Dstzero is back with more Blowdian footage. Hit the jump for part 2 and a pre-Fellowship Mikah and Acey demo bonus via AlienNationRadio. (more…)

The A-Team – Maskaraid

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Live @ The Good Life Cafe (199?)

Omid is back again this month with five more great performances dubbed from LA’s seminal Good Life Cafe open mics. This was supposed to go up a few hours ago but I blacked out. It’s still Thursday night in Los Angeles.

Be sure to cop that This Is The Life doc if you haven’t yet…

Ellay Khule – “Anybody Can Yell“

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Live @ The Good Life Cafe (199?)

Emynd’s already back for round two of tape only madness. This time with a few out of town rappers whose names you might actually recognize. His commentary and a bonus video after the jump. (more…)

The Guidelines: A West Coast Indie Rap Compilation ’94-’00

Last week Bfred ^[1] put up a pretty great overview the late 90s backpack era that had me flashing back to gortons fisherman caps and provided a self contained compilation for my ipod so I no longer have to scroll past “L-Fudge” every time I want to hear some La Monte Young. As great as it is to have CDQs of “5 Star Generals” and “Repetition” Bfred’s mix was notably lacking on the west coast side of things, featuring only a single Dilated Peoples track.^[2] So to compliment I zipped up a bunch of West Coast indies from around the same era. (more…)

My youtube hero Dstzero has slowly been adding more Goodlife Cafe footage. I need one of those Gotta Cumm Up T-shirts. “Jurassick”, “Pistol Grip Pump” and more after the jump. (more…)