Tuesday, January 13, 2009

All-Time Favorites

We asked a few T.R.O.Y. friends what some of their all-time favorites are from singles, remixes, b-sides, LP's, to even their own personal tracks. For those wanting to learn more our friends click on their name to be redirected to their site.

--Philaflava



Slug
Favorite 12" - Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show/La-Di-Da-Di
Favorite B-Side - Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
Favorite LP - LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer

Supastition
Favorite 12" - Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
Favorite B-Side - Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - La-Di-Da-Di
Favorite LP - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Favorite Personal Track - Fountain of Youth (The Deadline) & Change of Heart (Kam Moye EP)


Favorite 12" - EPMD - So Whatcha Sayin'
Favorite Remix - Redman - Rocafellla (Remix)
Favorite LP - Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
Favorite Personal Track - Tame One - Black Flowerz (unreleased)

Favorite Remix - Jeru The Damaja - You Can't Stop The Prophet (Pete Rock Remix)
Favorite LP - Organized Konfusion - Extinction Agenda
Favorite Personal Track - Vakill - Serpant And The Rainbow

Alaska

Favorite 12" - Gang Starr - Take It Personal/DWYCK
Favorite Remix - Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Remix)
Favorite LP - Public Enemy - Nation of Millions
Favorite Personal Track - Hangar 18 - Sad

Domino (Hieroglyphics)
Favorite B-Side - Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
Favorite LP - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions...
Favorite Non-Hip Hop LP - The Beatles - Abbey Road
Favorite Personal Track - Hieoglyphic - After Dark

Opio (Hieroglyphics)
Favorite 12" - Run-DMC - My Adidas/Peter Piper
Favorite B-Side - De La Soul - Brainwashed Follower (Me, Myself & I 12")
* You had to put the needle to the vinyl in a specific groove to play the C side.
Favorite LP - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions... & Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Favorite Personal Track - Hieroglyphics - Oakland Blackouts

Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love

Favorite B-Side - Public Enemy “B-Side Wins Again” (“Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos” was the A-side)
Favorite LP - Stevie Wonder
Talking Book
Impossible to decide best 12” . . .

Favorite 12" - Rakim - Know The Ledge

L.G.
Favorite
12" - EPMD -You Gots To Chill
Favorite B-Side - Big Daddy Kane - Just Rhymin With Biz
Favorite Remix - Jeru Da Damaja- Can't Stop The Prophet (Pete Rock Remix)
Favorite LP - Dr.Dre - The Chronic
Favorite Personal Track - Ill Al Skratch - Where's My Homies

Superstar Quamallah
Favorite 12" - Run-DMC - It's Like That/Sucka MC's"
Favorite Remix - Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Favorite LP - Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Favorite Personal Track - Superstar Is in Ya Town


Favorite 12" - Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show/La-Di-Da-Di
Favorite Remix - Casual - That's How It Is (Remix)

Favorite LP - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions...


Favorite 12" - Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
Favorite Remix - Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Favorite LP - Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Favorite Non-Hip Hop LP - James Brown - Hell

Fredwreck
Favorite 12" - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Favorite LP - The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better

Favorite Remix - A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Remix)
Favorite Personal Track - Kurupt & DPG - Represent That G.C.


Tonedeff
Favorite 12" - Art of Noise - Into Battle
Favorite Remix - Common - Soul By The Pound (Thump Remix)
Favorite LP - CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Favorite Personal Track - Optimist

Poison Pen
Favorite 12" -
Audio Two - Top Billin'
Favorite B-Side - Smooth Da Hustle feat. Trigger Tha Gambler - Broken Language
Favorite Remix - Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm (Remix) feat. Lil Kim
Favorite LP - N.W.A. - Efil4zaggin
Favorite Personal Track - Bed Stuy BestBuy

Tony D
Favorite 12" - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - T.R.O.Y..
Favorite Remix - Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Favorite LP - A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Favorite Personal Track - Poor Righteous Teachers - Roc Dis Funky Joint

Tone B. Nimble (All Natural)
Favorite 12" -
Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down
Favorite Remix - Gang Starr - Gotta Get Over (Large Professor Remix)
Favorite LP -
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

2 comments:

  1. dope, dope post....y'all's connections are too extensive....

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  2. Just re-reading some of these posts and I saw Tony D's all-time fav's on this post from January 2009. He died about 3 months later. Rest in Peace.

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