Wow this is taking longer than I expected. The comments are still a mess, as is the lay-out. I’ve been just too busy with real work to do much about any of these things.
I’ll get to it eventually, don’t worry about it… Meanwhile here’s a little something from one of my favorite underground labels.
Saturdays like night and day…
Saukrates: Rollin Remix feat Masta Ace & OC (1997)
I’ve been reminiscing about old Canadian undergound rap faves on this trip a lot. Of course I have almost none here with me now, but that’s what YouTube’s for. Shout outs to Neoteric, Skratch Bastid, Smalltown Pete, The Gaff and Jason Palma @ Play De Record.
Ras Kass: Remain Anonymous (1994)
Btw, here’s an interesting read about what happened with Kwest’s deal at Rick Rubin’s Def American, courtesy of Ego Trip magazine (Mao what’s up???) and via Pressrewind.
Btw, make sure to check the new jam and the somewhat bangerific Swizz Beats remix if you haven’t yet.
Also, a request: if anyone has a high bitrate version of the ancient unreleased ATCQ jam Mr Incognito I’d really appreciate it. My old bootleg 12″’s too damn beat up to rip.
To promote the night I did this 30 minute mix that included more or less everything dude had relesed at the time (Braggin Writes, Longevity, Can I Get It, Sheisty etc), as well as a couple tracks by Yeshua of Siah & Yeshua DaPoed who was opening for him. I had kinda forgotten about it, but stumbled on the MD while going through some old recordings the other day. I’m slightly surprised to say that it’s actually a cool little peek into the relatively short period of time when the indie rap thing was really popping off.
Enjoy…
DJ Anonymous: J-Live Promo Mix (1997)
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Some of you might be old enough to remember Erule’s 1994 underground classic “Listen Up”. The L.A. rapper disappered after that, to return a few years later with a single called “Worldwide Domination” that got like zero distribution. The b-side was hot though, as had been the case with “Listen Up”. I won’t say “Synopsis” is better than “Listen Up”, but I will say “Nik Luv” is definitely better than “Worldwide Domination”, up there with the first 12″.
Erule: Synopsis (1994)
Erule: Nik Luv (1998)
BTW, there must be something wrong with the innernet, I couldn’t find a proper photo of dude to go with this post…
UPDATE: I just got a mail from an old friend & local MC/DJ legend Iwere who sent the photo above, scanned from Rap Pages’ December 1994 L.A. underground issue… Thanks again!
