Long Island Rap Blog, the same folks responsible for this sick Roc Marciano radio freestyle I posted a few days ago, just threw up this rare studio session version of one of my favorite rap songs ever, “Rampage” by EPMD and LL Cool J. On this version—which comes from a hard-to-find DJ Scratch EPMD mixtape—we get two LL verses and an alternate beat. Shit’s dope.
Listen above, and download the whole tape HERE.
Okay, my last post before I hit the hay. Damn I found some gems tonight! Here’s an oldie but goodie I discovered earlier on Soul Sides by The Equatics titled “Merry Go Round.” I’m loving this—thanks again to Oliver Wang for always coming with the ill selections.
Enjoy, and check below for more Thanksgiving throwbacks…
Going back-to-back with the rare radio freestyles. Listen to Roc Marciano catch a body on Squeeze Radio back in ’04 over Common’s Large Professor-produced “Resurrection (Extra P. Remix)” instrumental—this shit is bananas.
The Thanksgiving gems keep coming. Here’s an on-air freestyle from 1994 live on KALX in Berkeley, California featuring The Roots’ Black Thought on the mic and Rahzel on the beatbox. Thanks to Oliver Wang for preserving the audio—very fun. Listen below.
I’m on the hunt for gems this holiday weekend, so here’s the first of what will hopefully amount to a decent handful. Check out Stevie Wonder’s in-studio demo version of “I Can’t Help It,” a song he wrote for Michael Jackson’s classic Off The Wall album that was also sampled on De La Soul’s hypnotic Buhloone Mindstate single “Breakadawn.” Awesome.
Here’s a new one from Electric Guest. Been wondering what happened to these guys, their first album with Danger Mouse was dope.
RIP Sharon Jones, one of my all-time favorites. My wife and I were introduced at our wedding reception to this…
RIP Sean Price, and shouts to two of my favorite hip-hop personalities (and friends) Peter Rosenberg and Dallas Penn.
Related: Heavy Rotation with Sean Price
A Tribe Called Quest’s lead single “We The People” gets the visual treatment. Check it out above, and peep Phife’s newly-erected street sign on Linden Boulevard…
RIP Phife Dawg.
Here’s a #ThrowbackThursday tape for your listening pleasure, courtesy of the one and only DJ Clue. It’s jam-packed with classics circa ’96 by Jay Z, Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang Clan and more that many hip-hop heads still have in rotation today. Thanks to the homie DJ E-Feezy for the upload. Listen above and peep the original mixtape artwork with tracklist below.
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