Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (2004) [Brooklyn, NYC]

01. The Count (Interlude)
02. Big City
03. Good Ol Love
04. Fats Belvedere (Interlude)
05. Da Grind Feat. Apocalypse
06. H.O.O.D.
07. The Stoop (Interlude)
08. Beautiful
09. F.A.Y. Feat. Strick
10. Fats Crib (Interlude)
11. Soda & Soap Feat. Jean Grae
12. Do It Man Feat Big Noyd
13. Brooklyn Masala Feat. Leschea
14. The Proposition (Interlude)
15. Travelocity Feat. Punch&Words
16. The Ways
17. Wutuwankno Feat. Edo G.
18. The After Party (Interlude)
19. Oh My God Feat. The Beatnuts & Rahzel
20. Cellmate (Interlude)
21. Revelations

Artist : Masta Ace
Label : M3
Release date : Aug 3, 2004
Single : "Good Ol' Love"/"The Ways", "Beautiful", "Da Grind"/"Do It Man"
Chart : #82 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #44 Top Independent Albums.

All Music rating :
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Rasco - Time Waits No Man (1998) [San Mateo, Cali]

1. Intro
2. Time Waits For No Man
3. Suckas Don't Respect It
4. Bits And Pieces
5. Major League
6. Interlude
7. Me & My Crew
8. What's It's All About
9. View To A Kill
10. Unasstited DJ Battle
11. Unasstited
12. What Y'all Wanna Do
13. Hip Hop Essentials
14. Interlude
15. Hey Love
16. Take It Back Home
17. Heat Seeking
18. Shout Outs (Outro)

Artist : Rasco
Label : Stones Throw
Release date : Jul 21, 1998
Single : "Unasstited", "Hip Hop Essentials"
Chart : ?

Professional Review :


Rasco wastes not a second of his debut solo LP, Time Waits for No Man. The Solefather's commanding rhyme style is unleashed with the precision of a drill sergeant. And although he represents the West Coast, there is a distinct East Coast vibe prevalent throughout. Rasco showcases his nasty mic prowess over floating piano riffs and booming drum loops, while even resurrecting the forgotten art of scratching. With the standout title cut, Rasco divides mic duties with fellow West Coast underground phenom Encore over an imposing track from up-and-coming producer Paul Nice. On "Bits & Pieces," Rasco crowns himself "the first year rookie that be killing the pros." In addition, "Major League" is a West Coast cipher killer featuring guest vocals from Likwit crew family members Defari and Dilated Peoples. With "View to a Kill," Rasco flaunts his narrative abilities. "Hip Hop Essentials" is a state of emergency inquisition that addresses hip hop's studio gangsta mafioso mentality with brutal honesty. With no major label throwing huge promotion dollars anywhere near his vicinity, Rasco is forced to do things the old fashioned way: word of mouth. His engaging debut runs rings around the consistently hyped big budget cats whose faces are plastered over every magazine imaginable.

by Matt Conaway (All Music)

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Bilbok - Lab'oratoire (2008) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

1. Hexaler Feat. Scylla - Intro
2. 2b Le Batardé - Pleins Phrases
3. Krib Feat. Hexaler & Spyko - Tu Croyais Quoi ?
4. LPM & Psyko - Rester Vivant
5. Kams - Rapaholik
6. Interlude 1
7. Halee Feat. Hexaler, Obi & Psyko - Une Chance Sur Deux
8. Malfait - Mon Coeur Est Une Pipelette
9. Hexaler - Laborateur
10. Hexaler Feat. Jamar - Entre Le Bien Et La Facilité
11. Interlude 2
12. Various Artists - Freestyle
13. LPM - Shit Libre
14. Hexaler Feat. Masta Pi
15. LPM - Moment De Lucidité
16. Instru Freestyle

Artist : Various [Produced by Bilbok]
Label : La Fine Equipe
Release Date : July, 10 2008
Single : ?
Chart : ?

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Patrice - Ancien Spirit (2000) [Germany]

1. Shine On My Way
2. Everyday Good
3. Fear Rules
4. You Always You
5. Wonder (Shinin' on)
6. Million Miles
7. Queens
8. Ocra & Saltfish
9. Pary
10. Murderer
11. Love
12. Life Hard
13. Fear Dub
14. No Excuse
15. Moneypulation
16. Make We Go

Artist : Patrice
Label : Yo Mama
Date : June 21, 2000
Singles : ?
Chart : ?

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Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000) [South Central, L.A.]

1 How We Get Along
2 The Influence
3 Great Expectations
4 Quality Control (Intro)
5 Quality Control
6 Contact
7 Lausd
8 World of Entertainment (Woe Is Me)
9 Monkey Bars
10 Jurass Finish First
11 Contribution
12 Twelve
13 The Game
14 Improvise
15 Swing Set

Artist : Jurassic 5
Label : Interscope
Date : Jun 6, 2000
Singles : 'Quality Control', 'W.O.E Is Me'
Chart : #43 The Billboard 200, #18 Top Internet Albums, #33 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

*Professional Review

All Music Guide

"In June 2000, almost seven years after their formation, underground rap's most lauded crew finally hit with a full-length. Great expectations aside, Quality Control hits all the same highs as Jurassic 5's excellent EP of three years earlier, stretching out their résumé to nearly an hour with a few turntablist jaunts from resident beat-jugglers DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. The formula is very similar to the EP, with the group usually going through a couple of lines of five-man harmonics before splitting off for tongue-twister solos from Zaakir, Chali 2na, Akil, and Marc 7even. As expected, there are plenty of nods to old-school rap, from "Lausd," with its brief tribute to hip-hop classic "The Bridge" by MC Shan, to "Monkey Bars," where the group claim inspiration (yet just a bit of distance) from their heroes: "Now you know us but it's not the Cold Crush, four MCs so it ain't the Furious/Not the Force M.D.'s or the three from Treacherous, it's a blast from the past from the moment we bust." Where Quality Control really laps previous Jurassic 5 material is not only the lyrical material, though, but the themes and focus of the message tracks "Lausd," "World of Entertainment (Woe Is Me)," and "Contribution." The four-man crew take on major media and the responsibilities of adulthood with a degree of authority, eloquence, and compassion never before heard in rap music. (Just check out the lyrics to any of the above three at an online archive like www.ohhla.com.) Though critics and uptight rap purists might fault them for not pushing the progression angle enough, Jurassic 5's rhymes are so devastating and the productions (by Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist) follow the raps so closely it certainly doesn't matter whether the group is old-school or not."

by John Bush

Bigfish rating

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Lagwagon - Trashed (1994) [Santa Barbara]

1. Island Of Shame
2. Lazy
3. Know It All
4. Stokin' The Neighbors
5. Give It Back
6. Rust
7. Goin' South
8. Dis'chords
9. Coffee And Cigarettes
10. Brown Eyed Girl
11. Whipping Boy
12. No One
13. Bye for Now

Artist : Lagwagon
Label : Fat Wreck Chords
Date : Jun 20, 1994
Single : ?

Review :

Lagwagon has always been labeled as the stereotypical Fat Wreck Chords band. With a sound similar to that of NOFX and many other bands on that label (i.e., galloping pop-punk, harmonized vocals and a start-stop rhythm), these guys have been unfairly judged as another carbon copy California band -- but Lagwagon has a more mature, structured sound in comparison to a lot of the bands on the aforementioned label. With their second album, Trashed, it's pretty obvious that they've grown up lyrically as well. The opening track, "Island of Shame," deals with the isolation of having a disease in a narrow-minded small town. Along with some of the more serious songs on Trashed, there are an equal number of tunes that reflect a more playful side. For example, "Goin' South" talks about the frustrations of getting lost on the way to one of their shows: "We're heading south on the north bound/Our wheels might as well be square." Then there's their rendition of Van Morisson's "Brown Eyed Girl," in which they butcher this classic in a way that makes it ten times more enjoyable. This album should appeal to the 15-year-old skater in all of us.

Mike Daronco (All music guide)

Still G-funkin' rating

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Poor Righteous Teachers - New World Order (1996) [Trenton, NJ]

1 Who Shot The President? (Intro)
2 Miss Ghetto
3 Word Iz Life
4 Allies featuring Fugees
5 New World News (Interlude)
6 Gods, Earths and 85ers featuring Nine
7 My Three Wives (Skakyla Pt. III)
8 Wicked Everytime
9 N.A.T.O. (Global Cops)
10 Conscious Style featuring KRS-One
11 Culture Freestyles (Interlude)
12 They Turned Gangsta featuring Brother J & Sluggy Ranks

13 We Dat Nice

14 Hear Me Out (Interlude)
15 Fo Da Love Of Dis
16 Dreadful Day featuring Junior Reid
17 Sistuh (vocals by Turiya Mason)

Artist : Poor Righteous Teachers

Label : Profile
Date : Oct 1, 1996
Single : "Word Iz Life".
Chart : #57 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Bigfish rating

Still G-funkin' rating