Some throwback rarities courtesy of the homie DJ Rhude that you won’t find on your favorite streaming service. Bless up.
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Years Ago
Music, The Good Old DaysAttention vinyl collectors! The good people at Dope Folks Records are re-releasing Oakland MC Casual’s slept-on 1997 sophomore album Meanwhile… on limited edition vinyl (only 350 copies). The follow-up to his classic debut Fear Itself is hard-to-find in physical form—it was originally released only on cassette and then independently on a short run of CDs. So this is a real collector’s item, especially for Hieroglyphics fans. Check out “Years Ago” above, and cop the vinyl here.
Oh, and if you want to stream or download Meanwhile… right now, the cassette version of the whole album is available on Bandcamp.
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Golden Era Rap Biz
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Check out this dope mix of Golden Era rap classics, rarities, and remixes by my bro Step One…
A Tribe Called Quest – Footprints
UMCs – Any Way The Wind Blows
LL Cool J – Eat Em Up L Chill
Diamond D – I’m Outta Here
Cypress Hill – Hand On The Pump
D Nice – Time To Flow
Brand Nubian ft Diamond D – Punks Jump Up… (remix)
Black Moon – Act Like You Want It
FU2 – Boomin In Ya Jeep
Nas – Halftime (instrumental)
EPMD – Brothers From Brentwood, LI
Kenny Dope – Supa (Deep In Brooklyn mix)
Dr Dre ft Snoop, Daz & Nate Dogg – Deez Nuuuts (Benny B edit)
Scarface – Mr Scarface
Das EFX – Kaught In Da Ak (DJ Premier remix)
Zhigge – Toss It Up
Zhigge – Rakin In The Dough (Uptown Bounce beats)
Slick Rick – Mistakes Of A Women… (Daily Diggers remix)
DJ Quik – Tonite
ESP – Give Me The Night
Funkdoobiest – Bow Wow Wow (instrumental)
Shante – Big Mama
Gang Starr – Who’s Gonna Take The Weight
3rd Bass – Product Of The Environment (Marley Marl remix)
MC Serch ft Red Hot Lover Tone & Nas – Back To The Grill
Snoop Dogg – Aint No Fun (instrumental)
Souls Of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity (Step One & Jimmy Green’s 93 Beats remix)
Download HERE.
Never Follow Trends
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The Low End Theory Turns 25
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Wishing a happy 25th anniversary to my favorite album ever. This shit literally changed my life. #RIPPhife
The Low End Theory: 10 Things You Didn’t Know (Rolling Stone)
The Low End Theory 25th Anniversary Mixtape (Chris Read & Wax Poetics)
A Baseball Card Contest Pays Off, 6 Decades After The Fact
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Here’s a sweet baseball story involving brothers, baseball cards, Bazooka Joe, Topps, Life Savers, Port Chester and a brand new baseball glove…
A Baseball Card Contest Pays Off, 6 Decades After the Fact (NY Times)
Shouts to my brother-in-law for sending this over, and to my 6-year-old son Luca who is currently crushing it in his fall baseball league…
Back At You
Music, The Good Old Days, VideosFlashback Friday.
Acid Test
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“’Rubber Soul’ was the pot album and ‘Revolver’ was the acid.” – John Lennon
The new issue of Rolling Stone has a great story in it about the first time The Beatles dropped acid, and how it led to a major shift in their musical output, particularly on Revolver (which celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this month). Read below.
Beatles’ Acid Test: How LSD Opened the Door to ‘Revolver’
*Bonus*
Check out Rolling Stone‘s new podcast episode “Temple of the Dog Return” featuring Chris Cornell, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready telling the story behind the great grunge supergroup as they prepare for their first-ever tour together this fall.
Mieke
Late Pass, Music, The Good Old DaysBeen steady listening to this Flake Music cut since James Mercer mentioned it in a recent interview as a favorite from his early days. For those unaware, Flake Music was the band Mercer was in before he started The Shins, and their one and only album was reissued on Sub Pop in 2014. Check it out.
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