Old School Hip Hop #1

Instroementalz

RAR RAP

Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/czmt9ft9ed11wps/No_Gimmicks_Y2K_edit.zip

None stop mix of a selection of my favourite independent hip-hop cuts from- and around year 2000. This was the tail end of the golden era when indie hip-hop vinyl still sold decent volumes. The West Coast was just a strong as the East Coast in terms of output of underground hits.  Releases from labels like ABB Records where more or less a default buy. DJ Revolution’s “In 12’s We Trust” LP is fantastic all way through and so is Cali Agent’s first LP, Laid In Full Chapter 2, Mykill Miers, Encore, Scum and so on…

Tracks "DJ Revolution - Take Over", "Dilated Peoples - Weed V. Beer" and "Boulevard Connection – Copenhagen" are missing due to copyright limitations.

NO GIMMICKS RAP SHIT Y2K

gravedigawzz

BAD COP

"Loyal" (East Coast Version) feat. Lil Wayne and French Montana Available Now!
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LoyalEC?IQid=soundcloud
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/LoyalECAmazon?IQid=soundcloud

Listen to the full track here: http://youtu.be/CrqJM39ttOM

Chris Brown -  Loyal (East Coast Version) feat. Lil Wayne and French Montana

Mr. Brady - Jewel Piece (feat. Blu, Johaz & Moka Only)

Black Thought - Mona Lisa (Prod. By Karriem Riggins)

Marvelous Mag teams up with Planet Asia and Smoovth to make this soulful J Dilla Tribute. 

Far Away feat Smoovth and Planet Asia prod by J Dilla

Pitbull - Time Of Our Lives Ft. Ne-Yo

basement remix I did for Ed O.G. -- Situations cut -- a capella straight off 12" vinyl. straight out the SP' to Tascam 1516 to Technics 1210s and mixer! [www.kicdrumproducts.com]

Ed O.G. feat. Pete Rock - Situations [basement remix by dj DRUMAT!C]

Grave Diggaz - Constant Elevation

Gangstarr brooklyn

The levels are a bit all over the place on this mix, sorry...

"EPMD - Intrigued" and "Show & AG - Medicine" are missing due to copyright protection.

Download all tracks (split and tagged): https://www.mediafire.com/?lz75hbhmmeqi2bp

No Gimmicks Rap Shit Part 17-18

11. Sherlock Feat. Clark Gilliam – Swamps Of Corruption

Beneficence feat. AG (of D.I.T.C.)
"Smooth Hardcore"
Remixed by K-Def 
Cuts by Jazz Spastiks

Taken off Beneficence's limited edition "Smooth Hardcore" 12" vinyl incl. the original version plus exclusive remixes by K-Def (Real Live, Lords of the Underground, LL Cool J, Tragedy Khadafi, etc.) and up-and-coming beatsmith Brous One.

"Smooth Hardcore" video:
https://youtu.be/gJkakx26CxA

Order the limited edition 12":
HHV:
https://www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/beneficence-smooth-hardcore-remix-white-vinyl-edition-512846?p=HarHAY
UGHH:
https://www.undergroundhiphop.com/products/beneficence-smooth-hardcore-smooth-hardcore-remixes-12-vinyl-single-record
Fat Beats:
http://www.fatbeats.com/products/beneficence-smooth-hardcore-12
Vinyl-Digital:
http://www.vinyl-digital.com/en/Hip-Hop-Rap/Smooth-Hardcore-Remix.html

Order "Smooth Hardcore/Remixes" on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smooth-hardcore/id1204965866

"Smooth Hardcore" also appears on Beneficence's underground top seller "Basement Chemistry" (CD/2LP/cassette/digital), featuring Inspectah Deck, MC Eiht, Masta Ace, AG of D.I.T.C., Chubb Rock, El Da Sensei, Dres of Black Sheep, DJ Spinna, Da Beatminerz, L'Orange, MindsOne, Confidence, The Legion, KON Sci, and many more.

Order the album on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/basement-chemistry/id1061764926

Order the album on amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019P2HJB6

Order the album on CD, 2LP, or cassette:
UGHH:
http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/beneficence-basement-chemistry/IAR037CD/
Fat Beats:
http://www.fatbeats.com/products/beneficence-basement-chemistry-cd
HHV:
http://www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/beneficence-basement-chemistry-white-vinyl-edition-458082
Vinyl-Digital:
http://www.vinyl-digital.com/en/Hip-Hop-Rap/Basement-Chemistry.html

:: About Beneficence and 'Basement Chemistry' ::

After dropping back to back classics with "Sidewalk Science" (2011) and "Concrete Soul" (2012), Brick City veteran and Ill Adrenaline Records co-founder Beneficence unleashes his 6th solo LP "Basement Chemistry". Armed with the true sounds of the golden era Benef drops rejuvenated flows and shares mics with hip-hop's elite lyricists. The lineup includes Inspectah Deck (of Wu-Tang Clan), Masta Ace, MC Eiht, El Da Sensei, AG (of D.I.T.C), Dres (of Black Sheep), The Legion, Chubb Rock, MindsOne, and Estee Nack (of Tragic Allies). Once again the close Artifacts affiliate traps the listener into slick, thought provoking rhymes backed by hard hitting yet soulful production from DJ Spinna, Da Beatminerz, 12 Finger Dan, Confidence, L'Orange, Presto, KON Sci, Jazz Spastiks, and many more. 19-tracks strong, the dusty and raw sounding full length displays a perfect blend of street jewels like the Inspectah Deck laced "Digital Warfare" and the Masta Ace inspiring anthem "When The Sun Comes". The P Original produced banger "EZ As 1-2" opens the album brilliantly showing Benef's relaxed but witty cadence. "Basement Chemistry" travels down many avenues including the battle rap driven joint "Against The Grain" and storytelling saga "Maui Vacation". The album's formula stays true to the game with obscure samples, intricate cuts, and official boom bap sound.

:: Social media ::

Website:
http://www.illadrenalinerecords.com

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/illadrenalinerecords
http://www.facebook.com/rahim.b.muhammad
http://www.facebook.com/AGofDITC
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Twitter:
http://twitter.com/ILLADRENALINE
https://twitter.com/BeneficenceReal
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Instagram:
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youtube:
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Smooth Hardcore

Buy limited vinyl

Beneficence feat. AG (of D.I.T.C.) "Smooth Hardcore" (K-Def Remix)

DJ Premier:

THIS SONG WAS PULLED FROM THE "JUVENILE HELL" LP AFTER THE WHOLE ICE-T "COP KILLER" SONG WAS SHOCKING THE WORLD; SO MOBB DEEP's LABEL 4TH & B'WAY REMOVED IT AS WELL...

SOME COPIES LEAKED, BUT MOST DJ's DON'T HAVE IT.

ME, PRODIGY AND HAVOC GOT PULLED OVER BY THE COPS IN 1993 AND THEY WERE ON SOME FOUL SHIT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITHOUT THEM FINDING OUT HOW DIRTY THE CAR WAS BACK THEN...

SO WE WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT IT...

HERE IT IS UNCUT...

WE ARE GONNA MISS YOU PRODIGY...(R.I.P.)

CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY...

Daily Operation Instrumentals Test-Pressing

Mobb Deep- 'Cop Hell' (Produced By DJ Premier)

Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/czmt9ft9ed11wps/No_Gimmicks_Y2K_edit.zip

None stop mix of a selection of my favorite independent hip-hop cuts from- and around year 2000. This was the tail end of the golden era when indie hip-hop vinyl still sold decent volumes. 
The West Coast was just a strong as the East Coast in terms of output of underground hits.  
Releases from labels like ABB Records where more or less a default buy. 
DJ Revolution’s “In 12’s We Trust” LP is fantastic all way through and so is Cali Agent’s first LP, Laid In Full Chapter 2, Mykill Miers, Encore, Scum and so on…

07. 13 - Slow Burnin

06. Joey Chavez Feat. Iriscience - The Chills

03. LMNO - Jemestrumental

02. Checkmate - Bait And Switch (Money And Music)

01. Joey Chavez Feat. Evidence - People And Places

Rolling Stone Premiere: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-asap-ferg-dj-premiers-sharp-boom-bap-on-our-streets-w509328

Just hours after the relaunch of Payday Records, the iconic record label has released its first song “Our Streets” featuring legendary producer DJ Premier and A$AP Ferg, which is available today via digital retailers everywhere. “Our Streets” is the first song released by hip-hop and EDM pioneer Patrick Moxey’s newly relaunched record label. DJ Premier is reunited with former Gang Starr manager Moxey as the first artist to release music on Payday Records. 

“Our Streets” is a true New York hip-hop track, combining DJ Premier’s signature beats and A$AP Ferg’s versatile style to create a classic, raw and energetic sound. The song marks the first time the legendary DJ and rap star have worked together, despite both being prominent figures of the New York hip-hop scene for years. 

“It's a dream to be able to work with the legendary DJ Premier on this record” stated Ferg. “Preemo has worked with all the NYC hip hop icons and greats - Nas, Biggie, Guru, Hov, KRS-one, and The Lox. Just knowing I was working with him pushed me as an MC.” 

"With Ferg, or anybody I work with, they already know my history so they know that I come from the 90s era” DJ Premier said. “Ferg just automatically said 'Don't do what I've been doing on my albums - I want you to do a Preemo style and let me show I can rap to that,' so I was like 'let's do it.' Everybody was happy off jump - no suggestions, no 'I think we should go this direction' - it was an automatic in, out, done, in one day." 

“Our Streets” is available now, and is the first song released by the newly relaunched Payday Records. Patrick Moxey, who is the President and Founder of Ultra Records, Ultra Music and Ultra International Music Publishing, originally formed Payday Records in New York City in 1992. Payday was the first record label to sign Jay Z, releasing his first single “In My Lifetime” in 1995. Other artists signed to Payday throughout the 90s include Jeru the Damaja, Mos Def (via his first group U.T.D.), Showbiz & A.G., Group Home, Guru, WC and the Maad Circle and more. DJ Premier played an integral role in Payday throughout the 1990s, bringing artists like hip-hop duo Group Home and rapper Jeru the Damaja to Payday for release, and producing a number of the label’s biggest hits including “Come Clean,” and “Supa Star.”

DJ Premier feat A$AP Ferg - 'Our Streets' (Produced by DJ Premier)

I bought J. Cole's 'KOD' LP as soon as it dropped with no warning to the fans; which I too am a fan.

"1985" resonated with me immediately so I asked Cole if I could get the Acapella and do an underground DJ version just for fun.

He sent it and I just pieced some stab samples to keep it on some boom bap shit.

Here it is.

For More Information:
https://twitter.com/REALDJPREMIER
https://twitter.com/jcolenc
https://www.facebook.com/DJPremierOfficial
http://instagram.com/djpremier/
http://premierwuzhere.com/

J. Cole & DJ Premier '1985' (DJ Premier 1966 Remix)

Ol' Dirty Bastard-RZA___Black Widow

“This Griselda, DJ Preemo Shit”! Some things just sound so good on paper, that an eventual pairing seems inevitable.  

The Griselda collective of Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny The Butcher (all emerging stars in their own right) is a unified family movement built on authenticity.  It’s cultural, it’s raw and it’s viral.  Griselda’s ascension, both collectively and individually is palpable.  From their inauspicious Buffalo roots, to signing with Eminem and Shady Records, in a non-plussed industry which advances style over substance, the Griselda juggernaut has created a real and sustaining moment.  With the crews amazing run of both commercial success and critical acclaim there is no disputing that a real street ethos exists. 
 
DJ Premier is a living auteur; his champion sounds have been the authority for the soundtrack of the streets for three decades.  While his ear sets Preem apart from his contemporaries, the legendary creator also has an inimitable ability to build a unique chemistry with each artist he works with. Whether it was Notorious B.I.G., Nas or Jay-Z, Preem has been a constant staple and bridge in Hip-Hop’s retro futurism, assisting in turning fast rising artists into rap royalty.  

“I've wanted to do a record with them individually for a few years now.
I had been listening to Westside Gunn first.  Conway got my lyrical attention very heavy when Alchemist told me to listen to how he rhymes” Premier asserted.  “Then after I got in tune with Benny's songs, I immediately knew that in order to follow up the Casanova record (“WUT U SAID”) it made sense to have all three on the same single. “Headlines” was made organically from a blank canvas at my studio at 2am and it happened so fast; and I loved their work ethic.  Pull the trigger on this one!”

When Conway proclaims on his opening bar “I don’t beef on the internet I approach you,” over Preem’s anthemic boom-bap, the modernization of an aesthetic from NY’s storied street rap movement comes full circle; and you are simultaneously transported back to the block when trunks rattled from blasting a new gem from a just released Clue tape.  

With Griselda, bleak tales of survival and violent escapades are the topics at hand and DJ Premier is a conduit artistically elevating the sound of the life they lead.  And when Benny offers “I sewed the block together like a seamstress, and I lived to tell about it on some Preem shit,” it doesn’t come off as an admission of guilt, as much as it does the realization of a lifelong dream.  

“Working with Preemo was surreal and watching him cook from scratch; I still can’t believe the record is done” exclaimed Westside Gunn.   “Shooting the video in my city (Directed by Jason Goldwatch in Buffalo, NY) makes it even more legendary!  This is just the beginning of our cook up and definitely one of the only things on my bucket list.” 

DJ Premier, Griselda & Payday Records.  Certain marriages seem predestined until the streets say I do.  This is for the culture!  You ready?

Stream & Buy

DJ Premier feat. Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny- Headlines

Supernatural - Buddah Blessed It (1995)

A.T.C. - Never Leave You Lonely (1992)

Greer - Mentality [Remix] (1996)

The Def Boyz - Three Tha Hard Way (1988) ft. DJ ICE MIKE

Rhemslepe - Do What Ya Wanna Do (1998)

David Bars Ushers In New Era For D.I.T.C. With His Forthcoming EP ‘The Bar Code’

‘The Bar Code’ Includes Production From DJ Premier, Showbiz, Buckwild, Lord Finesse & Da Beatminerz

‘The Bar Code’ Will Be Released On 11-15-19

New Single, “Beat The Odds,” Featuring and Produced By DJ Premier Now Available!

The legendary D.I.T.C. crew has long been one of Hip-Hop’s most influential crews.  Over the course of the last two decades, both collectively and individually, its core members have created some of the genre’s most timeless and iconic music.

Today, the D.I.T.C. crew begins to usher in a new era and does so by introducing a new young voice into the D.I.T.C. fold with David Bars and by announcing his new project, 'The Bar Code,' along with a new single “Beat The Odds” which features and is produced by DJ Premier.  “Beat The Odds” was exclusively premiered by HipHopDx.

“I be some sh*t now and everything is lit” David Bars commented to HipHopDx.  “No rubber bands, I need a hunnid bands just for a sit down.” 

'The Bar Code' features production from DJ Premier, Buckwild, Showbiz, Lord Finesse and Da Beatminerz and guest appearances from Fat Joe and Cory Gunz. 

“David Bars brings back the joy of hearing lyrical skills and wordplay.
The competitive voice and confidence he presents makes it exciting to keep that foundation alive for the culture to live longer” DJ Premier stated.  

David Bars 'The Bar Code' will be released on 11-15-19 and you can now pre-order, add and favorite the EP at your preferred DSP and receive ”Beat The Odds” as an instant grat track: https://ditcstudios.ffm.to/thebarcode

Stream David Bars feat. DJ Premier “Beat The Odds” (Prod. By DJ Premier): https://ditcstudios.ffm.to/beattheodds

Tracklisting & Credits for David Bars ‘The Bar Code’: 

1.	‘Just Like That’ feat. DJ Premier (Prod. by DJ Premier)
2.	‘A Star Is Born” feat. Fat Joe (Prod. by Buckwild)
3.	‘Next Season’ Feat. Cory Gunz (Prod. by Lord Finesse & Bossmen)
4.	‘Beat The Odds’ feat. DJ Premier (Prod. by DJ Premier)
5.	‘Want More’ feat. FVRTHR (Prod. by Showbiz)
6.	‘Dat Old Real Shit’ (Prod. by Da Beatminerz)
7.	‘O’  (Prod. by Breakbeat Lou) 

Follow David Bars:
https://twitter.com/davidbarsinc
https://www.instagram.com/davidbars__/

Follow DJ Premier:
https://twitter.com/REALDJPREMIER 
https://www.instagram.com/djpremier/
https://www.facebook.com/DJPremierOfficial
http://premierwuzhere.com/

Follow D.I.T.C.:
https://twitter.com/ditcent
https://www.facebook.com/bronxditc/
https://www.instagram.com/ditcstudios/

Stream

David Bars feat DJ Premier 'Beat The Odds' (Prod. by DJ Premier)

Brand AOK - Deep Breath

Bender - Grinder

80EM - Today's Future Sound VI

Digital Panopticon - Dolphinbrain

Remixes/sample flips from #GlobalBeatCypher Part VIII that livestreamed on Today's Future Sound youtube and Facebook.