T.R.O.Y.

Resurrection 1994 (The Lost Twista Album)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Resurrection(1994) is the name of the second album from Chicago rapper Twista. Twista slowed his flow and deepened his voice on his second effort; he also took a darker, rougher production. This album was never released officially, it could only be found on the streets of Chicago. The album also shares the same title as Common's Resurrection from 1994 as well. Dres of Black Sheep can be heard sharing the mic with Twista on Track 5 "Re-Act With A Mic". The highlight track of the album is "Suicide", a diss directed at Naughty By Nature, The Beatnuts, and Del The Funky Homosapien. To those who were thinking that Twista was just a gimmick, this album clearly showed his true mc skills.

And to those wondering where I got this "re-issue", I bought it from thetipcds.com a few years ago. Unfortunately, it's no longer available. Here's the tracklist and the download link.

"Da Resurrection" (Intro)
"Suicide" (Remix)
"Anomosity Kills"
"Street Paranoia"
"Re-act With a Mic" ft. Dres
"Scat Like Dat"
"Return"
"Dirt On The Down Low"
"Shadow Boxin'"
"All About the Papes"
"One Shot, One Kill"
"Suicide" (Original Version)

Download

-- Thomas V

East Palo Alto: When The Murder Rate Was High Vol. 1

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:00 AM PDT

East Palo Alto (often called EPA) is a city in San Mateo County, California. In 1992, it had the highest per-capita murder rate in the country. At the same time, their hip hop scene started growing rapidly and reflected the grit and grime of it's surrounding environment. So, if you love some real g-funk gangsta style bangers, then this here is perfect material for you.

01. Mac And A.K. - Major League Ballin'

02. High Skillz - Here We Go

03. C-Funk - Don't You Know

04. SIC - Keep Flowin'

05. M.O.G. - Thang To Do

06. Roots From The Underground - The Treatment

07. Mr. Loco Clown - Jealous

08. The Youngen - Back To Reality

09. C-Funk - S.H.

10. Mac And A.K. - I Got The Message

11. High Skillz - Keep It Real

12. The Youngen - Played By The Industry

13. M.O.G. - P.A. Thang

14. Kaos - Much Respect

15. Totally Insane - The Insane

16. Di Di Chill - Ghetto Woman

17. Chunk - Devil Try To Do Me

18. Sean T - A Whole Nutha Level

19. Smoke - 5150

20. Rated X - Running Away

21. Parts Unknown - NuTack Remix

22. P-19 - Some Thin 4 A Niggas Ass

23. Jerry Flynn - Good Ass Pussy

24. Sean T - All In A Niggas Look

25. Rated X - Why'd You Have To Do It

Check some samples:

C-Funk got his start as Cap'n -Crunch in the 1985 seminal rap sensation Rated X. Rated X's album sales and 'party-till-you-drop' live shows caught the attention of hip hop 'Generals' such as Shock G (Digital Underground) Chuck D. (Public Enemy) & Paris, who sought his talents for their projects as hip-hop began its military assault on the world. While still under contract to independent succession records, Cap'n Crunch shortened his moniker to C-Funk and went solo.

Sean T is a rapper and record producer. He started his career in 1989 as a DJ before becoming a member of the rap group M.O.G. (short for Murder One Gangstas). Throughout his career both as a rapper and a producer, he has released seven solo albums, two albums with his group Murder One Gangstas, and has worked with some of California's top rappers, including E-40, C-Bo, and 3X Krazy, to name a few.

Mac & A.K. was introduced to the game by dropping their first release in 1996, Westbound (For Riders Only) The EP. They were already signed to Tommy Boy Records when this EP was allowed to hit the streets which is very rare. Tommy Boy allowed them to eat independently while they finished up their debut Tommy Boy releases entitled "Drastic Measures Vol. 1 and Vol. 2". Neither album was released as Mac & A.K. chose to leave the label to pursue other avenues such as creating their own label to release their brand of West Coast funk.

We suggest, if you are ready to download this, that you might wanna wear your bulletproof vest for your own safety. If you don't have one, well, good luck.

DOWNLOAD HERE WITH FULL INFO

-- Markshot

SKYPAGER: Our Mailing List/ Group

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Do you know the importance of our Skypager?

Readers - the T.R.O.Y. team recently had a meeting and we thought to ourselves, "after Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Friendfeed, RSS, the Forum, Google Friend Connect/Blogger Follow ... what else is left in terms of a method of communicating with our audience?"

And then it hit us. We need a mailing list. For extra stuff. What stuff you ask? Well here are few ideas that came to mind:

Updates pertaining to our ongoing projects
News relevant to 21st century aging b-boys and b-girls
Contests
Networking opportunities for our readers moonlight as movers and shakers
Media sharing - we can get each other hooked like crackhead junkies
More great stuff that's exclusive to the Skypager (will not appear on the blog)

Now people tend to think that a pager's foul, but we think it represents our vibe well. If you sign up for the list, you're also joining the group, and you have the choice between three types of email notifications as well as the ability to opt out of email altogether and simply participate by visiting the Skypager googlegroup website. This is still a work in progress and we're still figuring out which portion of our audience to aim this at, so bear with us.

Right now, I expect that the above mentioned items, plus digest-mailings of the content of this blog and the All Eye Seeing shared items will comprise most of what goes on. We won't abuse your trust and flood your inbox. All comments in the group will be subject to moderation. But really anything can happen, and Skypager will be whatever we make of it together, so sign up here, or for those viewing our site directly, look to your right for the little pager. We look forward to hearing from you.