Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)

If Snoop Dogg's debut, Doggystyle, doesn't seem like a debut, it's because in many ways it's not. Snoop had already debuted as a featured rapper on Dr.Dre's 1992 album, The Chronic, rapping on half of the 16 tracks, including all the hit singles, so it wasn't like he was an unknown force when Doggystyle was released in late 1993. If anything, he was the biggest star in hip-hop, with legions of fans anxiously awaiting new material, and they were the ones who snapped up the album, making it the first debut album to enter the Billboard charts at number one. It wasn't like they were buying an unknown quantity. They knew that the album would essentially be the de facto sequel to The Chronic, providing another round of P-Funk-inspired grooves and languid gangsta and ganja tales, just like Dre's album. Which is exactly what Doggystyle is -- a continuation of The Chronic, with the same production, same aesthetic and themes, and same reliance on guest rappers. The miracle is, it's as good as that record. There are two keys to its success, one belonging to Dre, the other to Snoop. Dre realized that it wasn't time to push the limits of G-funk, and instead decided to deepen it musically, creating easy-rolling productions that have more layers than they appear. They're laid-back funky, continuing to resonate after many listens, but their greatest strength is that they never overshadow the laconic drawl of Snoop, who confirms that he's one of hip-hop's greatest vocal stylists with this record. Other gangsta rappers were all about aggression and anger -- even Dre, as a rapper, is as blunt as a thug -- but Snoop takes his time, playing with the flow of his words, giving his rhymes a nearly melodic eloquence. Compare his delivery to many guest rappers here: Nate Dogg, Kurupt, and Dat Nigga Daz are all good rappers, but they're good in a conventional sense, where Snoop is something special, with unpredictable turns of phrase, evocative imagery, and a distinctive, addictive flow. If Doggystyle doesn't surprise or offer anything that wasn't already on The Chronic, it nevertheless is the best showcase for Snoop's prodigious talents, not just because he's given the room to run wild, but because he knows what to do with that freedom and Dre presents it all with imagination and a narrative thrust. If it doesn't have the shock of the new, the way that The Chronic did, so be it: Over the years, the pervasive influence of that record and its countless ripoffs has dulled its innovations, so it doesn't have the shock of the new either. Now, Doggystyle and The Chronic stand proudly together as the twin pinnacles of West Coast G-funk hip-hop of the early '90s.

01. Bath Tub
02. G Funk Intro
03. Gin N Juice
04. Tha Shiznit Intro
05. Tha Shiznit
06. Lodi Dodi Intro
07. Lodi Dodi
08. Murder Was The Case
09. Serial Killa
10. Who Am I (Whats My Name)
11. For All My Ni**az
12. Aint No Fun
13. Doggy Dogg World Intro
14. Dogg Dogg World
15. G'z & Hustlaz Intro
16. G'z & Hustlaz
17. Pump Pump Intro
18. Pump Pump

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Fat Joe - Jealous Ones Envy (1995)

The infamous Fat Joe (aka Joey Crack), a heavyset bully of a rapper out of the South Bronx, dropped this noisy jackhammer of an album in late 1995. The follow-up to his street-acclaimed Represent from 1993 is bloated with vivid tales of violence and fortified claims to street credibility. The healthy dose of inspired production from heavyweights Diamond D, Premier, and Domingo provide an amply pugilistic background for Joe's nitroglycerin-fueled verbal warfare. Joe makes no bones about his affiliations with drug trafficking and thievery either: "I'm the realer MC/the drug dealer MC." The legendary KRS-One climbs aboard on "Bronx Tale" and the Wu-Tang's Raekwon helps out on "Respect Mine." Even the shamelessly purloined sample of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" on "Envy" cannot slow down this driving record. Few rap albums of the modern era have the pure testicular quality of Jealous One's Envy and the lyrical content, while tending to be repetitive, is always clever and never nauseating. A solid second effort from a true Bronx Bomber.

1. Bronx Tale 03:55
2. Success 03:50
3. Envy 04:11
4. Gangbang (Interlude) 00:54
5. Fat Joe's in Town 03:42
6. Part Deux 03:15
7. King NY 01:01
8. The Shit Is Real [DJ Premier Remix] 04:36
9. Fat Joes Way 01:01
10. Respect Mine 03:20
11. Watch Out 03:38
12. Say Word 03:29
13. Success [DJ Premier Remix] 04:10
14. Dedication 03:24
15. Bronx Keeps Creating It 03:28

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Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs - Roxbury 02119 (1993)

The second Ed O.G & da Bulldogs album opens with a first-person drug slinging tale. Bleak and even claustrophobic, "Streets of the Ghetto" is no glorification, nowhere near celebratory. Instead, the track conveys the realities of the trade while outlining how a person with severely limited options can be lured into it. "Streets" sets the tone for Roxbury 02119, generally a more serious and tense album than Life of a Kid in the Ghetto. While rap was going harder in 1993 than it was in 1991, Ed O.G's shift is natural with no apparent desire to cash in on the increasingly prevailing trend. It's where his head was at, enhanced greatly by a handful of Diamond's most overlooked productions, as well as a batch of relatively playful tracks helmed by Awesome 2 Productions (Teddy Tedd, Special K, and their many associates). "Streets," "Busted," "Skinny Dip," "I Thought Ya Knew," and "Dat Ain't Right" have all the trademarks of Diamond's most-loved tracks: nerved-up breaks, distant squealing horns, thumping basslines, and the constant sense that something major is about to go down.

1. Streets of the Ghetto
2. Busted
3. Love Comes and Goes
4. Skinny Dip (Got It Goin' On)
5. I Thought Ya Knew
6. I'm Laughin'
7. I'll Rip You
8. Go Up and Up
9. Try Me
10. Dat Ain't Right
11. Less Than Zero
12. Check It Out

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Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)

Having threatened on their debut, The Platform, to bring the sound of the underground to the masses, Dilated Peoples hones their old-school hooks and breaks on Expansion Team to ensnare purists and the mainstream alike. Over downtempo beats, eerie Hitchcock strings ("Clock Work"), dinner jazz ("Pay Attention!"), '70s cop-show horns ("Hard Hitters"), and DJ Babu's turntable gymnastics ("Dilated Junkies"), their exhausting couplets wage war on the talents of fellow hip-hop crews while simultaneously validating their boasts of rhyme supremacy. Yet it's the instantly addictive slow roller "Worst Come to Worst" that best proves their point. Along with the "nobody comes close" taunts, there's a lot of regulation second-album material: "Trade Money" assures that success isn't without its downsides ("Since last year I've accumulated more money / On top of that I got a lot of people acting funny"), "Proper Propaganda" has a pop at the media, and there are countless reassurances that success doesn't mean principles will be compromised. Their messages may not be new, but the Dilated Peoples' genius is delivering them with simmering tunes that make them worth hearing again

1. Live On Stage
2. Worst Comes To Worst
3. Clockwork
4. Trade Money
5. Heavy Rotation
6. Self Defense
7. Phil Da Agony Interlude
8. Proper Propaganda
9. Dilated Junkies
10. Panic
11. Pay Attention
12. Night Life
13. War
14. Hard Hitters
15. Defari Interlude
16. Expansion Team Theme

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Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)

L.A.'s Dilated Peoples get back to b-boy basics with their long-awaited major-label debut. Longtime darlings of hip-hop's underground, Dilated stays true to their roots with The Platform, combining spare, churning bass hooks with Babu's epic turntable episodes. Guest artists like Tha Alkaholiks, Planet Asia, and Freestyle Fellowships' Aceyalone add fuel to the flames set ablaze by the straight-spittings of MCs Iriscience and Evidence. Buoyantly braggadocious, the fellas swap positive abstract poetics with swagger and grace--rhymes like "I never got redemption from an honorable mention / So my lyrics hug the bat with the tightest suspension" thump chests as much as they feed souls. Their constant boasting is also the album's only setback, as all the self-lauding can, and sometimes does, get tired.

1. So May I Introduce to You
2. Platform
3. No Retreat
4. Guaranteed
5. Right On
6. Main Event
7. Service
8. Ear Drums Pop
9. Years in the Making
10. Annihilation
11. Expanding Man
12. Last Line of Defense
13. Triple Optics
14. Shape of Things to Come
15. Work the Angles
16. Ear Drums [Remix]

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E-Life - E=mc2 (2002)

E-Life (real name Elvis de Oliveira) is a rapper from Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is also a DJ for radio station Juize FM.
E-Life started his music career with rap crew Dope Syndicate. DJ Raw Deal's move to the USA in 1995 prompted E-Life to go solo, touring through Europe. It was nominated for best hiphop song for the 1997 TMF Awards, and it allowed E-Life to perform with LL Cool J, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, the Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Blackstreet and Run DMC.
Its successors I Wonder Why and In Doubt '99 (both 1999) didn't make it to the Dutch charts, while K.I.T.A. (Bring It On) would drop from the charts after two weeks.
His second album, E=MC², was distributed throughout Europe. The album features contributions from Michael Franti and Postmen.

1.Thoughts
2.Watch Me
3.Come On (feat. Sonny D)
4.You Dont Even Know...
5.K.I.T.A. (Bring It On)
6.Push 'M Up
7.The Lounge
8.My Love (feat.Michael Franti)
9.Bubblegum (feat. Ganza and Son)
10.On Top Of This
11.Chemistry (feat. U-Niq)
12.Feelin' This Shit
13.Old Story (feat.Ganza)
14.Who Stole The Soul
15.Understand This
16.Rollin (feat.Rollarocka and R)
17.K.I.T.A.(Benjah Edition)

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Brand Nubian - Foundation (1996)

Foundation, the first album since Brand Nubian's 1990 debut to feature all four original members, is an incredible return to form. The rhymes by Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar are as striking as they were on the group's breakout, and the focus on message tracks is a refreshing turn from the rap world's played-out tales of thug life. "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" is a cautionary tale for arrogant one-hit rappers, while "Probable Cause" is a scathing attack on the notorious tactics of the New Jersey State Police and "I'm Black and I'm Proud" is an enjoyable roots epic.

1. Here We Go
2. Return
3. Shinin' Star
4. Beat Change
5. Migraine (Interlude)
6. Don't Let It Go to Your Head
7. Brand Nubian
8. Maybe One Day
9. Let's Dance
10. Back up off the Wall
11. Black on Black Crime (Interlude)
12. I'm Black and I'm Proud
13. Sincerely
14. Probable Cause
15. Ghetto (Interlude)
16. Love vs. Hate
17. Too Late
18. Straight Outta Now Rule
19. Foundation
20. U for Me

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Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth (1996)

Hell on Earth is a 1996 album by hip-hop group Mobb Deep, released a year and a half after The Infamous. The album is largely a continuation of the style pioneered on its previous album, which was produced by Havoc, who also rhymes on the album with Prodigy. The second track, “Drop a Gem on 'Em,” is a response to 2Pac's feud with the group, recorded while he was still alive, is one of the album's most acclaimed tracks, along with "G.O.D. Pt. III" and "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)." Hell on Earth was met with positive reviews from music critics and is considered by many die-hard fans and hip-hop heads to be the duo's best album because of its dark, hardcore tone.

1. Animal Instinct
2. Drop A Gem On 'Em
3. Bloodsport
4. Extortion
5. More Trife Life
6. Man Down
7. Can't Get Enough Of It
8. Nighttime Vultures
9. G.O.D. Pt. III
10. Get Dealt With
11. Hell On Earth (Front Lines)
12. Give It Up Fast
13. Still Shinin'
14. Apostle's Warning

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Guru - Baldhead Slick & da Click (2001)

Guru is a model of understated consistency -- from "Manifest" to "Just to Get a Rep" to "You Know My Steez," he can always be depended on for thoughtful and innovative material, if not outright classics. But Baldhead Slick & da Click, his first non-Jazzmatazz solo effort, veers from this course, with just about nothing notable on the entire disc. Guru sounds obsessed with fake thugs and gangsters, and at 21 tracks without an updated flow or much variation in theme, the record becomes a struggle early on. His usual insight, storytelling, and clever swagger are replaced by a punchless braggadoccio, and his guest artists only offer the same. For longtime fans who counted on the monotone to never become monotonous, Baldhead Slick & da Click is nothing short of a disappointment.

1. Guru - Wheres Our Money (3:23)
2. Guru - Back 2 Back (Feat. Mendoughza) (2:59)
3. Guru - Rollin Dolo (3:57)
4. Guru - No Surviving (3:31)
5. Guru - Underground Connections (4:31)
6. Guru - Niggaz Know (4:03)
7. Guru - In Here (Feat. Timbo King, Killah Priest, Black Jesus) (4:34)
8. Guru - The Come Up (3:39)
9. Guru - Cry (3:31)
10. Guru - O.G. Talk (4:08)
11. Guru - Pimp Shit (4:56)
12. Guru - Never Ending Saga (4:19)
13. Guru - War Tactics (4:26)
14. Guru - Collectin Props (3:24)
15. Guru - Revolutionist (3:37)
16. Guru - No Grease (3:37)
17. Guru - How You Gonna Be A Killa (3:31)
18. Guru - Stay Outta My Face (2:50)
19. Guru - The Anthem (3:01)

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Recordkingz - Heavyweight (2009)

Heavyweight piles into the hip-hop fray in a very similar way to Jake One’s White Van Music last year. By this I mean that it finds a talented producer hooking up with a host of talented MCs and dropping dope phatness. It’s even possible that Juliano (formerly one half of 90s duo The Creators), arguably has the edge on Jake One and that this has the potential to give a kick up the arse to a few flagging careers, proving once again that the music industry (and to some extent the public’s) obsession with rapper-cult-of-personality is forgetting one vital thing. It doesn’t matter how good the lyrics, nobody ever danced to poetry. When was the last time you heard a proper jump-up hip hop track anyway? The underground has been plagued by masturbatory production for too long - even if there has been some lyrical insanity. On the other hand, the mainstream shits out club beats like its got diarrhoea – but is plagued by lyrical inanity. This isn’t to say that everything on here will light fires under people’s feet – simply that Juliano remembers one of the key original premises of hip-hop. Move the crowd.

01. The Heavyweight Muthaf**ka (Feat. Portobello Dave) (Skit)
02. I Cried (Feat. Tragedy Khadafi)
03. Take A Walk With Me (Feat. Joell Ortiz)
04. Do You Feel It (Skit 1)
05. Rock Ya Shoulders (Feat. The Beatnuts)
06. Hip Hop Throwback (Feat. Guilty Simpson)
07. Playin To Lose (Feat. Little Brother)
08. Scratch And Chop (Skit 2)
09. This Is 4 My Peoples (Feat. Evidence)
10. Heat (Feat. Mobb Deep)
11. Da Money (Feat. Glasses Malone)
12. Pay Your Respects (Feat. Problemz)
13. Keep It Coming (Feat. Craig G Will Pack And K Major)
14. Get High (Skit 3)
15. Bad Cats (Feat. Phil Da Agony Montage And Mo Money)
16. Juliano On The Cuts (Skit 4)
17. You Been Warned (Feat. Aasim)
18. Keep On (Feat. Chalice And Ruk)

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Diamond D - Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop (1994)

Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop is the debut album from hip hop producer-emcee Diamond D, released with his crew the Psychotic Neurotics. The album features some of the earliest appearances from Diamond's later D.I.T.C. partners Big L and Fat Joe, as well as production from popular beat makers such as Large Professor, Q-Tip, and DJ Mark the 45 King. The album features the singles "Best-Kept Secret" and "Sally Got a One-Track Mind." The album was not released on vinyl. However there were promotional copies pressed up with full artwork which were very highly sought-after. The vinyl edition was eventually made available as a reissue years later. The original promo has a sticker on it; the reissue had this sticker scanned into the artwork.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.

1. Intro
2. Best Kept Secret
3. Sally Got A One Track Mind
4. Step To Me
5. Shut The "*!*!" Up
6. "*!*!" What U Heard
7. I'm Outta Here
8. A Day In The Life
9. Last Car On The 2 Train
10. Red Light, Green Light
11. I Went For Mine
12. Comments From Big "L" And Showbiz
13. Check One, Two
14. What You Seek
15. Lunchroom Chatter
16. Confused
17. Pass Dat S**T
18. Freestyle (Yo, That's That Sh...)
19. K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid)
20. Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop
21. Wuffman Stressed Out
22. Feel The Vibe
23. A View From The Underground

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Mercenaries - Rhymorator EP (1994)

Rare EP released in 1994, a must have for all true heads...The tracks are produced by Big Ced and the featuring of a famous RMR (Rhymorator). Dropped under "Mercenary Records".

1. Rhymorator (radio)

2. Bounce (radio)

3.Rhymorator (dirty)

4.Bouce (dirty)

5. Stick up, Stick up (bonus)

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Diamond D - Hatred, Passion & Infidelity (1997)

Bronx-born artist Diamond D is both lyricist and producer, and happens to be proficient at both tasks. Hatred, Passion & Infidelity, the second solo album from Diamond D, doesn't reach the extreme heights of creativity and originality attained by his first album, Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop. Diamond produced 13 of the 16 tracks on this album, and as could be expected, his sense of melody and motivational rhythm makes each of them instrumentally interesting and enjoyable. His lyrical dexterity is exciting, providing a swift narrative which carries the listener willingly from song to song. However, this album suffers from thematic inconsistency; two spots, "Can't Keep My Grands to Myself" and "Cream N Sunshine," seem like forced attempts to attract a crossover, pop audience. The hybridization of R&B/pop and hip-hop instrumentation is unnatural, unsuccessful, and uncharacteristic of Diamond D. The rest of the tracks on this album excel and provide for an entertaining listen. Aside from the two blemishes on this release, Hatred, Passion & Infidelity is a fair representation of Diamond D's skills on the microphone and behind the mixing board; an album a serious fan should have.

1. Intro
2. Flowin'
3. MC Iz My Ambition
4. No Wonduh (The Projects)
5. Hiatus
6. J.D.'s Revenge
7. Painz & Strife
8. Can't Keep My Grands to Myself
9. 5 Fingas of Death
10. This One
11. Never
12. Cream N Sunshine
13. Gather Round
14. K.T.
15. On Stage
16. Epilogue

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Tragedy Khadafi - Against All Odds (2001)

1. Intro (The Conflict)
2. Against All Odds
3. Crime Nationalist
4. Lift Ya Glass
5. Skit 2: The Jump Off
6. Bing Monsters
7. Live By The Gun
8. They Force My Hand
9. Permanently Scarred
10. Sidewalk Confessions
11. Say Goodbye
12. Blood Type
13. What Makes You Think
14. Skit 3: More Thugg More Names
15. Never Bite The Hand
16. T.M. (Message To Killa Black)
17. 2-5 Radio
18. In Memory Of

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Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik (1999)

On this album, primary producer Havoc reached a high level of mastery in his production efforts, a truly signature style of deep bass grooves, piercing organs, ice-cold snare pops, melodic samples, and haunting orchestral snippets. Each song creates its own mood, whether it be a call to stop the violence on "Spread Love" or a call for full-throttle livin' on "I'm Goin' Out." Guest appearances by Raekwon, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Cormega, Kool G. Rap, Eightball, and Infamous Mobb add texture to already bangin' tracks. The album overall can best be described as pure ear- and mind-twisting pleasure and pain. The album will affect you, get under your skin, make you rash up, and then salve you. Murda Muzik is a complete album and a renewal of the truly hardcore movement.

1. Intro
2. Streets Raised Me
3. What's Ya Poison
4. Spread Love
5. Let a Ho Be a Ho
6. I'm Going Out
7. Allustrious
8. Adrenaline
9. Where Ya From
10. Quiet Storm
11. Where Ya Heart At
12. Noyd Interlude
13. Can't Fuck Wit
14. Thug Muzik
15. Murda Muzik
16. Realest
17. U.S.A. (Aiiight Then)
18. It's Mine
19. Quiet Storm [Remix]

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Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)

One of the cornerstones of the New York hardcore movement, The Infamous is Mobb Deep's masterpiece, a relentlessly bleak song cycle that's been hailed by hardcore rap fans as one of the most realistic gangsta albums ever recorded. Given Mobb Deep's youthful age and art-school background, it's highly unlikely that The Infamous is drawn strictly from real-life experience, yet it's utterly convincing, because it has all the foreboding atmosphere and thematic sweep of an epic crime drama. That's partly because of the cinematic vision behind the duo's detailed narratives, but it's also a tribute to how well the raw, grimy production evokes the world that Mobb Deep is depicting. The group produced the vast majority of the album itself, with help on a few tracks from the Abstract (better known as Q-Tip), and establishes a spare, throbbing, no-frills style indebted to the Wu-Tang Clan. This is hard, underground hip-hop that demands to be met on its own terms, with few melodic hooks to draw the listener in. Similarly, there's little pleasure or relief offered in the picture of the streets Mobb Deep paints here: They inhabit a war zone where crime and paranoia hang constantly in the air. Gangs are bound together by a code of fierce loyalty, relying wholly on one another for survival in a hopeless environment. Hostile forces -- cops, rivals, neighborhood snitches -- are potentially everywhere, and one slip around the wrong person can mean prison or death. There's hardly any mention of women, and the violence is grim, serious business, never hedonistic. Pretty much everything on the album contributes to this picture, but standouts among the consistency include "Survival of the Fittest," "Eye for a Eye," "Temperature's Rising," "Cradle to the Grave," and the classic "Shook Ones, Pt. 2." The product of an uncommon artistic vision, The Infamous stands as an all-time gangsta/hardcore classic.

1 "The Start of Your Ending (41st Side)"
2 "[The Infamous Prelude]"
3 "Survival of the Fittest"
4 "Eye For An Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)"
5 "[Just Step Prelude]"
6 "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)"
7 "Temperature's Rising"
8 "Up North Trip"
9 "Trife Life"
10 "Q.U.--Hectic"
11 "Right Back at You"
12 "[The Grave Prelude]"
13 "Cradle to the Grave"
14 "Drink Away The Pain (Situations)"
15 "Shook Ones Pt. II"
16 "Party Over"

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King Tee - Thy Kingdom Come (1998)

This album was origionally supposed to have dropped on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label, but unfortunatly this never got through and the album ended up recieving far too little attention.

The album is bangin, with production from Fred Wreck, Dr. Dre, Battlecat, DJ Quik ,Budda and Mike Dean.
And with other appearences consisting of Ice-T, Playa Hamm, MC Ren, Baby S, El DeBarge, Frost, Tray Deee, Too Short and Shaq there os no shortage of top-notch side artists either!

This is a must-have for any westcoast rap fan...

01 Intro
02 Speak On It
03 Stay Down
04 Squeeze Yo Balls
04 Monay
05 The Chron
06 Big Boyz
08 Let's Make A V
09 Tha Game (It's Ruff)
10 Real Raw
11 2 G's From Compton
12 Shake Da Spot
13 6 N 'Na Moe'nin'
14 Step On By
15 Big Ballin' (Playin' 2 Win)
16 Where's T
17 Nuthin Has Changed
18 The Original

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Herb Mc'Gruff - Destined To Be (1998)

1. Gruff Express
2. Harlem Kids Get Biz
3. This is How We Do
4. Many Know
5. Exquisite
6. What Part of the Game
7. Who Holds his Own
8. What 'Cha Doin' To Me
9. Destined to Be
10. Freestyle
11. Dangerzone
12. What You Want
13. Before We Start
14. Reppin' Uptown
15. Stop It
16. Before We Start Remix

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Kollabo Brothers - For My Peoples (2006)

01- intro feat. craig g

02- no equal feat. craig g

03- for my peoples feat. donald d

04- way back feat. tim dog

05- watch the game feat. the gambit

06- lovin this shit feat. afura

07- my flows to blow feat. diamond d

08- hip hop blues feat. grandmaster caz

09- two kool brothers

10- i got soul feat. zion

11- words i wrote feat. paris

12- glad to be me feat. b.i

13- my melody feat. b.o.dubb

14- im a real emcee feat. donald d

15- outro

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Cocoa Brovaz - The Rude Awakening (1998)

Once the Smith & Wesson gun company realized there was a pair of rappers performing under the name "Smif-N-Wessun," the duo had to change their name. They chose Cocoa Brovaz and released their second album, Rude Awakening (possibly a reference to their legal troubles), under that moniker in the spring of 1998. All things considered, the legal mishap was little more than a speed bump for the duo; the end result is every bit as good as their first effort, if not better. The pair of hardcore gangstas are still hurt by their reliance on clichés -- when it comes right down to it, they aren't offering any new insights, they're simply redoing the standard dope-money-guns-n-hoes line -- but they're saved by their energy and hard-hitting delivery. Usually, that makes the standard-issue music fairly compelling, but there are moments that drag on Rude Awakening, although not as many as on Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin'. In other words, it's an improvement and a step forward in Cocoa Brovaz developing their own identity.

01. Off the Wall
02. Still Standin Strong
03. Won on Won
04. Live at the Garden (Skit)
05. Blown Away
06. Money Talks
07. The Cash
08. Black Trump
09. Dry Snitch
10. Game of Life
11. Back 2 Life
12. Bucktown Usa
13. What They Call Him (Skit)
14. Hold it Down
15. Spanish Harlem
16. Myah Angelow
17. Memorial

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Defari - Focused Daily (1999)

With a day job as an Inglewood, CA high school teacher, and with a master's degree from Columbia University, Defari Herut (a.k.a. Duane Johnson) defines the term "hip-hop scholar." His straightforward rhyming style emphasizes positivity, and on "Never Lose Touch," he even gives thanks to his mother in the chorus. Although overly employing braggadocio tactics in dissing lesser rappers, his clever verses ("lyrics shine time after time, brighter than briquettes") on tunes like "Likwit Connection" make up for the shortfall.

1 Intro
2 Focused Daily (feat. Evidence)
3 Never Lose Touch
4 Keep It On The Rise
5 Lowlands Anthem Part 1
6 Bionic
7 Likwit Connection (feat. Phil Da Agony & Tha Alkaholiks)
8 Yes Indeed
9 Killing Spree
10 These Dreams
11 Juggle Me (For The Dj's)
12 Thunder And Lightning (feat. Xzibit)
13 405 Friday's
14 Checkstand 3
15 No Clue (feat. Chocolate Tye)
16 Gems
17 People's Stand

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Craig G - This Is Now (2003)

Craig G.'s first solo album in over a dozen years, This Is Now isn't a postcard to the golden age, though that's the period when classics like "Droppin' Science" made his name famous. Instead of dropping out of circulation after he lost his contract with Atlantic in the early '90s, Craig stayed in the business, working as a New York radio DJ and making mix tapes on the side. Propelled by excellent beats from friends both old and new (Marley Marl, Large Professor, DJ Premier, Rockwilder, Da Beatminerz), it's clear that he's still got the skills and the instincts to make a relevant record nearly 20 years after his debut. Although his best track is a brief Biggie soundalike ("Words From Warbucks"), most of the time Craig's most comfortable with a style similar to that his fans remember -- one that influenced next-wave rappers like Jeru the Damaja and Afu Ra, the latter of whom appears here -- though he's slightly more aggressive for a post-hardcore age. Nothing here leaps out of the gate like his '80s classics, but he does hit plenty of highs, like the Large Professor jam "Love Is Love"; the Afu Ra collaboration "Dribble or Shoot"; and a rare taste of hip-hop normalcy, "Damn This Day."

01 Don't Care Who We Bang
02 Wrong Chick
03 Ready Set Begin
04 Place Ya Bets
05 Now That's What's Up
06 Words from Warbucks (Skit)
07 Stomped
08 Let's Get Up
09 Damn This Day
10 Frostbit (Skit)
11 Love Is Love
12 Dribble or Shoot
13 Do It Over Again
14 Make You Say Yes
15 Executioner Song
16 Say What Ya Want
17 Freestyle Bonus (Skit)

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Das EFX - Straight Up Sewaside (1993)

By the time Sewaside saw the light of day, the public hadn't fully absorbed Das EFX's innovative debut, Dead Seriuous. The hardcore rap game had barely caught up with the brilliance of their rapid-fire vocal delivery and sample-laden beats. But then again, another crew from Staten Island emerged in 1993 and took the rap game by total storm, leaving the genius of Sewaside somewhat overshadowed by their dominance. However, this change in climate shouldn't overshadow Sewaside as a crucial record in the Das EFX canon. While the duo's methods of madness were slowly emulated by a large plethora of MCs, Das EFX stayed with the same effective blueprint laid down in Dead Serious. By maintaining this consistency, Sewaside lacks the punch in the gut that Dead Serious delivered, but it's still a solid record that completists and newfound fans will equally enjoy.

01. Intro
02. Undaground Rappa
03. Gimme Dat Micraphone
04. Check It Out
05. Interlude
06. Freakit
07. Rappaz
08. Interview
09. Baknaffek
10. Kaught In Da Ak
11. Wontu
12. Krazy Wit Da Books
13. It's Like Dat
14. Host Wit Da Most (Rappaz Remix)

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Champ MC - Ghetto Flava (1995)

1. Intro
2. Here I Come
3. Catchin' Wreck
4. Funk House
5. Niggaz? Murder Mine
6. Time 2 Roll
7. Do U Know My Style
8. Stressin' Me
9. Interlude #3
10. Keep Shit on the Real
11. G-Funk
12. Neighborhood Sniper
13. Interlude #2
14. Cruzin' - Yo-Yo
15. Sistas Betta Recognize - Michael Speaks
16. Ghetto Flava
17. Outro

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Busta Rhymes - The Coming (1996)

Busta Rhymes delivered his debut album, The Coming, three years after the Leaders of the New School unofficially disbanded, and it reflects the change in hip-hop between 1993 and 1996. The Coming is indebted to the slow, spare, and quietly menacing funk and soundscapes of the Wu-Tang Clan — in fact, Ol' Dirty Bastard appears on one of the album's most infectious tracks, the single "Woo Ha!! Got You All in Check." Busta Rhymes, like Ol' Dirty, is a surreal, inspired rapper, but his skills are on a whole different level. Though his talents were evident on the Leaders of the New School records, Busta Rhymes has never had such an impressive showcase for his rhymes as he does on The Coming. Busta doesn't have a deep message in his raps, but he twists words and phrases around with an insane, invigorating flair. Like many hip-hop albums of the mid-'90s, The Coming is padded with too much material, but Busta Rhymes' brilliant raps keep the record from sinking during its monotonous passages.

01 The Coming (Intro)
02 Do My Thing feat. Trevor Smith & DJ Scratch
03 Everything Remains Raw
04 Abandon Ship
05 Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check
06 It's a Party
07 Hot Fudge
08 Ill Vibe
09 Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad
10 Still Shining
11 Keep It Movin
12 The Finish Line
13 The End Of The World (Outro)

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Das EFX - Dead Serious (1992)

Das EFX — part of EPMD's Def Squad crew, which also included K-Solo and Redman, among others — made such a wide breakthrough in 1992 with their debut album that their hit "They Want EFX" was even referenced in the lily-white teen serial Beverly Hills 90210. That Dead Serious could have that sort of broad impact and still retain its credibility within the underground hip-hop community says something about its appeal, which was considerable. But the album wasn't just appealing; it was also enormously influential, ushering in an entirely unique rhyming flow that influenced any number of rappers, established and novice alike. What exactly the duo is rapping about is anyone's guess. One thing is for sure: their lyrics are about as far removed from hardcore realism as they could possibly be, and although there are certain elements of boasting, it is so cut up and contorted that it never sounds like there's even a hint of the humdrum here. None of the lyrical clichés that can occasionally bog down even the finest hip-hop artist are present. Members Dre and Skoob(tellingly, "books" spelled backward) instead engage in lightning-fast, tongue-twisted word association and stream-of-consciousness rants rich in pop cultural references and allusions. It was a completely original rhyming style in 1992 — one of the reasons it had such an impact both in the insular world of hip-hop and on the wider public — but it also had an invigorating looseness that lent itself to commercial radio. "They Want EFX" is clearly the creative highlight of the album; the other songs work the same basic template, and each one is nearly equal in execution and charm, particularly the jaunty "Mic Checka" and "Jussummen."

01. Mic Checka
02. Jussummen
03. They Want EFX
04. Looseys
05. Dum Dums
06. East Coast
07. If Only
08. Brooklyn To T-Neck
09. Klap Ya Handz
10. Straight Out The Sewer

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Cormega - The Testament (2005)

Cormega's long-unreleased debut album, The Testament, finally got an official release in 2005 after nearly a decade of bootlegging. It's not quite the masterpiece it's been rumored to have been, but it's a great album nonetheless, especially for a debut -- a fascinating relic of the mid-'90s East Coast gangsta scene that spawned a number of classic debut albums, among them those of the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, and Raekwon. The back-story goes like this: Cormega burst on the scene in 1996, when he guested on "Affirmative Action," a high-profile posse cut from Nas' sophomore album, It Was Written. He was fresh from prison, in a gangsta state of mind, and lyrically gifted. Def Jam brought him aboard quickly, and The Testament was the result, except it never saw the light of day, shelved for years until Cormega obtained the rights to the tapes and finally released the album on his own Legal Hustle label in 2005. Clocking in at a dozen songs in 40 minutes, the released Testament is unchanged from its original version. Cormega wanted it released as it had been intended, and the result is a raw, emotional work by a young man with a lot on his mind and blessed with the means of rapping it eloquently. The production is handled by an array of beatmakers, among them Nasheim Myrick, Sha Money, and Havoc, and the pervading aural mood is somber and foreboding, very much in step with the mid-'90s East Coast gangsta style, especially that of Mobb Deep. Though there aren't any particularly standout tracks here (perhaps why Def Jam balked), there isn't any filler either. Every track here is part of the bigger picture, exploring a different mood and telling a different tale, and guests are few and far between. Again, though The Testament isn't quite up there alongside the half-dozen or so masterpieces of its era, like Ready To Die or The Infamous, it's definitely up there -- one of the best mid-'90s gangsta albums, no doubt. Too bad it took so long to get the album released -- too bad for Cormega above all, for one senses that The Testament would have made a strong impression during its time, even if it wouldn't have been a big commercial hit (it lacks a pop edge -- again, not unlike Mobb Deep in particular). Heads would have loved it, for sure, as would have the streets, and thankfullyThe Testament can now get its due, albeit belatedly.

01. Intro
02. '62 Pick Up
03. One Love
04. Interlude
05. Angel Dust (Feat. Havoc)
06. Dead Man Walking
07. Montana Diary
08. Testament
09. Testament (Original Version)
10. Every Hood (Feat. Fatal Hussein)
11. Coco Butter
12. Killaz Theme (Feat. Mobb Deep)
13. Love Is Love
14. Dead Man Walking 2

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Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report (1997)

As Capone-N-Noreaga -- which naturally translates into the clever initials CNN -- were recording their debut album, Capone was sent to jail, leaving Noreaga to handle the majority of The War Report himself, with the occasional help of such stars as Nas. It's a testament to the talents of both Capone and Noreaga that C's absence is barely felt and The War Report turns into a stellar debut. Both rappers have a distinctive rhythmic style and aren't afraid to deviate from traditional hardcore rap themes. Nor are they constrained by musical stereotypes, since The War Report explodes with impressionistic samples, gritty and evocative loops, and funky rhythms. The only thing that makes The War Report a disappointment is the knowledge that it would have been an even better album if Capone had been able to participate in the entire recording. As it stands, it's merely superb.

1.intro
2.bloody money
3.driver's seat
4.stick you
5.parole violators
6.Iraq (see the world)
7.live on live long
8.neva die alone
9.T.O.N.Y. (top of New York)
10.channel 10
11.Capone phone home (interlude)
12.stay tuned (interlude)
13.Capone bone
14.halfway thugs
15.L.A., L.A. (Kuwait mix by Marley Marl)
16.Capone-n-Noreaga live (interlude)
17.illegal life
18.black gangstas
19.closer
20.Capone phone home outro

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Da Youngsta's - I'll Make You Famous (1995)

The precocious Philadelphia trio consisting of Tajj, Tarik, and Qu'ran may have been the most talented teen rappers ever to grace a hip-hop stage. However, the untimely release of their March 1992 debut Something 4 Da Youngstas coincided with the preteen pop/rap phenomenon that was Kriss Kross. Da Youngstas' first release showed the trio's incredible promise, especially considering that they penned their own lyrics in stark contrast to the Mack Daddy and the Daddy Mack. The trio's amazingly advanced skills raised the eyebrows of many a hip-hop luminary and their sophomore release, The Aftermath, unleashed an angrier lyrical style combined with a variety of sparkling beats. The all-star production squad included the likes of DJ Premier, Pete Rock, CL Smooth, and the Beatnuts. The track "Wild Child" best represented Da Youngstas newfound brasher leanings, but it was the rough, rhythmic "Crewz Pop" that rewarded the group with a respectful following. The strength of The Aftermath brought praise to Da Youngstas from their much older peers. The trio recorded their third album in three years in 1994, this time on a larger label, Atlantic Records. For No Mercy, the Illy Philly threesome called upon the production talents of Marley Marl and K-Def as they continued to develop their styles. The trio continued to paint grim pictures of urban life through clever wordplay and storytelling, but it was the smoothed out "Hip Hop Ride," an ode to the hip-hop tradition, that turned out to be the most successful cut on the album. After collaborating with Mobb Deep for the single "Bloodshed and War" in 1995, Da Youngstas mostly disappeared from hip-hop radar screens.

01. I'll Make U Famous
02. Bloodshed And War Featuring Mobb Deep
03. Everyman 4 Theyself
04. Gotta Get Da Cheese
05. U R Everything
06. Bloodshed And War (Remix) Featuring Mobb Deep
07. Bad 2 Da Bone
08. Verbal Glock
09. 24 Hrs. 2 Live
10. Incredible
11. Murda
12. If I Had A Million
13. I'll Make U Famous (Remix)

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Double X - Ruff Rugged N Raw (1995)

1. Ruff Rugged N Raw

2. Wreckin' It

3. Money Talks

4. Stop That Playin'

5. He Asked For It

6. Wicked & Wild

7. Make Some Noise

8. Ghetto Life

9. Knock It Off Will Ya

10. F.F.F.F.

11. Sunshine

12. 8 Bars Of Terror

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Chino XL - Here To Save You All (1996)

Years before Eminem began outraging parents and pop stars alike with his brutally funny lyrics, New Jersey's Chino XL was already making the musical world safe for brainy, tasteless battle-rappers with his enormously promising but little-remembered debut, 1996'sHere to Save You All. As might be expected from a rapper who boasts about his SAT scores, Chino is both smart and eccentric, and like Eminem, he uses his razor-sharp wit to lyrically dismember everyone from Will Smith to Magic Johnson to Chubb Rock. Considering the similarities between Detroit's most notorious native son and Chino XL, it's no wonder Eminem-basher Evidence of Dilated Peoples has decried the sometimes Slim Shady as a "fake Chino XL." It's not an entirely fair criticism, but it does contain a grain of truth, particularly since, like Eminem, Chino has a tendency to alternate between gleefully mean-spirited black comedy with tortured, self-deprecating introspection. "It's All Bad" is undoubtedly the album's most elaborate, ambitious, and unusual song, beginning like a typical rags-to-riches narrative but taking a detour into a surreal theoretical universe where Chino's a huge, coke-addled mega-star whose career and life are both falling apart before his eyes. "Who Am I" smartly and sensitively addresses the complexities, frustrations, and ambiguities of Chino's mixed-race heritage, while "Kreep" borrows the chorus of Radiohead's breakthrough hit in dramatizing the ins and outs of a dysfunctional relationship. The same overbearing force of personality that makes Chino a hero to some will undoubtedly turn off others, but for the most part, Here to Save You All is one of the most distinctive and underrated debuts in hip-hop history.

1. Here To Save You All
2. Deliver
3. No Complex
4. Partner To Swing
5. It's All Bad
6. Freestyle Rhymes
7. Riiiot! feat Ras Kass
8. Waiting To Exhale feat Gravitation
9. What Am I?
10. Feelin' Evil Again
11. Thousands
12. Kreep
13. Many Different Ways
14. The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy feat Kool Keith
15. Ghetto Vampire
16. Rise

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Cormega - The Realness (2001)

With a fresh batch of new material, Cormega's "official" debut, The Realness, manifests under stealth-like conditions. Yet, it successfully conveys what his aborted Def Jam debut,The Testament, implied three years previously -- that Mega is one of the most promising thug poets to emerge in quite sometime. Though the usual live-guy repertoire and topic matter is recycled, Cormega paints with a broader lyrical brush then most hood aficionados, as his articulate verses far surpass the limitations of what the typical halfway crook is capable of expressing. Displaying a gripping range of vocal gifts, "The Saga" and "Fallen Soldiers" offer vivid street mathematics with Kool G. Rap-like narrative abilities. Likewise, Mega's ode to hip-hop, "American Beauty," is a continuation of Common's "I Used to Love Her," where his love for the art is evident: "Primo treated her good, made her the queen of my hood." Though the sonic landscape of The Realness is headlined by the Infamous Family members Havoc and Alchemist, it is a handful of upstarts (Jay Love, Big Ty, Sha Self) who carve out the LP's sound identity. This cast of rising and unknown names turns in a yeoman's job behind the boards, meshing a diverse assortment of ominous synth and keyboard arrangements around Mega's deep lyricism. While Mega has had to weather Def Jam's businessman ways, and his own inner demons (jail time) to get here, he may never taste redemption this sweet again.

1. Dramatic Entrance
2. American Beauty
3. Thun & Kicko feat.Prodigy
4. The Saga
5. R U My Nigga?
6. Unforgiven
7. Fallen Soldiers
8. Glory Days
9. Rap's A Hustle
10. Get Out My Way
11. You Don't Want It
12. 5 For 40
13. They Forced My Hand feat. Tragedy Khadafi
14. Fallen Soldiers (remix)

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UB Presents : Real Raps Vol.1 (2008)

1.Classified - This is for

2.Craig G & Marley Marl - Open Ya Eyes

3.The Game - Cali Sunshine f. Bilal

4.EPMD - Listen Up f. Teddy Riley

5.The Game - My Life f. Lil Wayne

6.Method Man , Redman & Damien Marley - Lyrical 44

7.Little Brother - Knock Knock

8.Saukrates - 2999 (Unreleased)

9.Pete Rock - The Best Secret f. The Lords of the Underground

10.Soul Purpose - The Product

11.Statik Selektah - For The City f. M.O.P & Jadakiss

12.X3M - Never Give Up f. O.Brown,John Lerdadi & DJ Raid

13.Earatik Statik - Fam & Friends feat. Sadat X (Unreleased)

14.Hiltop Hoods - Working The Mic

15.P.Casso - Best In Show f. Von Pea & Homeboy Sandman

16.King Syze - And Now f. Vinnie Paz & Apathy

17.Wax Taylor - Where my heart's at f. The Others

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Bushwackass - How Real Israel (1994)

1. Sleep In The Bushes

2. Who's Wylin'

3. Street Sweepa

4. How We Hymn

5. Rough Rhymes

6. Rough, Rugg'd & Raw

7. Sho Iz Funky

8. Shut Up To Me

9. Afrodyte

10. BKLYN

11. Free Style

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