[hanDJob talks to] dj gerard (reggie capers)

Once again my man hanDJob returns with another interesting interview. this time he talked to dj gerard aka brother black from queens. you should at least know him from the reggie capers releases (four years ago i posted their second 12" on sound plus rhythm).

«hanDJob: To start this, please share some history about the time you got into music, like how it was back then. How it all started.

Dj Gerard: I started DJing at 13 years old, in Lefrak City Queens NY. This was where and when I received my first DJ set, It was BSR TURNTABLES, AND A UP AND DOWN CROSS GEMINI MIXER AND A REALISTIC AMP FROM RADIO SHACK. To this day...»

READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW HERE

yep, and you know how we do [at least the leechers out there, who don't read one line we post]! once again we come with some exclusives! dj gerard blessed us with two unreleased reggie capers joints. fellas, they are hot, check the videos below! and to make the package perfect, we also share their '95 debut release «she can't love me». plus i also packed in the suspect 12" again- like that you'll get all 3 releases in this download. dope stuff!

REGGIE CAPERS 12" '95 (courtesy of hanDJob)

1. SHE CAN'T LOVE YOU

2. DO IT LIKE THAT

3. MO' BANG

reggie capers - i apologize


reggie capers - time and time again

and now go and read the interview! big shout out to dj gerard and reggie capers!

peace!
hanDJob & akutt

90 prophets

here's one missing joint from my side of the deerhuntaz-mixtape from early march 2008- it's the 90 prophets from queens!

this is once again one of those records i don't have much info about. this 12" is two tracks strong and was released on 9p records. i think it turned up once or twice the last few months. it seems a bit hard to find though. a sick release in my opinion, check it out!

90 PROPHETS 12" '9x

1. REMEMBER ME
2. THE DAY I DIED

pz,
akutt

bornsinnas / dve finale

just when you thought you had them all...

here's a missing piece of the last deerhuntaz mixtape– the bornsinnas from the domestic violence family!

i have to give a mad shout out to my man david from france, who laced me with this copy last year. i was sure dve only released 5 records until he enlightened me. once again, we have pretzel's logic on the production tip. and of course i got no info about this two men crew. looking at the cat. number my guess is they released it somewhere between '94 and '95. but i'm not sure.

my joints here are "all it comes down 2" and "bornsinn'in". i can't find anything about this release on the world wide web– a pretty scarce record!

let me know should there be even more dve releases out there!

BORNSINNAS 12" '9x

1. ALL IT COMES DOWN 2
2. ALL IT COMES DOWN 2 REMIX
3. BORNSINN'IN


NEW:

drop.io (LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS BETTER THAN ZSHARE!)

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

the antidote

this is the missing piece of my kickback mix tracklist from last july– the antidote!

an amazing and obscure indy record out of jersey from around '95. dirty bert, massive, unknown & producer commotion are featured on this three-tracker called first dose.

"ricochet" & "pearly gates" are my gusto.

exclamation point.

THE ANTIDOTE "FIRST DOSE" '9x

1. PEARLY GATES
2. EVIL ODYSSEY
3. RICOCHET

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

ra-capone / ra-kapone

a happy new year fam!

after some blogging holidays i've chosen to come back with two records from ra-capone.

unfortunately, i got no info here! all i see is that he slightly changed his name on the second release. both are on d&d records which makes me believe he's from the bronx (?). help me out here kids!

anyway, both are growers and shouldn't be too hard to get!

oh and by the way, are you bored at work or got no more free disk space on your computer– then check my lastfm profile (button on the left). all my mixes are available for live stream and download!

RA-CAPONE 12" '9x

1. SOMEBODY ELSE'S GUY
2. YOU PLAY YOU LAY

RA-KAPONE 12" '95

1. DOWN WITH THE BLACK MOB
2. NEVER UNDER PRESSURE

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

hardwe're

jersey in full effect!

a while back my man ed told me about a dope record by a jersey group called hardwe're.

"Dope production and hardcore rhymes. They talk on one track, where they seriously go after an ex-crew member, about how Jay-Z and Rocafella wanted to sign them but this guy fucked the thing up by refusing (R-O-C wanted the whole crew)"

after getting the twelve incher i knew what he meant.

the group includes k-mak (producer/dj) and hardwe're's "hype man" deuce (mc). i think after this 12" they did demo's for the main stream market for labels such as jive, def jam or roc-a-fella. k-mak began his hip-hop career as "little seven," a 13-year-old break dancer with the newark group hassan and 7-11.

i'm not sure what they are up to nowadays, but while james stokes (k-mak) runs his own clothing business at http://7flavaz.com, dante daily (deuce) teamed up with his younger brother bless to form a producer collabo named the soul diggaz.

my shit here is "real niggaz" of course. but "1, 2, 3 (corrupt thoughts)" is nice as well. i think this must be from '96 or '97. i'm sorry for the clean edit of 1, 2, 3.. my copy looks perfect but skips during the street version.

HARDWE'RE 12" '9x

1. 1, 2, 3 (CORRUPT THOUGHTS)
2. CALLEN YOU OUT
3. REAL NIGGAZ

enjoy!

peace
al

the realist

from the depths of wyoming, michigian i present you the realist. i read pit records must have released this ep around '94, but i'm not sure. could also been a few years later.

the gimme love ep features five tracks. once again it's hard to find any info about these cats, but you get two mc's along with d.j. shonski rockin' the joints. pretty mellow shit right here..sounds like a mix of the nonce, mass influence, tribe, pharcyde...check it out!

THE REALIST "GIMME LOVE EP" '9x

1. WHERE (ROYALTY CHECK)
2. 420 (KEEP DOIN IT)
3. WHATCHA NEED (LIVE)
4. GIMME LOVE (BUY MY TAPE)
5. SLICK MIKE (BACK ON THE STREETS)

pz,
akutt

rakim allah / 2 years crates of ag / competition

first of all, 2 years crates of ag and no one even noticed...shame on you!!

since i love exclusive white labels/ bootlegs i will dedicate this post to a veteran in the game, rakim allah. there are plenty of unofficial records out there by the master, but i came to choose two of mines.

i once knew more about the background of these recordings but i can't recall it right now. you get eleven tracks of best material, probably not officially released due to sample clearance problems or lack of interest. the first ep should be from around '95/'96 and also exists with a green label. i don't know which pressing came first.

pretty, pretty, pretty dope shit right here, be sure to check this out!

RAKIM "UNRELEASED STUDIO SET" '9x

1. REMEMBER THAT
2. LAST RESORT
3. LIVIN FOR THE CITY
4. I GET VISUAL
5. SHADES OF BLACK REMIX

RAKIM "UNRELEASED SHIT" '96

1. REMEMBER DAT
2. ONCE UPON A RHYME
3. PAID OFF
4. HOW I'M LIVIN'
5. TRYIN' TA WRITE RHYMES
6. BRING IT ON

as mentioned before crates of ag stepped into its 3rd year of existence. as gift i have 1 brand new freestyle professors shirt (Size: XL) to give away.

how you can win this?

well, since halloween is about to happen:

make a picture of yours or a friend of yours. on that picture you stand on your right foot (left one is in the air). you have to hold an 80% peeled banana with your left hand and a record with your right. you have to wear a hat, bandana or wig. in your mouth there has to be a cigar or anything similar.

send the picture to cratesofag at hispeed dot com and win the shirt.


peace,
al

jay-sun n.y.c.

jay-sun n.y.c. aka jay-saun

another artist i can't tell you much about. apparently he is from new york and i even read somewhere that he was t-la rock's younger brother- but i don't think that's possible. also i first thought he could be the same guy (jaysaun) from boston's kreators crew, but i doubt it...plus my man ed didn't think so as well...yeah it seems that i only know things he is not.

i'm aware of these two releases:

the first one came out on dancin' hills records in the mid 90ies (i guess) and features two tracks. "ain't havin' it" gets three slightly different mixes though. production credits: fredd "rico" and jay-sun n.y.c..

JAY-SUN N.Y.C. 12" '9x

1. AIN'T HAVIN' IT
2. I'LL TRIP

ain't havin' it video (thanks to s'n's!):

there is no year indication on the second 12" as well. but i'm sure this is past-millenium. noisy boy productions put out this two-tracker. "f-widdit" features truck turner and is the better joint right here in my opinion. production credits: js one and stardom music.

JAY-SAUN 12" '0x

1. JAY-SAUN
2. F-WIDDIT

of course i prefer the first record. "i'll trip" is growing on me right now!

enjoy

pz,
akutt

master o.l.d.

seldomly seen 12" from the mo' budded entertainemt. i'm sure a few of you heard of the two gas chamber records or of izm da mad soul before, but i have never seen this record here again since i got it a few years back.

the three-tracker, which got produced by ro da phat one, features the gas chamber as well and was released on next millenium records. i don't know what year it was, but i think it came out after the mo budded phat jointz sampler. (i think he says '97 at the end of phenomenon.)

i stick to "phenomenon" and the remix of "warriors".

MASTER O.L.D. FEAT THE GAS CHAMBER 12" '9x

1. PHENOMENON
2. WARRIORS
3. WARRIORS REMIX

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

cipha

what's the point in fading out the year of release during the outro of a song? i don't know, but that is exactly what cipha did. maybe a try to let dj's play the record even years later. anyway, i think they're from philly and consist of kid flex and solomon. looking at their real names they could even be brothers.

i like two of the three cuts of this 12" on sojourn records. while "rock rock on" has a calmative mellow vibe, "scared ta die" brings the drama. as i said before, the year of release is not mentioned on the label and during "rock rock on" it is censored. my guess is '96/'97.

i have not seen any other material by them.

CIPHA 12" '9x

1. ROCK ROCK ON
2. DON'T GET TOO CLOSE!
3. SCARED TA DIE

enjoy!

pz,
akutt

street poets

if you have an idea of the boston underground scene then you can't ignore the street poets crew! dif productions, polecat and punch (spiked with poison) had a self titled full length cd in '95 on dbk records and altogether released four 12inches. production credits go to dow brain, brad young, my nutz, mob 1 and killa c. (the first?) three releases were on dbk records while polecats "rip" single was put out on ruckus records.

once again, excellent stuff right here! also make sure to get their cd! i can really recommend this.

DIF PRODUCTIONS 12" '95

1. SKINZ
2. SKINZ (REMIX)
3. EVERYDAY LIFE

unfortunately i traded my original copy away a few years back. all i have left is the japanese bootleg which has a wrong catalog number on the label plus a different run out than the og.
it is a pretty obvious bootleg. check this link to www.labelscans.com for pictures of the original issue.

PUNCH / POLECAT 12" '95

A/PUNCH

1. MINDLESS
2. MINDLESS (PSYCHO MIX)

B/POLECAT

1. OUT TA FLIP
2. OUT TA FLIP (RUFFA MIX)


STREET POETS 12" '9x

1. EVERYBODY KNOWS ME (CYPHER MIX)
2. EVERYBODY KNOWS ME (ALBUM MIX)


POLECAT 12" '96(?)

1. R.I.P. (WU-DOO MIX)
2. MAKE THE PAPER
3. R.I.P. (LP MIX)

enjoy!

pz,
akutt