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EVERYBODY GOTTA EAT

2011-06-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

This is some record-for-record Screwball battle shit (a contest I realize going into I have little to no chance of winning). No rules. You got a record with Screwball on it, post it, and let the duns judge which shit kills it (but obviously album cuts get less points). I'mma spark it with Cookies-N-Cream 12". "The milky white crys-tals protected by the pis-tals." This was produced by Ghetto

GURP CITY RADIO #3: CAN'T SWEAT IT KID

2011-06-11T15:36:00.000-07:00

Closed session kid. Here's a mix of some (not all) recordings and artists I'm into these days, mostly cutty Bay Area locals, and if not I'm sure they're cutty local somewhere. Here's somewhat of a track list (I don't know all the song titles so I left em off): Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambatta Foul Mouth Jerk, TopR, Conceit, Merkulson Grand Invincible Beird by Son Tiff Fist

GURP CITY RADIO HOSTED BY FOGBREAKS.COM

2011-01-26T16:54:00.000-08:00

TWO PIFFCASTS TO KEEP YOU GEEKIN', RARE LOCAL MUSIC. GURP CITY RADIO #1GURP CITY RADIO #2CLICK HERE for the latest offer in the Megakut Tape Series: #3 The Return of 1628 Factor!Or find the tape digitally HERE

LAWS ARE FOR THE RICH

2010-12-29T06:46:00.000-08:00

I discovered this 12" through my buddy Ken Prank (locals may know Ken as a record swap regualr as well as the mastermind behind the killer punk/hc label Prank Records). I snagged a few cheap lp's off one of Ken's recent set sale lists and he warned me that they were not in the best shape. To make up for that and the fact I was paying for him to ship them 20 miles, he said he'd throw in a rap 12

TUMULTUOUS BEAT OOZES I'M CLOGGIN' YER SUB

2010-12-20T12:23:00.000-08:00

Pilot Rase writing rhymes in the motorhome studio circa 1997.Warrior Paint is a previously unreleased demo by FTA.FTA - Full-Time Artists-Four-Track Anthems. In order on this jam: Unbreakable Combz, Triangulum, and Pilot Rase. They all rap; they all do production. I think they made this in early Two-Triple-Omega. A perfect example of Milpitas' contunued legacy of demented skillz, fly tags,

GURP FEST 2010: DRUNKEN HIP-HOP CELEBRATED IN SF THIS WEEK

2010-12-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GURP FEST 2010, FRI. DEC. 17th @ CLUB 6 SF In the last couple of years, the “crud coalition” (as the late great Killa Sha would say) known as GURP CITY has become the most talked-about wild bunch in San Francisco Hip-Hop. Bringing music fans from all over the country to Club 6 in the Tenderloin District, GURP FEST 2010 focuses on reunions, big names in the scene and fan

DJ MARZ MIXTAPE: PRE- MYSTERY MEAT & BRAIN LANGUAGE

2010-12-11T11:05:00.000-08:00

The story as I know it (and I assure you I'm wrong) goes something like: Marz made this mixtape while still in high school in Millbrae to capitalize off the local noteriety he received after crushing some soft duck at a lunchtime DJ battle in the school's courtyard judged by DJ Disk. Marz has this battle on VHS tape and I hope this encourages him to digitize this footage and upload it to the

EARLY-90s BAY AREA MYSTERY DEMOS

2010-12-06T10:10:00.000-08:00

Rob Rush from Rec League sent me these, and nobody knows who they are by let alone the titles... DO YOU? The birth of Bay Area backpacker style was dope when all the songs revolved around pretty much the same 3 themes: being broke, selling/smoking weed, and girl trouble.Rob said these two were found on a tape of early Hiero and Sole Sides demos. Is it Sha-men? Snupe? Good guesses, but we're

MISSION CARTEL LIVE ON THE RADIO

2010-12-01T08:56:00.000-08:00

Megamix live on the radio Fall of Twenty-One-Omega courtesy of DJ CIKEE & KPFA's (Berkeley) annual fundraiser.Mission Cartel (DJs Quest (BPSH) & 2 Fresh) is joined by SF's DJ B-Cause for an hour & 15 minutes of the future funk, great hip-hop, enjoy it burnouts! And find more of the like at DJ2fresh.com(peep the player in the middle of the page)and download the radio show here:MISSION CARTEL LIVE

"IMPROV" - JIHAD FROM THIRD SIGHT (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

2010-11-27T14:59:00.000-08:00

Produced and recorded by Vrse Murphy during Sacred Hoop's Hogs of Rap round up. Second Engineer: Curator Liquid Gold.Download "IMPROV" - JIHAD FROM THIRD SIGHT

SYZE ONE TAPE: HI-STATE B-BOY

2010-11-14T15:43:00.000-08:00

This tape was recorded by DJ, MC, cratediggin' beatmaker, graff writer, and all-around hip-hopper SYZE ONE in 1996 and stylishly labeled using white-out and black Sharpie. Syze hails from Hawaii, but he lived in SF in 1997 and that's when he gave me this jewel filled with blends, beats he made, and his crew's own demo songs, back when your mix tape actually had to be mixed and not just hosted by

OOH THE DEW DOO MAN

2010-09-20T16:54:00.000-07:00

This promo came out in 1991 to launch Prince Paul's Rush Assciated Labels imprint, Dew Doo Man Records. Definitely top-notch Paul admist the De La Is Dead era, and I think the "I've been expecting you" was re-used by KMD on Mr. Hood. Or is it the other way around? The Dew Doo Man logo is the classic smiling cartoon blob of shit with a cape on. The MC (or MCs??) is Resident Alien, and I don't

ASPHALT LEGION TAPE

2010-09-13T07:41:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz in the HOUSE! In 1994, producer, emcee, b-boy and DJ, Coolie Bee (one half of Asphalt Poetry) took it upon himself to document the little known hip-hop scene in Santa Cruz, California. With the ambition of releasing a compilation featuring various crews who were representing Santa Cruz down to Monterey Bay, he produced and released the album on tape in 1995. There were only 300 copies

LABOR DAY WEIRDO POINTS

2010-09-06T11:32:00.000-07:00

Cappadonna's the flyest stylist of the weird shit, breaking it down with other weirdos: Wizone and Lork LaRock over a J.Mob dirt beat. This is a weird 12", but the beat is just so dirtball! It came out in '96 and the only person thanked in the liner notes is Jesus Christ. Word Billy. TAKING DRASTIC MEASURES (Cyphamix)TAKING DRASTIC MEASURES (Cypha Instrumental)Bonus: Here's also the original

NOMADIC PRINCE LIVING LIFE AS A HEDONIST

2010-08-31T17:49:00.000-07:00

1995- Most heads first become aware of Queens' rapper B-1 on Kool G Rap's "Take 'Em To War," also featuring MF Grimm and produced by T-Ray for G Rap's "4,5,6" album. "Shit ain't never gonna change, fuck it!" B-1 and Grimm also appear on the song "Money On My Brain" from the same album, produced by Dr. Butcher.1996- MF Grimm drops his Dr. Butcher produced debut 12", "Get Down" on Dolo Records.

GRIMEBUILDER VS. BOOZEKILLER: DON’T CALL IT A SLUMPBACK

2010-08-02T20:01:00.000-07:00

Dear Grimies, Crimies and Burnouts:Here’s two mixes I made when preparing for RPM at Mardi Gras (the monthly EONS ONE has held down in Redwood City since the start of this year). I can’t mix records, but he invited me play my records at his b-day party in Feb. and at the Black Stamp vs. Spareorgan show in June and this is what I pulled out. You’ll notice that BOOZEKILLER is quite a bit shorter

LOW BUDGET / NO BUDGET COMPILATION

2010-03-16T12:35:00.000-07:00

I mentioned this briefly in last week's post and I finally got the master last night, uploaded it and now G.I. is off to SXSW! Enjoy and feel free to respost: Here’s a non-progressive, retroactive, radio-style mix from our friends over at Megakut. What’s impressive is that it captures the vintage sound quality that was signature for the time period. When people, not directly involved in the scene that created it, first experienced this “electro-megamix-style-rap” music back in the late-80’s it was usually via some radio station

BOOKER T. AND MUGGS VS. BOOKER T, ME AND SD50 (AND MUGGS)

2009-12-15T08:00:00.000-08:00

Here’s some rap and break record nerd-ery that didn’t amount to much but was nevertheless entertaining and pays tribute to the cut-up some how I'm sure, rearranging audio recordings in an effort to decode the material's implicit content, hypothesizing that such a technique could be used to discover the true meaning of a given composition. William S. Burroughs also suggested cut-ups may be

DEEP LIKE A SOCRATES, FOUL LIKE ATROCITIES

2009-11-30T17:46:00.000-08:00

At the urging of Smooth Triumph, I've vowed to only post 12" rips till 2010. Let's go back to 1997 with one of my all time favorite MC's: the God, Percy Chapman aka Tragedy Khadafi. The Iron Sheiks 12" served both as vehicle to get some Noreaga disses into the hands of mixtape djs as well as an introduction to Trag's next QB protege, Imam T.H.U.G. "Allumaniti" is pure grimey 90's perfection,

EASY RIDER/ 01: A CLASSY UNDERGROUND BAY AREA RAP 7" FROM 2002

2009-11-17T14:02:00.000-08:00

You might not have this one. In fact, I think it's kinda rare. I know it's dope. Executive produced and manufactured by the great Johnny LeMasters, who used to go under the moniker Sarge Shitface and once rode along with Joe Dub and Sacred Hoop to a legendary show in Chico that involved mushrooms and aluminum foil made jewlery, this piece of wax defines cutty. Around this time Mr. LeMasters (

I KNOW I WON'T SUCCEED, BORN A BAD BREED

2009-11-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

Alright kids, here's another Phil Blunts banger. This time around he goes under the Philly Bathgate alias. One of only 2 releases on the short lived Harvey Records label manned by one Harvey L. Frierson Jr. aka Harvey Jr who seems to have had his hands all over construction of the infamous 360° 12"! And to get even more gully on your ass, this 12" was recorded at Keith Shocklee's crib!! This

DJ QUEST NEW VIDEO "WHO!WHAT!" FEAT. BAS1

2009-10-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

Fresh off the hella fresh Questolous cd:DJ Quest is the dopest hip-hop DJ ever born. I saw him two Saturdays ago on Oct. 17th DJing for TopR, proving that he is the last master of the scratch showcase routine right in the middle of TopR's set (props to Topski for givin' my man the much deserved light!). Why'd the rest of you scratch DJs stop doing that shit? Got tired of practicing for DMCs

THE DRUM: KZSU NINETEEN NINETY SIX

2009-10-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

Here's another rip of a tape of a Drum show from sometime in 1996. Not sure on the month, but Mad Skillz was playing Club Deco in SF, anyone remember that show? Kevvy Kev goes for delf for a bulk of the tape playing lots of the hot 12"'s of the time. Dan Charnas strikes through with Chino XL who drops a bit about his forthcoming solo joint and plays what sounds like a cassette copy of "Waiting

Q-BERT’S CRIB DECEMBER 26th, 1994 3/3: SAAFIR IN THE CHAOS

2009-10-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

Outside takin’ a smoke break and… Next thing you know, up walks a West Oakland soldier in a burgundy lumberjack and beanie; it’s fuckin’ Saafir!, just 4 months into the release of his debut, “Boxcar Sessions” and fresh off the battlefield from picking Casual’s pocket at Crash Palace and cutting heads against Hiero with his crew on the radio, like an ancient warrior still bloody and fuming from

Q-BERT’S CRIB DECEMBER 26th, 1994 2/3: BORED STIFF MEETS TMC

2009-10-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

A bevy of all kinds of hip-hoppers (not just DJs) came thru to represent in Q-bert’s catacombs of records that day. Here Kwanz (aka Dubstar now known as Rick Flare) an original member of the legendary Bored Stiff rap crew from the Lower Haight fresh off mentioning that he drops tons of acid on the song "Therapy" off the Bomb Hip Hop Compilation came thru to bust a freestyle with MC Chill (I think

Q-BERT’S CRIB DECEMBER 26th, 1994 1/3: BIONIC BOOGERS

2009-10-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

DJ Fondouglas (formerly of Sacred Hoop) and good friend Todd Hurvitz (aka Hurb, recently a co-producer for the show Punk’d) shot this footage for a long defunct documentary project that never got off the ground way back in the hoodies and Tims days. Q-bert’s stoner jean jacket with the sheep wool lining means absolute business and nothin’ else. Also peep how DJ Disk has his old real-as-fuck,

FOUR OF US MADE THE PAPERS AIN’T NONE OF US SEEN THE GRAVE YET…

2009-09-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

We'll get back to the old Bay Area content in-a-minute, but right now I gotta take a station break to shine light on a raw talent from the Bronx.Bounce yer fists together and then cross your arms up. BX all day. Money Boss don’t play. I don’t know how old this is, but I can’t stop bumpin’ it. When Cheeba points out his drinkin’ buddy I crack up. Just had to give it some shine, shit is too dope,

THIRD SIGHT “MURDER DEATH KILL” LIVE VIDEO

2009-09-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

To further honor Spiderman, here’s a clip of one of his favorite local rap groups, Third Sight, performing their anti-social 12” single “Murder Death Kill” for the Fuck Pop Convention at Maritime Hall sometime between 2001 and 2002 (I forget when exactly). Third Sight’s onstage line-up at that point consisted of Jihad (lead emcee), Sir Limpdic (aka Fat Flash) and Palo Alto’s own Insomniac (as the

SCAMS, SCANS & GRAMS

2009-09-15T10:07:00.000-07:00

I admit, I fell behind with working on the blog the past couple weeks. Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of ROBME and it kinda snuck up on us. I had an idea for a special megapost, but it became somewhat of a larger project than I anticipated so it will not see the light of day for a minute. BUT we do have some DOPE exclusive shit that will be dropping later this week. Just need to hook up

SPIDERMAN: THE MONDAY BEATDOWN, WINTER 98

2009-09-05T09:52:00.000-07:00

Our good friend the Black Stamp has blessed us with another tape from his mysterious shed of analog treats. This time it's a 60 minute tape with 2 excerpts from a late 1998 episode of Spiderman's Monday Beatdown radio show which was on 89.7FM KFJC. For us heads in the Bay, the Monday Beatdown started your week off on right foot and I was a loyal listener. Spiderman aka Ken Hamilton's

SNAFU!: RANDOM BAG CHECK - CHARLOTTE, COMPTON

2009-08-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

I found this one while digging in San Diego with the Funeral Shock guys. The store (the name escapes right now) had a bunch of hip hop 12"s priced at .50 and dude was saying all hip hop was half price. Shit. For .25 I couldn't pass up a private press looking joint from Compton with a song called "Blunt Smokers". What I heard when the needle hit the wax had me bugged though. Rugged East

JUNKIN' WIT JERRY PART 3: JUNKER'S HIGHWAY

2009-08-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the final installment of our 3 part series presented by our ace in Chico, Heathakilla, aka Hardcore 'Miah. We recommend that you crack a bottle of Racer 5 and click the title link before you start reading and let Jerry's own mixed sounds of the excavations mentioned below enhance the experience, ya junky!The end of Highway 99The end of last week I was housesitting. I decided to use it as

RIPPED OPEN RADIO #3, PART 2

2009-08-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

Finally ripped the 2nd half of the show. I gotta say, we pulled out some great records for this one. The "rave cave" Luke referred to was a massive DJ set up some norms were erecting in the studio next to ours. They had it jacked into a live PA system inside the radio station and were BLASTING techno beats while we were live on the air. We had the door closed and the speakers cranked trying

NITROUS OX TAPE FOUND! FOR MY HOSTILES WIT BLOODY NOSTRILS!

2009-08-07T11:37:00.000-07:00

Here's four of the better tracks off it. Peace to Ajent Orange, Pokerface, Messy Flesh, Kiilani, Jazz-E, Mr. Ooh, and Angela Bautista. The heavy "Remain Anonymous" era Ras Kass influence here makes this pretty backpacker, but what do you expect from the Bay in '97. And is more of that nasty style necessarily a bad thing? No, it is not. Further proof that even Bay-bred backpackers were generally

ON THAT JUNK PART 2

2009-08-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

Once again our man in the field, Hardcore Jerry a.k.a. Heathkilla, breaks you off something proper, and Eons and I put in our two cents. This post is true to the lifestyle. In this junkin' life we must cherish the adventures as well as the treasures they bring, because a digger spends 99% of his time looking and about 1% finding, and how depressed would we be if we viewed that 99% as wasted,

RIPPED OPEN RADIO #3 - PART 1

2009-07-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

My old school homie Arthur Groom hit me about some open KZSU spots a couple months ago and I managed to get two Sunday slots. I did a metal show for one (archive here) and Smooth Triumph and I did the 3rd installment of Ripped Open Radio for the other one. Outside of the danked confines of 66.6FM KOLD's studios, we were forced to play it cool, PSA's and all. The sound of rugged drums and

JUNKIN' WITH JERRY...

2009-07-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

This is a guest post from our cohort out in Chico, CA, Hardcore Jerry (AKA Heathakilla)... the man is simply an excavator extrordinaire! Reap the junk whirlwind! Oh, yeah and this is one in a series of three, so be checkin' for the next two, yo...i went to oroville today and bought some records. i did better then last time, which was the time i copped the kimmy fresh and the people cassette that

"I'LL BE THE ONE TO SMOKE THE COPS IN THE COURTS"

2009-07-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

First time I recall hearing Black Mafia was deep in the not so dark basement of 90.1FM KZSU. My grindcore homies Noisear were in town to play a couple shows and work on a recording with Portland's Superbad. I caught wind that Big Chief was attempting to have both bands perform live during during a shorter than usual time slot. Seeing that they would need all the help they could get, I extended

BAY AREA DEMO PARADE TRILOGY 3/3: NEXT OF KIN

2009-07-08T12:51:00.000-07:00

Copped this demo same time I got Charizma and PB Wolf's black and yellow demo with "Red light, Green Light" and all that shit on it (the one with the now famous black-n-white photo on the inside with Charizma holding up a picture of PB Wolf from grade school, they put actual developed copies of the photgraph in every tape case they distributed, I lost mine, I'm pissed that I just remembered that)

BAY AREA DEMO PARADE TRILOGY 2/3: BAZOOKA JOE GOTTI

2009-06-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to the obscurity, where shit's the best! This time we time travel forward to the mid-90s: 1996.This time I present the SF MC I mentioned in the Cult of Isis post: Bazooka Joe Gotti.I met Joe thru Jason Slater as well, around the same time he introduced me to Adisa. I always thought he had natural mic skills (no matter what coastal perspective you choose to take) with that wonderful

BAY AREA DEMO PARADE TRILOGY 1/3: THE INCLINE

2009-06-17T11:27:00.000-07:00

The confessional style of this post was inspired by the writing of TJ Smith of "Sea of Seed" whose handcrafted ‘zines about the rural midwest I’ve been revisiting as of late. I stole this tape from my old radio cohort on KSCU Rob “Rock B” Jackson’s crib back in like ’93-’95 (???). It was after a show he had set up for the Sole Sides Crew, when “Melodica” was still a

THAT'LL BE $500, $WEETHEART

2009-06-09T12:41:00.000-07:00

The Mac: predecessor to other rhyme virtuosos from Vallejo like Mac Dre and E-40. Super producer Khayree’s first beats on wax. Khayree would go on to concoct a slew of Bay Area classics for legends like Mac Mall, Mac Dre, Young Lay and Ray Luv (just to name a few), but it was mainly Mac Dre who kept The Mac’s name in the street for at least a decade after the pioneer was gunned down in cold

RIPPED OPEN RADIO #2

2009-06-03T08:19:00.000-07:00

Second episode. Eons on the tables and Luke gets down with the Realistic talk box with the wood paneling. Once again, the selections are bonkers. No one called in and won the contest for the life-size Diamond Shell cardboard stand up. We gotta check these phonelines. Better luck next week!Ripped Open Radio #2 1. Beatnuts - "Get Funky" (remix)2. P Bros. feat Sadat X and Money Boss - "Come

DON’T TRY TO MOCK THIS, ‘CAUSE YOU CAN NEVER STOP THIS

2009-05-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

The b-side to this TDK (titled: Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now?) has me rapping karaoke style over Eazy E records. Don’t know why I recorded that (bet it had to do with Olde 8 tho), don’t know why I never recorded over it. Pretty fucking embarrassing. I was stealing lunch money out of backpacks in the quad during second period around this time and getting caught turning in my older sister’s

RIPPED OPEN RADIO #1: NEW PIFFCAST

2009-05-22T18:26:00.000-07:00

Debut of the new Ripped Open podcast. Recorded live in the Invincible Lab - runnin' rickety offa some scratchy records, shitty cables and a Ball jar of sativa. Broadcasting on 66.6FM, it's KOLD Radio. Since our limited broadcasting range only reaches a few feet outside of the Buddha Chamber, we present y'all with an archive of the inaugural show in mp3 format. Tune in next week to win a Royal

HUB CITY ROCK!

2009-05-18T16:22:00.000-07:00

My favorite handdrawn 12" cover evar! Currently searching for more artwork by Earl M. Duffy... searching... searching... sear--This record came out on Dunk Yer Funk (a label that has recently peaked the fuck out of our interest here at ROBME as of late) in nineteen eighty crack (1988). Apparently, Dunk Yer Funk (with the sick ass donut being dipped in a cup of coffee logo) was manufactured and

EDDIE DEF: KING OF THE MEGAMIX

2009-05-05T20:29:00.000-07:00

Years upon years before the term "mash up" was half heartedly jizzed out by some lame ass pop culture parasite, DJ Eddie Def was tucked away in his Mission District home studio delicately layering 50's doo wop over Hashim's relentless 808's. He had a vision. Double Dee & Steinski gave us the outline, but Eddie hit that shit every which way. Just peep this latest installment of his mandatory

WATCH BLACK BISHOP TAKE WHITE KING

2009-04-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

The first time I saw Troop 187 perform was at San Mateo City College at a rap contest that I had gone to because my Paly Alto rap mentor Def Emcee X (aka MD) had entered with the group he had at the time with his brother Style called Mad Africans. I forget who won that contest, but I vividly remember Troop 187. It was two dudes: one heavyset cat wearing a t-shirt and sweats

THE BOOM BAP ARCHIVE

2009-04-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

I meant to post this awhile back but I lost the link and just rediscovered it this morning. A cat from the UK started up a Youtube channel called BoomBapArchives and dude is posting analog goodies from the foundation like Henry Chalfant's "All City" (1983), Euro hip hop documentary "Big Fun in the Big Town" which features some amazing live footage, West Coast b-boy doc "Breakin N Enterin" (1983)

ARAB LINKS, FINKS, BRINKS; SWEET AS CAROB, ICE PHAROAH

2009-04-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

Those who know me know how much of a Godfather Don fan I am. From his incorporation of black metal imagery into his logo to his hand in reinvigorating a stagnant MC's Ultra through his MPC 60 - in my opionion, Don is one of the best producers on the mic and one of the best mc's to tap out a sequence. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon this Scaramanga 12" from 1999 that features two

WAKE UP SHOW TAPE: UNKNOWN DATE

2009-04-05T15:13:00.000-07:00

Black Stamp rolled through to drop off some prints at the crib and handed me an unlabeled tape that he said was a Wake Up Show episode from 1994. After listening to the tape I think it may even be from 93. He edited the commercials out so you get 90 minutes of hot schitt with no BS. Where is that Gangstarr track on side A from? Kevvy Kev is in the house too.Also, I'd like to take a sec to

A.C.D. -- THE WORLD TERRORIST

2009-03-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

M-O-B-B D-E-E-P, A.C.D. burn somethin Let's get lifted, Queens is you wit me?Prodigy's first 2 lines from "Street Life" left my brain scarred back in 1996. The Mobb Deep, L.E.S. and A.C.D. team up track from the AIDS benefit album "America is Dying Slowly" has always been one of my favorite Mobb collabos. L.E.S.'s production sounds like he was using the same William Cooper schematic Havoc

VENOM OF CERRONE

2009-03-24T08:58:00.000-07:00

This eery as all hell Arsonists 12" isn't listed when you look them up on Wikipedia. This record was released under the host of the White Rapper Show's label (Serchlite) in 1998. These tracks are off the (A)rson side of the record; the (B)urn side features the song, "Seed" (not uploaded here, 'cause we want y'all to dig! lol) The recording and mix engineer on "Venom" is listed as the assistant

MENTAL ILLNESS GOT THAT BLEEK BLEEK

2009-03-20T12:01:00.000-07:00

Another mysterious StepSun release. Unlike Death Camp, this looks to be a mass produced "test pressing". What a strange label: Troubleneck Brothers, Motion Man and Paul Mooney? Ill shit. I know next to nothing about this record. Post a comment if you have some insight.THE ILLNESS

FUCK A FASHION, WE NEED ULTRA WIDES

2009-03-12T02:36:00.000-07:00

I found this going through some boxes in my garage looking for old radio show tapes. It's a business card from the early 90's for a little graff shop that was run out of a small window in the back of what would now be considered a hip hop shop (tapes, leather caps, beepers, incense, etc). Not gonna say who ran it, but real heads will be able to tell from the card. First time we rolled through

GUNS, GUNS EVERYDAY

2009-03-10T02:01:00.000-07:00

One of my all time favorite 12"'s to play out. The winning combo of old school beats with O.G.C. at the top of their game paired with the Cutty Ranks anthem. Perfection. I through something extra in the folder for all the Fab 5 fans in the house. Eshkoshka!

RAY LUV: I WEAR MY STRAIGHT PERM LONG

2009-03-09T04:23:00.000-07:00

Ray Luv's debut 12" from 1992 on Strictly Business Records. Mine is in a "Who Can Be Trusted" sleeve which makes sense since the sleeves and tracklistings of both records are almost identical. Worth revisiting for the Alex Meija megamix style remix of "X Check It Out Ya'll" alone, but check that ridiculous drum roll in "Get Ma Money On". Khayree rock, rock on. Oh, and that's DJ Cee rippin'

D.O.O.M. ENTERTAINMENT

2009-03-07T02:33:00.000-08:00

Rugged NY 12" from the late 90's. This is somewhat of a compilation of various D.O.O.M. Entertainment / Die Hard Records artists. Shout to Joe from Noisear for hipping me to this. "G-Notes" is Smooth Triumph's new anthem. DOOMED

1988 WORLD MIXING FINAL

2009-03-06T02:02:00.000-08:00

Ladies and gentlemen, DJ number one tonight...

PE & BDP MEET TT: COMIN' CORRECT IN 88

2009-03-04T18:30:00.000-08:00

Bought this off the ebay machine. Not sure what the origin of it is. The seller was guessing these may be radio tapes pressed on wax and labeled the disc himself after some research. There are 4 tracks but only 2 were rugged enough for Ripped Open. Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise" sounds like the skeleton of an unfinished megamix while BDP's "My Philosophy gets the Latin Rascals splice style

MUNK WIT DA FUNK

2009-03-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

A seldom mentioned, dirty and distorted indie outta Philly circa 1995. DA FUNK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I was hit by a car riding my bike to work and fractured the radial head of my elbow. Basically I have a lot of time on my hand(s), but typing is pretty frustrating. I'm gonna try and put up as much music as I can while

NON PHIXION: ASK MICKEY KNOX WHO WE ARE

2009-02-26T10:48:00.000-08:00

Non Phixion will always be remembered as one of the ruggedest crews to emerge out of the mid 90's indy scene. While many of their contemporaries were flirting with sci fi language or introspective themes, Non Phixion were the straight hoodied up, drugged out maniacs from the slums of Brooklyn. Here's a pre-Non Phixion freestyle from DJ Riz and Wildman Steve's WBAU show circa 1994. This is

THE DOWNLOW HIGHLIGHT REEL

2009-02-24T18:36:00.000-08:00

I remember getting a phone call from someone at Point Blank magazine who had discovered my info from a failed attempt I had made ordering a Project Blowed cassette. This was late 94-95. I had seen a review of it in Slap magazine so I sent $10 to the address they printed and crossed my fingers. "You should never mail cash. Someone will just steal it!" the Point Blank cat informed me. Yeah,

DJ RIP ONE: INNER CONNECTIONS

2009-02-18T15:10:00.000-08:00

Reader Bryn blessed me with a rip of this long lost Rip One gem from 1997 and said I could share it with everyone. I think Bryn sums it up best: I bought it direct from Rip-One way back in 97, he was in the U.K. with the Airforce B-boy crew at a 3 day jam called Fresh 97. I wish now that I'd spoken to him properly, but I was only 20 & amped at being at the gig & there were crates of dope old

WE BLEW THE MINDS OF THOSE THAT WAS DOIN' LINES, AND YOU KNOW THAT!

2009-01-25T20:17:00.000-08:00

Here's the Wikipedia entry you get when you type in Flynamic Force:Flynamic Force is the debut EP by hip hop duo, Sway & King Tech. The EP was released in 1988 for All City Records and went largely unnoticed.Track listing:"We Want To Rock You""The Awesome""Saying U Want More (Break It On Down)""A Word To The Wize ""Beat Of The Drum (4 Minutes Of Death)""King Tech" What more really needs to be

RELEASE PARTY

2009-01-22T19:35:00.001-08:00

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS: THIS IS A SAMPLING SPORT

2009-01-16T12:24:00.000-08:00

Here’s a trailer for a new documentary chronicling our sport of sampling. The Clyde Stubblefield footage looks dope. Shots to Toph One for the link.http://www.copyrightcriminals.com/

MY MIND IS KINDA MORBID

2009-01-11T10:54:00.000-08:00

I found this old Cage demo track on a tape a Queens homie made for me in 97. Not sure of the proper title, when it was recorded or who the producer was (Necro probably? Or maybe Godfather Don?). Although I'm sure it's floating around on some Stretch & Bobitto tapes. If you have any info, drop a comment.Cage Demo

EPA'S PARENTAL ADVISORY

2009-01-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

Yo this tape has to drop now no more waiting. I wanted to interview Dopestyle about it, but I fucked up and asked way too many questions in a bum rush of a myspace correspondence, and the man is just too busy to fulfill all my off-the-wall fanboy curiosities, so in an effort to just let you hear the fuckin thing already, I'm just gonna drop down what I asked him, and what he was kind enough to

5150: ILLEGALLY INSANE IN THE BAY, MAYNE

2008-12-31T00:09:00.000-08:00

I first started making visits out to the North Bay in 1993 after meeting a few writers who lived there. Everyone up there was heavy into the Vallejo sound that was coming out. Heads were bitter over 2Pac's involvement in a 1992 Marin City shooting that left a 6 year old boy dead so Pac got no play. And then you had Hiero coming out big and it seemed like a crossroads for a lot of kids. Do you

IDRIS MUHAMMAD MEETS KRAZEE KALI STYLEZ

2008-12-24T10:46:00.000-08:00

Drummer Idris Muhammad (aka Leo Morris) is probably best known to beatheads for his concoction of one of the illest breaks of all time, Bob James' "Nautilus". That and his contribution (along with fellow beat king Bernard "Pretty" Purdie) to Galt MacDermot's HAIR soundtrack. "There were certain guys who couldn't pick up on what I was into. And there were certain ones who did. The ones who did,

GRAND INVINCIBLE: PURSE THIEVES 12" OUT NOW

2008-12-21T15:26:00.000-08:00

After way too many headaches caused solely by constant fuck ups on the part of the pressing plant, the Grand Invincible "Purse Thieves" 12" is finally done! It contains 3 songs from last year's "Ask the Dust" album plus bonus instrumentals and an accapella. Remember when 12"'s had cool shit for the DJs??? All the tracks can be heard on our myspace page. We have a record release party in SF on

CATALYST RECORDS

2008-12-20T19:09:00.000-08:00

1976 catalog found in a copy of the Michal Urbaniak Group's "The Beginning" 2xLP.

ROB ONE MEATS KEISHA

2008-12-14T20:01:00.000-08:00

I ripped this tape awhile ago and lagged on putting it up here and then a few weeks ago I saw it up on blog I've been visiting called Recordz On Wheelz. Fuck it. This is my own rip plus I got the fresh cover and label scans. I don't think I really need to type any more about just how dope Rob One was with the conceptual mixtapes. He really kills it here with the porn theme by including photos

DJ APOLLO: WEST COAST GANGSTA FUNK

2008-11-29T18:30:00.000-08:00

I think I first heard this at a party out in the North Bay. My homies out there always copped all the new mixtapes so every time I would trek up there to paint, I'd bring a few blanks and try to dub a couple while fools were sleeping off the night before. Apollo's "West Coast Gangsta Funk" was one that I was never able to secure a dub of, but knew it very well due to it's constant burn at crew

SOME RE-UPS FOR YOU JUNKIES

2008-11-23T20:08:00.000-08:00

Had some downtime this weekend nursing a hangover caused by my participation in Pukefest 2008. Though I didn't puke, I did ingest a large amount of the Blue Bonnet's puke scented draft beers. Either way, here are some Rapidshare links to a few of the more popular downloads we've had up on ROBME. Enjoy and feel free to make requests for any other re-ups you need: DJ Rip One - Rippin' Shit Up!

BIG DADDY: OFF THE ROPES

2008-11-20T10:07:00.000-08:00

The "Off The Ropes" compilation CD that came with an issue of the late, great Big Daddy Magazine outta the UK was my intro to the P Brothers. That right there is reason enough to check it out. Speaking of P Brothers and intros, their (exclusive to this release) intro to the CD makes Fat Joe's "Yeah" the warrior call for all swamp dwelling Mantronix drum machines to be hurled through Marshall

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS DJ PRINCE ICE?

2008-11-16T09:37:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice megamix from 1988 on Megajamm Recordz by the mysterious "DJ Prince Ice". My money's on Prince Ice being fake name so King Tech and his homies (Mark 5 who produced a grip of tracks on Dre Dog's "I Hate You With a Passion" album and Big Ed who has a pretty eclectic resume) wouldn't get sued for pillaging all the tracks necessary to make "Dopemix Vol. 1". What sets this mix apart

NO LONGER BUILT FOR ZSHARE LINKS

2008-11-03T07:29:00.001-08:00

Looks like all the links on here are dead after Zshare's crash a week or so ago. My original plan was to reup all the dead links when we reached 10K hits, but at this point I have neither the time or the patience to re-up the entire blog. If there's a post you missed out on and you want to request a re-up, post a comment and I'll get to those first.KRS One - Ah Yeah (Diamond D Remix)

ROB ONE TAPS THE FADER ON THE DRUM

2008-10-24T17:41:00.000-07:00

Sometimes scrounging up tapes to record radio shows would lead to desperate measures. Spending too long searching for a C-90 could mean the difference between catching a white label pressed in the hundreds or a dope freestyle by some MC you'd never even heard of. So it goes with this tape of Rob One on The Drum. I don't recall the specific night, but I'm sure I heard Kevvy Kev say Rob One just

THE GRAND AIN’T FORCE UNLESS THE FORCE IS GRAND

2008-10-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

I’m pretty sure whoever played the keyboard chimes on the chorus for this one was drunk. That shit is like three-wheel motion on a u-turn, spillin’ So Co and orange Fanta out your Solo cup onto your black Bart Simpson XXXL, trying to re-position your leather Africa medallion over the stain so it doesn't show. Street Art Records was a subsidiary of Miami’s Hot Productions (Hot Associated Labels)

TEN G'S TO THE GRAVEYARD

2008-10-14T10:36:00.000-07:00

Once a year the Record Man in Redwood City, CA holds his parking lot sale. They set up a bunch of tents and tables and pile boxes filled with tens of thousands of lp's and twelve inches on em. Obviously, shit is a total feeding frenzy and is not for beginners or the faint of heart. It starts at 8, but real junkies are pacing around out front hours before. The only notification for the date of

RENEGADE THAT'S GETTIN' PAID TO KNOCK YOUR CREW

2008-10-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

I mentioned this record in INFLATION OF POCKSECTOMY, so I figured it was only right to let you scabby-headed arcade orphans hear it. I couldn't believe a dude from San Jo got signed to Luke Skyywalker Records back then. This is actually the b-side to the "Just Rock" 12" released in 1987. It was a trip, 2 Live Crew, DJ KJ & MC Kooley C, MC Shy D, LeJuan Love, JDC, Anquette, Ghetto Style DJs, and a

HEAVY GRIT ON YOUR TURNTABLES

2008-10-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

Before he was known for wearing wrestling masks and hanging with Kool Keith, Kutmasta Kurt was known to all real heads in the broadcast range of 90.1 FM KZSU's signal as the man helming the click clack in Kevvy Kev's Drum Posse. I've discussed the importance of these Drum tapes before and I was lucky to recently come across this tape still intact. Kurt kills it during these these 40+ minutes,

THE GROUND THAT YOU'RE STANDIN' ON NOW BEEN SHOOK

2008-10-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

This record is all a soul needs. 808 with liberal use of the signature handclap? Check. Guitar stab to scratch? Check. "Ahh, that stuff is really fresh" scratch? Check. "Catch A Groove" wrap-around cut? Check. And, fuck it, how about a Prince record for the outro? Check. Cut Master Cox had all the necessities and none of the fat when he left the house for Miami's Sound International studios that

MURDER IS A MISDEMEANOR

2008-09-25T16:05:00.000-07:00

"I heard a fool call in the radio today, he said, 'San Jo is shockin'.' You need to get your sister's Rabbit so we can mob to that Rodney O. and Joe Cooley show at Studio 47. Sal's cousin's got some six-by-nines we can put in it." --Frosty C, 1987, Gunn High School, Palo Alto, Calif. And yes, he really did say "shockin'."First of all, Saturn Records is the shit. This surly L.A. label put out only

PISSING OFF THE NEIGHBORS WITH HOME BOYS DUB

2008-09-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

I live basically on Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. I am not a student. I've lived in the area practically my whole life. Senior year in high school I worked for the mom and pop grocery store on the corner delivering the butcher's ground beef to local burger joints. My neighbors are grad students with shitty cars and expensive tuitions and without a care in the world but

FOUGHT THE COLD AND GENERATED THE WARMF!

2008-09-15T08:08:00.000-07:00

Yo, Smooth Triumph up in the bitch, crawling out the depths of a poor ass summer with obscure vinyl nuglettes for the menthol kiddies. I found MC Price and DJ Double Trouble two years ago in the garage of this run down house in Palo Alto that my blackmarket half-ass carpenter friend was remodeling without a contractor's license. It had to get took along with some scratched up as fuck LeJuan Love

PF CUTTIN': TAKE A SWIG OF THE 4-OH

2008-09-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Another sure shot from the days when tapes were Kingz. This time from PF Cuttin', best known as the producer/DJ behind Blahzay Blahzay (along with MC Outloud). Their LP is a nice slice of 90's boom bap laced with heady jazz loops and contains their classic "Danger". Here we find PF solo, rocking the 1's and 2's instead of the sampler. It's 1997, you're cutting the current underground staples,

DJ B-MELLO: BLOWIN' UP WORLDWIDE

2008-09-02T09:52:00.000-07:00

In contrast to the Rip One tape is this 1996 tape from Seattle’s DJ B-Mello. “Blowin’ Up Worldwide Part 1” is more of a live DJ mix style joint. B-Mello drops a lot of the underground staples of the time but does manage to sneak in a few seldom heard, small press treats from Perverted Rhyme Throwa, Constant Deviants, and Rascalz (plus a later Chill Rob G track) . I was surprised how good this

DJ RIP ONE: RIPPIN SHIT UP AT PRIME TIME

2008-08-15T13:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a great example of a 4 track produced, megamix style tape from SoCal's DJ Rip One. Seamless mixes of mid 90's gems with tons of layered scratching. Tapes like these were a labor of love, slaved over for months to turn around and sell a dub for $10. $10, man! This is a Porter-House-with-a-baked-potato-and-steamed-broccoli typa mixtape; cooked up by an inspired DJ dedicated to his craft, not

EAST MEETS WEST LIVE INSIDE THE HEAD OF AN ORIGINAL HEAD

2008-08-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

I got a bug up my ass yesterday and started digging through a bag of old tapes. Remember when you used to accumulate tapes to the point where you had a fucking grocery bag full of em? No cases, stickers crossed out. Toilet paper jammed in the tops. My homie Stnko had 2 twelve pack boxes full of tapes stolen out of his car!Digging through this mess, I found a couple tapes of old Drum shows I

EXPLORING AREA CODES

2008-07-31T10:20:00.000-07:00

I usually don’t follow what’s going on at Stones Throw that much these days. Too many Madlib remixes, too much Dilla beat recycling, etc. But after clicking a link on Whatupthough to check out the ridiculous Madvillian remix/reissue, I spotted their latest podcast – a PBWolf mix of early hip hop that is NOT from NY. “Hear No Evil” already covered NY, so PBWolf delves waaay deeper into the

MY DIRTY UNDIES, MY FUCKING WHITES

2008-07-28T18:11:00.000-07:00

It's been a minute, time to do some laundry. Smooth Triumph hooked up this dope ass Gurp City instore at Rasputin's in Mountain View on August 22nd. If you are in the area be sure to juice up your ultras and strike through. Big ups Matt Loomis who killed it with the flier.We've also been busy putting together the Grand Invincible - Purse Thieves b/w Elephant Tranq 12" which will be the first