FARILLA "G"-THE GAMES OF LIFE 1990

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ICE CREAM TEE-CAN'T HOLD BACK 1989

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

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

DEVASTATOR-DEVASTATION 1987

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

SHOCKMASTER LAZ-I FEEL 4 U 1990

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

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

RAW MATERIAL & DEF INTELLIGENCE-ON THE MOVE 1990

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

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

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

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

MC MITCHSKI & MB-MY BEAT UP FORD 1989

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

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

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

POETRY -N- MOTION-DOIN' DAMAGE 1988

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

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

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

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

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

"...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

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

SUPREME NYBORN-THE SMOOVENESS 1993/94

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

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

TWIN "B"- GRIM REAPER 1987

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