I’ll throw a double disc in the air and break it before it hits the gravel:

1. Back In Business
2. Over The Stove
3. Whip It Up f/ Gucci Mane
4. Prepared
5. Ahhhh Shit
6. This A Boy f/ Droop-E
7. I’m A Teach You How To Sell Dope
8. He’s a Gangsta f/ Messy Marv*, The Jacka & Kaveo
9. Lightweight Jammin f/ Clyde Carso & Husalah
10. The Art Of Storytellin
11. The Server
12. Trained To Go f/ Laroo, The DBz & Mac Shawn
13. Nice Guys
14. Everyday Is A Weekend f/ The Jacka
15. Attention f/ Dru Down & Suga Free
16. Spend The Night f/ Laroo, The DBz, Droop-E & B-Slimm
17. Bitch f/ Too Short
18. It’s Gotta Get betta f/ Mike Marshall & Suga T

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Meek Mill f/ Freeway, Young Chris & Black Thought – “Philadelphia Born and Raised”

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Meek Mill – “The Real“

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from Flamerz 3 (Mixtape, 2010)

Haven’t seen this online yet (FIRST), but it finally hit the streets in Philly today after much anticipation. The tape is a little overlong but there’s some uh flamerz on there for sure. Guest shots from Young Dro, Black Thought, Gillie, Freeway, Red Cafe, Oschino and more. Download. Tracklisting after the jump. (more…)

Mac & Storm – “Mad Or Jealous“

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from Mad Or Jealous Cassingle (Jonique, 1996)

Here’s a one off single from the currently incarcerated one time No Limit emcee Mac and an heretofore unknown female rapper named Storm, who has a bit of a Bahamadia vibe to her style. On the whole the tape is a bit of a letdown, sort of a smoothed out, almost early Bad Boy sound to it, as laced by Mannie Fresh’s old school homie DJ Wop. We’ve heard early Mac over here before and this stands as further evidence that he was basically the best backpack rapper in New Orleans before Percy’s assembly line production approach reigned him in to the NL sound (and after his kiddie rap days). Even in those days, though, he proved to be a pretty lyrical dude with something of a New York rap sensibility. Not an essential tape by any means but a cool footnote for the three Mac completists out there and a quick gap filler for me to throw up after the sudden realization that i haven’t updated this site in about a week of tumblin’ erb. More to come soon. Here and there.

This is hard and The Day The Turf Stood Still is a great album title. Someone school me on dude.

Low Profile – “Hip Hop I Crave”

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Low Profile – “My Dreams“

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from Hip Hop I Crave 12″ (Nu School, 1987)

This is the very first, pre-Priority record from Low Profile. Released prior to WC’s involvement in the group, DJ Aladdin was using the moniker alongside another rapper, MC Zero. Zero Is more on the scientifical lyricism side of things than Dub C (When has anybody ever accused hip hop of being a “psychedelic trend,” anyway?) but is a solid emcee in his own right. I long figured that the b-side, “My Dreams,” would be a horrible embarrassment, mostly because it has the word “Dreams” in the title. It’s actually pretty tight as well inna goofy, Fresh Prince style, with Aladdin rocking the “Mary Jane” loop.