Following up the the first Bob James Unkut compilation from 2008, here are 24 more sure-shots based around my all-time favorite sample source – ‘Nautilus’. Considering that Bob James’ masterpiece is so chock-full of ill sounds, every interpretation takes on a life of it’s own, from the mournful ‘Sincerity’, the melodic swing of ‘Once Upon A Rhyme’ and the swirling menace of ‘Iceberg Slick’ to the tense understatement of ‘Let Em Have It L’ and ‘Mystery’.
Download: Bob James Unkut, Volume 2.1 [Zippyshare Records and Tapes] [re-upped April 2020]
Track listing:
01. ‘Once Upon A Rhyme’ [Original Version] – Rakim
02. ‘Take It Back’ – Wu-Tang Clan
03. ‘Iceberg Slick’ – Real Live
04. ‘Mad Izm’ [Buckwild Remix] – Channel Live
05. ‘Mystery’ – Lazy Laz
06. ‘Let ‘Em Have It “L”‘ – Big L
07. ‘This That and The 3rd (Take It Back)’ – Ilacoin
08. ‘Big Shots’ – King Sun
09. ‘On The Smooth Tip’ – 5ive-0 Posse
10. ‘It’s Yours’ [Todd Terry Remix] – T La Rock
11. ‘The Antidote’ – Fashawn
12. ‘Doper Then Dope’ – Salt-N-Pepa
13. ‘The Rap World’ – Pete Rock & Large Professor
14. ‘Sincerity’ – Mary J. Blige feat. DMX & Nas
15. ‘The Rhyme You’re About To Hear’ – T.D.S. Mob
16. ’99 Problems’ [El-P Remix] – Jay-Z
17. ‘I Keep My Palm On The Handle’ [Original Version] – Herb McGruff
18. ‘Wild Thing’ – E.S.P.
19. ‘Slipping Into Darkness’ – Queen Mother Rage
20. ‘I Gotsta Have It’ – Tim Smooth
21. ‘Scene’ – Mike Zoot
22. ‘Wanna Be Down’ – Big Twins
23. ‘Digusting’ – Gangsta NIP
24. ‘Our House (East New York)’ – Ultimate Choice
Shout out for recognizing Tim Smooth. Rip.
Haha, Gangsta Nip makes an appearance. Beautiful stuff.
T La Rock re-did “it’s yours” in ’90 using Nautilus.. I’m still on the hunt for that..
Superb Rob! Ultimate Choice..T.D.S. Mobb..McGruff, most definitely…great choices. Thank’s for throwing this tape together. Classical.
Zippyshare sucks! I don’t know which “Download” button to press…
Use the orange button directly across from the file name.
Ahhh Buckwild’s remix of Channel Live’s Mad Izm always gets my head noddin & takes me back. Thanks again Rob.
Props for including the 5ive O Posse joint. Not to be confused with the wack PE-affiliated crew with the same name.
Ghostface Killah : Daytona 500
Lord Shafyk : My mic is on fire
@Mr Lo: Both of those were on Volume 1.
Ice Cream Tee – Keep Hushin should be on there
Sterling work Robbie, thanks a lot for both volumes. Idris Muhammad the drummer on Nautilus passed away last year. He played on a load of Prestige jazz albums from the early 70s with similar greatness.
Idris rip
@Al: That was on the first comp.
@Dubz: I think that’s the Todd Terry remix from the ‘On A Warpath’ album, let me see if I have that laying around somewhere.
Hey dubz, I’ve been looking for that track for years as well.
@dubz and sonny7: Just added the T La Rock remix to the comp.
Sorry I missed the volume # 1,but I will check it right now.thanks Rob
Nice one.
sporty thievz were mediocre at best, but pete rock remixing street cinema made them sound good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhLzGa4IDg I JOINT I DID AROUND 09
Victory remix anyone? Puff’s lyrics ruined that but instrumental & Biggie go hard!
EPMD BROTHERS ON MY JOCK, MAIN SOURCE L.A.T.BBQ,PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH WHAT’S ON THE MENU, RAKIM LET THE RHTYEM HIT EM,RUN DMC BEATS TO THE RHYME, ICE T 409,ANTOINETTE HIT EM WITH THIS RED ALERT VERSION ONYX THROW YOUR GUNS IN THE AIR JUST TO NAME A FEW.
Robbie please re up the download?
too bad the link is dead…can anyone reup please?