LL Cool J - Rock The Bells 12" Single (Def Jam 1985)

A1 - Rock The Bells
B1 - Rock The Bells (Original Version)
B2 - El Shabazz

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Spyder-D - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) 12" Single (Profile 1986)

A - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike)
B - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) (Instrumental)

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Big Daddy Kane - Get Into It 12" Single (Prism 1987)

A1 - Get Into It (Vocal)
A2 - Get Into It (Instrumental)
B1 - Somethin' Funky
B2 - Just Rhymin' With Biz (Featuring Biz Markie)

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Slick Rick - Children's Story 12" Single (Def Jam 1988)

A1 - Children's Story
B1 - Children's Story (Knock 'Em Out The Box Mix) (Remix by Slick Rick)
B2 - Teacher, Teacher (Produced by Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee)

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Black Sheep - Similak Child 12" Single

A1 - Similak Child (Homogenized Mix)
A2 - Similak Child (Extended Homogenized Mix)
B1 - Still In The Ghetto
B2 - Similak Child

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Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off 12" (Cold Chillin' 1988)

A1 - Set It Off (Extended Mix)
B1 - Get Into It
B2 - Set It Off

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Big Daddy Kane - Raw/Set It Off Live (Video)

BDK tears shit up as usual. What you expected?

Big Daddy Kane - Raw '91 CD Single (Cold Chillin' 1990)

A1 - Ooh,Aah,Nah-Nah-Nah (Master Mix)
A2 - Raw '91
A3 - Ooh,Aah,Nah-Nah-Nah (Instrumental)
B1 - It's Hard Being The Kane (Remix Radio Version)
B2 - Taste Of Chocolate (Remix)
B3 - It's Hard Being The Kane (Album Version)

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Equalibrum - Time Management (song performed in real time on an Akai MPD24 )

Discovered this on a DJ blog. Equalibrium composed this beforehand then performs it live in his bedroom. Makes me want to go out and buy an MPD24. He manages to "scratch" on this thing towards the end of the track, kinda cool but kinda cheesy, he even says so on the description if you go to the YouTube link. Be sure to check out some of the other videos at the bottom when this one is done or just click menu, some dope shit there including Pete Rock chopping up a sample and creating a beat.

Black, Rock & Ron - Stop The World (RCA 1989)

For the most part I post up my favorite old school rap albums and singles and this LP easily finds its way into my top 10 old school albums. I know it's not rated in most peoples top albums but I'm different and I like that. Black, Rock & Ron exemplify everything I love about hip-hop, most notably fun, intelligent, braggadocio b-boy rhymes and funky, sample driven production and break beats with that dope old school scratching that's on time. This album has what most albums in 89 had with positive messages of peace and unity on the title track, bragging about Rap Life, the token house track which is actually really good to sex raps with all three members (no pun intended) taking turns with Yvonne. Hailing from Hollis Queens, Lord Black (David Cootryer), The Ruler Master Rock (Gregg Walsh), and Ron Scratch (Ron Walsh) released their first single "Hard Rap" on Next Plateau in 86 under the name the Vicious Four. Released during the emergence of the "New School" where samplers and drum machines such as the Lynn Drum and the SP-12 hit the market, producers and hip-hop artists were better able to create a less expensive and more complex structure to tracks that wasn't previously allowed without having connections or a backing band. In 1987 Black, Rock & Ron hooked up with Jazzy Jay who produced their next single "That's How I'm Livin" also on Next Plateau. At this point they apparently found management by the one and only Rush Town at the request of LL Cool J. Then getting signed to RCA Records and featuring co-production by Tony Sims & Thomas Davis (who?) and executive production by Jurggen Korduletsch (who?), Black, Rock and Ron put together the material for their debut album Stop The World. With engineers Paul C, DJ Doc, and Skeff Anselm at the boards, a few 12 inch singles, and a couple videos things were looking bright for the groups future. They even were involved in the Hip-Hop Artist Against Apartheid Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa) anti-apartheid song, but like so many rap artists, Black, Rock & Ron just seemed to fall off the face of the Earth into obscurity.



I'm posting the US version along with some of the German release and 12" tracks as a "bonus disc".

320kbps CD Rip
01 - Intro
02 - Stop The World
03 - You Can't Do Me None
04 - True Feelings (True Rock Mix)
05 - Black Is The Word
06 - That's How I'm Livin'
07 - To Hear Black & Rock Rap
08 - Getting Large
09 - Rap Life
10 - Act Like U Know
11 - I'm Tired
12 - 3 Brothers And Yvonne
13 - Black, Rock & Ron (Video Mix)
14 - My Hometown
15 - Who's Got Next

Bonus Tracks
16 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix Vocal Mix)
17 - Tired Of All This
18 - True Feelings (Paul C Hip Hop Remix)
19 - We Be Wilin' (Wild Things)
20 - Black, Rock & Ron (Radio Version)
21 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix Beat Mix)
22 - Pieces I / Pieces II

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Here's the video to Getting Large which uses the 12" version.

Black, Rock & Ron - You Can't Do Me None 12" Single (RCA 1990)

A1 - You Can't Do Me None (BRNR Vocal Remix)
A2 - You Can't Do Me None (BRNR Instrumental Remix)
B1 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix)
B2 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix Instrumental)
B3 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix, Beat Mix)

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You Can't Do Me None video for your viewing pleasure.

Black, Rock & Ron - True Feelings 12" Single (RCA 1989)

A1 - True Feelings (Phily Club Mix)
A2 - True Feelings (Dub Mix)
A3 - True Feelings (Phily 7")
B1 - True Feelings (True Rock Mix)
B2 - True Feelings (True Rock Instrumental)
B3 - True Feelings (Paul C Hip Hop Mix)

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True Mathematics - After Dark 12" Single (Select 1987)

A1 - After Dark
A2 - Greeks In The House
B1 - After Dark (Dub)
B2 - Greeks In The House (Instrumental)

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True Mathematics - For The Money 12" (Champion/Select 1988)

A1 - For The Money
A2 - For The Money (Instrumental)
B1 - K.A.O.S.S.
B2 - K.A.O.S.S. (Instrumental)

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Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours 12" Single (Def Jam 1987)

And another special treat for all of my visitors. I pretty much went into it on the Bring The Noise post but I gotta say something about one of my all time favorite 12's. I mean come on - the Johnny Juice Rosado I mean Terminator X Getaway Mix is just about one of the best scratch tracks ever, period. I wore the hell out of that song back in the day, and FINALLY recently found the mp3's so now I'll be wearing out the digital file if that's possible. It's funny, I've seen alot of dudes on Bust The Facts or other places on the net say things like they lost their vinyl collection in a fire or their cassette collection in a flood and I gotta tell ya - I'm one of those guys!!! in my case it was a flood, lol seriously! - and these PE 12's (also PE # 1) were among the ones that I was REALLY REALLY pissed about losing. My collection I lost was mostly 12's, some LP's and about 150 cassettes. I only have a handful of tapes that survived to this day and thanks to Dread, I've slowly built up my collection to what it was and even larger, even though their all in mp3 form, fuck - I don't care, as long as I get to hear all my favorites again. Dread was sharing his collection with me a long time before he and Jimmy started Bust The Facts, so now alot of those other poor souls who lost their collections are slowly building them back up to what they previously were. If you're like me and cherish old school rap, then people like Dread, Jimmy, Travis, Kido, EMDEE, DrOK, etc. are a godsend sharing their favorite LP's, singles, and insight. Please take the time to thank, praise & share knowledge at all your daily stops - it really does take alot of time and energy to post up albums, write-ups and shit like that. Ok? Eventually all of us will be gone and others will replace us but just a quick comment really does mean alot.

ANYWAY!! - lol - on to the record again. PE really broke new ground on this single with Rebel Without A Pause, recorded after Yo! Bum Rush The Show. The most notable part of the song was Hank Shocklee's sample of the trumpet glissando from The J.B.'s The Grunt and is easily one of the most memorable sounds on the planet. A quote from an interview with Shocklee reveals some interesting tidbits behind the making of the track: "’Rebel’ is interesting because that was originally done with the only sampler that I had at the time which was the Mirage. And the Mirage, if you know the Mirage, it’s a 4-bit sampler that gives you three seconds of sample time and that’s it. And it was [as if] the stars lined it up for me. I was doing this thing again, and I was trying to catch it and I caught the right piece of it in three seconds. Because one thing about the Mirage is when you have three seconds, and you know you only got three seconds, and your piece is really three and a half seconds long, but you really want to catch the best three seconds out of that, well, you got to keep doing it until you catch it right the way you want it". Another very interesting fact is the drums. At first listen it seems like just the Funky Drummer chopped up a little with another programmed beat for the chorus. "That record has four different beats, one is the change beat, one is the original verse beat, the other is the short verse beat, and the fourth being the ride on the beat. And it has ten different turnarounds, all those little kicks, all that stuff is programmed, you know, each one does not repeat itself. So it gives you the illusion of the record is constantly getting better as opposed to it just staying linear". Also noteworthy is Terminator X's rock 'n' roll scratch (yes that's really him this time). "When he first did that piece, you know, the Rock 'n' Roll part, when Chuck said: ”Terminator X“ I was expecting, something (shows something huge with his arms). And then he came in and he would - (makes very small moves with his hands) and then he came up with ’tchgtchgtch’ – I was disappointed when I first heard it. You know, I took it home and I listened to it. And then I said: ”There is something in here that I like but there is something that I didn’t like about it.“ And so, when I went back to the studio, I had the engineer pull off the bottom on it because there was a lot more bass in it. And it just sounded muddy to me. Once Steve pulled the bottom of the whole shit popped out like crazy and it was my favorite piece in life. And even to the point when he took the ’Pee Wee Herman’ ’Get-a-get-a-get’ (scratches in the air) to give it a extra like (waves with his arms) – oh shit – I thought that that was probably the most brilliant piece of scratch work on a record to me ever".

Quotes from the Red Bull Music Academy interview with Hank Shocklee

A1 - You're Gonna Get Yours (Vocal)
A2 - You're Gonna Get Yours (Dub/Terminator X Getaway Version)
A3 - Miuzi Weighs A Ton (Vocal Mix)
B1 - Rebel Without A Pause (Vocal Mix)
B2 - Rebel Without A Pause (Instrumental)

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Public Enemy - Bring The Noise 12" Single (Def Jam 1987)

Classic right here. One of the most important songs ever recorded. This was the track that launched The Bomb Squad's multi-layered noise on a world in need of beautiful chaos on wax. I could be wrong but I'm sure this dropped before Rebel Without A Pause which would be the next runner-up for supreme sonic assault on the masses in the work of Public Enemy. Either way I was extremely happy with both when they dropped and my life's purpose was complete at that moment in time - this is where I feel hip-hop can contribute to the spiritual path as well as the ego's - both tracks are now part of my energetic matrix and make me that much stronger in spirit. No shit. Originally released on the soundtrack for the film Less Than Zero, and as a 12 inch, here is where the B-Side doesn't win with a slightly altered version of Sophisticated Bitch but actually it's one of my favorite PE joints from their debut with sweet guitar by Bill Stephney & Vernon Reid from Living Colour. Enjoy!!

A1 - Bring The Noise (No Noise Version)
A2 - Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental)
A3 - Bring The Noise (No Noise Acappella)
B1 - Sophisticated (Bitch)
B2 - Sophisticated (Bitch) (Instrumental)

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8 Year Old Japanese Girl DJ Sara Cuts Shit Up - Future Champion Turntablist

Found this around the net and to my surprise she wrecks shit. Great skills all around - looking forward to see what she does with it in the future. I'd love to see her cut up some old school beats, most of the beats turntablists cut over are on some wack techno shit. These aren't too bad though, a little Rock It chop up and an Electro-ish beat.



Another video with her brother? DJ Ryusei on the wheels of steel. Damn, look at those stacks behind em!!

LL Cool J at Zune's Live At The BBQ in Brooklyn

LL still has it! He rips through Radio, The Boomin Sytem and I'm Bad with precision. I knew one of my favorite MC's still had it in him to school these new MC's on how rap is supposed to be done. Now only if he could release another classic.

I've been bumping LL alot lately so i'm on the hunt for some 12's - so stay tuned!

X-Clan - Fire & Earth 12" Single (Polydor 1991)

A - Fire & Earth (100 % Natural)
B - Fire & Earth (90 % Juice 10 % Spring Water)

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Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy 12" (Jive 1988)

A1 - My Philosophy (Album Mix)
A2 - My Philosophy (Extended Remix)
B1 - My Philosophy (Single Edit)
B2 - My Philosophy (Instrumental)

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Yes I'm still alive!!

Finally got past the busy Spring/Summer at my jobs and will be able to post a little more often. Honestly a part of me also got lazy with updates as there are so many dope blogs already out there that have really great write-ups and albums, everything is pretty much covered. But I will keep this blog going albeit less frequent posts. I'll also get to re-upping ALL my previous albums and try to keep those active. Soon come.

Peace

Mikey D & The LA Posse - I Get Rough 12" (Public 1986)

A1 I Get Rough (Vocal)
A2 I Get Rough (Dub)
B1 Go For It (Vocal)
B2 Go For It (Dub)

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Mikey D & The LA Posse - My Telephone 12" (Public 1987)

A1 - My Telephone
A2 - Dawn
B1 - Bust A Rhyme Mike
B2 - Bust A Rhyme Mike (Bonus Beats)

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Mikey D & The LA Posse - Out Of Control 12" (Sleeping Bag 1988)

A1 - Out Of Control (Vocal)
A2 - Out Of Control (Instrumental)
B1 - Comin' In The House (Vocal)
B2 - Comin' In The House (Instrumental)

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Da King & I - Flip Da Script 12" Single (1993)

01 - Flip Da Script (DJ Premier Remix Vocal)
02 - Flip Da Script (DJ Premier Remix Instrumental)

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Three Times Dope - Greatest Man Alive 12" Single (Arista 1988)

A1 - Greatest Man Alive (After Midnight Mix)
A2 - Greatest Man Alive (Acknickulous Beats)
B1 - Greatest Man Alive (For Your Bonkey Mix)
B2 - Greatest Man Alive (Prime Time Radio Edit)
B3 - Straight Up

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Three Times Dope - Funky Dividends 12" Single (Arista 1989)

A1 - Funky Dividends (Goin' For Broke Edit)
A2 - Funky Dividends (Goin' For Broke Remix)
A3 - Funky Dividends (Big Money Talkin' Beats)
B1 - Funky Dividends (Modern Day Radio Mix)
B2 - Funky Dividends (Great Groove Club Mix)

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Fresh Ski & Mo Rock - The Long Awaited Paroxysm EP (Conscious Music Records 1991)

A1 - A Day Of Reckoning
A2 - Incredible
A3 - Mind Positive
B1 - Along The Perpendicular
B2 - Spectacular Vernacular
B3 - It's Working

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Lakim Shabazz - Black Is Back 12" Single (Tuff City 1989)

I'm missing track 1, sorry. But I'm sure all of you have it from his Pure Righteousness LP, which I'll post sometime soon.

A1 - Black Is Back (Prod by The 45 King)
A2 - Black Is Back (Instrumental)
B1 - Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God (Prod by Louie Louie)
B2 - Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God (Instrumental)

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Here's a very dope performance of Pure Righteousness on Night Music with DJ Cee Just on the wheels, and Lakim coming correct on the mic. Not sure who the dancer is but he definitely provides some humorous running mans, shit who wasn't doing the running man in 89? Word.

Dream Warriors - And Now, The Legacy Begins (Island 1991)

Sorry I haven't been posting up much stuff lately, I've been busy with a second job recently and it's hard to get to posting things regularly as I'd like (yeah right you've heard it before). But anyways I'm posting these two albums for now as they're slightly similar in style. For anyone who hasn't heard either of these, well then you're in for a treat because they fall into the Jazz Hip Hop category and I know just about everyone loves that style. I'd love to write up a nice intro for these albums but I'm tired as fuck so I'll just leave the AMG bio for Dream Warriors and a very informative article for The Future Sound, sorry.

A pair of deft, intelligent rappers based in Toronto, King Lou and Capital Q formed Dream Warriors and released one of the finest alternative rap records of the era, 1991's And Now, the Legacy Begins. The pair began working together in 1989, organizing their own Beat Factory Productions with Rupert Gayle and signing to 4th & Broadway. The single "Wash Your Face in My Sink" prefaced the release of And Now, the Legacy Begins, and another track, "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style," became an early touchstone in the jazz-rap movement. Both singles hit the Top 20 in Britain, while in their own country the LP went gold and collected a Juno award. Unfortunately, the LP title proved ironic; four long years after their debut, the duo finally returned with Subliminal Simulation. It was barely received at all, especially in America, and the band's final album, The Master Plan, wasn't even released in America.

I'll eventually post up Subliminal Stimulation which in my opinion is quite good. Enjoy these two classic lp's!

01 - Mr. Bubbunut Spills His Guts
02 - My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style
03 - Follow Me Not
04 - Ludi
05 - U Never Know A Good Thing Till U Lose It
06 - And Now The Legacy Begins
07 - Tune From The Missing Channel
08 - Wash Your Face In My Sink
09 - Voyage Through The Multiverse
10 - U Could Get Arrested
11 - Journey On
12 - Face In The Basin
13 - Do Not Feed The Alligators
14 - Twelve Sided Dice
15 - Maximum 60 Lost In A Dream
16 - Answer For The Owl

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The Future Sound - The Whole Shabang, Vol. 1 (Atlantic 1992)

In the early 90s, The Future Sound (of New Rochelle, New York) were wide-eyed new jack signees on big time Atlantic Records managed (along with Original Flavor) by the brothers Darien and Damon Dash (later of Roc-A-Fella Records fame). Shabang is an undeservedly overlooked work that teems with layered, bouncy rhythms and fantastic, mellifluous rhymes. Emcees Flashback and Relay trade the wordiest of verses in refreshingly unassuming tones that invite flattering, if constraining comparisons to Tribe and De La. Although plainly indebted to the D.A.I.S.Y. Age’s style of speak and coolly narcotic vibe, The Future Sound crew innovates on its influences by sprinkling a measure of humble populism into its ghetto futuristic jams. Shabang’s distinctiveness lies in its abstruse accessibility, the way it replicates the sweetly melodic eccentricity of “Plug Tunin’,” infuses it with the dirty club groove of “Youthful Expression” and leaves the ceremony in the hands of a couple of long-winded, idealistic, pop-culture obsessed everymen. 3XDope and the UMCs released similarly spirited, unconventional debut long-players that have since aged rather nicely, but neither group was half as adept as TFS at smuggling cerebral subject matter into grooves built to bump so lovely. After Critical Beatdown, Shabang is the closest approximation of Rammelzee’s psychedelic freestyles ever committed to wax during rap’s Middle Skool. Flashback and Relay flow with no end in sight while referencing TV shows, records, and books at a breakneck pace rarely achieved by the Native Tongues or their myriad associates. Unlike the frantic namedropping employed by Das EFX, the allusions on this record provide the lengthy raps with additional meaning and substantive context. Like most any rap group then or now, TFS reserve numerous moments for burning wack emcees, keeping the party moving, or speaking on trifling honies. However, they also devote a significant portion of this hugely eclectic, experimental record to a straightforward and unpretentious dialogue with their audience about everyday realities, including those of the harsh and unpleasant variety. Even the most comprehensible track, the Sly Stone beatjack “The Function,” sees the duo implore the party people to let the music take control and yet remain open enough to digest the heady lyrics. It’s a most difficult challenge for certain, as the sounds range from the soulful and noisy “Flashback Relay and the Whole Shabang” to the danceable but dizzying “Lady/What a Bro To Do?” to the sparkling pop of “Pixie Groove.” Nearly every track is a highly distracting head-nodder and TFS get infinite dap for refusing to dumb any of their material down or cakewalk their way to clarity.

Check this link for the comments which have some cool info also.

http://www.ohword.com/reviews/7/the-future-sound-the-whole-shabang-vol-1

01 - Intro
02 - This Is a Game
03 - Function
04 - Flashback Relay and The Whole Shabang
05 - Star Struck (Caterpillar Style)
06 - Thread
07 - Bop Step
08 - Lady/What's a Bro to Do?
09 - Pixie Groove
10 - Scriptic Cryptic
11 - Primates in Stitches
12 - Flashback Relay and The Whole Shabang (Wig Out Mix)
13 - Sucka Set
14 - Jungle-O
15 - When the Ends Meet (Life of the Futuristic B-Boy)

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Spyder-D - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) 12" (Profile 1986)

A - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) (6:20)
B - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) (Instrumental) (6:20)

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Busy Bee - Busy Bee's Groove 12" (Sugar Hill 1985)

A - Busy Bee's Groove (5:05)
B - Busy Bee's Groove (Instrumental) (5:05)

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Tuff City Squad - Breakmania 1 (Mixed By the 45 King) (Tuff City 1989)

A1 - Bust The Break
A2 - Drums Of Death
A3 - Chillin' With The Unit
A4 - The Funky Stuff
A5 - Feelin' A Bit Buzzed
B1 - Nonstop Hip Hop
B2 - Too Smooth
B3 - Kick The Bassline
B4 - Notorios
B5 - Take Me To The 45 King

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Tuff City Squad - Breakmania 2 (Mixed By the 45 King) (Tuff City 1989)

A1 - T.C. Squad Back In Effect
A2 - Armed And Extremely Funky
A3 - Prop
A4 - Hard Damage
A5 - Extra Crispy
B1 - Playin' Bellevue
B2 - Word To A Snow Bird
B3 - High Top Fade
B4 - Breakin' Night
B5 - Tuff City Squad...Outa Here !

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MC Serch - Hey Boy! 12" (Idlers 1987)

A1 - Hey Boy! (Feat K Love)
A2 - Beware Of The Death
B1 - Hey Boy! (Instrumental)
B2 - Beware Of The Death (Instrumental)

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Side F-X - This Is A Journey (Nastymix 1990)

01 - This One's For You (DJ'S)
02 - This Is A Journey (Progressive Rap)
03 - A Swift Kut
04 - A Fraction Of Funk (Intermission)
05 - Rhyme Animal (Remix)
06 - Move Your Body
07 - What Makes Me Want To Shout (Remix)
08 - Soon As The Beat Is Felt
09 - Can I Get A Witness (Intermission)
10 - Time
11 - Stick Up Kid
12 - Rock The House (Video Mix)
13 - I Can't Sleep
14 - Give Me An Answer
15 - Take It To The Bridge
16 - Our Crew Gets Busy

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Kid Capri - The Tape (Cold Chillin' 1991) - Re-Upped With A Better Bitrate

From Wikipedia:
Kid Capri (David Anthony Love) is an American hip hop DJ. He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is of African-American/Italian-American descent. In the 1970s, Kid Capri began to attend block parties, starting his DJ career at the age of 8. He eventually garnered widespread attention at Studio 54 and began selling his sets with his partner at the time Starchild. Kid Capri has deejayed for seven seasons of Def Comedy Jam. He's also produced tracks for Boogie Down Productions, Heavy D, Big L, Grand Puba, and Quincy Jones. He eventually released an LP on Warner Brothers Records titled The Tape in 1991. He appeared in the 1993 movie Who's the Man? alongside Doctor Dre, Colin Quinn, KRS-One, Ice-T, Pete Rock, CL Smooth, Eric B, Flavor Flav, Kris Kross, Melle Mel, Busta Rhymes and many others. In 1997, Kid Capri switched from Warner Brothers to Trackmasters after he appeared on the 1997 Puff Daddy And The Family World Tour. He has subsequently released Soundtrack to the Streets in 1998.

01 - News Story (3:22)
02 - Billy (4:22)
03 - This Is What You Came Here For (Feat. TJ Swan) (5:00)
04 - Get 'Em (3:53)
05 - Apollo (4:06)
06 - Hang 'Em High (Feat. Dee Joseph Garner) (4:23)
07 - Lord's Party (4:58)
08 - You Know My Style (3:50)
09 - Whisper (4:59)
10 - Joke's On You Jack (4:21)
11 - Pay Attention (3:55)
12 - Don't Sweat Me (4:42)
13 - Step Off (4:41)
14 - Shout Outs (3:33)

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Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers 12" (Prism 1987)

A - Pickin' Boogers (Vocal) (6:05)
B - Pickin' Boogers (Dub) (6:05)

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Biz Markie - Vapors 12" (Cold Chillin' 1988)

A1 - Vapors (Vocal Mix)
B1 - Biz Goin Off (Dub)
B2 - The Do Do (Bonus Beats)

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Red Hot Lover Tone - Give It Up 12 " (1993)

01 - Give It Up (Dirty Original) (3:54)
02 - Give It Up (Instrumental) (3:50)
03 - Give It Up (Radio) (3:53)
04 - Give It Up (Diamond D Remix) (3:55)
05 - Give It Up (Instrumental Remix) (3:54)
06 - Like A Virgin (2:39)

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New layout & request

I just wanted to say thanks to you all who've expressed appreciation for what I'm doing here and also wanted to request something I've been wanting for a while... A LOGO! So if anyone with skills wants to put in some time for me I would be eternally grateful. Not really sure what I'm looking for but something that'll work with the new layout. The Bust The Facts logo is pretty cool, so maybe something similar? Maybe a dookie rope , three finger ring, boombox or something like those thrown in? I think I want a real picture/s with graphic writing, if that makes sense (again like the Bust The Facts logo). I don't know, if anyone has any ideas or input let me know. Out for now, Peace.

Poor Righteous Teachers - Time To Say Peace 12" (Profile 1989)

A1 - Time To Say Peace (Remix) (5:15)
A2 - Time To Say Peace (Original Version) (4:42)
B1 - Butt Naked Booty Bless (4:29)
B2 - Butt Naked Booty Bless (Instrumental) (4:29)
B3 - Word Is Bond (4:28)

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Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint 12" Single (Profile 1990)

A1 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (On Fire Remix)
A2 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (On Fire Instrumental)
B1 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (Album Version)
B2 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (Radio Edit)
B3 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (Midnight Croon)

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Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect 12" Single (Profile 1990)

A1 - Holy Intellect (Tryandblendit Remix) (4:32)
A2 - Holy Intellect (Album Version) (4:21)
A3 - Holy Intellect (Tryandblendit Instrumental) (4:20)
B1 - Self-Styled Wisdom (3:47)
B2 - Self-Styled Wisdom (Herewegoagain Instrumental) (3:47)

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Poor Righteous Teachers - Shakiyla 12" (Profile 1991)

A1 Shakiyla (Vocal) (4:06)
A2 Shakiyla (Instrumental) (4:06)
A3 Shakiyla (Acapella) (3:11)
B1 Strictly Mashion (Vocal) (5:00)
B2 Strictly Mashion (Instrumental) (5:00)
B3 Strictly Mashion (Acapella) (2:22)

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Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect (Profile 1990)

01 - Can I Start This (5:18)
02 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (5:12)
03 - Strictly Ghetto (3:27)
04 - Holy Intellect (4:21)
05 - Shakiyla (4:02)
06 - Time To Say Peace (5:15)
07 - Style Dropped/Lessons Taught (4:54)
08 - Speaking Upon A Blackman (3:21)
09 - So Many Teachers (4:43)
10 - Word From The Wise (5:02)
11 - Butt Naked Booty Blues (4:29)
12 - Poor Righteous Teachers (5:15)

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Poor Righteous Teachers - Rare & Unreleased

01 - Can I Start This (Drummer & DJ Mix)
02 - Styles Dropped (UK Mix)
03 - Butt Naked (Remix)
04 - Very First Time
05 - Holy Intellect (Can't Blend It)
06 - So Low (Remix)
07 - Steady Slangin (Project Mix)
08 - Rock Dis Funky Joint (Croon)
09 - Word Is Bond
10 - Rock My Project
11 - Time to Say Peace (Northside)
12 - Name Brand Guns (Remix)
13 - My Sound (Remix)
14 - Word Is Bond (Acapella)

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Queen Mother Rage - Slipping Into Darkness 12"

01 - Slipping Into Darkness (12" Vocal)
02 - Slipping Into Darkness (Instrumental)

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360 Degrees - Years To Build 12" (1988) - Re-Up

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Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James 12" (DNA 1988)

I just recently discovered MediaFire as a new file host for files, it supports multiple downloads and they are fast as hell. They'll also host files almost indefinitely so for the time being I'll continue to use them. Let me know if you guys have any problems with them. Enjoy the Casanova & Rud 12's!

A1 - Do The James (Vocal)
A2 - Do The James (Dub)
B1 - Do The James (Instrumental)
B2 - Do The James (Dope Instrumental)

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Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Girls I Got 'Em Locked 12" (DNA 1988)

A1 - Girls I Got Em Locked (4:20)
B1 - Girls I Got Em Locked (Instrumental) (4:20)
B2 - Girls I Got Em Locked (Acapella) (3:40)

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Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Super Casanova 12" (Elektra 1988)

A1 - Super Casanova (DNA Vocal) (3:57)
A2 - Super Casanova (Acapella) (3:17)
B1 - Super Casanova (Vocal Mix) (4:09)
B2 - Super Casanova (Dope Instrumental) (4:09)

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Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - I Gotta Good Thing 12" (Elektra 1988)

A1 - I Gotta Good Thing (Remix) (3:57)
B1 - I Gotta Good Thing (Raw Instrumental) (3:05)
B2 - I Gotta Good Thing (Acapella) (3:59)

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JVC Force - Strong Island 12" (B-Boy 1987) - Re-Up

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Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full 12" Single (4th & B'way 1987)

A1 Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix)
B1 Paid In Full (Album Mix)
B2 Eric B. Is On The Cut

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Eric B. & Rakim - Move The Crowd 12" Single (Island 1987)

A1 - Move The Crowd (Beatmix By The Democratic 3 Feat. DJ Slack)
A2 - Move The Crowd (Album)
B1 - Move The Crowd (Wild Bunch Mix)
B2 - Extended Beat

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Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke 12" Single (4th & B'way 1987)

A1 - I Ain't No Joke (3:54)
A2 - Extended Beat (3:49)
B1 - Eric B Is On The Cut (3:48)

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Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader 12" Single (MCA 1988)

A1 - Follow The Leader (5:33)
B1 - Follow The Leader (Acapella) (5:33)
B2 - Follow The Leader (Dub) (5:33)

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Eric B. & Rakim - In The Ghetto Tape Single (MCA 1990)

01 - In The Ghetto (Extended Mix)
02 - In The Ghetto (Freestyle Mix)
03 - In The Ghetto (Drums Mix)
04 - In The Ghetto (Cuts Mix)

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MC Lyte - Paper Thin 12" (First Priority 1988)

For Chuck.

A1 Paper Thin (5:15)
A2 Paper Thin (Audio Two Remix) (2:55)
A3 Paper Thin (Alliance Remix) (3:25)
B1 Paper Thin (Instrumental) (2:53)
B2 Paper Thin (Acapella) (2:25)
B3 Spare The Rod (4:26)

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Leaders Of The New School - Case Of The PTA (Elektra 1991)

Still Hoping that someone comes through with the International Zone Coaster, that would be ill as fuck. Here's a couple to hold y'all over if you don't already have either of these.

A1 - Case Of The P.T.A. (LP Version)
A2 - Case Of The P.T.A. (Instrumental)
B1 - Teachers Don't Teach Us Nonsense (LP Version)
B2 - Teachers Don't Teach Us Nonsense (Instrumental)

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Leaders Of The New School - Sobb Story (Elektra 1991)

01 - Sobb Story
02 - Sound Of The Zeekers
03 - Sobb Story (Remix)
04 - Sound Of The Zeekers (Instrumental)
05 - Sobb Story (Remix Instrumental)
06 - Case Of the P.T.A. (Remix)

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Unique & Dashan - Black To The Future (Warlock 1989)

01 - Protected By The Red Black And Green
02 - Blackwatch
03 - Lumumba
04 - House Is Taking Over
05 - Poet In His Own Time
06 - Three The Hard Way
07 - Brutalization
08 - Versatility
09 - Double Trouble

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Thank you all very much for helpin a brutha out!!! I got more than I asked for and I really appreciate it.

Brand Nubian - Drop The Bomb 12" Promo (Elektra 1990)

01 - Drop The Bomb (Album Funk Mix)
02 - Drop The Bomb (Album Funk Mix Instrumental)
03 - Dance To My Ministry (Album Version)
04 - Feels So Good (Album Version)
05 - Concerto In X Minor (Album Version)

Here's another Brand Nubian 12 I missed when I was upping the other ones last night.

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Brand Nubian - Concerto In X Minor (Promo) 12" (Elektra 1990)

01 - Concerto In X Minor (Remix)
02 - Concerto In X Minor (Remix Instrumental)

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Brand Nubian - Wake Up 12" (Elektra 1990)

Special thanks to TheMusicMan over at I Used To Love H.E.R. for this 12.

A1 - Wake Up (Sunshine Radio Mix) (3:59)
A2 - Drop The Bomb (5:04) A3 - Drop The Bomb (Instrumental) (5:04)
B1 - Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Remix) (4:48)
B2 - Wake Up (Sunshine Extended Mix) (5:45)
B3 - Wake Up (Bonus Radio Mix) (3:52)

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KMD - Peachfuzz 12" (Elektra 1990)

A1 Peachfuzz (LP Version) (4:00)
A2 Peachfuzz (Instrumental) (4:00)
B1 Gasface Refill (LP Version) (3:40)
B2 Gasface Refill (Instrumental) (3:42)

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KMD - Nitty Gritty 12" (Elektra 1991)

A1 - Nitty Gritty (Featuring Brand Nubian)(Radio Mix) (4:37)
A2 - Nitty Gritty (Dog Spelled Backwards Remix Featuring Busta Rhymes, Lord Jamar, Sadat X) (5:09)
A3 - Nitty Gritty (Instrumental) (5:17)
B1 - Plumskinzz (Vocal) (4:57)
B2 - Plumskinzz (Peachfuzz Last Chance For Radio) (4:40)
B3 - Plumskinzz (Instrumental) (4:50)

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39MB
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