Sunday Lite: Opening Day.

The smell of the grass, the crack of the bat, the aroma of hot dogs and brats, the taste of a cold beer on a hot day, these are things I love about baseball. I know football (American style) is the more popular sport these days here in the states, but call me old fashioned, but there is just something about baseball that I love. I'm not sure what drew me to the sport at an early age. I don't know if it was crawling up in my old man's lap and watching a Braves or Cubs game on TV when I was barely old enough to understand the sport, or the fact that I started playing baseball when I was 6 and continued all the way through High School, when my bad attitude (I once told a coach to fuck himself, not good), grades (I was a snot nosed punk my Freshman and Sophomore years) and arm injuries finally caught up to me and kept me from going on to college on a scholarship.

I know a lot of people don't care for it, but to me it's a game of immense skill (ever try hitting a fastball coming at you at 85 mph, let alone the 90's most MLB's see with a stick?) and a game of logic. You have to try to out think the pitcher, is he brave enough to throw you a curve on a 3-1 count? Watching all the little match ups within the game is incredibly exciting to me. For me, there is no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than at the ball park with a buddy or two, tossing back a few cold ones and scarfing down on some of the most expensive hot dogs you will ever find.

I would be lying if I said one of the reasons I chose to move to Denver to finish my degree wasn't the fact that they had a MLB team. Growing up where I did, there wasn't any close MLB teams. We did have a short season Rookie League team, which is great as well, but growing up, I desperately wanted to see an real MLB game. It wouldn't be until '97 that I would get my chance. My then g/f (and future baby's mother) and a couple buddies drove from Salt Lake to Denver to catch a Pirates (my favorite team) and Rockies game. The Pirates would lose and ironically what I didn't know at the time, I would be going to Rockies game on the regular in about 8 years, but it was an incredible moment for me. The second game I caught was with my current g/f in Los Angeles for a Dodgers and Cubs game. Funny thing about that, we didn't get to the game until the second inning because we were.....uhhh....doing things that caused us to be late and the only run scored that game was a Sammy Sosa solo shot in the first inning.

I moved to Denver in Jan of '04 so I was PUMPED to hit up opening day for the first time in my life. For those of you who don't live in a baseball town, opening day might as well be a holiday. People go crazy. That first year, I had only lived here a few months and didn't really know anyone and I'm not so self conscious that I won't go do something by myself, so that's what I did, went by myself. I had a good time and yes, it would have been more fun going with someone I knew, but I busted my Opening Day cherry and that's all that mattered. The next year, I had a test on opening day, so I couldn't make it, but a buddy and I headed over to an Old Chicago across from the Auraria Campus and catch the game in the fourth inning. That was the year the Rocks came back in the 9th inning against my "second favorite team", the San Diego Padres (my g/f is from San Diego, so by default, I have to yell for them to keep the peace, except when they play the Pirates). My friend and I got so trashed while watching the game, then attempted to ride his Vespa home after the game....NEVER put two drunk people on a Vespa, you are asking for trouble. We went home and drank a case (24 beers) while watching the NCAA championship game.

Last year was the grand daddy of all opening days for me. My good friend and fellow storm chasing partner and I started drinking in Lo Do at around 10 a.m., you know that can't be good. I was fresh off a bartending gig from the night before and had a couple crisp Ben Franks in my wallet, so you know the Travster was rollin' hard. My buddy Frank is one of those guys that knows everyone where ever you go. Our posse grew from three of us to, shit, something like 10-15 people. By noon, I was tanked. One of the last things I remember was looking up at the TV and seeing the Rockies playing on TV. Hmmm, that's odd, we're supposed to be at that game. Yeah, missed the game completely. I ended the day by calling another friend to come get me at around 7pm. The only problem, I had NO CLUE where I was at. I could barely read the street sign on the corner and could only tell my buddy (who I am going with this year and watched the game with the year before) I was one a street that started with a "W", I'd would later figure out it was Wykoop that I was on, for all the Denver readers.

This year, I meeting up with L-Cruz, my "hispanic causing panic" buddy, who luckily lives with in walking distance of the staduim. I'm looking forward to it. I'm supposed to be at work at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, but I'm trying to switch it to the afternoon shift, cause Tuesday morning has the chance of being a little rough, but I'm only going with a couple Peter Gammons errrr Andrew Jacksons in my wallet, so it's going to be a little more difficult to over indulge.

Hip Hop is not really on the baseball thing. I was going to try to wrestle up some baseball related hip hop tracks, but only really three tracks came to mind, so I'll share those with you and throw a couple other "grand slam" tracks (yeah, corny, I know).

Kid Sensation feat Ken Griffey Jr. - The Way I Swing

No shit, THAT Ken Griffey Jr. Kid Sensation was down with Mix-a-Lots ECP (Emerald City Posse for ya SUCKAS!) posse back in the day and recorded this song for Kid Sensation's "The Power Of Rhyme" back in '92, well being from Seattle it was only natural that "The Kid" Griffey, who was playing for the Seattle Mariners and a self professed hip hop head would collaborate with the other "Kid".

While it is what it is, which is another athlete playing rapper, it has a little something to it. The violin sample that Kid Sensation used on the beat is rather ill in my mind. As far as Ken Griffey Jr as an MC, I've heard worse in both the terms of athletes on the mic (Shaq anybody?) and MC's (Paul Wall anyone?). It's still basically a novelty act, but it's kind of cool to hear a baseball player embrace the Hip Hop culture. Not many baseball players promote the hip hop culture. The only one I can think of is Royce Clayton who once got in a fight with a teammate for turning off his hip hop in the dug out once. I think he also might have a label of his own.

Pete Nice & DJ Daddy Rich - Rap Prime Minister (original version of "Rat Bastard" from the "Dust To Dust" LP).

Why am I putting this track in a collection of baseball tracks? Well for those of you who don't know, my man Peter Nash aka Prime Minister Peeeeete NIIIIIIIIICE nice nice nice (KICK 'Em THE GRILL PETE! Sorry couldn't help myself) is a rather famous baseball historian these days. Pete was a jock before his rap career in the first place, playing basketball for Columbia U back in the day as a point guard, which is also where he got his start in hip hop, hosting a radio show with Clark Kent.

After Pete put down the microphone, he would move to Cooperstown, New York, where the baseball Hall Of Fame is located and opened a baseball memorabilia store that is rumored to be the second largest in the world. Pete Nice also became Peter Nash, author, as he would write three baseball based books.

Main Source - A Friendly Game Of Baseball (Remix 1)

Not necessarily a traditional baseball song, but hey it incorporates baseball termanology, so we'll go ahead and use it. I first really got into this song from it's appearance on the "Boyz N The Hood" soundtrack.

This is the alternate version found on "Breaking Atoms". Large Pro equates the treatment of blacks by the police departments around the nation as a game of "baseball". Not exactly "Fuck The Police", but one of the more powerful anti police songs that are out there.

Ultramagnetic MC's - Saga of Dandy, The Devil, & Dandy

This song is actually one of my favorite Ultra tracks basically because it covers a topic in baseball that not many touch on, the black baseball leagues of the past. Before Jackie Robinson and the whole civil rights ear, blacks were not allowed to play baseball, so they had their own leagues. It was both a travesty and an injustice that this happened. I'm sure if blacks were allowed to play, the MLB record books would be totally different.

Ultra covers the black league heroes, such as Josh Gibson, who might have been one of the best players in the history of the sport, Satchell Paige and others. It's a history league that needs to be kept alive so as people don't forget the importance of these players.

Some Free Stuff
Yeah, it's ironic that I'm offering free music, when, well basically thats what most of us bloggers do anyway, but there are some legitimate "free music" being dropped around this week and I thought I'd help you all out with finding it.

JJ Brown presents Re-Release Therapy
We know by now that I am a fan of Louis Logic and part of that reason is the production of JJ Brown. Unbeknown to me, Ludacris released the accapellas for his Release Therapy LP, which I don't know enough about to comment on really. Since I had an unhealthy obsession with the Jay-Z black album remixes, I thought I'd check this out.

I haven't had the chance to really go through it, but my initial impressions were pretty good. Brown uses Jackson Five samples through out the whole project and it seems to work pretty good. None the less you can download it for free without having a guilty conscience (yeah right).

http://www.sendspace.com/file/743mvh
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZT34X4A
http://ww8.sharebigfile.com/file/124891/Re-Release-Therapy-zip.html
http://www.sendspace.com/file/p2aofw
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=25AI0U4Y
http://ww8.sharebigfile.com/file/124941/Re-Release-Therapy-rar.html

DJ Illipse Presents Uncommon Mixes: A Blends Collection
As far as I'm concerned, DJ Illipse is one of the better dudes in the game when it comes to mixtapes. I always try to check anything dude drops because he always comes correct. Well he has a free blends collection out for free download and I'll always help this guy promote his shit and get his hustle on, so be sure to check out, it's worth the time to download. Some nice stuff so check it out.

01. Ludacris - The Red Light District Intro
02. Clipse - Cot' Damn
03. Big L, Jay-Z & Obie Trice - 3V
04. Nas ft. Ludacris - Virgo
05. 2Pac - Me Against The World
06. Obie Trice - Shit Hits The Fan
07. AZ & Genetics - Never Change
08. Clipse - Mr. Me Too
09. Mos Def & Black Genius - Ms Fat Booty
10. Big L - Flamboyant
11. Clipse Ft. Slim Thug - Wamp Wamp (What It Do)
12. Common - The 6th Sense
13. Nas - Nas Is Like
14. Lil Wayne - Hustler Musik
15. AZ & K. Slack - The Come Up
16. Eminem - Without Me
17. Outkast - Wheelz of Steel
18. Nas - Hope

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2ybt70
Bestshare Link
Rapidshare Link

If you like it, be sure to drop him a line on myspace

Rashid Hadee - It Ain't Hard To Tell EP

01-rashid_hadee-duck_duck_duck_feat_augustine_
02-chapter_13-no_stoppin_(prod_rashid_hadee)
03-pete_rock-appreciate_feat_cl_smooth_(rashid_hadee_remix)
04-rashid_hadee-smile_baby_smile_(prod_rashid_hadee)
05-abstract_mindstate-like_this_yall_feat_rashid_hadee_
06-augustine-we_got_that_feat_rashid_hadee_and_sho_
07-rashid_hadee-been_so_long_(prod_rashid_hadee)
08-abstract_mindstate-flyin_high_(prod_rashid_hadee)


Neblina Records is one of the hardest working and most generous labels in the game today. Jerry Juliano puts in a lot of work promoting the likes of Abstract Mindstate, Chapter 13 and this artist, who I believe is also part of Chapter 13, Rashid Hadee. The music is on some smooth soul shit, which is perfect to throw in the box, sit back with your favorite mind altering substance and listen to the mellow cool vibes.

Be sure to check out Neblina's website for some more free music in the same vein.

Neblina Records

Rashid Hadee Myspace

Trav's Top Spins Of The Week

1. El-P - I'll Sleep When Your Dead
My fascination with this release continues. I'm still not completely sure if it was El-P that changed or my own personal tastes or maybe both. I'm still not fond of his lyrics, but his style fits the beats well, so it's great to me. You might want to watch falling asleep with it playing, because you get some weird ass dreams, I found that out this afternoon.

2. Evidence - The Weatherman
This release is starting to sound better and better all the time. Alchemist really does a better job on this release than what he did on the Prodigy album, but thats all good. This shit is really starting to grow on me

3. Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
I'm still listening to it, and, eh, it's growing on me.....

4. Native Nuttz - The Nuttz Are Restless
I was looking for this release for so long, I forgot I was looking for it. My man Dread came through once again with this shit. Shit is fucking great well worth the download. And remember, the password for it is: bustthefackts, for all you suckas!

5. Ultimate Force - I'm Not Playing
Another lost classic. Diamond D, Master Rob and even some apperance from Fat Joe make this album a great listen. One has to wonder what it would have been if it was released when it was intended to.

That is all......

Peace, Trav

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Hip Hop 101: The Nas Remixes "Where Are They Now": The East Coast Remix (Part One)

I've been putting this series off for a few reasons. First, it probably contains the most well known group of artists, which makes it hard for me to bring something to the table that hasn't been rehased a million times, and also the fact, I've already covered a lot of these artists in some fashion or another. Second, these posts are time consuming and a bitch to put together that tied together with the fact I could probably write large posts on each artist alone, this has the potential to get out of hand and I could go overboard, which I have the tendacy to do from time to time.

None the less, I'm proud of the time and effort I've put into these posts covering this and hopefully everyone else has as well. It's been fun, but all good things have to come to an end.....so we'll jump into the last of the series. Ignore any pissyness I may display, I'm still a bit bent about missing the tornado out break that occured yesterday in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado....fuck.

Where Are They Now (90's Remix): Redhead Kingpin, The Original Spinderella, Robe Base, Father MC, Monie Love, Mike G, EST, Positive K, Das EFX, Lords Of The Underground & Dres (Black Sheep)

Redhead Kingpin

Discography
Shade of Red (Atlantic, 1989)
The Album With No Noame (Virgin, 1991)
React Like Ya Knew (Virgin, 1993) **As part of Private Investigators
(Taken from a previous write up)

First appearing with his F.B.I crew back in the late 80's, Redhead Kingpin jumped on the scene as a "Yo! MTV Raps" darling, with his "Do The Right Thing" jam, a track that should have been on Spikes flick by the same name, but rumoredly was passed up in favor of P.E.'s "Fight The Power" for movie the anthem. Red's main claim to fame was the jam "Pump It Hottie", which was the joint during those times. He would also be one of the first to usher in the fad at the time, the New Jack Swing vibe. The Teddy Riley inspired (and in the case of Red's first album, produced) jams packed the dance floors, but those of us listening to LL, Big Daddy, or NWA would cringe when the beats of NJS hit the airwaves. His debut album with his F.B.I crew, "A Shade Of Red", dropped in 1989 which garned three "semi" hits in "Do The Right Thing", "Pump It Hottie" and "Roc The Mic Right". The rest of the album is actually pretty tight, "Superbad Superslick" was one of my favorites as well.

"The Album With No Name" dropped in 91' when times were a changing in the Hip Hop world. This, along with the fact there that Teddy Riley wasn't around this time to produce the album, left the album sounding some what out of place in the world of hip hop. It was in between the time when you were either Afrocentric, playing for the Radio glam, or jumping on the growing Gangsta bandwagon. The album has a little bit of everything and some very corny sounding moments....which is what appeals to me so much. Jams like "3-2-1 Pump", "The Song With No Name", and the message driven "We Don't Have No Plan B" didn't have the groovy New Jack Swing that the last album had, but had just enough to get your ass moving and singing along when no one was looking. It did have it's VERY BAD moments, like "Get It Together" or "It's A Love Thang". Both were examples of R&B sung chorus over "uplifting" messages. The only thing uplifting up these songs were the uplifting of my lunch in my stomach after listening to these songs. The highlite of corniness though is the last song of the album with Kwame guest appearing. I love this song, it has some great lines in it, but it is the epitimy of corniness....

The New Jack Swing was no longer "cool" soon after the new wave of hip hop kicked in and Red kind of slipped off the map. He would reappear in a group of sorts the Private Investigators and the LP "Re Act Like Ya Knew". Gone was his sense of humor, the new jack swing and honestly any creative music. Yeah, I'm not fond of this album. I waited a long time to get it, because I heard rumors it's Red's attempt at fitting in during the time, and they were right, he didn't adjust very well, but some of you might find it entertaining....Okay, it's not that bad, but it just lacks what made him appealing in the first place to me. "Mash Up The Mic" was the only single and wasn't all that bad.

Redhead Kingpin & The F.B.I - The Album With No Name (Virgin, 1991) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X9HH5UT0

1. All About Red
2. Soap
3. What Do You Hate
4. Harlem Brown
5. It's a Love Thang (Word)
6. No Reason
7. We Don't Have a Plan B
8. Nice & Slow
9. Song With No Name
10. Interlude
11. 3-2-1 Pump
12. Wild Style Collage
13. Get It Together
14. Got 2 Go
15. Dave & Kwame (Gimme Dat Girl)

The Original Spinderella aka DJ Pam Green
Discography
DJ for Salt N Pepa's "Hot, Cool, & Vicious"
Not sure what to say here about her other than the fact she was the original DJ for Salt N Pepa on the first album. She left the group to get married.....hmmm, wonder if she's still married? None the less, she did her thing for the one album and she was hand picked up Hurby Azor (Hurby Luv Bug) to DJ the group when it first got together. I still think Dee Dee Roper was hotter (Spinderella #2).


Salt N Pepa Hot Cool & Viscious, (Next Plateau, 1986) http://www.zshare.net/download/salt-n-pepa-hot-cool-vicious-1986-rar.html

1		Push It (Remix) (4:26)
2		Beauty And The Beat (4:39)
3		Tramp (Remix) (3:30)
4		I'll Take Your Man (5:04)
5		It's All Right (4:11)
6		Chick On The Side (Remix) (4:54)
7		I Desire (3:56)
8		The Showstopper (5:01)
9		My Mike Sounds Nice (4:06)

Rob Base

Discography
It Takes Two (Profile, 1988)
The Incredible Base (Profile, 1989)
Break Of Dawn (Edel, 1995)

Rob Base made is claim to fame with the 1988 smash single "It Takes Two". This song would pack to dance floors for years to come and is still mentioned in all the "flashback" shows that deals with the '80's. I mean when you see Randy on "My Name Is Earl", do the fishing dane bit, you know the song has crept its way into even the non hip hop listeners.

His first album would be as "Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock" which was released as "It Takes Two". Base and EZ Rock had been childhood friends that were orginally part of a group, but over the years, they would be the only two left. In 1987, they released a 12 inch single "DJ Interview" on a small independent label which would serve as a jump off into a recording contract from then heavyweight label, Profile.

The album seems somewhat rushed and probably will never hold up on it's own as a hip hop classic, but it does have it's high points with jams like "Joy & Pain" & "Times Are Gettin' Ill" and both the single and album went platinum. I picked this album early on in my "Yo! MTV Raps" watching career. I played it a lot, mainly just for the single, but Big Daddy Kane caught most of my listening time.

There was some rumored personal and professional problems with both Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock. The sample for "Joy & Pain", Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, sued them over the use of the sample. There were reports of substance abuse as well. The result of all this would be the absence of EZ Rock from the next album "The Incredible Base". The album was some what like the first one, with it's highlights and lowlights and honestly didn't age all that well.

The third album is, in my opinion, pretty horrid, but it is what is. Rob is still out and about touring and doing his thing.

Rob Base - The Incredible Base (Profile, 1989)
http://sharebee.com/c0b4026f

1.Turn It Out (Go Base)

2.Get Up And Have A Good Time

3.Rumors

4.Hype It Up

5.Incredible Base, The

6.War

7.Outstanding

8.If You Really Want To Party

9.Dope Mix

10.Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing


Father MC
Father's Day (Uptown/MCA, 1990)
Close To You (Uptown/MCA, 1992)
Secrets ( My (Empire Musicwerks, 2003)

This could be interesting since I've can't ever recall hearing a full album for homeboy. So needless to say, I've never been a fan of his music. It's just another wonderful discovery we can thank Sean "Puffy" Combs for. He was discovered and put on Uptown and quickly became an example of "New Jack Swing" gone wrong.

His "hit" of the day was "I'll Do For You", which I'll admit to listening to, mainly on a Kid Capri mixtape I had back in the day. He also and a nice enough track on the "Who's The Man" OST, with Pimp Or Die, which at the time actually kind of surprised me, but not enough to ever fork out any money for his music.

From what I remember, he had an ego that would rank up there with Kanye. I'm sure there is more to be found on our good friend, Father MC, but honestly, I don't feel like wasting anymore time on him.....

If you must have an album from him, here you go....

Father MC - Father's Day (Uptown/MCA, 1990) **albumbase link**
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J4RIVLIV

1. I'll Do 4 U
2. Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated
3. Lisa Baby
4. Tell Me Something Good
5. I Come Correct
6. I've Been Watching You
7. Ain't It Funky
8. Father's Day
9. Dance 4 Me
10. Why U Wanna Hurt Me

Monie Love

Discography
Down To Earth (Warner Bros, 1990)
In A Word Or 2 (Warner Bros, 1993)

She was born in England, and honestly, would be one of the first UK MC's to cross over to the states (the first I can really remember is Derek B). She would start off in a rap group in the in 1988 called "Jus Bad" with some other members. The crew would release a single on an independent UK label. Monie Love first gain American recognition for appearing on Queen Latifiahs "Ladies First" single. She then go on to appear in some Native Tongues projects, most notably on De La's "Buddy" along with a Jungle Brothers collabo as well. On strength of those appearances, she would parlay them into a recording contract for Warner Brothers, and would become one of the first UK artists to get a major recording contract from a US label. She would aim for a solo project that earned the attention of the male world.

The album "Down To Earth" was, for the most part, a success. Her first single "Monie In The Middle" got enough air play in the clubs and on the video outlets that it would get a Grammy nomination, an honor that would also be besiged upon the second single "It's A Shame" as well.

I for one, was also caught up in the buzz. From my foggy memory, I believe she might have been the very first female artist I went out and bought (someone gave me an MC Lyte tape, but Monie was the first buy). The album is decent. It contains some of the corny hip house stuff that was going on at the time, but it also has one of the first Beatnut beats that I can remember on "Pup Lickin Bone". Unfortunately, there is no Native Tongue appearances, but Monie drops an enjoyable album for the most part.

The second album, entitled "In A Word Or 2" never really caught my attention. The lead single, "Born To B.R.E.E.D.", was produced by Prince of all people. At that time in my life, I wasn't going to fuck with it, but I wouldn't mind hearing it again. She also had Marley Marl on the album, but I couldn't tell you how it sounded.

Monie would pop up next as a morning DJ on a Philly radio station in 2005. Last year, she would make headlines with an on air debate with Young Jeezy about the state of Hip Hop, in which she schooled the gangsta rapper, but would end up leaving the station.

Monie Love Down To Earth (1990)
http://www.zshare.net/download/monie-love-rar.html

1. Monie in the Middle
2. It's a Shame (My Sister)
3. Don't Funk Wid the Mo
4. Ring My Bell
5. R U Single
6. Just Don't Give a Damn
7. Dettrimentally Stable
8. Down 2 Earth
9. I Do as I Please
10. Pups Lickin Bone
11. Read Between the Lines
12. Swiney Swiney
13. Grandpa's Party

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ReRuns......

You know you are large when you can run re-runs on a blog and still get away with it. Alright, maybe I'm letting my "fame" go to my head, but I'm tossing up some re-ups and requests today, and dammit, you are all going to like it! I was going to finish up the first part of the east coast version of "Where Are They Now?", but Mother Nature has different plans for me. It's looking like there might be some severe weather in Colorado this afternoon and right in my own backyard. So naturally, my ass is heading out after work to fuck around and see if I can snap some pictures and get close enough to a twister with out seeing the man upstairs.

So instead of Nas, you are getting some recent requests/re-ups. It was that or nothing at all and I don't really like to go too many days with out dropping some on this blog.

Alright, boys and girls, first up a pair of albums from a group that resulted in a little buzz when they were first dropped on a request Friday last fall. Success N Effect is a Atlanta group that is different in the fact that their first album was some on some straight up Miami Bass type flavor, which I've always liked. The other albums where on some straight up militant/revolutionary/gangsta type vibe, which is cool as well, although I'm still more of a fan of their first album. Well someone requested the "Drive By of Uh Revolutionist" which was their third album. I also just bought "Back N Effect" off of Amazon for a few quarters, so I'll throw that up as well.

Success N Effect - Back N Effect (Wrap/Ichiban, 1991)

1. Angel Dust
2. Blueprint
3. Robo's Housin
4. 7'G's I'll Flow
5. Slick The Slick
6. Real Deal (Holyfield)
7. Nuthin But Suc'cess (So Use It) (Atlanta Style)
8. Mack Of The Year
9. Jump 2 It (House From The South)
10. So Many Faces
11. Slow Flow
12. Nuthin But Suc'cess (So Use It) (Miami Style)
13. 360 Degrees

Success N Effect - Drive By of Uh Revolutionist (Wrap/Ichiban, 1993)

1. Intro
2. Success N Tha House
3. Cinfrontation In Mosley Park
4. Bucking On Dope Niggers
5. Bullshit Views
6. Raised From Depression
7. Brainwashed Niggers
8. Real Black Souljas
9. Gameplan
10. Ultimatedrive By
11. Police Brutality
12. Fuck1 Time
13. Wblk (We Be Black)
14. Black Radio Aint Black
15. Pimps And Players
16. Out Ta Get Rich
17. Warr
18. Forty Aces And A Mule
19. Fuck The System
20. Comin' Up
21. Voice Of A Black Revolutionist
22. The Other Levell
23. Change The Dial
24. Final Call

Powerule was a early 90's New York group that is definately worth a listen if you are into the early NY sound, such as I. Headed up by Prince Power, they should be rembered for the single "Smooth" which got some play from the time frame. While I was writing this, I realized I got this from Dread at Bust The Facts (saw the CD not to long ago, and like a dumbass I waited to get it, went back and it was gone) I don't know if the link was still good there, but if not, here is new one.

Powerule - Volume One (Interscope, 1991)

1 Interview
2 Back
3 Ruff Neck Freestyle
4 5 Minutes 2 Showtime
5 Pass The Vibes
6 Interview
7 Premises
8 Rub Of The Wax Rap [Featuring] - Leaders Of The New School
9 When The Rhythm Calls
10 Que Pasa? (What's Going On)
11 Young Stars From Nowhere Featuring - Johnny Jay Rap [Featuring] - Kurious Jorge , Rebel (7)
12 Interview
13 That's The Way It Is
14 Smooth
15 Gots Ta Get This Co-producer - Large Professor Rap [Featuring] - Large Professor
16 Interview
17 Urbs Inda Suburbs
18 Whassup?

DJ Aladdin & DJ Scratch - LA Shiznit Vol 1 (1993)

Can't remember where I got this, I think Cocaine Blunts. It's kind of in the same vein as Dre's Roadium mixes, so I'm guessing this is something that was sold out the trunk or something. Worth the download.

I started post at 8:30 a.m. it's almost 11:30 a.m. and the severe threat is not looking as hot, so I'm in kind of a holding pattern....I hope it does something, I'd really like to get out, but we'll see.

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Sunday Lite

We are almost to the final four in the NCAA's. By now you should know if you have a chance or not with your brackets. If you just went with basically the top ranked teams and very few upsets, you should be sitting pretty. Just another odd way how things work, if you picked the way you should have, then everything is great. But that NEVER happens, so everyone is fucked, like me, and picked upsets as usual. Oh well, I've only finished in the money once before and as I've said before, I don't watch a lot of basketball anymore, at least, not like I used to. At least there has been some good games and that's all you can ask for.

Interestingly enough, there has been a nice little push in new Hip Hop being released in the past few weeks and in the upcoming weeks. The last few years, nothing has really impressed me until the summer releases, but this year there is a handful of stuff making some noise. Prodigy's "Return Of The Mac", Redman "Red Gone Wild", Evidence "The Weatherman", El-P "I'll Sleep When Your Dead", and other are all dropping or have dropped recently. While not totally thrilled with everything, there is some decent stuff being dropped. It's a good sign, since I though last year was rather lack luster. Shaping up to be a decent year, but I've learned not to get to amped up about it, because more often than not I usually end up disappointed. We'll go over later what I've been feeling.

Musical Merry-Go-Around...

I debated with myself what tasty little morsels to post up this week. I'll admit, I'm feeling a little lazy and don't want to do a lot of writing today. Every so often, someone will send me some tracks as a sign of their apperciation, which is always great with me. I thought I'd share a couple reader contributions that have been emailed to me over the past couple weeks.

The first group of tracks is from Diego from the T.O. (Toronto for all you suckas!). Honestly, I didn't know much about some of the tracks, thankfully he was nice enough to include a little synopsis with them

http://rapidshare.com/files/21193385/6ToTheDome.rar.html

1. ADL - Daddy
ADL was an Swedish MC, who dropped this track in 92ish. I didn't know anything about him, but appears he has a decent amount of stuff according to discogs.

2. Ghetto Concept - E-Z On The Motion
A Toronto group according to Diego, which dropped in '93 - '95 time frame. Nice track in my opinion.

3. Grand Puba - Off The Hook
Alright, brownie points to whoever can tell me where this track came from. I had it already, but I know it's an unreleased/wasn't released on any of his albums joint. Soundtrack maybe? I've always been a big Puba fan regardless.

4. UMC's - Swing It To The Area Remix
The B-Side remix from "One To Grow On"

5. Top Quality - Magnum Opus
Dope joint that has been on a WYDU classic before.

6. Nish Raawks featuring Saukrates - On The Raawks
Newer joint.

Big thanks goes out to Diego. He is also looking for some tracks, so if anyone can help him, it'd be much appreciated.

good feeling - souls of mischief - a-plus - 1994 diggin' in the crates - showbiz & a.g. featuring diamond d and lord finesse - showbiz - 1991 gold digger (RMX) - epmd - epmd - 1990 crossover (RMX), thump mix i believe - epmd - epmd - 1992 never no more (RMX) - souls of mischief - snupe - 1994 mary jane (RMX) - alkaholiks - madlib - 1994

Next is another collection of tracks with some dope shit in it. This one is from Nawledge, so all respect and big ups need to be directed toward him.

http://sharebee.com/99c6ce05

1. Black Poets - Just Don't Faze Me
I know nothing about these cats, but for some reason, this shit grabs me. Reminds me of something like True Culture or something from back in the day. The boom bap beat is cool, even with the singing on the hook. I like it, is there anything else out by these cats? From '93.

2. Something wrong with the track....

3. Hard 2 Obtain - Street Dwellers
From one of my favorite LP's of that era, this is a track off the Hard 2 Obtain's "Ism & Blues". If this track doesn't make you go out and get the re-issue, I don't know what will.

4. Diamond D & Ronnie Foster - Summer Song (Remix)
Beautiful instrumental, not sure where it's from, but it's some nice chill music

5. Ready Ta Roll - Drug Game
From '94, another group I know very little about, but this is pretty dope as well. It's filled with all the stereotypes of the time, but maybe that's what makes it so fun to listen to. It has the nice jazzy horns in the peat ala Pete Rock, an MC that sounds like he could have been in Onyx, and posse shouted chorus. God I love music like this.

6. Da King & I - Tears (Darp Vibe Remix)
I was actually looking for this off and on for awhile. Better than the original in my opinion. It us flips a common sample (name escapes me) but it's just a cool, laid back joint.

7. Slick Rick - It's A Boy (Large Pro Remix)
MUCH better than the original. Shit's dope. Check it if you never have.

8. Velore - Sex & Guns
I'm not familiar with this one either. Not sure if this is the same Velore from the late 80's that was on some party vibe. Feel free anyone to shine some light on this.

9. Little Indian - One Little Indian (Buckwild Remix)
I never was particularly crazy about this joint, but the Buckwild beat is pretty nice

10. L Swift - Check The Style
Pretty dope track. L is from the Natural Elements and one of the leaders of the late 90's indie boom.

11. Saafir - Light Sleeper (remix)
Worth the download alone. I love this joint. I heard it a long time ago on a mixtape that I lost, so I was happen to have this back.

12. The Candy Store - Memories
I didn't know anything about this crew either. I was expecting some R&Bish/Soul type shit with the name, but that's not the case. This is pretty dope, although I can't find much about them.

13. Creative - Presentation (remix)
Another that stumps me. I like it though. I have nothing on them though.....shine some light. This beat is fucking dope though.

Thanks to both Diego and Nawledge for sharing. If anyone ever wants to send me shit like this, I'm always down for that. I obviously don't have everything and even more obviously, I don't know everything. Thanks goes out to both of you

I'm a big fan of Tha Alkaholiks and of J-Ro. The Ro-gram is with JuJu records and is dropping his debut solo album before the summer. Well my man Cleas hit me off with a download of his first single "U Call That Love" feat Chords (who is dope in his own right) and wanted me to spread it around. After Cleas has been more than generous with hitting me up with promo materials and I'm a fan of J-Ro, I'd be more than happy to pass it around....

J-Ro - U Call That Love? feat Chords
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vfz1kr http://www.zshare.net/audio/you_call_that_love-mp3.html http://www.jujurecords.nu/downloads/remix/You_Call_That_Love.mp3
Be sure to check out JuJu Records
http://www.jujurecords.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jujurecords

and hit up J-Ro's Myspace page..
http://myspace.com/justrockinon

I don't usually do the promotion thing, but if I believe in the music, I'll be more than happy to help with a little promotion...or if you have a lot of cash, I can be bought pretty easy as well...haha.


Trav's Top Spins For The Week......
1. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
mmmrgph mprpggh....That was me with my foot in my mouth. A couple weeks ago, I slammed El-P, because I didn't understand what the hype around his upcoming release "I'll Sleep When You're Dead" was all about. I never understood all the hype around Def Jux, and besides a couple releases from the label, I've never been big on them. I'm not going to get into the whole Nerd rap label, because honestly, I think if you are going around calling shit nerd rap, you yourself have some insecurity issues and spend too much fucking time on the rap messages boards. Tell me, who is the nerd when you have 10,000 posts on a SOHH. Despite me not into the lables on music, I just couldn't get with his stuff. Well this album is pretty fucking nice. I'm still not big on his vocals, all though it has grown on me. The beats though are......whoa. I'm big into the whole noisy production vibe such as the Bomb Squad (my second all-time favorite producers) and J-Zone, which is why I thought I should like El-P, but his beats always sounded like unorganized garbage. Not on this album, this sounds like the ghosts of Hank Shocklee and Eric Sadler possessed El-P when he made this album. It's a dark album with craaaazy production. So far, I'm loving it.

2. Evidence - The Weatherman
I knew this was coming out, but I wasn't all that excited about it. The last Dilated album was....YAWN.....and while I like some of Ev's earlier stuff, he hasn't done anything to really excite me in awhile. Then I heard "Mister Slow Flow", which just might be my favorite track of the year so far. I like the fuzzy bassline. Well when I went to check out the album, I was pleasantly suprised. It's not a classic or anything, but it's got some nice cuts on it. It could have stood to be trimmed back a bit though.

3. Redman - Red Gone Wild
Noticed the header at the top of this list says "Top Spins", not favorites. This is starting to get kind of old, although I was kind of expecting this result this time. The last three projects Red has released (Malpractice and the two mixtapes) I've been hyped to hear them since at one time Redman was my favorite MC and the last three times I've been disappointed. Make that four. Sure, he has some good rhymes and is still pretty nice on the mic, but these beats sound like.....not sure how to describe it, but there is no "soul" in them. Meaning, they just feel void of any feeling really. I'll probably by this since I'm a completest nerd and already have all of his other projects, but I'll be looking for it used.

4. Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
I wanted to like this, I really did.....but....I'll give it a few more spins to see if I'm missing something.

5. Marco Polo - Port Authority
If for only the Masta Ace track "Nostalgia".....daaaaaayum! Actually after my two hour repeat session with the Ace track, I gave the rest of the album some play, not too shabby.

No "Why?" section this week....I'm itching to do other stuff......

On the subject of Masta Ace, Mastaace.com has been redone and is looking pretty nice. You can play some music that's been done by our own DJ SoulClap while perusing the site looking at the gallery pictures and checking out other stuff. The site has been shut down to new members, but thats going to be lifted pretty soon. Even if you are not big on internet message boards (which I'm not) this is still a pretty good one with some intellegent, cool people (I'm there, so you know it has to be). Just don't go on there shopping your "bits" (inside joke). Besides, if you make an effort to be part of the community, you get an invite to talk to Ace, Words, Punch or Strick themselves when there is a chat with them. It should be open next week. Just don't piss off CC (Ace's cousin).

That's it for this week....

Trav

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Hip Hop 101: The Nas Remixes "Where Are They Now": The West Coast Remix (Part Two)

Back at it again, with a normal ass schedule for work and some "free time", whatever that consists of. Between work and four fantasy baseball drafts in three nights, I've been lacking the time to dedicate as much time as I'd like this week. If you are a fantasy baseball geek, be sure to check out the "All-Star Blogger" league, that is being covered by Rafi at Oh Word, stop by and cheer on The Daughter in our quest for Blogger Fantasy Baseball world supremacy.

I have lots of things on my mind, but I think I'll save that for the weekend posts when I can spew my mindless dribblings all I want. For now, let's get back in to the "Where Are They Now" series....

West Remix: Breeze, Kam, King Tee, Candyman, Threat, Ice-T, Sir Mix-A-Lot and the Conscious Daughters (With scratches from DJ Bobcat)

Kam

Discography
Neva Again (EastWest Records, 1993)
Made In America (EastWest Records, 1995)
Kamnesia (JCor, 2001)

My knowledge of Kam is fairly limited. I never got into his music for whatever reason. I've liked what I've heard from him, but never got to deep into his catalog. He came up with Ice Cube and his Lench Mob crew, appearing both on the "Boyz N The Hood" soundtrack with the incredible track "Every Single Weekend" and on Cube's "Death Certificate on the "Color Blind" posse track and was associated with Cube's "Street Knowledge" label. The fact is, with Kam around, Cube's association with the Nation of Islam in those early 90's years was taken more seriously than it might have been without Kam in the picture. It's even been noted by such hip hop notables such as Davey D, that it was Kam who kept Cube out of harms way after some backlash due to Cube's portrayal of "Dough Boy" in "Boyz...".

Kam's first album, "Neva Again" is very Afrocentric and socially conscious in nature. His NOI influence can be heard all over the album, and it covers topics from the Riots to gangs. The single, "Peace Treaty", was the attention grabber. The production was handled by a hodge podge of some well known producers, such as a DJ Pooh track, Rashad of the Boogiemen, and Solid Scheme, who was doing production for Cube at the time and some not so well known producers. Cube was also the executive producer of the album.

For Kam's second album, Ice Cube was noticeably absent from any doings of the album. Cube's Street Knowledge umbrella was in shambles amid accusations of some shady business practices on Cube's part. Kam was apart of the increasing number of people pointing fingers at Cube for mishandling business & money matters. The result was that "Made In America" lacks any involvement of Cube whatsoever. This album, in my opinion, is actually more consistent and better production is abundant through out the album, with Battlecat, Cold 187um of Above the Law fame, and DJ Quik all make contributions behind the boards on the album.

Things between Kam and Cube would come to head when one of Kam's boys would catch Cube coming out of a video shoot. A physical altercation occurred that resulted in Cube's chain being snatched. Kam would also drop "Whoop Whoop" on the DJ Pooh compilation in '97 that dissed the shit out of Cube. Later that year though, the Nation sit the two down and they would work out their differences, although they have never worked together again.

Kam is now signed to Paris' "Guerilla Funk" label and working on an album called "The Self".

Kam - Made In America (Eastwest Recordings, 1995) **albumbase link**
http://www.uploading.com/de/files/VLJYUGIS/kamamerica.zip.html
1. Intro

2. Trust Nobody
3. Pull Ya Hoe Card
4. That's My Nigga
5. Way'a Life
6. Down Fa Mine - Kam Featuring MC Ren And Dresta
7. In Traffic
8. Givin' It Up
9. Nut'N Nice
10. Who Ridin'
11. Keep Tha Peace
12. Represent

Candyman

Discography
Ain't No Shame In My Game (Epic, 1990)
Playtime Is Over (Epic, 1991)
I Thought U Knew (IRS, 1993)
Candyman's Knockin Boots 2001: A Sex Odyssey (2001)

Candyman started off as a back up dancer for Tone Loc in the late 80's. He would go on to get his own solo deal and release the cross-over hit "Ain't No Shame In My Game" in 1990. Hip Hop was crossing over something major in the early 90's, and it started with Tone Loc and Young MC, and lead to others like Candyman, who could be classified as a "one hit wonder" when his single "Knockin' The Boots" gained a lot of spin on the radio's and on MTV. In all honesty, looking back at all the cross over albums from the time period, this is the one I still enjoy from time to time in today's time period. It is what it is, which is watered down hip hop, but it was kind of fun to listen to in the same way DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince were fun to listen to.

Candy would go on to release a few more albums. His second album, "Playtime Is Over" was decent and would have a few singles, most notably "Oneighundredskytalkpinelevenotwosevenine - 1-800-SKY-TALK PIN#110279" which I'm sure has to be some kind of record for the longest song name in any genre. The rest of his discography is worth skipping.

Candyman - Ain't No Shame In My Game (Epic, 1990)
http://sharebee.com/ea208646

01		Ain't No Shame In My Game (Show)
02		Candyman
03		Don't Leave Home Without It
04		Knockin' Boots
05		Melt In Your Mouth
06		Playin' On Me
07		Today's Mack
08		A Mack Is Back
09		Nightgown
10		Who Shakes The Best
11		Keep On Watcha Doin'
12		5 Verses Of Def

Ice T

Discography
Rhyme Pays (Sire, 1987)
Power (Sire, 1988)
The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech (Sire, 1989)
O.G. Original Gangster (Sire, 1991)
Home Invasion (Priority, 1993)
VI - Return Of The Real (Priority, 1996)
The Seventh Deadly Sin (Coroner, 1999)
Gangsta Rap (Melee, 2006)

Say what you want about Ice T now, but there is no denying he is one of the founding fathers of West Coast hip hop and Gangsta Rap in general. The man is a major cog in the whole West Coast history. Ice was born in Newark, New Jersey. After both of his parents passed away by the time he was in his early teens, he would move out to LA and by high school. Ice would get caught up in the gang life while attending Crenshaw High during his teen yeas. Soon after graduating High School, Ice would join the Army and become an Army Ranger and do his four year bid. By 1980, he was back in LA, and back into the shady dealings of the gang life. he would also start DJing and doing some work on the mic at house parties and clubs, one of the first in LA to do it.

Ice would team up with another prominent early L.A. MC, Kid Frost and do shows through out the early. In '82, Ice T would release "The Coldest Rap", which is also one of the first West Coast songs on wax. He would release "Killers" in '84. Both tracks would be featured in a later collection of Ice's early works, "The Classic Collection", which features "Dog n' On Wax" as well.

In the mid 80's, Southern California slowly started to build a foundation of artists. Besides Ice T, other artists with records out would include, The World Class Wreckin' Cru, The Egyptian Lover, The LA Dream Team and others. LA was doing it's own thing as far as the music seemed. The early west coast music was more Electro influenced, which can be traced back to New York. There was a club in downtown LA called "Radio" which was ran by some European's that came from New York. It was an underground club that dealt with DJ'ing, Graf, and Breaking. It would be the one place in LA that would bring in Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmixer DST, and the Rock Steady Crew.

It would be through this club that Ice would meet Afrika Islam, who at that time was the DJ for the Rock Steady Crew. Ice and Afrika Islam would keep in touch, which would lead to Ice making a trips back to NY. It was here that Ice would perform at the Latin Quarters, meeting all the important players in the NY rap game at the time. When he dropped the single "Dog n' On Wax", he would go out to NY to promote the single. It would be the B-side though, that would grab NY's attention. The joint "6 'N The Morning", which was heavily influenced by Schoolly D's "P.S.K." , was more east coast sounding that most things coming from the west at that time. It is also considered the first Gangster rap record in the west coast. It would beat out "Boyz N The Hood", which honestly sounds like another version of "6 N' The Morning" to me.

Through Islam's connections, he would get Ice a deal through Sire/Warner Brother records. With a $40,000 recording budget, Ice and Afrika Islam would spend spend $25,000 recording it in NY and then blow the rest of the budget in a whirl wind 30 day period. The end result would be Ice's debut "Rhyme Pays". The album itself contains many different styles and topics. Everything from the gang life, to sex rhymes to some political ideologies were present on the LP.
New York would also be where the Rhyme Syndicate would be born. Donald D, Bronx Style Bob, Afrika Islam, Divine Styler and others would be first to join the "Syndicate", a loosely affiliated collection of MC's and Ice's homeboys that Ice put on. Rhyme Syndicate would include future "stars" such as King Tee, WC as part of Low Profile, Everlast before his House Of Pain days, Tairre B, who was one of the first white female MC's. Donald D, who was from the Bronx, would move out west and be Ice's right hand man, even co-writing a lot of Ice's future albums.

Ice would go onto release three more consistent albums, "Power", "Iceberg/Freedom of Speech", and "OG Original Gangster". All of which could be considered "classics" in some circles, such as my own opinion and all did very well in sales with earning at least a gold plaque on all of them. All which would fall a pretty similar formula to the one before it, but if it's not broke, don't fix it. His fifth album, "Home Invasion" was the beginning of the end for me at least and for most of his retail success. No fear though, as I'm sure most everyone knows, Ice has made a name for himself in film and TV. I guess Nas didn't watch TV, because he's been on "Law & Order" for awhile now.

Sorry to cut it short, but Ice is probably one of the more popular artists, so I figured most people would know his recording career history fairly well.

Ice T - Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech....Just Watch What You Say (Sire, 1989)
http://sharebee.com/b3f356a7

1		Shut Up, Be Happy
		Featuring - Jello Biafra
2		The Iceberg
3		Lethal Weapon
4		You Played Yourself
5		Peel Their Caps Back
6		The Girl Tried To Kill Me
		Drums - Beat Master V Guitar - Ernie C
7		Black 'N' Decker
8		Hit The Deck
		Bass - Lloyd (2)
9		This One's For Me
10		The Hunted Child
11		What Ya Wanna Do?
12		Freedom Of Speech
		Featuring - Jello Biafra
13		My Word Is Bond
		Featuring - Bronx Style Bob , Donald D

Sir Mix-A-Lot

Discography
Swass (Nastymix, 1988)
Seminar (Nastymix, 1989)
Mack Daddy (American, 1992)
Chief Boot Knocka (American, 1994)
Return Bumpasaraus (American, 1996)
Daddy's Home (Reincarnate, 2003)

Sir Mix-A-Lot is a Northwest king. He would be the first from the region to gain any kind of fame. In 1985, Mix would release "Square Dance Rappin'", which is actually Kid Sensation with a sped up voice, but Mix did the production. The single would actually become big over seas first in the UK and such.

Mix would continue to make a name for himself in the Sea-Town area. He would drop "Swass" (which we almost incorparted in the name of this blog as "Don't You Wish Your Boyfriend Was Swass Like Me", some how, DYWYBWSLM doesn't ring the same bell as WYDU) in 1988, which would drop the hit single, "Posse On Broadway". I'm not sure if anyone pass the Mississippi was into this album, but it caught wreck out west and especially in the Northwest. It also would get some love on "Yo! MTV Raps" and was a major woofer tester for all my friends in High School. Mix's music was a cross between the electro sound, Miami Bass/2 Live Crew sound, and traditional late 80's West Coast/Oakland sound.

Mix's next album, "Seminar" would also be a regional favorite, and would also show the growth of Mix as an artist, with the song "National Anthem", which is still one of my favorite political based Hip Hop songs of all times. Not only are the lyrics scathing and true to life, the beat is slamming as well, with deep basslines ripping through a system. True to form though, Mix was also about having fun on this album as well, with "Hooptie" and "Beepers" as popular singles as well. Mix would also have social commentary with "Peek A Boo" which is much better on the original Nastymix version, the version found on the Def American re release pretty much sucks.

The spring of '92. I had just finished my first semester of college, barely making it through without flunking out. I was having fun, partying a lot and not working a lot. I still had money to buy all the CD's/Tapes I wanted and a little black Volkswagen Jetta that had two 12 inch woofers in a box in the trunk and a Fosgate Punch 150 pushing them. Needless to say, my shit bumped. That spring, Mix's first single from his new album "Mack Daddy" dropped. It was "One Time's Got No Case". It was good, nothing wrong with it all. It was what you expected basically when you heard a Mix-a-Lot song. Later that spring, the album would drop. Now, I'm not going to blow smoke up your asses saying this album changed our life, but right off the bat, we knew it would be getting most of our play that summer. Right off the bat, the song "Baby Got Back" caught our attention. We thought it was great. In a couple weeks, the whole nation would think the same thing. It would be Mix's big break. The album would sell close to double platinum and the single was everywhere, even after MTV banned it to a late not time slot.

Mix-A-Lot would never match the success again. His next album, "Chief Boot Knocka" would feature the sequel to "Baby Got Back" with "Put 'Em On The Glass", which instead of being about asses, it was about titties, yeah, even Mix himself said later in interviews it was a mistake. The single "Ride" got some play out here, but it wasn't the same in my book. It's not that it was a bad album, but since it dropped in '94, there was some stiff competition out there and it wasn't on the same playing field. "Return Of The Bumpasaraus" was the next release in '97, which I've never heard. He would retire after that album, but would work with the rock/indie group "Dead Presidents" on an album, but I don't think that ever saw the light of day. In 2003, he would "unretire" and drop "Daddy's Home", which, again, I've never heard, or barely heard of, so I can't speak much on that.

Sir Mix-a-Lot - Seminar (Nastymix, 1989) **this is the American Recordings Re Release***
http://sharebee.com/051b2ea5

1. Sleepin' Wit My Fonk

2. Let It Beaounce

3. Ride

4. Take My Stash

5. Brown Shuga

6. What's Real

7. Double da Pleasure

8. Put 'Em on the Glass

9. Chief Boot Knocka

10. Don't Call Me da Da

11. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings

12. Monsta Mack

13. Just da Pimpin' in Me

14. I Check My Bank

Conscious Daughters

Discography
Ear To The Street (Priority, 1993)
Gamers (Priority, 1996)

This should be interesting....

Consisting of CMG & Special One, the female Bay Area duo released their debut album "Ear To The Street", in 1993. Consisting of the traditional Bay Area sound, with a touch of street sound along with the militant views of Paris, who signed them, the two spit some strong lyrics for female MC's. The album did do fairly well, selling 300,000 copies and the strength of the single "Somethin' Fonky (To Ride To)".

The sophomore album "Gamers" dropped, while it sold 200,000, it wasn't up on par with the debut. They are signed to Paris' Guerrilla Funk label and are working on their 3rd album "The Nut Cracker Suite".

Conscious Daughters - Ear To The Street (Priority, 1993) **albumbase link**
http://www.uploading.com/de/?get=XVUSX3LI

1. Princess of Poetry

2. Shity Situation

3. TCD in da Front

4. Somethin' to Ride To (Fonky Expedition)

5. We Roll Deep

6. Showdown

7. Wife of a Gangsta

8. Dex Dog

9. Crazybitchmadness

10. Mac Flow

11. What's a Girl to Do?

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