The God just blessed the world with this gem via his Twitter. Produced by City Parks. This is quality music right here…
Sadat X - ‘The Fake Out’
Here’s a mix that abcdrduson made of some of Todd Ray’s work from back when he was killing it behind the boards.
In case you missed it back in 2007, you might want to read my three part interview with T-Ray while you listen.
Download: T-Ray – Best Kept Secret
Note: This is a proper vinyl mix rather than some mp3 collection fuckery. Salute!
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This was a limited-edition vinyl release a month or so back, and now it’s appeared as a bonus cut on the new K-Def Night Shift LP in glorious CD quality. I’m guessing the parting shot at “all the sell-outs, all the people that wanna talk about flowers and meadows” is a PM Dawn diss. “Everybody that wanna front with their shirt off” is a bit more general though… Unless this was the same time that Young MC tried to comeback on some brolic shit?
This is almost enough to let me forget about 14 Shots To The Dome…
Back in 1994 K-Def was working on some beats out of the B Room in Marly Marl‘s House Of Hits when LL Cool J walked in on his session and said “let’s make some tracks together”. Uncle L had always wanted to rhyme on a track using the famous ESG breakbeat ‘UFO’, so he had Def lay it down with some scratches and then went to town with the mic. Both thought they had a sure fire hit on their hands but unfortunately it was never used. The DAT tape of the studio session was feared lost for several years before it eventually turned up stuck behind a radiator!
LL Cool J - ‘It’s The Hip-Hop’
As more and more new rap music continues to suck, the task of finding recent shit that doesn’t make me want to cut my face off with a broken bottle and slowly peel the skin off has become more and more difficult. Naturally, all of these songs are old news on the internets by now but if you’re reading this that clearly isn’t an issue for you anyway.