Good News Boppers...

The link (full) for the mixtape has been re-upped, so I will be sending out links to those that missed it and for those that are still after it please send an e-mail to

coldrockdaspot@hotmail.com

The response has flipped my wig kids...seriously thank you for making my week

and speaking of Good News...have you seen what just got released?

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/detail.asp?UPC=WPK5001CD



Bee Why "The Lost Tapes" features 13 rare and unreleased recordings from the Queens Emcee who first popped on the scene with his now highly collectible 12” single "The Boros" back in 1997. He then released 2 more singles "Remember the Time" and "G.A.T.S". Bee Why has made his mark in the underground Hip Hop scene with a then unknown producer Gee The Nutty Professor who later changed his name to Ayatollah. Ayatollah later produced many classics records for Mos Def , Tragedy Khadafi, Rakim, Masta Ace, Inspectah Deck, Cormega and many more. With all 13 tracks produced by Gee, it gives you a rare look into Ayatollah’s first recorded production which would later shape his hip hop sound.

Oh man...you may have noticed that I have posted Remember the Time and G.A.T.S on previous mixtapes, I can tell you this will be an essential purchase, the kid is dope and this is the first time I knew that it was Ayatollah, those sneaky MF'ers...

Peace

oh and I might be away for a week or so as I am re-locating...so enjoy the mixtape in the meantime.

Much Love

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You Know What I'm About!

Thanx To Y'All
And It Won't Stop

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Part Five: The Beginning Of A New era

1983 Not Just Another Year
I'm Ten Years Old
And I'm about To know Everything about "Smurfin"
that's the Wack Term They Use In France For Break-Dancin'?!?!?

Press Is Talkin' About This New Grafitti Phenomena
And Unluckily for My Parents
I Find This Very interesting.

This Culture
And The Strong Image
That Goes With,
Starts Fascinating Me
It Only Just Begun!

1983 is ALSO the YEAR Who Introduce Us
To This New Virus That Would Destroy Many Of Us
The HIV


But In 1983,
This Man,
The Gipper

Decide To Celebrate
The Birth Of Martin Luther King
And Make It A Special Day,
A Holly Day
It Would Be Done Finally In 1986


"We will not resort to violence.
We will not degrade ourselves with hatred.
Love will not be returned with hate."


The Gods Must Be Crazy Is The Funniest Movie Of The Year
And This Bushman Become A Huge Star For A minute

1983 is Also The Year
Where You Get
Two James Bonds
For The Price Of One!

Never Say Never
That Sean Connery Would Not Come Back
And Introduces The World
To A Young Beauty Named
Kim Basinger
Who Would Turned Out To Be...
Eminem's Mum In The Future,Weirdo!

But Roger Hits You With His Octopussy Squad

The Force Is Back
As The Jedi Returns

Brian De Palma
Oliver Stone
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Are About To Change Hip Hop Game For EVER
With This Movie SCARFACE.

A Lot Of People
Glorify His Way Of Livin',
I Guess They Don't See The Way
Tony Ends In This Movie!

I Mean,Damn, I Don't Wanna Be No Tony Montana For Sure

Fame Is Everywhere
On Tv, Big Screen And Broadway

Everybody Wanna Be
In Leroy Flashy Pants


On The Other Side
You Got This Great
White Trash Gay Version Of Fame:
Staying Alive

with The Noneless Great John Travolta
Who Is Probably Not Yet Introduce To Scientology
But Who Is definitly Introduce In A Way...
Let's Get Physical

But In 1983
The Hip Hop World Enter A New Era,

Three Guys,
Comin' Out Of Hollis Queens,
Wearing Black Wears,
Hittin' You
With Supa Strong Beats,
Supa Dupa Strong Rhymes,
Hold No Hostage...

RUN,
DMC
And
JAM MASTER JAY

Blast You Off With Timeless Hits Like:
Jam Master Jay,
Sucker MCs,
It's Like That,
Hard Times...

Hardcore Hip Hop Has Finally Landed On Planet Earth
1983 is Definitly The Year of RUN DMC

Hear All This And Even More On This 1983 Lesson


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Jaz's Grab any tape thats near...Fat MixTape May 2007

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I have had a few requests (by the way it's mad good to see the coldrockdaspot e-mail getting used) to do another of these, so I did and I honestly went through over 200 tracks and I have no doubt you have these or have heard them before... if not...enjoy

Oh and I was also asked to to do the track listings in Capitals as it's easier for kids to tag them...it's all Kool Herc,D,G Rap,Rock Steady,Chip,Kim,EQ,Mike Ski,Akeim,Doobie, Moe Dee,Rock Jay,Key,Rockski, Ski,Red Alert Kieth and The Gang...:D and now the breakdown..

1-A Tribe Called Quest (ft Baby Bam)-If The Papes Come (Original Version)

Still one of the greatest uses of Lou Donaldson's infamous Pot Belly and Tip and Bam sound so ill over this, hard to believe it's 17 years old...will there ever be an ATCQ reunion?, I'm not really sure...maybe...but probably not.

2-Strugglin' Souls-Can't Find My Tribe (1992) of the Manic Depression LP

I can't even remember where I got this from but it was either last year or in 2005 and man am I glad I found it, talk about unheard of and completely forgotten...this track is just dope and so smooth, I love the rhymes, James Brown beats, smooth sample and bassline and a well chosen Queen Latifah vocal cut....

3-Mission-Soul Chips (2001)

I tried a lot of different tracks to follow the Strugglin' Souls one and this Mission track produced by Hispanik (Molemen) with cuts by Vin Roc seemed to be the right one and is masterful to these ears,I can see this being appreciated in ten years time, everything is right about it, the slow drums, mood and tempo, there isn't a Mission anymore as they became the Crown City Rockers and now most have branched off into solo work, MC Rasheed Ahmad and Headnodic in particular.


4-Blak Forest-4th Quarter (1997) off the You Are Now Entering The...

Tell me how you could not dig this, what with the crispy bacon (scratchy sample) the reverb on the drums, and the laid back tone...it's a perfect song to play at night and get blazed too...or to just rock in the headphones...that Blak Forest LP was way to slept on in my opinion, it had the first appearance from Kazi and a lot of other talented MC's along with dope production.

5-Screwball-On Point (1998) off Hip Hop Independents Day Volume 2 (Nervous)
*Also the B-Side on the 12" to Cormega's "Fuck Nas" (limited)

Hooooooo Haaaaaa...that guitar loop, muffled bassline and solid drums always get me and those rowdy MF's from Queens will always hold a special place in my collection for me, they just had it....do you know what I mean?, each MC delivered to his fullest and they ripped shop over ill beats from the likes of oh...DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Mike Heron (who produced this track) check Unkut.com for a very interesting interview with him.
http://www.unkut.com/2007/05/hydra-special-mike-heron-interview

Also The Beatnuts, Godfather Don and many others...

6-Finsta Bundy-Payday Is Bliss (1992)-B-Side of Finsta Baby

Where to start here?, ill wah wah guitar loop (also used by 45 King) and the dope EPMD-Rampage drums
Evil Dee produced this and it was just as dope as Finsta Baby if you ask me...Finsta had a unique voice and I dig the way he rhymed Manage with Sandwich...

7-The Beatnuts ft Poet-Thinkin 'Bout Ca$h (1997)-off the Stone Crazy album

This was one of the ultimate Queens connections right here,"It be a screw to all ball and a beat to a nut" crazy beat digging heads The Nuts looped up the ill Lou Rawls Lifetime Monologue drums and sprinkled quirky organs keyboards and a moody bassline, but Poet and Hostyle's cameos makes this track that much special, one of my faves off the Stone Crazy album.

8-Darc Mind-Dot Chu In The Eye (1996) off the Bi-Polar Mix Tape

I love this damn track, there is a certain mystique to it and I love the way X Ray used the Lou Rawls drums, the atmospheric bassline and Kev Roc's deep vocal tone just meshing with the track perfectly...I find listening to this in the dark can provide some awesome scenes in your head of a foggy night and a sinister atmosphere.

9-Diamond Shell-Back 'Em Up (ft Diamond J on the cut) (1991) off the The Grand Diamond Imperial Shell LP

There was something very distinctive about Diamond Shell, the Biz Mark,Biz Mark's younger brother and his only album recorded at the infamous Powerplay recording studio's...this track had a dope drums and an addictive bassline, Shell flowed liked good wine and this was pure 90's and having Diamond J (a former EPMD DJ) on the cuts was an added bonus

peep this interview with him from 2006
http://www.platform8470.com/artists/ai_grandimperialdiamondshell.asp

10-Kinetic Order-Deconstruct (1991)

Thanks to my man Roy Johnson for this, I feel envious that I wasn't able to hear what the Chicago underground was offering Hip Hop in the 90's, this ill track was released in 1991 and Roy also hooked me up with a lot of other rare Chicago underground material, it's just amazing and when I first heard this, I got that chill down my spine.

More on the next mix tape.

11-Godfather Don-Colors of Death (unreleased off Slave of New York EP (Limited Edition)

Okay first up, I missed out on the Slave of New York EP and was sent a copy online, so a MASSIVE thank you to
http://www.diggerswithgratitude.com

for getting these jewels from the Don himself and releasing very limited copies on vinyl and for being a welcoming forum and information site, in a word this track is just nuts and I and a few others think the Jazz bassline Don samples here is from the same track used on the Arsonist's The Session, this is pretty much just classic Godfather Don and that's all that needs to be said.

12-Top Quality-Magnum Opus (Charlie Marotta Remix) (1993)

Another track, I only ever had on a mix tape and boy am I glad I found this online, the drums bang hard and you will notice that the piano sample is the same that the Gravediggaz's used for Constant Elevation (Biz used it too) but what I dig the most about this remix is how it sounds completely different from the original version, I don't really know why TQ was so slept on.

13-The Arsonists-Universal Skills (1999) off the Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology
CD

I don't even know why this crew broke up because they were all talented and this track was first featured on the record label they were signed to after Fondle 'Em...Matador's 10th year anniversary album on the third disc which contained all previously unreleased tracks, I really like this,the slow drums, the rhymes, the flow and the X-Clan and Big Daddy Kane samples are all dope.

I have no clue who produced this but it could have been D-Stroy,Freestyle,Swel or Q-Unique.


14-Icons-Fools With No Rhyme Skills (1998) off the What Legends Are Made Of LP

I am willing to bet that as soon as you saw that title you were thinking off the Guru line, right?...anyways they do cut that hook up over some dope fast drums and rapid yet concise flows from Frosty da Know-Matic and Ech-U-Sketch you might also be asking who the f--k are the Icons?.

Good question, from memory they were a San Diego crew and sadly there is very little on the internet about them which sucks, because the LP was dope and I have it somewhere and will get it up here when I do.


15-Latee-Wake Up (1988)-off the No Tricks 12"



Even though No Tricks is one of the greatest tracks from the 80's, the b-side was just as dope, a very smooth and simple 45 King production (drums, bass and horns) that Latee dominated his vocals with, I know I keep it saying it but this will be 20 years old next year and it doesn't sound like it, It's a shame that Latee never had an album or that we didn't get a full Flavor Unit album.

NB: It's looking a lot like that DJ Mark The 45 King will be the next Producer I will document, I promise you that post will be off the meter...and it will be more than one, most likely more than 2 to be honest.

16-MC Lyte-Paper Thin (Audio 2 remix)

This remix is dope and sounds very little like the original, lots of familiar samples and a classic 80's looped up drum...it's not as good as the original but still a great remix and man MC Lyte has such a great voice and flow and was all about the rhymes as well. Family eh?...damn.

17-Ground Floor-One Two (1994) off the One Two/Dig On That (ft Lord Finesse) 12"

For some reason, this has ended up on my headphone playlist a lot lately, I guess it's the sheer illness of that distorted and slowed down piano and then that horn and hard knocking drums with the MC's passing the mic back and forth and running game like "Nike on a Basketball court".

I wish I knew why these kids never had an album, they had their first 12" A-Side produced by the great Lord Finesse and a dope video as well...some things just don't have answers I guess.


18-Strict Flow-Radio (1999) off the People On Lock 12"

I think this is just one of those joints, it was released in 1999 and produced by George Sulmers, who did some beats for J-Live and had an awesome loop,a crying baby sample,hard drums, bass and some tight cuts about radio heads knocked to the future shock ...(I still can't think who that is though sorry)

What was disappointing was the album, it just didn't have any tracks compared to this and it was alright but sadly fairly forgettable.

19-Alphabet Soup-Sunny Day In Harlem (1991)

Someone with some money and good connections should get this re-released because it is pure quality and I have to send a mad shout to Digger D D for hooking me up with some goodies lately.

I could never get hold of this 12" and to hear this in headphones, will make you wonder how such talent went unrecognized, they are mos def in the De La Soul, Tribe, KMD, UMC's, mode but they were still their own group.

20-Top Quality-What (Scratch Mix-Jesse West)

Last but not least, Top Quality catching wreck over the Ode To Billy Joe drums and a deep rumbling bass-line, I think that is more than enough reason to listen...

1. a.t.c.q.ft baby bam - if the papes come (original version)
2. strugglin' souls - cant find my tribe
3. mission - soul chips
4. blak forest - the fourth quarter
5. screwball - on point
6. finsta bundy - payday is bliss
7.beatnuts ft poet_&_hostyle -thinkin bout cash
8-darc mind - dot-chu 'n the eye
9-diamond shell- back 'em up
10-kinetic order-deconstruct
11-godfather don-colors of death
12-top quality -magnum opus (remix)
13-arsonists- universal skills
14-icons-fools with no rhyme skills
15-latee - wake up
16-mc lyte-paper thin (audio two remix)
17-ground floor- one two
18-strict flow-radio
19-alphabet soup - sunny day in harlem
20-top quality-what (scratch version)

Thanks all, oh and if you want the link, please send an e-mail to:

coldrockdaspot@hotmail.com



Peace I'm...

did you get it?...:D

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Part Four: It's Like A Jungle Sometimes

1982
I m Nine Years Old
And I Still Don't Anything About Hip Hop

What I Do Know Is That It's The Soccer World Cup
It's Goin' On In Spain

Schumacher
is the guy you love to hate in France

Worldwide,
The Man You definitly Love To Hate
Is One Sick Bastard
Who Goes By The Name of
John Ross Ewing

E.T. Needs To Phone Home
and that makes cry like a Little Bitch

I Pity The Fool Rocky Balboa
Who Dares To Go Against Mister T
The Man With The Eyes Of The Tiger

Melle Mel Delivers Us A Timeless Message
And introduces the world to Reality Rap

Afrika Bambaataa Is Diggin' ELECTRO STUFF
on The Planet Rock,
And As He's Lookin' For the Perfect Beat,
He's About To Change The Game Of Mixin'


Malcom Mc Laren,
After discovering
The Sex Pistols And The Punk Rock movement,
Moves From London To The Big Apple
And Decides To Let Us All Know About
This New Culture Called Hip Hop,
In A Buffalo Stance.


Hear All This And Even More On This 1982 Lesson


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What's Next? and a new e-mail address...news...

Man, you don't realize how much I appreciate the ill feedback and comments from the other bloggers, dan, dart, ral, trav, eric,al, etc... and all of the heads that feel they have taken a nostalgia trip (that is the idea friends)...glad you are enjoying it.

It just makes me enjoy doing this blog stuff that much more...so I wanted to find out what under rated Producer/Emcee you would like me to profile next...

PMD (Parrish Smith) (of course I was going to document the other half of EPMD... I thought You Knew?..ha ha)
DJ Clark Kent
DJ Mark The 45 King


Let me know and I will get to work...all of others have been thought about and I just wanted to get some feedback on who would you prefer first...

This is one of my favourite roots-reggae tracks of all time, I just love this track and video...

Israel Vibration-Rudeboy Shufflin' (1995) (orginal mix produced by Doctor Dread)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/20006328274b97/
Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQ-jCA8QbE



http://www.discogs.com/artist/Israel+Vibration

Special Dedications to O-Fish, DJ Lemon and DJ Rhys-B

and peace to 2 (more) real blogs that should be added to your links list...

http://herban-lyrix.blogspot.com
This spot pretty much explains itself; HeRB & LyRiCs..

and DJ Complecks

http://compleckshiphop.blogspot.com


Lastly, I am no longer going to put up links here in my posts, but below is coldrockdaspot's very own e-mail address, please contact me if you need re-ups and links to compilations ir if you have any questions.

coldrockdaspot@hotmail.com

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Part Three:Raiders Of The Lost Art

1981,
I'm 8 Years Old
And I Still Don't Know Nothing About Hip Hop

But Something Big Is Goin'To Happen...

In 1981,
America Was About To Have An Actor For President


Steven Spielberg Was Surely Hittin' a Theater Near You
With Indiana Jones Lookin' For The Lost Ark


The New Funk Soul Sensation of The Moment
Was Still Called
Prince


That Year,Also,
A Young Unknown Director,
Named Sam Raimi would Introduce The World
To A Brand New Type Of Horror Movie

Evil Dead


And Bruce Lee Was The Big Boss You Didn't Wanna Mess With


Grand Master Flash Was About To Release
His Adventures on the Wheels of Steel
And Let The Word Know The Importance Of The DJ
Historical
and still D.O.P.E. On 2007,
26 Years Later!!!


Kool Moe Dee Almost Invented Beef
By Squashing Busy B Live On Stage



Hip Hop Was About To Become
Something Else,
Something Big.
Not Just Rockin' The Crowd
But Give Them Lyrics and Skillz

Stop Fakin' The Funk

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