The long awaited documentary about SUNZ OF MAN member, “Hell Razah” is now making the rounds..I’m thankful this project has finally hit the light of day…Go track it down and catch some truly inspirational energy troop..

PEEP THE TRAILER-

It’s practically impossible to fuck up a strictly GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON mixtape…These two have so many burners in the stash that its ridiculous..Those dudes from out of France (Built To Last) hit us off with almost two hours of Shaolin heaters !!!!!

So many dope record labels have vanished into thin air over the years…The READY ROCK label out of Philly released some heavy releases in the early 2000’s and just disappeared without a trace unfortunately….

Out of their many releases, JAPHIA LIFE’s “Page Of Life” album was noteworthy but somehow it slipped through cracks…His social commentary bars laced with a righteous outlook still sounds solid to my ears…PEEP.

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD’s TOP PICK – “Precious Memories”…

My cuzzo PEZO recently hit the vaults to unveil a mix session dedicated to our comrade PRIZE ONERZ (RIP)…We miss you young king, the world hasn’t been the same since you were taken from us…

Salute to the almighty GFC CREW..

Artwork by KUFU..

Vietnam Hip Hop Holidays and Moral Sessions! from Prize GFC on Vimeo.

All types of wild shit popping off so far in 2020…Instead of yelling some post – apocalyptic, paranoid type shit, I’m just going to try to maintain and keep my morale up regardless of things I can’t control…

A major part of this mind frame is delving into music like usual…

That dude from Q.B. BLAQ POET adds another piece to his catalogue with the release of “Simon Phoenix”…Here is my top ranking cut from the album “F.O.H”..

Produced by Blaq Poet.

PEEP-

Out of the collabs that Clark’s have done for the Wallabee series (Doom, Raekwon, Supreme, Staple, etc), my absolute favorite is the ATOMIC Wallabee collab with one of my personal heroes, Mr. FUTURA 2000…It will cost you a pretty penny to track them down, but if you do, consider yourself a lucky man..

Remember when PETE ROCK & BUCKWILD had the remix game on smash ?

From “Rock On”, to the “Damn” remix, to “MVP” remixes and a slew of other gems- BUCKWILD was officially that dude for a number of years…You can hear a glimpse of that utter brilliance on his latest instrumental project “Abandoned Beats”, but to be honest, I think he should have put a little more time and energy into this joint…

PEEP….

If your on the hunt for some somewhat new rawness- that kid from Long Island LISAANDRO has been dropping some pretty nasty joints for a minute now….On “My Allies Died Early” he flexes his extreme, muLti- syllable approach over solid production…Give it a listen troopers…

TRACKLIST-

1) King Me – (produced by J-Es)
2) Niggas Got Plans – (produced by TCOR)
3) @Panamanian_Dro – (produced by Lisaan’dro)
4) NY Headlines – (produced by Leaf Dog)
5) Shaquille- (produced by e.l.e.m.n.t for Koncrete Jungle Muzic)*
6) Tek Buddy Bitch – (produced by e.l.e.m.n.t for Koncrete Jungle Muzic)
7) Sometimes I wish I was a Square – (produced by Sally Ghost)
8) Aromatherapy – (produced by JLVSN)
9) Unconditional – (produced by Leaf Dog)
10)The Helping Hand – (produced by TCOR)
11) I Regret It All – (produced by JLVSN)^
12) Real Nigga Vision ft. Flashius Clayton (produced by JLVSN)
13) My Allies Died Early – (produced by Flashius Clayton)

All songs written & arranged by:
Lisaan’dro

All songs recorded mixed by : SP for Fose Images

“Real Nigga Vision” mixed by: The Last Composer

All songs mastered by : Joe Gibbs

Executive Produced by : Flashius Clayton

*-bass guitar played by : Flashius Clayton

^- MIDI bass and keys played by: Flashius Clayton; additional MIDI bass programming by EARDRUM (Qthree)

“Sometimes I Wish I Was a Square” sample curated by That Dun Bud

Dedicated to the loving memory of Steven (LSD) Lowery, Brian (B-Flat) Daniels, Crack Val, Hempstead KIP, John Issac, Rolando (Uncle Relly) Wareham Sr., Gee from Corona & Courtney Mason.

There are so many MC’s that emerged from the late 80’s – early 90’s that could still make waves in the NOW era if they have access to the right beats…TRAGEDY is fully capable on the mic, but for years he decided to rock over mediocre production that actually took away from his greatness with the bars….

Thankfully on his newest release he teamed up with those cats rocking out of Japan (South Paw Chop) for a lovely, sure shot 7 inch head nodder…

PEEP- LIMITED TO 350 COPIES…

Applejac (ATL) recently gave LEX BOOGIE (BX) the remix treatment…Check in if you know what’s best for you trooper!!!

TRACKLIST-

1.Sergio Valente 02:12
2.Stop Playin Mookie 02:13
3.Learn 02:21

The DUALISMO SOUND label has been dropping some heavy treats throughout the years…Their latest release should activate your groove morale antennae…

PEEP-

2019 has been a year stacked with an avalanche of releases…Green Llama reppers DECAY & TONE LIV connected earlier this year for the “Gas Station Sushi” album…

PEEP-

1.Arrival (Intro) 00:41
2.Deathsport feat. Defcee 03:36
3.Cloudy Days 01:51
4.Ahead 03:59
5.Spectacular 02:16
6.Never Lose Hope 02:26
7.Spearmint 02:59
8.Interlude 02:59
9.Lock & Key 02:20
10.Money 03:31
11.Beware feat. Miilkbone 03:18

When I think about the diverse palate of music I was subjected to in my household growing up, I feel extremely lucky….One day my father could be deeply submerged into Reggae tunes…The following day he could be rocking some off the wall Jazz fusion shit..

I vividly remember analyzing Steely Dan album covers in my living room…Whenever he would play one of their selections I can a recall a heavy feeling of melancholy rush over me…Something about their material always reflected deep sadness and reflection to my ears….

After all these years of being a fan of the group I have never heard Donald Fagan speak until now (Grabbed his book Eminent Hipsters a few years back, go track that down if you know what’s best for you)….I highly recommend that you peep the legend delve into all types of jewelry for 45 minutes….RIP Walter Becker.

TUNE IN…

I miss the days when people would actually take time out to absorb an album before critiquing it and giving their little two cents…I’m well aware that with new technological developments most people are in full blown multi-tasking mode- which makes it somewhat difficult to focus on one thing for an extended period of time…

But I truly believe great records unveil different jewels with repeated listening…After giving Vitamin D’s latest record “Mama’s Basement” some decent burn front to back, I have to give the triple threat from Seattle the two thumbs up treatment….

*Wish he would of kept the singing / sanging off certain tracks which is a personal pet peeve of mine..HA!

“This album is a tribute to my old neighborhood (The CD) & a description of how it was when I lived in my mom’s basement. I employed a lot of the production methods that I used in the late 80’s when I 1st started messing around with records & samplers. You may notice skips,clips,things going off time or the fact that most of this stuff is not on a tempo grid. This is intentional. I allowed the same mistakes I made when I was 1st learning how to do this. Even used a hand held on a couple songs. It felt good to be this free. I hope you can feel the love”. Enjoy! – TallHomey

YOOOOOOOO-

I’m still here G….After 12 years of blogging relentlessly, I had to fall back for a second due to my schedule at work, a newborn child, getting “Hardcore Overdose Sessions” out there, relocating to another house, and all types of other “life” shit that is not only time consuming but extremely draining….

Things will go back no normal on HHB Nov 1st….Salute to everyone that knows what fucking time it really is….

Nuff respect-
D