Freestyles, Demos, Assorted Rarities

K-Funk · Post by **K-Funk** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:34 pm

ah shit man...this is mad dope but again i'm pissed off that no one is sharing the "Red Oktoba"album.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:33 pm

Yeah, that Rampage joint is really dope. Beat is crazy. Thanks aleph.

soulsurvivor · Post by **soulsurvivor** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:47 pm

aleph wrote:Good lookin, RELM and Verge.

Next up:

At the risk of reopening an old wound (which is why I'm burying it in this thread rather than putting it in a new one) here is a cut that might be on that notorious Rampage Red Oktoba tape. His appearance on KCR was in 92 and his freestyle from that night was already posted in one of those Freestyle Frenzy comps (I think). What doesn't seem likely is that if the LP was supposed to drop in 94, he would've included a two year old track on it. Shit like that is simply not done in hip hop. Could be just a demo version.

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Rampage- The Last Boy Scout (Mad Niggas On The Run)

http://www.divshare.com/download/10260477-a63

props for the share!!

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:44 pm

Something from The Greatest Man Alive. Ripped from a KCR show from 98; it's the closest I've come to hearing something solo from him. Shame this wasn't on The Sequel (released the following yr). It would have easily been the dopest thing on it.

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EST- Paradise
http://www.divshare.com/download/10382461-0dc

IKH5150 · Post by **IKH5150** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:44 pm

Looking for the DJ Clue - Canibus & Sonya (Sonja?) Blade freestyle, good version if possible. Thanks

hellriser · Post by **hellriser** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:52 pm

K-Funk wrote:ah shit man...this is mad dope but again i'm pissed off that no one is sharing the "Red Oktoba"album.

where is a guy with a tape... wasnt he here before?

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:33 pm

hellriser wrote:
K-Funk wrote:ah shit man...this is mad dope but again i'm pissed off that no one is sharing the "Red Oktoba"album.
where is a guy with a tape... wasnt he here before?

Let's not get back talking about that. Dude wanted 50 people to pay $60
each, in advance, for a CDR of the album.

It'll surface eventually.

People have their reasons for holding on to stuff that they didn't create.
I just don't get it. If I didn't create something and the artist no longer stood
to profit from it, you can be guaranteed I will share it here.

EDIT: Plus I can't see anything on the album being as dope as what Aleph
posted above.

But I never heard the album, so I could be very, very wrong.

hellriser · Post by **hellriser** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:51 pm

yeah people are very greedy

I Smell Like Un Kasa · Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:50 am

Verge wrote: Dude wanted 50 people to pay $60
each, in advance, for a CDR of the album.

So whats what happened? Wow, I had no idea dude was so greedy, thats just unbelievable.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:22 am

Yep. With absolutely none of the dough going to the artist.

It's like certain people don't share what they have because they feel
that these rarities kinda make them who they are or something.
Like,"who? oh the dude with so and so demo or album.."
They might think that if they share it, people will forget who they are the next
day. If that's so, then they have an agenda or want to capitalize off of
someone else's art. It's really wack, honestly.
I mean, so what, you have a tape?
You didn't produce it or rhyme on it, share it.
Or have it pressed up and sold and give the artist their cut.
What happens if they get hit by a car tomorrow?
Then nobody ever gets to hear the music that they didn't even make.

I've tried to see it from their perspective but I really see no excuse for it.
It's not even like they have to part with the physical item.
Aaaand some of them don't even really like what they're hoarding away.

Ehh...everything surfaces eventually and then what they have will be
worthless in their eyes.

kimani · Post by **kimani** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:24 am

You gotta play them like you're gonna pay them, get their name and address, then pass that info along to the artist and tell em someone's trying to bootleg his shit. Glock glock.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:23 am

Just a quick upload before I head to the salt mines

Don't know if this is a rarity, but it is a freestyle. @ Jaz, who reminded me that Flavor Unit writtens (esp. from Latee and Lakim) sound just as dope live as great off-the-top freestyles.

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Lakim Shabazz- Live on Marley Marl In Control, 1988 or 89
http://www.divshare.com/download/10501596-4c1

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:27 am

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Lakim Shabazz- Live on Marley Marl In Control, 1988 or 89

This is great. I see Marley Marl "In Control" shows all over the place, and I rarely ever download 'em because I don't expect to hear freestyles.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:54 pm

^^I think you're right; freestyles were pretty rare. I only remember a Kool Keith acappella on an 89 show.

Eyedea · Post by **Eyedea** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:48 am

can someone reup Stedy Serv, Kev droped last year.... I lost all my data during a stupid to-new-disk transfer...

Krisch · Post by **Krisch** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:57 pm

Thanks aleph for those dope drops!

Edit: Just checked out the whole thread, also thanks to Kevin Beacham, amazing..

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:49 pm

Thanks, Krisch. Glad you enjoy them...

Word, peace to Kevin Beacham. Not only for starting this thread but for setting the standard. I keep checking to see if you have more cookies, pleeeease Kev!

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:19 pm

thomasv's posting of the really dope Wake Up Show comp on the blog reminded me of a even better (imo) promo posted by Matthew Africa on his blog:

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7428052-07b

Go here to read more about it (May 19th entry): http://www.matthewafrica.com/2009_05_01_archive.html

Here is a Wake Up Show tribute to Stretch and Bobbito's show back in 93
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All City Productions- WKCR promo

I can only assume that Joe Quixx produced it like the previous one.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:22 pm

Most likely the earliest freestyle I recorded. LONS in "The Operating Room" w/Dre, Ed Lover and T Money. Busta busts part of the verse he would use on Kane's Come On Down. Charlie and Dinco are great too, what chemistry. "That was def!"

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Leaders of the New School- WBLS freestyle 1991
http://www.divshare.com/download/10593843-613

sean · Post by **sean** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:48 pm

this may be old news to y'all.
stumbled on it over at okplayer.
nas and de la freestyle from 96
http://www.zshare.net/audio/57993624efc18dd8/

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:35 am

So I was listening to Stretch & Eli's DMS set the other night which sparked this flashback. One of Stretch's signatures on KCR was to seamlessly segue Latifah's King & Queen Creation into the 45 King test pressing w/his verse over a reworked Fatback (This Cut's Got Flava) beat, making listeners like me think it was an actual remix joint. I searched fruitlessly for many years after.

Inspired by my fond memory for this non-existent track I took the liberty of fusing them together, Stretch Armstrong stylee. Not entirely seamless, but enjoy it anyway.

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45 King & Queen Latifah- A King & Queen (Re)Creation

Thanks to unkut.com for supplying the 45 King half

fatboybrandon · Post by **fatboybrandon** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:29 am

SO much good stuff in this thread, I need to get caught up but it's hard. I defintely think there should be an audio archive setup like soundcloud designated just for Phila Flava.

i've got audio of RZA doing an interview back before he released Ooh We Love You Rakeem on Tommy Boy, must've been around 90, 91:

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a 1986 interview with Guru in Boston before he met Premier: http://wayneandwax.com/?p=535

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:32 pm

Welcome to TROY, Brandon.

aREAL · Post by **aREAL** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:20 pm

Here's an ill freestyle by Baby Chill recorded in late 1992.

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R.I.P.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:20 pm

fatboybrandon wrote:SO much good stuff in this thread, I need to get caught up but it's hard. I defintely think there should be an audio archive setup like soundcloud designated just for Phila Flava.

i've got audio of RZA doing an interview back before he released Ooh We Love You Rakeem on Tommy Boy, must've been around 90, 91:

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a 1986 interview with Guru in Boston before he met Premier: http://wayneandwax.com/?p=535

good to have you here fatboybrandon

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:00 pm

aREAL wrote:Here's an ill freestyle by Baby Chill recorded in late 1992.

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R.I.P.

Nice one. I had a Nappy Assassins freestyle session around the same time, but gave it away (stupid, stupid) Thanks!

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:53 pm

Two featuring O.C. Would have put it in an old O.C. thread, but couldn't find one.

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O.C. & MC Serch- WKCR and Awesome 2 promos 1994
http://www.divshare.com/download/10703815-338

I tried cleaning this up the best I could, just to bring the vocals out. The source sounded like it came out a speaker muffled with a pillow.
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Page feat. O.C.- demo
http://www.divshare.com/download/10703827-db2
My best guess for time period of this demo is 1994. I'm tempted to think that it was a demo for Mass Hysteria (from DITC's Unreleased Production 1994) but played back to back, they have nothing to do with each other. WTF happened to Page? Nasty emcee.

aREAL · Post by **aREAL** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:30 pm

Here is a freestyle by Courageous Chief from 1992:

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Bleach · Post by **Bleach** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:52 pm

All I know is I found this on limewire when I was 12 under the name "Ultramagnetic MC's How The Fuck You Get A Deal" I changed it to what I believe it is. Its in WMA format cause I tried touching it up a few years ago.
It's been sitting on my HD for awhile and I assume its a demo
http://www.zshare.net/download/7375227395f26476/

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:43 pm

Thanks Bleach. I'm moving this to the "demos, rarities" sticky.

Freestyles, Demos, Assorted Rarities

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