First World-Hip Hop's Not Dead

Today we have an awesome 12" from Fort Greene, Brooklyn by a group called First World! Dropped the needle on this one and i was immediately ehhhhhh when "Hip Hop's Not Over" started. I was like "damn such a promising looking 12 with such shitty music". I was wondering how such an indie looking green label was so wack haha (jk)


then track 2 came on! Floored in the completely opposite way! Honestly this dude is a pile of hot garbage lyrically. His flow is even at sometimes offbeat and awful! but the vibe???? THE VIBE!!! Jesus the production and just awesomeness of the song as a whole makes it that much more worth it!!


A whole song about smoking weed (i know it has been done before) with a sick ass beat!! Can't lose with this one!!


"Mad Weed"

Da Head Huntaz-I Wreck The Mic

Group from Boston! jazzy and early 90s as hell! dope utilization of Gangstarr sample! file this one under dope! and to all you mid 90's dick riders you might not want to download this one! it is too old for you! HA


"I Wreck The Mic"

D1: Priority-Ripp'n Heads EP

Group from Pittsburgh with an EP called Ripp'n Heads. a 5 song effort where i think they rip on NYC in one of the tracks! Each song is like 5 minutes and i am doing my laundry and other important things! so important that i cant rip the rest at the moment! check back for updates in the non snippet format!!!


"Ripp'n Heads"

Not Responsible-Hankin For A Hunka Cheese

Sorry for the lack of updates! i have been a busy bee (no pun intended) as of late! Today we have a few updates! Right here is a group from Tarrytown, NY (i think) called Not Responsible. The label is Tuff Boy Records and the song is called Hankin For A Hunka Cheese. There are mad cheese metaphors and cheese raps and overall its pretty (yea you guessed it) cheesy haha! but hey some people think "I Need Love" was cheese too!! ENJOY!!


"Hankin For A Hunka Cheese"

Pressure-New York War Stories

found this 12" in a collection this weekend amongst other things. sound a little Mobb Deepy but still really dope! sick piano loop! outta Brooklyn i am assuming? oh and sorry for the shitty pic! took it with my phone cuz charging your camera is for suckers!


enjoy peoples


Pressure-New York War Stories

3rd Degree-Nobody's Bizness

i am trying my hardest to uncover some dope unknown Jersey 12"s. it is hard though because even though i am literally 5 mins from the NJ border i don't know too many ways to find gems from the Garden State. i went through this collection over the winter time and pulled a lot of common titles for some friends and minted up on some Masta Ace 12"s like "Music Man" and shit. this was the only unknown record i pulled from there.

it is from 1998 and is called 3rd Degree. first time i listened to it i was kinda like ehhh ok but the more i pulled it out the more it grew on me. its' got this Premier type vibe on the beat and the rapping isn't all that bad! tell me what you think or just shut up haha!


"Nobody's Bizness"

Rick De Ville 12"

so i been up on this store for a while that has about 100,000 records in its' basement. i am sure some people go there looking for samples and shit but i am almost POSITIVE that no one touches the rap. it is really off the beaten path and you wouldnt even know they have records. the only problem is that these 100,000 records aren't organized at all. i have looked through about 20,000 of the records and only found the one i am showcasing and the the DNA Disciples 12". i am quite sure i will find more but i just didnt have the brain power to finish it all on Saturday.

this 12" i grabbed is pretty interesting. it is by a dude named Rick De Ville. i had no prior knowledge to this 12" but seeing that it featured a production credit by Mo Funk (from the infamous I-Power record) i was like i have to try it out. it apparently came out before I-Power and is harder to find. not as dope i will admit. really a "trying for the radio" type record beat wise. but lyrically he is awesome. very non stop and can hold his own. even the radio friendly songs are catchy and kinda cool. if i heard this when it came out i would prefer it to all the other radio crap i might of been listening to haha.

the stand out track is definitely the Mo Funk produced "Like This". i do enjoy all the tracks though. "J.J" has some catchy singing that only an idiot like me would like!

try it on for size cuz i mean its free assholes!!

"J.J"



"You & Me"



"73"



"Like This...."