The Game feat. Jayo Felony-Back 2 Back

This is off one of those Black Wall Street tapes that Game was dropping following his break-up with G-Unit. The tape as a whole is a lot of spiteful poppy shit, which is why it's surprising to hear Jayceon team up with a west-coast veteran like Jayo Felony and body this track on some real shit.





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Mad Dog Clique-Only Made To Bump

This is the type of jawn that'll make you nostalgic about the west-coast even if you never been there.





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MC Lyte-Kamikaze

It's remarkable how jagged of an edge this jawn has as compared to the rest of Act Like You Know. If any of you guys have ever heard that album, you'd know that it's fairly soft compared to the rest of MC Lyte's discog, but she drops some heavy eff bombs and all sorts of shit (on Kamikaze) that's far from commonplace for the early '90's and especially a female emcee. You wadn't hearing Roxanne Shante with this kind of potty mouth.





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Binary Star-Glen Close

I've been giving Masters Of The Universe some serious play in the last few months, and I feel like a straight ignoramus for the lack of time I've spent away from Binary Star. So yo, learn from my mistakes and quit sleeping on Michigan's finest.





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illmatic Documentary

I apologize for the lack of posts around here. Hopefully this gem can make up for it.
*Also for those, who wish to cop, you can do so on this site.

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Pete Rock & Large Professor-Rap World

Apologies for the quality of the above image.
I'm not sure how this gem made it's way into my collection, but it's well worth adding to your collection. I mean, Large Pro & Pete Rock, what's fucking with that?





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Boot Camp Clik-But The Game Is Still The Same

Don't hurt 'em P!





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Fabolous-Breathe

This shit was pretty gully for a Fab single, ehh?





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Raekwon 'Street Level' Interview

If I remember right, this interview was coming out at the time that Rae was doing all the OB4CL2 publicity. Shit was lost with all the other half-assed interviews conducted at the time. The quality of the questions for this interview spot are top-notch, and shit becomes well ill when DP starts bombarding Raekwon with nostalgia, and the Chef drops some knowledge on that 'back-in-the-day' shit.
If you got the time, check out this interview:
http://www.streetlevel.com/2009/08/14/on-the-level-with-raekwon-the-chef-part-1/

***Can't embed their video player, but head over to that link dunny***

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T.I.-Rubber Band Man

This jawn really takes me back to when I just started listening to more and more hip-hop. Back in 03 or 04, when this shit was released, I was pretty sincere in my conviction that T.I. was one of an elite few rappers. I really respected dukes' charisma and the production on his albums was pretty easy to get into. 6 years after the fact, I still like Rubber Band Man, despite the effect it had on southern rap's subject matter.





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Tragedy Khadafi-Funk Mode

What was that you said about Trag being the greatest of all time? Something about how dukes doesn't have a single lame jawn in his discog?





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Chino XL-Freestyle Rhymes

You ain't no rapper/You just play one on the fuckin TV

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Marco Polo feat. Masta Ace & DJ Revolution-Nostalgia

I semi-hate when guys refer to Marco Polo as a throwback producer, but when he churns out Masta Ace features like this one, it seems like a label well deserved.





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Heltah Skeltah-Midnight Madness (Audible Doctor Remix)

I'm not sure that I ever heard the OG version of Midnight Madness, but I somehow got my hands on an EP that features 6 remixes of it. If you can find it online, I highly recommend copping it 'cos 3 or 4 of the mixes are quality and well-worth having.
Personally, I like the Audible Doctor remix, brings out the gully in P when he makes off-kilter A Tribe Called Quest references to start off his verse.





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Mobb Deep-Peer Pressure (Large Professor Remix)

Hav & Prod coming through with a far lighter sound than the gully mid-90's Mobb Deep sound they perfected. You can partially blame that on Large Pro, but the OG version ain't shit compared to Xtra-P production.





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EPMD feat. Redman, Method Man & Lady Luck-Symphony 2000

Who says EPMD doesn't have any ill jawns towards the back-end of their catalog.





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Yelawolf feat. Rittz-Box Chevy Pt.3

Another gem off Yelawolf's tape that I've got stuck on repeat.





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KRS-One: Higher Level

Although it is cutesy and preachy, this is one of KRS' iller '90's opuses. I say that primarily because the production is tolerable and the hook is supreme.





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Jazz Liberatorz-Cool Down (Instrumental)

That warm summer night feel.





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Da King & I-Crack Da Weasel (Dat Other Shit)

I can only promise you that Crak Da Weasel is one of many unconventionally ill jawns you can find on Da King & I's '93 release Contemporary Jeep Music.





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Prince Ali feat. Casual, Planet Asia & Keith Murray-The Majors

I'm not sure what happened with Prince Ali switching from the I Miss '94 Craig G-esque east-coast features to the left-coast oriented Curb Side Service, but both projects have their merits, especially when they produce gems like The Majors and Righteous Scrolls.





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Erik L feat. Detroit CYDI & Stryfe-Clappintheyhands

Shit's cutesy, but the production is ill and the rhimes are bearable. Overall, a decent effort.





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The Game-Ol' English

Say word, Game went to school with Lofa Tatupu's little sister. Small world, innit?





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Cormega feat. Royce Da 5'9-Back Against The Wall

Some relatively new heat from 'Mega. This is off a '09 tape (Urban Legend) that features a lot of lesser-known, unreleased shits from Cory. This jawn stands out primarily because of the Statik Selektah (I think) production, but also because of the heat rocks exchanged between Cormega and Royce.
On a sidenote, it'd be interesting to find an official release date for this gem, 'cos this doesn't sound much like Slaughterhouse-era Royce.





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Freestyle Fellowship-120 Seconds

A young Aceylaone disposing of some brolic from his vocal chords.





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Ini-Fakin Jax'

That classic Pete Rock sound.





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Immortal Technique-Underground Railroad Freestyle

Somewhat laughable to hear Immortal Tech try to timeline the existence of Al-Qaeda over the buffoonery of his 'clique'.





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AZ feat. Fresh-Make Me

AZ's done the boom-bap shit, done the mafioso shit, done the grimy gutta shit, and the punchline-heavy soul sampled shits. Is there a style AZ hasn't mastered yet?





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Best Of The Murderdog Interviews Part 1

I don't quite recall how I got put on, but I've spent the latter portion of my free-time today reading through the majority of the interviews archived on the Murderdog website. Under the interviews feature you can find an archive of 10+ years of interviews with an wide assortment of artists. I was particularly impressed with the variety of questions and the depth to which most artists answered. However, the scribing is admittedly weak...
Anyway, I'm not about to link to 100+ interviews, so I hope you use the below linked interviews as a steppingstone to the rest of the material provided:

Raekwon
E-40
Big Moe
Mobb Deep
Messy Marv

And the list goes on. I'll do another post with some more of my favorites once I've digested more of the interviews. Those above 5 shits are ill though, that's where I would start...

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Andre Nickatina feat. San Quinn-Ayo For Yayo

Although this is one of Nicky's most popular jawns, it's worth mentioning that he only does the hook, whereas San Quinn handles the majority of the rhimes.





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GangStarr-Code Of The Streets

This is that street journalist shit that Guru does in an solely unique manner.





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Lord Finesse-Return Of The Funky Man

An argument can certainly be made that Finesse's finest opus is The Awakening. The production is far more complex and the rhymes have far more substance than Finesse's sophomore effort Return Of The Funky Man. At the same time, sample driven boom-bap production was nothing new for the mid-90's, and battle rapps were getting tired with the quickness. Instead of cashing in on the mafioso styles that were dominating hip-hop at the time, Lord Finesse adhered to his boom-bap, punchline-laden rapps, and probably missed out on props and profit.
With all that in mind, Return Of The Funky Man was a very innovative album for it's time. In early 92, very few people were familiar with Show & AG, Diamond D, L and the rest of the DITC crew that made rare breaks and posse cuts fashionable in the underground. Far from just being innovative, Return Of The Funky Man is one of those records that sounds 10x gullier and more raw just because of the simplistic production and lighthearted rapps.
In the above review, Matty C provides a fairly succinct synopsis of Return Of The Funky Man with: "Finesse never steers too far away from how funky he is, and how people that used to dis him are catching the vapors these days".

Choice Cuts:

Fat For The 90's


Show 'Em How We Do Things


Praise The Lord


Isn't He Something


Hey, Look At Shorty


Where To Cop From:
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Joell Ortiz feat. Ras Kass, Sha Stimuli, Grafh & Gab Gotcha-125 Pt. 3 (Connections)

The whole 125 series off Joell's The Brick: Bodega Chronicles is worth copping, but Part 3 is on some quality shit, particularly because Ras Kass sets it off, and all the NYC rappers follow suit.


08. 125 Pt. 3 Feat. Ras Kass Stimuli Grafh Gab Gotcha



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Fabolous-Can You Hear Me

I'm somewhat confused as to the specifics of how Fab is making this a tribute jawn for Pun, Pac, and B.I.G., but I will say that the rhimes are ill even though the hook kind of kills it.


09 Can You Hear Me.MP3



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Casual-This Is How We Rip Shit

Wait, is this how they rip shit?


12 This Is How We Rip Shit



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Killa Sha feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Trife Da God-One Hand Wash The Other

Doesn't a Trag feature speak for itself?


06 killa sha one hand wash the other feat. tragedy khadafi and trife da god



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Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Nas-Verbal Intercourse

Props is a true thug's wife.

12. Verbal Intercourse Feat. Ghostface Killah Nas



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Spice 1-Strap On The Side

So this is what OG left-coast hip-hop sounds like...


spice 1 03 strap on the side rage



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Snoop Dogg-2001

All I want to do is make the whole crowd bounce y'all

13. 2001



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Evidence feat. Planet Asia-A Moment In Time

What's better than Ev and King Medallions on their back-in-the-day shit?


06. A Moment In Time Feat. Planet Asia



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Chapter 13-No Stoppin'

Hadee beats, Hadee rhimes? OC references? What more could you possibly want?


02 chapter 13 no stoppin prod rashid hadee



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Blu-Just Relax (Instrumental)

Blu got beats dunn.


Blu Just Relax Instrumental

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