the almighty GFC more making this happen…
1523 WEBSTER STREET, OAKLAND CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 10th, spread the word if you can’t make it…