DL Incognito-Claim To Fame

Although DL Incognito has his backpack fastened far too tightly, on occasion dude also produced dope music.
Off A Captured Moment In Time comes Claim To Fame. Well-produced with a beautiful jazz sample used in the loop, and even Mr. Incognito comes correct on this cut.





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Junior M.A.F.I.A.-Get Money

Are we all in accordance that Conspiracy is one of the illest ill-fated god+weed carriers group ever created? It shits on The Firm's The Album for a fact, and the Outlawz albums ain't even an fathomable comparison.
Not sure who EZ Elpee is, but he crafted a masterful composition on this one. The sample couldn't be more perfect, and Lil Kim's rhymes are awe-inspiring. Sure, it's still the typical sex rapps, but these shits are something special. Who the ghostwriter was?





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Hezekiah feat. Bahamadia-Gypsy Slang

You can find this one on Hezekiah's Hurry Up & Wait. Otherwise a fairly subpar album, Gypsy Slang was easily one of the standouts, with or without the Bahamadia feature.
Anthony Accurate's production is slightly reminiscent of Primo at times, but the drums don't hit as hard and the scratches ain't raw enuff. Still some shit worth checking for.





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Jae Millz-Go Crazy Freestyle

I fucks with Jae Millz something heavy. It's moderately difficult to fully express Millz' appeal to the common head, but it has something to do with how he'll rhyme 'outlandish' with 'lyrical lung cancer', or bragging about holding '2 years of college on my neck'.
Dude is one of the OG '00 NYC freestyle battle rap cats, back from the Papoose era. Remember that? Millz freestyle over Jeezy's Go Crazy will remind you.



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Life-Moviedrome

Found this on Life's Everyday Life. Admittedly, it's somewhat pretentious to make a pun out of your album name, but don't let that derail you. Everyday Life contains everything you could hope for from a proper bloke. In fact, Life has knowledge infinite, shit's mad impressive. On Moviedrome he drops cinematic references for 5 minutes + over some right ill production.





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Lloyd Banks-Til' The End

Believe it or not, Lloyd Banks' The Hunger For More isn't half bad as an album. I don't ride for Banks or the Unit in any way, but 'Til The End is one of those jawns that might could make you change your perception of Banks. I've been hearing he's a spitta of flame for a while now, and I still don't really agree, but 'Til The End is some raw shit.





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Likwit Junkies-S.C.A.N.S.

Likwit Junkies is DJ Babu (of the Dilated Peoples) and left coast vet Defari. These two released The L.J.'s in '05, and to be honest, it's a fairly sub-par release. However there are some gems to be found, such as S.C.A.N.S., a tribute jawn to LA/Cali.
Some of Babu's dopest production to be found, and Defari drops some pigeon poo illness.



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Black Moon-I Got Cha Opin

You can find this one on Black Moon's more than classic Enta Da Stage. One of the illest jawns ever released in any medium of music. DJ Evil Dee layed down some of the dopest beats the world has ever heard, and Buckshot shorty puts wreck on the track time after time.
On I Got Cha Opin, Dee lays down some uncharacteristically hard drums over some scratches, and 5ft & Buckshot drop some dope vocals.





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Statik Selektah feat. Cassidy, Saigon, and Termanology-To The Top

I've been getting into the Stick 2 The Script/Spell My Name Right shits as of late. I suppose it has already been determined that Statik Selektah is remarkably nice with the beats, but my narcolepsy let me down.
On To The Top, Statik drops one of the most low-key, un hip-hop instrumentals I've ever heard. Shit still sounds def as fuck. Check it:





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Kid Capri-This Is What You Came Here For

You can find this one on Capri's The Tape. A dope tape with countless ill instrumentals and samples far ahead of their time. Capri used that one jazz sample on Apollo long before the Jigga man used it on that one song. I apologize for the specific-ness of the above statement.
Anyway, Capri proves himself to be quite the beatsmith on The Tape, however his vocals are clearly lacking. On This Is What You Came For, Capri slows the flow down and kicks some real shit.



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Miles Davis-Venus De Milo

Ain't ya knew that Miles has got styles upon styles for all the suckas? Venus De Milo can be found on Birth Of The Cool from 1950. Although it's one of MD's more mediocre records (in my most humble opine, of course), there are still countless gems to be found on Birth Of The Cool. Perhaps the greatest is a dedication to an famous piece of Greek sculpture. At least the Digable Planets haven't ruined that for us yet.





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Slum Village feat. Busta Rhymes-What It's All About

This finds it's derivation from Slum Village's Fantastic Vol.2 (often referred to as the best album from the Slum Vill discog.
What It's All About is the result of a dope Dilla beat, the addition of Bussa Buss, and Baatin & T3 showing up to rhyme. Nothing that will change your life, but it'll get you in that Detroit state of mind.





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J Dilla-Two Can Win

Some eternal Dilla to round off your Christmas. This jawn comes off Donuts, but you knew that. Although Two Can Win sounds minimal, and by all means requires minimal production abilities, Dilla still produced a winning formula. It takes an inanely innate ear to piece together such a magical loop. Can't short his credit there, ehh?





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Jazz Addixx: H.I.P. - H.O.P.

If I remember correctly, I found the Jazz Addixx' Oxygen Refreshed at Musical Schizophrenia. If you haven't visited there yet, get on it, tons of low-key and underground gems in various genres.
Oxygen Refreshed turned out to be one of the illest records I heard in 2009 (despite it being originally released in '07). H.I.P. - H.O.P. is a prime example of what to expect, shit that lifts you to a different mental elevation. Real talk, give this jawn a listen, you'll get lifted.





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Eazy E-Gimme That Nut

Day before Christmas, how about some Eazy mothafuckin' E? Gimme That Nut comes from the infamous 187um Killa album released shortly before Eazy's death.
Gimme That Nut, as you can hopefully already tell by the title, isn't the most lyrical rapp you ever heard. Yet Eric Wright throws a challenge at Too $hort for the king of sex rap with this effort.





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Clipse-Chinese New Year

A Clipse jawn from the Hell Hath No Fury days, the Pharrell influence is definitely apparent, but the brothers Thornton still spit lava unmatched. The only downside of this particular jawn is the addition of one Roscoe P Goldchain who completely butchers the whole vibe on the last verse. Bad even for a Re-Up Gang spitta.





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The Nonce-West Is...

Another obscure jawn from the left-coast. Some smooth vibes and ill rhymes complement the slow flows and funk-based instrumental. Some ill shit right here, no lie.





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George Carlin-Shoot

In this clip, Carlin breaks down the word 'shit'. It might be a '70's definition, but still applicable today.





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Def Jef-God Made Me Funky

This is some older shit from 20 years back off Def Jef's Just A Poet With Soul. The sound is a little dated, but ain't shit fuckin' with a dope funk sample. Def Jef had rhymes for the late '80's, peep his steez:



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Dalek-Corrupt (Knuckle Up)

I tend not to stray this far away from 'traditional' hip hop. Not to say I don't give shine to Kool Keith or Dan The Automator, far from it, but Dälek is quite out there. MC Dälek is ill with the vocals, but the Oktopus provides a wide array of sounds not found in hip hop. After reading up on these dudes, one word that is mentioned quite often is industrial, an independent genre of rock that is unique all it's own.
Suffice it to say, Dälek's Abandoned Language isn't the safest acquisition for a typical head, but if you're willing to experience new sounds have at it. Corrupt is not very indicative of the album as a whole, but provides a lovely soundscape for MC Dälek to drop some visceral phrases.



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Access Immortal & 9th Wonder-Run With It

Looking back, 9th put in an ridiculous amount of work in the last 5-7 years. Shit's unfathomable, he produced whole albums/tapes for quite a few artists. One of those dudes is Access Immortal.
He made an album with Mr. Wonder called 9th Gate, not among the best 9th has ever conjured, but certainly not the worst either. The stand-out gem is by far Run With It. Check it.





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R.I.P. Ikuo Hirayama

I'm quite late on this, and for that I owe my apologies, but I still wanted to pay respect to Japanese Ikuo Hirayama. One of the illest painters to ever pick up a brush, and the landscapes this man drew were awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping. Below is an small sampling of his work (all that I was able to find from Google Images anyway):

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Miilkbone-Keep It Real

Miilkbone is a white rapper from the mid-90's, best known for the above album. In style, dude sounds identical to any number of other boom bap representatives, so you can bet that Da Miilkrate is a solid album in terms of mid-90's stature, still today it's an legitimately dope album.
Keep It Real was the hit song off the album, dope beat, AZ scratch on the hook, and some ill rhymes is the explanation.







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Big L feat. Shyheim-Furious Anger

Shyheim is my dunn, only until recently did I realize the charisma duke possesses. Him and Lamont Coleman trade lyrical barbs on this jawn over a gem of an instrumental. If you ask me, Furious Anger didn't deserve to be an L leftover, I'm not entirely sure when it was recorded, but this jawn should have a place on The Big Picture without any doubt.
On a sidenote, the god Ivan just upped the majority of L's discog (including vinyl/VLS/what have you). Although I can't condone the use of Rapidshare, you should still check that shit here.





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Olskool Ice-Gre:The Introduction

I know relatively little about Olskool Ice-Gre other than that dude is a Rashid Hadee affiliate of some sort. The Gregarious Mixtape is a tape released by Gre, that features straight Hadee production (from my limited understanding). Ice-Gre can spit too, don't get it confused, but at times his rapps get overshadowed by Hadee's immaculate production. Real talk, my dude Hadee is fuckin' killin' 'em with the beats.



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Joe Budden feat. Stack Bundles-Nobody Loves Me

This is off a tape by DJ Nice that chronicles lost jawns by Buddens. Some ill shit to be found, namely features by Roc members and an oft-forgotten track with the late Stack Bundles.
I really fucks with this jawn hardbody, especially the instrumental, the high-pitched vocal really accentuates Joey and Stack rippin' shit.





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Johnson & Jonson-Get High

In case you didn't know, Johnson & Jonson is Blu and Mainframe. Not as wack as C.R.A.C. Knuckles, yet definitely nowhere near the level of Below The Heavens.
Although Powders&Oils is a very 'experimental' album, there's also a few gems worth hearing. Get High is one of them, the heavenly instrumental is only a small part of this jawn's illness. Listen to Blu's lines, even through the awkward flows.

"The GOAT by three, an OG by seven, I went to heaven and became a GOD by eleven"

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Cover Art Something Visceral Vol.2

In case you somehow missed Vol.1, you can check that shit here. Otherwise, you should already know what the business is.

Although I'm not really a fan of this group even in the most casual sense, I'll gladly admit that this cover is real dope. Maybe it's the purposeful disarray of objects that is well-represented on Nia, or perhaps it's the overall abstract value, but this is cover art to be appreciated.

You can always expect a little something extra from El-P's creative vision and the cover for Fantastic Damage illustrates just that. Graffiti elements combined with pseudo expressionism. What's fuckin' with that?

This one depends more on graphic design than anything else, but it still looks dope and tells the story of what to expect from Scars & Memories. The wing shape of his 'scars and memories' holds infinite symbolism.

Best hip hop cover of all time.

I don't know what to say about this cover, but I still consider it ill as fuck.

This is one of those covers, where you can make of it what you will. The despair is obvious, but the overall message can lead you to think on it for hours.

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Agency 1994-Devil's Bastard

I don't know much about Agency 1994, and in the limited 'research' I've done, all that's become clear is that it's one dude. This jawn fits into the horrorcore genre with dystopian themes aplenty, and rhymes that might could make Big L blush, even though shit's somewhat dedicated to him.



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Cormega-Dirty Game

Even though I've thrown up more than my fair share of 'Mega in the last month, I figured I'd add one more to the equation. Just today did I finally cop Born And Raised, and Dirty Game is probably my favorite jawn so far, not to make light of Rapture though, ain't much fuckin' with an Ayatollah instrumental.
For those thinking of making a similar acquisition, I would advise against it, especially when compared to the rest of 'Mega's discog. A few gems and a bunch of mediocrity.





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Method Man-Tical

Although Mef has had a prolific career, I don't believe he's ever bested his album-named opus. Regardless of how you look at it, Tical is an immaculate jawn. The first 10 seconds of the song might be the best, although the ethereal flute sample bears no significance on the rest of Tical, it sets the mood for the presumptuously unorthodox four minutes that will follow.
The bare drums complement Mef's murderous rapps to a tee, and I've never heard a more perfect hook in my life.





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Main Source-Fuck What You Think

For all the recognition that Breaking Atoms attains, Main Source crafted their true opus in the oft-uttered Fuck What You Think. Although there are no classic cuts like Live At The Barbeque or metaphor-based street tales like Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball, Fuck What You Think is by far the more cohesive and succinct album, one might even call it 'doper'. Due to group conflict, Main Source's second album was stocked and subsequently shelved within the same year. Large Pro re-released it in '99, and it had the same effect as when Xtra P re-released his own The LP this year, or when Q-Tip liberated Kamaal The Abstract. If an album is not released within it's proper time frame it loses value to the majority of it's consumers. The LP was kind of weak sauce, but if Kamaal The Abstract were to be released in '96 by Geffen, it would have provided an medium between his ATCQ work and Amplified.
The same can be said for Fuck What You Think, and almost every other album. Can you imagine if Illmatic or Ready To Die were shelved and released in '99? Would they still achieve the same level of adoration? It's hard to say, but I believe it's worth the 40 some minutes to hear an album that probably should be mentioned alongside the other '94 classics. You think not? Fuck What You Think.

Choice Cuts:
Down Low


Set It Off (feat. Shaqueen, Sheek Louch, & Jadakiss)


What You Need


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Mobb Deep- Everyday Gunplay

Found this one off DJ Clue's 4,5,6 Going For Broke tape that I copped of GRM. Hav and Prod used to have that killa QB flow, with an impeccable ear for beats, if Havoc wasn't on the wheels of steel himself.
Real talk, listening to this storytelling and genuine lyrics really takes me back to a place I never experienced before. Check this jawn.





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Rubbabandz-Purple Rain (Instrumental)

I have nothing to say about the Rubbabandz, and neither does the internet. It's possible that he/they are a Wu Tang affiliate (because after all, who isn't?), but all that was ever released is the above vinyl.
Kinda sad, because this instrumental is something to spectacle.





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Boogiemonsters-Strange

From the looks of it, the Boogiemonsters were an obscure underground group from the deepest depths and crevices of the NY rap scene in the mid-90's. Strange is just that, a creepy instrumental with an seemingly innocent sample used far out of context. The rhymes are something else too, are you hearing this? Might be the first and last group to ever rapp about boric acid.
And on the real, what's fuckin' with that?





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Lord Finesse feat. Marquee, Diamond D & AG-Speak Ya Peace

This is off Finesse's '96 effort The Awakening, just another gem in an discography that is filled to the brim with classic efforts. Real talk, Lord Finesse is far too heavily slept on for the pedigree he holds. Dude has produced for legends on the NY circuit, and has a steady record on the mic, yet cats like Pete Rock and Showbiz get far more props than my mans. All I'm saying is don't sleep.





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Da Youngsta's-Wild Child

Isn't it funny how even gimmicky groups from the mid-90's still produced good music? None of this prepubescent Lonely Island-esque bullshit that people somehow find humorous. Even the corniest of rappers still got ill production, not to say The Youngsta's can't spit, but they ride this bass-driven Beatnuts production for all it's worth.






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Ultramagnetic MC's-We Are The Horsemen

This jawn derives from the Ultramagnetic MC's The Four Horsemen album. Quite a bit of fonky instrumentation and jazzy riffs make this one of the iller concoctions. The rhymes isn't nothing to sneeze at either.





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The Game-Big Dreams

This is the first song that came out in anticipation for '08's LAX, and in my must humble opine, it is by far one of his greatest compositions evar. This would be the start of Game and Cool & Dre working together on countless dope records. While Cool & Dre set the bar high, but have room to strive for, Game is at his braggadocio finest, littering the track with quotables galore.
'Get money, my driveway's sponsored by Range Rover.'





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Little Brother feat. Joe Scudda-Lovin' It

Damn, is there anything like an soulful 9th instrumental and some smooth 'Tigallo and Pooh? For all those that discount 9th Wonder as an one of the best producers evar simply for his usage of Fruity Loops, is discounting the fact that he has an incredibly expansive knowledge of soul jawns, as well as the sampling chops of a Primo figure. Don't doubt my man. I mean, are you hearing this?





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Dynomite D-Lonely Trucker

This is a jawn that comes off Dynomite D's By The Way circa 2000. It's a fully instrumental album that contains elements of dub step and various other ill-fated genres that sound identical sans a single snare or bass loop.
Regardless, it's a pretty ill album if you're in a somewhat open state of mind. And the closing jawn, Lonely Truckers, is a beauty to behold.



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Elzhi feat. Royce Da 5'9-Motown 25

Elzhi is well-renowned around current rap circles, especially for The Preface. One of those post-Dilla albums that recreates the magic that the D once had back in the late '90's. Elzhi has features from godfathers of Motown rap such as Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, T3, and Black Milk.
On Motown 25, he features Royce Da 5'9, over one of the iller instrumentals ever laid to wax.





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