Rhyme Poetic
Mafia is a gangster rap group from Los Angeles, formed in 1988 and
consists of the rapper Powerlord Jel (Marlowe Bates) and the DJ,
Producer and Actor The Ring Leader DJ Ace (Richard Ascencio).
They are affiliated with Ice-T's Rhyme
$yndicate and the South Central Cartel / Murder Squad. In 1991 Rhyme Poetic Mafia
called attention for the first time on the "South Central Cartel"
debut album "South Central Madness". DJ Ace produced the title
track "South Central Madness" and features Jel on the lyrics. DJ
Ace also did the scratches on "Neighborhood Jacka" and "Ya Getz
Clowned".
In 1993 they were signed to Giant
Records and released their single "Comin' Thru Your Neighborhood",
which was available as 12" single and CD single. In the same year
they recorded their debut album "Reign Of Terror", but
unfortunatley due to problems with the label the album was never
officially released and only a few promo tape copies were made.
The single "Comin' Thru Your
Neighborhood" comes in a typical G-Funk style, nice, but nothing
outstanding..the album got much stronger tracks and also some sick
productions. Except the song"What's The Reason (For The
Madness)"
which features LV, i really enjoy the whole album and it's really sad
it never came out. On "Low Down Mission" and "Cold-Blooded
Killer" Jel gets some SSC Fam support on the Microphone (Prodeje,
Westside, Hot Dolla?). In '93 DJ Ace made a Remix for Ice-T's "That's
How I Am Livin'" and produced "I Mo Nigga N Da Paint" and "Cold Young Niggaz" for Havoc & Prodeje on the Album "Livin In A Crime Wave" and Jel is featured on the cut"Muthafucca Say What". One year later in '94 DJ Ace made the scratches on the second South Central Cartel Album "'N Gatz We
Truss" and Jel appeared on the second Havoc & Prodeje Album "Kickin Game" on the joints "M-Squads Nation
Wide" and "G'z Only" and Dj Ace produced "Pop Goz The 9" for Gripsta
which was available as 12" single. In 1995 Jel rhymes on "No Peace"
along with Ice-T, Spice 1, Boss & Treach on the S.C.C. Presents
Murder Squad Nationwide Album. DJ Ace produced half of the songs from
Ice-T's "VI: Return Of The Real" in '96 and Jel raps on the tunes"Bouncin'
Down The Strezeet" and "Syndicate 4 Ever". 1997 was the year Rhyme
Poetic Mafia returned with their second single "Knuckleheadz
Beware / Stick And Move" 12" on Breakaway Records and one year later
they released their second Album entitled "The Root Of
All Evil". In '99 DJ Ace was the main producer for Ice-T's Album
"Seventh Deadly Sin" and Jel got a guest feature on the track "Fuck It".
Through the years DJ Ace production credits expanded and he also worked with: King T, Kurupt, Sen Dog, B Real, Chino Xl, LV, Sick Jacken, Frost,
Trigga the Gambler, Smoothe da Hustler, J-Ro, The Mexakinz, Body
Count, Phil da Agony, Rakaa, Gutterfame.
2013 is the year Gee Rock
announced the "Urban Legendary Project (The Legacy)"! In plain terms that means this year he is 35
years active in the Hip Hop Culture! It's long overdue to take a closer look at
the legendary Gee Rock! I contacted him and interviewed him, or more precisely we had a conversation through the past months and the following text is the essence which focus on his Biography and Discography.
Gee Rock (Derek Simmons)
was born March 28, 1963 in Summit, New Jersey.
He is mainly known as a
MC, Producer and DJ, but he is representing all Elements of Hip Hop
and also got his roots in Breakdancing and Graffiti. His love for
music started at an young age, especially funk music from the 70s got
his attention, Bands like Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown, Kool & The Gang,...
His passion for the Hip Hop Culture started In 1978 while
he was visiting a private school together with his cousin in Los
Angeles, CA. He started dancing and practiced the dance styles
Popping and Locking and the robotic style. A year later he went to
Plainfield, NJ and finally moved to Newark.
It was at the end of 1979
after he was listening to "Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin", he
decided to write his first rhyme to the instrumental, it was called
the "Universal Rap". Afterwards he wanted to produce his own
beats and bought a Boss Dr. Rhythm Drumcomputer, soon after he
extended his first setup with a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard to add
more content to his beats. He focused on making music and he got more
professional with producing beats. Through the years he had all major
samplers and drum machines, like Akai MPC 60 / 3000 / 2000, Emu SP 12
/1200, Ensoniq ASR-10, Casio RZ-1 and all Drum machines from Roland,
Korg and Alesis...he changed his gear every year.
In 1982 he formed
the duo "Too Dangerous" together with Dj Johnny Dangerous
(Johnny Holiday). A bit later a second rapper named MC S Dee
(David Lamar) joined the group for about 2 years who then enlisted in the army. They recorded "Rock The Beat" and "We Like Percussion" (feat. S Dee) in 1982 and "It's Just A Groove" in 1984 at the Studio from Vaughan Mason (Vaughan Mason & The Crew / Raze). Dj Johnny Dangerous later left the group and was replaced by DJ Treacherous D (Arnold
Durant). They got a record deal at Big House Records in 1985 and released their only 12" single with the two tracks "Danger Zone"
and "Rock On" in 1988, they pressed only 300
copies, which makes it a sought after record now.
They were also
working on an album which was never released due to a management
change of the label. Only 6 testpresses were made of the album, but
unfortunatley these got lost. Besides "Danger Zone" and "Rock
On" there was the very first version of "The Concept Might Break
You" on it along with tracks like "Devotion", "Go", "In
Love", "Groove To Get Down" and "No Drugs Allowed". Too Dangerous
was managed through the Famous Artists agency and was on a major tour
in 1989 with the Famous Artists roster (BDP, MC Shan, ATCQ,...)
(click on the picture to enlarge and see the full roster)
Too Dangerous on Tour
After the tour DJ Treacherous D left the group and DJ
Haste Precision (Ezekiel Washington) became the final DJ of the duo and in 1990 Too Dangerous disbanded.
It's Just A Groove
Danger Zone
Rock On
The Concept Might Break You
In 1987 he met the female
singer Crystal at Big House Studio, while she was looking for a deal.
She already had a record out as "Silver Star" with the 12" single "Eei Eei O" in 1982 on Enjoy Records. Crystal and Derek formed the production company "CND Productions",
this is where the three letters "CND" are originally coming from. They were together off and
on for about 5 years and they recorded a lot of songs together, which
unfortunatley got lost forever. After they parted
he kept the name and started recruiting artists. From now on his name
was followed by an attachment: "The CND Coalition" (before also known as the
"The Rock On Posse"). "CND" stands now for "Creating New
Dimensions" and "The Coalition" consists of a bunch of artists
he worked with, first was N.I.G. Dee soon after came Skee Love (aka Earl
Jonez) and then the first lady Quannie Quan (aka Treazure), followed
by a whole host of others which turned up: Lord Money Green, Skully (aka Boss Man), Sarge Roc, Da Mad Artist (aka Showtyme), Punkincee,
JaJa Binx and Tamika Scott. Today he names Lakim Shabazz and Percee
P. as honorary members. Another longtime close comrade on his side
was Tonski-Spies (aka Tony Arafat) from the "Rescue One Posse". In 1993 he founded "Force One
Networkz" and his label "Force One Records" and he released on his new born label his
first solo album "Strait Outta Jerzee". He
only made a few copies on cassette and it even came without a J-Card.
Tracklist:
Strait Outta Jerzee
Pass Da Props
Future Of Da Funk
Phunkaponatime
Follow For Now
It's Like Dat (feat.
Punkincee)
This Is A Recording (feat.
Da Mad Artist)
Flippin Da Hip Hop (feat.
Sarge Roc)
Do Or Die (feat. Skully,
Skee Love, Yaskills)
Can I Get A Hey
Da Concept Might Break You
We Got It Going On
there are actually two
more tracks on it which don't appear on the printed tracklist of the
tape: "Whats Up Wit Dat" (feat. Daddy Dee) and "Accapella Thang" (feat. Tonski-Spies, Rig.X & N.I.G. Dee). "Can I Get A Hey" is mislabeled and is "Can I Pick It Up" featuring Waz Most (Boom Skwad), Skully, Black Six (aka Java Da
Ancient) and DJ E.Z. Money on the scratches.Yaskills on the
track "Do Or Die" later changed his name to "Nocturnal", we
know him from the Hit Squad (guest features on PMD – "Never Watered
Down" & "Knick Knack Part 2", EPMD – "Dungeon Master", Das EFX –
"Someone Told Me"...).
Side 1
Side 2
the provided "Strait Outta Jerzee" soundfiles are not from the cassette version and "Do Or Die" and "Da Concept Might Break You" are not included!
In '93 he co-produced the debut album for "Tonski-Spies" titled "Werewolf
Personality", a 8 tracks strong tape only release on Rescue One
Records. In the same year he created the character "Baby Boy" with a pitched up voice to spruce up and heat up some funky joints. A year later in 1994
he released "Da Funkee E.P.", which was a tape only
release again with the 4 tracks: "Follow For
Now" (different version than the one on
"Strait Outta Jerzee") , "Tha Concept Might Break You", "Universal" and
"Sway To Tha F.U.N.K".
Follow For Now / Tha Concept Might Break You
Universal / Sway To The F.U.N.K.
In the same year he
handled the production for Skee Love's debut 12" single with the 2
tracks "Higher" and "Gangster Syndrom" and the debut EP from
Quannie Quan titled "Every Which Way But Soft", he had a guest
appearance on the track "Straight Off Da Dome", but the EP is
unfortunatley unreleased. His third tape
release "Sway To Tha Funk" is from
1995 and comes with two tracks and two skits: "Sway
To The Funk" (different version as on Da Funkee E.P.), "Insanity"
(Skit), "Can I Break Em Off" and "Universal" (Skit). The
scratches and cuts were done by Dj Treacherous D and E.Z.
Money.
Sway To The Funk / Insanity
Can I Break Em Off / Universal
Here we have the two dope unreleased joints "Bussin Shotz" and "Deadliest Venom" from '95.
Bussin Shotz
Deadliest Venom
From '96 - '98 he
was part of the Kevin Kieth & Dirty
Dozen Radio Show on 105.9 f.m. W.N.W.K. (formerly W.H.B.I.). Kevin
hired him to join the Show after an interview in '95 while he was
working on the "Untouchable" project. The tracks of the project are "Untouchable", "Funkdafied Soul" (feat.
Skee Love), "House Of The Rising Storm", "Mic Contact" and "Live From The Bricks" which features besides Skully and Kimo, the well known Tame One from the Boom Skwad / Artifacts! The Project was then only released through airplay on the show. He was too busy with the Radio Show and other upcoming projects to
give the "The Untouchable" a proper release.
Untouchable
Funkdafied Soul
House Of The Risin Storm
Mic Contact
Live From The Bricks
In his radio days in '96
he also teamed up with J-Force for a dope collabo track titled
"Underground Ikonz". J-Force released two dope classic underground singles: Bull's Eye 12" (1995) and "For All Thoze / Runnin' On E" 12" (1996) with Marley Marl involved.
Underground Ikonz
1996 was a very productive
year, he produced for Skee Love the "Funkdafied Soul" EP, a
tape only release with the 3 tracks: "Funkdafied Soul", "The
Concept Might Break You" and "Higher". Skee Love asked Gee Rock
to do his own version of "The Concept Might Break You", cause it
always was a favorite tune from him.
He did the production of
the debut EP from Brown Hornet & The Stinga titled "Long
Overdue". Gee Rock and Mis Fit
appeared on the track "Freestyle Fanatics", Brown Hornet &
The Stinga later changed their name to Left Hook Right Hand.
Brown Hornet aka Double O appeared with guest features on two Redman albums on the tracks
"Cloze Ya Doorz" and "Bricks Two". Also he produced the split
vinyl EP from N.I.G. Dee and Tonski-Spies in '96 released on Rescue
One Records. The track "Rough And Rugged" from the EP is featuring Gee Rock,
Tonski-Spies and RJ (aka R-Sun from Native Trinity). Native Trinity already had a dope 12" single out in '94 titled "Laws Of The Land / Check It Out".
Here we have two another dope
unreleased tracks from '96 called "For The Braincellz" (feat.
Franky 2 Backs & Stroke One) "Brickz Brigade" (feat. Case Da Champ, Waz Most, Quannie Quan & Stroke One)
For The Braincellz
Brickz Brigade
In 1997 he released a
split vinyl EP together with the jersey rapper Tru on Force One Records. Many years later Tru released his first album "Ins-Tru-Mentals".
Tracklist:
Word Is Bond
Sway To The (F.U.N.K.)
Constant Elevation
Edge Of Insanity
Keep Your Eyes Open
Trick Or Treat
In '97 he also recorded
"Sign Of The Time"* (feat. RJ of Native Trinity) and "Freestyle Fellowship" (feat. Napps, Mr. Kind, Egypt, & Quannie Quan) but again these
dope tracks are unreleased.
* In 2006 he made the remix Sign of the Timez (feat. Lakim Shabaaz, Prince Allah).
Sign
Of The Time Freestyle Fellowship
In 1998 he released his
third album "Phuturfunkaristik" on cassette through
Force One Recordingz.
He rereleased this album later in 2006 as Phuturfunkaristik 2000 XL with a altered tracklist.
Mytee G. Poetic who
appeared on the track "Krazy 8" also had some dope 12” singles in the 90s: "Com’n Wit Nuff Ruffness / Brick
City Blues" (1994), "Com’n Wit Nuff Ruffness / Listen To The Lyrics" (1995) and "Discovery Zone /
Ghetto Journalism" (1996). In ’98
he produced the track "Stick And Move" for Nig Dee which was
available on the Various Artists compilation CD "Insomniac Magazine
Presents: Can't Sleep On The Streets".
Around 2000 he stepped
into film making and made 4 movies: "Place To Be", "A Man
Called Steel", "The Get Together" and "Phone Tap". "Place
To Be" is a Hip Hop film and he also produced the soundtrack with various
artists. "A Man Called Steel" was in many film festivals,
including Tribeca. "The Get Together" was a comedy movie.
In
2002 he produced the album "Ghetto Child" for N.I.G. Dee. A few
copies were pressed on tape, but it was never released.
In 2003 he met
Percee P through Quannie and Percee put him up on myspace and another
productive era began.
The Place to Be Soundtrack:
Throw Your Hands
- Treazure
Question Of Truth - Gee
Rock
The Legends Are Comin –
True School All Stars
How Many Mcees -
Clapp 2000 (Al B Dog)
This Is How It Should
Be Done... – The Coalition
Everlasting – Gee
Rock, Lakim Shabbazz
Ghetto Vibe – Earl
Jones
Ghetto Hot - JaJa Binx,
Gee Rock
I'm Back – Nig Dee
Tryin To Get A Deal -
JaJa Binx
Sign Of The Time –
Gee Rock, Lakim Shabbazz
CND Anthem - Earl
Jones
Stretchin Out –
Gee Rock, Treazure, Tamika
The Big Payback - Gee
Rock, Earl Jones
Wewannaparty - Force
One Pham
Hip Hop In The Place
To Be... - Curtise, Gee Rock
Freestyle Flow –
Earl Jones, Abry (aka Braby Face of Native Trinity), Gee Rock
In 2006 he released another Soundtrack: Force One Networkz
presents: Street Life (Inspired By The Underground Hit Film “The
Game Is Dead”)
Ready To Lose - Abrey
Dewan
Code Of The
Streets - JaJaBinx & Gee Rock
Everything Must Change
- Lord Money Green
Street Life -
Treazure & Tamika Scott
A Fool And His Money -
Bumpy Johnson
Insanity (Skit) - Gee
Rock
Ghetto Child - N.I.G. Dee
Tha Dream (Skit) - Earl
Jonez
No Drugs Allowed -
Gee Rock
Here are all other releases he did:
Return
Uv Tha Funky EP II (2006)
Tha Birth of Hip Hop
At tha Jam Uv tha Mic
Back in tha Daze
Hollywood Swinga
Let Yourself Go
Sign of the Timez (2006
Remix) (feat. Lakim Shabaaz, Prince Allah)
Tha Realness
Brick City Breaks
VOL.1 -10 (2007)
The
Funky EP XXL (2007)
Hip Hop Prelude
Tha Dope Skit XXL (feat.
A-Form, Maddfiles)
Aint Nobody Hot XXL
Constant Elevation XXL
Thuggin Is Over XXL
Hollywood Swinga XXL
Goldfinga XXL
Let Yourself Go XXL
No Drugs Allowed XXL
Cypha Royal XXL (feat.
Mel Official, Percee P, Lakim Shabaaz, Jace The Great, Treazure)
So True XXL (feat. Jameek
Karriem)
Still Dont Stop XXL
Summa Uv 79 XXL
Aint Nuthin Like It (Hip
Hop) XXL
Various Artists - 100 Degreez
Deep Vol.1 (2008)
Y'all Dont Want None
- Left Hook Right Hand
Give Em What They Want -
Mel Official
Here Undaground - Gee
Rock & Tha CND Coalition
Lets Do It - Musik G &
The UGA Musik G & The Underground Army
Man to Praise - Percee P
This Is for the Streets -
Franky 2 Bax
Blowin Up - Bombchelle
Today - Arkivez
Chin Check - DJ Ray Swift
Jerz State of Mind -
E-Illa
Lovesoul - Jameek Karriem & Wizdom
God
Hip Hop Holy Wars - LinQue
What Else Can I Say - Gee
Rock & Tha CND Coalition
The Struggle - Bombchelle
Since I Found You - Apollo
My Fam - Xavier &
Lavaryl
Last of the Greats -
Percee P
Taking It Back - Tru
A Form of Expression - A
Form
Here We Come - Gee Rock &
Tha CND Coalition
Various Artists - 100 Degreez Deep Vol.2 (2009)
3
Dahardway (PROMO) - Gee Rock, Percee P, Lakim Shabazz
Live From The Bricks
(feat. Tame One, Skully & Kimo)
Code Of The Street (feat.
JaJa Binx)
Sign Of The Timez (feat.
Lakim Shabazz & Prince Allah)
Qwestion Of Truth
The Big Payback (feat.
Skee Love)
The Legends Are Comin
(feat. Robbie Rock, Waterbed Kev, Booski)
What Else Can I Say
Aint Nuthin Like It
(Remix)
and last but not least
here are some more artists he worked with through the years:
45 King, Apache,
Awesome Two (Special K, Teddy Ted), A-FS 201-973,
A.C. The P.D., Bryce Snow, Big
Seven, Big Jeff, Treach (Naughty By Nature), Chill Rob G,Dj Baron, Dj
Champagne, Dj Mecca, Dotta Rock (Fantastic Five), Doc Strange, Flavor
Unit, Furious Five, George Clinton (Parliament / Funkadelic),
Gunsmoke, Hunter Hayes, Jam Master Jay, Jesaka Saylove, Kool Keith, Kurt Nice, Lord Yoda, Mr. Funky
(Lords of The Underground), MC War Flattop, Phaceizdaname, Pure
Dynamite, Pow Wow, Queen Latifah, Rodney C (Funky Four +1 ), Super
Lover Cee, Split Personality, Steven Washington (Slave), Viola, Wendy
Day,...
A big THANK YOU to Derek for making this possible. He plans to rerelease all his music and also some dope wax is coming soon through a new hot label ;)
Facez Of Imagination is a group from New York. Members are Stoneface and Falconetty. In 1995 they released a 12" single on Shang-Hai Killa Records with the 2 tracks "Bloody Palmz" and "Love Wouldn't Disrespect". Both tracks are mad dope! All scratches by DJ Madd Phlexx. "Bloody Palmz" is co-produced by Bedroom Beats / Dangerous-N-Deadly. They announced their forthcoming LP "Honor Amongst Thieves", let's hope this was recorded and turns up one day.
"Revelation" is a group from Portsmouth, Virginia. The crew consists of: Mack-Ski (Calvin Macklin), Eclipse (Eric Hudson) and M3X (R. Lewis).
In 1997 they released a 5 track EP titled "How Would I..." on Red Eye Entertainment. I have the CD version and i don't know if it was released in any other format.
Tracklist:
1.How Would I...(Kick It If I Could)
2.Revelation Now
3.Talk Over
4.Life Sentence
5.Critical Thought
I don't have much to tell, they serve us some dope conscious hip hop here and "Revelation Now" and "Critical Thought" are my favorite tunes on this EP! The track "How Would I..." is written by C. Macklin, E. Hudson & R. Lewis and got additional Vocals by The Traveler Extreme. Produced by Eclipse who used a sample from the 1976 song "Girl, I Think The World About You" by the "Commodores". De La Soul used the same sample for the track "Buddy" which was also on their debut album "3 Feet High And Rising" from 1989. "Revelation Now" is written by C. Macklin, E. Hudson & R. Lewis and produced by Mack-Ski. "Talk Over" is a interlude with some shout outs, vocals by M3X.
"Life Sentence" is written by E. Hudson, R. Lewis & C. Macklin and produced by Mack-Ski.
"Critical Thought" is written by R. Lewis, C. Macklin & E. Hudson and produced by Eclipse.
All tracks recorded and mixed by Pete Haynes and Joe City at Third Eye Studio. Published by Stephia Alexander Music. I got no further information about the group, besides they are down with the "Boogiemonsters" and they advertised their forthcoming album titled "Hip Hop", but i guess it never saw the light of day. Based on the tracks from their EP, i am really curious about the other joints from the album.
MC Shan (Shawn Moltke) is a rapper and producer from Queensbridge, NY.
He is the cousin from Marley Marl (DJ and Producer) and was member of the famous Juice Crew along with Marley Marl, Mr Magic, Roxanne Shante, Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, Craig G., Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Biz Markie, MC Percy (Intelligent Hoodlum, Tragedy Khadafi) and don't forget about TJ Swan, the Genius (GZA) and Grand Daddy I.U. They released many dope records on the label Cold Chillin'...
Shan dissed LL Cool J on "Beat Biter" for stealing the Beat from "Marley Marl Scratch" for his "Rock The Bells". Another historic moment was the beef between the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions that started with the track "The Bridge"...
Here is a selected overview of his albums, singles and appearances. For complete discography have a look at discogs
"Down by Law" 1987 "Born to Be Wild" 1988 "Play It Again, Shan" 1990
Marley Marl featuring MC Shan – Marley Marl Scratch 12” 1985 MC Shan – Feed The World 12” 1985 MC Shan – Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing / Cocaine 12” 1986 MC Shan - Beat Biter / The Bridge 12” 1986 MC Shan featuring T.J. Swan – Left Me Lonely 12” 1987 MC Shan – Down By Law (Remix) / Down By Law 12” 1987 MC Shan – Down By Law / Project Hoe 12” 1988 MC Shan - I Pioneered This 12” 1988 MC Shan - A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste 12” 1988 MC Shan - Juice Crew Law / They Used To Do It In The Park 12” 1989 MC Shan - Ain't It Good To You / Death Was Quite A Surprise 12” 1990 MC Shan - Time For Us To Defend Ourselves / Even If I Tore It 12” 1990 MC Shan - I Don’t Mean A Thing / I Ran The Game 12” 1990 MC Shan – Kill That Noise / I Ran The Game 12” 1990 MC Shan - Pee-Nile Reunion / Don't Call It A Comeback 12” 1993 MC Shan - Hip Hop Roughneck / Watchin' My Style 12” 1993 MC Shan featuring Michael Myers - Shan & The Queens Connect / MC's Freeze 12” 1998 MC Shan - The Bridge / The Bridge 2000 featuring Iman Thug & Tragedy 12” 1998
Spoonie Gee – That's My Style / I'll Serve You Right / Take It Off 12” 1986 Juice Crew All Stars – Evolution / Juice Crew All Stars 12” 1987 "Freedom" from Marley Marl – In Control Volume 1 1988 In 1993 he produced for the ragga rapper Snow for his first album some tracks and helped out with some rhymes ("Informer")... "Line Of Fire" featuring Krs-One, Ras Kass, Godsons, FT, Bamboo, Feel-X and Sinz Of Reality on the Domingo Compilation presents Behind The Doors Of The 13th Floor from 1999. "You Love To Hear The Stories" from Screwball on the album "Y2K" from 2000 QB Finest (Cormega, Nature, Capone, Marley Marl, Millenium Thug, Mobb Deep, Nas, Tragedy Khadafi) - "Da Bridge 2001" 2000
In the mid 90s (could be ’96 based on the run out groove etchings) he released a promo EP pressed in very limited quantities on MC Shan Music Inc. This EP contains the 5 tracks: "To Thy Be Done (Feat. Kork Screw)", "Get Your Groove On", "Key To Lock", "Woman Of The Decade (Feat. Snow, Muriel Fowler, Lady Ann)" and "6 Ft. Underground". For me it's all about "6 Ft. Underground" on this wax, followed by "Key To Lock"! The whole EP is produced by Shan himself togehter with MIT (?).
Here we go with the Habitat! This crew out of Albany, NY consists of rapper Shyste, DJ Rad and D-Tox. In 2001 they released the Habitat EP on R&R Records containing 4 dope cuts titled "Habitat" (Intro), "Kop Dat", "Money n' Me" and "N.Y. Niks". Tracks produced by D-Tox and engineered by PJ Katz.
Shyste
The rapper Shyste released a few CD Albums: "Pro Mode", "Cannabis Cup Day", "The Exception" (2005), "Born Day" togehther with Dood Computer from Doom Fist and a collection of tracks from '96-'01 titled "Number 1 Draft Pick". Shyste worked with Dez (aka Dezmatic, Dezin8ed,...Dez and Nobs), Awar, Tone, Sween, Ace, DJ TK... PJ Katz (Producer and Engineer) did a lot of great productions for Mad Flowers, Tunnelrats, Sev Statik (Deepspace5 & Tunnel Rats), Dez, Realistikk, Sween...
This spot is about hip hop music from all eras, but with a main focus on the 90s stuff. This blog is more a hip hop archive were i try to give some information about my favourite artists and labels. I start with some not so famous artists and later on you will find here all the dope stuff ever released. please leave some comments (tell me what you think, which are your favourite tracks?) and write who you are and where you from. let me know if you got some additional infos or want to correct something, maybe you are one of the artists.
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