Doo Wop “The Best Of Doo Wop Freestyle Sessions Volume One (1995)”

Ahhh... the summer of 1996. My first summer in Chicago and one of the first things I purchased. The guy at the record shop (The Beat Parlor) wouldn't let me leave the store without buying it. It came packaged in a jewel case, no cover, no notes, no nothing but shrink wrap.

While this cd is full of great freestyles, some of my favorites are the Mad Lion one and the beginning of the Channel Live track (tracks 25 and 26). Scan of cd included. And yes, that is blue paint over Doo Wop's contact number. It actually came like that.

And since it is Gang Starr month 2009, there is a nice Guru freestyle in there.

01 Doo Wop-Intro
02 Keith Murray-Freestyle
03 Q-Tip-Freestyle
04 Busta Rhymes-Freestyle
05 Rampage The Last Boyscout-Freestyle
06 Fat Joe-Freestyle
07 Uneek-Freestyle
08 M.O.P.-Freestyle
09 Guru-Freestyle
10 Raekwon & Carlton Fisk-Freestyle
11 Ill Al Skratch-Freestyle
12 Shabba Ranks-Freestyle
13 Tragedy Khadafi & Don Black-Freestyle
14 Smoothe Da Hustler & D.V. Alias Khrist-Freestyle
15 Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Akinyele, Pretty Boy Floyd & Lord Tariq-Freestyle
16 Doo Wop-Freestyle
17 KRS-One-Freestyle
18 Treach-Freestyle
19 Keith Murray & Redman-Freestyle
20 Mobb Deep & Big Noyd-Freestyle
21 AZ-Freestyle
22 Lost Boyz-Freestyle
23 Uneek-Freestyle
24 Cocoa Brovaz-Freestyle
25 Mad Lion & KRS-One-Freestyle
26 Channel Live-Freestyle
27 King Just-Freestyle
28 Buckshot Da B.D.I. Emcee-Freestyle

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enjoy,

-- dirt_dog

New Jersey Underground Part 5 (1991-1997)

It's with a certain amount of sadness that I post this batch of Jersey tracks today. In light of his recent death, Tony D's beats bring out the nostalgia in me. Many of his beats were classic and remind me of my own personal glory days back in the early/mid 90's. Ah. to be young, sprung and hip again. To this day, there exists a large archive of unreleased material produced by the 16-stone Italian stallion. Perhaps one of the small contemporary labels putting out unreleased music from the golden era can arrange to give proper treatment and exposure to this undiscovered treasure trove. Tracks produced by Tony include numbers 1,2,3,5,6,(I think), 8.9.10, and 13. What we have here is mostly Trenton material, but some artists are from Jersey City, Newark, and Camden too.

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01 (04:03) blaque prince - watch black bake em (trenton 1991)
02 (03:40) blvd. mosse - hit em wit da 1,2 (trenton 1993)
03 (04:47) s.b.t. - in the heart (trenton 1993)
04 (04:16) the 45 king - east coast anthem (jersey city 1995)
05 (03:41) black prince and aziatic roger - r nation (jersey city 1992)
06 (04:51) la law - i got this (trenton 1993)
07 (02:58) black star - stompin' ground (edit) (trenton 1992)(no, not the other black star)
08 (03:57) mark swift - it is done (trenton 1993)
09 (04:49) baby chill - forecast is rain (trenton 1993)
10 (04:24) b fyne - sheriff (trenton 1994)
11 (04:39) almighty & kd ranks - lyrics in a this (trenton 1991)
12 (04:00) mad fanatic - massacre (from seattle, but gives a shout to nj 1995)
13 (04:16) baby chill - ducks (trenton 1993)
14 (03:28) technical - stress (newark 1997)
15 (03:42) corrupt empire - jersey get yours (camden 1996)
16 (02:35) strong peoples coalition - it ain't safe (jersey city 1997)
17 (04:24) m.a.d. - parole (camden 1996)
18 (03:23) half a mill - any day can be ya last (ny ? 1997)
19 (04:21) all knew program - warface: the sequel [jersey city 1997)
20 (05:10) soul survivors - we rock the mic (newark 1995)

I hope most of the tracks in this latest batch are new to readers of T.R.O.Y. Some of them are way below the radar and I think you will discover more than a few previously unheard gems this time around!

--Schenectadyfan

Gang Starr - Non-Album Tracks Volume 4

Here is installment #4. This volume contains Guru guest appearances from between the years of 1991 and 1995.

Gang Starr - Non-Album Tracks Volume 4
1. Nice N Smooth - Down The Line
2. Slam Slam - Free Your Feelings (Remix)
3. Dream Warriors - I Lost My Ignorance (Premier Remix)
4. Dream Warriors - I Lost My Ignorance (Tim Bran Remix)
5. Heavy D & The Boyz - Buncha Niggas
6. Brand New Heavies - It's Gettin' Hectic
7. Neneh Cherry - Sassy
8. Cutthroats - Stop Lookin' At Me
9. De La Soul - Patti Dooke
10. Nefertiti - No Nonsense
11. Digable Planets - Borough Check
12. Donald Byrd - Time Is Moving On
13. DJ Krush - B-Boy Mastermind
14. DJ Krush - Most Wanted Man
15. DJ Honda - What You Expected (Original)
16. DJ Honda - What You Expected
17. Group Home - Serious Rap Shit
http://www.mediafire.com/?wnnmdydmzwd

Preview:

Dream Warriors - I Lost My Ignorance (Premier Remix)


DJ Krush - B-Boy Mastermind


DJ Honda - What You Expected (Original)


DJ Honda - What You Expected


Group Home - Serious Rap Shit


--Roy Johnson

Gang Starr - The VHS Video Collection

After recently hitting readers up with Gang Starr's DVD Video Collection, the T.RO.Y. Blog is proud to present you, with the quickness, the rare missing Gang Starr Videos from the original DVD Collection post. Friendly reader The Big Sleep(Big L Rarities/Affliates Blog) & T.R.O.Y. forum's Icon(His First Post) were kind enough to bring us hi-quality VHS rips from the remaining missing videos(except one) in a really short time(Only Few Hours After The Post)! The only video that remains missing in hi-quality is "Gotta Get Over". You can find it on youtube but the video is not in sync and in really bad quality... Again, if you have it feel free to send us a comment.

Enjoy,

Videos
Words I Manifest (1989)

Positivity (1989)

Jazz Thing (1990)

Who's Gonna Take The Weight (1990)

Love Sick(1991)

Take A Rest (1991)

Gotta Get Over (1992) - Unavailable

Suckas Need Bodyguard (1994)

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-- Thomas V

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DJ Premier WBLS Thunderstorm Vol.1

Before Sirius Satellite Radio, New York Reality Check 101, Crooklyn Cuts Mixtape... Around the time of Hard To Earn, DJ Premier was mixing in live on WBLS. He would air every friday nights playing the dopest records that were out as well as dropping exclusives.

Recently, a Japanese website started selling cd-r's of original recordings of the show ranging from a collection of 6 volumes. The quality of the shows were top notch and rips started to hit up the T.R.O.Y. forums. Five of the volumes were ripped by serch4beatz while the only one missing came out to be vol.1. Two Months after the original post, T.R.O.Y. member Illest came through and uploaded vol.1.

Below you find all the tracks that DJ Premier mixed during the first session. The date is 3/04/1994.

Also, "Real mixes don't come split so there should be no complaining" Ho1ogramz

Tracklist
1. The Legion - Jingle Jangle (Feat. Dres)
2. DFC - Caps Get Peeled (Feat. MC Eiht)
3. Smiff N Wessun - Bucktown
4. Trends Of Culture - Who Got My Back
5. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
6. YG'z - Ghetto Celeb
7. Mr. Voodoo - Come Off Hard
8. Dred Scott - Back In The Day
9. Fat Joe - Shit Is Real (DJ Premier Remix)
10. Shyheim - Off & On (DJ Premier Remix)
11. Special Guest W/ Jeru The Damaja (Shoutouts)
12. Whodini - It All Comes Down To The Money (Terminator X & The Godfathers Of Threatt)
13. Bahamadia - Total Wreck
14. A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

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-- Thomas V

Note: dirt_dog is re-working on those cheap bootleg covers so be ready for a new neat cover to soon replace it.
Note 2: dirt_dog is now finished with all the covers. Make sure to replace vol.1's old cover with the new one!

Jimi Hendrix - Godfather

Jimi Hendrix is a godfather of 20th century music. He was an innovator, pushing musical boundaries and expanding horizons. His stature is equal to other greats like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Santana, Herbie Hancock, DJ Premier, Rakim, etc. Originally from Seattle, he went on to play all over the states and abroad. Most of us know him for his popular commercial albums but there is a giant archive of material which was never properly released. Many of these studio sessions and live shows were lovingly transferred and restored by reel to reel collectors. Distributed mostly among a small network of die-hard fans., much of his musical experimentation remains in obscurity. That only a few major albums came out during his lifetime is partly due to his early demise, but it's also the same sad evidence for ever-present mismanagement of talent in the music industry. This kind of ham-fisted bungling also amounted to a significant detraction from hip hop's glorious rise in the early/mid 90's. It's nothing new and continues to this day.

That's why we at T.R.O.Y. are dedicated to bringing to your attention contemporary artists whose talent is real and who deserve exposure whether or not the music industry is on the train. This kind of grassroots attention is also very much the thrust of our new effort, Steady Bloggin'.

Contrary to common perceptions that his style was mostly acid rock, in his many studio sessions, Jimi reveals himself to be something of a jazz virtuoso, an acoustic philosopher of exceptional depth and clarity. At times he is a salty blues man, a swaggering comic. During his live shows crowds often wanted to hear the hits, leading to him to pursue radically different avenues off the stage. Had he lived it is highly likely he would have been involved in the budding genre of hip hop as well. Even though he died too young, his imprint on our cultural psyche is mythical and iconic. Many hip hop artists have sampled Jimi. While purists charge that this defaces his music, the more sane among us see such sampling as a way of paying homage to his far-reaching influence. The mans legacy was only partly known to be generous.

It is a shame that so gifted a musician had such limited releases. This in spite of the avalanche of output between 1968 and his untimely death in 1970. The young and brilliant have a way of being snatched by the jaws of death at the doorstep of opportunity. We have to ask ourselves what the world be like if Hendrix had lived? Tupac? Is the passing of Tony D another manifestation of how helpless we are to the vagaries of human frailty ? Music expresses more than language has ever been capable of.

This compilation I assembled contains some very rare gems. There are also a few of his more well known studio jams which have circulated on small independent labels putting out his unknown catalog to collectors, fans, suckers and fanatics for the last 30+ years.

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01 (03:33) jimi hendrix - driving south
02 (03:44) jimi hendrix - untitled jam (record plant 5-15-69)
03 (05:09) jimi hendrix - pali gap
04 (03:00) jimi hendrix - gypsy sunset (unreleased studio outtake)
05 (07:07) jimi hendrix - little one take 2 (olympic studios 1-26-68)
06 (06:46) jimi hendrix - third stone from the sun
07 (04:58) jimi hendrix - tax free
08 (01:20) jimi hendrix - wah wah
09 (05:38) jimi hendrix - beginnings
10 (01:43) jimi hendrix - funky blues jam (date, location unknown)
11 (03:04) jimi hendrix - look over yonder (rough mix, ttg studios, 10-68)
12 (04:43) jimi hendrix - straight ahead
13 (03:21) jimi hendrix - come down hard on me
14 (01:41) jimi hendrix - farther on up the road

I hope y'all dig the change of pace. If you want to hear some more of Jimi's mostly unheard archives leave some comments and I'll do my best to fill your requests!

--Schenectadyfan

Editor's Note: Schenectadyfan's musical tastes run wide and deep, and his painstaking regionally-themed compilations must be heard to be believed. If you dig this post and just happen to be interested in the hip hop music from Seattle that Schenectady recommends, click here.

Gang Starr - Non-Album Tracks Volume 3

Here is installment #3 of the Gang Starr Non-Album Tracks Series. With the exception of "Doe In Advance", all of these tracks were recorded in between the years of 1997 and 2000.

Gang Starr - Non-Album Tracks Volume 3
1. Doe In Advance (Original)
2. Doe In Advance
3. I'm Not Superman
4. So Wassup
5. You Know My Steez (Dobie Remix)
6. You Know My Steez (T.M.A.A.L. Remix)
7. You Know My Steez (K. Gee Street Remix)
8. The Piece Maker w/ Tony Touch
9. Tongue Of Terror
10. All 4 Tha Ca$h
11. Full Clip
12. Full Clip Remix w/ Sticky Fingaz
13. 1/2 & 1/2 w. M.O.P.
14. The Militia w/ Freddie Foxx & Big Shug (Pete Rock Remix)
15. The Militia w/ Rakim & W.C. (Remix)
16. Discipline w/ Total
17. Soul
18. Play That Beat '99
19. Brooklyn Trooper (J-Love Mixtape Version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?myym0y2nizj

Preview:

Doe In Advance (Original)


I'm Not Superman


So Wassup


You Know My Steez (Dobie Remix)


All 4 Tha Ca$h


--Roy Johnson