the prosecution from rochester, ny. while «shady» comes with a more mellow touch beatwise (kool and the gang's summer madness sample one more time), «couldn't hang» is the dark part on this 12". nice jeru sample and hardcore rhyming. both tracks produced by g-wreck. it's from '94 on hip hop alley records. not everybody's taste– but i like it!
one more unrevealed record from the darkside mix– cannabis with their '94 twelve inch «represent no question»
all i see is they are from connecticut and go by the names kaseem, craig & frog. this was put out on linda records and together they represent the ghetto link production. the freestyle version is where it's at, the street mix is more a different instrumental-theme.
today we have dolomight the lyrical genius from norwalk, connecticut!
this is his first 12" on chozen few entertainment from '94. both cuts are raw! but "bottom of da pitt" is my joint here! he dropped another release in '96 called "keep it live" (check out the youtube video).
it's time to honor the people over at vinyl addicts.
a few years back this guys had a unique and amazing mid 90ies indy blog, which most of you guys knew and loved. similar to my site they did not just post mp3 after mp3 but also tried to give some background info on artists and their projects. i can not recall the year, but one day they quit the blogging scene to return with a new concept and design later on– vinyladdicts.net
smoove, red, maze, ol'eightyfive and atilla now run the vinyl addicts site with its interviews, reviews, forum and last but not least special projects. and the latest one of those projects just found its way over to my place today– sons of sam "the unbirth ep"
yeah baby! while a big part of the indy community (myself included) was/is looking for the sons of sam 12" from '93 called "ooh he got an afro", the va guys managed, apparently with help by bibow, to track down the xav and samson and initiate a release that would follow their previous two projects such as lord finesse & mike smooth and sport g & mastermind.
"This time we would like to present six previously unreleased tracks from Sons Of Sam to you and yours. Many of you will know Sons Of Sam due their sought after 'Oooh He Got An Afro / Charisma' 12" which was released on Workshop Records in 1993. We had the oppurtunity to dig out six previously unreleased tracks from 1993/1994. Result: The Unbirth EP!" [vinyl addicts]
so here's what you can get– an ep with 6 amazing(!) unreleased cuts by sons of sam. in case you purchase two copies of the ep, you'll get a free copy of the equally dope 7" with alternative versions of "oooh he got an afro" and "charisma"! the ep's come with a glossy press photo and press-sheet! the ep's are limited to 250 copies, while there are 100 copies of the 7"– both handnumbered.
SONS OF SAM "THE UNBIRTH" EP '09
1. IT'S LIKE THAT
2. DO MY THANG
3. MOVE FAKIN'
4. NOFIN' NICE
5. GET IT ON
6. BAD MAN
SONS OF SAM 7" '09
1. OOOH HE GOT AN AFRO (ALTERNATE VERSION)
2. CHARISMA (ALTERNATE VERSION)
SNIPPETS
i have to be honest, in my opinion there are way too many dope limited/private record pressings out there. i really had to stop buying everything because it had become super expensive. but after checking the snippets of vinyl addicts' 3rd installment i was like– damn, i have to get this! there's a good chance a few copies are still available, so don't sleep!
on another note, i just wanted to emphasize that the vinyl addicts forum is a great place for mid 90ies rap lovers. you'll find a lot of people with knowledge. similar to the diggers with gratitude board, which in my opinion is more early nineties. speaking of dwg, you can find a dope review of the sons of sam 12" over there.
another blessing from the crates of ag headquarter! this is a golden nugget from '94 and goes by the title of the vision. yup it's the debut ep by indikator from philly, brought to you by damage records. all tracks are produced by none other than the world famous phill most chill.
all four cuts on this ep are dope and have already been covered on some indy mixes . my joints are "damage" and "back 2 yorktown".
the indikator also released another 12" in 2000 called "smooth as i...". also he released a full length cd called "remain 2 calm".
nowadays he's working on a project called "enter the zone tv", an urban entertainment tv talk show in the delaware valley tri-state area.
that's about it folks!
INDIKATOR "THE VISION" EP '94
1. DAMAGE 2. BACK 2 YORKTOWN 3. GOING BACK 4. THE INDIKATOR
for those that slept– Crates of AG is stepping into its fourth year of existence! how many blogs out there can say that?! but now enough of self-praising. i guess a lot of you noticed the lack of updates during the last year...i just have a lot going on, that's it. but i'll do my best. on the other hand you've had a lot of mixtapes for free coming from my side, which in my opinion is even better than vinyl-rips.
for this special occasion i thought i should come up with something extra dope. so i grabbed two records by one of my favorite groups out of ny from the mid 90ies– smoked out productions!
the first time i've heard of them was of course while trading cd's with my man alex from sweden. this had to be in '98 i guess. it then took me ages to find out that al tariq, black attack (aka sean black) and problemz even had an earlier release, which was said to be even better. ed catto spilled the beans about it on smalltime hustle. and thanks to sureshot over at dwg i tracked down a copy later on.
i also attached a joint of problemz spitting over the styles beat on the underground airplay mixtape cassette from '96.
and now back up kids and check the styles! amazing stuff!
SMOKED OUT PRODUCTIONS 12" '94
1. BACK UP KID (THAT'S WHAT YOU GET)
2. AW YEAH
3. PHASES
SMOKED OUT PRODUCTIONS 12" '95
1. STYLES
2 BOK BOK
btw:the sales will go on! there's still a lot of niceness available.
i will be away from tuesday(28th) until friday(31th). i'll answer all emails coming in after monday night on saturday.
thanks for your patience— as a staying power award i have some ill stuff for you today!
it took me some time to finally get this baby last year. braby face and r-sun from citrus hill aka orange, new jersey, build the group native trinity.
this is their debut single from '94 on d.m.s. recordings. this dope record comes packed with two tracks, which both were produced by immortal productions. i think they have at least one more record on echo, but there might be even more out there.
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!
i have to admit, baltimore has called my attention during the last two years. there's a lot of dope records from the mid 90ies era. one of them is today's feature; the pen powz. this 12" is from '94 and is built on productions by the pen powz and baltimore's finest omar akbar aka labtekwon. the main group consists of three mc's, and gets additional vocals by labtek on "whatever". the vinyl was released on firm records. they remind me a bit of the dereliks.
DOLOMIGHT THE LYRICAL GENIUS 12" '94
it's time to honor the people over at vinyl addicts.
SONS OF SAM "THE UNBIRTH" EP '09
SONS OF SAM 7" '09
another blessing from the crates of ag headquarter! this is a golden nugget from '94 and goes by the title of the vision. yup it's the debut ep by indikator from philly, brought to you by damage records. all tracks are produced by none other than the world famous phill most chill.
INDIKATOR "THE VISION" EP '94
for those that slept– Crates of AG is stepping into its fourth year of existence! how many blogs out there can say that?! but now enough of self-praising. i guess a lot of you noticed the lack of updates during the last year...i just have a lot going on, that's it. but i'll do my best. on the other hand you've had a lot of mixtapes for free coming from my side, which in my opinion is even better than vinyl-rips.
SMOKED OUT PRODUCTIONS 12" '94
SMOKED OUT PRODUCTIONS 12" '95
NATIVE TRINITY 12" '94
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...
D VINE 12" '94
D VINE 12" '96
i have to admit, baltimore has called my attention during the last two years. there's a lot of dope records from the mid 90ies era. one of them is today's feature; the pen powz. this 12" is from '94 and is built on productions by the pen powz and baltimore's finest omar akbar aka labtekwon. the main group consists of three mc's, and gets additional vocals by labtek on "whatever". the vinyl was released on firm records. they remind me a bit of the dereliks.
PEN POWZ 12" '94
