My Vacation!!

Yes the rumors are true. No blogs this week because I am too busy digging in Mr. Walt's & Evil Dee's basement!! Stay tuned.....

Nodyaheadtodis Vol. 1

I received so many requests to up this one in full and I still failed! I didn't rip the intro because it is a poor man's version of Gangstarr's "Aight Chill". So anyway, Nodyaheadtodis Vol. 1!!


One of the most sought after indie EPs. Why? I guess it has to be a toss up between Son A Bluntz "Don't Snooze" and "Moneycide" by Darcsyde because the rest of the EP fails to deliver the goods. I am not gonna front and say I don't enjoy the rest but it pales in comparison to a few choice cuts! "Rockabye" is dope and "Better With Time" is decent at best but "Dem Dead"? (How a pretty crappy reggae track with a Phil Collins hook made it past the guys at Discreet amazes me!


So yea. Nodyaheadtodis Vol. 1. 1996. Discreet Records. Indie gem. If you find it for cheap in a collection definitely grab it. But please don't pay $400 for it! Or do when I choose to sell it!


Oh and Merry Christmas! It is the least I can do since my car broke down on the way to a family party! Everyone have a safe and happy day!!


Nodyaheadtodis Vol. 1

YG'z-Groove On

Here is proof that I am not here to just drop random and obscure gems on you! Doesn't mean you this is an easy 12" to pull but it is definitely dope and from a not-so obscure artist!


Today I'm gonna hit you with Pete Rocks' Mount Vernon proteges The YG'z. I remember when there were rumors circulating that these guys used to chase PR down and were super thug with him which then lead to their breakup....true or not it made for an awesome tale! And their relationship made for some awesome music!


I'm blessing you with what I think is their first 12". This one isn't on a label and contains only 2 songs. "Groove On" and "!st & 3rd"! Both "Groove On" mixes sound like Pete Rock and are very similar but one is an Eddie F. mix and the other is by PR. Although credits list the producer being Spunk Bigga.


The B-Side also contains "1st & 3rd", a more raw track that makes up for the lack there of on Side A (even if the singing is catchy and the beat is crunchy)!


So enjoy this little Pete Rock gem while I get ready to hit everyone with a Christmas treat that I noticed people are looking for in its' entirety! A little clue..."Don't Snooze" on my blog!!!

YG'z-Groove On VLS

Footprints-Guard The Dome

Today we take a look at a not so particularly hard-to-find piece but more or less just a dope single! I mean you aren't gonna just run into this one out and about (I mean you might) but you won't be spending tons of money tracking it down. I think I bought this one at a store in NYC for $6! It comes from a group out of the Bronx called Footprints on the Zestland label. This piece is fromm 94 and it contains two dope back to back cuts over some hard production!!


One of the MC's kind of sounds like a younger Redman and the other one like a weird K-Solo (I think K-Solo? I am having a brain fart and not able to put my finger on it today)


Anyways, enjoy this release and pick it up if you see it! You will be glad that you did!


Footprints-Guard The Dome VLS

Gunrunnerz-Life And Death EP

Let's take a trip to the South Bronx for the beginnings of the ever so popular late 90's NY gangster rap!! This one comes in the form of the Gunrunnerz (Lord Tariq, Peter Gunz & Triple X)!! A banging EP from 1995 on Shakedown Records!!


This is one of those releases where I was like "ehhhh its ok" but the more I listen to it the more I appreciate it...the beats are all super rough! It is just the rhymes that are sub-par in some parts! Way too many pre-track intros and interludes that go nowhere as well so I took the time to cut those out!!


However, if you'd like those little nooks and crannies I would suggest you save your money up! I sold my other copy of this on eBay and it fetched almost $300!! Best believe it was a very limited pressing!


I'd suggest looking for their other 12" single that came out in 93 although I am sure that one is just as difficult to get your mittens on too!!


1) Lyrical Shakedown


2) Shakedown


3) Put Em Up


4) One For The Gunz


5) Darkside


6) Gunrunners II


Gunrunnerz-Life And Death EP

Shaolin Style-The EP

I wasn't going to post tonight but considering my ex-girl decided to show up at the Christmas party I was going to and it is freezing and pouring rain....let's just say I had nothing better to do!!


Tonight's piece of wax comes from the land of Shaolin in the form of a dope 4-tracker....


This EP from 95 starts with a cut by the Rugged Assasinz feat. Red Rum the Body Catcha called "Prepare For Mortal Combat" and finishes with "Instrument of Death" by a dude named Gifted. All the beats are straight Wu-like bangers.....oh!!!I forgot to mention. In between the main cuts are small interlude type tracks that seem to be portions of the songs...where can I find these full cuts? Do they exist?


I am pretty sure I have seen an LP version of Shaolin Style or just a different EP with the same name?? If anyone knows what I am talking about or thinks I am bugging out please let me now. But for now ENJOY!!!

Shaolin Style VLS

Breakin' Thru 4 Delf Vol. 1

Ok!! It is that time of the week to bless everyone with a relatively unknown EP from the grand old year of 1995!! A Baltimore crew called Breakthru Entertainment gave us this banging 4-track release called "Breakin' Thru 4 Delf" on Eye Level Entertainment!!


A female MC named Kayoz sets off the A-Side with "MC's I Destroy" with the dope Craig Mack vocal loop for the hook followed by Nappy Head Guerilla and his track "Phat Enlightenment"!!


Side B features 2 tracks by one crew called the D.O.M.E.S.W.E.L.L.A.S. "Domeswellas" and the title cut "Breakin' Thru 4 Delf" which features a classic break and a sick jazzy horn loop!


After I ripped my copy before I traded it to my boy I noticed a light hairline crack which causes some cracks and pops and fuzz! If anyone out there has a copy please send to Serch4Beatz!!!


Pick this one up if you find it because I sure as hell never seen it before!!!


Oh! for those who didn't notice I got Rapidshare!! BO BO!!!

Breakin' Thru 4 Delf Vol. 1

The Henchmen-Rough & Rugged

When I saw this release on Top Notch's blog i told myself I have to find it. Tracking it down was half the battle. The other half was a $200 to $400 price tag. Their other 12" single and insanely rare EP go for more but I figured anything Henchmen related had a huge sticker price. But as luck would have it, I found it in a collection and paid the equivalent of 50 cents for it.

This 12" is raw!! Production is dope as hell on both tracks! Lyrical content is as the A-Side would hint "rough and rugged". Either way, amazing 12" from this era if you can find it and afford it!

"Rough & Rugged"

"I've Been Through It"

Mixed Elements-Yah Yah

So when looking through this collection I keep pulling out multiple copies of Mixed Elements, Bredren and other Madd Mooves 12"s. I thought they had 3 releases until I came across this promo copy of a song called "Yah Yah". I guess this one never came out???

Uses the same loop as that "What Up Star?" beat but it is way doper!!! Check it out!!!

"Yah Yah"

M.A.D.-Prison Or Streets

Welcome to my blog. As if there aren't enough indie and rare hip hop blogs out there (Top Notch, Alkuttraz etc..)??? This is just another page to give people some music that isn't readily available. I will try to bring you some stuff that you haven't heard before or that isn't out there in mp3 format in its' entirety!!


Let's start today with dropping a few pieces from a Bronx house call! Shout out to Hector for getting at me and letting me raid the collection. Nothing crazy but I was able to walk away with a few pieces I have been looking for and a few pieces I have NEVER seen!!


The first 12" is by a dude who goes by the name of M.A.D. The cut is called "Prison Or Streets". This came out in 96 and seems to maybe be from Jersey but then again I don't know. The drums knock and the loop is really dope although I am not really feeling the hook and its' use of quasi synths a'la G-Funkiness haha!! You be the judge!!!

"Prison Or Streets"