random old rap you are loving

Floating into my head now and then for over 30 years since I heard it on Tim Westwood's original Caputal Radio show but I only recently got round to ID'ing Earle the Poet's 'High Noon'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOYbX4w3DA4

Rest in Peace BOSS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjwGXoXI8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9W7_795Og

Dope track from an unexpected source

I always liked Lil Cease, I rocked the Junior Mafia album a ton

LOL at the last seconds of that Earle The Poet video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOM8mCS1fk

lotsa good ones in here since my last visit. love that SoM! although imo sadat x should be talib kweli status by now. the dude has displayed too many instances of ignorance to be given a pass any longer.

back where i come from, this is about as certified as one can get-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8KWK7LvXSo
dimples d + marley marl - "sucker djs (i will survive)" (1983)

ums thank you for the post re:bo$$. didn't realize she was og from detroit! found this in the tmz news piece about her-

DJ Premier also weighed in, praising Bo$$ as a talented legend, and made a public plea for Def Jam to release a collab he'd recorded with her in 1993.

i'd like to join our friend mr. martin in his plea to def jam. unreleased 93 premier beats, are you kidding!!??

"cab fare" is the greatest

old school memphis rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBYemUHcOio

/\/\unclear on the artist/title info in that one. here's c+p from the video description:

Gruesum Twosum (skanless K & Bloodybones) · playa 1playa 2 & tha frayserclick/d.j.sound productions

been going back to bahamadia a lot lately. what a hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFEmytvRco0
king britt feat bahamadia - 'transcend' (2003)

no jams to post today, just wanted to call attention to fatlip shouting out self jupiter on the pharcyde's "devil music." random old rap shoutouts you are loving.

theoretical random old rap i am loving

nas "...i am" vocals over madlibs beats :)

https://soundcloud.com/user-228038562/i-am-naslib-explicit-nas-madlib

Has anyone done this for Immobilarity?

yeah, these will always be worthwhile imo.

i used to do whole sets on blend tapes like that ― i had an outkast ep produced by havoc, pharcyde produced by dj premier, yvette michele singing over "waterfalls", etc. etc. ofc back then, it was limited to whatever accapellas would show up on singles. i have firm opinions re:the validity of tge fan/dj made blend/remix.

i know next to nothing about mr. bigg. he was from alabama, had a diamond in his eye. "trial time" was a surprise minor sensation of two decades ago now. he sold "poppin my collar" to dj paul. dead almost nine years. i can't say much more. i never heard much apart from "trial time." "traffic king" sounds familiar. i never heard "time served," the celebratory conclusion to "trial time," until earlier tonight. a good use of his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuJ5A4I14H0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y89aXhy26k8

Kurious - I'm Kurious

mr bigg has couple nice tapes

some old school conscious stuff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoXM7BX3QI
the basement khemist - "everybody (l.i.f.e.)"(1998) prod. by dj spinna!

on an alternate timeline, Spinna is part of the production team on Beats, Rhymes & Life and it's a 9/10. I do love that Basement Khemist record, but on the whole, wayyyy too many of his beats went to lackluster MCs. What coulda been!

this one is lovely too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FKZiWJKUZs

yeah, some of spinna's old beat tapes from the 90s are on spotify. definitely in the right line. oddly the compositions albums aren't on streaming. some really dreamy samples on that stuff.

amazing, thx for sharing