[Singles] Masspike Miles – “I’m On One Freestyle”

Masspike Miles gets an in-studio freestyle going over Drizzy's track.
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OC – Ozone Originals EP

A1. Outsiders [produced by Buckwild]A2. Would You Believe? [produced by Buckwild]A3. Kick A Rhyme For The Record [produced by Mark Pearson/John Mcgann]A4. Stretch And Bobbito Promo (MC Serch intro)[produced by Dj Eclipse]B1. Brothers Are Fake [Mark Pearson]B2. That Bad Motherfucker [produced by Dj Eclipse, scratches by DJ Riz]B3. Sugar [produced by Buckwild][Download here]No Sleep Recordings [...]
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Stretch And Bobbito Month: Setting It Off

From today until the last day of October, we'll be presenting you with as much Stretch and Bobbito related material as possible. And hopefully a bunch of ill gems you haven't heard yet. From the artists who got their first breaks on WKCR to Fondle 'Em, one of the prototypes of the independent hip hop [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 4 months ago.

Stretch And Bobbito Month: Setting It Off

From today until the last day of October, we'll be presenting you with as much Stretch and Bobbito related material as possible. And hopefully a bunch of ill gems you haven't heard yet. From the artists who got their first breaks on WKCR to Fondle 'Em, one of the prototypes of the independent hip hop [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 4 months ago.

Random EP Drops: Money Boss Players – Ghetto Chronicle Daily EP

(Freshly ripped at 320kbps for your listening pleasure)Money Side:A1. Use To Fear DeathA2. Ghetto Chronicle dailyA3. Sat. Nite - Sun. Morn.A4. What U SayingPlayer Side:B1. Night NightB2. Stick-N-StepB3. Death Of A SalesmanB4. Ghetto Chronicle Daily (Instr.)B5. What-U-Saying (Instr.)[Download full EP @320kbps here.]Here's a straight banger that so many people missed when it came out in [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 4 months ago.

Video: Chi Ali Mini Documentary

Thanks to diggy64 at the T.R.O.Y. forum for pulling our coats to this and thanks to Fredro Espi for shooting and sharing this on youtube:"..but me, I'm a G with no colors attached and if I had to pick a color, then my color is black..."Chi-Ali is scheduled to be released in 2 years. I'm [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 5 months ago.
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Video: Nas On BET’s Rap City 1999

Sep 8th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

Here's another post sent in by our boy Brandan from the Recognize The Real blog:http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13752645&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" />
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Video: Nas On BET’s Rap City 1999

Sep 8th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

Here's another post sent in by our boy Brandan from the Recognize The Real blog:http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13752645&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" />
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 5 months ago.
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TV Show Themes Meet Rap Tunes [Part 1]

Sep 1st

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

I was just messing around on the one's and two's in my living room today and happened to notice quite a few records I have that sampled TV shows. Here's just two from two different artists each. Feel free to add on in the comments, as we'll probably be doing another installment or two of [...]
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Big L – Gorilla In A Phone Booth

Aug 29th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

These limited 12"s shipped out about a month ago so I'm gonna guess that it's been online for download for a while now. If not, I'll remove the link at the label's request. I won't include the instrumentals, just the two songs. I figured we should bless you with this and urge you to go [...]
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Big L – Gorilla In A Phone Booth

Aug 29th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

These limited 12"s shipped out about a month ago so I'm gonna guess that it's been online for download for a while now. If not, I'll remove the link at the label's request. I won't include the instrumentals, just the two songs. I figured we should bless you with this and urge you to go [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 5 months ago.
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The Prince Paul Produced “Horror City Demo” Goes Vinyl

Aug 20th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

If you missed our discussion on the current "limited vinyl" market, catch up and join in here. Personally, I believe the days of the $80 "new old" records are coming to an end. Prices are dropping on certain labels and the resale is not sky high like it once was, or was anticipated to be [...]
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Random VLS Drops: Scientifik – Lawtown ‘96

Aug 19th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

(Freshly ripped at 320kbps for your listening pleasure)A1. Lawtown '96 The Saga ContinuesA2. Lawtown '96 The Saga Continues (Wiz remix)A3. Lawtown '96 The Saga Continues (Instrumental)AA1. Internal AffairsAA2. Internal Affairs (Wiz Remix)AA3. Internal Affairs (Wiztrumental)[Download Full Single Here]This one completely slipped by me until maybe a year or two ago thanks to the internet. And [...]
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Who Flipped It Better: Salaam Remi vs. Vinyl Reanimators

Aug 11th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

There's more to this one than you might think and I'm sure more people sampled it too, but we're focusing only on these two right now for good enough reason. I'll speak further on it after you refresh your memory with the these previews:Original Sample SourceDa Bush Babees - Remember We (Salaam Remi Version)L. The [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 6 months ago.
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JAY Z & The R.O.C. Live At The Tunnel 1999

Aug 3rd

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

Here's a blog post sent in by Brandan from the Recognize The Real blog, who has contributed many 90's Stretch and Bobbito tape rips, among other things.:As you all may know, The Tunnel was the premier hip-hop nite club in NYC from 1994-2001. Everyone that was major in the hip hop game performed there. It [...]
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Yo! MTV Raps: Last Episode Freestyle Session

Jul 30th

Posted by verge over at T.R.O.Y.

Well I can speak for myself and millions of others that Yo! MTV Raps is one of the greatest shows of all time for us hip-hop heads. It did great things for hip-hop as far as getting people all over the world a glimpse of the new phenomenon called rap music. The average person thought [...]
T.R.O.Y. |  Read More |  1 year, 6 months ago.
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