After spending the best part of two days looking for R&B songs with Biz rapping on them (and almost buying that Aja jam from iTunes because it’s nowhere else on the internets but stopping myself just in time because I was slipping into some kind of madness), I wound up with around forty guest spots…
From MC Jade to the Super Kids to MC Percy to Tragedy to Intelligent Hoodlum to Tragedy Khadafi, this guy has seen some shit in the evolution and gradual rotting away of this thing known as Queensbridge Rap. There may be a follow-up focusing on his work with Capone-N-Noreaga, Killa Sha and others, since Trag…
Granted, a few of these songs aren’t exactly Atlantis-level deepest of the deep cuts, but the whole idea was to make a compilation of Corona’s finest that avoids the usual ‘Watch Out Now,’ ‘Off The Books’ and ‘Props Over Here’ Bermuda Triangle. Download: A Salute To Beatnuts Deep Cuts Track listing:
After realising that I’d left the original, superior version of Pete Rock’s ‘Strange Fruit’ off the first volume, it was only right that I put together a follow-up to the Axelrod samples compilation, this time mainly focusing on his work as a producer for other artists. And no, I did not forget about Dre –…
Jazz fusion pioneer David Axelrod passed away today, leaving behind a legacy of incredible music and a wealth of eerie, atmospheric material for people to rap over. For the sake of keeping this to twenty tracks, I’ve only included his work with the Electric Prunes and his solo albums, rather than covering his equally extensive…
Bronx bomber extraordinaire Minnesota has provided the Money Boss Player crew with many a superb beat over the years, as well as contributing classic tracks for the likes of Sadat X, Big Pun and Ghostface. I don’t know much about him beyond his discography, so let’s just let the music speak for itself. Download: A…
Here’s a follow up to the 2015 compilation, focusing on artists that went on to do something else rather than just gather dust in an A&R’s desk drawer who aren’t named Nas, Biggie or Mobb Deep. Download: A Salute To Rap Demos, Volume Two Track list:
Calm down, there are zero Artifacts beats on this compilation. The following twenty-one rap beats from the nineties are not the biggest, the best or the most memorable, but they all hold sway with me for one reason or another and provide a suitable soyundtrack for your steering or commuting pleasure. Download: A Salute To…
Here are the best forty rap songs of the year, according to the Conservative Rap Coalition. Please note that there’s a limit of one track per release, which made for some tough decisions. Play this loud and often, until your neighbours want to fight you. Download: The Unkut 40 Oz. 2016 *UPDATE: One track changed…
Women in rap have always had an uphill battle, in that even female rap fans don’t seem to be particularly interested in hearing girls rapping if record sales are anything to go by. White chicks in rap have the natural advantage of still being enough of a gimmick that it’s easier to overlook things like…
Henri Charlemagne has the misfortune of having the same name as a current radio shock-jock/general blowhard, but don’t hold that against him. Best known for his work with his crew Natural Elements (and the Fortess Entertainment label which also spawned Raidermen and Nightbreed aka Ka’s first crew), he later went on to work with Puffy,…
L.E.S. had a nice run in his early days until he feel into that cheesy keyboard phase. Other sins against good taste include his involvement with Will Smith solo records and producing ‘Firm Biz,’ but here are fifteen reasons to forgive those lapses in judgement/giant paydays. Download: A Salute To L.E.S. Productions [re-upped] Track listing: