T.R.O.Y.

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 03:00 PM PST

Every once in a while a producer can effectively work a backwards sample into a dope cut.

This is usually easier to do if there are no drums in the sample you're reversing,as they may sound awkward and ruin your mix. But in this case, it worked out perfectly. I must say Pumpkinhead produced a genuine work of art with 2nd Amendment. He sampled the same track that Fredro Starr used for Onyx's 'Last Dayz',except in reverse. Not only did the beat come out ill, but the subject he chose to rhyme about was perfect for it.

I first noticed it when listening to this Bob James record. I immediately noticed the Onyx sample,but thought there was something else there. So, when spinning the record back to see what it was I missed, I discovered this palatial reverse sample. Check it out below.

The Sample

Pumpkinhead - 2nd Amendment

Onyx - Last Dayz

Download these 3 pieces in one folder here

--Verge

Baltimore & Washington DC Underground Volume 1 (1992-2005)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 03:00 AM PST

Here I am again bringing y'all back to the beginning of another series. This volume 1 of 18 Baltimore/Washington Dc compilations I've done. Why include both cities in one mix? Baltimore and Washington Dc are the odd couple. Fiercely competitive, musically eclectic, eternally underground, Charm City and 'The District' have long been unrecognized hotbeds for independent hip hop....

What ?

Yes, hip hop. While Baltimore is mostly known for house music, and Dc for go-go, there was and still is a prolific scene in the area.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BUW5WFME

01.(02:53) Section 8 Mob - Intro [Washington Dc 1994]
02.(03:32) No Description Given - Game and the Player [Baltimore 1994]
03.(04:24) Blak Kaos - For me [Washington Dc 1996]
04.(05:05) Da Great Deity Dah - Sunz Of Righteousness Ft.Reborn Soldiers & Sykrit Manuwva [Washington Dc 1998]
05.(04:43) Section 8 Mob - Caught Up In The Section [Washington Dc 1994]
06.(04:28) No Description Given - What's Reality [Baltimore 1994]
07.(04:41) Da Great Deity Dah - Running Off With Your Coining Phrases [Washington Dc 1997]
08.(04:34) Defined Print - Prep A Nation [Washington Dc 1998]
09.(02:56) Section 8 Mob - Family Affair [Washington Dc 1994]
10.(02:51) Silohuette - Rude Girlz [Baltimore 1996]
11.(02:33) The Blaque Faxshun And Labtekwon - Dangerous [Baltimore 1994]
12.(03:23) K Mack And Silohuette - The Annex Click [Baltimore 1995]
13.(04:51) Global Platoon - Keep Your Day Job [Baltimore 1992]
14.(03:54) Sagat And Buddha Bless - Wit 0 Wit 0ut [Baltimore 1994]
15.(02:38) Ray Lugar - I Know [Baltimore, Year Unknown]
16.(03:46) K Mack - Speak Da Clout [Baltimore 1995]
17.(04:24) Storm The Unpredictable - Verbal Expressions [Washington Dc 1998]
18.(04:07) Tasc4orce - Watch Out [Philadelphia, woops 1994]
19.(05:05) Questionmark Asylum - Everything's Love [Washington Dc 1995]
20.(04:20) Little Clayway - Fuck Wit' Little [Baltimore 2005]
21.(04:00) Da Great Deity Dah - Chain Of Events Ft.Quiet Storm 720 (Also known as 'Storm The Unpredictable' [Washington Dc 1998]
22.(03:56) Defined Print - My Library [Washington Dc 1998]
23.(04:48) Opus Akoben - Contact [Washington Dc 1997]
24.(05:16) Pure Elegance - Street Life [Washington Dc 1995]

In this series, I will be sharing some tunes I hope you dig and haven't heard. The first two volumes have a fair amount of 'familiar' material, so keep an eye out especially for the later volumes.

--Schenectadyfan

Vigor With Latitude (Shuck The Numb)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 09:19 PM PST

Hey everyone out there in Internet land ... how ya living? Did you peep Thomas V's post on the newly surfaced, never before heard Main Source tracks? Go ahead, treat yourself. There's no problem a little mp3 leaking can't solve, right. Just remember who brought you the goods.

Whenever you browse this site, keep the above image in your mind. Imagine that it's embedded into the very DNA of every track we upload it. Memorize it. Recite it backwards in yoursleep. Chisel it into the very foundation of your soul. Draw it in the snow. And whatever you do, give us 'nuff respeck.

Peace to Y@k Bollocks in Multicultural London for the hookup.