Over at the forums, contributor Mr. J Selectah is an enthusiastic and generous fan of great 90s indie hip hop, always uploading rare treats for us to forage. Although he's quite knowledgeable he is also humble enough to to ask his fellow T.R.O.Y. denizens to help him out when he's stumped. It's this kind of symbiotic relationship that makes out forum a great place to visit for rap fiends. Recently, he posted a thread full of advanced level questions, many of which remain unanswered.
One of the questions that stood out to me was whether or not The Basement Khemist (or "Basement Khemists" depending on who you ask) ever released tracks aside from the ones that appeared on a five track bootleg in late 90s. Selectah was kind enough to provide us with divshare uploads of these songs, and Roy Johnson upped a glitch-free version of "Petrified":
Basement Khemists - Vibrate
Basement Khemists - Petrified
Basement Khemists - Everybody
Basement Khemists - I'm doin' ya
Basement Khemists - Correct technique
So does anyone have any leads? We know from other internet sources that "Vibrate" was released on vinyl but what else, if anything is out there? Anybody? Bueller?
-- Thun
....just checked, the b-side / a-side / whatever was Vibrate!
ReplyDeleteI don't see any other releases online but apparently they are from Kansas City and J Lee, Taha and Joc Max are the member's names. At least two of them are / were in the music game still as recently as last year. Source: http://demencha.com/?p=122
ReplyDeleteThere was a CD release from the "Jigmasters" titled "infectious". It came with a bonus disc that featured this song.
ReplyDeletecant download or play these for some reason
ReplyDeleteAll I know about them is that they're down with DJ Spinna. Maybe a quick myspace or facebook message to him will solve this? I haven't looked for him yet, but I'll give it a shot.
ReplyDeleteheres a link to the 12''
ReplyDeletehttp://kaknado.blogspot.com/search?q=the+basement+khemist
^^Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteI sent Spinna a message on FB, hopefully he responds.
All of these beats sound like Spinna jawns to me, definitely. Dope producer/dj, still does his dj thing in NY and dropped a pretty good album this summer, that actually featured a track with Breez Brewin and J Treds:
http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Smash-DJ-Spinna/dp/B002CRJWT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260757523&sr=8-1
Joc Max was Spinna's production partner back then when they did those Dome Crackers remixes for J-Live or Das EFX.
ReplyDeleteCorrect Technique was the b-side of "Take A Look" a 12" by Dome Crackers featuring Grap Luva
"I'm Doin Ya" was released on DJ Spinna's Beyond Real Experience Vol. 1. And Im pretty sure that they appeared on the Wide Angels Compilation (Joc Max listed as Brother Alphonso Greer and Taha as Khaliq) on the Track "Situations Realistic".
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