Definite Records - 1994 - 12″ Single (Jungles of Da’ East b/w Lawtown)
Another serious throwback to kick off the year here at ShuxHQ, The b-side of the lead-off single from Scientifik’s only full length LP, Criminal, recorded in 1994.
Produced by Boston’s own Edo G. (formerly known as Ed O.G.), this track sets off a day like today just right for me…a lazy tempo, low-fi drums and a sad piano just carry it off. Haven’t seen much Edo G. production, so this is a rarity for you collectors.
Scientifik - Lawtown (Instrumental)-(Produced by ED O.G.) 1994 [3:40m]: Play in Popup | Download
Tuesday December 16th 2008, 12:25 pm Filed under: albums
Ghostdeini the Great
Ghostface Killah
Label: Def Jam - (2008)
UPDATE: NEW MIRROR WORKING! TO DOWNLOAD “Ghostdeini The Great” GO HERE -> (LINK)
Ghostface’s Greatest hits!? This is the best Christmas ever!
So, Just dropped today, Ghostface’s greatest hits. Some remixes and some rare joints, including a Kilos with Malice and Rae and…of course, the Ghostface Xmas joint, for seasonal seasoning. A good one for the ipod, and, we love our Ghostface around here.
As always, Full Track Listing and Download after the jump.
On “Spare Time” Washington DC’s Damu offers up a collection of demos, instrumentals, and a few vocal joints that run extra heavy on the Soul and keep it strictly old-school.
Damu’s selections dip heavily into the well worn pool of 70’s Blacksplotation and Classic Funk, blending horns and sharp MPC skills to nice effect on “Leo the…Pt 1″ and getting deep space funk on us with “2004 Beat Original”…but losing the plot on sleepers like “To RBI” and going overboard with the G-Funk on “Ego Trooping”.
Beats like “Colorful Storms” (paired on this release with the a vocal version that’s pretty dope), a feelgood joint propelled by a bouncing break and airy guitars, and the absolutely blazing “Pulse”, where a classic break barrels around serene strings and vocal stabs, more than make up for the few mis-steps.
The standout joint has to be “Randi” with it’s 60’s space lounge intro breaking into a piano melody even DJ Shadow would fight a toothless old record-shop hobo for. While not a “proper” release (as a producer myself I know the torment of wanting to drop ANYTHING without giving up the gold), it’s free, and there’s enough here to make it worth the download. Keep Damu on your radar, dude’s got skills.
Bringin’ it back today with the oh so well named “Shady Biz” by Iman Thug (from “Drivers Seat” on War Report). No production credits on this one, it’s from a single sided promo, Rakwus, around 2001. If anyone can name the producer, holla.
I love this old mad chopped style though, a simple piano / string one two and those drums and a pretty crisp man. Good joint for a memorial verse if your that type of dude.
Thursday November 20th 2008, 11:18 am Filed under: Instrumentals
Fila Brazillia - Another Later Night
From: (Another Late Night) - (Kinetic) - (2001)
Something different today:
Mixing obscure John Barry 60’s soundtracks with some old jazz, soul, and left-field electronic shit, UK production duo and late 90’s chill out dons Fila Brazillia’s 2001 attempt at a mix album is actually a serious slick mixtape to drop after a night of heavyness. Joints like Prince Alla’s roots reggae “Bucket Bottom”, the weird psychedelic lunacy of the Beta Band, some slept on Kelis and INSTRUMENTAL Marvin Gaye, and Mike Ladd’s motherfuckin’ INFESTICIONS (?) makes this a weird, weird tape, but one totally deserving of a spot on your iPod. Ain’t no Souja Boy on this mix
A totally unique mix that will have leave some cats inspired and some ig’nant haters hating. Track list and download link after the jump.
Tuesday November 11th 2008, 10:18 am Filed under: Instrumentals
High School High OST
(Atlantic Records) - (1997)
Going aaallllll the way back today with this, a special request for my homeslice Nadeem, the High School High Soundtrack! This takes right back to, well, High School….RZA, KRS-One…JODECI!!! I mean, this thing even has Quad City DJ’s on it!….Man, 90’s rap soundtracks were SO serious….now we get “Bring It On 7: Brung It” with Lil’ Mama and Chris Brown…..*sighs*
Here’s a great breakdown of the High School High soundtrack by Floodwatch Music (LINK)…beter than I could have done.
Track Listing:
1. So Many Ways - The Braxtons
2. I Got Somebody Else - Changing Faces
3. Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance - RZA/Method Man/Cappadonna
4. Get Down For Mine - Real Live
5. I Just Can’t - Faith Evans
6. Your Precious Love - D’Angelo/Erykah Badu
7. Rap World, The - Large Professor/Pete Rock
8. Queen B@$#h - Lil’ Kim
9. Why You Wanna Funk - Spice 1/E-40 & The Click
10. I Can’t Call It - De La Soul
11. Bohemian Rhapsody - The Braids
12. High School Rock - KRS-One
13. Peace, Prosperity & Paper - A Tribe Called Quest
14. Wild Side - Jodeci
15. Ultimate (You Know The Time), The - Artifacts
16. Next Spot, The - Sadat X/Grand Puba
17. Skrilla - Scarface/Facemob
18. Semi-Automatic: Full Rap Metal Jacket - Inspectah Deck/U-God
19. Good, The Bad And The Desolate, The - The Roots
20. C’mon N’ Ride It - Quad City DJ’s (The Train-Part II Bass Remix)
Since everyone’s so pro-America this week (well, they do have a damn good reason), It’s a repost of Cormega’s classic “American Beauty” today. Released back in 2001 on his damn near perfect “The Realness”, just about the time the USA “fell the fuck off”, this is a self produced, simplistic, masterpiece coming from the realest himself, Cormega.
I’ll be throwing up some ish all week in honour of our man Mega, for no good reason other than I listened to this album twice yesterday and thought, hey, why the fuck not…because there’s no parts of the country that are Pro-Cormega and Anti-Cormega, we’re all Promega, and, I believe, that if we can work together, with a Commonmega, we can…..Wait, where was i going with this?
Thursday November 06th 2008, 8:09 pm Filed under: Uncategorized
S.U.S Save UR Soul
Produced by: Blaqstarr (And M.IA.? I dunno…)
I’m mad diggin this new joint, S.U.S (Save UR Soul) from Queen of the Transglobal Hipsters herself, M.I.A. .. I’d never heard of this Blaqstarr guy before (It’s his beat apparently),and was ready to hate cause Blackstar is already, well, fuckin’ BLACKSTAR…but anyways, it’s also a cover of Tom Waits,and ALSO the theme to THE WIRE…. and, it’s so un-apologetically Dance-Mix 93 with that horrible break, so I kind of have to love it. Fuck the haters… you want to get your Technotronic on girl, you go do that.
This shit is also hot internet fire right now, so laptop DJ’s get your download on:
M.I.A. ft. DJ Blaqstarr - S.U.S. (Save UR Soul) - Download
Super low quality video get’s an extra point too. She says it cost $9.95….I believe her.
Wednesday October 15th 2008, 9:29 am Filed under: Instrumentals
Noreaga - Chains Out (Instrumental)
Produced by: Rick Rock
From: (12″ White Label) - (N/A) - (1999)
So it turns out after finding this, one of those all-to-common mislabeled bootleg/white labels from the late 90’s, that this tune is not only better known as “Thug Poetry” from the Slam Soundtrack, but also “Thug Poetry” ft. Saafir on Spice 1’s “Immortalized“. Was dude making money twice?
I thought upon first listen it was a Havoc instrumental, but turns out it’s west coast O.G. Rick Rock coming with a totally different NYC-1997-heavy style on the beat, which is a mix of dusty drums and a sample from old fatso Charlie Daniels’ “Rainbow Ride”.
A dope beat to remember those days when Big Pun and Flipmode ran the mixtape game (remember when they were tapes?), Sony Playstation was the hottest shit out there, and people still bought music…ahh memories.
