Oh whaaaat?! 94 Erule- Listen up instrumental - West Coast 7s 
Think King Born Allah produced this..

Dopest mix I’ve ever heard 🔥🔥🔥

Elzhi - The World Is Yours Represent Intro (Prod Will Sessions)

This history-making collaboration pairs two of hip hop’s most legendary MCs, Black Thought (The Roots) and the God MC, Rakim, together on wax for the first time, with a special guest appearance from John Legend.  Produced by J.PERIOD.   WAKE UP! Radio available at:  http://jperiod.com/music/album-view/j.period-john-legend-the-roots-wake-up-radio.  

Cover Art by Fuse Green.

In the Ghetto (Wake Up!) f. Black Thought, Rakim & John Legend [Produced by J.PERIOD]

On and On (Q-Tip & Phife Dawg)

Pete Rock Feat CL Smooth Lost Boyz Keith Murray A Tribe Called Quest & Gang Starr - 90s Cypher

Ballgame

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Check the tune from Elzhi feat Royce Da 59 "Life's A Bitch"
Elzhi was formerly a member of legendary hip-hop group Slum Village. "Elmatic" - his solo album - is a tribute to Nas' first album "Illmatic" (1994). Elzhi is featured in a commercial for Braun and as an "Emerging Artist" presented by Chrysler.

Elzhi - Lifes A Bitch Feat Royce da 59

About the degradation of hip-hop music and culture which took place in the early 1990s with the rise of gangsta-rap when many rappers "sold out" for pop mainstream acclaim to chase money, disregarding the art forms roots. Common compares the degradation of hip-hop to a woman which he met in his youth and fell in love with. He follows this woman through different stages of her life, but as she grows older she starts to lose her identity and originality to become more popular and chase a life that is far less wholesome than what Common had known her to be. Eventually this woman becomes famous and world-renown {mainstream success). The woman (hip-hop) falls off so hard she becomes unrecognizable to Common, whom he loved since her youth. 

I met this girl when I was 10 years old
And what I loved most she had so much soul
She was old school when I was just a shorty
Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me
On the regular, not a church girl, she was secular
Not about the money, those studs was mic-checkin' her
But I respected her, she hit me in the heart
A few New York niggas had did her in the park
But she was there for me, and I was there for her
Pull out a chair for her, turn on the air for her
And just cool out, cool out, and listen to her
Sittin' on a bone, wishin' that I could do her
Eventually if it was meant to be, then it would be
‘Cause we related, physically and mentally
And she was fun then, I'd be geeked when she'd come around
Slim was fresh, Yo, when she was underground
Original, pure, untampered, a down sister
Boy, I tell you, I miss her

Now periodically I would see
Ol' girl at the clubs, and at the house parties
She didn't have a body, but she started gettin' thick quick
Did a couple of videos and became Afrocentric
Out goes the weave, in goes the braids, beads, medallions
She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me
By not preachin' to me but speakin' to me
In a method that was leisurely, so easily I approach
She dug my rap, that's how we got close
But then she broke to the West Coast, and that was cool
Cause around the same time, I went away to school
And I'm a man of expandin', so why should I stand in her way?
She probably get her money in L.A.
And she did stud, she got big pub, but what was foul
She said that the pro-black was goin' out of style
She said, "Afrocentricity was of the past"
So she got into R&B, hip-house, bass, and jazz
Now black music is black music and it's all good
I wasn't salty, she was with the boyz in the hood
Cause that was good for her, she was becomin' well-rounded
I thought it was dope how she was on that freestyle shit
Just havin' fun, not worried about anyone
And you could tell by how her titties hung

I might've failed to mention that this chick was creative
Once (The man) got to her, he altered her native
Told her if she got a image and a gimmick
That she could make money, and she did it like a dummy
Now I see her in commercials, she's universal
She used to only swing it with the inner-city circle
Now she be in the burbs, lookin' rock and dressin' hippie
And on some dumb shit when she comes to the city
Talkin' bout poppin' Glocks, servin' rocks and hittin' switches
Now she's a gangsta rollin' with gangsta bitches
Always smokin' blunts and gettin' drunk
Tellin' me sad stories, now she only fucks with the funk
Stressin' how hardcore and real she is
She was really the realest, before she got into showbiz
I did her, not just to say that I did it
But I'm committed (girl, he's committed) but so many niggas hit it
That she's just not the same lettin' all these groupies do her
I see niggas slammin' her, and takin' her to the sewer
But I'ma take her back, hopin' that the shit stop
‘Cause who I'm talkin' about, y'all, is hip-hop

I used to love H.E.R quit fuckin' up the shit, y'all buss it

You ain't got your woman in check, man?
I think you’re overstepping your bounds just a little bit
I can't do this anymore

Common - I Used to Love Her (1994)

Unreleased Beatminerz remix from 1998 taken from the upcoming 7" on ILL ADRENALINE RECORDS, scheduled to drop in August.

Pressing run: 500 (400 black vinyl, 100 transparent blue vinyl)

Pre-orders start July 30th. Check here:
www.illadrenalinerecords.com

Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) "Another World (Beatminerz Remix)"

Ill Adrenaline Records is back with another classic release! Purpose,
founding member of the group Tragic Allies, teams up with extraordinary
producer Confidence of Rashad & Confidence fame to bring you the first
single off the forthcoming full length "The Purpose of Confidence". "Vision
of Excellence" features none other than Queensbridge legend Cormega along
with Tragic Allies member Estee Nack and cuts by DJ Technic.

iTunes download link:
http://t.co/X8j417eP

While Purpose and Confidence come from different backgrounds, the sounds
they put together can only capture the essence of pure hip-hop. Purpose's
flow, delivery and lyrics will have you engaged from start to finish.
Confidence also delivers on the boards as usual - hard-hitting and soulful
sample based beats. Listeners will be in for a nice surprise as these two
artists help shape the landscape of hip-hop and keep that authentic music
pumping through your veins.  Be on the look out for the debut album dropping in September!  
 
 Website:
 www.illadrenalinerecords.com
 
Facebook:
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http://www.facebook.com/confidence.beats
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Purpose & Confidence feat. Cormega & Estee Nack "Vision of Excellence" (clean)

"You lack the minerals and vitamins..."

O.C, the former DITC rep and Crooklyn Dodger, got his start rhyming on an Organized Konfusion record. It was back in 94 when he and buckwild locked themselves in the lab and recorded the classic album Word...Life, which features his trademark track Time's Up (a track that he claims was never fully completed); however, It was on his second album Jewelz that he dropped this little gem of a track Far From Yours, featuring Yvette Michelle, backed with It's My World (both of which were featured in the video). In fact, the song was the highest O.C ever ranked on the charts.

I found this record on a dig downtown a few years back, and was geeked up! Wasn't a huge fan of his 2001 release, but I did really like his collabo jawn with A.G...but this 12" holds up today as one of my fav joints from 97...I still include it on all my mixes.

I'll end with a random fact...his debut album had no features at all. The lone feature was supposed to be Nas, but he apparently was a no-show for the session. This would have been their second feature (they both appeared on an MC Serch Remix).

Keep diggin!

OC feat Yvette Michelle - Far From Yours b/w It's Your World

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