MCA, 1998/1999. Good+
From the "Things Fall Apart" LP, with a nice appearance by Erykah Badu in the chorus. The remix increases the tempo and uses different music with steel drums throughout. Also, features a new chorus in Spanish, by another dope vocalist (the label does not list who it is.)
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Rawkus, 2000. Very Good (pic cover)
Four tracks (plus instrumentals) each featuring more MC's than we can count. Sure there's some of the usual suspects, but what make the tracks work is the dope verses from MC's who usually do more commercial tracks and the MC's we haven't heard from in a while. Including, in order of appearance...
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Arista, 1999. Very Good-
Produced by Jay Dee & Q-Tip.
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Tommy Boy, 1989. Very Good-
One of their great 12" singles, with the full 7-minute version of the classic "Buddy" featuring Q-Tip, Latifah, and Monie Love. Loads of extra mixes that all sound very different from one another. Between the remixes of the songs, there's enough material here to put together a
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Game, 2001. Very Good+
"Boom" produced by Premier, with "We're Live (Danger)", produced by Rush.
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Specific, 1985. Very Good+
This one's a lot like their earlier single, "What People Do For Money".
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Duck Down, Early/Mid 2000s. Very Good (pic cover)
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Jive, 1987. Very Good
Before the LL Cool J and Canibus battles on wax there was LL vs. Kool Moe Dee. "Let's Go" is one of Kool Moe Dee's entries in the battle, with some good punchlines, and is one of his best later tracks. Released around the time of the "How Ya Like Me Now" LP, never made it on
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Magic, 1990s. Very Good
The king of Miami Bass music delivers the goods for your rump shaking pleasure.
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Sugar Hill, 1984. Very Good+
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Official/Rawkus, 1997. Very Good (pic cover)
Two cuts from the acclaimed Funcrusher Plus LP, plus instrumentals, and another mix of 8 Steps that's similar to the original single version, but less noisey than the LP version.
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First Priority, 1988. Very Good
Despite the bad choices of a house (which for a reason that's beyond us is pretty sought after around here??) and "Miami" mix, this single does feature the "soul shock mix" with production by Audio Two, and the cut "Shut The Eff Up!", which was not on LP!
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Correct, 1996. Very Good
The former Beatnut gets produced by his old bandmates on one side of this indie single, and lyrical help from Problemz, A-Massacre, Sean Black and Sk.
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Uni, 1988. Very Good+
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Wreck, 1994. Very Good (pic cover)
Hard to find original pic sleeve version! Another nice track from the Boot Camp Click glory days, slightly remixed. The cut here is the non-LP b-side "Murder MC's" with sparer production, and more 5 Percenter rhymes than their hits.
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Rap-A-Lot, 1994. Very Good-
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Uni, 1988. Very Good (pic cover)
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Shady Vs Stretch, 2000. Very Good
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American, 1996. Very Good (pic cover)
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Re-Up Gang, 2006. Very Good+
Second single from their perpetually-in-limbo sophomore album. Pusha and Malice do what they do best along with label-mate Slim Thug over another unorthodox Neptunes beat, with steel drums and middle eastern wind instruments. Not quite the face-melter as Mr. Me Too, but these guys seem to get the
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