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| Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT  Last month we laced you with the Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Basement Demos" EP prior to it dropping. In fact, we've pretty much done that with all their releases. Big shout-out to One Leg Up, but here in the U.S. we're living in what you might call a recession so dropping $80 on a piece of wax doesn't rank high on the priority list.So for those who didn't get a chance to cop or download, now you can get them all-in-one! Shouts to kotep puttin' in the work. --Philaflava Download Here OLU-001 Herb McGruff The Demo EP OLU-002 Cenobites, The Demented Thoughts EP OLU-003 Lord Digga The High Plains Drifter EP OLU-004 DJ Mike Smooth Presents Shorty Long The South Boogie EP OLU-005 Beatnuts, The Intoxicated Demos OLU-006 Pete Rock And C.L. Smooth Basement Demos EP OLU-LTD1 Godfather Don The Ill Funk Freaker EP And attention struggling rappers. If you have some DATs tucked away that you'd like to release , hit up the guys at One Leg Up and get you some of that Euro money! We might bootleg in the U.S., but we do it with love. Surely you don't think the homies in Corona Queens are shelling out $100 on that Beatnuts record, do you? Well neither can we....  That is NOT Richard Pryor              |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2009 03:00 AM PDT  Installment #8 of the Hiero Producer Series: Opio I would classify Opio as the second most soulful producer from the Hieroglyphics camp after A-Plus. He didn't start crafting beats until '94 or thereabouts; he has not a single credit on either of the Hiero Oldies tapes, and he didn't contribute anything to the first Souls LP, so I'm assuming that he was influenced and/or encouraged by the other members to see what he could do behind the boards. His skills as a producer were first displayed on the sophomore Souls LP "No Man's Land", with "Rock It Like That" being the obvious highlight. He would then lace Del with the beat for "Love Is Worth", which, to me, is the dopest beat on "Future Development", and the greatest beat that Opio ever produced, period. In subsequent years, he'd go on to produce outstanding tracks such as "Unseen Hand", "Shooting Stars", "Birds Eye View", Casual's "Who Do That", and three bangers on the '98 Hiero family album "Third Eye Vision", with "Oakland Blackouts" being the true standout track. Check the audio samples and see for yourself; Opio was definitely one of the most slept-on producers in the mid-to-late 90s west coast underground hip hop scene. I feel like I've said similar things about all of the other Hiero producers, but hopefully, after 8 installments and 24 volumes, you're getting a sense that the Hieroglyphics camp was truly on some other shit. Opio - Production Files Volume 1 1. Del - Love Is Worth 2. Del - Love Is Worth (Original) 3. Souls Of Mischief - So You Wanna Be A... 4. Souls Of Mischief - Rock It Like That 5. Souls Of Mischief - Hotel, Motel 6. Souls Of Mischief - Unseen Hand 7. Casual - Who Do That 8. Souls Of Mischief - Shooting Stars 9. Souls Of Mischief - Birds Eye View 10. Opio & Pep Love - Hollywood Pt. II 11. Opio - Opio Verse 12. Opio & Del - Oakland Blackouts 13. Opio & Del - Oakland Blackouts (Original) 14. Opio & Pep Love - See Delight http://www.mediafire.com/?zmynmytonry Opio - Production Files Volume 2 1. Souls Of Mischief - Acupuncture (Remix) 2. Souls Of Mischief - Mama Knows Best 3. Souls Of Mischief - Medication 4. Souls Of Mischief - Phoenix Rising (Resolution) 5. Souls Of Mischief - Enemy Minds 6. Souls Of Mischief - Rock It Like That (Instrumental) 7. Souls Of Mischief - Unseen Hand (Instrumental) 8. Souls Of Mischief - Shooting Stars (Instrumental) 9. Opio & Pep Love - Oakland Blackouts (Instrumental) http://www.mediafire.com/?xxyjy1rmqza Preview: Del - Love Is Worth Del - Love Is Worth (Original) Souls Of Mischief - So You Wanna Be A... Souls Of Mischief - Rock It Like That Souls Of Mischief - Unseen Hand Casual - Who Do That Souls Of Mischief - Shooting Stars Souls Of Mischief - Birds Eye View Opio & Pep Love - Hollywood Pt. II Opio - Opio Verse Opio & Del - Oakland Blackouts Opio & Pep Love - See Delight --Roy Johnson      |
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