since i haven't been around much lately i thought i should go out with a bang to earn me back some stripes haha ;) DJ Spinna is one of my absolute favorites, and i've got all of his albums (including the Jigmastas/Polyrhythm stuff) + some official compilations like "Beyond Real", and if i'm digging ...

who's the girl rhyming on "House Of Hitz Crew", anyone know?

WOW, thank you sooooo fucking much for this man... this is super appreciated!!!! i've been fiending for that Kamakazee album for the longest, downloading it now, can't wait to listen!!! Stieflkater - where did K-Def say he wasn't involved in the Kamakazee stuff?? i would've thought he and Marley pro...

i finally managed to get ALL of Redman's production credits after about a month of Heavy searching...
i'll try to upload it in the next few Days peep! it's banging!

fortuna - i have started collecting all of the Redman productions, and i'm on a good bit on the way.. i'll be putting it together as a compilation within the next few days and post here for y'all!

WOW!!! WOW!! WOW!!
huge thanks for this Verge, you're the fucking man, always coming through with the good shit.. i'm gonna listen to this in a minute, can't really wait haha..

could someone please hook me up with the VLS rip of Papoose's original '98 vls, the one with "Alphabetical Slaughter" and the joint with AZ and Kool G Rap. i lost it when i switched computers, and now i'm putting up an AZ compilation tonight or tomorrow on The Lost Tapes, and i wpould love to have t...

the 5 track sampler is pretty cool, thanks for that!!! i doubt this is a lost classic or anything though, but it's definitely cool to hear a young Alchemist doing his thing.. that De'1 album is something i would love to hear though, both of the singles he released were very dope imo, another House O...

TheWool: That's news to me, but that would be very interesting. it does sound likely though, because if you listen closely to the "7th Chamber" demo, you can hear that Inspectah Deck start spitting a verse "underneath" Ghostface's verse, some mixing problem, and it's not the verse from the album ver...

^ WOW, mad thanks for that one Stieflkater :)

also I don't know if has been posted already, but on the day of the anniversary SPIN posted an absolutely magnificent article on the "behind-the-scenes" making of "Enter The Wu-Tang" where pretty much everybody except the artists spoke about their time working on the album - sound engineers, art dir...

Peace all my friends at T.R.O.Y. - this month The Wu-Tang Clan is celebrating 20 years in the game, or more accurately 20 years since the release of their debut album "36 Chambers" hit stores and streets everywhere. since i Heard that record, which is the most important album of my Life since it rea...

Big Boss Luciano:
many thanks homie, that would be very appreciated!!

hello to all my homies here over @ T.R.O.Y.. i haven't been here for a long time, as i've been so busy with my blog and Life in general but after Reading some threads here it's great to see the excellent, intelligent discussions on hip hop in here that you don't get anywhere else. i wanted to share ...

I know Percee P is a super loved figure among the Philaflava heads, and rightfully so of course, so here's a nice lil' treat for you in case you missed it Before. Declaime A.K.A. Dudley Perkins, one half of G&D with fiancee Georgia Anne Muldrow, and responsible for a whole lot of fantastic Music wit...

you guys are the best... i love "No Airplay", such a raw track.. it made absolutely no sense that it got censored on the album.
btw, "Mr. Smith" is an underrated LP in LL's catalouge, to me its LL's last truly great album... "GOAT" had its moments, but it can't compete

is this KanKick the same guy who produced a lot of Declaime's first album (i Think he did half and Madlib the other half, with maybe one or two Oh No beats)? if so, he just produced a new 2013 track for Dudley Perkins/Declaime called "Foot Surgery" - http://soundcloud.com/mellomusicgroup/dudley-perk...

very dope, looking forward to this... Shawn J. Period is definitely underrated although his catalouge was never that huge... he got a real nice, dark, almost doom filled sound, Always strapped with the hardest drums possible.. i'll try to make a compilation of his work ASAP and hit you up if there's...

true, must be where the snippets came from.. i'm Always interested in hearing T-Ray material from this period.. who were The Baker Boys now again?

Jaz huge thanks for this fam... i was starting to collect Redman's productions as well during a period i was listening to a lot of "Dare Iz A Darkside" and "Muddy Waters"... it struck me that often Red's productions were even iller than Sermon's. i Think i could never find that Me-Low stuff so that'...

yeah "Seance" was crazy, but i never cared for "TV Guide".. the lyrical concept was ice and well executed, but as a song it didn't do anything for me. but to each his own, to me at least half of "Rasassination" was really good, and there were some songs in the 3/5 area on top of that, besides some ...

yeah "Seance" was crazy, but i never cared for "TV Guide".. the lyrical concept was ice and well executed, but as a song it didn't do anything for me. but to each his own, to me at least half of "Rasassination" was really good, and there were some songs in the 3/5 area on top of that, besides some o...

Chi Ali is out of prison. Why isn't he rapping? he is, he just made a real dope track with Maffew Ragazino and Livin' Proof... skip the first 15 secods because the intro is absolute trash, but once the track kicks in at least i think it's a banger: https://soundcloud.com/loyaltydigitalcorp/livin-pr...

"Soul On Ice" and "Rasassination" was really dope albums imo, the latter had a few weak songs but the real great tracks more than made up for it. "Goldyn Child" was pretty far away from those two in quality, it had a lot of boring songs, but also a few extreme bangers like "Goldyn Child" remix, "The...

skater4041: you're the fucking man, i've been wanting to hear this forever, and finally here it is. i think there's like 3 different World Renown promos out there now so i believe all the songs are out there now, but it would be great to have them in full CDQ and with interludes and everything. stil...

rest in peace to a true legend... his trumpet chops was out of this world, and tracks like "Think Twice" and "Steppin' into Tomorrow" really helped shape several hip-hop classics.. he also mae a couple of great collaborations with GURU and Pete Rock of course sampled several parts from his "Places &...

it's me who should thank you Ant, but i'm glad you felt i did it justice.. i'm just about to post the Ras album as well.


i found this promo release with different tracklist. what's up with that?

Been sleepin' on this... shame on me :lol: Thanx nobs :cheers: Yo claaa7 could you please up these tracks: "World Renown" "MC's" "Drama" "Roll With It" "My Mello" "Mind Ova Math" "Supreme Math" "Long Jev II" :cheers: peace, i haven't visited TROY for a long time but of course i can hook you up.. i'...

this is great Madstatik, i haven't had time to post it on The Lost Tapes as you suggested but will get around to it during the week... you're the fucking man homie!! hadn't Ras had all those label problems, his stint in jail, etc, his career would've looked different as hell!! thanks so much for sha...

many thanks to Wicked, Verge and Jaz.. super appreciated guys!!!

Wicked, no need for the instrumental unless someone else in here are looking for it?? thx for the offer though!