MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

ODE TO LENA DUNHAM

2012-01-28T21:11:00.003-05:00

THIS ISN'T REALLY AN ODE IN THE CLASSIC SENSE BUT AN APPRECIATION OF LENA D. AND HER DEBUT FILM TINY FURNITURE WHICH I WATCHED LAST NIGHT ON NETFLIX AND IS GETTING A RELEASE BY THE CRITERION COLLECTION ON FEB.14.I WAS FULLY PREPARED TO HATE BOTH HER AND HER MOVIE BUT IT WAS APPARENT AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THAT LD HAS THE SAME THING THAT EVERY GREAT MOVIE STAR,GREAT SINGER OR MC HAS-I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THING IS CALLED BUT IT MADE ME WANT TO WATCH/LISTEN TO WHAT SHE WAS DOING OR HAD TO SAY.PEOPLE TAKE CLASSES FOR YEARS AND SPEND UNTOLD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY AND GET WHAT SHE WAS BORN WITH.I WISH I COULD PUT A NAME TO IT,BUT I GUESS IT'S KIND OF CHARISMA + LIKABILITY.THE CHARACTER SHE PLAYS IN THE MOVIE-AURA-HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE IN OHIO (NEVER NAMED BUT OBVIOUSLY OBERLIN) AND RETURNED HOME TO HER MOTHER'S LOFT IN TRIBECA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.I'M NOT GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE MOVIE BUT ONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS IS A HIPSTER TYPE WHO MAKES VIDEOS FOR YOUTUBE THAT CONSIST OF HIM READING NIETZCHE WHILE RIDING ONE OF THOSE MECHANICAL HORSES THAT USED TO BE IN FRONT OF EVERY DRUG STORE 30 YEARS AGO.THE HANDLING OF THIS CHARACTER,AS WELL AS AURA'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND CHARLOTTE AND THE CHARACTERS HER REAL LIFE MOTHER AND SISTER PLAY,IS ABSOLUTELY PITCH PERFECT. EFFORTLESSLY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED..MY MIND WANDERED BACK TO DIABLO CODY'S SCREENPLAY FOR JUNO,ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL AT A CROSSROADS,AND ALTHOUGH COMPARING THE 2 IS REALLY APPLES AND ORANGES-IT WAS THE FORCED ARTIFICIALITY OF CODY'S TONE DEAF DIALOGUE AND THE STRAIN IT PUT ON THE ACTORS (AND MY WINCE REFLEX) THAT DESTROYED WHATEVER CHANCE THAT FILM HAD...SO MUCH OF TINY FURNITURE COULD HAVE BEEN SO AWFUL (THE ENNUI OF A WHITE UPPER CLASS 22 YEAR OLD COLLEGE GRAD FROM NYC IS NOT A SUBJECT OF WHICH I FEEL DEPRIVED) BUT DUNHAM IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH HER CASTING CHOICES (SHE REALLY DID GET HER MOM AND SISTER TO BE IN THE PICTURE-BOTH ABSOLUTE NATURALS) HER DIALOGUE,THE EDITING,THE SPARSE USE OF MUSIC AND THE EXCELLENT CINEMATOGRAPHER SHE USED.IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE INTERNET YOU'LL SEE THIS MOVIE HAS ALOT OF HATERS. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THEM MAKE A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THIS COHERENT FOR $20,000.THAT'S $20,000 IN NEW YORK CITY BTW...DUNHAM DESERVES ALOT OF CREDIT FOR GOING ALL THE WAY WITH HER MATERIAL.I MEAN WOULD YOU FILM YRSELF GETTING FUCKED IN A STEEL PIPE AT A VACANT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN YOUR DEBUT FILM??YOUR DEBUT FILM YR MOM ALSO HAPPENS TO BE IN??THE GIRL'S GOT BALLS.SHE'S A TRUE NYC ARTIST AND THOSE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THESE DAYS.I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT SHE DOES NEXT....

MID-SUMMER NIGHT / HOT AUGUST NIGHT

2011-07-29T23:01:00.003-04:00

HELLO FRIENDS,I GOTTA SAY THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ONCE ABOUT THIS BLOG IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS.I GOT SO PISSED OFF LOSING OUT ON HIP HOP VINYL TO THE EVIL (AND APPARENTLY EXTREMELY WEALTHY) LANCE FROM MINNESOTA THAT I GAVE UP.I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT THE COMPETITION ON EBAY IS RIDICULOUS AND I JUST COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE...SO I WENT BACK TO AN OLD FRIEND;THE CRITERION COLLECTION.THE CC IS YOUR FRIEND'S OLDER BROTHER WHO WENT AWAY TO FILM SCHOOL AND IS BACK NOW AND WORKING AT BLOCKBUSTER (PRETEND BLOCKBUSTER STILL EXISTS).HE CAN'T MAKE A MOVIE TO SAVE HIS LIFE BUT DAMN,HIS TASTE IN PICTURES IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.DID I MENTION THAT DVDS ARE NOW DIRT CHEAP?WELL THEY ARE..AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT-AND RELATIVELY-INEXPENSIVE COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR THE SERIAL COLLECTOR HSP.I HOPE TO GET THIS BLOG BACK UP AND ROLLING SHORTLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR LETTING MY RAPIDSHARE MEMBERSHIP EXPIRE.I'LL SEE YOU SOON,5000

INTELLECTUALS OF RHYME-JUST A SAMPLE / SECONDS OF A DOPE RHYME 1989

2011-05-25T00:34:00.004-04:00

I HAVEN'T POSTED A RECORD THIS GREAT IN A LONG TIME.AND THE TRUTH IS-IT WILL BE AWHILE BEFORE I POST ANOTHER THAT'S IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THIS ONE.AS GOOD AS IT GETS....

https://rapidshare.com/files/2788150531/INTELLECTUALS_OF_RHYME.zip

WORLD CLASS-GIRLS AT THE PARTY 1986

2011-05-22T00:54:00.002-04:00

GREAT RECORD HERE-AND ONE I THINK THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT HIP TO YET.THE COPIES ON POPSIKE ARE IN THE $30 RANGE WHICH SEEMS LOW CONSIDERING THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP VERY OFTEN....

https://rapidshare.com/files/2732178116/WORLD_CLASS.zip

GIANTS OF THE CITY-GET BUSY 1987

2011-05-21T02:52:00.003-04:00

I DON'T KNOW THE STORY WITH THIS RECORD.IT'S BUSY BEE AND JAZZY JAY-2 NEW YORK GUYS THROUGH AND THROUGH-BUT THE RECORD HAS AN L.A. ADDRESS.I REALIZE THE LABEL IS MOST DEFINITELY REALLY JUST A BUSY BEE/GENCO OLIVE OIL OPERATION,BUT WHY WAS IT BASED ON THE WEST COAST?COULD IT BE THAT SOMEBODY MUST HAVE HAD SOME TAX AND/OR RECORD COMPANY ISSUES BACK IN 1987??...MISTER BEE,I'M LOOKING IN YR DIRECTION...AS FAR AS THE WAX GOES,I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE THIS AFTERNOON.NOR HAD I ANY IDEA IT EVEN EXISTED.I FOUND IT AT NYC'S BEST RECORD STORE-A-1 ON 6TH STREET-ALONG WITH AN ORIGINAL COPY OF INDETERMINACY BY JOHN CAGE....

https://rapidshare.com/files/3974229080/GIANTS_OF_THE_CITY.zip

SPRING HIATUS

2011-05-11T01:16:00.002-04:00

HELLO FRIENDS,I'M TAKING A SHORT SABBATICAL,AS SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED FROM THE SCARCITY OF POSTS THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.IN A NUTSHELL,I NEED TO REPLENISH THE THE BATTERIES AND FIND SOME NEW RECORDS.WHICH IS NOT AS EASY TO DO AS IT ONCE WAS.THERE'S STILL A MILLION WORTHY RECORDS OUT THERE THAT I DON'T HAVE,BUT THOSE ARE THE SAME RECORDS EVERYONE ELSE WANTS TOO.AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE HAS DEEPER POCKETS THAN MINE.THE COMPETITION IS FIERCE TO PUT IT MILDLY-ANY PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN WORTHWHILE HIP HOP RECORD THAT HITS EBAY THESE DAYS IS ALMOST GUARANTEED TO SELL FOR $500.PROVIDED THE SELLER HAS LISTED IT WITH A SOUNDCLIP.I'LL BE BACK BEFORE TOO LONG,SO KEEP CHECKING THIS SPACE.AND GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE VERY MERRY MONTH OF MAY....

PHAROAH SANDERS-IZIPHO ZAM 1973

2011-05-06T02:53:00.001-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/460855553/SANDERS_IZIPHO_ZAM.zip

THE MIGHTY B-FORCE FEAT. HAND MASTER FLASH-WE GOT YOU ROCKIN IT 1987

2011-05-02T20:41:00.001-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/460327943/THE_MIGHTY_B-FORCE.zip

CHARLES MINGUS-THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY 1963

2011-04-30T03:50:00.001-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/459884605/MINGUS_BLACK_SAINT.zip

LEPRECHAUN-PARTY FREAKS 1981

2011-04-27T05:29:00.002-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/459398779/LEPRECHAUN_PARTY_FREAKS.zip

GRAND MASTER CHILLY-T & STEVIE G WITH THE KEELING BECKFORD CONNECTION-ROCK THE MESSAGE RAP 1981

2011-04-22T01:56:00.004-04:00

I'VE POSTED ALOT OF RECORDS THAT ARE SCRATCHY AND FOR THE MOST PART I LIKE THEM THAT WAY AND WOULDN'T WANT TO UPGRADE.BUT THIS ONE I WISH I HAD A BETTER COPY OF.WHY?...I DON'T KNOW....IT'S NOT LIKE I THINK ABOUT THIS SHIT BEFORE I WRITE IT....

https://rapidshare.com/files/458600699/GRANDMASTER_CHILLY_KEELING_BECKFORD.zip

ROXANNE SHANTE-PAY BACK 1987

2011-04-19T01:26:00.003-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/458111912/ROXANNE_SHANTE_PAYBACK.zip

M.BRATHWAITE & W.CARTER-FATHER GOOSE (THE BALL AT OZ) 1980

2011-04-17T02:24:00.003-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/457794370/FATHER_GOOSE_THE_BALL_AT_OZ.zip

KENSPIN-SPIN 2 MY FUNK 1994

2011-04-13T00:05:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/448017056/KENSPIN_2_MY_FUNK.zip

STUART DEMPSTER-UNDERGROUND OVERLAYS FROM THE CISTERN CHAPEL 1995

2011-04-12T00:24:00.003-04:00

STUART DEMPSTER WAS A PROFESSIONAL TROMBONE PLAYER (HE PLAYED ON THE ORIGINAL "IN C" RECORDING BY TERRY RILEY) BEFORE BECOMING A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-OR MAYBE WASH.STATE-WHERE HE TAUGHT A MASTER TROMBONE CLASS.EVERY YEAR HE WOULD BRING HIS GRADUATING CLASS TO AN DE-CLASSIFIED AIR FORCE BASE A FEW HOURS FROM THE CAMPUS WHICH HAD AN EMPTY 5 BILLION GALLON WATER TANK.I FORGET IF THERE WAS AN OCCASION FOR IT,BUT ONE YEAR THEY MADE A RECORDING OF THE 9 TROMBONISTS IN THAT PARTICULAR CLASS PLAYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS EMPTY CISTERN WHICH-BECAUSE OF ITS MASSIVE SIZE-HAD A NATURALLY OCCURRING REVERB TIME OF A MINUTE OR MORE...I FORGET HOW LONG EXACTLY.BECAUSE EVEN THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT OF SOUNDS WOULD REVERBERATE FOR 90 SECONDS,AND BECAUSE LIGHTING WAS NON-EXISTENT,DEMPSTER DEVISED A KIND OF SIGN LANGUAGE USED TO CUE EACH MUSICIAN...THERE'S ALOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE LINER NOTES OF THE CD-ALL OF IT FASCINATING-THEN WHAT I'VE PARAPHRASED HERE...EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN FAVORITE CHILLOUT ALBUM,AND THIS ONE HERE IS MINE.I SERIOUSLY RECOMMEND SEEKING IT OUT....

http://rapidshare.com/files/457015718/STUART_DEMPSTER.zip

HURBY THE LOVE BUG PRESENTS SUPER NATURE-THE SHOW STOPPA (IS STUPID FRESH) 1985

2011-04-11T00:05:00.001-04:00

THE CREW THAT WOULD BE SALT N PEPA....

http://rapidshare.com/files/456854375/HURBY_SUPER_NATURE.zip

JAKE AND JAY-MY CADDY! 1988

2011-04-10T00:45:00.002-04:00

YOU KNOW THIS BLOG,YOU KNOW I GRAVITATE TOWARDS RECORDS LIKE THESE.YOU KNOW,THE ONES THAT SOUND LIKE THEY WERE RECORDED BY MISTAKE.LOVE THAT STUFF...ON ANOTHER NOTE-IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW HIP HOP MADE IT'S WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK CERTAIN PLACES TO CATCH UP WITH WHAT WAS EN VOGUE IN (THIS CASE) 1985/86.THIS RECORD WAS RELEASED IN 1988 THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR "...NATION OF MILLIONS..." CAME OUT.IN NEW YORK AND PHILLY PEOPLE WERE ADVANCING THE GENRE AND RAP WAS HEADED INTO PRO-BLACK AND MILITANT SUBDIVISIONS AND IN FLINT,MI THEY WERE RHYMING ABOUT A CAR...I'M NOT HATING ON FLINT OR ANY OTHER SCENE THAT WASN'T EAST COAST.AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE BOMB SQUAD AT THEIR DISPOSAL EITHER.IT'S JUST WHAT ENTERS MY MIND WHEN I HEAR A RECORD THAT WAS RECORDED AT A CERTAIN TIME AND SOUNDS BEHIND THE CURVE BY A FEW YEARS.

http://rapidshare.com/files/456704459/JAKE_AND_JAY_MY_CADDY.zip

UNDERGROUND POSSE-BREAKIN' OUT 1990

2011-04-09T04:15:00.003-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/456574793/UNDERGROUND_POSSE.zip

MC BOOB AKA STEADY B-YO MUTHA 1985

2011-04-08T00:03:00.001-04:00

RIPPED FROM MY PERSONAL GLORIOUSLY SCRATCHED COPY...

http://rapidshare.com/files/456114301/STEADY_B_YO_MUTHA.zip

JOHN FAHEY-FARE FORWARD VOYAGERS (SOLDIER'S CHOICE) 1973

2011-04-07T03:24:00.004-04:00

I WAS INTRODUCED TO JOHN FAHEY WHEN BYRON COLEY WROTE A PROFILE ABOUT HIM FOR SPIN MAGAZINE IN 1995/96.I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ONE OF HIS RECORDS-I FORGET WHICH ONE-BECAUSE IT SPARKED A SERIOUS CASE OF DEJA VU.THIS MUSIC HAD BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND SINCE I WAS BORN..I IMMEDIATELY RE-TUNED MY GUITAR TO AN OPEN C AND STOPPED USING A PICK.AS GREAT A GUITARIST AS FAHEY IS,WITHOUT THOSE 2 THINGS HE'S WOULDN'T SOUND ANYWHERE NEAR AS UNIQUE.I WOULD PLAY IN THIS TUNING FOR LONG STRETCHES,BUT NOT ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND THROUGH A MYRIAD OF EFFECTS PEDALS:2 BOSS DD-5 DELAY PEDALS,2 BOSS PITCH SHIFTERS PS-2 AND PS-3,A HARMONIX MEMORY MAN (CHORUS SETTING) AND I FORGET WHAT ELSE BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WAS AN ENVELOPE FILTER IN THERE AND POSSIBLY A ROLAND SPACE ECHO THOUGH BY THAT TIME I DON'T THINK THE SPACE ECHO WAS OPERATIONAL.I ALSO HAD A RACK MOUNT EFFECTS PROCESSOR BUT I DON'T RECALL HOW I USED IT.THE 3 PEOPLE I WAS TRYING TO EMULATE SOUNDWISE WERE ROBERT FRIPP,FLORIAN FRICKE FROM POPOL VUH,AND KEVIN SHIELDS.I WAS NOWHERE CLOSE TO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE'S LEVELS OF VIRTUOSITY,NOT EVEN IN THE SAME SOLAR SYSTEM,BUT I STILL MANAGED TO COME UP WITH A PRETTY COOL SOUND.A UNIQUE SOUND,I THOUGHT-LIKE JOHN FAHEY.IT'S A SIGN OF REAL ARTISTRY WHEN YOU CAN IDENTIFY SOMEONE'S WORK WITHIN A FEW SECONDS-AURAL OR VISUAL.AND NO ONE ELSE SOUNDED LIKE FAHEY-HE MADE 50SOMETHING RECORDS COMPRISED OF HIMSELF AND A GUITAR.WHO ELSE CAN SAY THAT?OUT OF ALL THOSE FARE FORWARD VOYAGERS WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE ONE....

http://rapidshare.com/files/456270097/JOHN_FAHEY_FARE_FORWARD_VOYAGERS.zip

BIZ MARKIE-VAPORS (REMIX) 1988

2011-04-07T00:07:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/456119036/BIZ_MARKIE_VAPORS_REMIX.zip

FUNKMASTER WIZARD WIZ-I STINK CAUSE I'M FUNKY 1986

2011-04-06T00:07:00.003-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/455215134/FUNKMASTER_WIZ_I_STINK.zip

THE ULTIMATE MC & FORCE PNB-CAN YOU FEEL IT 1989

2011-04-05T00:26:00.002-04:00

I PICKED THIS RECORD UP JUST LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS LISTED AS A "BUY IT NOW" ON EBAY.THIS SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY WAY I CAN ACQUIRE ANYTHING ON EBAY THESE DAYS....

http://rapidshare.com/files/455646735/ULTIMATE_MC__AND_FORCE_PNB.zip

SCIENTIFIC-I & GRAND WIZARD DEADLY T-YOU NEED LOVE 1989

2011-04-04T00:23:00.002-04:00

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS RECORD FOR YEARS,BUT NOBODY EVER HAD A CLIP OF IT UNTIL MY MAN DREWHUGE HOOKED ME UP BIGTIME WITH THE FULL VINYL RIP.VERY SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO HIM FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT-SO IF YOU SEE HIM AROUND THE INTERNET,BUY HIM A PINT....

http://rapidshare.com/files/455643542/SCIENTIFIC_I.zip

JONZHAFT THE PSYCHOPATH-I GET LIFTED 1990

2011-04-03T00:02:00.002-04:00

LONG OVERDUE POST BY MISTER JONZHAFT-WHO GOES BY THE NAME OF OXYGEN THESE DAYS IN THE CREW SPUTNIK BROWN.THERE'S AN EXCELLENT BACKWARDS LOOP USED IN A FEW OF THE MIXES ON THIS RAP/HOUSE HYBRID-A LOOP I BET MISTER ZHAFT CAUGHT ALOT OF FLACK FOR USING BY HIP HOP PURISTS OF THE DAY.I SAY KUDOS OXYGENZHAFT,KUDOS TO YOU....

http://rapidshare.com/files/455516661/JONZHAFT_I_GET_LIFTED.zip

LAKIM SHABAZZ-NEED SOME LOVIN' 1990

2011-04-02T00:04:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454441287/LAKIM_SHABAZZ_NEED_SOME.zip

ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S-EGO TRIPPING 1986

2011-04-01T00:10:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454440350/ULTRAMAGNETIC_MCS_EGO_TRIP.zip

ROXANNE SHANTE-BIG MAMA 1992

2011-03-31T00:21:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/455062298/ROXANNE_SHANTE_BIG_MAMA.zip

PUFFY DEE-YOUNG,SINGLE & FREE 1985

2011-03-30T00:03:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/455060098/PUFFY_DEE.zip

TOO FRESH-GROOVE BUSTED 1987

2011-03-29T00:05:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454883349/TOO_FRESH_GROOVE_BUSTED.zip

SHORT FAT SALLY-SALLY'S ATTACK 1985

2011-03-28T00:03:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454578216/SHORT_FAT_SALLY.zip

TWINS OF SPIN-JUST GETTIN' BUSY 1989

2011-03-27T00:25:00.001-04:00

https://rapidshare.com/files/454567784/TWINS_OF_SPIN.zip

STAN THE MAN-SHUFFLIN & DEALIN 1986

2011-03-26T01:15:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454431457/STAN_THE_MAN.zip

THE SUGAR-N-SPICE MCS FEAT.JAM MASTER LEE-PHILLY IS BAD 1987

2011-03-25T23:34:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454426352/SUGAR_N_SPICE_MCS.zip

SPECIAL ED-I GOT IT MADE 1989 /// I'M THE MAGNIFICENT 1990

2011-03-23T23:04:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/454086537/SPECIAL_ED.zip

B-CHILL-STRAIT NO CHASE 1991

2011-03-22T15:02:00.002-04:00

FIRST SIDE ONLY....

http://rapidshare.com/files/453853091/B_CHILL_STRAIT_NO_CHASE.zip

R.A.X-QUISITE-I NEED HELP 1992

2011-03-19T22:35:00.003-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/453410597/RA-XQUISITE.zip

MC CLASSY RICK-WE CAN MAKE YOU DANCE 1988

2011-03-18T23:34:00.001-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/428763610/MC_CLASSY_RICK.zip

ROXANNE SHANTE VS SPARKY DEE-ROUND 1 1985

2011-03-17T00:38:00.002-04:00

YOU ALL KNOW OF MY LOVE FOR ROXANNE SHANTE,I'M NOT SHY ABOUT IT.I HAVE MORE RECORDS IN MY COLLECTION BY HER THAN BY ANYBODY ELSE.YES,MORE THAN BIG DADDY KANE,BIZ MARKIE OR ANY OTHER OLD SCHOOL GIANT YOU CAN THINK OF.WHY?BECAUSE THEY'RE DIRT CHEAP!!!AND OF COURSE THEY'RE ALSO REALLY GREAT,ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON POP ART.AFTER REACHING A POINT IN MY RECORD BUYING CAREER WHERE SEEMINGLY EVERY RECORD I WANT COSTS MORE THAN $100 IT'S REFRESHING TO BE ABLE TO GET QUALITY FOR 5 BUCKS.OF COURSE YOU'LL FORGIVE A RECORD ALOT MORE THE LOWER THE PRICE IS I.E. "THIS EDUTAINMENT RECORD BY BDP IS NOT THE GREATEST BUT I GOT IT FOR A DOLLAR" OR "THIS BRAINWASH RECORD SUCKS.I CAN'T BELIEVE I BLEW $500 ON IT AND THE GUY HAS NO SKILLS WHATSOEVER".NEITHER OF THOSE EXAMPLES APPLY TO MISS SHANTE,THOUGH.HER ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY WOULDN'T COST MORE THAN ONE RECORD BY ANY NUMBER OF 90S RANDOM RAP CREWS.ON THIS LP SHE EATS SPARKY D'S BREAKFAST,LUNCH AND DINNER,FUCKS HER MAN,MAKES HER BED,DOES HER LAUNDRY AND CLEANS HER HOUSE FOR HER BEFORE SPARKY EVENS GETS HER GERI-CURL ON.IT'S NOT MUCH OF A "BOUT"-THAT'S PUTTING IT KINDLY.I WOULD LIKEN IT TO TYSON VERSUS MITCH "BLOOD" GREEN IN TERMS OF TALENT...YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH ROXANNE SHANTE....

http://rapidshare.com/files/452941461/ROXANNE_SHANTE_VS_SPARKY_DEE.zip

TRAEDONYA-THE BOOGALOO 1987

2011-03-16T01:07:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/452769350/TRAEDONYA.zip

KC & SHIEK-PRECISION-HARDCORE 1987

2011-03-15T00:01:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/452589646/KC_AND_SHIEK_PRECISION.zip

FUNKMASTER WIZARD WIZ-I AIN'T WID DAT 1988 /// CRACK IT UP 1986 /// GIRLS 1985

2011-03-14T00:51:00.002-04:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/451967383/FUNKMASTER_WIZ_GRAND_CONCOURSE.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/452133478/FUNKMASTER_WIZ_CRACK.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/451951913/FUNKMASTER_WIZ_GIRLS.zip

KOOL KEITH-SEX STYLE 1997 VS. FUNKMASTER WIZARD WIZ-BELLEVUE PATIENT 1986

2011-03-13T00:58:00.006-05:00

I USED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION GOING IN THE MID 90'S WITH SOME FRIENDS AS TO WHICH GANGSTA RAPPER MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY SHOT AND KILLED SOMEONE.THE CORRECT ANSWER IS NONE OF THEM..COOL C NEVER CAME UP BECAUSE NONE OF US HAD HEARD OF HIM AT THAT POINT.LATELY I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHICH NYC MC IS MORE INSANE?KOOL KEITH OR FUNKMASTER WIZ?YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD CASE FOR BOTH-FUNK WIZ RECORDED THE ONLY KNOWN PRO-CRACK SONG,LATER CHANGED TO ANTI-CRACK WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME "DON'T DO IT'S" DUBBED INTO THE CHORUS.AND KOOL KEITH IS KOOL KEITH-YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU...SEX STYLE IS THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE OF FILTHY RAPS-A HIP HOP SUBGENRE WELL POPULATED AND ONE I'M EXTREMELY FOND OF AND WELL ACQUAINTED WITH.BELLEVUE PATIENT ISN'T REALLY UP THAT A(SS)LLEY,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF "THE BIG ONE",BUT IT ALSO ISN'T THAT FAR REMOVED IN STYLE FROM SOME OF BLOWFLY'S LATER LPS.IT'S ALSO DEFINITELY THE LESSER CELEBRATED OF THE TWO.ANYWAY,ALL THIS IS A REALLY ROUNDABOUT WAY OF SAYING THAT WHEN I THINK OF ONE OF THESE MCS,I THINK OF THE OTHER....

http://rapidshare.com/files/452289838/KOOL_KEITH_SEX_STYLE.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/452287553/FUNKMASTER_WIZ_BELLEVUE_LP.zip

ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS-EASE BACK 1988

2011-03-12T00:11:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/452126221/ULTRAMAGNETIC_MCS_EASE_BACK.zip

N-EFFECT-OUTSTANDING 1990

2011-03-11T00:03:00.004-05:00

GREAT WEST COAST JOINT AND THE SECOND USAGE ON WAX OF THE GAP BAND'S "OUTSTANDING" I'VE POSTED THIS WEEK.THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS THE WOULD BE DANCE SENSATION "DO THE NIGGA!" WHICH IS-I THINK-PERFORMED WITHOUT ANY IRONY WHATSOEVER..THE BEST TRACK ON THIS IS "THAT ONE BEAT" WHICH IS A 10 ON A SCALE OF 10 FAST RAP BURNER....

http://rapidshare.com/files/451985359/N-EFFECT_OUTSTANDING.zip

COLD HEART CREW-KICK IT LIVE 1987

2011-03-10T00:33:00.003-05:00

THE A-SIDE OF THIS RECORD IS CALLED "SHE WAS MY GIRL" AND IT'S A LOVE RAP.IT'S NOT A TERRIBLE TRACK,AS FAR AS LOVE RAPS GO,BUT I WASN'T REALLY INTO IT AND DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO RECORD IT.THE B-SIDE HOWEVER,IS A TOTAL KILLER....

http://rapidshare.com/files/451826979/COLD_HEART_CREW.zip

BAD BOYS-OUTSTANDING 1988

2011-03-09T22:57:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/451826672/BAD_BOYS_OUTSTANDING.zip

TWR-THOSE WHO ROCK 1986

2011-03-08T02:49:00.003-05:00

THIS IS THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE.IT HAS TO BE,I NEVER EVER PUT THE NEEDLE BACK IN DISBELIEF BUT WITH THIS ONE I COULD BARELY MAKE IT THROUGH THE FIRST TRACK.THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE THIS.IT MAKES THE HARDEST OF BEATS SOUND LIKE PAIR OF CASTENETS RECORDED FROM THE ROOM NEXT DOOR.I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND THE AMOUNT OF BALLS IT MUST HAVE TAKEN TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS-HIP HOP WAS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD IN 1986.THEY'RE WERE DEFINITELY PEOPLE COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES (AFRIKA BAMBAATA COMES TO MIND) BUT THIS HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH STEVE REICH'S TAPE LOOPS AND BIG BLACK/STEVE ALBINI THAN IT DOES OTHER ELECTRO RECORDS OF THE ERA...I THINK IT SHOULD BE ISSUED TO EVERY PRODUCER WORKING TODAY-REGARDLESS OF GENRE-SO THEY CAN HEAR SOMETHING SONICALLY ALIVE AND BREATHING.I ALSO RECOMMEND LISTENING TO THIS BACK TO BACK WITH THE DOUBLE FEATURE 12 TO EXPERIENCE THE REALLY DUSTED SHIT.I CAN'T PRAISE A RECORD MORE-THEY BOTH TRIED SOMETHING REALLY DIFFERENT AND THEY EXECUTED IT PERFECTLY...OR PERFECTLY ENOUGH,THAT PART ISN'T REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME....

http://rapidshare.com/files/451513821/THOSE_WHO_ROCK.zip

FUGITIVES ON THE RUN-EVERYBODY GOTTA GIT SUM 1994

2011-03-07T00:48:00.004-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/451333487/FUGITIVES_ON_THE_RUN_EVERYBODY.zip

ALONZO LEVISTER-MANHATTAN MONODRAMA 1956

2011-03-06T03:07:00.005-05:00

FROM WIKIPEDIA-THE DEFINITION OF MONODRAMA:"a drama acted or designed to be acted by a single person. The term may also refer to a dramatic representation of what passes in an individual mind, as well as to a musical drama for a solo performer. Everything one witnesses on stage is portrayed from the mental state of the given protagonist."

THE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR ALONZO LEVISTER:"Alonzo Levister (born November 1, 1925 in Greenwich, Connecticut) was a Third Stream composer and pianist. He is most known for his debut album Manhattan Melodrama (sic), which came out in 1956.^[1] It included Louis Mucci, John LaPorta, and Teddy Charles"

THIS IS THE RAREST LP ON MINGUS' LABEL-DEBUT RECORDS-AND ONE OF THE MOST TRANSCENDENT ALBUMS I'VE EVER HEARD.I'M NOT INCLINED TO SPEAK ON IT IN FANCY MUSICAL TERMS.I HATE THAT SHIT.BUT AFTER COUNTLESS HOURS OF LISTENING TO MUSIC WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'VE COME ACROSS BEFORE.WELL,THAT'S A SPECIAL RECORD.THIS IS A JAZZ OPERA,A MONODRAMATIC BALLET OF LEVISTER'S MENTAL STATE AT THE TIME OF COMPOSITION AND RECORDING.I WOULD'VE GIVEN ANYTHING TO HAVE SEEN THIS PERFORMED LIVE.IF IT EVER WAS...IT DOESN'T HAVE SONGS SO MUCH AS MOVEMENTS-LIKE A CLASSICAL PIECE-AND THE INSTRUMENTATION ISN'T REALLY WHAT WAS TYPICAL OF JAZZ IN THAT ERA AT ALL.I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME COMPARING IT TO ANYTHING.BUT IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE LIKE "THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY"...SORT OF...BUT NOT REALLY...YOU SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE AND LISTEN TO THIS.YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND A COPY OF IT,IT NEVER WAS PRESSED ON CD,I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER BEEN ON EBAY AND INFORMATION ABOUT IT ONLINE IS PRETTY MUCH NON-EXISTANT.I DON'T EVEN THINK IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE DEBUT RECORDS BOX SET....

http://rapidshare.com/files/451168609/ALONZO_LEVISTER.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/451353268/ALONZO_LEVISTER_2.zip

FREDDY B & THE MIGHTY MIC MASTERS-FREDDY'S BACK 1986

2011-03-06T00:10:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/451136021/FREDDY_B_FREDDYS_BACK.zip

ROXANNE SHANTE-HAVE A NICE DAY 1987

2011-03-05T00:03:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/451006717/ROX_SHANTE_HAVE_A__NICE_DAY.zip

THE BBOYS-GIRLS PART II 1985

2011-03-04T00:10:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/450849510/BBOYS_GIRLS_PART_2.zip

MR.BIGGS-STANDING ON THE VERGE 1989

2011-03-03T03:29:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/450709109/MR_BIGGS.zip

KOOL STEVE FEAT. ERN MONEY-CLUB ERN 1989

2011-03-02T00:16:00.001-05:00

LO-FI HOUSE/HIP HOP-THIS IS A GENIUS RECORD...

http://rapidshare.com/files/450518704/ERN_MONEY.zip

TRIO CONNECTION-GOTS TO GET FUNKY UNRELEASED TEST PRESS 1986-88

2011-03-01T20:42:00.006-05:00

HERE ARE THE 2 PRIMARY TRACKS FROM THE TEST PRESS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE AN OFFER....

http://rapidshare.com/files/451326148/TRIO_CONNECT_TP.zip

BY POPULAR DEMAND-WE'RE B.P.D. BY POPULAR DEMAND 1985

2011-03-01T00:04:00.002-05:00

DID YOU WATCH THE OSCARS LAST NIGHT?I WATCH THAT SHIT EVERY YEAR AND EVERY YEAR IT SUCKS.BUT COME THIS TIME IN 2012 I'LL BE SITTING IN THE SAME PLACE THINKING "BOY,THIS SUCKS"....

http://rapidshare.com/files/450342214/BY_POPULAR_DEMAND_WERE_BPD.zip

FARILLA "G"-THE GAMES OF LIFE 1990

2011-02-28T00:05:00.003-05:00

THIS RECORD SURPRISED ME.I HAD NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE I BOUGHT,AND I BOUGHT IT LAST WEEK ON EBAY.I THINK IT HAD BEEN AUCTIONED OFF BEFORE-WITH THE PRICE STEADILY DECLINING-SO BY THE TIME IT GOT TO ME FOR AROUND $25 I FIGURED THE WORD WAS OUT AND IT WASN'T ANY GOOD.THAT'S HOW IT GOES ON EBAY WITH RANDOM HIP HOP RECORDS...ALL KINDS OF RECORDS,ACTUALLY....THE RECORD WAS RELEASED IN 1990 BUT IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE 86-87 DETROIT.I THINK IT WAS HOWARD HAWKS,THE DIRECTOR,(MAYBE SAM PECKINPHAH,I FORGET) WHO SAID THE FORMULA FOR A GREAT MOVIE,REGARDLESS OF GENRE,WAS "3 GREAT SCENES,NO BAD SCENES".I THINK THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR LPS EXCEPT WITH SONGS,NOT SCENES.THIS RECORD MIGHT NOT QUALIFY FOR GREATNESS,BUT IT DOES HAVE 3 GREAT TRACKS:"HE DON'T WANNA BE A PIMP","HIPHOP GANGSTER" AND "BY CHOICE OR BY FORCE".THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY INNOCENT ABOUT THESE 3 TRACKS EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE THAT WASN'T FARILLA'S INTENT.IT'S KINDA HARD TO SOUND THREATENING WHEN THE PICTURE ON YOUR LP COVER IS OF A WOMAN CHANGING A FLAT TIRE.OOOOH,TAKE THAT BITCH!!!EVERY GANGSTA RECORD PRE-CHRONIC SOUNDS SORT OF GOOFY TO ME (THERE ARE DEFINITELY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS.A NOTABLE ONE BEING "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON") BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T BE ENTERTAINING...I'M YAKKIN' ABOUT MUSIC AGAIN,SORRY....

http://rapidshare.com/files/450040934/FARILLA_G.zip

MC LYTE-PAPER THIN 1988

2011-02-27T00:02:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/450025408/MC_LYTE_PAPER_THIN.zip

WILLIAM ONYEABOR-ATOMIC BOMB 1978 /// FELA RANSOME KUTI & AFRICA 70-EXPENSIVE SHIT 1975

2011-02-25T00:59:00.004-05:00

I'VE BEEN MEANING TO POST THESE TWO FOR AWHILE.GET SOME AFRO-HEAT IN THE DIET....

http://rapidshare.com/files/449729261/FELA_KUTI_WILLIAM_ONYEABOR.zip

CRITICS CHOICE-PARTY RAP 1986

2011-02-24T00:34:00.003-05:00

DETROIT RAP CITY...THIS,ALONG WITH THE PRINCE SHAHEED RECORD,ARE AS LETHAL A ONE,TWO PUNCH AS ANY OTHER SCENE'S BEST 2 RECORDS.WHEN I STARTED THIS BLOG I WANTED TO COMPILE THE BEST 500 INDY RAP RECORDS EVER MADE.AT SOME POINT I REALIZED HOW TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE A TASK THAT IS FOR ONE PERSON.I'M NOT SURE EVEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE COULD BE CONSCIENTIOUS ENOUGH TO PULL IT OFF.THAT'S A VAST OCEAN OF RECORDS TO LISTEN TO.BUT IF I HAD ANY SAY,THIS CRITICS CHOICE 12 WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THE CUT FOR THE UPPER ECHELONS.A PERFECTLY CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED RECORD....

http://rapidshare.com/files/449567996/CRITICS_CHOICE_2.zip

INK TOWN POSSE-MENACE TO SOCIETY 1992

2011-02-23T01:16:00.002-05:00

THIS IS A REALLY OBSCURE ELECTRO/GANGSTA RECORD FROM DETROIT.ITP'S ACCOMPANIMENT ON THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD CASIO SYNTH-YOU KNOW,THE KIND THAT WAS BASICALLY A TOY-AND NOT MUCH ELSE.IT'S ALSO GOT 2 OF THE FUNNIEST SKITS I'VE EVER HEARD-1 INVOLVES A MEMBER OF THE CREW ROBBING THE MAYOR'S HOUSE AND THE 2ND IS ABOUT HIM BEING BAILED OUT BY THE CREW'S MANAGER/FELLOW MC FRANK NITTI AFTER 2 HOURS IN JAIL.I'M TOTALLY BIASED WITH STUFF LIKE THIS,IF YOU KNOW THIS BLOG THEN YOU KNOW WHAT MY TASTES RUN TOWARD....

http://rapidshare.com/files/449358672/INK_TOWN_POSSE.zip

KC & SHIEK-HE'S MY DJ 1986

2011-02-22T00:02:00.003-05:00

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE DATE ON THIS ONE SO I'M GOING BY THE SOUND OF IT...

http://rapidshare.com/files/449214922/KC_AND_SHEIK.zip

BIG DADDY KANE-GET INTO IT 1987

2011-02-21T00:15:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/448007248/BIG_DADDY_KANE_GET_INTO_IT.zip

ICE CREAM TEE-CAN'T HOLD BACK 1989

2011-02-20T00:12:00.002-05:00

WHILE THIS TECHNICALLY ISN'T AN INDIE RECORD,IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.IT'S ALSO A CLASSIC...

http://rapidshare.com/files/448879357/ICE_CREAM_TEE.zip

STEADY B & ROXANNE SHANTE-JUST CALL US DEF 1985

2011-02-19T00:04:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/448705526/ROXANNE_SHANTE_AND_STEADY_B.zip

DEVASTATOR-DEVASTATION 1987

2011-02-18T00:08:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/448539835/DEVASTATOR.zip

SHOCKMASTER LAZ-I FEEL 4 U 1990

2011-02-17T00:24:00.002-05:00

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FOUNDERS OF THE RARE LABEL SCANS FORUM ON DWG.KASE TURNED ME ON TO IT AND IT'S WHERE I FOUND THE PICTURES OF THIS RECORD (IT'S MY RIP).HERE'S THE LINK.CHECK IT OUT-THERE'S SOME STUFF ON THERE I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF...

http://rapidshare.com/files/448363731/SHOCKMASTER_LAZ.zip

RYAN ROCKWELL & BABY "D"-ME & "D" / MAKIN' MONEY 1987

2011-02-16T00:11:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/448184261/RYAN_ROCKWELL_BABY_D.zip

RAW MATERIAL & DEF INTELLIGENCE-ON THE MOVE 1990

2011-02-15T01:01:00.002-05:00

KILLER EP FROM CHICAGO-THIS IS A SERIOUSLY UNDER-KNOWN RECORD.YOU DON'T THINK OF IT AS MUCH OF A HIP HOP CITY,BUT THERE WERE SOME GREAT RECORDS THAT CAME OUT OF CHI-TOWN.THE RUTHLESS ROD 12" AND THE AH-J & THE MIXMASTERS 45 BEING THE FIRST TWO THAT SPRING TO MIND.THIS ONE IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF THE RANDOM RAP 12'S FROM THE EARLY 90'S...

http://rapidshare.com/files/448004069/RAW_MATERIAL_DEF_INTELL.zip

HARRY PUSSY-IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY YOU CAN SHIT ON A PUERTO RICAN WHORE 1993

2011-02-14T00:20:00.002-05:00

IN THE MID 90'S I PLAYED GUITAR IN A NOISE ROCK / INDY ROCK BAND.I HAD QUIT PLAYING BASEBALL 5 YEARS EARLIER WHEN I DECIDED TO TEACH MYSELF HOW TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT,LEARN ABOUT MUSIC,START SMOKING AND START TAKING DRUGS.I GOT A JOB AT A CD STORE AND OVER THE COURSE OF TIME REACHED THE BACKEND OF PUNK ROCK WHERE HARRY PUSSY LIVES AND DWELLS.THE MOST PRIMAL LIVE BAND I EVER SAW-TWICE IN '95 AT THE MERCURY LOUNGE OPENING FOR THE DEAD C. AND LATER THAT YEAR AT THE COOLER ON 14TH STREET-THEY WERE THE RAMONES TAKEN TO THEIR MOST LOGICAL CONCLUSION,I THOUGHT.IF THEIR SIMPLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS HAD BROKEN DOWN COMPLETELY INTO A MAELSTROM AND THE DRUMMING HAD MUTATED INTO BILLY COBHAM EXCEPT WITH NO TRAINING AND UNBURDENED BY METER,THEN THIS WAS REALLY AS FAR AS ROCK N ROLL COULD GO ON THAT PARTICULAR PATH.THIS WASN'T THE OMINOUS SOUNDSCAPES OF THE DEAD C.-THAT HAD NUANCE AND CERTAIN SUBTLETIES TO IT- OR THE PRETENTIOUS METAL MACHINE MUSIC,OR THE PSYCHOTIC L.A. BLUES (TO NAME BUT A FEW IN A VAST GENRE)-THIS SHIT WAS FUN!!IT WAS ENTERTAINING!!INDEED,I FELT LIKE IF I WERE THE RAMONES IN 1991,THEN BY 1995 I HAD BECOME HARRY PUSSY....A RELATIVELY SHORT TREK ON A LONG WALK OF LISTENING....

http://rapidshare.com/files/447824403/HARRY_PUSSY_IN_CASE_OF.zip

VA-YOU'RE NOT DOWN 1989

2011-02-13T00:03:00.003-05:00

THIS IS A REALLY GREAT COMP FROM PHILLY.IF THE 2 TRACKS FROM THE A.K.R. THAT ARE ON THIS LP WERE RELEASED AS A 12" IT WOULD GO FOR HUNDREDS.THE LAST TRACK BY THE LEGION OF RHYME IS ALSO A CLASSIC. AS IT IS THERE ARE AT LEAST 5 COPIES ON DISCOGS-BEING SOLD BY THE PRODUCER OF THE RECORD-FOR $20....

http://rapidshare.com/files/447641789/VA_YOURE_NOT_DOWN.zip

DAZZIE DEE-TURN IT LOOSE 1988

2011-02-12T00:42:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/447460406/DAZZIE_DEE.zip

MC MITCHSKI & MB-MY BEAT UP FORD 1989

2011-02-11T00:01:00.003-05:00

I REALLY LOVE MC MITCHSKI-ACTUALLY I REALLY JUST LOVE THE IDEA OF ADDING "SKI" TO YOUR NAME AND GAINING INSTANT LATE 80'S STREET CRED,BUT I'M NOT TELLING MITCH THAT-EVEN THOUGH HE REALLY NEVER MADE A GREAT RECORD.NOT AS GREAT AS HE COULD HAVE IMO.THE BEST ONE IS "BROOKLYN BLEW UP THE BRIDGE" FOLLOWED BY THIS ONE-THE LAST OF HIS 4 THAT I'VE POSTED.I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN WHY I THINK OF HIM AS A KIND OF UNDER-ACHIEVER,SO IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO LABEL HIM LIKE THAT...BUT I DO OWN ALL HIS RECORDS,IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T THINK PRETTY HIGHLY OF THE GUY...

http://rapidshare.com/files/447297147/MC_MITCHSKI_BEAT_UP_FORD.zip

ONE DEF CLAN-ALL I WEAR IS NIKES 1989

2011-02-10T01:49:00.005-05:00

THIS IS ONE OF THE LESSER RECORDS I WOULD EVER POST.I DON'T LIST STUFF JUST BECAUSE IT'S RARE-I HAVE TO LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.AND WITH THIS ONE IT'S THE SNEAKER REFERENCE.I HAVE A THING FOR SNEAKER JAMS...I USED TO THINK THAT RARE RECORDS WERE RARE FOR A REASON I.E. THEY WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE POPULAR.THAT MIGHT BE TRUE FOR ALOT OF THEM,BUT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADVERTISING BUDGET (AMONG OTHER THINGS) THE DECK IS REALLY STACKED AGAINST YOU NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE WORK IS.DID YOU SEE THIS NICK DRAKE HANDBILL THAT SOLD FOR $700 LAST WEEK?THERE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF UNDER APPRECIATED MUSIC RIGHT THERE AND LOOK AT HIM NOW?HE'S DEAD,BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.THE ONE SOLACE THAT ARTISTS CAN TAKE COMFORT IN IS THAT GREAT WORK WILL ALWAYS BE DISCOVERED AT SOME POINT.MAYBE BY ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE...BUT STILL...

http://rapidshare.com/files/447125356/ONE_DEF_CLAN.zip

LOW PROFILE-HIP HOP I CRAVE 1987

2011-02-09T00:06:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/446956983/LOW_PROFILE_BLUE_LABEL.zip

POETRY -N- MOTION-DOIN' DAMAGE 1988

2011-02-08T00:14:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/446783192/POETRY_N_MOTION.zip

SPECIAL FORCE-M.T.A. (METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY) 1986

2011-02-07T00:02:00.003-05:00

SURELY EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE IN NYC CAN RELATE TO THE TITLE TRACK OF THIS RECORD.WHEN THIS 12" WAS RECORDED SUBWAY TOKENS COST 50-75 CENTS.NOW THERE ARE NO TOKENS AND THE PRICE OF A SINGLE RIDE COSTS $2.50.ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,THAT'S NOT TOO UNREASONABLE.ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PRICE IN A COMPARABLE CITY LIKE LONDON IS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $6 A RIDE.AT LEAST THAT WAS THE PRICE A FEW YEARS AGO....

http://rapidshare.com/files/446609877/SPECIAL_FORCE_MTA.zip

MC ZAKEY-MC ZAKEY'S WARNING 1990

2011-02-06T00:18:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/446438440/MC_ZAKEY.zip

KEVIN C.-AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A THANG 1992

2011-02-05T00:18:00.002-05:00

"...CUZ I KICK THE RHYMES THAT ARE SO DAMN HYPE AND MAKE YOUR GIRL WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH THE C-MAN / SO WE CAN BE ALL ALONE AND SHE CAN GET UP CLOSE LIKE ROY FIRESTONE..."...THAT'S A NAMECHECK FOR THE AGES RIGHT THERE.NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST WITH STYLE'S DROP OF VANESSA DEL RIO ON THE ASSASSINATOR 12"...BTW THERE'S WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A SKIP WITHIN THE SAMPLE OF "AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT...A...THING"IT'S CHOPPED UP IN A WEIRD WAY AND IF YOU LISTEN I THINK YOU CAN HEAR A CLICK,BUT IT'S NOT A SKIP ON THE VINYL.IT'S REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES IN THE CHORUSES THROUGHOUT THE TRACK IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT EACH TIME.I STILL HAD TO GO BACK AND CHECK THAT AFTER THE FIRST LISTEN THOUGH.THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO ME UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO,SO I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.HE REMINDS ME OF SOMEONE....

http://rapidshare.com/files/446267971/KEVIN_C.zip

BIZZIE BOYZ-HOLD THE LAFTA 1989

2011-02-04T02:18:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/446100391/BIZZIE_BOYZ_HOLD_THE_LAFTA.zip

SUPREME NYBORN-THE SMOOVENESS 1993/94

2011-02-03T01:49:00.003-05:00

THIS IS NOT THE RECORD DJ NYBORN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR,BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY GOOD AND DOESN'T SHOW UP VERY OFTEN.PAYROLL WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ELITE INDY LABELS,EVERYTHING THEY PUT OUT IS WORTH OWNING.I'M NOT POSITIVE ON THE DATE ON THIS ONE SO IF SOMEONE CAN CLUE ME IN,FEEL FREE...

http://rapidshare.com/files/445915225/SUPREME_NYBORN_SMOOVENESS.zip

GRANDWIZZARD JOHNNY'O & THE MIGHTY SOCERER CREW-ME AND THE BOYS 1989

2011-02-02T01:27:00.003-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/445747178/GRANDWIZZARD_JOHNNY_O_AND_SORCERER_CREW.zip

TWIN "B"- GRIM REAPER 1987

2011-02-01T00:34:00.002-05:00

BIG THANKS TO DJ MARCIO FROM BRAZIL FOR THIS RIP.ALOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME IF I OWN ALL THE RECORDS I POST.THE ANSWER IS NO,BUT I'D SAY I HAVE ABOUT 90% OF THEM.THIS 12 REMAIN IN THE ELUSIVE 10% CATEGORY-WHICH MEANS SINCE I'VE BECOME AWARE OF IT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT FOR SALE.THAT'S HOW I BUY RECORDS-IF THEY COME UP FOR SALE,EITHER ON THE INTERNET OR IN ONE OF THE STORES HERE IN NYC,AND I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY,I GET IT.OF COURSE I WANT CERTAIN RECORDS MORE THAN OTHERS,BUY I'LL NEVER NOT BUY SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR THE KEEFY KEEF 12 (FOR EXAMPLE) TO SHOW UP.I'M SURE THAT'S HOW MOST PEOPLE DO IT...I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M WRITING ABOUT THIS,IT'S PRETTY BORING...CHECK THIS RECORD IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT,IT'S D-O-P-E.AND THANKS AGAIN TO DJ MARCIO WHO HAS GREAT TASTE IN RECORDS AND IS A FINE DJ...

http://rapidshare.com/files/412640757/TWIN_B_GRIM_REAPER.zip

MC PRELITIQUE & SWEET-ANOTHER LIE 1989

2011-01-31T00:02:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/445405224/MC_PRELITIQUE_AND_SWEET.zip

BORN LOVER-LATE ONE NIGHT (ON THE BOULEVARD) 1985/86

2011-01-30T00:06:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/444415117/BORN_LOVER.zip

K-SKILLS-PATIENCE & PERSISTENCE 2000

2011-01-29T00:01:00.003-05:00

THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND 12" I'VE POSTED THAT HAS A RELEASE DATE FROM THE CURRENT CENTURY,THE BEGINNING OF WHICH IMO WAS 1/1/2000-NOT 1/1/2001,THE FIRST RECORD BEING "VERBAL LEVIATHON" BY BBR.K-SKILLS HAS ONE OTHER 12" THAT I'VE HEARD CALLED "FIRST CLASS" WHICH IS ALSO REALLY GREAT.IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE POSTED SOMETHING FROM THE LATE 90S/EARLY 00S (KUKU PRODS.,I THINK) BECAUSE I HONESTLY KINDA LOST MY TASTE FOR IT.THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF GOOD RECORDS TO BE FOUND FROM THAT ERA,THEY'RE JUST NOT THE THINGS THAT I'M PURSUING ACTIVELY THESE DAYS.THIS IS A NICE CHANGE OF PACE THOUGH,AFTER ALL THE ELECTRO I'VE POSTED RECENTLY...

http://rapidshare.com/files/444762128/KSKILLS_PATIENCE.zip

THE PROFESSA & DJ SUPREME-MESSAGE FROM ME 2 U 1992

2011-01-28T00:02:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/444912251/PROFESSA_DJ_SUPREME.zip

MASTER BILAL & MC BRAIN-MY BEAT IS HYPE 1987

2011-01-27T00:07:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/443679401/MASTER_BILAL_BEAT_IS_HYPE.zip

TOO NICE-EVERY INCH 1986

2011-01-26T00:01:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/443143545/TOO_NICE_EVERY_INCH.zip

M-D-L-T- WILLIS-WHAT'S YOUR GAME 1974

2011-01-25T00:22:00.002-05:00

IT'S SO GODDAMN COLD IN NYC THIS YEAR.THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE WAS 6DEGREES.THERE'S A POEM BY ROBERT HAYDEN-I THINK IT'S HIM-IN WHICH HE WRITES ABOUT THE "AUSTERE AND LONELY OFFICES" OF RESPONSIBILITY AND HIS FATHER WAKING AT DAWN TO GO TO WORK IN THE "BLUEBLACK COLD".THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS THINK OF WHEN THIS SORT OF WEATHER COMES DOWN-IT'S FUCKING PAINFUL.I SWEAR I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS TOWN GOT TO BE SO POPULAR,THE WEATHER SUCKS,IT COSTS ATHOUSAND DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT TO LIVE IN A CUBICLE A HALF HOUR FROM ANY KNOWN TRANSPORTATION,AND NOBODY,AND I DO MEAN NOBODY, GIVES A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOU,YOUR INTERESTS AND ESPECIALLY YOUR PROBLEMS.AND WITH ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS UPON US MEANS THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE DEAD OF WINTER.IT'S A SMALL,GOOD THING TO HAVE A RECORD LIKE THIS ON DAYS LIKE THIS.THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING,I DON'T WANT TO GET CHEESY...AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH ENOUGH COMMON SENSE TO LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OR ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WEAR A T-SHIRT AND SHORTS RIGHT NOW...

http://rapidshare.com/files/444401625/MDLT_WILLIS.zip

DESIRE-BUSTED 1990

2011-01-24T00:07:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/443345918/DESIRE_BUSTED.zip

F.Y.E.- HYPE 1988

2011-01-23T00:03:00.002-05:00

THIS 12" WAS TOTALLY UNKNOWN TO ME AT THIS TIME 2 DAYS AGO.IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT,PLEASE DROP ME A LINE...AS FOR THE RECORD-THE FIRST TRACK "HYPE" IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DOPE LATE 80S BROOKLYN INDIE RAP,THE KIND OF WHICH I'M STILL AMAZED NEVER REACHED A BIGGER AUDIENCE.AND BY BIGGER AUDIENCE I MEAN 100-200 PEOPLE...GREAT RECORD,CHECK IT....

http://rapidshare.com/files/444051993/F.Y.E._HYPE.zip

CHARM ONE-I GET HYPE 1988

2011-01-22T00:33:00.002-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/443878169/CHARM_ONE_I_GET_HYPE.zip

2 SMOOTH MC'S-THE INVENTOR 1990

2011-01-21T01:55:00.001-05:00

http://rapidshare.com/files/443137882/2_SMOOTH_MCS.zip

PRINCE B-ODE TO A FORGETFUL MIND (IT'S A SHAME) 1989

2011-01-20T00:02:00.005-05:00

ALOT OF YOU PROBABLY HATE THIS RECORD AND IT'S CREATOR,PRINCE B,BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE CHIEF PUSSY FROM PM DAWN.OF COURSE PM DAWN IS MOST FAMOUS FOR GETTING BUM-RUSHED OFF THE STAGE BY BDP DURING A SHOW IN 1992.WITH KRS-ONE LEADING THE BEATDOWN...I FORGET WHAT THE BEEF WAS BUT I THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PM DAWN BEING COMPLETE AND UTTER PUSSIES WHO HAD IT COMING FOR RUINING A PERFECTLY GOOD SPANDAU BALLET SAMPLE... AMONG OTHER THINGS.THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD BUT FELLAS,I'M HERE TO TELL YA THIS RECORD IS REALLY KINDA EXCELLENT.ONCE I GAVE IT A CHANCE I COULDN'T GET THAT MELODY OUT OF MY HEAD.IT'LL NEVER BE CONFUSED WITH 100 MILES AND RUNNIN' BUT FOR WHAT IT IS,IT'S A NICE CATCHY,POPPY RECORD.TRY IT,IT WON'T HURT YOU...

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VA-PAY-HILL ALL STARS 1988

2011-01-19T00:02:00.003-05:00

YESTERDAY I SAID THAT I WOULDN'T RATE ANY RECORDS HIGHER THAN THAT IZOD AND BIZZY BEE 12"...WELL,THIS ONE'S BETTER..NOT BY ALOT,BUT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM SIDE BY SIDE I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT STAND UP A TINY BIT BETTER.THEY'RE BOTH SERIOUSLY INCREDIBLE RECORDS FROM A PLACE YOU COULD ARGUE WAS EVERY BIT AS GREAT AS THE NYC SCENE.ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO PUT A LIST TOGETHER COMPARING THE TWO...HERE IT IS-COMPLETE @256K...

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IZOD & BIZZY BEE-I AIN'T TAKIN NO STUFF 1988

2011-01-18T00:04:00.003-05:00

IN THE ANNALS OF LATE 1980'S INDY RAP THIS 12" IS A LEGEND.THE FERTILE GROUNDS OF PHILLY RAP PRODUCED CLASSIC RECORDS BY CLASSIC CREWS-THE TUFF CREW,POISON LADD SLR,TOO DEF CONNECTION,LEGION OF DOOM,PHILL MOST CHILL,DOMINATING MCS,AND LITERALLY COUNTLESS OTHERS-BUT NEVER ONE GREATER THAN THIS SLAB.I'D RANK SOME INDY 12"S ON AN EQUAL PLANE WITH THIS BUT NOT AHEAD OF-IT'S JUST SO TASTY,SO THICK.TO MAKE A LAME FOOD ANALOGY-IT'S A PORTERHOUSE FROM PETER LUGER'S.THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE ONES THAT YOU HAVE TO OWN REGARDLESS OF EXPENSE,ON THE SAME SHORTLIST AS THE BQ IN FULL EFFECT COMP AND THE SPORT G & MASTERMIND 12"S.A PERFECT RECORD...

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MC GROOVE & DJ MACK-DEF ROCK 1986

2011-01-17T16:44:00.003-05:00

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TOP CHOICE POSSE-LET THE RHYMES FLOW 1988

2011-01-14T00:58:00.001-05:00

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