Appreciate: Rawkus Records.

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:10 am

landspeed was just distro tho so i dont know if there was much cohesion as far as the artists they signed or the albums they released...

what DID come out on Landspeed tho? Screwball? Cormega? Bumpy Knucks...they did have a little roster for what they were doing.. then Koch came in and crushed the buildings

odium-LSC · Post by **odium-LSC** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:35 am

I dug the fuck out of that Cross Town Beef track by Medina Green. They ever do anything else? If so, was it even worth listening to?

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:57 am

that song was ill i know there was a Medina Green cd that dropped but im not sure what it was

edit: just searched and found these 2 off top
http://www.discogs.com/Medina-Green-Fun ... ster/76885

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Mos-Def- ... ase/689513
^this is the one i remember seeing. looks like a bunch of shit thrown together. its more than what i can say i have from them tho other than Crosstown Beef.

Mark 563 · Post by **Mark 563** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:37 am

odium-LSC wrote:I dug the fuck out of that Cross Town Beef track by Medina Green. They ever do anything else? If so, was it even worth listening to?

Nothing worth bothering with - that 'Cross Town Beef' 12" was one of my favourite Rawkus releases - DCQ was also in Urban Thermo Dynamics with Mos Def in the early/mid 90s - they dropped that 'My Kung-Fu' 12", which was worth a peep.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:11 am

I for one appreciate

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:36 am

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:
nickwoj wrote:my favorite has gotta be soundbombing 1. i followed a lot of the early 12"es as they came out so it was cool to get that cd with everything on it and the shit i didn't have. say what you want about the cats that ran rawkus but you can't take anything away from their discography in those first few years.
If you take away Evil Dee from this release it might have been my favorite as well... or at least favorite after Funcrusher Plus

even with evil dee its far and away my favorite....theres so many great songs on it

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:55 pm

Philaflava wrote:I for one appreciate

the only one I know is Pizon and that's because of here.Oh and Grand Agent and Sev static... actually I do know a few others now that I'm looking.Is Prime the Chicago battle guy?

All I know is I never saw any of these as products. Did they all come out? It might be fun trying to collect those... and catch up which ones were good or was this post all about ironing?

I remember when they started this 50 artist promotion but didn't have any faith in em after the MCA hook up which ruined a great thing IMHO.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:42 pm

A Kid wrote:i used to hate on Rawkus hard at first because it was always the lame whiteboys who never listened to hiphop acting like they knew more than me because they had a Rawkus shirt..trying to tell me im lame for bumping Raekwon and Nas and need to bump some BumRush Bros & shit...

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:46 pm

Aarophat

Kid That's Lifeless · Post by **Kid That's Lifeless** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:48 pm

LOL @ SunN.Y. Guess that So So Def deal didn't work.

battlecatmeowstab212 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:45 pm

CRASH DDZ wrote:
Philaflava wrote:I for one appreciate

the only one I know is Pizon and that's because of here.Oh and Grand Agent and Sev static... actually I do know a few others now that I'm looking.Is Prime the Chicago battle guy?

All I know is I never saw any of these as products. Did they all come out? It might be fun trying to collect those... and catch up which ones were good or was this post all about ironing?

I remember when they started this 50 artist promotion but didn't have any faith in em after the MCA hook up which ruined a great thing IMHO.

SpokinnMovement is cool. They're a Hip-Hop band fronted by IllSpokinn. Incredible live act.

Silent Knight is dope too. Haven't heard a full length but really like the songs I've heard and his performances.

Pretty sure this promotion was to benefit Rawkus more than the 50 in hopes that jpegs on MySpace could reignite interest in the label.

Carlito Roc · Post by **Carlito Roc** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:34 am

Mark 563 wrote:I was a Rawkus head from around the time of the second round of 12"s.

I never cared for the Poppa Kool Bear Breez / Rose Family joints, and got hooked with Shabaam Sahdeeq 'Arabian Nights', Sir Menelik 'Physical Jewels', Indelibles 'Fire In Which You Burn', Mos Def 'Universal Magnetic', Reflection Eternal 'Fortified Live', L-Fudge 'What If?', Brick City Kids 'Brick City Kids', Black Attack 'My Crown' - all the stuff that ended up on 'Soundbombing'.

I was also into the stuff they were doing with 'Lyricists Lounge 1' and 'Soundbombing 2' and copped all those singles too - Mos Def, Q-Tip & Tash 'Body Rock' 12", KRS One, Zach De La Rocha & Last Emporer 'CIA' 12", Common '1-9-9-9' 12", the 'Soundbombing 2' 12"s that made up a Subway train and the 12"s between those 2 periods, such as the Medina Green 'Cross Town Beef', Shabaam Sahdeeq '5 Star Generals', Black Star 'Definition', Thirstin Howl III "Brooklyn Hard Rock', High & Mighty 'B-Boy Document 99', DJ Spinna 'Rock'.

I still actively checked for all the Rawkus releases up untill the Mos Def & Pharoahe albums, but by then they were distributing more stuff from off-shoots and the quality was definitely questionable.

You're talking my language here. I remember when Rawkus first started having Rap acts.

Arabian Nights was def one of the biggest from back then that almost gets no burn now. Wish I knew what happened to my own copy.

Carlito Roc
TCK Mobb

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:38 pm

A Kid wrote:that song was ill i know there was a Medina Green cd that dropped but im not sure what it was

edit: just searched and found these 2 off top
http://www.discogs.com/Medina-Green-Fun ... ster/76885

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Mos-Def- ... ase/689513
^this is the one i remember seeing. looks like a bunch of shit thrown together. its more than what i can say i have from them tho other than Crosstown Beef.

When the label I'm on actually moved CDs I remember our manufacturer getting at us about putting one of these out.

Apparently, dude got busted in Vegas with drugs, or guns, or perhaps both, and was tryna get his bail money up, so, through the manufacturer, he offered us all the rights and the physical copies he couldn't pay for. He wasn't asking for much but this was already years after the buzz for Crosstown Beef had died down. We passed.

CSB...

Instead we put out a couple of MF Doom's Herbs & Spices instrumental CDs. When mcenroe emailed Doom re: a problem with a very blatant Boz Scaggs break (mighta been from "Lido Shuffle") he replied simply, "Don't fuck with me white boy.".