Originally scheduled for release way back in March 1996, The Raw Factor by North Carolina native Omniscence is one of the last of the unreleased mid-90’s albums to see the light of day. Despite being awarded The Source’s coveted ‘Hip Hop Quotable’ and dropping two well-received singles (’Amazin’ and ‘Touch Y’all’), record label politics meant the full-length Raw Factor album was never released and fans were left wondering what might have been.

More than eighteen years later, The Raw Factor is finally being released on CD, cassette and digital formats. The 18-track long-player comes with liner notes about the recording of the album, and also includes all 4 songs from Omniscence’s 1993 random rap grail The Funky One Liner EP. 

Cop the Digital album from: https://omniscence.bandcamp.com/album/the-raw-factor-1996

Cop the CD / Cassette from: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/omniscence-the-raw-factor/GRR017CD/

In Europe, cop the CD / Cassette from HHV: http://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/omniscence-the-raw-factor-392877

Omniscence - The Raw Factor LP (1996) - Snippets

Scott Lark Da Sensei - Insight (Soul Selektor Remix)

An incredible collection of 20 rare and previously unheard recordings from the Funky One Liner from North Carolina. Includes tracks that were scrapped from the Raw Factor as well as joints recorded before and after the Raw Factor sessions.

Note: the sound quality on a couple of these demos was a bit rough, but we have restored and remastered everything as good as possible - check out the snippets. Limited to 400 copies on CD from GRR. Vinyl dropping later in 2024.

Tracklist:
1. Intro [Not in snippets]
2. The Flav's About to Drop
3. Set It Off
4. This Year (Original Version)
5. Down South
6. We Do It Like This
7. Mind Games
8. Everybody Got An Ego
9. Take Another Hit
10. Keep Giving Me Love
11. Turn The Party Out [CD Only]
12. Causin' Terror
13. The Glamorous Life
14. Halfway
15. Bunkbedz
16. It's A Demo [CD Only]
17. We Could Get Used To This [CD Only]
18. Tail
19. Testin' the Waters
20. Outro [Not in snippets]

Omniscence - The Lost Tapes (1994-1998) (CD/Vinyl Snippets)

An unbelievable new 2CD compilation of music produced by the one and only Nick Wiz. Featuring 20+ previously unreleased recordings plus a slew of tracks that were previously only available on vinyl and have been freshly transferred from DATs and reels for this release. Limited to 400 copies on double CD from GRR.

Tracklist:
DISC ONE...
1. Shabaam Sahdeeq - Arabian Nights
2. FOD - Inner City Blues
3. Emskee feat. Kayzee - Me & You (Remix)
4. HDM - Real MCs
5. UG - Do You Know
6. Ran Reed feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq - Murderous Flow [12" Version]
7. N-Tyce - Sure Ya Right (Remix)
8. Main One feat. OC - Droppin' Gramma (Wiz Remix)
9. Madhouse - Wendy Williams Promo
10. Emskee - I Don't Waste Time
11. Shadowz In Da Dark - Fatiguez
12. Stereo H - Fantasia
13. Native Assassins - Bring It
14. Dundee - I Used To Love Her
15. Pudgee - Kill You
16. LSD - The Ism (Full Version)
17. Emskee - My Name's Emskee
18. FOD - No More
19. UG Feat. Main One - Got Luv
20. Vee O - Everybody Knows
21. Underground Airplay Cypha Session II
22. Rakim - I'm Good

DISC TWO...
1. Shabaam Sahdeeq - Do Or Die
2. Emskee - It's About Time
3. Ran Reed - Army With a Hand Gun
4. Main One feat. Chino XL - Bring The Drama
5. UG - Da Rawness
6. Madhouse - All Over the Track
7. Emskee - Black Boys, Baseball Caps & Beepers (Original Version)
8. Shadowz in da Dark - Old Flames
9. FOD - Hold It Down pt. 2
10. Shabaam Sahdeeq feat. Cocoa Brovaz - Every Rhyme I Write
11. Gauge - Insane
12. Infamous Bars - Wherever I Go
13. Pudgee - Angel Dust
14. Main One feat. the Dwellas - The Main Event (12" Mix)
15. Emskee - You Ain't Real
16. FOD - Frontline
17. Mad Skillz - The Nod Factor (Remix)
18. Black Sun - Indian Giver
19. Pudgee feat. DMX, Ran Reed & Hostile - U Ain't Know (Extended Session)
20. Underground Airplay Cypha Session IV
21. Cella Dwellas - When I Rock

Nick Wiz - Cellar Sounds Vol. 6 (1992-2000) (2xCD Snippets)

ottherealXdevilXGramCaesarremix (prod. Gram Caesar)

Chinch 33 - At Night w/ SmooVth (Prod. by Dave Sparkz)

From the upcoming Chinch 33 Lp "Yuma"/ October 7th, 2016

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„With a growing reputation as a turntablist and esteemed scratch-hook artist, Chinch 33 presents his LP "Yuma" via hhv.de. In creating this album, Chinch gathered a circle of carefully selected producers (Dave Sparkz, Dexter, Wun Two, Twit One, MecsTreem, AGQ, Al'Tarba, Torky Tork and others) and lyrcists (SmooVth, Hus Kingpin, Rozewood, John Robinson, Dillon, Apani B, Shabaam Sahdeeq and others) to bring you his uncompromising and unique narrative vision. "Yuma" extends scratch related Hip Hop with a more sophisticated school of thought and takes you on a progressive trip through everything Hip Hop is, should and will be.“

Yuma

At Night

Chinch 33 - At Night w/ SmooVth (Prod. by Dave Sparkz)

Part 3 in the long-running Debonair Blends mixtape series, unreleased until now.

Volumes 1-3 are now available on CD via: gentlemansrelief.bigcartel.com

TRACKLIST:

1.	ABSTRACT RUDE & ATU - LEFT HAND SIDE
2.	X-ECUTIONERS - TURNTABLIST THEME
3.	SCIENTIFIK - INTERNAL AFFAIRS (REMIX)
4.	WALKIN’ LARGE - SELF
5.	LORD FINESSE - SOUL PLAN
6.	JUGGAKNOTS - EPIPHANY
7.	JERU THE DAMAJA - WHATEVER
8.	AZ - GIMME YOURS
9.	MIC GERONIMO - SHARANE
10.	SCHOOLZ OF THOUGHT - THESE THINGS YOU SAY
11.	CHINO XL - RAPPERS ARE IN DANGER
12.	VARIOUS BLENDS - TO THE GUT
13.	RED HOT LOVER TONE - #1 PLAYER
14.	DJ SPINNA - PLATINUM
15.	METHOD MAN - FREESTYLE
16.	PLANET ASIA - CALI BREEZE
17.	REDMAN - I GET DOWN LIKE THAT
18.	KOOL G RAP - BLOWIN‘ UP IN THE WORLD
19.	SAUCE MONEY - WHAT WE DO
20.	COMPANY FLOW - CORNERS 94
21.	GRAND PUBA - 7XL
22.	T-MAX - WHAT WOULD U DO?
23.	NICK WIZ - MIND CRUSHER
24.	LITTLE SHAWN - CHECK IT OUT Y’ALL
25.	RASCALZ - FITNREDI
26.	FOUNDATION & REZIDUE - DON’T GET IT TWISTED
27.	GRAV - SICK THOUGHTS
28.	RUBIX & TALIB KWELI - MILLIONAIRES
29.	GURU - FOR YOU
30.	ARTIFACTS - WHERE YO SKILLZ AT?
31.	CL SMOOTH - ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
32.	MASSINFLUENCE - LIFE TO THE MC (REMIX)
33.	BUCKSHOT - TRAPPED
34.	PETE ROCK & OC - RESPECT MINE
35.	SHOW & AG - YOU WANT IT
36.	THE BUMS - 6 FIGURES AND UP
37.	RASCO - TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN
38.	THE NONCE - LIVE & DIRECT
39.	BAHAMADIA - RUGGED RUFF
40.	ZION I - CRITICAL
41.	RANJAHZ - DAILY BASIS
42.	LEE MAJORS - TINSELTOWN TO BOOGIEDOWN
43.	PETE ROCK - SMOKING ROOM ONLY
44.	KEITH MURRAY - MANIFIQUE
45.	COMMON - RESURRECTION (REMIX)
46.	DA YOUNGSTAS - NO MERCY
47.	MAD SKILLZ - NOD FACTOR (REMIX)
48.	DITC - DIGNIFIED SOLDIERS (REMIX)
49.	TASH - THE GAME
50.	PEP LOVE - A NEW RELIGION
51.	BOOGIEMONSTERS - SAY WORD
52.	NAS - ONE AND ONE
53.	TRACEY LEE - BIG WILL
54.	K-OTIX - QUESTIONS
55.	BIG PUN - BOOMARANG
56.	KID THUN - I WONDER (LIFE)
57.	VAKILL - THE CREED
58.	BIG NOYD - USUAL SUSPECT
59.	STYLES OF BEYOND - ENDANGERED
60.	DJ PREMIER - RETURN OF THE CROOKLYN DODGERS (INSTRUMENTAL)
61.	MISSIN’ LINX - WHO U BE
62.	MOBB DEEP - DRINK AWAY THE PAIN
63.	AL TARIQ - TALK ABOUT IT
64.	MASTA ACE - EASTBOUND

Debonair Blends 3

Debonair Blends 3 (Previously unreleased!)

From the upcoming album VERTICAL IRIS
feat. Audessey, Black Josh, Sach (of The Nonce), Glad2Mecha, Venomous2000, Pseudo Slang, LayFullStop, Pete Flux
Release date: November, 17th
Preorder: https://acatcalledfritz.lnk.to/vi

Produced, arranged & mixed by aCatCalledFRITZ 
All Scratches by Dj Lyrik 
Flute by Reno Collet 
Artwork by aCatCalledFRITZ 
Mastered by NoSleep Nigel 
Produced executively by Cyril Merlin 
Manufactured & distributed by hhv.de

VERTICAL IRIS

Rock Outta Space

ALBUM

Rock Outta Space [VERTICAL IRIS]

Flipped this classic, just for fun, free DL - enjoy!  :)

Da Bush Babees - We Run Things (Mike Flips remix)

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/watch-me-speak-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'One Love' acapella by Nas
Visuals: https://youtu.be/teRpSeR39VE

As soon as I’d flipped this sample I knew I was putting One Love over it. I started spitting the verses in my head and was just bugging out. In my opinion, the song is one of the greatest ever written, and this verse is probably the best minute and a half of Illmatic for me. When I first heard the song it really changed my perspective on what music could be, and over the years different aspects of Nas’s verse continue to stand out to me, what he’s talking about is ridiculously layered and complex, and the way it's done is crazily profound it's just mad. I actually wrote an essay on this song a few years ago at university, and for my research I read ‘One Love, Two Brothers, Three Verses’ by Michael Eric Dyson from the book Born To Use Mics, Reading Nas’s Illmatic, who writes “at the heart of Nas’s description is a veiled lament of the illicit lifestyle that snares young lives, not a boast of the drug seller’s gain or glory.” This is what makes the song so powerful to me, and combined with the fact that the song is structured as a letter Nas is sending to someone in prison who is powerless to do anything to change the situation just adds so much to the atmosphere and attitude of the song. Nas is speaking on how things are in the most serious, compelling and tragic way is what I’m trying to say, and its always resonated with me crazily. 

It’s a blessing to be able remix this verse, I really am thankful that the acapella was released on the official 12”. I’ve remixed One Love a few times but I’ve only remixed the 3rd verse one other time, I’m always conscious about having to do it justice. This beat’s atmosphere got me too excited though, I think it matches the seriousness of what Nas is talking about, and I only tend to put this acapella over beats with emotion. Making this beat I was completely going off of the emotion in the sample, it was actually ridiculously long to flip because I was cutting different parts of one song together. The first 2 bar loop came to me pretty quickly but it took ages to work out the next 2 bars, because I was cutting different sections of the song together, so I had to find notes that made sense with the ones I had already flipped, and continued the melody in a way that made sense musically. It took a long time but I gradually worked it out through trial and error, and I was unbelievably gassed with the melody before I had even added drums to it, which is always a good sign. The loop reminded me of the time I made the beat for Night Time Writing, almost 3 years ago now. That was also a very emotional sample, and the feeling I got when I made that beat is exactly how I felt when I put this one together, like I conveyed the exact emotion through the chops that I wanted. Overall I’m just ridiculously happy with how this beat came out, I put my whole soul into this one, and it was worth all the time and effort for sure.

Peace.

Watch Me Speak

02 Stay Away (Featuring De La Soul)

Melbourne-based DJ, producer, engineer and label owner.

Nick Wiz - Cellar Sounds Vol. 6 (1992-2000) (2xCD Snippets)

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