New Jersey repper BENEFICENCE is back for 2017 limited edition action…”Smooth Hardcore” is definitely worthy of two thumbs up status…

*Doubles are highly recommended…

TRACKLIST-

A: Smooth Hardcore ft. AG
A: Smooth Hardcore (Instrumental)
A: Smooth Hardcore (Instrumental w Cuts)
A: Smooth Hardcore (Acapella)
B: Smooth Hardcore (K-Def Remix)
B: Smooth Hardcore (K-Def Instrumental)
B: Smooth Hardcore (Brous One Remix)
B: Smooth Hardcore (Brous One Instrumental)

When it comes to high powered vinyl Reggae re-issues (Don’t try to front, you know damn well you will never catch these on the field) those DUB VENDOR dudes in Japan are playing no fucking games…

If you think I’m bullshitting – take a listen to this MERRITONE ROCK STEADY 2 session that is out of control on numerous levels…You can thank me later jack!!!!

It’s a shame that after all these years of being a fan of YAGGFU FRONT,this Q&A session with CULTURE KING was the only interview that I was able to find…Do yourself a favor and check in if you know whats good for you…

PEEP…

And while your at it, YAGGFU released a couple joints several years ago but I haven’t heard anything new in quite sometime…”Long Stretch” is a glimpse of what they sound like in the new millennium….

I’m going to take you all the way up north to Canada for a blog that deserves your undivided attention….The awkwardly titled RAP NERDS spot is fully loaded with all types of downloadable goods that will keep you busy for a minute….They have consistently maintained the site since 2008 so you should have no problem satisfying your Hip Hop junkie cravings….

Make sure you tell them the grimy kid from HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD sent you jack!!!!

PEEP….

When it comes to “WU” affiliated groups from the mid-late 90’s – “Wu Syndicate’s” name should pop up more often…Virginia rhyme slingers MYALANSKI & JOE MAFIA brought some heat to the table on their self titled debut, but the duo have dropped different projects over the years with mixed results…

Well it appears as if they are back in the lab in top form with the release of some 2016 flavors on “Syndicate”..Hip Hop Battlefield gives this the two thumbs up!!

You have to give TRAGEDY KHADAFI daps for putting out material consistently for over 20 years, despite numerous run in’s with the law, industry fuckery, beefs, trends, and all that other shit that is bound to stifle creativity….Once upon a time he had a major record label deal (A&M records), weekly video spin’s on MTV – it’s crazy to think that in 2016 he can drop a project and you barely hear a peep about it (Same with that new Dinco D album)….

Regardless, give this a listen, with 30 songs on deck I’m quite sure you can find something to add to your rotation…

* Bonus points for DJ Akil cutting shit up lovely..

On the new CUT CHEMIST broadcast he sticks to a strictly Bob James “Nautilus” sample source steez (A Stable Sound Episode 8)…Over two hours of nonstop action trooper….

PEEP….

I posted this mix by Germany’s DJ BIZKID a few years ago, but the link was deaded awhile ago so it’s only right that I reactivate this session that is flooded with all types of under the radar cuts…

TRACKLIST-

01. Godfather Don – Status
02. Cella Dwellas – Land Of The Lost
03. Street Poets – Mindless
04. Shadowz In Da Dark – Curb High (Remix)
05. Mannish – Mannish
06. Concrete Click – Gone With The Wind
07. Concrete Mob – Boiling Point
08. Ran Reed – Catch A Bad One
09. Black Sun – Journey Thru
10. Reggie Capers – Suspect
11. L-Swift – Live The Life
12. Endangered Species – S.M.O.K.E.
13. Miilkbone – You Can’t Harm Me
14. Call O Da Wild – Clouds Of Smoke
15. Foundation & Rezidue – Don’t Get It Twisted
16. Big Kwam – I Don’t Give A Whut Pt.2 (Remix)
17. Laster feat. Edo G. – Off Balance
18. Shabaam Sahdeeq – Styles Upon Styles
19. AK Skills – One Life To Live
20. Pudgee – Everyday Routine
21. Lord Digga – Brand Nu Day
22. Al Tariq – Think Not
23. Siah & Yeshua DaPoed – Untitled

Now that you are awakening from your X-Mas hangover, I might as well hit you with some 2016 visuals that will get your day started in overdrive mode…My man KHUFU ONERZ (NS/GFC/SK) is no slouch when it comes to good old fashioned aerosol wreckage…

On X-Mas day he snuck out and did his part in keeping the town beautiful..RIP PRIZE ONE…

*Click on photos for further analysis…

This comp of ROC MARCIANO features (The Revenge Will Be Sweet)should hold you over until he drops “Rosebud’s Revenge” in 2017….

DOWNLOAD……

“Blackmarket Seminar”, an album by Kazi and entirely produced by Madlib. Guest features by Madlib, MED, Wildchild, Declaime (Dudley Perkins) and Oh No. The album was recorded in 1996 and now digitally remastered in 2016.

Kazi says:
We recorded this album in the wee hours at CDP studios back in ‘96. It was pretty much me, Madlib and Declaime in the lab when this album was recorded.

I learned so much from Lib cadence, rhyme patterns, timing and how to dig for records. What some people don’t know is this cat actually took the time to show me how to make beats. I must say working with Lib was an amazing experience. The “Blackmarket Seminar” is a very raw and dark album. We came up with “Black Market” because at the time we were doing Hip Hop that nobody else was doing and to us you could only get it on the “Black Market”. When you first play the album you’ll hear characters on a skit in search of the black market seminar. We really tried to make it seem like the characters were outside walking around looking for it.

We recorded a new video for the song “To Be Lost” as it is about MCs selling out to remain in the game and still makes perfect sense in the present day.
credits
released December 9, 2016

– All track written by Kazi, except track 9 by Madlib & Oh No, track 10 by Kazi and MED, track 11 by Kazi and Wildchild, track 13 by Kazi, Madlib and MED, track 15 by Kazi & Declaime and track 16 by Kazi and Madlib
– All tracks produced by Madlib
– Remastered by Kazi in 2016