Monsta Island Czars Appreciation Thread

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:42 am

Been listening to MIC a lot lately. Their first album, 2003's Escape to Monsta Island!, is super dope, as are X-Ray(King Caesar)'s two Monsta Mix compilations.

1. What's The Name Of This Place?
2. M.N.Y.A. (Kamackeris, Rodan, Kong, Megalon)
3. F@#k Y'all Ni@@#s (Kamackeris, Megalon)
4. Witchcraft (Rodan, Megalon, Kong)
5. 1,2 . . .1,2 (Kong, Megalon, Rodan)
6. Scientific Civilization Skit
7. Mic Line (King Ghidra)
8. Poizon Windz (Megalon, Rodan, Gigan)
9. Under Pressure (Spiega, Megalon, Rodan, Kong)
10. Became A Monsta (Spiega)
11. There's A Legend Skit
12. Out My Mind (King Ceasar, Kamackeris)
13. Warning (Kong)
14. Make It Squash! (Kong, Megalon, King Ceasar, Rodan)
15. Gunz N Swordz (Gigan, Megalon)
16. Sumthin' To Prove (Rodan)
17. Live Son of A Bitch Skit
18. Comin' At You (Megalon, Rodan, Kamackeris, Kong)
19. Take Control (Kamackeris)
20. Escape From Monsta Isle (Rodan, Megalon, Kong, Spiega)

Escape from Monsta Island!

1. Monsta Island Czars - Run The Sphere (Remix)
2. Gigan - Live Wirez
3. Kurious - Fast Lane
4. Megalon & Kong - Gorilla Warfare
5. Monsta Island Czars - Blindfold
6. Kong - Broken Nose Flow
7. Darc - You Da One
8. King Ghidra - Mic Line
9. Spiega - I Seen It All
10. Quiz - New York, New York
11. MF Grimm - The Original (Fakts One Remix)
12. Megalon - Feel It (Hitlist)
13. Ray Long - We Got Beef With Da Cops
14. Kamackeris - Untouchable
15. Rodan & Megalon - Century 21
16. MF Doom - Doomsday (Remix)

X-Ray - Monsta Mixes, Volume 1

1. X-Ray - The Beginning Of Space (Intro)
2. Monsta Island Czars - Witchcraft (Remix)
3. Kong - Get Your Money Right
4. B-Wyze - It's Like That
5. X-Ray - A Monsta (Skit)
6. MF Doom - My Favorite Ladies (Remix)
7. Megalon - Hell Razor
8. Ray Long - Smash This
9. X-Ray - Monstaball
10. Gigan - In Search Of (I.S.O.)
11. Monsta Island Czars - Evacuate The Club
12. Dirt Nation - Mocknecks
13. Rodan - One Week
14. Kamackeris - Live Life
15. Spiga & King Ceasar - Ride The Arrow
16. X-Ray - A Giant Grave (Skit)
17. Spiga - Now That's Sweet
18. MF Doom - Go With The Flow (Live)
19. X-Ray - Wavelengths (Skit)
20. Darc Mind - Covert Op

Monsta Mixes, Volume 2

I really dig this group (their 2003-2007ish incarnation anyway, before the departure of DOOM/Ghidra, MF Grimm, Rodan, Megalon et al). Some folks have made Wu-Tang comparisons in the past and I can't say that's too off base; the sheer size of the collective makes it easy for listeners to bridge the gap between MIC & the Wu, and the Monsta Island MCs are each purveyors of their own styles, from Kong & Megalon's rapid-fire flow to the slower, more deliberate rhymes kicked by Spiega & Kevrock (Darcmind). Still others opine that X-Ray's brooding, atmostpheric production and sheer prolificity brings to mind RZA's '93-'97 period, when he was lacing full albums for almost all the Clansmen. It definitely lends a consistent feel and sound to the Monsta Island discography.

Let's turn this thread into a flood and up any/all Monsta Island-related albums we can think of (the Gigan EP would be a great place to start)...

BARRY LURKIN · Post by **BARRY LURKIN** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:20 am

CHEERS FO THESE. HAD 'ESCAPE' ON CD BACK IN THE DAY, HAVEN'T HEARD IT SINCE THE MID 2000'S.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:06 pm

1. Sons of Sarah Connors
2. Death B4 Dishonor
3. The Soul of Jah
4. Street Souljahz
5. Keep Gettin Money
6. Got My Wings
7. 12 Deciplez
8. Black Jesus
9. Yahkoo
10. Feel It (Hitlist)
11. No Pain
12. Thugs Cry
13. Thief in the Night
14. No! Just Us
15. Feel Gods Pain
16. Rainblood
17. They Dont Make Em Like Me No More
18. Raise Hell
19. Hell Razor
20. Revelations
21. What A Bum
22. When I Go Out

Megalon - A Penny for Your Thoughts

NYC Underground classic. Fat beats. Styles for days. Highly recommended.

Dude can rap very fast.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:05 pm

1. Intro
2. The Conqueror
3. F.E.D.'s
4. No Snakes Alive Pt. II featuring Shaman
5. Roll Call featuring Kong, Kamackeris and Gigan
6. War In Heaven Pt 2
7. Erotic Peaks
8. Flight Lessons
9. Sumthin To Prove (Remix)
10. No Degrees
11. War In Heaven Prt. II
12. The Wilderness
13. G.O.D.
14. Human Inquisition
15. Outro
16. Century 21 featuring Megalon
17. Run the Sphere v.2.3 featuring Kong, Loch Ness, Megalon, King Ceasar, Kamackeris, MF Doom and MF Grimm
18. Ability to Speak

Can't seem to find a working link right now but I'll get on that when I'm at the crib. I remember seeing a used copy of this ages ago in a local record store for what must have been mere shillings and am now kicking myself as it is impossible to find this cd for under a bill. Not sure why this got yanked from shelves but I'm pretty sure it went out of print very shortly after it dropped.

Anyway, dope record. Super-dense lyrics and wordplay. If you like that Megalon album, then this joint is for you. The production, handled by both X-Ray and Ravage the MeccaGodzilla, is low-key and threatening, dark as hell. Good winter album. Listening to this feels like sitting in a dirty beige Lexus coupe on a one-way street in a snowstorm, getting lifted and drinking Colt. Do yourself a favor and check this out.

Here's the Rodan link: Rodan - Theophany: The Book of Elevations

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:45 pm

1. Fazers (King Geedorah)
2. Fastlane (Biolante aka Kurious)
3. Krazy World (Gigan)
4. The final Hour (MF DOOM)
5. Monster Zero (skit)
6. Next Level (Lil' Sci, ID 4 Winds & Stahhr)
7. No Snakes Alive (King Geedorah, Jet-Jaguar aka MF GRIMM & Rodan)
8. Anti Matter (MF DOOM & Mr. Fantastik)
9. Take Me To Your Leader (skit)
10. Lockjaw (Trunks)
11. I Wonder ( Hassan Chop)
12. One Smart Nigger
13. The Fine Print (King Geedorah)

King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader

Other than Escape from Monsta Island!, Take Me to Your Leader is probably the Monsta Island Czars project that folks are most familiar with, and for good reason. It's billed as a DOOM album, and dropped at the height of his first serious surge in underground popularity (after Operation Doomsday! but before the Danger Doom project). The period when DOOM was still establishing himself as an underground/critical darling, but before he'd caught on as THE rapper that college kids took bong rips too. But I digress.

13 tracks. Classic DOOM production. A little lighter on the Sade and Jody Wately samples and heavier on obscure jazz and afrosoul breaks, combined with the ever-present cartoon and Japanese kaiju movie samples. If Theophany: Book of Elevations is a winter-time car album, then Take Me to Your Leader is a very mellow, cool-out Sunday ride. Kicking it with your kinfolk, cracking bottles of the XX and passing a bliz around while discussing the merits of Cheng Siu-Keung's dope-ass cinematography in "Breaking News"-type-a shit. Take Me to Your Leader is very obviously Geedorah's album, but it's more of a production showcase than anything else as he only raps on 5 out of the 13 tracks. Lyrically it's more of a "DOOM & friends" affair, and MIC reps heavy all over this record. Scienz of Life even come through to kick verses, and the Kurious track alone is worth the price of admission. Classic. Every single track is dope. Highly recommended shit.

Don't have it? Fix that shit dummy!

BARRY LURKIN · Post by **BARRY LURKIN** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:50 am

THERE IS APPRECIATION IN MOI SPLEEN FO EWE AN THIS THREAD.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:26 am

I see Darc Mind on a few of these. I never knew they were affiliated.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:59 pm

Yup. X-Ray, the dude who put together the Monsta Mixes and does the bulk of MIC's production also does production for Darcmind. KevRoc (the rapper in Darcmind) isn't affiliated outside of the X-Ray connection, as far as I know.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:26 pm

Echo Leader wrote:Yup. X-Ray, the dude who put together the Monsta Mixes and does the bulk of MIC's production also does production for Darcmind. KevRoc (the rapper in Darcmind) isn't affiliated outside of the X-Ray connection, as far as I know.

Yeah, KevRoc(Darcmind) and X Ray have been down together doing music since the early 90's, afaik. This re-release(plus extras) of a stupid rare record is them:
http://dopefolksrecords.bandcamp.com/al ... d-u-m-e-ep
LEGION OF D.U.M.E

I believe X Ray has a lot of 90's production work besides this.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:38 pm

Guess I'm lucky to have a physical of that Rodan huh? Didn't realize it was so rare, copped when it dropped.

I didn't have those X-Ray mixes Echo, thanks for those. I've got some stuff to contribute that I'll post up later.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:45 pm

http://www.mediafire.com/?qtpy1wnlw965qpr

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:46 pm

Thanks in advance...would you happen to have Kong's Gorilla Warfare EP?

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:07 pm

I don't have that Kong EP, but I do have his full length Shackles Off. I'll post that up soon. Here's a LP by Megalon and Raylong that serves as the successor to "A Penny For Your Thoughts". Not as good as "A Penny For Your Thoughts", but still quality. Art of Flowing and Back To NY are illllll.

1 Burn It Down 3:54
2 Death Before Dishonor (Part 2) 5:18
3 Art Of Flowing Featuring ג Panama P.I. 8:34
4 Back To N.Y. 4:10
5 I'm Counting On You 4:53
6 Where It At? 4:19
7 You Was My Son 4:08
8 You Fuckin' Up My High 4:03
9 Yahkoo (Part 2) 3:57
10 Everyday Thug 4:45
11 $5 In Change Featuring ג Dana Freeman, Panama P.I. 9:07
12 Pounds & Ounces 4:03
13 Free Ray Long 4:34

http://www.mediafire.com/?yyghnzyjmzm

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:30 pm

1. Intro
2. Pure Poetry (feat. Kandee / Ikon)
3. Babylon 5 (96) (feat. Megalon / Spiega / 5th)
4. Broken Safety (feat. Spiega / Ikon)
5. Weasal (feat. Spiega)
6. It's Official (feat. MF Grimm / dub-L / Gabarah / Spiega / Ikon / Monsta X)
7. Shackles Off (feat. Nhguav Rotkiv / Spiega)
8. Who
9. Liften (feat. Gabarah / Monsta X)
10. Brown Eyes Skit
11. Endless Nights (feat. Gabarah / Monsta X / Ikon)
12. What Had Happened Was
13. Ultimate Sacrifice
14. Slumz Skit
15. WAR (feat. 5th Element / Spiega)
16. Hated (feat. Gabarah / Monsta X / Ravage)
17. Black Blood (feat. 5th Element)
18. Red Tears (feat. Spiega / Delilah)

The production's a little hit or miss on this '08 Kong LP and I don't rate Kong as high as most, but there's plenty of dope songs, especially those featuring Spiega. Weasal is a DOOM diss. Broken Safety, War, and Red Tears are my cuts.

http://www.mediafire.com/?thmj8lz59ji

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:56 pm

Kamackeris is another under appreciated Czar. He went by Kwite Def when this album was released in '08. Featuring wall to wall production from X-Ray, "Artz And Craftz" is a slept on gem. While Kamackeris isn't a top notch MC, I've always liked his voice and the sound quality is surprisingly good on this release.

1 All is Fair
2 Keep Smoking
3 Kill or Be Killed ft. Spiega, Rio, & Foul Language
4 F.Y.I.
5 Mocknecks
6 Kadisha 2006
7 Bitches Ain't Shit ft. King Cesar
8 You Ain't No Soldier
9 Check the Jewlz ft. Darc Mind
10 Live Life
11 You Ill ft. Ray Long, Don P, & Lotto
12 Just One

http://www.mediafire.com/?5tw12ho5zwy

Da Me · Post by **Da Me** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:57 pm

I see Darc Mind on a few of these. I never knew they were affiliated.

Kamackeris is another under appreciated Czar.

It turns out this guy was part of the "Dirt Nation", known for their classic "Khadijah"

Yeah, KevRoc(Darcmind) and X Ray have been down together doing music since the early 90's, afaik. This re-release(plus extras) of a stupid rare record is them:

http://www.mediafire.com/?udkyhwerm4ropoq

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:46 pm

i had no idea this crew went so deep, big props to troy yet again

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:58 pm

DJCommunist wrote:i had no idea this crew went so deep, big props to troy yet again

This aint even the half of it. This thread could go for like 10+ pages

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:05 am

Da Me wrote:
I see Darc Mind on a few of these. I never knew they were affiliated.

Kamackeris is another under appreciated Czar.
It turns out this guy was part of the "Dirt Nation", known for their classic "Khadijah"

http://www.mediafire.com/?udkyhwerm4ropoq

WATT?? That's a personal classic to me, I remember when they ran the video on video music box. Always loved this joint and it's aged very well, imo, especially the beat.
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shit brings me waaay back, thanks, i need that right now.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:15 am

Thanks for this thread Echo. I don't know if it's just me but the link to the Monsta Mixes 2 just takes me to my own mediafire files. My computer been acting up a lot lately though so the link may really be fine.

I think it was Gigan who was my favorite of them for awhile. Would love to hear that EP.

J_Preme · Post by **J_Preme** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:21 am

M.I.C. Package

Megalon & Gigan-Unreleased-199x
Rodan-Flight Lessons EP-2002
Junclassic (Of Monsta Island Czars)-2 Much Aint Enuff-2007
Junclassic-Imaginary_Enemies-2009

Megalon & Gigan - Unreleased - 199x

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01.In Serch Of                                               
02.Power                                                    
03.Brooklyn, Brooklyn                                        
04.Gunshots                                                  
05.Revelations                                               
06.Goin Out Like Them                                       
07.Live Wirez Remix                                          
08.Don't Want No Beef                                        
09.Guns And Swords                                           
10.Street Pharmicists                                        
11.Black Jesus                                               
12.Yahkoo                                                    
13.Outta Jail                                                
14.Keep It Street

Rodan - Flight Lessons (EP) - 2002

Tracklist -

1. Haruwn The Conqueror
2. Flight Lessons
3. Human Race
4. No Snakes Feat. Shaman
5. One Week
6. Aphelion (Outro)

Producer ג Heat Sensor (tracks: 5), Ravage (tracks: 3), X-Ray (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)

Junclassic - 2 Much Ain't Enuff - 2007

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Tracklist -


      01 junclassic - end the beginning                          
      02 junclassic - life and debt                              
      03 junclassic - the chukkas                                
      04 junclassic - left out                                   
      05 junclassic - devil worship                              
      06 junclassic - sippin & dippin                            
      07 junclassic - come home                                  
      08 junclassic - betta get it                               
      09 junclassic - 2 much aint enuff                          
      10 junclassic - the biz pt. 1                              
      11 junclassic - on a v.i.                                  
      12 junclassic - the biz pt. 2                              
      13 junclassic - neva can say goodbye                       
      14 junclassic - bedroom                                    
      15 junclassic - patrick dorismond                          

Producer - Junclassic

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| X |  as the back cover says...this album contains no samples and no     | X |
| X |  features                                                           | X |
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| X |  njoy                                                               | X |
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| X |  Scholastic Street Dweller Junclassic (pronounced June Classic) is  | X |
| X |  an emcee whose capabilities lie deeply rooted in a multi-syllable  | X |
| X |  flow, varying cadences, and an unabashed emotional depth that      | X |
| X |  many artists carefully avoid as a result of Hip Hops ubiquitously  | X |
| X |  superficial machismo. Add to that a forceful delivery entrenched   | X |
| X |  in a guttural baritone that echoes both triumph and tragedy and    | X |
| X |  you have a multitalented free spirit with a lot on his mind and a  | X |
| X |  willingness to express it all with youthful exuberance. Jun is     | X |
| X |  the last child of two hard-working Jamaican parents who inhabited  | X |
| X |  the infamous Southside Jamaica, Queens in the mid-70s. The         | X |
| X |  prevalence of drugs and violence coexisted with Juns amazing       | X |
| X |  academic achievements, allowing the fledgling emcee to experience  | X |
| X |  the best and worst of the world at a young age. Rhyming seriously  | X |
| X |  since 17, Jun was beating on cafeteria tables and trying to        | X |
| X |  impress his high school peers. It was here where he realized how   | X |
| X |  innovative punchlines coupled with a smooth, bouncy flow was most  | X |
| X |  effective in captivating an audience. Yet it took the trials and   | X |
| X |  tribulations of early recordings to perfect that one thing         | X |
| X |  missing at the time the voice. "I hated my voice for the           | X |
| X |  longest!", chuckles Junclassic, "It sounded all nasally and weak.  | X |
| X |  It took years, but I finally began to dig my voice after a few     | X |
| X |  shorties said they were diggin it. Thats when I knew I finally     | X |
| X |  had something." Confident that he developed his swagger, Jun       | X |
| X |  began hitting the open mic circuit during his college years. Add   | X |
| X |  to that several years of small time hustling, a penchant for       | X |
| X |  getting harassed by undercover police, and the harsh reality of    | X |
| X |  racial subjugation experienced at dead end jobs as well as his     | X |
| X |  higher institution of learning and Junclassics rhymes got          | X |
| X |  rougher, realer, and political. Jun has rocked the stage of B.B.   | X |
| X |  Kings, ran through Club Cheetah, chewed up the China Club, and     | X |
| X |  jammed at Joes Pub in the Village, to name a few places. His       | X |
| X |  stage show explodes with unbridled energy. "The crowd does what    | X |
| X |  the emcee does. So if you just standing there how can you expect   | X |
| X |  your audience to move? You gotta lead em. And never be afraid.     | X |
| X |  Theyre only people!" Nearly two years ago, Junclassic took up      | X |
| X |  production as the result of bad politics with a few past           | X |
| X |  collaborators. He insists on making instrumentals without the      | X |
| X |  crutch of samples by utilizing a keyboard. "The dudes people       | X |
| X |  sample aint sample nobody! Im trying to get to their level. Plus,  | X |
| X |  I love the challenge of coming up with something innovative and    | X |
| X |  original. That has always been my driving force with the rhymes,   | X |
| X |  so why not keep it going with the beats?" Continuing to challenge  | X |
| X |  himself is Juns passion, now all he needs is the ear of the        | X |
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Junclassic - Imaginary Enemies - 2009

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01.intro                                                     
02.beginning feat. monsta x                                  
03.arrival                                                
04.babylove                                                 
05.most famous                                               
06.geez                                                      
07.habits                                                    
08.bouquet of flowers (remix)                                
09.zeezee's groove feat. lejon lewis                         
10.one and onlee                                             
11.dope song (remix)                                         
12.vice grips                                                
13.i can't die/you                                          
14.bionic 6 feat. ravage the meccagodzilla   
15.say goodbye feat. monsta x                   
16.4 corners feat. monsta x, reece q & green   

    Producer ג DJ Husky

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The 3rd album by Junclassic (a.k.a. Gabarah of the Monsta Island Czars). Entirely produced by DJ Husky. Features guest collaborations by Monsta X, Reece, Green Hornet, RAVAGE the MeccaGodZilla, & Lejon Lewis.

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http://weepax.com/Mgw

claaa7 · Post by **claaa7** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:21 am

great thread Echo Leader, thanks. i've been meaning to check out the M.I.C. album for years as i'm a pretty big DOOM and MF Grimm fan plus i liked all the guest features on such on DOOM releases. will definitely give this a listen and get back...

X-Ray seems to be a very underrated producer btw, where he's at these days?

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:00 am

Verge wrote:Thanks for this thread Echo. I don't know if it's just me but the link to the Monsta Mixes 2 just takes me to my own mediafire files. My computer been acting up a lot lately though so the link may really be fine.

Hmm. I had the same thing happen...anywho, I added a new link. Should work fine now.

Verge wrote:I think it was Gigan who was my favorite of them for awhile. Would love to hear that EP.

I found some sort of EP over the weekend...it doesn't seem to be the Gigan EP listed on Discogs, which has 6 tracks (including the songs and "Krazy World" and "Queens Day"):

I'm not sure if this is one of the handmade CD-R EPs that X-Ray was selling at shows years back (eg Kong's "Gorilla Warfare," Rodan's "Flight Lessons," etc) or something else entirely. At any rate, it's dope.

1. In Serch Of (I.S.O.)
2. Power Ft. Megalon
3. Brooklyn Brooklyn
4. Gunshots
5. Live Wirez (Remix)
6. Don't Want No Beef
7. Outta Jail

Gigan - In Serch Of

This short album/EP follows in the same vein as the Megalon & Rodan albums...intelligent thug shit, with most of the heavy, cinematic production handled by X-Ray. Cerebral crack rap if you will. Gigan doesn't rap as fast as some of his Monsta Island compatriots, but he certainly holds his own and I have no complaints about any of this. All 7 songs are dope. "Don't Want No Beef" and "Outta Jail" are particularly fuego.

Here are the two "missing" songs that Discogs lists as part of the Gigan EP ("Krazy World" was included on the King Geedorah album):

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Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:07 am

Here's the cover art and tracklisting for Rodan's "Flight Lessons" EP that J.Preme posted:

1. Haruwn The Conqueror
2. Flight Lessons
3. Human Race
4. No Snakes Pt. 2
5. One Week
6. Aphelion (Outro)

Another short EP in the vein of the Gigan joint. 6 tracks, with a handful exclusive to this disc and the rest appearing on Theophany: The Book of Elevations. If you peeped Theophany then you know what to expect.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:11 pm

01. Intro
02. Saga
03. Where I've Alwayz Been
04. Beset On All Side
05. Check The Jewlz
06. Dot-Chu 'N The Eye
07. Come On In
08. Minute Ago
09. On The Ropes
10. Do-It
11. U Don't Really Wanna Battle
12. The Convo feat. Trugoy
13. I'm Ill (Remix)
14. I.R.S.
15. Fine Brown Frame
16. Sons Of Sam (Remix)
17. Vivid
18. Kine 'O Shit I'm On
19. Lov-N-Disses
20. Seed
21. Spontaneous feat. Kwite Def

Darc Mind - Bipolar

Darc Mind album that X-Ray pressed up and sold hand-to-hand and through his website around the same time Anticon released Symptomatic of a Greater Ill. Not sure if this is (was) older material, newer, or a mix of both but it bangs. This joint is just as good, if not better than Symptomatic. Some of the hardest beats X-Ray has ever produced, it's like a Vincent Price movie mixed with RZA circa 1995. KevRock holds it down on the lyrical tip as well, dude has one of the deepest (:pause:) voices I've heard in rap and quite frankly sounds like he could swallow (:pause:) the sun. Very dense and stream-of-consciousness flow, and a pretty strong departure from the usual MIC subject matter. Check this out.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:40 pm

EDIT: oh nice, i was looking for that a while ago. word.

works fine now, thanks for everything.

So i figured the least i could do was take whats been posted and put together an unofficial Gigan EP for the hell of it. I took the og Live Wirez from one of the Monsta Mixes, Queens Day from youtube, Crazy World from Take Me To Your Leader(i guess it's the same song even though one spells with a "K" and the other with a "C"), and labeled and tagged all the files together with da visualz yo.

Gigan 2002 EP (Unofficial Comp)

1 I.S.O. (In Serch Of)
2 Power
Ft. Megalon
3 Live Wire (Orig Ver)
4 Brooklyn, Brooklyn
5 Queens Day
6 Crazy World

Code: Select all

http://www.mediafire.com/?dm50ebm20soi8i7

Stieflkater · Post by **Stieflkater** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:04 pm

Crates Of AG got the Kwite Def Single which is ill. The album is subpar...

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:09 pm

Verge

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:19 pm

Still trying to find that Kong Gorilla Warfare EP, no luck...a handful of the tracks have been uploaded on YouTube by folks that claim to have the EP, and like the Gigan/Rodan/Megalon EPs there is fair amount of material that was previously released. I've been able to track down 7 of the 9 tracks on YT, the only 2 missing are "Do or Die" and "Use Me."

Here's the cover, tracklisting, and the 7 tracks I could find...any way we can track down those last two tracks??

[quote]1. Warning
2. Do Or Die
3. Broken Nose Flow
4. Black Widow
5. Gorilla Warfare (featuring Megalon
6. Use Me
7. Die (Remix) (featuring Egyptian Queen, King Ceasar, Loch Ness, Megalon & Spiega)
8. Cross My Heart (featuring Spiega)
9. I

J_Preme · Post by **J_Preme** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:00 pm

Yo Echo ... i can't grab that Darc Mind - Bi-Polar album at all ... my security blocks the site as a malicious site..

I also updated my post with pics and a tracklist for all that i put together (M.I.C. package)

****Question****

I can't see no YouTube vidz that'z posted on this forum period .. is it my computer? or is it somethin i need to do on my end? Whenever anybody post YouTube vidz - i can't see them at all, i just see the codes to embed it on here - ... any help?

Thanx