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Monty Alexander - Love & Happiness Samples

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:00 PM PST

Monty Alexander's version of "Love & Happiness" has gotta be one of the dopest soul-jazz tracks ever recorded. It's been sampled by the likes of Pete Rock, The Beatnuts, The Large Professor, DJ Premier, Q-Tip, K-Def, etc. My personal favorite would have to be either "Let Off A Couple", or Pete Rock's "Rhyme Writer". Drop us a line in the comments section and let us know which version you're feeling the most.

Monty Alexander - Love & Happiness

Beatnuts - Let Off A Couple

Beatnuts - Hit Me With That (Instrumental)

Apache - Gangsta Bitch (Instrumental)

K-Def - Mont Man (Instrumental)

Pete Rock & Deda - Rhyme Writer

Large Professor - Ijuswannachill (Instrumental)

Gangstarr - Aiiight Chill

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Shadez Of Brooklyn + Evil Dee Mixtapes

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 06:15 AM PST

At T.R.O.Y. we still practically live in the '90s (we're trying to catch up, though!) so anything related in some way to the Boot Camp Clik or the Beatminerz naturally catches our attention. Today we bring you choice tracks from Shadez Of Brooklyn. Shadez of Brooklyn was the brainchild of producer Chocolate Tye, a close friend of the Beatminerz, and Mr. Walt. Along with rappers Rambo, Tee Black, and Rev.Al., Chocolate Tye put a single "Change / When It Rains It Pours" that is generally considered to be a classic by those in the know. "Change" rocked the world by storm when it was included on DJ Premier's famous Reality Check 101 mixtape and the crew's other recordings are sought-after commodities. Today we bring you the "Change" and "How It's Done" singles plus the Wanted Men (Bootleg) EP. Oh, and just because we care, we're including Evil Dee One mixtape series (it has some additional Shadez tracks). Download and proceed to rejoice.

Big up to Ho1ogramz, Kimani, and serch4beatz for putting in good work as usual.

Shadez of Brooklyn - Change vls (1996)

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01. Change

02. Change (Instrumental)

03. When It Rains It Pours (Survival Warz !)

04. When It Rains It Pours (Survival Warz !) (Instrumental)

Shadez of Brooklyn - How It's Done vls (1998)

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01. How It's Done (Radio)