Sounds Like The 90s Vol. 13 (2010)

Nope, you're reading the title right. If I'm being completely honest here, the real reason for the delay was I was just waiting on some good music in 2010. Being that most of the tracks I select for compilations are current I didn't just want to throw something together and label it SLT9s.

For the past two years I've taken ample time in creating this series. In selecting the right tracks, to sequencing them, to finding the best quality mp3s available. I still don't know if there has been an abundance of dope music in '10, but there is there plenty of time left. We're always open to suggestions so continue to leave comments or shoot us an email with the goodness.

Peace to my T.R.O.Y. fam for helping me gather some of these joints. Special shouts go to to Strategy, Blake Reznik, Meyhem Lauren, Ide, Skavenger,Verge, Open Mike Eagle and Dirt Dog for the ill cover. Enjoy Volume 13 and stay tuned for plenty more to come in 2010. --Philaflava

T.R.O.Y. Presents - Sounds Like The 90s Vol. 13

1. Freeway & Jake One – Throw Your Hands Up
2. Black Thought – Contract On The World feat. Dice Raw & Porn
3. The LOX – Slow Down (You’re Killin’ Em)
4. Smiley The Ghetto Child – I’m Legend (prod. DJ Premier)
5. Freddie Gibbs – The Ghetto
6. U.G. – Beat Yo Ass
7. Big Noyd – New York Lights
8. Meyhem Lauren – 7000 Thoughts
9. Roc Marciano - Snow
10. Mobb Deep – Whole Lotta Thug (prod. Alchemist)
11. Sadat X – Turn It Up feat. Pete Rock
12. Consequence – Let U Live feat. Pharoahe Monch
13. Ski Beatz – Prowler 2 ft. Jean Grae, Jay Electronica, Joell Ortiz & Mos Def
14. Wu-Massacre - Dangerous
15. U.G. – My Soldiers feat. Steele & Casual
16. Open Mike Eagle – Unapologetic feat. Nocando
17. Planet Asia & Goldchain Military – Organic Food (prod. Large Professor)
18. Tanya Morgan - Cheesesteak
19. Meyhem Lauren – Treat Her Like A Prostitute feat. Thristin Howl III
20. Brotha Lynch Hung - Meat

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Related:
(Download) Sounds Like The 90s Volumes 1-12

Organized Konfusion & O.C. Promos & Demos

(Organized in Japan circa 1995, photo courtesy of D.I.T.C. affiliate Marquee.)

Roy Johnson has been trying to track down a complete copy of this ’91 / ’92 era O.C. demo called I Kick a Rhyme for the Record for years now. After aleph had posted these:

Organized Konfusion – Why [Buckwild Original Mix] (1994?)

“Premiered on KCR sometime before Stress dropped.”

O.C. & MC Serch – WKCR & Awesome 2 Promos (1994)

Page the Hand Grenade ft. O.C. – Untitled Demo (1994?)

Roy thought to ask aleph directly, who responded that he thought he had it “on a tape of a Riz / Eclipse show” and a couple days later a full version of the track was here:

O.C. – I Kick a Rhyme for the Record (1992?)

Props to aleph, Marquee and Roy Johnson.

-- The Big Sleep

The Geto Boys - The Geto Boys (Orginal Version)

Just a little Sunday treat for you. This is the O.G. version and for those that don't know what I'm talking about... --Philaflava

This is the Geto Boys 1990 self-titled album, the original version, before it was shelved by the record company. You see, the Geto Boys used a sample from the Steve Miller Band song "The Joker," on track #4, Gangster of Love. This however, was an unlicensed sample, and Steve Miller sued the record company over its use, to which the record company decided to shelve this album. This album was the Geto Boys first album available nationally, while all their previous releases as the Ghetto Boys were on a more local/regional level. This sample was also used on their earlier version of this album as the Ghetto Boys called Grip It On That Other Level. However, it was also a different recording session and so it was a completely different take and did not sound the same lyrically/vocally.

After a couple years, the Geto Boys had released more albums and gained in considerable popularity. The record company decided to re-release this album, but with an altered backing track for Gangster of Love. The altered version utilized a sample of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama and a "Gangsta Boogie" sample for the chorus. For those who purchased the re-release of the Geto Boys self-titled album, they got this new version of the song which if you think about it, doesn't make as much sense as the original version which samples Steve Miller saying "call me...call me...yeah, call me the gangster of love." Anyhow, it seems that everyone who has ripped this album and put it online, has put the re-release version online. Well I have come to save the day and give you all the original out-of-print version that came out in 1990.

1. F#@* 'Em

2. Size Ain't s**t
3. Mind Of A Lunatic
4. Gangster Of Love
5. Trigga Happy Nigga
6. Life In The Fast Lane
7. Assassins
8. Do It Like A G.O.
9. Read These Nikes
0. Talkin' Loud Ain't Saying Nothin'
11. Scarface
12. Let A Ho Be A Ho
13. City Under Siege

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Peace to KingSkullie for the rip and GUCCI C for the link.

Lady of Rage - Lyrical Gangbang & Afro Puffs (Live @ Paid Dues 2010)

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DJ Stretch Armstrong “Volume Four” Mixtape (1996)

As I continue on through the box of tapes that I located in my basement, here is a semi mysterious DJ Stretch Armstrong "Volume Four" tape. I could find zero info on this one, so I turned to (the mixtape master of the Philaflava forum) Andyman187 for some help. He determined that this tape is a recording from a Stretch & Bobbito show on Hot97 that aired Sundays from 12pm-2pm sometime in 1996. Andyman187 was also kind enough to study the audio and put together a tracklist for me. If anyone out there can help by filling in the blanks or correcting any mistakes, please leave a comment. And the .rar files contain all the scans plus the full j-card.

Side A
01 KRS-One & Lord Finesse - SP-1200 Freestyle
02 Jay-Z - I Shot Ya (Remix) Freestyle
03 Busta Rhymes - Freestyle
04 Capone-N-Noreaga - Freestyle
05 Beatnuts - Find That
06 Bahamadia - Three The Hard Way
07 Pete Rock & The Large Professor - The Rap World
08 Capone-N-Noreaga - Illegal Life
09 Artifacts - Art Of Facts
10 M.O.P. - World Famous
11 McGruff feat. LOX - Reppin Uptown
12 Sun Dullah (aka King Sun) feat. Doo Wop - NY Love (2Pac Diss)

Side B
01 Heltah Skeltah - Intro (Here We Come)
02 Heltah Skeltah - Freestyle
03 Heltah Skeltah - Sean Price (Exclusive)
04 Heltah Skeltah - Soldiers Gone Psycho
05 Akinyele feat. CJ Moore - Freaky
06 Mobb Deep - Street Life
07 Shadez Of Brooklyn - Change
08 De La Soul - Itzsoeezze
09 Shabaam Shadeeq - Freestyle
10 Shabaam Shadeeq - On A Mission
11 Stretch & Bobbito - Shout Outs

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DOWNLOAD SIDE B

enjoy,
--dirt_dog

Timeline of the T.R.O.Y. Weekly Request Threads

Part of the mass appeal of the T.R.O.Y. blog and forum is that we constantly put in work.


Here's a recap of the request threads that've gone on in the T.R.O.Y forum so far: There is an official request thread and then there’s the weekly threads, so if you've been missin' out, you might want to review the last more than a year's worth of weekly request threads (whether to dig for rare and exclusive gems or to remind you of everything else you are still looking for):

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #001 - 10/16/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #002 - 10/20/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #003 - 11/10/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #004 - 11/24/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #005 - 12/01/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #006 - 12/12/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #007 - 12/22/2008
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #008 - 01/06/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #009 - 01/15/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #010 - 01/25/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #011 - 02/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #012 - 02/09/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #013 - 02/17/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #014 - 02/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #015 - 03/06/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #016 - 03/19/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #017 - 04/04/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #018 - 05/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #019 - 06/01/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #020 - 07/12/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #021 - 08/02/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #022 - 08/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #023 - 08/31/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #024 - 09/07/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #025 - 09/14/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #026 - 09/21/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #027 - 09/28/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #028 - 10/05/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #029 - 10/12/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #030 - 10/19/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #031 - 10/26/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #032 - 11/02/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #033 - 11/09/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #034 - 11/16/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #035 - 11/23/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #036 - 11/30/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #037 - 12/07/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #038 - 12/14/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #039 - 12/21/2009
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #040 - 12/28/2009

Mostly Weekly Request Thread #041 - 01/05/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #042 - 01/11/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #043 - 01/18/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #044 - 01/25/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #045 - 02/01/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #046 - 02/09/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #047 - 02/15/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #048 - 02/23/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #049 - 03/01/2010
Mostly Weekly Request Thread #050 - 03/08/2010

Mr. Philaflava, Jason Gloss, began exploring the concept of weekly request threads around the time the T.R.O.Y. blog started up, creating the first eight threads. That then switched to Jaz at the start of last year who held it down through the twenty first one (with Verge actually creating the twentieth one). Since then Odnet has been runnin' things. I couldn't even begin to list all the contributors.

Start checkin' it out when you have the time, there's no way that you won't find something that you both enjoy and haven't heard before. Stop by and ask for the impossible (I know I have and it's actually worked for me more than once) or try to help out if you think you can contribute. You'll be surprised by what you can find.

-- The Big Sleep

Spring Break

It's about that time here on TROY. No worries, we will be back in full effect shortly. We'll even be posting sporadically for the next week while we enjoy our break. Take the time to catch-up on all of our greatest hits, misses and '10 darts. Remember about our ever-growing forum, which is hands down the BEST FORUM on the internet dedicated to the Golden Era where we drop knowledge, share music and relive the best of times. We're still all up on Twitter, Myspace and Facebook so don't forget to add us too!

Lastly, our sister blog, Steady Bloggin' is still grinding so feel free to check them out and lend your support. Enjoy the spring back and see you soon.

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