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Legends Never Die · Montener The Menace feat. AG

Anyone Home? ℗ Certain Sound Records

Producer: Wounded Buffalo Beats

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Omega Radio for July 19 & July 20, 2014; #56.

Wu-Tang Clan “Can It Be So Simple”

Public Enemy “Tie Goes To The Runner”

A Tribe Called Quest “Lyrics To Go”

Wu-Tang Clan “Da Mystery Of Chessboxing”

Black Moon “Crooklyn”

Gang Starr “Take It Personal”

Organized Konfusion f. O.C. “You Won’t Go Far”

Boogiemonsters “R.T.N.S. (Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress)”

Bushwackass “Ruff, Rugged, And Raw”

Jeru Tha Damaja “Mental Stamina”

AZ “Rather Unique”

Notorious B.I.G. “Unbelievable”

Group Home “Suspended In Time”

Funkdoobiest “Doobie In The Head”

Q-Ball & Kurt Kazal “Makin’ Moves (Bass Radio VER)”

Smooth Da Hustler “Broken Language”

Mic Geronimo “Shit’s Real”

Half A Mil “Another Homicide Scene”

Kool Keith (as Dr. Octagon) “Blue Flowers”

All City “Move On You” (RMX)

Reflection Eternal f. Gil-Scott Heron “The Blast”

Big L “Holdin’ It Down”

GZA f. DJ Muggs “When The Fat Lady Sings”

Bad Seed “For The Kids”

Deltron 3030 “Virus”

Hieroglyphics “Oakland Blackouts”

Smut Peddlers “One By One” (demo)

Kool G Rap & RZA “Cakes”

Slum Villlage “Raise It Up”

KRS-One “Underground”

Nas f. Large Professor “Stay Chiseled”

Peanut Butter Wolf “Dopestyle”

Company Flow “8 Steps To Perfection”

Yak Ballz “Nasty Or Nice”

Arsonists “Flashback”

Chi-N.Y. Network “Keep The Fame”

Dalek “Trampled Brethen”

Rubberoom “Evil Arch Angels”

Murs “H-U-S-T-L-E”

Company Flow “Collude / Interlude”

Cannibal Ox f. Vast Aire “Atom”

Smut Peddlers “Smut Control”

MF Grimm f. Kool G Rap & Akinyele “AIDS”

Cage f. Jello Biafra “Grand Ol’ Party Crash”

King Gheedorah “Take Me To Your Leader (Fazers)”

Madlib as Quasimoto “Return Of The Loop Digga”

MF Grimm f. MF Doom “Foolish”

Vast Aire “Cholesterol”

Madvillain “America’s Most Blunted”

MF Doom & MF Grimm “Tick Tock pt. 2”

King Gheedorah “G-Force pt. 2”

Molemen “Put Your Quarter Up”

R.A. The Rugged Man “On The Block”

CX Kidtronik “Wild Kingdom”

Jonwayne “404 Garbage”

Matches Malone / PIllsbury “It’s Like That”

Tragedy Khadafi “Best Of Both Worlds”

Diverse “Ain’t Right” (DJ Mitsu RMX)

Immortal Technique “Harlem Streets”

Tech N9ne “Who Do I Catch”

Action Bronson “Savage From Sarasota”

Jonwayne “The Come Up”

Skeme Team & Brooklyn Academy “Con Artists”

Serengeti “Directions”

DC The Midi Alien f. Vinnie Paz “Man-Made Ways”

Bonus Omega; overnight golden-era and backpacker hip-hop / rap.

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Diamond D “Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop” Era “D.I.T.C”

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Christopher Edward Martin (March 21, 1966) known professionally as DJ Premier (known as Preemo), is a record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr—alongside the rapper Guru—and presently forms half of the hip hop duo PRhyme, together with Royce da 5’9”.

He was born in the Fifth Ward of Houston. He was raised in Prairie View, before moving to Brooklyn, during his teenage years. He attended Prairie View A&M University, where he honed his musical skills as the campus DJ, and he occasionally performed with the Marching Storm band.

He is known for producing all of Gang Starr’s songs as well as many of those composed by the Gang Starr Foundation. Notable artists he has worked with include Anderson. Paak, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Big L, Blaq Poet, Bun B, Canibus, Christina Aguilera, Common, Cormega, D’Angelo, Dilated Peoples, D.I.T.C., Dr. Dre, Fat Joe, The Game, Ill Bill, J. Cole, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Joey Bada$$, Kanye West, KRS-One, The Lady of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Lord Finesse, The LOX, Ludacris, Mac Miller, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Mos Def, Eminem, Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., O.C., Papoose, Rakim, Royce da 5’9”, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and more.

He collaborated with MC Jeru the Damaja on the album The Sun Rises in the East, released in 1994, as well as the 1996 follow-up, Wrath of the Math. He produced and supervised Livin’ Proof by Group Home, from the Gang Starr Foundation; although overlooked at the time of its 1995 release, the album received acclaim.

As a businessman, he has a record company named Year Round Records. Among its artists are New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khaleel. The Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which features 13 Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records in June 2009. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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1998 New York City Playlist (YouTube)

See, folks, this is really what it's all about for me. Simply put, you will never find any other playlist in the world that's quite like this one here. It's a slice of the New York City underground from 1998 like virtually no one's ever heard it before. If you've ever been familiar with a now-defunct publication called the College Music Journal, aka CMJ, the closest thing that this playlist is to is one of their own eclectic samplers, which typically mixed all types of indie shit with some electronic stuff and underground rap. So think of this as similar to that; some super cool ephemeral freebie CD you might've received with one of their issues in 1998, but targeted on a specifically vibrant city like New York.

So what exactly's on here then? Well, I guess we might as well start with the crown jewel: an absolutely bananas jungle track whose full version I've been praying for years that someone would add to YouTube. It's called "Konkrete Jungle" and it's by a pioneering black transwoman who goes by the name of 1.8.7. In 1998, this walloper of hers served as the title track on a mix by UK dnb legend DJ Jumping Jack Frost that was released in the US on Ultra Records. And as an ode to NYC itself, it makes melodic references to other Big Apple groundbreakers too, like Boogie Down Productions' "The Bridge Is Over" and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force's "Planet Rock." Someone finally uploaded the full thing to YouTube last year, where it currently only sits at over 130 plays. Feast on that thing—it's tremendous.

And it also bears pointing out that we've got a couple tunes by groups who had roots in the New York area, but the songs of theirs I've included on here are actually about other places. Twenty Miles was an indie/garage blues brotherly duo whose guitarist was also the lead guitarist in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion too, and in '98, they put out a catchy and smooth tune called "East St. Louis" that only has a little over 700 plays right now. Melting Hopefuls was a band that eventually developed into Elk City and they had this speedy and punky indie rock banger called "New Jersey" that appeared exclusively on a unique comp called Coolidge 50 that had a song made for each state in the union. This one sounds like both an ode to the Garden State while also being some sort of lesbian anthem because of a lyric that's about trimming someone's bush, and it only currently has 110 plays. Absolute fucking bop.

And I gotta mention the hip hop too: legendarily gritty collective D.I.T.C. make an appearance with "Themes, Dreams & Schemes;" the mighty Mos Def from Brooklyn duets with former Brand New Heavies frontwoman N'Dea Davenport on the very underrated, J Dilla-produced "Bullshittin';" and a group called Missin' Linx flips the famous sample of David McCallum's "The Edge" for their own "M.I.A.," which was the same sample that Dr. Dre ended up using for "The Next Episode" the following year too. And being that no one appears to have utilized that sample before Missin' Linx did, it stands to reason that Dre heard "M.I.A." and then decided to also flip the same sample himself.

And in addition to all of this, there's some sweet funk revivalism (RIP Sharon Jones!) and a few deep house tunes too, a couple of which are by Scottish transplant duo Space Jam and another by NYC natives Mateo & Matos.

This playlist is ordered as chronologically as possible:

Space Jam - "Stop" 20 Miles - "East St. Louis" 1.8.7 - "Konkrete Jungle" N'Dea Davenport feat. Mos Def - "Bullshittin'" Melting Hopefuls - "New Jersey: New Jersey" Space Jam - "The Jumbo Jet Jam" Joseph Henry - "Who's the King? (You Know That's Me)" Joseph Henry - "I Feel Right" Sharon Jones - "You Better Think Twice" Sharon Jones - "I Got the Feeling" The Sugarman 3 - "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" Mateo & Matos - "Love Style" D.I.T.C. - "Themes, Dreams & Schemes" Missin' Linx - "M.I.A."

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with the first iteration of this unique, specific, and eclectic playlist, we start with 14 songs that clock in at a total of 58 minutes. Not enough of these songs are on Spotify to constitute a corresponding playlist on there, but maybe there will be one with the next update 👀.

And here's another New York year:

1996 New York City: YouTube / YouTube Music

Let's go Knicks!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!  

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D.I.T.C. / Lord Finesse, O.C., Fat Joe, Diamond D, Showbiz & AG

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Diamond D was born April 5, 1968

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Omega Radio for May 21, 2022; #307.

Ice Cube: “Can You Dig It?”

Scrooge Owens: “Arrest The Government”

Hakim & KRS-One: “The Cipher”

Ill Bill + Stu Bangas: “Cannibal Hulk"

Cypress Hill: “Open Your Mind”

Gift Of Gab ft. R.A. The Rugged Man + A.F.R.O.: “Freedom Form Flowing”

Diamond D + Erick Sermon + Havoc: “Three Kings”

Evidence: “You”

Neek The Exotic + Large Professor ft. Q-Tip: “Borough Of Queens (Q.U.)”

Czarface ft. MF DOOM: “Bomb Thrown”

Pete Rock + Smif-N-Wesson ft. Buckshot: “Night Time”

Evitan ft. Sadat X: “3 Kings”

MC Eiht: “How U Do That”

Golden-era veterans, heavy-hitters and backpackers.

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KVBeats feat. Phantasm, Recognize Ali & Beneficence - "Nobody Put Me On"

Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, producer KVBeats returns with a banging album, coming off the success of his critically acclaimed debut album "The Résumé" (2010). His dope collaborations with some of the best veteran spitters around (Royce Da 5'9"", Slum Village, Mic Geronimo, Pacewon, Oddisee, Prince Po, Smooth Da Hustler etc.) gained the passionate vinyl enthusiast airplay on prestigious radio shows like DJ Premier's "Live From HeadQCourterz" and "Late Night With Peter Rosenberg".

Referring to his real life as a father and husband, KV brings a stellar line up of guest appearances on his brand new LP entitled "The Breadwinner", including lyrical heavyweights like Royce Da 5'9"", AG (of D.I.T.C.), Torae, Percee P, Reks, Beneficence, Little Vic, Pacewon, Chaundon, Phantasm (of Cella Dwellas), Rashad (of Rashad & Confidence) and hardworking Ghanaian newcomer Recognize Ali.

KV's raw and dusty true school sound, crafted with the help of soulful samples and hard-hitting drums, gives hip-hop listeners the essence of traditional boom bap while also bringing a contemporary flavor to it.

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Showbiz & A.G. - Diggin' in the crates (Unrealesed)