Sunday, February 7, 2010

New York is Crazy



















Way back in 1993 J.O.B. and MJB concocted this little gem on a 4-track where MJB displays his storytelling skills over a funky Snackmaster track.

NOTABLE QUOTES:
"I'm not the one living tired and scummy/ I catch wreck like a crash test dummy"

"I stopped - yelled at this wish (sic) case/ And broke my god damn bottle in his bitch face"

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Claw & Aya Da Storm Freestyle











1997 was the year. ELP provided the beat with Aya and Claw freestyling on the mic.

Notable Freestyle Quotes:
"Quite clever on any endeavor/ And I sever/ The head off of the shoulders/ Drop rhymes like boulders" - Aya Da Storm

"I'm always on time with the beat - that's all that matters/ Emcees when I come - they all scatter"

Monday, February 1, 2010

Danger



















One of the gems of the Universal Sounds family. Way before thugs dominated the airwaves Spoon and Claw came up with this jam. With a soft horn, wah wah guitar and thumping bass over chunky drums Spoon is able to lay down his vivid vocals. I, myself, would dare to put Spoon up there with Kool G Rap and Scarface. Only if we would of known what else he could of or would of done...

Notable Quotes:

"Word life, niggas living trife in my building/ Pissy elevators - no love for the children"

"I walk with my head down - frown on my face/ I can't crack a smile in this land of disgrace"

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Jamboree @ Jake's















Back in 1996, I believe, we had a jam session up at Jake's house in Connecticut. I got a whole 8-track cassette which I have yet to transfer but this excerpt found its way to me. J.O.B. is on the mic, Aya on the drums, T-Booth on the Kalimba, E.N.S. on the keys and Infinite on the turntable. Claw, Lamada and Moosie Moe are doing something according to J.O.B.

Who Are We?













Samples going backwards. Vibes sprinkled. Bass bumping over a fluid drum track. Shockwave spits his classic verse with Anoir coming on right after.

Notable Quotes:

"With the brains of two men I devise my schemes/ Planning plots/ Fucking up teams/ Of punks/ Two bit drunk monks/ When I'm finished I dice em up in itsy chunks"
- Shockwave

"In your cerebral cortex I proceed to embalm/ Your dead brain cells - make your nervous system calm"
- Anoir Akbar



Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Peep Game















In 2000 Mysterio collabed with Kwote, Cise and Anoir Akbar on this dark and grimy track. Samples from "Goodfellas" and Herbie Hancock's "Death Wish" album accent the creepy beat as all three mc's come off with their own style.

Notable Quotes:

"In tune with my chi/ Mind vast like the sea/ School kids like Pre/ It's all elementary"
- Anoir

"You defeating me is negative/ So keep surprising me/ You like my Ex/ Keep lying to me"
- Cise

"One time for Connect/ That's the state that I rep/ One diss from your camp and I'll snatch the deck"
- Kwote


Monday, January 25, 2010

Welcome to Bandcamp





I will be uploading files to Bandcamp for now on as the Zshare files tend to expire.