Good afternoon hip hop girls and boys, once again back up in this mutha with some music. I don't have a lot with me and didn't have a plan coming into this, so once again we are going to wing it just for the simple fact I don't think I'm going be around much this weekend again and don't think a post will happen, so we'll post up something to get by.
I dug through the music I had with me and pulled out one of my favorite albums that was never released from one of my favorite MC's that never gets the props and recognition he deserves. I looked around to see if anyone had posted this album up in a while, but didn't see any posts on it. I'm almost positive it's been posted up before and I might have even posted it before. When you've been doing this for over a year and a half and posted up hundreds and hundreds of albums, you can't remember everything you've done. So if it's posted up recently, I apologize, but we'll run with it.
The MC in question? Young Zee of the "Outsidaz", one of the more unique MC's in terms of vocal tone, delivery and just over all charisma. Hailing from Newark, NJ, Zee has always been on the cusp of becoming one of the games premier MC's but it always seems to allude him. From coming up with Pacewon back in the early 90's to forming the clique the "Outsidaz" with a underground beast in Eminem to even being on Em's label at one time, Zee has been right there. He's appeared on the underground classics such as "Disposable Arts" from Masta Ace with a show stealing verse as well as and appearance on mainstream smashes on "The Score" with the Fugees, Zee should have blown up by now, but has always been blocked by the industry bullshit. Even his solo album titled "Musical Massacre" back in 96/97 was never released.
The album was supposed to drop on Ruff Nation/Columbia, but due the usual bullshit, it never saw the light of the day. While I don't think the album would have broke down any barriers back then, it would have held it's own in a more competitive album scene back then. Zee displays a crazy flow with very witty lyrics and that with a sense of humor, you transfered back to a time when skills and individuality still matter in an MC.
I've seen a couple different versions to this, so this might be original, or it might be different. As far as I know, only a promo tape came out for this.
http://sharebee.com/5cdd3122
1. Toxic Waste
2. Don't Fuck With New Jersey
3. Problems
4. Tonsil Check
5. Plucker
6. Crazy
7. EZ Widers
8. Juice
9. Milk
10. Jack Mode
11. Electric Chair
12. Throw Your Hands In The Air
13. Freestyle
14. Hard Act To Follow
15. ?
16. Just Chill
17. Stay Gold
Young Zee online....
Young Zee interview from last year
5 comments:
When I was at Morgan State in Baltimore, I went to the listening/release party for this album (I think it was supposed to be on Motown/Perspective back in '96)...It never came out! For the record, other release parties I attended in B'more were for InI's "Center Of Attention" and Large Professor's "The LP". That's some funny shit, huh? One.
dont forgett to check the link to his website. click on media and surprise surprise ;)
i know what you mean about repeat uploads and posts trav. i ain't even in the game that long and i gotta keep recking the blog to see what i've done already. sometimes i see an album so many times and i say to myself "i gotta share that.." that when i finally get to zipping it, i have to wonder if i did it already.
i thought i saw this young zee post not-to-recently, and thought it was you or crooklyn or hhb.. it coulda been, but i did it too. lol and i didn't even remember!!
yo, wtf are you into over there that you're so busy?!
Dart, you were at the INI release party? damn, that's history, I love that album.
bp, I saw that after I posted the article. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but it's good to see him still making music
Alley, man, just school, work, some other personal drama mixed in, it's just been kind of crazy.
good post.. I never heard this before.. Brings backs memories hearing his voice too, Outsidaz was one of the first 10 groups or so I ever heard when I started listening to hip hop...
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