Many Styles

Many Styles
1. Beastie Boys - The New Style
2. BDP - The Style You Haven't Done Yet
3. Poor Righteous Teachers & Krs-One - Conscious Style
4. Original Flavor, Jay-Z & Freshco - Many Styles
5. Masta Ace Inc - Crazy Drunken Style
6. Method Man - PLO Style
7. Cella Dwellas - Medina Style
8. Funkmaster Flex - Butterfly Style (Live MSG Mix)
9. Yaggfu Front - Fling-A-Ling Style
10. Alkaholiks - Funny Style
11. Pharcyde - Funny Style Part I
12. Styles Of Beyond - Many Styles
13. Styles Of Beyond - Styles Of Beyond
14. Alkaholiks - Funny Style (Instrumental)
http://www.mediafire.com/?5eztogfxt3n

Preview:

Beastie Boys - The New Style


BDP - The Style You Haven't Done Yet


Poor Righteous Teachers & Krs-One - Conscious Style


Pharcyde - Funny Style Part I


--Roy Johnson

Cella Dwellas - Non-Album Tracks (1994-1996)

Cella Dwellas - Non-Album Tracks (1994-1996)
1. Land Of The Lost (Radio Edit)
2. Lyricist Lounge Freestyle #1
3. Lyricist Lounge Freestyle #2
4. Lyricist Lounge Freestyle #3 w/ Chubb Rock & Ran Reed
5. Lyricist Lounge Promo #1
6. Lyricist Lounge Promo #2
7. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #1
8. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #2
9. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #3
10. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #4
11. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #5
12. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #6 w/ Craig G
13. DJ IROC Freestyle
14. DJ Enuff Freestyle
15. Wake Up Show Freestyle
16. Good Dwellas (Unreleased Remix)
17. Good Dwellas (Remix)
18. Return Of Jane
19. 4 Da Mind w/ Masta Ace
20. Cranium Remix w/ Gauge
21. Mad Hardcore w/ Kaotic Style, Heltah Skeltah & MOP
22. The Definition w/ Ran Reed
23. The Introduction w/ Ran Reed
24. Good Dwellas (Tony Touch Mix)
25. Land Of The Lost (Instrumental)
http://www.mediafire.com/?iiu4tzjkgtu

Preview:

Lyricist Lounge Freestyle #1


Lyricist Lounge Freestyle #2


Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle #1


DJ IROC Freestyle


DJ Enuff Freestyle


--Roy Johnson

Gauge's 6-track demo

The homie Kevin Beacham of Time Travel Radio fame has been doing God's work this past week in T.R.O.Y. dropping gem after gem.

This one comes from Gauge aka The Mental Murderah and his 6-track demo tape from '95.

Some of you may remember Gauge's single "Cranium" featuring fellow Brooklynites The Cella Dwellas, but what some of you may not know is that Gauge was also managed by T-Dot rapper Maestro Fresh Wes who gave Kevin this demo for to review it for "Caught In The Middle."

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1. Cranium (demo version)
2. Past Tense
3. Keep Your Compliments
4. Mind Over Matter
5. Miss You Man
6. Caught Up

Bio:

Growing up in the same neighborhood as Hip-Hop mainstays like Special Ed, Busta Rhymes, and The Cella Dwellas, Gauge learned his trade from legendary schoolyard battles. In 1990, Gauge, alongside fellow Brooklynite, Lord Have Mercy (now in Flipmode Squad), released the now-rare single "Order In The Court" from their group B.A.S.S. (Brothers About Sight and Sound). Gauge dropped the single "Cranium" b/w "Breathless" on Maestro Records which was extremely successful. In early 2000, Gauge stepped out with his third single, "Insane" b/w "Bring It To Me" feat. Special Ed and Phantasm from The Cella Dwellas. In 2001, he was working on his untitled album, which never saw the light of day. That EP featured production from Ge-ology, DJ Spinna, Nick Wiz, Ayatollah and SELF.

Be sure to check Kev out @ http://www.myspace.com/djnikoless
And don't forget to peep all Kev's amazing contributions on T.R.O.Y too!

--Philaflava

25 Minutes

As you can imagine we receive a lot of submissions for T.R.O.Y. and we do our best to show love to those supporting us, but once in a while we get a hold something special.

I slipped this post in as the 4th update of today because I believe this is something you'll all going to enjoy and your way to work tomorrow.

DJ Michael Timex put together a 25 minute blend of some of our favorite beats along with some of the dopest tracks of the 90's. Download this bitch and enjoy but be sure to leave feedback cuz Timex promised us some more heat if you dig. --Philaflava

1. Bucktown of the Lost
2. Hemmed At Halftime
3. Big Katz Say That Cash Rules
4. Relax and Bullshit (Ending Scratch Break)
5. Must Stay Paid Gettin' The Fortune
6. Music Money and Women in the Class of Coolie High
7. Life is Real Live Cash and Then You Die
8. Don't Fuck With Jerzee---->Rockafella has Problemz.

DOWNLOAD (Sendspace)

DOWNLOAD (Mediafire)

Echo Mixtapes Volumes 1 and 6

As promised,we now bring you volumes 1 and 6 of the renowned Echo Lyricist Lounge Mix Tapes. If you haven't checked any of this series out yet,you really should. There are mad rare cuts from known as well as unknown artists.
Download Volume 1 here

Download Volume 6 here

And again,thanks to DULLAH and CharlieManson(cms) at Phila for digging these up and sharing them with us all --Verge

The Diggaman

Biography of Digga

Ask most hip-hop fans who their favorite rapper is and they'll probably answer with an emphatic "Biggie!" Have them list their Top Ten All-Time Favorite Hip-Hop albums and bet you Ready To Die will be included somewhere in it. Then finally ask them to list their five favorite songs from that album. Guaranteed that three of their favorite five will be "One More Chance," "Me And My Bitch" and "Everyday Struggle." That would mean the producer behind the historical tracks of those classic songs has helped the Notorious B.I.G become, arguably, the Greatest Rapper of All-Time. No we're not talking about Puffy here (check the credits). We're talking about none other than MC/producer Digga (formerly known as Lord Digga).

For you true hip-hop heads, you might remember the name from Masta Ace's INC crew back in the early '90's. Anyone who even remotely followed Ace's career recalls his joints "Jeep Ass Niguh", "Who Ya Jackin" and "Drunken Style." Digga produced them all. But when Digga started noticing that the INC wasn't so incorporated, he decided to get gone. "It seemed like Ace was out for himself and trying to limit my potential. So I had to get out on my own and show the world what I was made of" states Digga. "It's sort of like how the Raptors held back Tracy McGrady, when he really had enough skills to be the best player in the league."

So Digga bounced and started doing things his way. Talk about your way being the right way. A year after his departure, Digga wound up being mentioned in Source magazine's Unsigned Hype section for his production and found he and his production partner's beat tape in the hands of an un-signed Biggie via Unsigned Hype editor Matt Life.

But despite producing tracks for faded artists like The Cella Dwellas ("Land Of The Lost" and "Realm 3") as well as household hip-hop names like ODB ("Brooklyn Zoo Remix"), Digga is more than a superb track chef with a keen engineer's ear, he's also the one of the fiercest you'll find in a vocal booth. There's none other who can mix witty intelligence, sharp humor and true hardcore so well and then serve it with a disciplined delivery and bully baritone. This is what had the West and East Coast underground in love with Digga back in '98 when he dropped "My Flows Is Tight." He beautifully used a sample from the theme music of the renown TV show "The Price Is Right" and an irresistible hook to distract listeners as they got hit upside their heads with raps as hard as granite. It was Digga at his best on all levels.

Digga Production Volume 1
1. Cella Dwellas - Land Of The Lost (Radio Edit)
2. Cella Dwellas - Realm 3
3. Dredknotz - Causin' Menace (Remix)
4. Lord Digga - Brand Nu Day
5. Lord Digga - Enemy Lines
6. Lord Digga - My Flows Is Tight
7. Lord Digga - Watch Ya Back
8. Lord Digga - Word Play
9. Man Digga - Man Digga Comin' Through
10. Masta Ace - Ain't You Da Masta
11. Masta Ace - Crazy Drunken Style
12. Masta Ace - Freestyle
13. Masta Ace - Jeep Ass Niguh
14. Masta Ace - Saturday Night Live (Horny Mix)
15. Masta Ace - Style Wars
16. Masta Ace - Turn It Up
17. Masta Ace - What's Going On
18. Masta Ace - Who U Jackin'
19. Notorious BIG - Everyday Struggle
20. ODB - Brooklyn Zoo (Dirty Remix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kt55qwytw20

Digga Production Volume 2
1. Cella Dwellas - Land Of The Lost (Instrumental)
2. Lord Digga - My Flows Is Tight (Instrumental)
3. Man Digga - Man Digga Comin' Through (Instrumental)
4. Masta Ace - Freestyle (Dub)
5. Masta Ace - Turn It Up (Dub)
6. Masta Ace - What's Going On (Dub)
7. Mystidious Misfits - I Be Remix (Instrumental)
8. Mystidious Misfits - Upside Down Remix (Instrumental)
9. ODB - Brooklyn Zoo Remix (Instrumental)
http://www.mediafire.com/?m0zjij3yycy

For more info about Digga check him out on Myspace.

Props to Lyrical Gymnastics, Verge and Roy Johnson.

--Philaflava

Echo(Lyricist Lounge) Mixtapes Vol.2-5

Some of you might remember these dope little tapes.One would get a free tape with the purchase of an Echo t-shirt and there was always something good on them.I had the one with the Problems joint on it and one of my boys had another one.Up until recently,I had never even seen the rest of them.Props to T.R.O.Y poster DULLAH for blessing us with these:

Download Volume 2 here
Download Volume 3 here
Download Volume 4 here
Download Volume 5 here

Stay tuned for Volumes 1 and 6!

--verge