No posts for the next 2 weeks or so

I'm finna be out of town with no access to a computer, so I won't be updating for the next two weeks. Mid-January I should be back.
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Showbiz & A.G. feat. Deshaun, Big L & Lord Finesse-Represent

To be perfectly honest, I think Show may have ruined what would have been a classic posse cut with a somewhat lackluster instrumental. For real, dukes has gems upon gems of instrumentals, but the beat for this jawn is just somewhat lacking.
Still, it is Big L & Lord Finesse & Andre The Giant, so it can't be all that bad...





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Miles Davis-Little Willie Leaps

Damn, I've been off my jazz shit for a second now...
This is a track off an tape that chronicles lots of early Miles Davis material. While it doesn't entirely compare to Kind Of Blue, it's still top-notch shit that you might could enjoy.





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Lord Finesse-Funky Technician

Like I ain't already post enough of Finesse's shit, right?
Still, I've been meaning to post this track for the longest time and it's some scratch-happy shit you NEED in your life. Happy holidays.





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Mad Skillz-Tip Of The Tongue

While I still haven't really given Skillz' From Where??? the proper listen it deserves, I was really surprised by the quality of the production. There's dudes like Large Pro, Dilla & Buckwild that lace Skillz with production, but some of the true instrumentals come from lesser-known producers like Shawn J Period and Nick Wiz. This is one of the standout tracks off that tape, but the hook is type weak sauce.





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Brand Nubian-Brand Nubian

This was the single off Brand Nubian's Afrocentric One For All. And while the rhimes are significantly less pointed than Brand Nubian's later albums, that doesn't stop Lord Jamar, Sadat X & Grand Puba from dropping science and kicking knowledge.





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Myke Lo-God Bless Your Life (Instrumental)

I honestly have no idea how this track made it into my collection. From what I managed to find about Myke Lo (Mike Loe), dukes produced some tracks for Ill Biskits back in the 90's and had numerous other lesser-known production spots. I think this track is well ill while fairly simplistic as well.





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The Cool Kids-Gold And A Pager

That Beastie Boys delivery meets those Jam Master Jay drums meets those ATCQ references. That said, I would have preferred Gold And A Skypager, but I guess this jawn will do...





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Mike Schpitz-Bo Diddley

I ain't been up on my dude Mike Schpitz for a second now, but since talking to dukes I got put on to Mike Murder, a tape that he released a little while back.
I strongly encourage you to check that tape out. Forreal, I should have spent the day studying but instead had that tape on repeat, I assure you that shit is serious.  Bo Diddley is my favorite jawn, I can't quite recall what the instrumental is but Mikey drops some genuine heat. No hook.





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A Tribe Called Quest-Verses From The Abstract

I used to be all about that Midnight Marauders tape, but now it's no question. The theory of the low end is incomparable, especially when Tip unleashes flows like these.





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Celph Titled & Buckwild-The Deal Maker

I don't know if it's in poor taste to post this jawn cos the album was just released a month or two ago, but this is some piff that needs play. I didn't really fuck with much of Celph's earlier shit, but hopping on tracks with Buckwild is definitely a good look for dukes. This instrumental almost sounds like one of those beats on Buck's unreleased tape.





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DJ Premier- 21 Questions Interview Series

Just found this series, and I'll need to go through and check out more videos, but I'll post the Primo shit right quick. Shouts to iKeepsit100, asks some dope questions and pushes Preem for some insightful answers.

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Pacific Division feat. Diz Gibran-If That Ain't Love

Off some unreleased Pac Div tape. Not sure where I copped that tape from, but it's certainly floating around somewhere on the internets. I find this shit to be really dope, especially when dudes are fuckin' with that heavy bass sound, I mean what's better than some soulful back-in-the-day shit?





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The Roots-What They Do

Possibly the smoothest shit ever released. Am I wrong?





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Wu Tang Clan-Can It Be All So Simple?

Am I the only one who gets mad goosebumps when this jawn plays? Sounds like some shit more suited for Liquid Swords with it's dark sound, but it definitely has that Wu posse shit going for it too.





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Outkast-Ain't No Thang

Can't even try to tell me that Dre and Antwan ain't kill this shit. This hook... is that legendary Outkast shit forreal.





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Godfather Don-Stuck Off The Realness

After bumping Mo Money Mo Murda Mo Homicide, I felt like getting on my mafioso shit real thorough like. So I found this track on a comp tape of Godfather Don's featuring tracks that never got released in the '90's. Stuck Off The Realness stood out most to me, but it could just be that Hav + Prod favoritism, or maybe the eerie-ass vibes this track produces.





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Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth-Bad Mutha

How I'm gonna try and pick a favorite off Funky Technician when that whole album is straight butter? Some foolish shit on my part, perhaps even more foolish is that I first recognized this as the instrumental for Nas' Get Down rather than vice-versa.
Finesse kills this shit on an real old-school tip. Shit just sounds so incredibly smooth.





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Souls Of Mischief-What A Way To Go Out

The Souls with some social commentary over an immaculate EPMD scratch and a type excellent instrumental. It's really too bad that '93 Til Infinity is almost exclusively known for the eponymous title track. Cos these dudes ripped it for the nine three.





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Pharcyde-Runnin'

Although I've posted a few tracks off Labcabincalifornia, I really wouldn't consider myself to be an avid listener of the Pharcyde. Sure, it's heartfelt and incredibly artistic how they sing and change pitches throughout a bar, but their shit can get downright hard to listen to. All that said, I don't think they fucked up Runnin' all that bad on a linguistic tip, but it definitely doesn't live up to Dilla's masterpiece.





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Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah-Criminology

Dunn, you already know me. I revolve around science.





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UGK-Pregnant Pussy

This track is definitely an interesting listen, if not for Pimp's continuously disturbing references to getting his dick blowed by a baby. My favorite part of this jawn is the hook though, it's some great production for '92, and that sample is obscure as shit. 





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Rashid Hadee feat. Augustine-Duck, Duck, Duck

This is a cut off Rashid Hadee's It Ain't Hard To Tell EP. This track definitely appears on other tapes too, but I believe this was it's origin. If I haven't said it enuff times already I'll say it once more, Rashid Hadee is the truth, and you should check out all his shit. I ain't really with that 808's remake, but it's still far more listenable than 'Ye's OG version.





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Termanology-Circulate (100 Bars)

You see dukes rocking the Sheed? That's my dunny, yo! Rasheed is way past his prime, but still one of the illest characters to ever touch the rock. If I recall correctly, this was the single off that J Dilla tribute tape that Termanology released approximately two years back. I like how he went with no hook & straight ripped that shit.





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Nas-The World Is Yours (Remix)

Just got a new computer, so posts might be a little sporadic. Like a true ignoramus, I don't know much about this jawn. I assume this is the track that Jay sampled for Dead Presidents II, and I did recognize that the second verse was different from the OG copy. Also probably the rillest Nas video in his videography.





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Above The Law feat. NWA-The Last Song

Off that Livin' Like Hustlers tape from 1990. That 9.2 Richter scale type shit, yanahmean? Above The Law are dope in and of themselves as early left-coast innovators, but they sound well ill trading verses with Dre & Eazy. And the production ain't even a question, that shit always comes correct.





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Blu & Exile-In Remembrance Of Me

I hate to be on my sentimental cutesy tip, but this shit is so true and heartfelt. Hadn't listened to Below The Heavens for a second so I forgot the opus these two men drew up.





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Freddie Gibbs feat. Hayes-For My Niggas

I've already posted a bunch of jawns off this tape, but I really fucks with this track and have no time to look around my collection for something more classical, nahmean? I'm a be back on my shit soon though.





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Ras Kass feat. Saafir & Ahmad-Come Widdit (Joe Quixx Remix)

I'm not sure how the OG copy of this jawn got put out (maybe just as a Priority Records mini posse-cut), but I found this track on an type excellent Rassy compilation done by the Philaflava peoples here. I think it bumps far harder than the OG, but then again it doesn't have an classic video accompanying it, so who knows...





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Will Vill-G Up

I already posted one of Will Vill's albums on here somewhere, and now dukes released a new tape (that you can find on Unkut).  It's pretty dope for a '10 tape & this track is pretty crazy, especially how well Will flows over this eccentric instrumental.



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Royce Da 5'9 feat. Stretch Money-Let The Beat Build Freestyle

I fail to believe that this is Royce going off the top.  Not to shortchange 5'9's freesyling skillz at all, but this is dukes at the apex of his lyrical game.  Rips it type proper over this Yeezy instrumental & weed-carrier Stretch Money does his thang as well.





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Curren$y-Bout It

It took me a while to get to that Smokee Robinson tape. It's well similar to the rest of Spitta's tapes, in that it's pretty mediocre with the exception of a few select jawns. Some predictable bragadoccio shit, but that Soul On Ice reference is what I'm about.





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Herb McGruff-East And Police

I've already posted the majority of jawns off McGruff's The Demo EP, but one more ain't gonna hurt, innit? This track isn't really anything spectacular, but hopefully it will be enuff for that gully NY sound you been yearning for.





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Wale-Nike Boots

I legitimately like this jawn, despite it's sprawling advocacy of materialism. Young Wayne did a remix of this jawn and ripped it right well.
The young spitta from DC did his thing as well though, and despite not equipping his stream-of-consciousness flow, came through with some rapps to make the DMV proud.





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Cypress Hill-Latin Lingo

Jus' the funky bilinguals with some flava fo' that ass. Maybe I'm just speaking for myself, but this video, this instrumental, these rhymes... that's what we're missing from hip-hop. And maybe some buddha heads rocking Pantera shirts!





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Tragedy Khadafi-Ryder Musik

I don't know if I'm about the newer Trag shit, I mean it's well dope and dukes certainly doesn't change the subject matter, but it's not even comparable to the man's earlier material. This comes off a somewhat newer tape called The Death Of Tragedy, dope production, predictably ill rhimes, well worth copping.





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SoulChef feat. Unknown Suspect-Never Too Late

I was put on to this record by Incise's people. Apparently dukes (producer for Prince Ali's I Miss 1994) recently created a label entitled Kitchen Dip Records & one of their new acts is SoulChef. You can cop his tapes here.
This is my favorite jawn off Remember When, the production really stands out and this dude Unknown Suspect rips it. Nostalgic rapps nahmean?





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Lord Finesse Documentary

Just found this last night, great watch. I regret not being able to provide something of more substance, but trust that this doc delivers (for it's regrettably short length). The guest features talking about the Lord of the Funk are well ill.

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George Carlin-How To Handle A Heckler

Well, George did always had a way with people...





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Mac Lethal feat. Joe Good-Welcome To My Space

This is definitely one of those tracks where Mac is just fucking around, but his chemistry with Joe Good is undeniable, it's too bad these two only recorded a few songs together.



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Statik Selektah feat. Kali, Fashawn & Evidence-The Coast

One thing I don't do is give undue props. That said, Statik Selektah has shown countless examples of him being this generation's Primo. Dukes doesn't have the consistency nor the prowess with the hooks, but I mean are you hearing this instrumental? Are you seeing my man rockin' the Warriors tee? Shit is beyond ill man. Especially when Fash drops his lyrical thesis.





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Young Jeezy-Standing Ovation

I'm all about this jawn lately. It's nothing particularly special, definitely an atypical Jeezy anthem, but shit stays with you. And I'm not even about that trap muzak.





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Common Market-Tobacco Road

That sharecropper farm rapp fo' ya ass. On the real, I find it immensely dope that RA Scion waxes poetic on otherwise untouched subject matters in hip-hop over Sabzi's majestic instrumentals. Tobacco Road is an eponymous example, one of the many jawns in the Common Market discog that combine thoughtful rapps with excellent production.





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Ice Cube-Dead Homiez

I haven't been too deep into Cube's shit lately, but I heard AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted today, and had to go through dukes' entire discog. It's remarkable how consistent the man has been throughout his career, and it's only fitting that he would have an classic opus in Most Wanted.
Dead Homiez was one of the singles off the album, and is arguably one of the dopest jawns Cube has released in his career.






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Dilated Peoples-The Release Party

Sorry for the influx of Dilated. That is all.





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Juice feat. The Game & Nas-Ain't No Half-Steppin' 3

Nasir does somewhat phone in his verse on this jawn, but it's still a decent performance. Especially impressive to think that Juice would pay homage to Kane on a mixtape littered with left-coast bangers. That's not to say that this track is anything amazing, cos it isn't, but it's somewhat dope.





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Nice & Smooth-Sometimes I Rhyme Slow

Sometimes I rhyme quick...





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Black Star-What's Beef

You probably already heard this shit on The Chappelle Show, but shit's well worth another listen. Sadly, there was never a quality release for this jawn, and I could only find a censored & somewhat quiet version of it.
Also, I hate to say this, but Kweli kills it. And I say that in all sincerity, cos I hate to give Kweli props, especially on Black Star tracks. Yo BIG, what's beef?





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Black Milk feat. Fat Ray & Elzhi-Sound Of The City

I done been heard of Black Milk for a second now, but I never got into his shit too heavy. In fact, the only album I have by dukes is Sound Of The City.
Anyway, I got put on to some of his mo' ill shit lately, and I decided to give Sound Of The City it's proper listen. It is type weak compared to Black Milk's other material, but this is one of the better jawns off the tape, and Elzhi rips it proper.





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NWA-Straight Outta Compton

You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge...



Uncensored Version


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Spice 1 feat. E-40 & Young Kyoz-Can You Feel It

Am I in the minority of people who really can't listen to E-40? Of course, he's been around forever, he's stayed loyal to that underground Bay shit, he's done this and that, but dukes is weak in every regard. I mean, what the fuck is he saying on this track?
Still, Young Kyoz kills that shit & Spice delivers as he always does. Of course, I can feel it, but the question is can you feel it? BLAOW!!





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