~ Finest Music On The Net ~: May 2008

29 May 2008

CDS/VLS Part 3

15 May 2008

Eternia - It's Called Life [2005]

01. Truth
02. Evidence
03. Hate
04. Beef
05. Family (F. Helixx C & DJ Dopey)
06. Time
07. Control
08. Understand (If I) F. Freestyle
09. Balance
10. Death
11. Love
12. Struggle (F. Wordsworth & Kenn Starr)
13. Girls
14. Inspiration
15. Bang
16. (Bonus)

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For a decade, Hip Hop artist Eternia has been formidable presence in the Canadian and international urban music industry. This lyrical powerhouse has tightened her skills on street corners, stages, and in studio sessions across Canada, the U.S., and Australia. Meet Canada's answer to: 'Who's Got Next?' Following a slew of successful singles, videos & feature releases including “Work it Out”, “Sorrow Song” (Universal/Maple), “Understand if I” (Battle Axe Records), & “Just the Way it Is” (Urbnet), and the Australian national chart-topper “Movin’” (Warner), Eternia proudly introduces to the world her most personal offering yet, the highly anticipated full-length album, It’s Called Life. "I write life music. Sometimes I'm criticized for being too negative or too dark. I'm inspired by my family and personal relationships, and that stuff isn't always happy at times," she says. "It's amazing when you see your fans in the crowd react to lyrics, like 'That’s exactly how I was feeling!' That's why I make music, I want to affect people."

Personally, this is a must grab, her lyrical skills are by far mind blowing and she is definitely on the list of top 5 female mc's.

http://www.myspace.com/eternia

Dilated Peoples - The Platform [2000]

1 So May I Introduce to You
2 The Platform
3 No Retreat
4 Guaranteed
5 Right On
6 The Main Event
7 Service
8 Ear Drums Pop
9 Years in the Making
10 Annihilation
11 Expanding Man
12 The Last Line of Defense
13 Triple Optics
14 The Shape of Things to Come
15 Work the Angles
16 Ear Drums (Remix)

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Famous on the hip hop underground scene, Dilated Peoples burst into the mainstream with what is the best hip hop album so far in the year 2000. This release has been long & much anticipated and the group delivers big time. Tight raps by MC's Iriscience & Evidence and pulsating beats by their DJ Babu create an album full of sonic pleasures. The best cut on the album is "Right On" which includes guest rappers The Alkoholics. With other stand out guests and great songs like the title track, "Annahilation", "Shape Of Things To Come" and "Guarenteed", The Platform is worth your time and money.

http://www.myspace.com/dilatedpeoples

Exile And Lokey - Fool (2CD) [2006]

01. Don't Look Back
02. Sinking Ship
03. Self Portrait
04. Last Call (Interlude)
05. Rise To Set
06. The Bridge
07. October (Interlude)
08. Jokers And Thieves (Nuff Said)
09. Fool - Part One
10. Restless Feeling
11. Hold It Close
12. Division
13. Love Is Blue
14. Signs
15. Fool - Part Two
16. Silver Linings
17. Dreamer
18. Don't Look Back (Instrumental)
19. Sinking Ship (Instrumental)
20. Self Portrait (Instrumental)
21. Last Call (Interlude) (Instrumental)
22. Rise To Set (Instrumental)
23. The Bridge (Instrumental)
24. October (Interlude) (Instrumental)
25. Jokers And Thieves (Nuff Said) (Instrumental)
26. Fool - Part One (Instrumental)
27. Restless Feeling (Instrumental)
28. Hold It Close (Instrumental)
29. Division (Instrumental)
30. Love Is Blue (Instrumental)
31. Signs (Instrumental)
32. Fool - Part Two (Instrumental)
33. Silver Linings (Instrumental)
34. Dreamer (Instrumental)

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East Coast duo Exile & Lokey trade rhymes back and forth as easily as bootleg Star Wars DVDs in Chinatown-their symbiosis on "Sinking Ship" and "The Bridge" seems as much the product of practice as talent. And they got the latter for days-Exile's backing tracks are hearty, guitar-driven jams that sound like later-period Massive Attack, brooding and epic. As lyricists, the two pine nostalgically like Rhymesayers' Slug without sounding trite. And that's the whole point

http://www.myspace.com/exileandlokey

Exile And Lokey - Lucid Traveler [2003]

01 Lucid Traveler (Intro)
02 Pebble
03 Angel
04 Dedication
05 Thought Crime (Interlude)
06 Witness Feat. Shonin Flesh And Christine Hajjar
07 The Cusp
08 Flem Feat. Minister Ref And Christine Hajjar
09 Sometimes10 Dwelling (Outro)

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Exile & Lokey. The names say it all.

Exile, with his innovative flow and vibe-drenched, homespun soundscapes, is a musical misfit defying the boundaries of conventional hip-hop. Staking out uncharted territory of beat and rhyme, he claims it as his own.

Lokey is the quiet type. He sits back, drinks it all in and chooses his
moment carefully. But when it's time for him to rip the mic, his lyrical
acrobatics will leave you nodding your head at his insight and shaking it in disbelief at his roll-the-tape-back rhyme pattern.

Down to rock a show anytime, anywhere, Exile & Lokey have shared bills with hip-hop's finest, tearing up stages alongside Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Mr. Lif, Bootcamp Click, Pharoahe Monch and Dead Prez. Ex & Lo's tag-team rhyme pyrotechnics leave the audience clamoring for more every time.

Now, after many months locked away in their secret dungeon workshop, they emerge well-stocked with a brand new batch of hot tracks. Each song comes fortified with a soulful Exile instrumental as well as the duo's signature blend of lyrics. Personal without being self-indulgent, conscious without sacrificing coherence, Exile & Lokey's "Lucid Traveler" EP is available now

http://cdbaby.com/cd/exilelokey

11 May 2008

Frankenstein - Live From New York (The Remix Album) [1997]

01. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check (Remix)
02. Mic Geronimo - Masta I.C. (Remix)
03. Blahzay Blahzay - Danger (Remix)
04. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. III (Remix)
05. INI - Fakin Jax (Remix)
06. Das EFX - Microphone Master (Remix)
07. Nas - If I Ruled The World (Remix)
08. Method Man - P.L.O. Style (Remix)

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Frankenstein had a white label album “Live From New York Remix Album” back in 97′. Some of his remixes for artists (unofficial remixes) are so dope that cats should have been checkin’ for his production skills back then instead of messing with some of the crap that was out there.

I’m not sure what it is about Frank’s sound that is so appealing to me, but he definitely has a “sound” to his beats that are very compelling to me. I first heard him on a Salt Lake City hip hop radio show when they played “The Rain Is Gone” back in 98′. Immediately I was fiendin’ for this track. Luckily enough I had the tape deck recording that night and that tape became a prized possession.

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Olesi Fragments Of An Earth [2006]

1. New Orleans
2. Melanin
3. Wrong Way
4. Feet
5. Frames
6. Lovelight
7. Radio WNK
8. Because
9. Speakavision
10. Wheels
11. Birds
12. Amnrh (Interlude)
13. West Coast Recycler
14. Boom
15. Patience
16. Blackman
17. A Requiem for Leroy
18. Nowadayze
19. Skaw De Beast
20. Epilogue
21. Blackman (Reprise)

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This is a great EP. Georgia is seriously multi-talented and she has such an evident amount of self-confidence that comes through in her music. It would have been very easy for Georgia to get pigeon-holed as an R&B singer by some wack A&R, but enter Stones Throw to give her the green light she so deserves. This EP is different than anything I've heard in a while and Georgia made the beats and sang on every track.
Produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow

http://www.myspace.com/georgiaannemuldrow

06 May 2008

Vivian Green - Vivian [2005]

1. Wish We Could Go Back
2. Mad
3. Frustrated
4. Damn
5. Selfish
6. Under My Skin
7. I Like It (But I Don't Need It)
8. Sweet Memory (Beautifully Young)
9. Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired)
10. Perfect Decision
11. All About Us
12. Sweet Thing
13. Outtro (Family & Friends)
14. Cursed - (hidden track)

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Vivian Green is old-school R&B: she can actually sing, and her songs actually say something. It's not just over-produced bump-n-grind nonsense that so many other female performers these days excel at. She's a vocalist, not just some MTV/BET video hoe upgraded to singer.

This album consists of songs that are atypical of R&B these days also. They don't depend on driving choruses, or thumping bass. They just depend on her voice, and the words she's singing. And they WORK. Instead of giving us an album consisting of a few singles and some filler, we get a solid block of material that holds up and doesn't become old or faded. Long after you stop playing your current album-of-the-minute with the big hits on it that get inevitably replaced by bigger hits on another day, you can keep right on playing this one.

My one complaint (and the reason it's four stars and not five) is that the album isn't as good as her first one. That one really consisted of songs that fit her voice perfectly and had much stronger, more poignant writing overall. It was more soulful than this one, and emotionally heavier. This one is excellent, but it's very light compared to her debut.

And hey, there's nothing wrong with that. She's obviously able to stretch and be flexible. And if that means that every album she puts out will maintain her high quality and yet be different from the last, that's really exciting. Not many artists can make that kind of promise, but when Vivian does, you can trust her, and trust in her music. This CD is definitely a keeper.

I might have posted this album before ,oh well enjoi...

http://www.viviangreen.com/

Dave Chappelle's Block Party DVDRip x264 AC3.5.1 [2006]

Celebrate with Dave Chappelle in the uncensored unforgettable and unbelievably hilarious full-length movie about throwing the ultimate block party. Join Dave as he travels through the heartland and makes a special stop in his hometown to pass out invitations to attend the event of the decade. It s a front-row seat for outrageous laughs with music from today s hottest artists. Be a part of what Dave Chappelle calls the best single day of my career!

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my first video up here, expect more =]

Dave Chappelle - Block Party OST [2006]

1. Dead Prez - Hip-Hop
2. Black Star - Definition
3. Jill Scott - Golden
4. Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
5. Talib Kweli - The Blast
6. Common Feat. Erykah Badu - The Light
7. The Roots Feat. Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap - Boom
8. Erykah Badu - Back In The Day
9. Jill Scott - The Way
10. Mos Def - Umi Says
11. The Roots Feat. Erykah Badu & Jill Scott - You Got Me
12. Black Star - Born & Raised

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Wouldn't it be great to be famous, throw a party, and invite all your favorite musicians to perform for you and your friends? Dave Chapelle thinks so, too, so he threw just such a party in the summer of 2005--in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY--and invited not only his friends but a whole bunch of people he didn't know. A self-professed hip-hop head, Chapelle asked some of the finest and most respected artists in the game--including the Roots, Black Star, Jill Scott, and Common--to provide the music for his little soiree.

There's very little thug or hardcore posturing present on any of these tracks (or in the film version of the Party directed by Michel Gondry). Instead, the hip-hop here is socially conscious, groove-oriented, and reflective of the old-school virtues of the hip-hop community. Jill Scott and Erykah Badu bring a taste of sharp-edged R&B to the proceedings, while Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, and Dead Prez keep the raps fluid and consistent throughout this dynamic, good-times throwback of a set.

http://www.chappellesblockparty.com/

ABB Records - Always Bigger And Better 1.5 [2005]

1.Up And Down / Cesar Comanche feat. Eternia
2.Blessin / Sound Providers feat. Blest
3.Hop / Likwit Junkies
4.Start 2 Finish / Amad Jama
5.Always / A Touch Of Jazz Presents Kev Brown
6.Turn Yaself In / Consequence feat. Kanye West
7.Take Dem Clothes / Jay Dee feat. Frank-n-Dank
8.Just Can't Lose / Major
9.Way You Do It / Little Brother
10.I Love Her Again / P.H.E.A.R.
11.What It Is / 427
12.1,2 / AG Thomas
13.Ma Dukes / Frank-n-Dank feat. Tammy Lucas
14.So Nice / Supastars

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01 May 2008

The Sugar Hill Gang - 8Th Wonder [1981]

1. Funk Box
2. On The Money
3. 8th Wonder
4. Apache
5. Showdown Feat. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
6. Giggalo
7. Hot Hot Summer Day

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Originally released in 1982, The Sugarhill Gang's sophomore release is more of the same amazing combination of funk, go-go rhythms and rap that coalesced so famously on Rapper's Delight and the Gang's debut release. 8th Wonder features the hit Apache along with several other classics like the funky Hot Hot Summer Day and Funk Box. Another hip-hop history lesson on CD for the first time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang

Tha Alkaholiks - Firewater [2006]

1. Intro
2. Turn It Up
3. Flute Song
4. Popular Demand
5. The Get Down
6. Get Into It
7. Faded
8. Chaos
9. Hangover
10. Party Ya Ass Off
11. Handle It
12. On The Floor
13. Poverty's Paradise
14. Drink Wit Us
15. Do It
16. Over Here

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You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here--FIREWATER is the grand finale for hip-hop partiers par excellence Tha Alkaholiks, who have been torching the candle from both ends since their 1993 debut, THA TRIFLIN' ALBUM. The infectious "The Flute Song" mixes a seductive Eastern motif with typical 'Liks drinking, smoking, and partying themes, while "Party Ya Ass Off" explains the group's decision to split and continue separate careers against a predictable background of mayhem. There's an attempt at a conventional vocal on "Poverty's Paradise," but the trio sound best on the more familiar territory of "Drink Wit Us," which runs down a comprehensive list of legendary hip-hop names who hang out with them, because "making funky music is a must"--and you can't argue with that.

http://www.myspace.com/alkaholiks

Shogunna - Signed 2 The Streets [2007]

1 The Introduction
2 Shogun's Theme
3 Gotta Get Mine
4 Speaking Freely No.1
5 If You Ready
6 Here Now
7 All It Takes
8 Real Talk No.1
9 Put'em G's Up
10 The Setup
11 Silencer
12 Speaking Freely No.2
13 Long Ago
14 Street Life (Feat. Rousseau)
15 Real Talk No.2
16 Live Life
17 Keep On (Feat. Heather Park)
18 One To Remember

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While most artists out there portray an illusionary image from street thugs to dealing drugs, Shogunna paints a real picture of what he is and what he lives. Being caught up in the street life at a young age, all the surrounding experiences have befallen on Shogunna like a trial of tests. Gangs, guns, fights, jails, and a lifestyle of dangerous activity can push you to your limits. But you don’t go that route and expect to have it easy. In the end, it’s what you make out of it that defines your character. For Shogunna, picking up the pieces and trying to transform a painful past to a prospered future, is what defines him as a new person being reborn through redemption.

In early 2007, Shogunna put out an independent release called “Signed 2 the Streets”; an album showcase of artistic creativity, opening a window into his realm with all originally written & produced songs. It also defines his attitude in not having to succumb to industry trends of the moment, and to keep a raw and unfiltered soundscape that is true to his persona. A lot of critics can say, all the real G’s are either dead or in jail. Well, Shogunna has done his time and is now extending his lease on life through music. Shogunna is that deal.

http://www.myspace.com/shogunna

Eric Roberson - The Esoteric Movement [2001]

1. Genesis
2. 4U
3. Please Don't Leave Me
4. Morning After
5. Crazy
6. Rain On My Parade
7. Miles Away
8. Funny Feelings
9. She Went Away
10. What Is Love Made Of
11. New Born Child
12. Woman

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The Esoteric Movement is a wonderful collaboration of true art and entertainment. It's not your classic, typical, mainstream R&B effort. Mr. Roberson actually put his personality and experience into this project. Tracks like "Please Don't Leave Me", "Crazy", "She Went Away" and "Woman", just to name a few, are incredible songs filled with spirit, intrigue and heartfelt effort. He's telling a story with this album; a story that enables us all to relate to him in some sense; a story that makes you feel like you've sat at a table with him before and whipped him in a game or two or three of spades...GO COP THE ESOTERIC MOVEMENT, by Sir Eric Roberson, you won't be sorry. No, it doesn't have R. Kelly's bass or Ludacris' thump, but what it does have is a constant melodic flow that allows one to relax, chill and appreciate true artistry the way R&B used to be.....

http://www.myspace.com/ericroberson