Respect the Architect: 1992-1998

Wack Tapes

Stakes Is High

Pony Ride (feat. Truth Enola)

Thrash Flow and F5 Records are happy to announce the release of DJ Crucial’s "Retro Active" on double cassette.

With new and unreleased material from 1997-2014, all tracks are straight from the original 4 track tapes, disks and sessions. Classic heavy-hitting pioneers fill the roster, including MF Grimm, Count Bass D, Grand Puba and Sadat X, alongside artists like the Alps Cru (The Holy Grail of Indie Hip-Hop), Black Spade, Jia Davis and Deep Six.  All of the beats have DJ Crucial’s consistent homage to the boom bap 90s using the SP 1200 and MPC 2000. 

This is a limited edition of 200 double cassettes.  Tape one is the full "Retro Active" album on a black cassette and tape two includes all instrumentals on a white cassette.  Each order includes a digital download to both tapes. 

SIDE A:

01 Alps Cru - No Question (SP Remix)
02 MF Grimm (feat. Large Professor) - United (SP Remix) 
03 Casual - Essence of Freshness 
04 Capo (feat. Jia Davis & Sadat X) - Struggle 
05 Edo. G (feat. Jia Davis, cuts by DJ Alejan) - Firepower 
06 Tha Grimm Teachaz - I Getz (Summer '93 Remix) 
07 Black Spade - Sweetest Revenge (SP 1200 Remix)

SIDE B:

08 Alps Cru - Too Steep 
09 Count Bass D (feat. Black Spade) - Move Blocks 
10 MF Grimm - Streets (Ruff Demo Mix) 
11 Grand Puba (feat. Sadat X) - Top Shelf (SP 1200 Mix) 
12 Jia Davis (feat. Gotta Be Karim) - The Suffer 
13 Deep Six - Verb Burglar (Lost 4 Track Tape Mix 1997)

Featured song: Large Pro. & MF Grimm - United (SP Remix | Prod. DJ Crucial)

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Large Professor & MF Grimm - United (SP Remix | Prod. DJ Crucial)

The 2nd and final single from Da Youngstas ILLY Funkstaz 4th/final album "I'll Make U Famous" 

The single only managed to peak at #24 on the Bubbling Under Hot R&B Singles chart for 4 weeks. The trio now duo later took a break in 1997. 

Da Youngstas - Verbal Glock

Narrator

CRIMEAPPLE - "BELLO BITCH" (Owltree Remix)

The East Flatbush Project - Head To Head

The Awakening

Actual Facts (feat. Sadat x, Large Professor & Grand Puba)

Such a sick interlude. Whole album available on https://m9ether.bandcamp.com/album/orions-stencil

Props to Melanin 9

Melanin 9 - Orions Stencil

Green Paper

04. Smif N Wessun - Tools Of The Trade

The East Flatbush Project - Head To Head

ANELIM.

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