Universal Beats 1990-2001

Dope production is not limited to any one area as these compilations show. Yes production styles change from region to region but an ear for music is something anyone can appreciate, regardless of where they're from. I had been thinking about instrumentals after I put together a mostly east coast break beats compilation sometime last winter. Here is a link and the tracklist to that one.

mostly east coast breakbeats--
01 (3:35) Jeep Beat Collective - Scream (Boomsday Of Rap) 1995
02 (4:21) Dontay Prezentz - No No No! 1994
03 (4:14) Dj Spinna & Nkansa - Check It Out 1994
04 (5:01) The Herbaliser - Up 4 The Get Downs 1995
05 (3:20) Redrum Breakbeats - Da Man 1993
06 (4:09) Crooklyn Clan - This DJ (Orginal Mix) 1993
07 (2:17) Jeep Beat Society - Na Naa Naaa (East Coast Breaker) 1994
08 (0:26) Wreck All Stars - Hit Em Like This 1994
09 (5:52) Rusty Killa Productions - Hipnotic Realism 1994
10 (4:33) Frankie The Pacemaker - Big Up (Six Shot Mix) 1993
11 (2:22) The Herbaliser - Da Trax 1995
12 (2:44) Jeep Beat Collective - Hip Hop Hate Pt4 1995
13 (2:31) Jeep Beat Society - Reggae Muffin Style'N 1994
14 (3:56) Redrum Breakbeats - Here We Go 1993
15 (2:20) Brooklyn Slumlordz - Nobody (Beats) 1993
16 (0:36) Dontay Prezentz - Tay Skit 1994
17 (3:08) Dj Fashion - My Peoples 1995
18 (3:08) Dj Spinna & Nkansa - Tear It Up Y'all 1994
19 (3:52) Dontay Prezentz - Drumz Of Passion 1994
20 (4:26) Redrum Breakbeats - Blue Note Take Three 1993
21 (4:20) Rek Shot Rebulz - Full Moon Drama 1994
22 (3:00) Frankie The Pacemaker - Get Lifted 1993
23 (1:37) Jeep Beat Society - Hey Mr Dj (Bonus Beat) 1994
24 (2:26) Brooklyn Slumlordz - Some Ol' Party Beatz 1993

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'Full Moon Drama' is something I heard on the radio when it came out. I fiended to own this lp for years. If anyone out there can tell me exactly who's on this track I'd love to know. Anyway, Jeep Beat Collective and The Herbaliser are from the UK but everything else there is east coast. Sometimes though what I like best about hip hop from the west coast, south, or midwest for example, are the beats. In homage to beatsmiths everywhere, I offer up these 3 instrumental compilations to you. Here are the links and tracklists.

Universal Beats Volume 1--
01 (4:52) The Herbaliser - Battle Of Bongo Hill (UK 199?)
02 (0:48) Public Enemy - Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (NY 1990)
03 (3:48) Mumbles - The Guidelines (Los Angeles 1994)
04 (4:28) Hieroglyphics - The Who (Del Instrumental) (Bay Area 1997)
05 (4:25) Mama Mystique - Tremendous (Dub Mix) (Philadelphia ? 1996)
06 (3:08) Dj Fashion - My Peoples (New York 1994)
07 (1:58) Dj Vinylfiend - Dig This (UK 199?)
08 (4:24) Dj Cam - Gangsta Shit (France 1995)
09 (4:31) Beat Detective - Chops (Salt Lake City 2001)
10 (4:46) Anomaly - Back Pressure (Minnesota 1998)
11 (2:29) Analyst - Dark Mood (Sacramento 2000)
12 (2:08) Vakill - Final Thoughts (Instrumental) (Chicago 1997)
13 (3:57) Just Ro - Confusion (Instrumental) (Chicago 1996)
14 (3:26) DJ Thief - Movin On (Thiefs Theme) (Wisconsin 1997)
15 (3:24) Fat Jack - Beat 2 (Los Angeles 1998)
16 (4:13) Primeridian - Jigsaw (Instrumental) (Chicago 1997)
17 (2:21) Lokee - Mr. Groove (New Orleans 1995)
18 (3:25) Geetas - D. Inst (Bay Area 1993)
19 (4:05) Nex To Kin - When It All Started (Slick Mix Instrumental) (Maryland 1997)
20 (3:27) Chunk - Dying Black Race (Instrumental) (Bay Area 1992)
21 (7:31) Outkast - Git Up Git Down (Instrumental) (Atlanta 1994)

Download Vol.1 here

Universal Beats Volume 2--
01 (3:34) African Identity - Slap Me Five (Instrumental) (Bay Area 1992)
02 (4:39) Xgovernment - Madina (East Coast Instrumental) (Virginia 1994)
03 (3:51) I.B.P. - Get 'M Up (Ice Man Dub) (New York 1993)
04 (5:06) High Performance And The 23rd - You Cant Fuck With It (Instrumental) (Seattle 1993)
05 (3:53) Common Sense - Take It EZ (Jazz Instrumental) (Chicago 1992)
06 (6:19) The Pope - Pope Of The Hood (Dub From Above Mix) (New York 1992)
07 (3:53) T-Max - Executioner Style (Remix Instrumental) (Boston 1996)
08 (2:55) Jeep Beat Society - Hoo... Call (Break Beat) (New Jersey 1994)
09 (4:36) Gumbo - Basement Music (Milwaukee Instrumental) (Wisconsin 1993)
10 (1:18) Demon And The Knomadz - Bonus Beat (Chicago 1998)
11 (3:48) Hyperdermic Needlz - Always (Instrumental) (Conneticut 1994)
12 (4:01) T Dub - T Dub Vs The Weed (Virginia 1997)
13 (3:08) Analyst - Clouds (Sacramento 1999)
14 (3:05) Funkghost - Tampa International (Instrumental) (Tampa 1999)
15 (4:27) Anomaly - Intricacies (Minnesota 1998)
16 (2:03) All Natural - Drug Wars (Instrumental) (Chicago 1997)
17 (4:27) Threatt II Society - Lynch - Tro - Mental (Tampa 1994)
18 (4:16) Kronic - It Beez Like That (Prod. By Eric Sermon) (Atlanta 1994)
19 (1:37) Ray Luv - Outro Instrumental (Bay Area 1992)

Download Vol.2 here.

Universal Beats Volume 3--
01 (4:12) Raheim - Life After Hip Hop (Instrumental) (Florida 1997)
02 (2:05) King Tee - Free Style Ghetto (Instrumental) (California 1995)
03 (3:08) E.C. Illa - All Night (Chicago IL 1997)
04 (3:54) Funkghost - Tampa International Remix (Inst) (Florida 1999)
05 (2:57) Da Phathedz - Mind Of A Thinker (New York 1996)
06 (2:30) Frankenstein - The Filter (New York 1994)
07 (2:01) Spliff - Devils Advocate (Instrumental) (Denver 1995)
08 (1:20) The Rza - Samurai Theme (New York 1999)
09 (4:11) Live And Die Reck - Boom, It's The Bonus (New York 1993)
10 (4:16) Kenny Dope - That Gangsta Shit (New York 1994)
11 (2:14) Jeep Beat Society - Here We Go (New Jersey 1993)
12 (3:32) DJ Fashion - Keep That Ass Clappin' (Instrumental) (New York 1995)
13 (3:25) Butta Fingaz - Five Boroughs (New York 1996)
14 (3:08) Dj Spinna & Nkansa - Tear It Up Y'all (New York 1994)
15 (5:47) Rhyme Poets - Roadblock (Illinois 1993)
16 (5:57) The Deckwrecka (With Mad Money Wah) - Rice Cakes (New York 1996)
17 (3:44) Gripsta - Pop Goz The 9 (Instrumental) (California 1994)
18 (5:35) Kobie Dee & Tha Deeluh - Ole' Ge (Instrumental) (Ohio 1995)
19 (0:55) Young LaRai - Egypt (Instrumental) (Portland OR 1997)

Download Vol.3 here.

If you're paying attention you'll notice track 5 on volume 3 here is the same beat as 'Kay Superior - Focus', which is on that cd I posted called 'On The Down Low'. If you slept make sure to check it out too.

http://philaflava.blogspot.com/2009/04/various-artists-on-down-low-new-york.html

Your head should be noddin' for awhile. Please leave some comments, let me know if you like this idea and I'll put together a few more volumes. Enjoy!

--Schenectadyfan

Random VLS Drops: Percee P - Nowhere Near Simple

Another fresh 320kbps random vinyl rip for the fam

A1 Nowhere Near Simple(Clean Edit)

A2 Nowhere Near Simple(Street Mix)

A3 Nowhere Near Simple (Instr.)

B1 Don't Cum Strapped(Street Mix)

B2 Don't Cum Strapped(Instr.)

Download here.

Preview:

Just adding on to the last post that Thomas V graciously blessed us with here. I just happened to have ripped this vinyl to mp3 about a week or two ago, and this seems as appropriate a time as ever to share it with the T.R.O.Y. fam and followers.

Percee P needs no introduction if you're a regular around here. I can't front, this record damn near blew my mind the first time I heard it on the Stretch and Bobbito show. Not just his lyrical miracles with the unorthodox rhyme flex, but finessing that line from Group Home into a dope hook is what always got me.

Enough blithering already. Download and enjoy this record.

--Verge

Percee P - Live @Fat Beats LA 12.12.09

Percee P performs in-store live @Fat Beats LA on December 12,2009 doing a free show for the true hip hop heads. It was raining hard that day in LA but a lot of fans still came through to check it out. I gotta say that this was definitely a perfect performance. Percee P performed his best tracks and dropped knowledge for the fans. This man is a real legend! The Legendary Percee P!

Percee P performs Man To Praise off Perseverance.


Percee P talks about being around with Lord Finesse, DMX, Eminem, & Fat Joe.


Percee P performs Ghetto Rhyme Stories Remix off Perseverance: The Remix.


Percee P performs The Lady Behind Me Remix off Perseverance: The Remix.


Percee P spits one of his favorite rhyme acapella.


Percee P spits his two classic verses from Lord Finesse's Return of The Funkyman album. Don't forget he earned the hip-hop quotable in The Source for Yes You May. Hear him talk about it.


Percee P spits one last acapella.


Percee P talks about The Almighty KG from the Cold Crush Brothers and B-Boy Records(Scott La Rock, KRS-One).


Buy Percee P's catalog @FatBeats.com

The opening performance was probably the best I have ever seen. Check out "All In" from Versis. I had never been impressed by an opening performance like that.

-- Thomas V

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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Recap: Early December

Yo! Take a winter break and listen to some rap!

It's December and that means holiday season stress. But don't hibernate on the T.R.O.Y. blog, your only connection to escape from these rough and rugged times.

King Sun "Strictly Ghetto" EP

Midwest Series Volume 2

Produce-A-Lot

James Brown Samples - Volume 1

The Bomb DJs - Return Of The DJs Volume 1

James Brown Samples - Volume 2

Random VLS Drops

Touring The States: San Fransisco, CA

Wyandanche High School Jam '85 - early Rakim and Biz Markie

Various Artists - "Balance"

USC Hip Hop NYC Real Deal Underground

Pete Nice: Rags To Riches

Producer Highlight: Pee Wee

New Jersey Underground Part 8

Stay tuned!

The Basement Khemist

Over at the forums, contributor Mr. J Selectah is an enthusiastic and generous fan of great 90s indie hip hop, always uploading rare treats for us to forage. Although he's quite knowledgeable he is also humble enough to to ask his fellow T.R.O.Y. denizens to help him out when he's stumped. It's this kind of symbiotic relationship that makes out forum a great place to visit for rap fiends. Recently, he posted a thread full of advanced level questions, many of which remain unanswered.

One of the questions that stood out to me was whether or not The Basement Khemist (or "Basement Khemists" depending on who you ask) ever released tracks aside from the ones that appeared on a five track bootleg in late 90s. Selectah was kind enough to provide us with divshare uploads of these songs, and Roy Johnson upped a glitch-free version of "Petrified":

Basement Khemists - Vibrate

Basement Khemists - Petrified

Basement Khemists - Everybody

Basement Khemists - I'm doin' ya

Basement Khemists - Correct technique

So does anyone have any leads? We know from other internet sources that "Vibrate" was released on vinyl but what else, if anything is out there? Anybody? Bueller?

-- Thun

New Jersey Underground Part 8

Comin' at ya today with volume 8 from my New Jersey series. Getting off to a fresh start we have one of the best cuts on the Double X Posse album from 1995. I know I might get some flack for this but I actually prefer that one to their 1992 album. As often happens, a few tracks featured here are from different places other than New Jersey. I always find this stuff out later. For example I put this compilation together on 11/3/2007, but it was not until last year sometime that I found some of the locations are wrong. Oh well, hope y'all will forgive me. I swear, the person who makes a comprehensive encyclopedia of where hip hop artists are from is going to strike it rich. I for one would be hitting up a site like that constantly. Favorite tracks on volume 8 include numbers 1, 2 and 8. Here's a link and the tracklist --

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2H5PIGI0

01 (4:47) Double X - Wreckin it [Jersey City 1995]
02 (4:57) Mytee G. Poetic - Com'n Wit Nuff Ruffness [Newark 1995]
03 (2:25) The 45 King - Here I Go [Jersey City 1993] (Who is the mc ?)
04 (3:56) Redman - Blow Your Mind [Newark 1992]
05 (3:35) Raw Breed - Let The Dogs Loose [New York, woops 1993]
06 (4:37) Troubleneck Brothers - Fuck All Ya'll [New York, woops 1992]
07 (3:12) Naughty By Nature - Connections [Newark 1995]
08 (4:54) Black Prince And Aziatic Roger - Fuck The World [Trenton 1992]
09 (4:33) Black Caesar - The Symptoms [Jersey City 1995]
10 (3:59) Just Shawn - Just For A Look [Newark 1996]
11 (5:02) Lords Of The Underground - Lunatic Asylum [Newark 1995]
12 (3:53) Fierce - Come Close [East Orange 1996]
13 (4:13) Organized Konfusion - Bring It On [New York, woops 1996]
14 (4:04) Scott Lark Da Sensei - It Aint Goin Down {Trenton 1996]
15 (3:06) Young Zee - Jack Mode [Newark 1996]
16 (4:54) Chino Xl - Rappaz Are In Danger [Newark 1996]
17 (3:58) E. Bros - Toast [Chicago or something.. 1995]
18 (3:18) D1 - Fakes [Newark 1994]
19 (4:32) F.o.a. - I Keep A Muthf--ka Swoll [trenton 1992]

Let me know what you like. If you see mistakes in the locations feel free to correct them but do not miss out on hearing the other cuts because something is mislabeled. I hope y'all dig what you hear.

--Schenectadyfan