Freestyle Professors in 2009

You may know of these cats from their 1994 single, "Lil Sum Em Sum Em", under the name Geo & Ricochet. At least that's the one that I remember hearing on college radio and then on vinyl. Or you might have first heard them all together on "Get Wise" also in 1994. You can check for their unreleased album and other mixtapes here.

Well, lo and behold, 15 years later and they're dropping an album featuring production from Diamond D, Show, Buckwild, Lord Finesse and Minnesota. To be fair, they only do a beat each while the rest of the production is handled by crew member, Branesparker, and one by J-Superia. The beats are grimy. Dirty drum breaks chopped up, simple head nodding samples. They definitely have that mid 90's "heavy" Bronx sound down pat.

We can't give you a download to the entire album because that would just be wrong. It drops October 1st and is being sold at a normal price. Not on some "limited", your kids will have to go hungry this week, prices. Here's a few tracks off of "Gryme Tyme" to let you know what you have to look forward to:[click on title to preview]

Think About It (produced by Diamond D)

Time Flies (produced by Minnesota)

The Lord's Prayer (produced by Buckwild)

We Comin' (produced by Show)

Gryme Tyme (produced by Branesparker)

I think you might still be able to get one of the limited bonus 45s if you pre order now.

If you're diggin' any of those, cop here.

--Verge

"One Little Indian Smoking In A Tree"

"One Little Indian Smoking In a Tree"

You might remember this from Buckwild's Diggin' in the Crates album which had the remix but I'm sure most of you haven't heard the original produced by Howie Tee(Chubb Rock, Special Ed, etc.). While Buckwild might be a better producer, I still have to say that I like the original version better. Howie Tee, unlike the Buckwild version, had the classic sample of Slick Rick in Indian Girl where he does the Indian chant for the hook. It also went well with the beat that used the sample from "Little Ghetto Boy". Like a lot of rappers around that time, this is the only thing that Little Indian released in his career. I still wonder why because he had production by Howie Tee, and remixes by Buckwild, and Jay-Dee(I think it's his first beat but it wasn't the CDS) and he also had a video for this. There might be a full unreleased album out there as you can see on the back of the cover.

There has been a lot of talking about CD singles recently in our forum and the first one that came to my mind was this. Enjoy

Little Indian - One Little Indian (Original Version)

Little Indian - One Little Indian (Buckwild Remix)


--Thomas V (New TROY BLOGGER)

Which Remix Is Better? Fast Life Edition

Kool G Rap - Fast Life(ft. Nas)

The original Buckwild version of this was a well produced radio song.But the two most known remixes really outshined it to many heads at the time.

1.Norfside Mix - Buckwild was in the midst of a prolific period in his career when he churned this one out.He managed to turn this song in the opposite direction and made it a certified street banger.

2.Vinyl Reanimators Remix - I still don't know exactly how they constructed this beat,but they kept a similar melody as the Norfside Mix and made it sinister and more rugged.They also changed up the hook with scratched in vocal samples,which is usually a plus.

The argument will still remain over which remix is the better one,voice your opinion in the comments if you have a favorite out of the two.

Download the two remixes and instrumentals, in one folder,here.

Thanks to FatFaceFreddy, Ho1ogramz, and drizzle at the Troy forum for upping these tracks and instigating this blog. --Verge

Correction: The Norfside Mix was produced by Salaam Remi,not Buckwild. --Verge