Steady B - Bring The Beat Back (1986) [- TAPE-]

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01. Bring the Beat Back
02. Get Physical
03. Surprise
04. Cheatin' Girl
05. Do the Fila
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06. Stupid Fresh
07. Hit Me
08. Nothin' but the Bass
09. Yo Mutha
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Along with Schoolly D and the Fresh Prince (now better known as actor/rapper Will Smith), Steady B (born Warren McGlone) was one of the first wave of Philadelphia-area rappers to gain notoriety. With an appealing blend of battle raps and freestyle lyrics, Steady's style is an accurate representation of post-Run-D.M.C./pre-Public Enemy era hip-hop. At his best, Steady mixed well-written metaphors and wordplay with sparse yet catchy drum tracks. As was often the case in 1980s rap though, Steady just as frequently relied on gimmicky themes and corny yarns to fill out his albums. After releasing five albums with mixed success, Steady formed the hardcore group C.E.B. in an effort to update his style, and sales. The C.E.B. album failed, and Steady faded into obscurity. It would have been far better for Steady if he'd simply remained unheard from, but in 1996, Steady and his old C.E.B. partner Cool C were convicted of a botched armed robbery and murder. To avoid a possible death sentence, Steady confessed to the robbery and was sentenced to life without possibility of parole. Half engaging freestyles and battle raps, and half album filler, Bring the Beat Back was 17-year-old Steady B's debut release. Standout tracks like "Get Physical," "Stupid Fresh" and, most notably, the title song itself, established Steady as an up-and-coming lyricist. But with its corny dance tunes ("Do the Fila") and lightweight novelty songs ("Yo Mutha" and "Cheatin' Girl"), Bring the Beat Back is a mixed bag.
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Masters Of Ceremony - Dynamite (1988) [CD, 2005]

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01. Dynamite
02. Keep On Moving
03. Redder Posse
04. One To The Knot
05. Rock Steady
06. Sexy
07. Master Move
08. Cracked Out
09. Rock With The Master
10. Hard Core
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A short-lived, golden age rap group in the ‘80s, the Masters of Ceremony made no considerable impact on hip-hop outside of their NYC suburban locale, except that the group first put on display the mic techniques of Brand Nubian member Grand Puba. Formed in New Rochelle, NY, the Masters trio, rappers Grand Puba Maxwell and Dr. Who plus DJ Shabazz, was the first act signed to imprint Strong City, co-founded by Afrika Bambaataa associate and DJ Jazzy Jay in 1985. The Masters of Ceremony's debut single, "Crime," arrived that same year, followed in 1986 by the more successful 12"s "Sexy" and "Cracked Out," both produced by Jazzy Jay. With the bulk of the production handled by Grand Puba, their Dynamite (1988) LP was a commercial disappointment, though it was regarded highly among N.Y. hip-hop collectors at the time. A few more 12"s, including the album title cut and "Master Move," were released before the group eventually disbanded that same year.
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Herb McGruff - The Demo EP [12''](2008)

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A2 - I Keep My Palm On The Handle (Original Version)
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B1 - My Place
B2 - I Keep My Palm On The Handle (Remix)
B3 - 8 Iz Enuff (Demo Version)
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Godfather Don - Hazardous (1991)

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01. Just Begun (5:16)
02. Losers (4:08)
03. On And On (4:35)
04. Read The Lines (4:34)
05. Hazardous (5:02)
06. Full Circle (4:39)
07. Sleepin' With The Enemy (4:21)
08. Keep Sweatin' (4:26)
09. Homicide (5:04)
10. Involuntary Excellence (4:43)
11. Hellofasong (5:15)
12. Black Time (5:22)
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Godfather Don is a New York City hip hop record producer. He was in Cenobites with Kool Keith and The Groove Merchantz with Victor Padilla, The Beatnuts production team. He has been "a creative force within New York City's underground hip-hop scene" since he appeared with debut in 1991.Godfather Don first appeared in 1991 with Hazardous, released on the Select Records. The album established the Godfather as an MC influenced by the blatant, hard-hitting style of Chuck D. A few years later, the Don appeared on and produced the Ultramagnetic MC's' The Four Horsemen, which led to a collaboration with that group's standout, Kool Keith. The Cenobites EP was issued on Fondle 'Em Records, which was started by New York b-boy, DJ, and man about town Bobbito Garcia. The material on the EP had originally been recorded as gags or promos for Garcia's underground hip-hop radio show on New York's WKCR. The Cenobites EP was then reissued by Fondle 'Em as a full-length LP. Throughout the 1990s, Godfather Don continued to work as a producer, working on tracks from Kool Keith, Hostyle, and Ayatollah, among others. In 1998, he released his second album, Diabolique, on which his flow was very similar to the bludgeoning raps of his 1991 debut. The album included cameo appearances from Kool Keith and Sir Menelik, and appeared on the Hydra Entertainment imprint, for which Godfather Don continued to record, releasing several 12" singles and Instrumental hip hop albums.In the 2000s, Don was known for his work with Screwball, a Queensbridge hip hop group, producing much of their 3 albums.In 2007, Don resurfaced with 'The Slave Of New York E.P, an EP of previously-unreleased archive material in association with hip-hop website Diggers With Gratitude who tracked him down and worked on putting this project out. 150 copies of this six track vinyl E.P. were released, with the first 45 copies having signed sleeves. The material used was recorded before and during his time with Hydra, with the title track coming directly from a cassette that Don had given to Bobbito to play on WKCR. Due to the resurge in interest, Don was then asked to release a CD compilation of material by another label, titled The Nineties Sessions, out now.
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Young M.C. - Stone Cold Rhymin' (1989)

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1. I Come Off
2. Principal's Office
3. Bust a Move
4. Non Stop
5. Fastest Rhyme
6. My Name Is Young
7. Know How
8. Roll with the Punches
9. I Let 'Em Know
10. Pick Up the Pace
11. Got More Rhymes
12. Stone Cold Buggin'
13. Just Say No
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Young MC wasn't given props at the time and he wasn't respected in the years following the release of his debut Stone Cold Rhymin', largely because he worked entirely in the pop-rap/crossover vein. All the same, that's what's great about his debut, since it's exceptionally clever and effective, a wonderful combination of deft rhymes and skillful production. And there's no discounting Matt Dike, Michael Ross, the Dust Brothers, and engineer Mario Caldato, Jr. (the latter two names are members of the Beastie Boys' inner circle), who make this record easily accessible, without a trace of guilt, even if it does sample from familiar sources. And, really, Young MC is a gifted rapper, spinning out rhymes with a deft touch and turning out rhymes much more clever than they should be. Yes, Stone Cold Rhymin' is a product of its time, particularly in its sound and lyrical references, but divorced from the Bush era, it comes off as one of the catchiest, friendliest pop-rap records and it's still an infectious party record years after its release.
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MF 911 - Idol The Bloodsport (1993)

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1. Menu
2. 900
3. Shots Cold Gunnin'
4. Product 19
5. King in a Cell
6. Shout Outs
7. Get Open
8. Rubber on the Floor
9. Prodigy
10. Mad for the Mic
11. Trackmaster
12. Going Senile
13. My Turn
14. Back to the Lab
15. Outro
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Top Quality - Magnum Opus (1993)

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1. Messages From Uptown
2. Someone So Fly
3. Caught up in the Flizny
4. Magnum Opus
5. Check the Credentials
6. What
7. You Gotta Check It
8. Something New
9. I Can't Hear You
10. Graveyard Shift
11. U Know My Name
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For a short span of time during the early '90s, the offshoots of EPMD stylistically held the entire New York City rap scene on lockdown. While Erick Sermon's Def Squad scored early and often with Redman leading the charge, PMD's Hit Squad was left hoping to follow up the success of Das EFX with the release of Magnum Opus by Top Quality. Despite its obscurity and lackluster reception, the album reveals an uncanny panorama of East Coast hip-hop circa 1993. Complete with references to Philly blunts and "buddha," formatted at times in pig Latin and abrasively delivered by a roughneck emcee, the clichés on Magnum Opus are abundant. But Top Quality actually proves why such confrontational music became so overwhelmingly popular in the first place. With a lyrical versatility seldom expressed within a single rap album, Top Quality pulls out all of the stops in order to outwit his beats. Indeed, the title track has become somewhat famous as an exercise in creative sampling. Other highlights include the story of the "Graveyard Shift," along with a few moments of compelling production provided by Charlie Marotta.
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Bas Blasta - Dangerous / The Rhythm [12''] (1994)-VLS

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A1 - Dangerous (Album Version) (4:12)
A2 - Dangerous (Clean Version) (4:10)
A3 - Dangerous (Instrumental) (4:09)
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B1 - The Rhythm (Album Version) (5:07)
B2 - The Rhythm (Clean Edit) (4:45)
B3 - The Rhythm (Instrumental) (3:45)
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Illogic - Unforseen Shadows (1999)

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1. Introduction
2. What It Takes
3. Me Vs Myself (Feat. I)
4. Lioness
5. Blaow!! (Feat. Lioness)
6. Favorite Things (Intro)
7. Favorite Things (Feat. Blueprint)
8. Check It Out
9. Blacksmif
10. Illogistics
11. Angel
12. Dose One
13. Hate In A Puddle
14. Blueprint
15. Tale Of A Griot
16. Cinderella Complex (Feat. Blueprint)
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The Backyard Rangers - Head For The Hills (1994) [-Audio Cassette-]

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1. -Eatin' up Mcees
2. -Ready on the Set
3. -On a Friday
4. -Head for the Hills
5. -Smiles Never Come My Way
6. -What's It Gonna Be
7. -Sonuvagun
8. -Freaky Flow
9. -Easy Rider
10. -Slingshot
11. -25 & Above
12. -Just 2
13. -Wild West
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Sebutones - Psoriasis (1996) [-TAPE-]

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01. Sebutondef
02. Flux Capacity
03. Peach RMX
04. Goin' Splits
05. Osteriophysio
06. Multiple Organisms
07. Security Screws
08. Transmission
09. Unknown Title
10. Unknown Title
11. Unknown Title
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EPMD - Business Never Personal (1992)

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1. Boon Dox
2. Nobody's Safe Chump
3. Can't Hear Nothing But the Music
4. Chill
5. Head Banger (Feat. Redman & K-Solo)
6. Scratch Bring It Back (Part 2-Mic Doc)
7. Crossover
8. Cummin' At Cha
9. Play the Next Man
10. It's Going Down
11. Who Killed Jane
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Having recorded two undeniable hip-hop classics right out the box, EPMD met with a modicum of disapproval for the first time ever upon the release of its third album, which was graded down by some fans and critics because it seemed to be, yes, more business as usual rather than any sort of musical maturation or progression. Unbowed, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith returned with what, at the time, was rumored even before it hit shelves to be their final album together. Indeed, the duo broke up not long after Business Never Personal came out. It was a perfect way to go out together. The album proved to be both a commercial and artistic triumph at the time, and with each passing year, it sounds more and more like their finest, if not their most historically important recording. Unapologetically underground throughout its career up to this point, the duo was savvy enough to throw a bone to an ever-growing rap-listening public in a supposed bid for "Crossover" appeal even as it was taking its concluding bow, thereby negating any cries of "sellout" that otherwise might have been tossed at the group's reputation for independence from any commercial concerns. Frankly, though, it would have been a difficult claim to make stick against EPMD anyway. Despite its appealing Zapp sample and hook, "Crossover" is every bit as coated in street soot as the rest of its music. Nevertheless, it is undoubtedly the catchiest thing the pair had ever created. The rest of the album is harder hitting but in every respect as captivating, running from the abrasively metallic "Boon Dox" to the crowd-moving Hit Squad posse cut "Head Banger," and returning the group more often than not to the scowling (though often tongue-in-cheek) intensity and minimalistic aesthetic of its first two records.And if Erick and Parrish hadn't yet made the impending end of their partnership explicit enough, they do so on the final track, where they finally, figuratively kill off Jane, the transvestite prostitute who had hawked them through each of their albums.
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Sage Francis - Personal Journals (2002)

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1. Crack Pipes
2. Different
3. Personal Journalist
4. Inherited Scars
5. Climb Trees
6. Broken Wings
7. The Strange Famous Mullet Remover
8. Smoke & Mirrors
9. Message Sent
10. Eviction Notice
11. Pitchers Of Silence
12. Specialist
13. Hopeless
14. Kill ya' Momz
15. Black Sweatshirt
16. Cup of Tea
17. My Name Is Strange
18. Runaways
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Sage Francis is something of an enigma wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside a slam poet wrapped inside a rap MC. In other words, it's difficult to say in which way, exactly, Personal Journals should be classified, but considering how qualitative are its returns, it hardly matters. Already a battle champion (he won both the 1999 Superbowl Battle and 2000 Scribble Jam competitions) and a nationally ranked slam-poetry contestant, the self-defined "self-referentialist" Francis finally dropped this debut full-length with the support of his spiritual compadres and fellow rap revolutionaries in Anticon, and like the music from that collective, Personal Journals vigorously pushes back battlements and erases musical dividing lines. At any moment, you may find yourself unexpectedly confronted by gritty street hip-hop ("Climb Trees," "Pitchers of Silence"), gonzo reportage ("Personal Journalist"), what probably comes closest to spoken-word ("Inherited Scars," the live reading "Hopeless," "Runaways"), emotionally intense autobiography ("Different"), even cockeyed rock music ("My Name Is Strange," with six-piece backing band AOI), and then a more free-form and indefinable performance art (the superb "Broken Wings," halfway between rap and a touching sort of metaphysics, or the gothic, multiple-personality "Eviction Notice"), for lack of a better term. The soundscapes that his team of producers came up with are every bit as unorthodox and superlative. That the album could appeal to rap heads and arty, alternative types alike is a testament to the high caliber of Francis' personal journalism.
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Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect (1990)

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1. Can I Start This?
2. Rock Dis Funky Joint
3. Strictly Ghetto
4. Holy Intellect
5. Shakiyla
6. Time to Say Peace
7. Style Dropped/Lessons Taught
8. Speaking upon a Blackman
9. So Many Teachers
10. Word from the Wise
11. Butt Naked Booty Blues
12. Poor Righteous Teachers
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The Legion - Jingle Jangle (1994) [CD, Single, Promo]

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02. Jingle Jangle (Mellow Mix)
03. Jingle Jangle (Mental Mix)
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