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Zippyshare Records and Tapes is back in business as Google Drive Live
Don’t let the fact that Zippyshare is dead and buried mean that the mighty bootleg MP3 era of Unkut Dot Com is taking a permanent dirt nap. Thanks to the wonders of the InternetS, Google Drive Live is now hosting every one of the old compilations from the 2015-2018 era of Unkut Dot Com, along…
Download: Showbiz featuring AG – Goodfellas [cassette advance version]
Update: I lost the first version of this so here’s a new comp, plus a bonus quote from AG: ‘I definitely didn’t like Showbiz featuring AG, that little tape that they put out. I don’t know what PayDay was doing at the time, but it’s all good. We gotta lotta songs like ‘Ain’t No Fun’…
Large Professor – That Bullshit [demo version]
This isn’t all that different from the mix we heard on the official release in 2009, but the ‘down the dial’ radio intro and amusing ad-libs on the fade-out make it the better option for all the ‘funk bitches’ out there.
Why hasn’t the first Tribe Called Quest demo tape ever hit the internetS?
So I picked-up the 2015 edition 2LP of Peoples Instinctive Travels And The Paths of Rhythm, mainly in the hope of getting a nice loud version of ‘Footprints’. This was a dummy move, as it turns out it actually sounds worse than my single vinyl version. Blame not-so-great modern re-mastering, maybe? At least I finally…
MISFORTUNE: A Book of Illustrated Fortune Cookie Messages
Aeon Hand, who was responsible for many classic Combat Jack Show handbills and the covers of Bol’s books, not to mention the superb illustrations in Past The Margin and the official Conservative Rap Coalition logo, released a book in September last year. Equal parts hilarious and disturbing over 140 pages, I highly recommend this to…
The first one hundred copies of the book have now shipped
In other news, ‘Past The Margin: A Decade of Unkut Interviews’ is around the size of a hotel bible. Perfect for old people bus rides! Also great to make yourself seem intelligent at dive bars.
Past The Margin: A Decade of Unkut Interviews book – Available Now!
The first run of the Past The Margin: A Decade of Unkut Interviews hardcover book has finally arrived and is available to order here: Past The Margin: A Decade of Unkut Interviews hardcover book Including a mix of material originally published on unkut.com, previously unseen follow-up sessions and six brand new conversations that are exclusive…
Re-Up: Main Source – The Science [Unkut Bootleg]
P-Vine Records are releasing an official pressing of the shelved Main Source album The Science. In the meantime I thought I’d dig up my attempt at replicating how the LP might have shaped up in a 2014 post. Download
What really makes a rapper great?
After making the classic rookie mistake of logging onto Rap Twitter the other day, I was reminded of the absolute disparity that exists with how fans and insufferable Please Follow My Account types judge ‘good rapping’. There seems to be three main schools of thought here: 1. Punchlines and multi-syllable verbal gymnastics are the apex…
Black Rob – Jeans and Sneakers [CRC Edit] / Questions & Answers
The late Black Rob was always great, but around the time that he released his second album, The Black Rob Report, he really hit his stride and recorded two tracks that I still listen every chance I get. ‘Jeans and Sneakers’ was originally an unholy alliance between a heavily-edited promo rap for Biggie’s planned Brooklyn…
Mobb Deep – White Lines
What could be a better end to the working week than for a couple of Mobb Deep bootlegs to arrive on my doorstep? This Prodigy masterpiece first did the rounds on the mixtape circuit under the name ‘White Lines’ before it was pitched down and redone as ‘Quiet Storm’, with Hav on the hook and…