iLLSTYLE LIVE! 'Music from the Elektra Entertainment' (CD 1995)

Here is the super rare promo cd version of "iLLSTYLE LIVE!" from 1995. Some of you probably already have the vinyl rip but guess what? I had it too, it's time to forget about the cracks and pops and upgrade to the digital version.

The IllStyle Live LP was a live recording promoting all the rap acts from Elektra Records & EastWest Records. They had artists like Ol' Dirty Bastard, Das EFX, Supernatural, The Juggaknots, 8-Off, ... As you might already know, most of the artists were left with shelved albums. Luckily, a few of these albums leaked throughout the years.

While all the performances are on point, there isn't anything close to the Ol' Dirty session. ODB mentions how he didn't want to come to the show on some classic funny ish. He then rocks a freestyle with Buddha Monk and 60 Second Assassin then starts to talk again and finally performs Brooklyn Zoo & Shimmy Shimmy Ya. Pete Rock is also the DJ of the night.

Ego Trip included iLLSTYLE LIVE! on their "Official All-The-Way-Live Albums" list. It still remains one of the greatest live performances ever released on wax to this day!

1. Intro
2. Daddy D - Luv On A Dub
3. Omniscence - Amazin'
4. Juggaknotz - I'm Gonna Kill You
5. Lin Que - Let It Fall
6. 8-Off - Ghetto Girl
7. Deda Baby Pa - Blah Uno
8. Coz - No Place Like Tha Hood
9. Interlude
10. Supernatural - Natural Disaster
11. Das Efx - Real Hip Hop
12. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Freestyle/ Brooklyn Zoo/ Shimmy Shimmy Ya

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mid-atlantic hip hop vol 1 (1993-1998)

Hang on to the wheel high rollers, here's a taste of hip hop from the 'mid-atlantic' for your ears today. Check the tracklist for year and location info. A few of these tracks combine styles and the blend is hot. Culturally, the mid-atlantic region is a mix of old world east coast mentality, and southern 'show me' practicality. Perhaps it's not ironic that many people from Maryland or Virginia identify themselves as southerners even though they are east coast as New York for instance. New England is an area unto itself, and so is the mid-atlantic.

Play it in your living room, bump it in your car. This one will have you hitting rewind. Here's your meat and taters.

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1. (00:04:11) Shadz of Lingo - I Step 2 U Den (Virginia 1993)2. (00:04:37) da phlayva - why ask why (s, carolina 1994

3. (00:04:18) Snoman - Disneyland (Virginia 1993)

4. (00:04:16) Omniscience - Wreckognize (N. Carolina 1993)

5. (00:02:02) The Topdawgs - Rock The Mother (Intro 1) (Virginia 1996)

6. (00:02:16) xgovernment - the original (virginia 1994)

7. (00:03:15) afiliashun - who's this (baltimore 1997)

8. (00:03:08) The Unspoken Heard - Mid-Atlantic (Washington Dc 1997)

9. (00:05:22) Danja Mowf Ft Javon - Like Flies (Virginia 1997)

10. (00:03:49) Assassins - Represent (N. Carolina 1995)

11. (00:05:23) mental dimension - verbal format (n. carolina 1996)

12. (00:04:42) Ill Biskits - Place to Be (Virginia 1996)

13. (00:03:47) the outfit - the outfit presents (delaware 1997)

14. (00:02:08) Major League - Intro (N. Carolina 1997)

15. (00:04:28) Mad Skillz - All in it (Virginia 1995)

16. (00:04:16) Hurricane - Back on the Set (N. Carolina 1997)

17. (00:04:41) E.L. Me & The Street Products - Smoke Signals (Virginia 1993)

18. (00:04:55) chink - nine millimeter (forestville md 1995)

19. (00:05:42) dark alley - under pressure (washington dc 1998)

Leave us some comments/feedback. We want to know what you think! This is volume 1 of a 4 part series. I will be bringing the rest to your ears soon. -- Schenectadyfan