Best Tuff Crew Album

-Bruce- · Post by **-Bruce-** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:16 pm

Back to the Wreck Shop was the first album I heard by Tuff Crew and thought it was probably as good as they get but after I bought their first album I started to prefer it, and still do. I just think the production/turntablism by DJ Too Tuff is some of the best I've heard ony any album of that time and I think the length of just ten tracks makes it more cohesive.

Was wondering what everybody elses favourite album by tuff crew is...

JankZ · Post by **JankZ** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:50 pm

u forgot to attach pic with Phanjam, i know many think it's not the best album but it was their debut...

I give my vote to BACK TO WRECK SHOP!

what about this one?

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:56 pm

-Bruce- wrote:I just think the production/turntablism by DJ Too Tuff is some of the best I've heard ony any album of that time....

Deuce Ace Housin' blew me away when I first heard it, but overall I prefer Back To Wreck Shop.

kevin beacham · Post by **kevin beacham** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:00 pm

Im a huge Tuff Crew fan... I gotta go with "Back To Wreck Shop". Although "Let It Rip" and "It's Mad" are massive for me!

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:32 am

Definitely Back to Wreck Shop

And this cut off the Lost Archives is one of my favorite songs. Prime Minister Dope annihilates the track:

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Postie · Post by **Postie** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:12 am

Y'all Know about this? Bad Mixtape hosted by Too Tuff and LA Kid. Aroe's a crazy Graf head down with Heavy Artillary http://www.heavyartillerycrew.com/galle ... 2815653495 and prob is best known for this but he's been down on the underground UK hip hop scene since the early 90s and is a proper record collector/philly golden era aficionado. I highly recommend you cop one from somewhere - the is a 5 minute sound clip of what to expect here... http://delarge.co.uk/wreckshop-philly-golden-era-mix

JankZ · Post by **JankZ** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:18 am

yeah Postie i know this one. Aroe was member of legendary First down kru if im right. and there r rumors that theyre workin on 2nd philly mixtape volume...

Postie · Post by **Postie** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:49 am

JankZ wrote:yeah Postie i know this one. Aroe was member of legendary First down kru if im right. and there r rumors that theyre workin on 2nd philly mixtape volume...

Yeah man that's him, has dipped in and out of making music since then. He dropped a 12" with MC Mello much more recently called "give em what they want" - seriously sick stuff that need to be played very very loud. He also did the Crown Jewels Mixtapes but I guess all that should be confined to the UK hip hop thread!! Don't know where you could get a copy of the Philly wreckshop these days - I guess you will be able to find it on DL somewhere on the web if that's how you roll but I think a physical copy will be pretty hard to come by unless disorda has it on Suspect Packages or something! I imagine it will be pretty tough to find it in the states!

JankZ · Post by **JankZ** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:49 pm

digitally copy is not hard to found, about physical one, i knew few headz holdin it.
but personally i dont have it. cant say how rare it is.

yeah, crown jewels 2 volums r stuff im feelin even more than this.

dochiphop · Post by **dochiphop** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:15 pm

my vote is for Danger Zone. That shits goes hard from beginning to end.

Here's a 320 rip i posted of the wreckshop vol.1 straight from my cd itself.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:32 am

How Does It Feel When You Got No Rhymes?
Made a voting option for yall cause we're definitely lacking on the 80's rap coverage around here. If you need to catch up, here's links to blogs that have posted their LPs in the past. After peeping the oldies, if you dig, cop that Lost Archives cd, there's so much defness on there, fuckin shame that stuff didn't drop back then.
Not sure where my vote is going yet. Like Bruce, the first one I heard was "Back To Wreck Shop" so it has more nostalgic value for me, but I still might go with "Danger Zone". Even "Still Dangerous" had some joints, imo. My Part Of Town Pt.2 off that is great, just to name a random one.
I'll have to revisit these before I vote.

Don't forget their "EP" from 87.[EDIT: sorry JankZ, didn't see that you already mentioned this.] The last 2 tracks on that one are really by Krown Rulers, not Tuff Crew as the blog suggests, so it can't really be classified as an LP.

01. Techno-Tuff (3:19)
02. Tuff Is In The House (3:59)
03. And We Will Rock (3:35)
04. Art Of Love (3:44)
05. So Ridiculous (4:32)
06. Def Joun (5:53)

07. B-Boy Document (5:12) [by Krown Rulers, NOT Tuff Crew]
08. Kick The Ball (5:04) [by Krown Rulers, NOT Tuff Crew]

http://rap4skillz.blogspot.com/2008/12/ ... -12lp.html

01. Smooth Momentum
02. Let It Rip
03. Feel So Good
04. Deuce, Ace, Housin'
05. My Part Of Town
06. It's Mad
07. Bound To Ike
08. Open Field Attack
09. North Side
10. Detonator

http://rap4skillz.blogspot.com/2009/10/ ... -1988.html

01. Going The Distance
02. Show 'Em Hell
03. Gimme Some
04. Mountains World
05. Got To Be Funky
06. Danger Zone Assault
07. Come On & Go Off
08. Behold The Detonator
09. She Rides The Pony
10. What, You Don't Know
11. Nut
12. Soul Food
13. Down With The Program
14. Wreck Shop
15. My Parta Town (Crazy Remix)

http://hiphopisreal.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... -1989.html

1 Drugthang (3:58)
2 Days Of Our Lives (4:22)
3 Don't Drink The Milk (4:20)
4 Robbin Hoods (4:20)
5 Attack From The Rear (4:11)
6 Got No Rhymes (4:11)
7 North Town Villans (3:26)
8 Lower Than Low (3:54)
9 Whole Buncha Nuffin (2:21)
10 Jimmy Crack Corn (4:50)
11 Megashit (4:01)
12 Whole Shabang (4:12)
13 Munkee Bizniss (4:04)
14 No Respect (1:41)
15 No Sellout (3:45)
16 My Part Of Town - Pt. II (4:55)
17 Garfunkel (4:41)

http://fromthaold2thanew.blogspot.com/2 ... -1991.html

JankZ · Post by **JankZ** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:37 am

http://www.olasunbekons.com/search/label/Tuff%20Crew

jus addin my blog ups bout Tuff Crew maybe if sb is interested.

dochiphop · Post by **dochiphop** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:59 pm

damn.. in my last reply i forgot to put the DL link in for that Aroe and the soundmakers philly golden era album (im gettin old i guess)

http://www.hqhiphop.net/search/label/Ar ... oundmakers

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:13 pm

dochiphop wrote:damn.. in my last reply i forgot to put the DL link in for that Aroe and the soundmakers philly golden era album (im gettin old i guess)

http://www.hqhiphop.net/search/label/Ar ... oundmakers

That particular rip of the mix is fucked up man. There's clicks/gaps between the tracks.

Here's a better rip of it: -

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strategy786 · Post by **strategy786** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:51 pm

Its close but definitely Danger Zone for me.

Also this is a another favorite of mine by them from the One Voice Comp:

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DJ Too Tuff kills it when he cuts up Godzilla at the end.

Glad to see this thread/poll as Tuff Crew is one of my all-time favorite crews.