T.R.O.Y. Blog Mid-February Update

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:37 am

What you may have missed from the first half of this month. Click on the titles.

Reader Submitted Material

Vinyl Selections -Masta Ace, God Sunz, Dee Surreal: 12 Inchers' Tried & Broke introduces you to some vinyl gems that worth hunting for.

Samples & Grooves

On The Starting Line ... Funk Marathon Volume 3: Think we're all rap, all the time? Don't be silly. This is the third 8 hour+ volume of funk music we've hosted.

Who Flipped It Better? Company Flow, Parallax, Lord Digga, etc: Bob James' "I Feel A Song" has been flipped time and time again. Verge challenges you to pick the best usage.

Artist Spotlights

CJ Moore/ The Majors: From Copenhagan to Crown Heights.

JVC Force Non-Album Tracks - Music you may have missed from Strong Island's proudest representatives.

K-Solo Non-Album Tracks - Another Strong Islander whose catalogue remains underappreciated.

Rare Vinyl

D&D Project In Association With DJ Premier: Rare EP featuring Guru, Billy Danze, Teflon, Finsta Bundy and others.

Rare Tapes, CDs, Demos, Mixes, Compilations, etc.

Last Emperor's Demos: Philly lyrical legend's demo recordings that caused a stir in the 90s.

Shallow Days 2: The Mother Of Civilization: Compilation focusing on anti-gold digger songs.

Regional Compilations

Regional Obscurities - Houston, TX: Rap from the land of low-riders. Some hard, funky cuts on this one.

New Jersey Underground Part 1: The down n' dirty from the underground of Jersey!

Ohio Hip Hop Round 2: East coast, West coast, none of the above. Ohio's rap scene is deeper and more distinct than you think.

Baltimore & Washington DC Underground Part2: More obscure goodness from the mid-Atlantic.

Analysis & Commentary

Figure Eight - Slavery: Eight songs that deal with slavery and lynching.

Kool G. Rap "I Declare War": Who was G. Rap calling out on this song? Kevin Beacham weighs in.

Tri-Pack Wafer: Ghostface, Xzibit, Royal Flush: Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough.

Public Enemy "Night Of The Living Baseheads": When is bass not really dope? Chuck D's lyrical and rhetorical sophistication explored.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:03 pm

dun you messed the links up, the nj underground one takes you to the houston post

Juice · Post by **Juice** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:05 pm

props for putting so much work into this blog itself and everything that comes with it.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:09 pm

drizzle wrote:dun you messed the links up, the nj underground one takes you to the houston post

fixed

Though with Schenectady Fan, a NJ compilation might well containafew artists from Houston.

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:09 pm

Juice wrote:props for putting so much work into this blog itself and everything that comes with it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:13 pm

Thun wrote: Though with Schenectady Fan, a NJ compilation might well containafew artists from Houston.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:25 pm

A little cross-promotion...

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godmc · Post by **godmc** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:32 pm

one look could create a wildfire of passion...

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:53 pm

Juice wrote:props for putting so much work into this blog itself and everything that comes with it.

We all thank you. Its the feedback we get that motivates us.