Our favorite rapper ternt record slanga Jonny Paycheck is back again with the second half of the West Coast Underground video collection. For those who missed it Bomb Magazine founder David Paul turned up in the comments of the first for some clarification about the video’s origins. It combines footage from Bomb’s ‘94 and ‘95 showcases, both at SF’s DNA Lounge. However, Bomb was not involved with the release of this video, it was instead an overseas bootleg compiled by unnamed hand cam bandits (proto-flipcammers?) So now we’re bootleging the bootleggers. More Journeymen as well as clips of Mixmaster Mike, Underbombers, Urban Soul, 10 Bass T and KNT 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…)