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"Wrong Side Of The Tracks" (Artifacts)

Datbu - Non Believers

K-Mack - In Baltimore

I.U. Feat. X-Filez - Check It Out (X-Filez Version) - 1996 - (Queens, NY)

Just Can't Explain / All Alone (1996)

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The Enigmatic underground Hip-Hop crew founded in 1992.
Members consist of P da Wicked, Shorty Live, and DJ Alejan. St. Louis, Atlanta, & NY 

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Alps Cru - All Alone

[Intro – The Poker Face Unveiled] Yo, two reels deep, idle scroll at the desk, But the flex was loud, the signal grotesque. China laid cards, no bluff in the hand, While the West played blind, couldn’t read the strand.

Poker face tight, long game divine, Xi moved pieces while they sipped the wine. America stunned, Europe confused, NATO’s old script, tactically bruised.

[Verse 1 – The Arsenal Broadcast] DF missiles, orbital reach, JL subs with silent speech. Carrier killers, hypersonic glide, Cyber divisions on the digital tide.

AJX drones in the deep, no sound, XLUUVs moving underground. Command and control, full-spectrum net, While the West still plays Cold War roulette.

[Verse 2 – The Western Misread] Yo, Trump chasing gold and fame, Europe stuck in a post-NATO game. Ukraine bleeds, stockpiles thin, While Russia just grins with a vodka spin.

Loose lips sink ships, Vlad knows the code, While the cowboy rides a gilded road. Peace Prize gone, rode off in shame, And the West still thinks it’s running the game.

[Verse 3 – The Strategic Awakening] It ain’t chess, it’s deeper than that, China’s flex ain’t just tit-for-tat. Weapons unveiled, but the real play’s tight, A stone-age move in a satellite fight.

Yo, wake up, the board just flipped, The East got tech, the West got script. Pray for peace, but prep for the storm, ‘Cause the future’s forged in a new world form.

[Verse 4 – Border Logic & Alliance Math] China and Russia, neighbors by land, Strategic handshake, power unplanned. Pacific divides the Western crew, Allies by ocean? That’s a weak glue.

China’s been quiet, tight with the facts, Now it parades with orbital stacks. But don’t think that’s all they got, The real tech’s buried, deep and hot.

[Verse 5 – The Global Reckoning] Yo, this ain’t a science fair, no high-five scene, It’s doctrine in motion, cold and clean. While the West debates, the East deploys, And the silence speaks louder than noise.

[Outro – The Forge Response] So we drop this track from the Forge tonight, Not to fearmonger, but to shine the light. Supercapitalism’s next phase is near, Rocket arrays, AI pilots, crystal clear.

Let the world flex — we build the rig, While they posture, we dig and fig. This ain’t just rhyme, it’s orbital proof, The mic drops soon — and that’s the truth.

China Flexing – The Strategic Cipher

i make beats https://soundcloud.com/chibzzz/tracks

Lord Finesse - Down For The Underground (Prod. Buckwild) (2000)

Choclair - Twenty One Years (1995)

We've taken the instrumentals from Real Live's 1996 underground classic 'The Turnaround' and got our blend on with some acapellas to give the album a new lease of life. As dope as the original album is, Larry O wasn't quite at the top level of New York rappers back then, but now you can hear the likes of Biggie, Kool G Rap, AZ, Raekwon, OC, Camp Lo and Lord Finesse do their thing over K-Def's beats.

TRACKLIST:
01. Biggie - Victory (Pop The Trunk blend) [Step One]
02. Super Cat ft Method Man - Scalp Dem (Real Live Shit blend) [Filthy Rich]
03. Lord Finesse - Return Of The Funkyman (The Gimmicks blend) [Filthy Rich]
04. Mic Geronimo - Unstoppable (They Got Me blend) [Filthy Rich]
05. Da Youngstas ft Mobb Deep - Bloodshed and War (Ain't No Love) [Filthy Rich]
06. Royal Flush - Rotten Apple (Iceberg Slick blend) [Step One]
07. Kool G Rap & Nas - Fast Life (Larry O meets Iceberg blend) [Step One]
08. Wu Tang - CREAM (All I Ask Of You) Blend [Filthy Rich]
09. OC - Times Up (Turnaround blend) [Step One]
10. Masta Ace - Top Ten List (Day You Die blend) [Step One]
11. Raekwon ft Ghostface - Criminology Is Money (Crime Is Money blend) [Filthy Rich]
12. AZ - The Come Up (Money & Shows blend) [Step One]
13. Camp Lo - Black Nostaljack (Get Down For Mine blend) [Filthy Rich]
14. Fat Joe , Raekwon, Big Pun - Firewater (Turnaround RMX blend) [Step One]
15. Noreaga, Method Man, Biggie, Prodigy - Real Live Shit RMX [Filthy Rich]

The Turnaround:  The Long Awaited Blends

05. Da Youngstas ft Mobb Deep - Bloodshed and War (Filthy Rich's Ain't No  Love blend)

this beat was made in a Brklyn basement, 1994.
released on the Smif-n-Wessun album, "Dah Shinin" in 1995.

sampling the Roy Ayers jazz classic "We Live in Brooklyn", 
i came into my own as a hiphop music producer once i made this record.

the Smif-n-Wessun album cover was inspired by this song, re-creating the cover art from 
the Roy Ayers album "He's Comin" where i got the sample from.



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