Local Product: Seattle Bonus Beats
Crafty & Frame – “Keep Ya Movin’”
Foul Play – “Nightfall Around The Way”
Jake One sent over a big folder of Seattle hip hop for the Local Product posts and a couple of tracks didn’t really fit into the narrative. I have no information on these artists, but they are very dope. Maybe some of my 206 heads can fill in the blanks?
Related: Kid Sensation f/ Ken Griffey Jr. – “The Way I Swing”
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
my beats are icky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytbI5vMWxU
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Oh shit, another Foul Play joint uncovered.
Serch signed Foul Play to Wild Pitch back in the mid-90’s before they folded. You may be familiar with “Black Clouds” off DJ Eclipse’s Wild Pitch Blends. Bobbito used to play it once in awhile. They also did a track with Heltah Skeltah that ended up on a bootleg somewhere.
They were from Seattle but moved to NYC. They were dope, wonder what became of them.
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
“You may be familiar with “Black Clouds” off DJ Eclipse’s Wild Pitch Blends.”
Oh hell yeah. I didn’t realize it was the same group.
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
[...] PLAY – NIGHT FALL ‘ROUND THE WAY (1995) (Via/More info: Cocaine Blunts) SHARE THIS [...]
September 24th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Frame, later known as Framework, put out a local classic called Hello World in ‘05 all produced by local legend BeanOne (usually referred to as the 3rd in the 206’s ‘holy trinity’ along with Jake & Vita). if yr interested in a link to that i got you.
September 24th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Foul Play is a group from Tacoma, WA (think they were army brats though) that was signed to Wild Pitch in the mid 90’s but never came out as Foul Play. Their demo was really dope and produced entirely by my homie Mario. They were tight with Bootcamp somehow and resurfaced as Black Ceasar on Tommy Boy in the late 90’s. They completely changed to more of a west coast sound as Black Ceasar with beats by Johnny J of 2pac fame. Mario once told me before the Wild Pitch deal, Puffy was supposed to sign him in the early Bad Boy days but something went bad.
September 24th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Thanks much for this. I wish that entire Foul Play demo tape would surface already.
I posted that Foul Play/Heltah Skeltah track here-
http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1935795#1935795
Like Digital Stimulation said, there was a bootleg with this on it.
This was separated from a Bobbito tape that someone uploaded at Philaflava, though. I forgot who, but props to them.
September 24th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Jake pretty much summed it up on Foul Play.. I did the scratches on Nightfall Around The Way & the other songs on the demo.
On another note I posted a comment on pt 1 earlier & I think Noz misunderstood what I was trying to say. I think this piece is really dope & sheds some light on the 206, but I was just saying that a lot of people will catch feelings.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
so yeah SOMEBODY has to release this stuff properly really..all the joints i heard from them are fire! i would gladly pay for a limited 12″
September 25th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Nice to hear some more info about Foul Play.I dig that version Bobbito used to play of Black Clouds the most,with the harder snare.The version on the Wild Pitch tape is a little different.But like dudes have been saying,would be nice nice to get a release from these guys.Long overdue
September 27th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
[...] PART 1 | PART 2 | BONUS [...]
September 29th, 2009 at 9:45 am
the crafty and frame joint is pretty generic and uneventful…
the foul play track however.. ughhhhh! thats dope.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am
they flippin that crooklyn dodgers sample too right? I mean, whatever the original source is.. Not actually sampling the dodgers track.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Yeah foul play was a group consisting of my some friends I grew up with in Hawaii. Makoha and Thomas. They got stationed in Tacoma in like 92 or 93. Koha was my best friend and was a beast from day one. Their demo was a classic he sent me a copy of it. Still got it I think. Mario (who produced the demo) was dope as hell! I’m shocked he didn’t blow.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:49 pm
the sample is summer breeze by ramsey lewis.
July 15th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Have the “demo” version of Nightfall, different lyrics and harder beat.
Also got a DAT rip of Boo Yah and full rip of Black Clouds Demo (same version as played on WKCR).
Happy to share!
Taheed, any chance of getting copy of that demo?
BC