LL Cool J: Respect The Architect

Sometimes you just gotta give it up for LL. Yeah he hasn't made the most memorable albums in the past 15 years but he is still making music. He gave us Radio, Bigger And Deffer, Walking With A Panther (my fav), Mama Said Knock You Out, 14 Shots To The Dome and Mr. Smith to name a few. Since them he's sprinkled us with some vintage LL, like "Ill Bomb."

LL, at age 41, still has it. He doesn't flex it like he can but if push came to shove LL could definitely retire a rapper of choice should he feel inclined to. While I can't validate whether or not this is a real album or that LL will even see a dime on it, I can say they are high quality (remastered) tracks of some of his greatest cuts. Even though we all could do without a handful (or even more) of some of them, the great tracks certainly overpower the weak ones. Download this jawn and remember just how vicious LL Cool J was on the mic. Hey Rick Rubin if you're reading this why not hit up James Todd Smith and do another album together? Go out on the right note. --Philaflava

LL Cool J: All World 2

01. Rock The Bells (Produced By Rick Rubin)
02. Dear Yvette (Produced By Rick Rubin)
03. I'm That Type Of Guy (Produced By LL Cool J)
04. Big Ole Butt (Produced By LL Cool J)
05. Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings (Produced By Marley Marl)
06. Around The Way Girl (Produced By Marley Marl)
07. Jack The Ripper (Produced By Rick Rubin)
08. To Da Break Of Dawn (Produced By Marley Marl)
09. I Shot Ya (Feat. Fat Joe, Foxy Brown, Keith Murray & Prodigy)(Produced By Poke & Tone)
10. Ill Bomb (Feat. Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap) (Produced By DJ Scratch)
11. Phenomenon (Produced By Diddy)
12. 4, 3, 2, 1, (Feat. Redman, Method Man & DMX) (Remix) (Produced By Erick Sermon)
13. Luv U Better (Produced By The Neptunes)
14. Paradise (Feat. Amerie) (Produced By Poke & Tone)
15. Headsprung (Produced By Timbaland)
16. Hush (Feat. 7 Aurelius) (Produced By 7)
17. Baby (Feat. The-Dream) (Produced By C. "Tricky" Stewart & The-Dream)

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S-P-E-L-L-B-O-U-N-D: K-Solo vs DMX

Today, I will breakdown the beef between K-Solo & DMX over who originated the "Spellbound" style. It all started in the late 80's when K-Solo & DMX served their jail time. DMX & K-Solo supposedly were friends and battled each other one-time during a 60-minute break. I heard rumors that K-Solo was stunned by DMX style and talked to DMX after the battle. In 1990, K-Solo released his breakdown hit "Spellbound." About a year later, DMX appeared in the unsigned hype column of The Source which you can see above. He claimed that K-Solo had stole his style and that he was the real author of "Spellbound." Right after that, DMX decided to release his own basement version of "Spellbound." A trivia fact is that he is known to have won a few spelling bees when he was a kid.

I don't think K-Solo really cared about DMX's version as he never replied until 2001. For the second installment of the Beef DVD series, K-Solo took a lie detector test to prove that he was the original writer of "Spellbound." He passed the whole test except one question which was just doubtful when he was asked if DMX co-wrote "Spellbound." DMX never really used that style after he recorded his version of Spellbound but years later he became a multi-platinum selling artist while K-Solo never really made an impact after his second solo album "Time's Up". Did DMX try to gain fame by using the spellbound style? We will never know... I just suggest that you listen to both versions and decide for yourself

K-Solo - Spellbound (1990)

DMX The Great - Spellbound (The Original) (1991?)

DMX Unsigned Hype Article appears courtesy of THIMK

-- Thomas V

The Beatbox Files Volume 1

The Beatbox Files Volume 1
1. Grandmaster Flash - Flash Is On The Beatbox
2. Fat Boys - The Human Beatbox
3. Fat Boys - Stick ‘Em
4. Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick - Live At The Lincoln Projects
5. Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick - The Show
6. Doug E Fresh - Get Fresh Doug & Do The Beatbox
7. Doug E Fresh - Nuthin’
8. Cutmaster DC - We Came To Rock
9. Mikey D & Rahzel - Dawn
10. Greg Nice - 3 Minutes Of Beatbox
11. T La Rock & Greg Nice - Bass Machine
12. Biz Markie & MC Shan - Live In Brooklyn
13. Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane - Freestyle
14. Biz Markie - One Two
15. Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz
16. Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
17. Biz Markie - Biz Is Goin’ Off
18. Just Ice & DMX - Original Gangster Of Hip Hop
19. Just Ice & DMX - Gangster Of Hip Hop
20. Just Ice & DMX - Latoya
21. Just Ice & DMX - That Girl Is A Slut
22. BDP & D-Nice - Breath Control (Live)
23. BDP & D-Nice - The P Is Free (Live)
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Stay tuned for volume 2, which will be posted at some point next week.

--Roy Johnson