The UMC's - Fruits Of Nature (1991) **Staten Island**

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01. One To Grow On
02. Kraftworks
03. Morals
04. Blue Cheese
05. Swing It To the Area
06. Never Never Land
07. You Got My Back
08. Jive Talk
09. Feelings
10. Any Way The Wind Blows
11. Pass It On
12. Woman Be Out
13. Hey Here We Go
14. It's Gonna Last
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On their debut album, Fruits of Nature, the UMC's (Hass G and Kool Kim) are endlessly imaginative, witty, and effervescent by disposition and lyrical flow, and always intelligent. When it came to the music, co-producers Hass G and RNS decked it out in vintage soul and old Blue Note-styled tracks, with reams of obscure, idiosyncratic vocal samples tossed in as hooks, breaks, and bridges. The resulting effort is yet another vastly underrated rap album out of those banner years in hip-hop, 1991 and 1992, when commercial and economic instincts had yet to turn the music formulaic. The ironic thing is that nearly everything on Fruits of Nature is sing-along catchy and so ebullient that it would have sounded great bounding out of radios or from MTV. Unfortunately, it is also the sort of hip-hop that is too idiosyncratic and brainy to garner a widespread audience. Instead of alchemizing their jazz-tinged sensibility into a more earnest and reverent underground hip-hop extension of the jazz tradition, UMC's twist their jazzy inclinations into what are essentially pop songs that, even while generating a singular style all their own, cover the full range of the catchiness spectrum: ingratiating melodic tunes ("One to Grow On"), carbonated word play ("Blue Cheese"), cleverly disguised boasts and straight rhyming ("Kraftworks," "Swing It to the Area," "Any Way the Wind Blows"), loping urban anthems ("You Got My Back," "Jive Talk"), and more serious-minded cuts ("Morals"). There's even an urban take on storybook tales ("Never Never Land") and a sort of ballad ("Feelings"). The commercial failure of the UMC's and groups like them opened up hip-hop to the same sort of Top 40-ready and cookie-cutter artistry in the latter part of the decade that had previously swallowed rock and pop music. For a brief couple years, though, rap as uniquely excellent as Fruits of Nature could be found around every street corner.
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Lame 3.97 / Avg 214 kbps
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Naughty By Nature - 19 Naughty III (1993) **Request**

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01. 19 Naughty III
02. Hip Hop Hooray
03. Ready For Dem (Feat. Heavy D)
04. Take It To Ya Face
05. Daddy Was A Street Corner
06. The Hood Comes First
07. The Only Ones
08. It's On
09. Cruddy Clique
10. Knock Em Out Da Box (Feat. Rottin Raskalz)
11. Hot Potato (Feat. Freddie Foxxx)
12. Sleepin' On Jersey (Feat. Queen Latifah)
13. Written On Ya Kitten
14. Sleepwalkin' II / Shout Outs
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Despite an excellent debut album, Naughty by Nature was pegged as a one-hit wonder by some observersafter all, they'd never duplicate the inescapably catchy "O.P.P.," would they? 19 Naughty III's lead single, "Hip Hop Hooray," proved that they could, and the album confirmed that Naughty by Nature were indeed highly underrated in terms of consistency. It's a shade less consistent than the debut, but has all the same strengths: head-nodding beats, Treach's bouncy flow, and a difficult balance between street attitude and accessibility. Naughty by Nature clearly comes from the streets, and have all the aggression of the streets, but they don't glamorize the streets; sure, they'll take care of themselves in a harsh environment, but ultimately they prefer to steer clear of trouble, cops, and jail. It's a refreshingly grounded and realistic perspective, best heard on "Daddy Was a Street Corner," "The Hood Comes First," and "The Only Ones." There are also energized guest appearances from Heavy D ("Ready for Dem") and Queen Latifah ("Sleeping on Jersey"). Kay Gee again shows himself a sorely underappreciated producer, with one foot in the clubs and the other one on the street corner, and that's true of the group as a whole. A few slower moments don't prevent 19 Naughty III from ranking as Naughty by Nature's second straight triumph.
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Lame 3.97 / Avg. 202 kbps
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Tall Dark & Handsome (1988) [CD, 2005] **Bronx**

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01. Call It What You Wanna
02. When Money On The Mix
03. Fake Fly Girl
04. Joyce
05. We Don't Need Crack
06. The Bronx Is Back
07. Tall, Dark And Handsome
08. Last Of The Great Ones
09. My Love Tune
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VBR / Lame 3.97 / Avg. 223 kbps
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Larry Larr - Da Wizard Of Odds (1991)

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01. Line 2 Line, Rhyme 4 Rhyme
02. Larry, That's What They Call Me
03. Lampin'
04. Neighborhood Puppet
05. Donna
06. My Ace, My Pal, My Partner
07. Confused
08. Ya Know What I'm Sayin'
09. Da Wizzard Of Odds
10. Jazz It Up
11. Keep On Y'all
12. My Own Style
13. Get Funky
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Larry Larr was part of the wave of rappers who came out of Philadelphia from the mid 80s through the early 90s, such as Schooly D, Steady B, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Cool C, Tuff Crew, Three Times Dope, and Hansoul. He released one album, Da Wizzard Of Odds in 1991, which features appearances by E.S.T. from Three Times Dope and Kwame'. The singles released from that album were 'Confused' and 'Larry, That's What They Call Me'.
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160 kbps
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Doctor Ice - The Mic Stalker (1989) [-TAPE-] **UTFO**

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01. Bass Up - Bass Down
02. Everybody Git Funk
03. Nobody Move
04. Love Jones
05. Sue Me!
06. Brooklyn To L.A.
07. Fever
08. Feelin' Irie
09. The Mic Stalker
10. Word To The Wise
11. The Chillologist
12. Word Up Doc!
13. I Ain't Goin'
14. Just A Little Bit (Oh Doctor, Doctor)
15. True Confessions
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Doctor Ice is a rapper from Brooklyn New York. He was with the group UTFO, most famous for their song "Roxanne, Roxanne". He is the younger brother of Jalil from the rap group Whodini.Doctor Ice had a stage persona known as the "Debonair Doc".Doctor Ice influenced Hip-Hop dancing to a new form. His influence can be noted by the dance moves in videos done by artists such as Kid N Play, Scrap Lover and Scoop Lover (dancers for Big Daddy Kane) and G-Wiz and the late Trouble T-Roy (from Heavy D & The Boyz). The commercial world fashioned their dance moves after Micheal Jackson but the black community embraced Doc Ice because his dancing was reflective of the type of dance moves done at a house/block party or in the nightclub.He left UTFO in the late 80s before the group's breakup in 1991 to go on a solo career. His first album, The Mic Stalker in 1989, produced by R&B group Full Force, had the singles 'Word To The Wise', 'Love Jones', and 'Sue Me'. Ice also collaborated with Dino (singer), for his 1990 song 'Romeo' (charting at #6) on the album "Swingin'". His second album, "Rely On Self" appeared in 1994.
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Da Youngsta's - Hip Hop Ride (1994) [CD, Promo]

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01. Hip Hop Ride (Album Edit)
02. Hip Hop Ride (Mellow Mix)
03. Hip Hop Ride (Remix)
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VBR / Lame 3.97 / Avg. 200 kbps
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Craig Mack - Project: Funk Da World (1994)

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01. Project: Funk Da World
02. Get Down
03. Making Moves With Puff
04. That Y'all
05. Flava In Ya Ear
06. Funk Wit Da Style
07. Judgement Day
08. Real Raw
09. Mainline
10. When God Comes
11. Welcome To 1994
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An above-average rapper blessed with a bit of luck and connections as well as talent, Craig Mack practically made Puff Daddy's Bad Boy label with a remix of his 1994 hit "Flava in Ya Ear." Based in Brentwood, Long Island, Mack cut his first single while still a teenager, though nothing came of it. He was working as a go-fer for hometown heroes EPMD when he hooked up with Sean "Puffy" Combs, who offered him a spot on a Mary J. Blige remix in 1992. Impressed, Combs offered him a contract on his Bad Boy label, distributed through Arista. What really sold the LP, however, was a platinum remix of the top single "Flava in Ya Ear." Featuring a parade of East Coast talent, the Notorious B.I.G.,Rampage, LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes, it ranked as one of the first posse tracks to go overground in a big way; a Top Ten pop hit, and number one on the rap and dance charts. Mack returned in 1997 (after having severed relations with Combs) with Operation: Get Down, an executive production of longtime East Coast head Eric B. The album didn't even make the Top 40, and Mack struggled for a contract during the rest of the decade. After recording a few white labels, he returned to Bad Boy with an appearance on Combs' We Invented the Remix LP ("Special Delivery" featuring Ghostface Killah and Keith Murray) and announced plans for a new Bad Boy LP.
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VBR / Lame 3.98.2 / Avg. 225 kbps
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Cella Dwellas - Realms N Reality (1996) **Brooklyn**

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01. Advance To Boardwalk
02. Mystic Freestyle
03. Perfect Match
04. Medina Freestyle
05. Recognize N Realize
06. Cella Dwellas
07. Wussdaplan
08. Good Dwellas
09. Hold U Down
10. Realm 3
11. Line 4 Line
12. Worries
13. We Got It Hemmed
14. Good Dwellas (Part 2)
15. Outro
16. Land Of The Lost (CD Bonus)
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224 kbps
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Class A Felony (1993) **Eastcoast**

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01. Intro
02. Time To Make The Doughnuts
03. Hyped Up (Prod. The 45 King)
04. Hostage (Prod. The 45 King)
05. I'm Not The Herb You're Lookin 4
06. Gotta Go, Gotta Go (Prod. The 45 King)
07. Papa Don't Play
08. Lyrical Bloodbath
09. Class A Felony
10. I Got A Warrant
11. Warriors Come Out To Play (Prod. The 45 King)
12. The Night Stalker
13. They're All Gonna Laugh At You
14. Rita
15. Black Rain
16. Electricity (Prod. The 45 King)
17. I Can't Take No More (Prod. Diamond D)
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VBR / Lame 3.98.2 / Avg. 193 kbps
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Lords Of The Underground - Keepers Of The Funk (1994) **Marley Marl**

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01. Intro
02. Ready or Not
03. Tic Toc
04. Keepers of the Funk
05. Steam from da Knot
06. What I'm After
07. Faith
08. Neva Faded
09. No Pain
10. Frustrated
11. Yes Y'All
12. What U See
13. Outro
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VBR / Lame 3.98.2 / Avg. 230 kbps
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Twin Hype (1989)

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01. Do It to the Crowd
02. For Those Who Like to Groove
03. My Metaphors
04. Tales of the Twins
05. Smooth
06. Suckers Never Change
07. Twin Hype
08. Lori
09. Fanatics
10. Serious Attitude
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256 kbps
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Greyson & Jaysun - Sweatin' Me Wet (1991)

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01. I Don't Play
02. Livin' Like A Troopa
03. I'm Crazy
04. Sweatin' Me Wet
05. Hard As They Come
06. Laura
07. Get Bizzy (Feat. Slick Rick)
08. Intoxicated
09. Shammin'
10. Basketball
11. Girls B Buggin'
12. Special Thanx
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VBR / Lame 3.98.2 / Avg. 179 kbps
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