Drayzee Says: It's 'Em Summer Days Volume 2

Recently we blessed you with G-Funk California.

If that was not much for you, than try to digest this load of dope summer tracks from all over The States, alloted in 3 volumes, made by member of philaflava forum and owner of his own blog, Drayzee, http://drayzee.blogspot.com/.
Drayzee was just kind enough to allow us to use his own work and to represent it via T.R.O.Y. Blog.
Thank you Drayzee for this massive work.

"Drayzee Says: It's 'Em Summer Days" is a compilation based on g-funk/gangsta/jazz/funk music. Too bad it's not summer yet, however this project will certainly give you that summer vibe. I hope this will bump in your speakers 6 summers from now. The first volume contains more "party-like" songs, the second volume will contain more gangsta/cruisin' stuff,jazz & funk, and the third one will be for you to just chill on. I also used some St. Ides commercial once per 8-9 songs, just to give you the feeling that there still is a dope radio on earth bumpin' this.

1. The Dove Shack - Summertime In The LBC
2. Mr. Criminal - Sounds Of Summertime
3. 2nd II None - Up N Da Club
4. DGSB - In The Summer Breeze
5. L.O.L. - Summer Breeze
6. Big Mello - Fancy Thangz
7. 2nd II None - If You Want It
8. Black Ty aka Tyrese & Kurupt - Westside
9. 2nd II None - Nuthin' Has Changed
10. Foesum - Likka Store
11. Madd Hatta - Trunk-O-Funk
12. Goldy - In the Land of Funk
13. Cold World Hustlers - Everyday Thang feat. One Tyme
14. Conscious Daughters - We Roll Deep
15. Ganksta C - 3 Wheel Motion
16. Double A - Gangstrumental
17. Nate Dogg - Nobody Does It Better (feat. Warren G)
18. 2Pac feat. Dre & Roger - California Love [Wadz Remix]
19. 213 - Another Summer
20. Warren G - Get U Down (Remix) ft. Ice Cube, B-Real, Snoop Dogg
21. Dream Warriors - California Dreamin'
22. Da Brat - Let's All Get High (Feat. Krayzie Bone)
23. Twinz - Journey Wit Me
24. Second Nature - Take me back
25. Top Prize - Ballin Big Affair
26. Stalin - G-Funk
27. Playa B & The Midwest Click - Indiana Love
28. O.F.T.B. - Ladies Night
29. Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
30. Zapp - Beautiful Lady
31. Lakeside - Something About That Woman
32. The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
33. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down On Saturday Night (Special Extended Version)
34. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
35. Incredible Bongo Band - Pipeline
36. Quincy Jones - Summer In The City
37. The Isley Brothers - Footsteps In The Dark
38. Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
39. Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
40. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Waiting in Vain
41. The Floaters - Float On
42. Zapp - Be Alright
43. Joe Sample - In All My Wildest Dreams
44. Erick Sermon - Music (feat Marvin Gaye)
45. Bobby Hutcherson - Ummh
46. Mojoe - Gumbo Groove
47. Lucas - Sitting In A Breeze With Jazz
48. Kingdom - Ghetto Star
49. 2 Of The Crew - Emotions
50. Alien Planet - In The Heat Of The Night
51. Nate Dogg - Bag O' Weed
52. Trundeed - You Know
53. 213 - Game Don't Wait [Wadz Remix]
54. Ahmad - Back in the Day (remix)
55. Gyrl - Gyrl - Play Another Slow Jam (Single Version)
56. Ice-T - How Does It Feel
57. CC Waterbound - CC Waterbound
58. Ase Man - Space Age
59. Blue House Boyz - This Is How We Chill
60. 5th Ward Juvenilez - G-Groove
61. Rodg - Always
62. A Lighter Shade Of Brown - Dip Into My Ride
63. Twinz - Good Times
64. DGSB - Let Me Groove You
65. Suga Free - The Rebirth ft. Mausberg & Kam
66. 2nd II None - Let's Get Higher
67. Mr.X - So High
68. Vontel (Ft. Roger Troutman) - 4 My Homiez
69. Rhythm And Green - Carry On
70. Duke - Young Rida
71. Lo-Key - Don't Trip On Me
72. Royal C - Rollin On The East Side
73. Lite Foot - Summer Nights
74. Battlecat - Waterdrop
75. Jay Dee - Think Twice
76. N.E.S. - 4YoRide
77. Scrooge - I Made It
78. Ii Triflin - Get Money
79. Big 50 - Funk Flow
80. A Lighter Shade Of Brown - Playin' In The Shade
81. Playya 1000 - Sunday Afternoon (4-Ever)
82. South 1 East - Dago Luv
83. Se7en - Rise
84. Mac & Ak - Can I Strike Through
85. Mista Grimm - Dippin'
86. Caprice - What Do You Want
87. Foesum - Who Got Your Back
88. Paperboy - Propaganda
89. Jewel T - Driftin
90. San Quinn - Having A Ball
91. Precise - What Tha Funk
92. Wessyde Goon Squad - Higher (Remix)
93. Darkside - Let Me Introduce Myself
94. Tha Reela - Whats The Lick
95. DJ Quik - Summer Breeze
96. 2Pac - Can You Get Away
97. 2Pac - Me Against The World

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-- Markshot

Step One “Illegal Remixes Vol. 1” (2010)

It appears that good things can happen when the UK gets blasted with the heaviest snow in 100 years. With the country coming to a complete halt, forum regular Step One had time to put together this sweet compilation of bootleg remixes and blends. Show some appreciation by leaving a comment (or a link to another remix) and he might bless us with volume 2.

Step One says "A staple of any nineties Hip Hop DJ’s collection is the shady white label remix. Information on whoever was putting these out was usually pretty thin on the ground for obvious reasons but they often held some real gems. Having rediscovered some of these recently I’ve put together a collection of some of those unofficial remixes as well as a few that I’ve found on the blogs and forums over the last few years."

01 2Pac-Old School (B.Cause Remix)
http://diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com/
Usually the non-Pac fans favourite Pac track. B Cause throws some familiar samples under Pac’s reminiscing of 80s NY and gives it a nice funky vibe.

02 Big Daddy Kane-Set It Off (Daily Diggers Remix)
http://www.dailydiggers.com/
Some of you might recognise this from DJ Mike Nice’s ‘Brooklyn Bullshit’ mixtape. The UK’s Daily Diggers flip the Cold Chillin classic.

03 Big Pun & Fat Joe-Twinz (Brooklyn Untouched Remix)
This remix discards the original ‘Deep Cover’ beat and replaces it with another Dre & Snoop collabo, ‘The Next Episode’. Always goes down well in a club set.

04 Common-I Used To Love Her (Sir Charles Flavour Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/djsircharles
Common gets a G-Funk makeover as his vocals are dropped over Warren G’s ‘Nobody Does It Better’.

05 D&D All-Stars-1,2 Pass It (Bootleg Remix)
A DJ Fashion remix? All signs point to yes.

06 Erick Sermon-Bomdigi (Street Jam Bootleg Remix)
The beat from En Vogue’s ‘Hold On’ gives this E Double solo joint some extra bump.

07 Fat Joe & Doo Wop-Boriquas On The Set (DJ Dough & Porge One Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/djdoughhiphop
The UK’s Dough & Porge One always had some special remixes on their CDs. This one is taken from their ‘Heads Aint Ready’ mix which is well worth seeking out.

08 Method Man & Redman-How High (Bootleg Remix)
The acapella of this track was definitely a favourite amongst producers, probably due to the amount of quotable lines from Red & Meth at their peak. This version uses the ‘Human Nature’ melody over EPMD's ‘You’re A Customer’ beat.

09 Mobb Deep-Hell On Earth (Paul Miles Remix)
Another UK remix, this time by Birmingham DJ Paul Miles (aka Pat Bateman).

10 Nas-It Aint Hard To Tell (DJ Day Remix)
http://likeathrottle.blogspot.com/ (this also came out on vinyl)
This track has been remixed to death but this has to be the best of the unofficial ones. Quality production from DJ Day out of California.

11 The Pharcyde-Passin Me By (WAR! [What-A-Remix])
A Jazzy Jim remix.

12 Tim Dog & KRS-One-I Get Wrecked (Gamm/Samoo Remix)
http://diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com/
I don't have any info on this one but I’m pretty sure I copped it at B.Cause’s blog.

13 Uptown-Dope On Plastic (B.Cause Why Zee Refix)
http://diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com/
Uptown meets YZ.

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enjoy,
--dirt_dog

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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U.S.C. Hip Hop NYC Real Deal Underground

When i first saw this compilation in the store, i must admit that the only artists that were familiar to me were Screwball and Godfather Don. After spotting the production credits from DJ Spinna, The Beatnuts, Erick Sermon and Marley Marl, I thought that I could handle the cost and copped it. I never regretted this investment.

There is no track that i can say is a weak link. I'm still unfamiliar with two names on here, Slade Savage and Big Meal, so feel free to fill me in on their info if you know anything.

You will enjoy this one, we can guarantee you that.

VA - U.S.C. Hip Hop NYC Real Deal Underground (1999)

1. Kamakazee - Snakes (Produced By Marley Marl)
2. Screwball - Cookies And Cream (Produced By Mike Heron For Ghetto Pros)
3. Powerule - Rock Ya Not Quick (Pdoruced By Erick Sermon)
4. Triflicts - Genuine (Produced By The Beatnuts)
5. IG Off & Hazardhous - In The Air (Produced By DJ Spinna)
6. Screwball - They Wanna Know Why (Produced By Mike Heron & Ghetto Pros)
7. Gab Gotcha - On The Job (Produced By The Beatnuts)
8. Hostile - Beatem In The Head (Produced By Bezo)
9. Fanat - Zoo York (Produced By A Kid Called Roots)
10. Godfather Don - Piece Of Action (Produced By Godfather Don)
11. Big Meal - Niggas, Pimps And Players (Produced By Vic For Ghetto Pros)
12. Godfather Don - Bomb Baby (Produced By Godfather Don)
13. Slade Savage - War Stories (Produced By Bezo)
14. Screwball - On Point (Produced By Mike Heron For Ghetto Pros)

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--Markshot

DJ Mister Cee “The Best Of Redman”

Once I got my hands on the Method Man mix, I discovered there was one for The Funk Doctor Spock. Sold. Again with this Mister Cee mix, nothing too fancy, nothing too special, one good freestyle, several remixes and one live track. But the real catch on this disc are the two unreleased tracks. Ten years later (or so), I believe this is the only place you can find them.

01 Redman-Freestyle (Live At Russel Simmons' Phat Jam)

02 EPMD-Hardcore feat. Redman

03 EPMD-Headbanger feat. K-Solo & Redman

04 Redman-Blow Your Mind

05 Redman-Time 4 Sum Akshun (Original & Remix)

06 Redman-Tonight's Tha Night (Original & Remix)

07 Redman-Redman Meets Reggie Noble

08 Redman-How To Roll A Blunt

09 Redman-I'm Getting Blunted (Unreleased)

10 Redman-A Day Of Soopaman Lover

11 Erick Sermon-Swing Over Here feat. Keith Murray & Redman

12 Hurricane G-Milky (Unreleased) feat. Erick Sermon & Redman

13 Keith Murray-How's That feat. Erick Sermon & Redman

14 Redman-Rockafella (Remix)

15 Redman-Can't Wait (Original & Remix)

16 Redman-We Run N.Y. feat. Hurricane G

17 Redman-I Get Down Like That

18 Redman-Where Am I

19 Biggie Smalls-The Points feat. Coolio, Big Mike, Doodlebug, Buckshot & Redman

20 Redman & Method Man-How High

21 Redman & Method Man-Freestyle (Live On Angie Martinez's Radio Show, Hot 97, NY)

22 Montell Jordan-Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz (Remix) feat. Redman

23 Boyz II Men-Vibin' (Remix) feat. Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Redman & 2 To Da Head

24 Aaron Hall-Curiousity (Remix) feat. Redman

My original cover was in a sorry state, so I scanned it in, cleaned it up and threw in all new type exactly the same as the original. Coming soon will be “The Best Of The Notorious B.I.G.” and “The Best Of Mobb Deep” in the series.

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enjoy,

--dirt_dog

Hot 97 Radio Freestyles Pt.3 (1996)

Here's volume 4 of the Hot 97 Freestyle AllStars vinyl series. This is probably the release with the least rare freestyles since most of the ones included were featured on Funkmaster Flex "60 Minutes of Funk Vol.1". But for example, you get the full session of the Redman & Keith Murray freestyle which is 15 min. long while it was cut short to 4 min. in the Funk Flex mixtape. The other exclusive freestyles are from Da Bush Babees, Jay-Z, and Krs-One.

A1. Redman & Keith Murray - Freestyle
B1. Da Bush Babees - Freestyle
B2. Krs-One - Freestyle
B3. Jay-Z - Freestyle
B4. Fugees - Freestyle
B5. Erick Sermon - Freestyle
B6. Redman & Method Man - Freestyle
B7. Busta Rhymes - Freestyle
B8. Q-Tip - Freestyle

Ripped exclusively by dirt_dog for The T.R.O.Y. Blog

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-- Thomas V

Last Episode of Yo! MTV Raps

I'm sure everybody has seen this classic freestyle session at least once. The freestyle was cut into two parts. The first part had Rakim, Krs One, Erick Sermon, Chubb Rock, and MC Serch. After the commercial, they came back with Redman, Method Man, Large Pro, Special Ed, and Craig Mack. You can also see Rampage the Last Boy Scout in the crowd; I don't know why he didn't appear on the freestyle. Dj Skribble was on the turntables. They rhymed over the instrumentals of It's My Thing, Mad Izm, and Real Hip Hop(Pete Rock Remix). I've always loved it when Erick Sermon is rapping and the beat switches to "Real Hip Hop".

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Part 1
Part 2

--Thomas V

Shadz Of Lingo - A View To A Kill

Atlanta’s Shadz Of Lingo first debuted on Erick Sermon’s debut solo album No Pressure on the track "Lil Crazy" back in 1993,DJ Rocco and MC’s Kolorado and Lingo first met in 1986 at a Richmond, VA, High School.

In 1991 they all moved to Atlanta and began recording, A View To A Kill, released in 1994 was their only album that had a line up of dope producers behind the boards, Erick Sermon produced and appeared on "Mad Flavaz" (also released as a single) while Diamond D laced the Shadz with four ill tracks, “Ill & Get Clowned” which featured a lovely jazz horn sample, deep bassline and the infamous Skull Snaps drums, “Different Stylez” sampled Sister Nancy’s “Bam Bam” which was made famous by Large Professor for Main Source’s “Just Hanging Out”, “Think I Give A Fuck” with it’s ill Eddie Harris sample and Lou Donaldson drums and “Don’t Test Da Skillz” which sampled ESG’s “UFO” and Jack Bruce’s "Sam Enchanted Dick”,(also used by Showbiz) Diamond D was definitely the production highlight on the album but Madness 4 Real’s “View To A Kill” was dope and had a Cypress Hill vibe and his funk laced "I Step 2 U Den” was good as well.

Dallas Austin produces the hard “Wherez Da Steel?”, which is not bad but his later effort “Always Stylin” is better,
A View To A Kill is not a classic or a lost album, but it’s a great golden age Hip Hop album, that will keep the head nodding and make the listener smile.

A View To A Kill



1 Different Stylez (4:09)
2 Mad Flavaz (4:27)
3 Ill & Get Clowned (3:43)
4 Wherez Da Steel (4:25)
5 Psychopathic Interlude (2:05)
6 View To A Kill (4:07)
7 Think I Give A F--K (3:35)
8 Don't Test Da Skillz (3:45)
9 Crossfade Flow (1:05)
10 1 Step 2 U Den (4:11)
11 Alwayz Stylin' (4:18)

-- Jaz

Maintain Compilation

Props to MarkShot, Roy Johnson, Blockhead, and godmc for Ak Skillz, Channel Live, 360, and Senswif, respectively. --verge

01. Ak Skillz - One Life Ta Live

02. Channel Live - Maintain

03. Common - Maintaining

04. The Dwellas - Main Aim

05. Eric Sermon - I Maintain

06. Masta Ace - Maintain(feat.Lord Digga)

07. 360 - Maintain

08. Organized Konfusion - Maintain

09. Senswif - Maintain

10. Duodie - Maintain

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No My Brother, You've Got to Buy Your Own

We could throw up links for albums all day (and trust me, we do) but there comes a time when one has to do the right thing and purchase music; there are certain albums one should own. Below are some great out-of-print releases we suggest. Some go for a pretty penny and some can be bought for just a penny. Feel free to use this post as a buyers/sellers guide if you will. We have provided direct links to each album so you can purchase or sell with just one click. You just might be surprised to find out that some of the very CD's you own are worth more than some of your stocks today.

* prices are based on current Half.com listings 10/6/08


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--Philaflava