T.R.O.Y.

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Here it is, the final installment of the DJ Mister Cee "Best Of" mixtape series. Although Jigga-Man is not one of my favorite artists, I thought it was very important to present the entire library. My review wasn't going so well, but I think turntablelab says it best in the following two blurbs:

"Mister Cee goes in hard (Aquaman style!) for this comprehensive and really fascinating career-spanning Jigga collection. Starting way back with the Big Jaz collabs and freestyles, Cee forgoes chronological worries and moves in for the kill, dropping track after track of classic Jigga, from "Hawaiin Sophie"(!) to "Hard Knock Life." Even the most studious of Jay fans will find new shit on this one: rare early tracks, remixes and unreleased freestyles from Cee's vault all surface here. You know this shit is made by an insider when there are tracks with titles like "Freestyle – Live at Big Daddy Kane's Movie Release Party at The Ritz (1993)." Considering the age of some of these, this sound quality on this mix is pretty incredible. 36 tracks total. Recommended."

01 Jay-Z-Freestyle Live At Big Daddy Kane's Album Release Party 1991

02 Big Jaz-Hawaiian Sophie feat. Jay-Z

03 Big Jaz-The Originators feat. Jay-Z

04 Jay-Z-Nigga What Nigga Who (Originator 99) feat. Big Jaz & Amil

05 Big Jaz-It's That Simple feat. Jay-Z

06 Rude Boys-My Kinda Girl (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

07 Glenn Jones-Good Thang feat. Jay-Z

08 Hi 5 Ski-She's Playing Hard To Get (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

09 Original Flavor-Can I Get Open feat. Jay-Z

10 Original Flavor-Many Styles feat. Jay-Z

11 Jay-Z-Freestyle Live At Big Daddy Kane's Movie Release Party 1993

12 Big Daddy Kane-Show Prove feat. Big Scoob, Sauce Money, Jay-Z, Shyheim & Ol' Dirty Bastard

13 Jay-Z-In My Life Time (Original)

14 Jay-Z-In My Lifetime (Remix)

15 Jay-Z-I Can't Get Wid Dat feat. Big Jaz & Sauce Money

16 Jay-Z-Dead Presidents Parts 1 & 2

17 Jay-Z-Ain't No Nigga feat. Foxy Brown

18 Jay-Z-Can't Knock The Hustle (Original & Remix) feat. Mary J. Blige & Melisa Morgan

19 Lil' Kim-Big Momma Thang feat. Jay-Z & Lil' Cease

20 Foxy Brown-I'll Be feat. Jay-Z

21 Jay-Z-Friend Or Foe '96

22 Jay-Z-Friend Or Foe '98

23 Jay-Z-Brooklyn's Finest feat. Biggie Smalls

24 Jay-Z-Love Is Love (Unreleased)

25 SWV-You're The One (Remix) feat. Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Mr. Cheeks, Trigga The Gambler & Smoothe The Hustler

26 Shai-I Dont Wanna Be Alone (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

27 Horace Brown-Things We Do For Love (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

28 The Braxtons-So Many Ways (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

29 Jay-Z-Foundation feat. Big Jaz & Sauce Money (Original & Remix)

30 Shaquille O'Neal-No Love Lost feat. Lord Tariq & Jay-Z

31 The Ranjahz-Kill 2 Live feat. Jay-Z

32 Tone Hooker-Crew Love 97 feat. O.C & Jay-Z

33 Memphis Bleek & Beanie Sigel-Crew Love 98 feat. Jay-Z

34 Jay-Z-You're Only A Customer

35 Jay-Z-Funkmaster Flex Freestyle

36 Biggie Smalls-I Love The Dough feat. Jay-Z & Angela Winbush

"Part 2 of Go-In Brother #1's Jigga retrospective focuses mainly on collaborations and the Roc-A-Fella era. Impossibly rare, hard-to-find and flat out unreleased tracks make their way into Mr. Cee's crate – check young Shawn Carter's "St. Ides Commercial," or "Roc-A-Fella Shit," which features the entire original Roc lineup (Jaz, Sauce, Bleek, Ranjahz, Diamonds, what!). Other highlights are "Young G's" with Biggie and Puff, and the unreleased solo joint "People's Court." Mister Cee has done the rap world a nice service by unleashing this shit. 25 tracks total."

01 Jay-Z-Hard Knock Life

02 Jay-Z-Can I Get A...

03 Jay-Z-Money Cash Hoes feat. DMX

04 Jay-Z-It's Like That feat. Kid Capri

05 Jay-Z-Can I Live 99 feat. Memphis Bleek

06 Jay-Z-Paper Chase feat. Foxy Brown

07 Jay-Z-Peoples Court (Unreleased)

08 Jay-Z-Reservoir Dogs feat. The Lox Beanie Sigel & Sauce Money

09 Timbaland-Lobster & Scrimp feat. Jay-Z

10 Jay-Z-If I Should Die feat. The Ranjahz

11 Jay-Z-Ride Or Die

12 Jay-Z-Roc-A-Fella Shit feat. Team Roc (Unreleased)

13 Puff Daddy-Young Gs feat. Biggie Smalls & Jay-Z

14 Mase-Cheat On You feat. Lil' Cease & Jay-Z

15 Jay-Z-Pre Game Skit feat. Sauce Money (Unreleased)

16 Christion-Bring Back Your Love (Remix) feat. Jay-Z

17 Rell-Love For Free feat. Jay-Z

18 Jay-Z-St. Ides Commercial

19 Memphis Bleek-It's Alright feat. feat. Jay-Z

20 Jay-Z-Murdergram feat. Ja Rule & DMX

21 Jay-Z-Celebration feat. Team Roc

22 Jay-Z-What The Game Made Me feat. Memphis Bleek & Sauce Money

23 Jay-Z-Marcy To Hollywood feat. Memphis Bleek & Sauce Money

24 M.O.P.-4 Alarm Blaze feat. Jay-Z & Teflon

25 Jon B-Keep It Real feat. Coko & Jay-Z

Download Part One

Download Part Two

enjoy,

--dirt_dog

Galt MacDermot - Samples

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 04:00 AM PDT

Galt MacDermot is easily one of my favorite soul-jazz pianists/organists of all time. After discovering "Duffer" on a breaks compilation about a decade back, I decided to snatch up whatever I could find. Fortunately, a good portion of his late 60s/early 70s albums and soundtracks had been repressed: "Woman Is Sweeter", "Shapes Of Rhythm", "Cotton Comes To Harlem", etc. Also, Galt released the amazing "Up From The Basement" compilations in early 2000, and both volumes were entirely composed of unreleased tracks, including an alternate version of "Duffer"!

Unfortunately, I had a difficult time tracking down his 1971 masterpiece "The Nucleus". The Chicago-based record store "Dusty Groove Records" was purchasing 'em from Galt's dead stock at a rate of ten per order, and I was always late on the draw. What made it worse is that Dusty Groove wouldn't let you reserve a copy in advance! I'd search ebay and see it going for upwards of $100 (most likely from sellers who purchased numerous copies from Dusty Groove). Eventually, I got fed up with the BS and decided to contact Galt himself. I was able to snatch up three copies of "The Nucleus" at $25 a piece, as well as two copies of his classic "Hair Cuts" LP from 1969 (instrumental renditions). I also purchased a gang of others, including "Ghetto Suite", "Isabel's A Jezebel", "Two Gentlemen Of Verona", "The Karl Marx Play", etc. Suffice to say, I was a very happy man.

Galt's late 60s/early 70s catalog remains largely untapped in terms of sampling potential. Here's a good portion of what's been utilized up to this point (although my cut-off period for all things hip hop related is right around 2001/2002, so you'll have to excuse me for not being familiar with artists that have sampled Galt in recent years).

Galt MacDermot - Samples
1. Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II
2. K-Def - Galt Is Loose (Instrumental)
3. Jay Dee - Mash (Instrumental)
4. Galt MacDermot - Cathedral
5. MF Doom - Pennyroyal (Instrumental)
6. Galt MacDermot - Bedroom
7. Beatnuts - Uncivilized (Instrumental)
8. Galt MacDermot - Stockyard
9. Quasimoto - Return Of The Loop Digga
10. Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I
11. Quasimoto - Discipline 99
12. Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold
13. J-Live - The Truth
14. Gangstarr - Werdz From The Ghetto Child (Instrumental)
15. Galt MacDermot - Space
16. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Instrumental
17. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Worldwide Remix Instrumental)
18. MF Doom - Cinquefoil (Instrumental)
19. Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions
20. Artifacts - C'Mon Wit Da Git Down
21. Galt MacDermot - Duffer
22. Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real
http://www.mediafire.com/?kzn1zmemvom

Preview:

Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II

Galt MacDermot - Cathedral

Galt MacDermot - Bedroom

Galt MacDermot - Stockyard

Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I

Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold

Galt MacDermot - Space

Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions

Galt MacDermot - Duffer (Bonus Track)

Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real (Bonus Track)

As a bonus, here is the amazing "Hair Cuts" LP that I purchased from Galt himself back in 2001. I remastered it with click repair.

Galt MacDermot - Hair Cuts (1969)
1. Aquarius
2. Sodomy
3. Donna-Hashish
4. Easy To Be Hard
5. Where Do I Go
6. Don't Put It Down
7. Hare Krishna
8. Good Morning Starshine
9. Let The Sunshine In
http://www.mediafire.com/?fmctmryysxm

Obviously, hit up google for out-of-print Galt records like "The Nucleus", etc. Also, make sure to purchase everything that has been repressed over the past decade. If you're a fan, then you owe it to the man. Hell, I've probably contributed at least $300 to his cause!

--Roy Johnson