I remember my gamer friends went nuts for “12 sided dice” on that album
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Loved Dream Warriors as a kid. I still go back and listen to a few songs now and then.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:13 (one year ago) link
just a random observation about random old rap-why was it that hiphop beats were always getting commandeered for r+b songs? like how was it that these hardcare hiphop heads were having such a delicate ear for samples? i always think of redman's "tonight's da nite" - they even literally pause the record to call him out for the "punk smooth shit" only to have the exact same beat come back on while he swears more freely lol. sure enough, that same isaac hayes sample showed up on a tlc remix a couple years later - and it sounded great!
anyway, always thought it was funny how so much 90s hiphop would go on about its own hardness. but so many of the beats were loops from old slow jams and then would get repurposed and flourish on as r+b hits for the next year or so.
(lol remember when jlo jacked the beatnuts? that was... huh yeah, that happened)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 19 November 2023 18:16 (ten months ago) link
wasn't it the other way around? crate diggers and producers would come across great rnb samples but to some degree couldn't themselves put them to use in that context because of a perceived schism between rap vs. rnb
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 20 November 2023 11:35 (ten months ago) link
That Beatnuts bite definitely annoyed younger me.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 20 November 2023 15:31 (ten months ago) link
same, but that really was snobbish of me
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 20 November 2023 17:43 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, I mean the bite is pretty hard, like they barely even tweaked it at all. But I care less about that stuff now.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 20 November 2023 19:03 (ten months ago) link
stopped into the old bucksters just now and you'll never guess what was playing...
anyway—ya'll remember sporty thievz? they were dope! i think "no pigeons" was one of the last true "answer records" to gain any sort of traction. they were one of the groups that i always liked because they were basically picking up on the too $hort/snoop school of not givin a fuck "we don't luv dem hoez" rhyming and jeep beats. i was mostly into backpacker shit at the time, but always checked for them because these dudes could fucking rap circles around most folks. and you knew they were certified because when rawkus did the amadou diallo benfit album (not on streaming, grrrr), they were on it.
besides "no pigeons" i always thought it was funny that the thing they were most known for previously was... basically the same song with a different beat lol—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdJzbH3nBtcsporty thievz — "cheapskate" (1997)
of course, they got cut short when marlon brando (not to be confused with the hollywood actor) died in a freak car accident. i remember reports at the time saying that he saw the car coming and was only in harm's way to get other people out of there. idk if he "saved someone's life" or whatever, but damn: twenty fucking two. respect.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:47 (ten months ago) link
going back to some old indie mixtape favorites and i can't believe i'm posting a song featuring talib kweli, but even he can't fuck this one up...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VdTrvddaMmakeba mooncycle feat talib kweli — "lunchroom classics" (1999) prod by j rawls from lone catalysts
this old school mama came to save ya!
definitive feel good backpack jams.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 3 December 2023 22:07 (nine months ago) link
i love random old rap
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 4 December 2023 09:37 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bygqGezBJQ
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 18 December 2023 08:14 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5968tbRsiY
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 22 January 2024 07:15 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLw5j-Wxu0
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 22 January 2024 07:35 (eight months ago) link
wonderful beat
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 22 January 2024 12:17 (eight months ago) link
Same sample as Sally got a one track mind though
― Nabozo, Monday, 22 January 2024 12:45 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOOXtvUc3g
this is my "Ante Up" just beyond ignorant lyrical box cutter shit
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 January 2024 16:53 (eight months ago) link
hi i'm a pendant. can we please post artist and track titles in addition to videos?
going back to spottie's first post, we have:mr doctor - '40 oz+chronic dice'the jacka, fed-x+rydah j. klyde - 'the same thing everyday'and then ums with smoothe da hustler's 'broken language'
(smoothe da hustler+trigger tha gambler-- there's a sorely forgetton ultra charismatic 90s duo!)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Monday, 22 January 2024 17:03 (eight months ago) link
lol don't fuck with me, i'm a PENDANT YA'LL.
(pedant, obvs lol)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Monday, 22 January 2024 17:06 (eight months ago) link
yeah that's a good idea esp when the youtube links go dead sometimes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 January 2024 17:08 (eight months ago) link
xpost I don't know why Smoothe's Once Upon a Time in America isn't held up with stuff like The Infamous or Cuban Links
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 January 2024 17:09 (eight months ago) link
im always on the hunt to find tracks where rappers take on the broken language flowie chance the returnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgLWoBZZfU
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 22 January 2024 20:38 (eight months ago) link
what does "ignorant lyrical box cutter shit" mean, serious q
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 01:24 (eight months ago) link
was an thing old ny street rappers would mention, sneaking a box cutter into a club as a weapon
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 01:26 (eight months ago) link
Kind of became shorthand for a certain type of raw East Coast street rap
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 01:27 (eight months ago) link
ah okay, thanks for the context. and ignorant in this case means "dumb" like "stupid good" ? haha sorry to be a square
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 01:30 (eight months ago) link
Smoothee seemingly went on to become a ghostwriter, worked on the mythical Detox album.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 12:57 (eight months ago) link
oh wow! i didn't know that, good for him
ignorant in this case means "dumb" like "stupid good" ? haha sorry to be a square
oh haha no worries, i guess in this context it means like uh not exactly interested in uplifting or educating the listener, just thugged out violence threat/outrageous type stuff, ill lyrical content for its own sake guess?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 14:57 (eight months ago) link
He also claims he wrote Foxy Brown's verse on Jay Z's "Ain't No..."
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:13 (eight months ago) link
interesting, honestly it wouldn't surprise me, he was so skilled and also seems like ghostwriting is so much more prevalent than i always thought
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:14 (eight months ago) link
ty ums. i did love the track btw
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:41 (eight months ago) link
wasnt the record out of print or something? im too randomly old to say for sure but i do remember trying to buy the cd and not finding a copy
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 01:40 (eight months ago) link
ums otm- i was very into that stuff at the same time as mobb deep, cnn... the nyc thug rap phenomenon, y'know? have we already forgotten about that stuff? dang.
i always wondered what became of smoothe da hustler. dmx came along shortly after and that was that, far as that stuff went. makes sense he would move to a behind the scenes role.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 01:54 (eight months ago) link
Just threw on an old compilation Quannum Spectrum from 1999 and it's top to bottom amazing. The beat that rolls into the opener with J5 is incredible and I forgot how great a track Storm Warning was.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 23:06 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBy72f1UtQ
nobody burned the flag like 2 Black 2 Strong MMG
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 14:01 (seven months ago) link
this is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAgGBfLgKmY
― Lee626, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 10:36 (seven months ago) link
saer posted this on Techno/House Bobbins of the past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iykvtX_ptyg
Kurupt, Big Tray Deee, Slip Capone - C Walk
fits the bill
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 09:24 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Wn5jDw6N0
Hadn't heard this until this morning. Great Talking Heads sample.
― city worker, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 14:22 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QzZQCs7VEShadez Of Brooklyn - Change
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 14:42 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSNYX7CTSRM
Citizen Kane - Blackrain (Dirty)
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 14:47 (six months ago) link
Been enjoying that new Thirstin Howl III remix album. Underrated rapper from that era I think.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 15:47 (six months ago) link
got damn, c walk ...
― budo jeru, Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:38 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJTBBMcVKc
― EMPRETY UKXEPCTED TWITS (President Keyes), Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:42 (six months ago) link
Floating into my head now and then for over 30 years since I heard it on Tim Westwood's original Caputal Radio show but I only recently got round to ID'ing Earle the Poet's 'High Noon'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOYbX4w3DA4
― nashwan, Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:56 (six months ago) link
Rest in Peace BOSS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjwGXoXI8A
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 17:30 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9W7_795Og
Dope track from an unexpected source
― President Keyes, Saturday, 16 March 2024 01:54 (six months ago) link
I always liked Lil Cease, I rocked the Junior Mafia album a ton
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 16 March 2024 02:02 (six months ago) link
LOL at the last seconds of that Earle The Poet video
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 22 March 2024 11:04 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOM8mCS1fk
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 22 March 2024 14:25 (six months ago) link
lotsa good ones in here since my last visit. love that SoM! although imo sadat x should be talib kweli status by now. the dude has displayed too many instances of ignorance to be given a pass any longer.
back where i come from, this is about as certified as one can get-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8KWK7LvXSodimples d + marley marl - "sucker djs (i will survive)" (1983)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 22 March 2024 20:09 (six months ago) link