Jive, 1995. Near Mint-
A limited edition 12 track LP, with a nice collection of tracks from the preceding few years on Jive: Tribe "Bonita Applebaum", Schoolly D "PSK What Does It Mean?", BDP "My Philosophy", Too $hort "The Ghetto"m Kool Moe Dee "How Ya Like Me Now",
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Cold Chillin, 1988. Good
Classic Kane, with fat Cold Chillin' production by Marley Marl. Includes the classics "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", "Long Live The Kane", "Raw (Remix)", "Set It Off", "I'll Take You There", "Just Rhymin' With Biz", and "Word To the
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Atlantic, 2001. Very Good+
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B-Boy, 1988. Very Good- 2LP
The classic Scott La Rock tribute double LP, with "D Nice Rocks The House", "Red Alert (Criminal Minded)", "Doc Mix (Criminal Minded)", "Super Hoe #4", "Advance", "BDP Medley #5", and lots of "Poetry" tracks, numbered 1, 2, 3 etc.
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JWP, Early 80s. Very Good (pic cover)
As referenced by Biggie, though we're not certain if that allows this one to qualify for a place in the history books, but definitely one of the better rap parody records -- one we still laugh at after all these years. Not much of a pic sleeve, more like a printed generic sleeve.
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Reality, 1985. Very Good
What can we say? The classic single from Doug E Fresh that introduced the world to Slick Rick and has been sampled and quoted more times than we can count!
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Warp (UK), 2002. Very Good 2LP Gatefold
A pretty huge, innovative step for Beans, Priest and Sayyid! Arrhythmia is all about the sound, and on that level it's a near masterpiece. Completely futuristic electronic washes are the trademark of the record -- the rhymes are for the most part laid back and part of the scenery. That's not to
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Bay City, 1981. Near Mint-
One of our favorite tracks from the early 80s on Sugar Hill, with a sort of beeping, bouncing good time boogie track and back and forth rhymes from the Crash Crew over top.
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Prodigy (of Mobb Deep)
HNIC
Loud, 2000. Very Good 2LP
Ok, maybe not as dope as a classic Mobb Deep LP, but still some nice tracks that occupy the middle ground between the club isht and the extra-underground. Includes "Keep It Thoro", "Wanna Be Thugs", "Infamous Minded", plus guest appearances by Havoc, Big Noyd, Cormega
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Cold Chillin, 1988. Very Good (pic cover)
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Def Jam, 1999. Near Mint-
Remix of the club favorite, this time featuring Beanie Seigal, Memphis Bleek and DMX, guaranteed to fill the dancefloor. A bit more on the commercial tip, but to our ears, this one features the best of the Ruff Ryders/Swizz sound, and the lyrics are straight -- they never take themselves too
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Geffen, 1996. Very Good
Two of our favorites off the "Illadelph Halflife" LP. "Sections" features a smooth organ line throughout. "Clones" uses a spare piano loop and harder rhyme styles, off set by the very brief, very mellow break.
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Jive, 1998. Very Good+ (pic cover)
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All Natural, 2006. Sealed
Inventive rappers KP, Strike 3 & Norm Rockwell, aka The Pacifics, join up with the increasingly impressive producer Illimind -- delivering an EP that equals the best work we've heard by either party! The EP format works really well, in that there's more than a handful of great tracks, with
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Loud, 1995. Very Good (pic cover)
Mobb Deep's tale of the cops turning up the heat. The remix includes the same vocals but, to us, the production moves the already dope LP version up to classic status.
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Elektra, 1999. Very Good+
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Reprise, 1993. Near Mint- (pic cover)
Produced by Marley Marl, with him, Sha-B and the Lords Of The Underground on the b-side.
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Stress/BMG, 1996. Very Good
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Sugarscoop/Unidisc, Early 80s. New Copy
"Boogie Down Bronx" is the early electro classic that Newcleus copied the bassline, drums and vocoder sound from on "Jam On It", and it's one of the first hip hop tracks about The Bronx.
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