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Showing posts with label recap. Show all posts
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Recap 11/15/09-11/29/09
Rollin' in my 2064
It's Sunday afternoon again (shout out to Lighter Shade Of Brown). It's one of those contemplative days. The new albums from Clipse and Souls Of Mischief leaked and they're just so-so. The landscape of music is just looking bleak as can be and yet you feel serene, cool as can be. What better time to get reacquainted with some retro-future rap, the music that bypassed you or was too ahead of its time to suggest. Check out the best of our offerings from the past half-month:
Touring The States: Kenosha, WI - From where!? Yep.
Shoveling Out The New York Crates: Phase 4 - The T.R.O.Y. Blog straight new yorked you.
Masta Killa (No Said Date) - Chinese Sample - Oh snap, that's where he got it from. How in the fuck ThomasV figured this out is anyone's guess.
The Faculty - Yes You May (Big L Tribute) - Peace to the god.
A Small Medium At Large (on XXL's top blog list) - We had to respond.
A Collection Of Independent Hip Hop - Late 90s had this type of shit on lock.
Vintage Rap-A-Lot (1988-1996) - Not from Houston? You still jock Rap-A-Lot.
Long Lost Favorite Tracks - DC Scorpio - Stone Cold Hustler - Before Wale, there was DC Scorpio.
Project Blowed Spotlight: The Afterlife/Curbserver Camp - Project Blowed, what's the code?
dirt_dog Remix Packs 5 & 6 - You haven't heard most of this.
Touring The States: Mesa, AZ - Go figure. Smooth flavor from the Southwest.
Dysfunkshunal Family - Mixed Emotions 96 Demo EP - Yeah, we just heard about it too.
Stay tuned!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Recap 11/01/09 - 11/15/09
Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump
In Full Gear, 20 Years Later - Speaking of a crew called Stetsa.
Sounds Like The 90s (Volume 11) - Ever feel like you're living in New Jack City? Bridge the present to the past with the latest installment of our popular series.
Who Flipped It Better? "The Rub" - George and Gwen McRae are given new life by Mobb Deep, Meth and Red, The Coup, and Brand Nubian. But who flipped it loveliest? Listen and decide for yourself.
Philly Retrospective Volume 8 - Listen if only for the fact that The City of Brotherly Love still get overlooked for its immense contributions to hip hop music.
Beef: X-Clan vs. Boogie Down Productions - Their beef was ideological, they kept it on wax and made some great music, and then they reconciled and collaborated. How it should be done.
Touring The States: Tulsa, OK - Markshot continues his quest across the fruited plain, this time proving there's more to Oklahoma than the Trail Of Tears and the Homestead Act.
Southern Series Volume 5 (1991-1997) - It sounds like the 90s ... int he land of Dixie!
Tall Dark & Handsome - Jackson 5 - Recorded 15 B.K. (Before Kanye)
Godfather Don Samples - Volume 1 - Because we're pretty much a Godfather Don blog disguised as a throwback blog, you see....
What's that you say? You heard that we're compiling a list of late 90s gems? Hmmm .... maybe so. Maybe so.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Recap 10/26/09 -11/01/09
Que pasa, calabasa?
No Tricks, Just Treats
In Retrospect: Pete Nice And Daddy Rich Dust To Dust - Waiting for the pitch so we can chrome your dome.
West Coast Underground Volume I - Gangstas or griots?
Touring The States: Los Angeles, CA - L.A., L.A., big city of obscure tapes.
'89/'90 - "Without definition, you represent the fraudulent..."
Golden Era Classic Selection - Know your history.
dirt_dog Remix Pack 4 - Remix mad kick, more than Metallica.
Rakim - The Seventh Seal Tour (live performance video)
King Sun, Rhymefest & Percee P (live performance video)
November, we go hard. No Antoine Merriwaether.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Recap - This Year, Halloween Falls On a Weekend
Mega-trife and we killed you in a past life.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop Compilation - And it don't quit.
Sick Soldiers (Sick Jacken) - From Psycho Realm to international solo success.
Classic Imaginary EP: Black Sheep "Non-Fiction" Abridged - The album was better than you remember, if a bit inconsistent. Here it is, trimmed down and ready for your iPod.
dirt_dog remix pack 3 - Some people don't have every song and it's the choice to arrange them together that matters. Try not to forget that.
In Retrospect: Brand Nubian "Everything is Everything" - The Nubians mastered their in-house production style, took on a daring bi-coastal approach to their sound, and ripped every track. So why did you ignore this back in '94?
Rob Base vs. Audio Two - Two high pitched rappers with similar over-enunciated styles, both making fairly overt references to each other's lyrics. Coincidence? Some idiots seem to think so.
Outkast "Elevators" (a home grown remix) - Our forums bubble with creativity.
East Coast 12" Rarities Vol 4&5 - When the East is in the house - oh my gawd!
DJ Revolution - Class of '86 - Regardless of whether or not The Wake Up Show currently appeals to the Scandinavian market, this mix is great.
Example - Impulses EP (Houston 1997) - Because people from Texas other than MC UGK make rap music too, you know.
?uestlove "The Lesson Sample Mix" 2005 - No huge surprises here, but a great mix, especially well suited for playing among your sample-illiterate friends.
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Live @Greek Theatre LA (9.13.09)
DJ Rob One - Gavin Mixtape - R.I.P. to the college radio mixshow legend.
More on the way. We're all cider and campfire these days.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Midnight Run Recap
As the orange leaves crackle beneath your crispiest kicks, peep some of the highlights of the autumnal harvest:
From D.A.I.S.Y. To Da Mad Face: De La begat Onyx? It might've been.
Yo, Dre, Stick To Producin': Sometimes investigative reporting leads to a different perspective. The truth is out there, and Cenzi ain't afraid of no ghost producers.
The 90s Bay Area Obsession: Yay for The Yay.
The Best Of Big Twan: You might remember him from such collabo bangers as "8 iz Enuff."
Sounds Like The 90s X: The "X" in the name makes it official.
New Jersey Underground Part 7: We're about to show the world what Jersey's worth.
Brand Nubian - The Now Rule Files EP: We heard these two kids talking about how the Nubian reign had fallen. SMH.
One Year Anniversary: We're just getting warmed up.
Free Nas' "Deja Vu": Chris Winston, give up the ghost!
Act like you know. Step into our center and you enter the winter.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Recap - Late September
Wake up, Rip Van Winkle. We've been busy the past couple of weeks, too. Here are the highlights:
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Recap 8/30/09 - 8/06/09
Miss September, 1961. They need to bring this style of woman back.
Crowd Participation
Great Introductions - Whose emceeing debut is the greatest of all time?
Resurrection '95 vs Large Professor Remix vs Extra P Remix - Three incredible mixes, but one of them has to be your favorite, right?
Something Different
Dancehall/ Ragamuffin Meets Hip Hop - T.R.O.Y. inna de dance.
Dusty Fingers Volume 16 - Get your fingers dusty but digital, 100% violation free.
Hen - The Underworld (Atlanta 1994) - Something different from ATL. A few have expressed concern over it sounding like 1984 rap, but at least in 1984 there weren't any online Euro-digging crews, am i rite?
Original Flavor
Vaporized Blends: Wu Freestyles - Vaporized does it again, breathing new life into classic freestyles.
Be on the look out for the new Sounds Like The 90's dropping this week. Let us know what's good!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Recap 8/23/09 - 8/30/09
Go back to school, boy, your summertime's over...
Highlights
Crowd Participation
Fly Shit U Shouldn't Sleep On
Stay tuned ... there's more in store...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Recap 8/09/09 - 8/16/09
Times flies when your contemporary music culture is in shambles...
Killing time before Labor Day debauchery and back to school sales? Rediscover T.R.O.Y.
Favorite Track From Soul On Ice - The beats are better than you remember and the lyrics age like fine wine. Enter the discussion.
Many Styles - Styles upon styles
Da King & I "Flip Da Scrip" CDS - A lesser known DJ Premier remix.
The Meters - Samples Volume 3 - Do the knowledge.
CM Famalam Freestyles 1998-2002 - "Highlights include segments from J-Live, Atmosphere, Sir Menelik, Guru, MF Doom, Camp Lo, All Natural, Juggaknots, Non Phixion, Necro, Yak Ballz, Common Sense, etc."
Faded '88 - On the bugged tip.
Keep on....
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Recap 8//02/09 -8/9/09
Ahh, summer.
Sounds Like The '90s (Volume 8) - Another volume plus the same hateful anonymous comments.
Crusaders For Real Hip Hop - We Love The Hotties - R.I.P. the great Tony D.
Deadly Venoms - Venoms Everywhere - I miss Entyce.
The Meters Samples Volume 2 - Because your parents ultimately have better taste in music than you.
Jigmastas - Beyond Real (DVD Rip) - Visualizing the realism.
Bas Blasta - Dangerous - Peace, Connecticut.
Marley Marl - In Control, Vol.1 (Reissue) - He may not have ripped a single verse this year, but Marley Marl gets 'nuff respect around these parts.
Stay tuned!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Recap - End of July
It's Gettin' Hot
The summer months are meant to be mellow and easygoing, but that doesn't mean that hip hop closes up shop. In fact, we've had one of our best weeks in recent memory. Too distracted by mosquito bites and tennis skirts? Catch up!
100x Posse -Rare & Unreleased (1992 -1996)
Danger Mouse - DM Mix ('98 -'01)
Hydra Beats - The Godfather Don Collection
Edo G Megamix (1991 - 2004)
Half-A-Mil - The Project Prophet
The Meters - Samples Volume 1
Stay on the lookout for the August installment of Sounds Like The 90s, coming soon!
100x Posse -Rare & Unreleased (1992 -1996)
Danger Mouse - DM Mix ('98 -'01)
Hydra Beats - The Godfather Don Collection
Edo G Megamix (1991 - 2004)
Half-A-Mil - The Project Prophet
The Meters - Samples Volume 1
Stay on the lookout for the August installment of Sounds Like The 90s, coming soon!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Recap (2nd 1/2 of July)
We wouldn't be here today if our lesser competitors didn't consistently fall the fuck off to their own dismay
Is there another blog out there covering the golden age this thoroughly? Of course not. Thanks for following, we've got more in store!
Monday, July 13, 2009
A Mid-Summer Night's Recap
You pick the spot and we'll meet in the meadow...We're on a one-post per day schedule for the whole of July. Don't fret though, we'll be bringing the goods on a daily basis like it was the dead of winter. Here's a little recap of some recent notable posts, just in case you've been spending more time on a hammock than in front of a laptop...
Sounds Like The 90s Volume 7 - C'mon grandpa, get down with this rap thing. The kids think it's groovy.
Bush Babees: Non-Album Tracks - Remember we? Catch up on rare tracks from the Flatbush movement.
Sounds Like The 90s Volume 7 - C'mon grandpa, get down with this rap thing. The kids think it's groovy.
Bush Babees: Non-Album Tracks - Remember we? Catch up on rare tracks from the Flatbush movement.
Wu-Tang Clan Vs. D.I.T.C. - One of the greatest blend mix in recent memory.
Lucien Revolucien - You should know ... about Lucien.
T.R.O.Y. Presents: The Moaning - Clever compilation featuring sultry female vocal samples.
Breakfast With Domino - The Hiero beatsmith talks about production, crew, and making music history.
AZ - A.W.O.L. (Hydra Beats Blends) - AZ can flow, but his beat choice is inconsistent. So Vaporized picked some beats for him. This will stay in the whip 'til at least X-Mas, guaranteed.
And there you have it. If you joined us recently, welcome aboard. To the longtime supporters -we're just getting started.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Recap 6/21/09 - 6/28/09
R.I.P.
Native Tongue Month
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State Era Rarities (1993-1994)DJ Skipmode & Illvibe Collective "The Best Of The Native Tongues Mixtape V1"
Even Other Cities Come Right And Exact
Misc. Dope
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Recap 6/14/09 - 6/21/09
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Recap: 6/07/09 - 6/13/09
Is there anything we can't do? Other than fall off with those other blogs?
Native Tongue In The Megamix
Black Sheep: Wool Quality
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory Videos
Sean J. Period - Production Spotlight
A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders Videos
Rap All-Stars Freestyle Live @ Yo! MTV Raps (Spring Break 1992)
That DJ Saved My Day
DJ Mighty Mi: Large Professor Megamix
DJ Mister Cee: The Best Of Jay-Z
DJ Dasyphe Presents: Fall 98
Miscellaneous Fresh
Touring The States: Milwaukee, WI
J-Treds: Freestyle Spotlight
Galt McDermot - Samples
"Now that you got what you want, do you want more? Because there's more in store."
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Recap 5/31/09 - 6/07/09
Here's what you may have missed this week. Sunday is the day to catch up.
T.R.O.Y. Does It Better
Exclusive Interview With Guru of Gangstarr
Sounds Like The '90s Volume 6
Sounds Like The '90s Volume 6
Hiero Producer Series
You Don't Have This, So Come Get It
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Recap 5/24/09 - 5/31/09
Catch up on what you may have missed this past week:
DJ Mister Cee On The Mix
Across The Rotten Fruited Plain
Miscellaneous Dope
Just stop frontin' and use your head!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Recap 5/17/09 -5/24/09
The past week at T.R.O.Y., for those who slept, those who just joined us, those catching up, and those already nostalgic about last week.
You Don't Have This
Hiero Producer Series
Food For Thought
Multimedia
Does GZA Have To Smack A Bitch? (video)
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