Philaflava 100 Greatest Obscure Tracks

[Thereallex]

HI Fam,

10 years ago, we dropped a selection of obscure tracks.

Shit was dope. But i lost it. Otherwise it wouldnt be fun.

Have asked for this in the requests section many times, so i think this deserves to be threaded again, as many new followers could get a history lesson and discover less spinned jams and rare tracks.

Does anyone form the prehistoric era of TROY still has this and willing to share ? Would be greatly appreciated. Sure lots of cats have that sleeping in their hard drive, would be an occasion to clear everyones eardrums.

Just in case, here is the original list

1 - 13 – Slow Burnin’
2 - Ahmad, Ras Kass & Saafir – Comewiddit (Fredwreck Remix)
3 - Al Tariq - No Question feat. Black Attack, Rawcotiks & Problemz
4 - Bas Blasta – The Rhythm feat. Lord Finesse, Fat Joe, JuJu, & Godfather Don
5 - Big L- How Will I Make It
6 - Black Moon – Murder MC’s
7 - Black Rob- Permanent Scars
8 - Black Sheep - Similak Child (Homogenized Remix)
9 - Boogie Down Productions – Questions & Answers (Remix)
10 - Boogie Down Productions - We In There (ATCQ Remix)
11 - Brand Nubian – Allah U Akbar (Remix)
12 - Brand Nubian - Step Into Da Cipher feat. Serge, Mastro Manny & Snagglepuss
13 - Brother Lynch Hung - Had 2 Gat Ya
14 - Children of The Corn - I Remember When
15 - Chubb Rock – Three Men At Chung King feat. Red Hot Lover Tone & Grand Puba
16 - Da Fat Cat Clique – Da Flow feat. The Man They Call Lux, EST, Rugged Ruff
17 - Da King & I - Tears
18 - Darc Mind - I’m Ill
19 - Dark Skinned Assassin – Unholy
20 - Dark Sun Ridas – Time To Build (Ultra Marsalis Remix)
21 - De La Soul – Ego Trippin’ Part III
22 - DEL - Undisputed Champs feat. Pep Love & Q-Tip
23 - Demasters - Feel No Guilt feat. Nine
24 - Diamond D – Hiatus (Remix) feat. The CRU
25 - Diamond D - Sally Got A One Track Mind (Showbiz remix)
26 - DMX - Can't Touch The Kid
27 - Dre Dog- The Ave
28 - E Money Bags - Regulate feat. Prodigy & Majesty of Live Squad
29 - Eightball - What The Fuck Is The Eightball
30 - EPMD - Brothers From Brentwood, L.I.
31 - Erick Sermon - If You Don't Know Like I Know feat. Trigger, Heltah Skeltah & O.G.C.
32 - Erick Sermon - The Ill Shit feat. Kam & Ice Cube
33 - Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah + O.G.C.) – Blah
34 - Fesu – War With No Mercy
35 - Fierce - Crab
36 - Funkmaster Flex - Six Million Ways To Die feat. Nine & Tragedy
37 - Godfather Don – Burn (Remix)
38 - Gova Mattic – Family Day feat. Redman, Tame One, Pace Won, Young Zee, Roz Noble & Runt Dog
39 - Grand Puba - Fat Rat
40 - Hard 2 Obtain - Ism and Blues
41 - Joe Sinistr - Under The Sun
42 - Kilo G. – Release Me feat. Pimp C.
43 - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - 2 To The Head feat. Ice Cube, Scarface & Bushwick Bill
44 - Kool G. Rap- Mister Mister
45 - Kool Keith – Yo Black (Buckwild Remix)
46 - Kurious – Mansion And A Yacht feat. Sadat X & Mike G
47 - Leaders of The New School – Classic Material (Diamond D Remix)
48 - LL Cool J - Crime Stories
49 - Lord Finesse – Shorties Kaught In The System
50 - Mac Dre - California Livin
51 - Mac Mall - Let's Get A Telly
52 - Main Source - Set It Off feat. The LOX
53 - Mase - Drug Wars
54 - Masta Ace – The B Side feat. Paula Perry & Lord Digga
55 - MC Serch - Back To The Grill (Remix) feat. Chub Rock, Red Hot Lover Tone, Nas & O.C.
56 - Mean Green – L.A. Finest feat. Mykill Miers
57 - MF Grimm- So Watcha Want Nigga
58 - Mic Geronimo - Three Stories High feat. Royal Flush
59 - Mobb Deep - First Day of Spring feat. Tragedy Khadafi
60 - Mobb Deep- Cop Hell (DJ Premier Remix)
61 - Money Boss Players - What U Sayin
62 - Nas - Street Dreams (K-Def Remix)
63 - Naughty By Nature - It's On (Beatnuts Remix)
64 - Nine - Me, Myself, and My Microphone
65 - N-Tense – Raise The Levels of The Boom
66 - Nubian Crackers – Do You Wanna Hear It? feat. The Artifacts
67 - O.C. - Born To Live (DJ Eclipse Remix)
68 - Omnisence - Touch Ya'll feat. Sadat X
69 - ONYX - Purse Snatchaz Part 2 feat. Smoothe Da Hustler & Trigga Tha Gambler
70 - Penthouse Players Clique - P.S. Phuk U 2 feat. DJ Quik & Eazy-E
71 - Planet Asia – Full Course Meal
72 - Private Investigators - Mash Up The Mic (Remix)
73 - Rahsheed - Industrypartybumrusha
74 - Ras Kass - Music Business feat. Xzibit
75 - Real Live - The Turnaround (Remix) feat. Tragedy and Capone
76 - Saafir - Light Sleeper (OG Mix)
77 - Sadat X – Escape From New York feat. Pete Rock & Deda
78 - Sadat X - Lump Lump (Nubian Remix) feat. Grand Puba & Lord Jamar
79 - Sham and The Professor So-Low-Ist (Kenny Dope Remix)
80 - Shorty Long- Shorty Doing His Own Thang
81 - Shyheim – Licka Shot
82 - South Central Cartel – West Coast Gangsta Team feat. Spice 1, Ice T, MC Eiht & 2Pac
83 - Strictly Roots - Begs No Friends (Remix) feat. Fat Joe & Grand Puba
84 - Tasc 4orce – Takin’ No Shorts
85 - Tha Alkaholiks - Relieve Yourself (O.G. Version
86 - The Artifacts - It's Getting Hot (K-Def Remix)
87 - The Artifacts – Who I Am
88 - The Beatnuts – Hellraiser (Remix)
89 - The Roots – Proceed III feat. Bahamadia
90 - Top Quality – Magnum Opus
91 - Tragedy Khadafi - Street Life (Return of The Life)
92 - Trendz of Culture - Off & On (Lord Finesse Remix)
93 - Trendz of Culture - Who Got My Back (Remix) feat Method Man & Treach
94 - UGK - It's Suppose To Bubble
95 - Ultramagnetic MC’s – Raise It Up (Remix)
96 - Yaggfu Front - Slappin' Suckas Silly (Diamond D Remix) feat. Diamond D
97 - Young Zee - Stay Gold feat. Lauryn Hill
98 - YZ - When The Road Is Covered In Snow

Thanks to you all in advance !

[PTS]

HI Fam,

10 years ago, we dropped a selection of obscure tracks.

Shit was dope. But i lost it. Otherwise it wouldnt be fun.

Have asked for this in the requests section many times, so i think this deserves to be threaded again, as many new followers could get a history lesson and discover less spinned jams and rare tracks.

Does anyone form the prehistoric era of TROY still has this and willing to share ? Would be greatly appreciated. Sure lots of cats have that sleeping in their hard drive, would be an occasion to clear everyones eardrums.

Just in case, here is the original list

1 - 13 – Slow Burnin’
2 - Ahmad, Ras Kass & Saafir – Comewiddit (Fredwreck Remix)
3 - Al Tariq - No Question feat. Black Attack, Rawcotiks & Problemz
4 - Bas Blasta – The Rhythm feat. Lord Finesse, Fat Joe, JuJu, & Godfather Don
5 - Big L- How Will I Make It
6 - Black Moon – Murder MC’s
7 - Black Rob- Permanent Scars
8 - Black Sheep - Similak Child (Homogenized Remix)
9 - Boogie Down Productions – Questions & Answers (Remix)
10 - Boogie Down Productions - We In There (ATCQ Remix)
11 - Brand Nubian – Allah U Akbar (Remix)
12 - Brand Nubian - Step Into Da Cipher feat. Serge, Mastro Manny & Snagglepuss
13 - Brother Lynch Hung - Had 2 Gat Ya
14 - Children of The Corn - I Remember When
15 - Chubb Rock – Three Men At Chung King feat. Red Hot Lover Tone & Grand Puba
16 - Da Fat Cat Clique – Da Flow feat. The Man They Call Lux, EST, Rugged Ruff
17 - Da King & I - Tears
18 - Darc Mind - I’m Ill
19 - Dark Skinned Assassin – Unholy
20 - Dark Sun Ridas – Time To Build (Ultra Marsalis Remix)
21 - De La Soul – Ego Trippin’ Part III
22 - DEL - Undisputed Champs feat. Pep Love & Q-Tip
23 - Demasters - Feel No Guilt feat. Nine
24 - Diamond D – Hiatus (Remix) feat. The CRU
25 - Diamond D - Sally Got A One Track Mind (Showbiz remix)
26 - DMX - Can't Touch The Kid
27 - Dre Dog- The Ave
28 - E Money Bags - Regulate feat. Prodigy & Majesty of Live Squad
29 - Eightball - What The Fuck Is The Eightball
30 - EPMD - Brothers From Brentwood, L.I.
31 - Erick Sermon - If You Don't Know Like I Know feat. Trigger, Heltah Skeltah & O.G.C.
32 - Erick Sermon - The Ill Shit feat. Kam & Ice Cube
33 - Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah + O.G.C.) – Blah
34 - Fesu – War With No Mercy
35 - Fierce - Crab
36 - Funkmaster Flex - Six Million Ways To Die feat. Nine & Tragedy
37 - Godfather Don – Burn (Remix)
38 - Gova Mattic – Family Day feat. Redman, Tame One, Pace Won, Young Zee, Roz Noble & Runt Dog
39 - Grand Puba - Fat Rat
40 - Hard 2 Obtain - Ism and Blues
41 - Joe Sinistr - Under The Sun
42 - Kilo G. – Release Me feat. Pimp C.
43 - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - 2 To The Head feat. Ice Cube, Scarface & Bushwick Bill
44 - Kool G. Rap- Mister Mister
45 - Kool Keith – Yo Black (Buckwild Remix)
46 - Kurious – Mansion And A Yacht feat. Sadat X & Mike G
47 - Leaders of The New School – Classic Material (Diamond D Remix)
48 - LL Cool J - Crime Stories
49 - Lord Finesse – Shorties Kaught In The System
50 - Mac Dre - California Livin
51 - Mac Mall - Let's Get A Telly
52 - Main Source - Set It Off feat. The LOX
53 - Mase - Drug Wars
54 - Masta Ace – The B Side feat. Paula Perry & Lord Digga
55 - MC Serch - Back To The Grill (Remix) feat. Chub Rock, Red Hot Lover Tone, Nas & O.C.
56 - Mean Green – L.A. Finest feat. Mykill Miers
57 - MF Grimm- So Watcha Want Nigga
58 - Mic Geronimo - Three Stories High feat. Royal Flush
59 - Mobb Deep - First Day of Spring feat. Tragedy Khadafi
60 - Mobb Deep- Cop Hell (DJ Premier Remix)
61 - Money Boss Players - What U Sayin
62 - Nas - Street Dreams (K-Def Remix)
63 - Naughty By Nature - It's On (Beatnuts Remix)
64 - Nine - Me, Myself, and My Microphone
65 - N-Tense – Raise The Levels of The Boom
66 - Nubian Crackers – Do You Wanna Hear It? feat. The Artifacts
67 - O.C. - Born To Live (DJ Eclipse Remix)
68 - Omnisence - Touch Ya'll feat. Sadat X
69 - ONYX - Purse Snatchaz Part 2 feat. Smoothe Da Hustler & Trigga Tha Gambler
70 - Penthouse Players Clique - P.S. Phuk U 2 feat. DJ Quik & Eazy-E
71 - Planet Asia – Full Course Meal
72 - Private Investigators - Mash Up The Mic (Remix)
73 - Rahsheed - Industrypartybumrusha
74 - Ras Kass - Music Business feat. Xzibit
75 - Real Live - The Turnaround (Remix) feat. Tragedy and Capone
76 - Saafir - Light Sleeper (OG Mix)
77 - Sadat X – Escape From New York feat. Pete Rock & Deda
78 - Sadat X - Lump Lump (Nubian Remix) feat. Grand Puba & Lord Jamar
79 - Sham and The Professor So-Low-Ist (Kenny Dope Remix)
80 - Shorty Long- Shorty Doing His Own Thang
81 - Shyheim – Licka Shot
82 - South Central Cartel – West Coast Gangsta Team feat. Spice 1, Ice T, MC Eiht & 2Pac
83 - Strictly Roots - Begs No Friends (Remix) feat. Fat Joe & Grand Puba
84 - Tasc 4orce – Takin’ No Shorts
85 - Tha Alkaholiks - Relieve Yourself (O.G. Version
86 - The Artifacts - It's Getting Hot (K-Def Remix)
87 - The Artifacts – Who I Am
88 - The Beatnuts – Hellraiser (Remix)
89 - The Roots – Proceed III feat. Bahamadia
90 - Top Quality – Magnum Opus
91 - Tragedy Khadafi - Street Life (Return of The Life)
92 - Trendz of Culture - Off & On (Lord Finesse Remix)
93 - Trendz of Culture - Who Got My Back (Remix) feat Method Man & Treach
94 - UGK - It's Suppose To Bubble
95 - Ultramagnetic MC’s – Raise It Up (Remix)
96 - Yaggfu Front - Slappin' Suckas Silly (Diamond D Remix) feat. Diamond D
97 - Young Zee - Stay Gold feat. Lauryn Hill
98 - YZ - When The Road Is Covered In Snow

Thanks to you all in advance !

If you remember what were the last two songs, I can compile and upload it...

[PTS]

Part 1:

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Part 2:

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[step one]

[Thereallex]

PTS, will do your dishes for a month.
Just PM me i'll give u my adress.
Mad thanks for this my G.
Unfortunately, the last two will remain unknown for now, but thebigsleep or echoleader might now or even have them, we'll see.

@stepone, nice one eh ?

Would be greta to have the 250 obscure tracks released on TROY in 2014 ; shit was only put on spotify with no dl link. We might do this next...

Thanks Fam !

[PTS]

My pleasure. Don't expect HQ tho, some of these mp3s date from 2008.

Would be greta to have the 250 obscure tracks released on TROY in 2014 ; shit was only put on spotify with no dl link. We might do this next...

For a second, I thought you meant the 100 Forgotten Favorites... Completely forgot about those 250... Unfortunately I can't come up with this one, missing too many songs.

[step one]

I noticed the quality on some tracks was a bit sketchy. Everyone was less aware or less concerned with quality back then and just happy to have the music!

Has Mase 'Drug Wars' surfaced in better quality since then?

[Thereallex]

@PTS, yeah, i know. That was the problem back then too, but those wree the only available web rips ; if anyone has a white label for this, damn that would be great.

@step one, well, thing is like other rare tracks, this is the only version available. Mike Nice was the one that unleashed this version, if i remember correct, then that was the gem, and bad audio, that several mixtapes recycled over and over, like Mase Murdas'Home tape.

Too bad, but in many cases, this is as good as it gets and there is no better quality

Will check those 250 tracks and see what i can come up with...

[step one]

Im wondering if the Mase track is the same as the one on here

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[dirt_dog]

I've got the original download from 2008. 98 tracks, not 100.

PART 1
https://www47.zippyshare.com/v/jckvGICM/file.html

PART 2
https://www107.zippyshare.com/v/GuZglXAZ/file.html

[TheBigSleep]

I'm wondering if the Mase track is the same as the one on here.

https://www.discogs.com/Future-Untitled ... se/1651771" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting, now I'm wondering the same. I mean it probably is, but maybe the quality is better?

Future / Futuristic was the producer of that track back in '93, he's the primary beatmaker for B.B.O.; and Beef refers to Beef Tha Thief, also from B.B.O., who I think mainly just does ad-libs and background vocals here. (Somewhat oddly it was Beef rather than Mase's brother Blinky Blink who seemed to be the most tag-a-long with Mase around that time, also appearing with Children of the Corn on Stretch & Bob's show.)

[step one]

The version in that zipfile sounds like a rip off a mixtape so that 12" must be better. Shame its an expensive and rare one!

[step one]

I'm wondering if the Mase track is the same as the one on here.

https://www.discogs.com/Future-Untitled ... se/1651771" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting, now I'm wondering the same. I mean it probably is, but maybe the quality is better?

Future / Futuristic was the producer of that track back in '93, he's the primary beatmaker for B.B.O.; and Beef refers to Beef Tha Thief, also from B.B.O., who I think mainly just does ad-libs and background vocals here. (Somewhat oddly it was Beef rather than Mase's brother Blinky Blink who seemed to be the most tag-a-long with Mase around that time, also appearing with Children of the Corn on Stretch & Bob's show.)

the DJ on the tape rip says '93 too, but when I checked the label scan on Discogs it has a yahoo email address which the internet says started in Oct '97 so maybe the track was recorded then and released later (maybe 98?) when Mase was more well known? There's also a Cardan feature on the EP and I think he's a fair bit younger than Mase, who would've been 17-18 in '93

[TheBigSleep]

The version in that zipfile sounds like a rip off a mixtape so that 12" must be better.

It is a rip off a mixtape. And yeah, one would hope at least.

Mike Nice was the one that unleashed this version, if I remember correct...

The DJ on the tape rip says '93 too, but when I checked the label scan on Discogs it has a yahoo email address which the internet says started in Oct '97 so maybe the track was recorded then and released later (maybe '98?) when Mase was more well known? There's also a Cardan feature on the EP and I think he's a fair bit younger than Mase, who would've been 17-18 in '93.

Exactly, it's a demo from '93 that was never officially released at the time and then was sold to New York DJs later in the nineties sometime after Mase signed with Bad Boy.

The one that was always going around was the mixtape version but I have a second, shorter copy without tags. It was originally provided to me on the Big L forums and is what I gave (along with some other demos I've acquired over the years) to DJ Mike Nice for his Once Upon a Time in Harlem mixtape.

Here it is.

I believe his Get Rude demo (not to be confused with the later B.B.O. track of the same name) was recorded the same year, but I doubt all these tracks featured here were recorded at the same time.

Mase was the first to "discover" Cardan 'cause they were from the same building, when Mase was around twenty and Cardan was seventeen, so a couple years after this Drug Wars demo was recorded. Futuristic still makes music but the Mase / Harlem World era stuff he did would be anywhere from '93 through '97 or so and probably were put out on this 12" sometime after, maybe as late as the early 2000s. Never seen it before now though, so I'm just guessin' there.

[Philaflava]

I'll say it because god knows so many of you have already downloaded it....THANK YOU DIRT DOG!!!

[Fritz]

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Found the obscure bonus songs enjoy!

[HipHopInfinityRIPLOL]

I remember when i joined a while ago, I would have thought a lot of those were obscure. But thanks to all you jerks (i.e., serch4beatz and a bunch of other users that have come and went throughout the years), that list feels really commercial.

[Thereallex]

Knew this thread had to be done. Glad this was worth it ; thanks for the Bonus ones Fritz !

[Versive]

I remember when i joined a while ago, I would have thought a lot of those were obscure. But thanks to all you jerks (i.e., serch4beatz and a bunch of other users that have come and went throughout the years), that list feels really commercial.

Real talk though. The appreciation for this era/subgenre/whatever you want to call it has grown such that "obscure" would now have a whole different definition and frame of reference.

[HipHopInfinityRIPLOL]

I remember when i joined a while ago, I would have thought a lot of those were obscure. But thanks to all you jerks (i.e., serch4beatz and a bunch of other users that have come and went throughout the years), that list feels really commercial.

Real talk though. The appreciation for this era/subgenre/whatever you want to call it has grown such that "obscure" would now have a whole different definition and frame of reference.

Absolutely, it's all relative