5x5 Day Four: Trav's Five Favorite Miami Bass Albums

Long time readers will remember this post as a re-run. Not that I'm running out of ideas, but when I started this, I wasn't planning on almost working 60 hours this week, which is what I'm on target to do. Top that with doing taxes all night last night and a couple late nights earlier in the week and my ass is dragging. But this was a good post, so hey, if you haven't seen it before, pretend like you didn't read this and assume that it is new. -Trav


I'm no where near a bass "expert" by any stretch of the mind. I listened to it from '88 until about '91, then I got swept up in the new have of NYC material coming out during that time. None the less, I did have my favorite bass and bass related albums. It'd be easy to say any 2 Live Crew album (which were all good in those early years), but I seemed to gravitate to some of the more obscure things, which I have the habit of doing. So, without further rambling, I present WYDU's Top Five Favorite Bass Albums....

5 (TIE). MC Shy D - Commin' Correct in '88 http://rapidshare.com/files/172630816/MC_Shy_D_-_Comin__Correct_In_88.rar

I really can't remember who or what got me originally into MC Shy D. I want to say it was like a lot of cats in those days did it. Anytime I bought a new tape, I would pull out the liner notes and read the "Thanks To..." from whatever artist. This would usually list a bunch of other rap groups and artists. I can remember reading MC Shy D's name being mentioned in those quite often. Or it could have been for the fact he was signed to Luke Skyywalker Records for his first couple efforts and I picked up one of the tapes strictly based on that. Whatever the case, at one time, my next door neighbor neighbor and I had all of MC Shy D's albums. Shy D was out of Atlanta, which surprisingly had a few groups dropping material in the late 80's, such as Shy D and Success N Effect (another favorite Bass flavored album, at least their debut effort).

This particular album, my buddy bought and I ripped it off of him (another example of kids always pirating music). I remember I wore the tape out, but of course it was on one of those super cheap tape brands as well. While his first album, Got To Be Tough, and his third album, Don't Sweat Me, are both very good, it was Shy D's sophomore album, Commin' Correct in '88 that was my personal favorite. From the first track, "I Am Rough", with it's stripped down drum track with a nice funk guitar sample and 808 kick drum, it sounds like it might be a traditional 80's hip hop album. Lyrically, Shy D always reminded me of a southern Steady B, which is probably why I liked his material. "Just My Caddy" tackles the favorite car of most Miami Bass artists, the Cadillac. "I Don't Want To Treat You Wrong" jumped on the bandwagon of every rapper had to have a love song on his shit. This was Shy D's attempt, but what makes the track so important is that it's one of the first times I heard the Isley Brother's "In Between The Sheets" sample used. Biggie and numerous other cats made the sample famous over the years, but Shy D beat them to it. My two personal favorite songs from the album, "Shake It" and "I Don't Play" liberally use electric guitar riffs, ala Beasties and Run DMC, but I loved that shit. I guess it was the white boy in me. All together though, this is a great album that has gotten a lot of play over the years from me.

Poison Clan's "2 Low life Muthas" has long been a favorite "ig'nant" album of mine as well as a favorite bass themed album. They came along the lines of 2 Live Crew, which is obvious by the "Baby 2 Live Crew" moniker the album was blessed with on the cover. Debanior and JT Money were a cross between good ole fashion gangsta rap and the Miami Bass sound. The album was produced by 2 Live Crew's Mr. Mixx, and contains a lot of familiar breaks and sounds, but it was perfect for 16 year old high school kids back in the day such as myself. Classic album in the WYDU frame of mind.

The lead track, "2 Low Life Mutha F----s" is as dirty and hard hitting as they come. As I said, the 2 Live influence is all over the album, as they curse out bitches, punks and anyone frontin' on them over a hard as hell drum track. The only "safe" track, "Dance All Nite" is probably the most traditional when it comes to the Miami Bass genre. It's all there for a club banger. The rest of the album is pure ignorance, all over that Miami flavor that was mad popular in those days.

Poison Clan - 2 Low Life Muthas (Effect/Luke Records, 1990)

01		Low Life Mutha Fuckas (4:32)
02		Spoiled Rotten (4:40)
03		Jeri Curl (4:19)
04		The Bitch That I Hate (4:34)
05		Dance All Nite (4:07)
06		Poison Freestyle (5:16)
		Featuring - Brother Marquis , Tony M.F. Rock*
07		Flaugin' (4:39)
08		Bad Influence (4:12)
09		You Gets Nothin' (4:49)
10		The Neighborhood Haps (2:51)
11		Juveniles (7:02)

2. DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness - Ain't No Doubt About It

I going through the blog looking to see if I had written anything about this album before, and surprisingly enough I didn't see anything. If I haven't, that's a shame, because when it comes to the bass genre, DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness' "Ain't No Doubt About It" is a great album for many different reasons. First of all, it's got bass, and a lot of it. This is probably the first "true" Miami bass album on the list, simply because this album will blow up any car system not properly installed. It can rattle dishes in a house from a mile away. Tracks like "Do You Like Bass" and "Feel The Bass III" concentrates on that ultra low bass that will make you pee yourself if not careful.

Also for a bass album, it was wide on variety and MC Madness, who will never be confused for Rakim, could hold his own on the mic. Tracks like "Dynamic Duo" contained the best of both worlds, adrenaline producing music and bone jarring bass. It got your blood pumping and I probably would consider it one of my bass influenced jams of all time. Magic Mike had a string of albums that went gold, with very little airplay and no videos from what I remember. He did that with a cult following and making quality bass joints, and this is the pennacle of it all.

DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness - Ain't No Doubt About It (Cheetah Records, 1991)

01		Speedy And Poncho
02		Sgt. Fester
03		Ain't No Doubt About It
04		Dynamic Duo
05		Do You Like Bass?
06		Class Is In Session
07		Slow Draggin
08		Exile Via Freestyle
09		Cellular Phone #1
10		Madness To The Brink Of Insanity
11		Just Cruisin
12		Suckers Frontin
13		I'm Gonna Make It Real Funky For You
14		Orlando's In The House
15		Dance All Night
16		The E And The Sea-Gull
17		Give 'Em An Example How A DJ Works
18		Abracadabra
19		Feel The Bass. III
20		Shake Your Booty Baby
21		The Boo-Boo Of Rough J. Rough
22		Murder In The 1st Degree
23		Cellular Phone #2

The holy grail of all bass albums, MC ADE's How Much Can You Take. It is my favorite of the genre. Hard hitting bass, possibly the hardest I've ever ran across (I never listened to those car audio joints, so those might have more) that would just roll so hard, but would be so clear. Maybe it was the way I had my system set up or something, but this was the CD I'd use to test out any car stereo. "Hit Harder" was my shit, but "Control", "How Much Can You Take", and "Da' Train" all had crazy crazy bass. Some of the other tracks were traditional hip hop tracks, but still had that kick behind them.

I remember my best friend's cousin was visiting from Vegas and he played this for us. I fell in love with it. It was something that we couldn't find in my little ho-dunk town at the time, so I think I ended up trading him a 12 pack of beer (as seniors in high school, getting beer was a bit of a chore) for the CD itself. Somehow over the years I lost it, but it was pretty beat up anyway. I finally got the hook up from my man Tommy B over at Miscreant Productions. This is an ebay and amazon treasure with people paying around hundred bucks and more for the CD and wax versions.

MC A.D.E. - How Much Can You Take (4-Sight Records, 1989)

01 Go A.D.E
02 How Much Can You Take
03 To The Fan's
04 Sex, Crime, Drugs
05 Hit Harder
06 Da 'Train
07 A.D.E. Got It Going On
08 Lyric Licking
09 Money Hounding Ho's
10 Physician
11 It's Crazy
12 Control

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Bass Week: Trav's Five Favorite Bass Albums

I'm a list junkie, always have been. It's one of the reasons I love the end of year so damn much. I can write up all sorts of crazy ass lists to cover the years music. It's the reason I've already started on making lists for the grandiose year end post I have coming up in the next few weeks. I look for any chance I have to come up with some hair-brained list. And I found one for this week. My top five favorite bass albums.

I'm no where near a bass "expert" by any stretch of the mind. I listened to it from '88 until about '91, then I got swept up in the new have of NYC material coming out during that time. None the less, I did have my favorite bass and bass related albums. It'd be easy to say any 2 Live Crew album (which were all good in those early years), but I seemed to gravitate to some of the more obscure things, which I have the habit of doing. So, without further rambling, I present WYDU's Top Five Favorite Bass Albums....

5 (TIE). MC Shy D - Commin' Correct in '88 http://rapidshare.com/files/172630816/MC_Shy_D_-_Comin__Correct_In_88.rar

I really can't remember who or what got me originally into MC Shy D. I want to say it was like a lot of cats in those days did it. Anytime I bought a new tape, I would pull out the liner notes and read the "Thanks To..." from whatever artist. This would usually list a bunch of other rap groups and artists. I can remember reading MC Shy D's name being mentioned in those quite often. Or it could have been for the fact he was signed to Luke Skyywalker Records for his first couple efforts and I picked up one of the tapes strictly based on that. Whatever the case, at one time, my next door neighbor neighbor and I had all of MC Shy D's albums. Shy D was out of Atlanta, which surprisingly had a few groups dropping material in the late 80's, such as Shy D and Success N Effect (another favorite Bass flavored album, at least their debut effort).

This particular album, my buddy bought and I ripped it off of him (another example of kids always pirating music). I remember I wore the tape out, but of course it was on one of those super cheap tape brands as well. While his first album, Got To Be Tough, and his third album, Don't Sweat Me, are both very good, it was Shy D's sophomore album, Commin' Correct in '88 that was my personal favorite. From the first track, "I Am Rough", with it's stripped down drum track with a nice funk guitar sample and 808 kick drum, it sounds like it might be a traditional 80's hip hop album. Lyrically, Shy D always reminded me of a southern Steady B, which is probably why I liked his material. "Just My Caddy" tackles the favorite car of most Miami Bass artists, the Cadillac. "I Don't Want To Treat You Wrong" jumped on the bandwagon of every rapper had to have a love song on his shit. This was Shy D's attempt, but what makes the track so important is that it's one of the first times I heard the Isley Brother's "In Between The Sheets" sample used. Biggie and numerous other cats made the sample famous over the years, but Shy D beat them to it. My two personal favorite songs from the album, "Shake It" and "I Don't Play" liberally use electric guitar riffs, ala Beasties and Run DMC, but I loved that shit. I guess it was the white boy in me. All together though, this is a great album that has gotten a lot of play over the years from me.

Poison Clan's "2 Low life Muthas" has long been a favorite "ig'nant" album of mine as well as a favorite bass themed album. They came along the lines of 2 Live Crew, which is obvious by the "Baby 2 Live Crew" moniker the album was blessed with on the cover. Debanior and JT Money were a cross between good ole fashion gangsta rap and the Miami Bass sound. The album was produced by 2 Live Crew's Mr. Mixx, and contains a lot of familiar breaks and sounds, but it was perfect for 16 year old high school kids back in the day such as myself. Classic album in the WYDU frame of mind.

The lead track, "2 Low Life Mutha F----s" is as dirty and hard hitting as they come. As I said, the 2 Live influence is all over the album, as they curse out bitches, punks and anyone frontin' on them over a hard as hell drum track. The only "safe" track, "Dance All Nite" is probably the most traditional when it comes to the Miami Bass genre. It's all there for a club banger. The rest of the album is pure ignorance, all over that Miami flavor that was mad popular in those days.

Poison Clan - 2 Low Life Muthas (Effect/Luke Records, 1990)

01		Low Life Mutha Fuckas (4:32)
02		Spoiled Rotten (4:40)
03		Jeri Curl (4:19)
04		The Bitch That I Hate (4:34)
05		Dance All Nite (4:07)
06		Poison Freestyle (5:16)
		Featuring - Brother Marquis , Tony M.F. Rock*
07		Flaugin' (4:39)
08		Bad Influence (4:12)
09		You Gets Nothin' (4:49)
10		The Neighborhood Haps (2:51)
11		Juveniles (7:02)

2. DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness - Ain't No Doubt About It

I going through the blog looking to see if I had written anything about this album before, and surprisingly enough I didn't see anything. If I haven't, that's a shame, because when it comes to the bass genre, DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness' "Ain't No Doubt About It" is a great album for many different reasons. First of all, it's got bass, and a lot of it. This is probably the first "true" Miami bass album on the list, simply because this album will blow up any car system not properly installed. It can rattle dishes in a house from a mile away. Tracks like "Do You Like Bass" and "Feel The Bass III" concentrates on that ultra low bass that will make you pee yourself if not careful.

Also for a bass album, it was wide on variety and MC Madness, who will never be confused for Rakim, could hold his own on the mic. Tracks like "Dynamic Duo" contained the best of both worlds, adrenaline producing music and bone jarring bass. It got your blood pumping and I probably would consider it one of my bass influenced jams of all time. Magic Mike had a string of albums that went gold, with very little airplay and no videos from what I remember. He did that with a cult following and making quality bass joints, and this is the pennacle of it all.

DJ Magic Mike & MC Madness - Ain't No Doubt About It (Cheetah Records, 1991)

01		Speedy And Poncho
02		Sgt. Fester
03		Ain't No Doubt About It
04		Dynamic Duo
05		Do You Like Bass?
06		Class Is In Session
07		Slow Draggin
08		Exile Via Freestyle
09		Cellular Phone #1
10		Madness To The Brink Of Insanity
11		Just Cruisin
12		Suckers Frontin
13		I'm Gonna Make It Real Funky For You
14		Orlando's In The House
15		Dance All Night
16		The E And The Sea-Gull
17		Give 'Em An Example How A DJ Works
18		Abracadabra
19		Feel The Bass. III
20		Shake Your Booty Baby
21		The Boo-Boo Of Rough J. Rough
22		Murder In The 1st Degree
23		Cellular Phone #2

The holy grail of all bass albums, MC ADE's How Much Can You Take. It is my favorite of the genre. Hard hitting bass, possibly the hardest I've ever ran across (I never listened to those car audio joints, so those might have more) that would just roll so hard, but would be so clear. Maybe it was the way I had my system set up or something, but this was the CD I'd use to test out any car stereo. "Hit Harder" was my shit, but "Control", "How Much Can You Take", and "Da' Train" all had crazy crazy bass. Some of the other tracks were traditional hip hop tracks, but still had that kick behind them.

I remember my best friends cousin was visiting from Vegas and he played this for us. I fell in love with it. It was something that we couldn't find in my little ho-dunk town at the time, so I think I ended up trading him a 12 pack of beer (as seniors in high school, getting beer was a bit of a chore) for the CD itself. Somehow over the years I lost it, but it was pretty beat up anyway. I finally got the hook up from my man Tommy B over at Miscreant Productions. This is an ebay and amazon treasure with people paying around hundred bucks and more for the CD and wax versions.

MC A.D.E. - How Much Can You Take (4-Sight Records, 1989)

01 Go A.D.E
02 How Much Can You Take
03 To The Fan's
04 Sex, Crime, Drugs
05 Hit Harder
06 Da 'Train
07 A.D.E. Got It Going On
08 Lyric Licking
09 Money Hounding Ho's
10 Physician
11 It's Crazy
12 Control

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Re-Ups & Requests Day 3 & 4

**EDIT Note*** ALL LINKS ARE UP, SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

Alright, a double up since I missed yesterday due to too much going on. Probably won't be around much this weekend as well, so don't be surprised if you don't see a post. I have some things on my mind, but little time to convey them, so we'll just jump right into the re-ups/requests.

Mad Kap - Look Ma Duke, No Hands (RCA, 1993)

1 (Da Bud Zone) Here Comes The Break
2 Da Whole Kit & Kaboodle
3 Irrelevant
(Dickie's Emporium)
4 When It Rains It Pours
(Cheeba)
5 Check It Out
(Oh Ph*ck Me Right?)
6 Ph*uck What Ya Heard
(Thoughts On The Indoe From Joe)
7 Proof Is In The Puddin'
(Escuse Me Brutha!)
(Jeff-Self)
8 Beddie-Bye
9 Dopest Verse

One of those albums that didn't recieve all that much play when it originally came out, but seems genius in the light of today's music. I've never been a HUGE fan of the album, but do like it. I was lucky enough to snag it from some guy selling his collection on ughh.com waaaay back in early 2000 or something.

It's in the same realm of Pharcyde, Anotha Level, and that type of west coast music during the early 90's. It's a fun album to just throw in and not have to worry about getting your daily fill of drive-by's and what not. Coke, from Mad Kap, would go on to form Colored Section and drop the LP "The Bomb MC" in '98, which I personally enjoy more than this album.

Atmosphere - New, Unreleased, & B-Sides (Bootleg, 2003)

The best of the three volumes in my opinion. Contains a remake of White Zombie's "More Human than Human" that appread on the X-ecutioner's LP along with a few other rare Atmosphere tracks.

I can't find a track listing to save my ass and I'm under a time constraint, so I personally don't have the time to try to sit down and name the tracks myself. If anyone has a track listing or can name them, then drop a comment.


Y'all So Stupid - A Van Full Of Pakistans (Rowdy Records, 1993)
1. Introduce Me
2. 85 South
3. Interlude
4. Van Full of Pakistans
5. Interlude
6. Bowl of Soul
7. Interlude
8. Plant
9. Interlude
10. Bootleg Beatdown
11. Interlude
12. Family Tree
13. Dirt Road White Girl
14. Interlude
15. Monkey Off My Back
16. Interlude
17. Super Nigga
18. Y'all
19. On & On
20. Interlude
21. You Wouldn't Understand
22. 85 South [Remix]

Another underrated banger from '93 that was also on the goofy tip. Hip Hop was much more enjoyable and accesable back then for sure. Think "Poor Man's Pharcyde" and you should be okay.

Chubb Rock - Chubb Rock feat Hitman Howie Tee (Select, 1988)

A1 DJ Innovator (4:10)
A2 Daddy's Home (4:10)
A3 I Feel Good (2:59)
A4 Joker (2:51)
A5 Momma Was A Rolling Stone (3:53)
A6 Caught Up (4:16)
B1 Do It Again (3:42)
B2 Girl I Love You (3:42)
B3 Punk (3:26)
B4 Rock 'N Roll Dude (4:45)
B5 It's So Hot (2:56)
B6 This Is So Hard (4:57)

The Chubbster. Plain and simple. The Hip Hop scene needs another Chubb Rock album, well, at least I do. The Chubbster is probably Polarity's favorite artist, and while I'm not on the verge of stalking the "Big Man" like Po is, I do like most of Chubb's work. This was his debut album, which while not up to par with his efforts such as "The One" or "I Gotta Get Mine, Yo", but is evidence of what was to come.

Mountain Brothers - Self: Volume 1 (Pimpstrut Records, 1999)

1 All Good Heroes Needs Theme Music (1:25)
2 Galaxies: The Next Level (5:13)
3 Brand Names (1:55)
4 Fluids (4:54)
5 The Adventures Of... (4:42)
6 Love Poetry (1:39)
7 Dig It (4:02)
8 Paperchase (4:23)
9 Super Saturday (1:07)
10 Whiplash! (3:45)
11 Turntable Mathematics (1:42)
12 Day Jobs (4:14)
13 Wake-Up Call (0:57)
14 Things To Do (4:21)
15 Days Of Being Dumb (3:32)
16 Black Whirlwind (1:20)
17 Ain't Nuthin '98 (5:18)
18 5 Elements (5:20)
19 Oh-Oh-Oh (4:57)

I remember there being a lot of hype on the underground circuit when this album dropped. I also I remember buying this album when it dropped, listening to it for about a week, then putting it into my racks of CD's probably to never be listened to again. It's not that this group from Philly put out a bad album, I just never really got into all that much. Some people will love this album or already do love this album, others will probably fall asleep shortly after pushing in the play button, but if you haven't heard it, you might as well check it out.

MC Shy D - Don't Sweat Me (Benz Records, 1990)

A1 I Am Back (3:39)
A2 Don't Sweat Me (5:14)
A3 Got It Good (3:48)
A4 You Are Everything (5:24)
B1 Groove (4:14)
B2 Whats All This About (3:55)
B3 I Can Make You Dance (3:27)
B4 Work It (3:58)
B5 G.T.F.O.M.F.B. (3:57)

More Shy D for all those Flea Market shoppin', Fila Wearin, Biscuit eating bass heads out there...

Godfather Don - Hazardous (Select, 1991)

1 Just Begun (5:16)
2 Losers (4:08)
3 On And On (4:35)
4 Read The Lines (4:34)
5 Hazardous (5:02)
6 Full Circle (4:39)
7 Sleepin' With The Enemy (4:21)
8 Keep Sweatin' (4:26)
9 Homicide (5:04)
10 Involuntary Excellence (4:43)
11 Hellofasong (5:15)
12 Black Time (5:22)

His excellent debut joint....this dude was so slept on, it's not even funny, although he seems to have his share of people checking for him nowadays.

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Requests & Reups: Day Two

Day Dos, I have a couple more for tomorrow...I think and some 45 King stuff as well, other than that, hit up the archives and see if there is anything that you guys need re-upped.

Off to it, shall we?

Kid Capri Old School Mixtape 3

This is one of the legendary Kid Capri mixtapes that I used to buy from the back of "The Source" magazine back in the day. I personally didn't convert this, but I did have this exact volume. It would have been 91-93, somewhere in that time frame. It's a must have, if for nothing else, the piece of history that it is, plus, hey, it's Kid Capri, you know has to be better than the so called "mixtapes" out there today. Posted up sometime during those requests posts from last fall...I think....

1. World Famous Supreme Team - Dancin' All Night
2. Fearless Four - Rockin' It
3. Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap
4. Kool Moe Dee - Go See The Doctor
5. Just Ice - LaToya
6. Kool Moe Dee - Turn It Up
7. Run DMC - Together Forever
8. Whodini - One Love
9. Masters Of Ceromony - Cracked Out
10. Disco Three, UTFD, Fearless Four, I Met A Girl, Roxanne mix
11. Fearless Four - Problems
12. Fearless Four - Rock It
13 Kid Capri - Breatbeat Interlude
14. Grandmaster Flash - The Message
15. Run DMC - Rock Box
16. T La Rock - Breakdown
17. Doug E Fresh - Human Beat Box
18. Russell Rush & Jazzy jay - Def Jam
19. Cold Crush Spoonie Gee - Fresh Fly Wild N Bold
20. Sugar Hill Gang - Eighth Wonder

Afu Ra & EZD - A D&D Project in Association with DJ Premier (Gee Street, ?)
http://www.zshare.net/download/afu-ra-ezd-in-association-with-dj-premier-dd-project-ep-1-rar.html
A1 Whirlwind Thru Cities
A2 Menace II Society (4:11)
A3 Return To It (3:41)
A4 For Da Love (4:04)
B1 Gun Iz For (4:12)
B2 Time Bomb (3:29)
B3 War & Position (3:53)
B4 Stop..... (3:25)

Not sure of the year on this, but I'm pretty confident it's the late '90s, maybe '98 or '99. Some nice stuff on this, worth checking out if you missed it the first time around. If you want to know more about it, search the blog and check the write up I did for it originally. Since it was, as far as I know, a wax only release, no covers.

MC Shy D - Got To Be Tough (Skywalker Records, 1987)
http://www.zshare.net/download/mc-shy-d-got-to-be-tough-1987-rar.html
A1 I've Got To Be Tough
A2 Yes Yes Y'All
A3 DJ Man Cuts It Up (Part II)
A4 So Take That
A5 Shy D's Theme
A6 Paula's On Crack
B1 I'm Not A Star
B2 We Don't Play (Live)
B3 Bust This
B4 Rap Will Never Die (Part II)
B5 Don't Take Me Seriously
B6 I Will Go Off

Someone asked me re-up a Shy D album and honestly, I don't remember which one. This was the first one I found, so up it goes. More of that Miami Bass sound from the late '80's that I have a fondness for. For me, this was his second best album.

Citizen Kane - The Epic EP (Treehouse Records, 1997)
http://www.zshare.net/download/the-epic-ep-1998-rar.html
A1 Raisin' Kane Producer - K-Cut
A2 Elements Of Mind(Black Rain Remix) Producer - Erf Productions
A3 The Gambler Producer - Erf Productions
B1 Lost Angels Producer - K-Cut
B2 Reality N' Facts Producer - Erf Productions
B3 Lost Angels (Instrumental) Producer - K-Cut

Some up north music, and I'm not talking about doing a bid, but our friendly neighbors to the north that make some pretty good music that gets slept on because we are stuffy Americans. Good album, some upped it for the requests posts and that was my introduction to it, so I won't pretend like I know what I'm talking about with it, but it's pretty good.

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