halftime show 11 year anniversary w/ o.c. & nas demos

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:26 pm

Props to the TROY Blog for alerting me to this:

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/ ... asp?ID=136

I isolated the three O.C. demos & the alternate version of "It Ain't Hard To Tell". I'm pretty sure that I've heard the Nas track before, but these O.C. demos are new to my ears. They're Buckwild-produced outtakes from the "Word...Life" album sessions.

O.C. - Non-Believers
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http://www.divshare.com/download/11084597-803

O.C. - Outsiders
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http://www.divshare.com/download/11084598-6f0

O.C. - Give It Up Sugar
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http://www.divshare.com/download/11084596-d5b

"Outsiders" is definitely my favorite. Buckwild was such a monster in the mid-90s.

And here is the alternate version of "It Ain't Hard To Tell". If someone has the unedited track, please post it.

Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell (Alternate Version)
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Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:49 pm

Thanks for the o.c demos

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:49 pm

Great job. Whoever is holding on to any and all of OC's original tapes should wake up and stop withholding, no joke

Espirando · Post by **Espirando** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:11 pm

Word, props.

Hip_Hop_Head_SF · Post by **Hip_Hop_Head_SF** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:04 pm

aleph wrote:Whoever is holding on to any and all of OC's original tapes should wake up and stop withholding, no joke

EXACTLY!!!!!

Thanks, Roy...

drunkmonk36 · Post by **drunkmonk36** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:00 pm

dope, thanks!

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:36 pm

Wow... great quality for demos, too. Thanks.

Off of quick listens, "Outsiders" sounds like it will be my fav, too, but they're all ill.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:37 pm

We should just start labeling those Aint Hard To Tell demos as version 1, version 2, version 3, and so on.

siderealist · Post by **siderealist** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:39 pm

thanks!

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:41 pm

Thanks for these. I'd be willing to drop some change on the rest of the OC demos. Hopefully the surface soon, because these were really nice.

DJMIKENICE · Post by **DJMIKENICE** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:36 am

i know OC manager im a give him a holla and see what he may have