divine allah

wow, it has been quite for a long time at this spot. well a lot was and still is going on. anyway, let me show you what i dug out for today...

from connecticut i bring you divine allah aka d vine. two releases mark his career so far— in 1994 he put out "fit in 2 my structure" and followed with "for the mother in you" two years later. both records were released on nu*born records, which he runs with shakiem allah. productions by mathematics on both records.

D VINE 12" '94

1. FIT IN 2 MY STRUCTURE
2. SAY HI TO THE BAD GUY

D VINE 12" '96

1. THE MOTHER IN YOU
2. PRAYER FOR THE DYING
3. PUT ME ON

the '94 release i my shit here, but "prayer for the dying" is amazing too! get 'em!

pz,
akutt

tree house allstars

waddup fam

mathematik and citizen kane from canada are one of the top names when it comes to indy rap from canada. over a decade passed and their debut releases still are in high demand. now, i don't want to focus on these today, but about 2.5 years ago i spotted two new records by the tree house label. with the help of france they put out an ep and three 12"s in '05 and '06. of course the tracks were newer sounding, but i felt them pretty much (and i don't like a lot of the new stuff in general).

the first release was called "headnodz ep" and features citizen kane, zaki, reign, mathematik & dubb ill, who already had his part on the reality and facts 12". all tracks are produced by the headnodz aka nick holder & kaje outta toronto.

HEADNODZ EP '05

1. CITIZEN KANE FEAT. ZAKI "LIES"
2. REIGN "HAPPY ENDINGS"
3. DUB ILL "CALL IT"
4. MATHEMATIK "AROUND"

the second record is a 12" by mathematik and has three joints on it. besides the track "around", which is featured on the headnodz ep as well, you'll get another two joints. again, productions by the headnodz and the fishermen, of which i've never heard before.

MATHEMATIK 12" '05

1. ON TOP
2. TONIGHT
3. AROUND

in my opinion both records are pretty slept on and didn't get a lot of promotion. check them out, pretty mellow stuff.

the other two 12"s i was talking about were single releases by zaki and ill dub. the zaki record is more soul than rap and the dub ill 12" i never bought.

tree house also released a 13-track strong cd longplayer with these artists in 2006.

enjoy

pz,
akutt