There are few poetic flourishes among SLUGSMOKE & MIRRORS’ breathing details of New York street life, no glitz, glamor, glory, or even grit, just survival or death. https://www.longislandrap.com/2021/05/kai-fortyfive-slugsmoke-mirrors-lirr03.html

 Written and produced by: @kaifortyfive

SLUGSMOKE & MIRRORS

Kai Fortyfive - GOLDV$T

First ripped from a tape owned by Long Island MC/DJ Oxygen and uploaded to https://web.archive.org/web/20091215030255/https://old-school-hiphop-tapes.blogspot.com/2009/12/wyandanch-high-school-jam-1985.html by Dutch on December 9, 2009. Because the original download link has since died, I ripped this from Dutch's stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV480N0A0r4

Biz Markie, DJ Grandwizard BMC, MC Chilly Dawg & Kid Wizard Rakim Live at Wyandanch High School 1985

MF DOOM kicks some verses from then yet-to-be-released Operation: Doomsday and trades freestyles with Lord Sear on the WKCR Stretch & Bobbito Show -- April 24, 1997 https://www.longislandrap.com/2014/05/mf-doom-freestyle-from-wkcr-1997.html

MF DOOM - WKCR Stretch & Bobbito Show Freestyle 4/24/97

Fifth track off the Punk Barbarians' Hooptie Car CD Single.

Punk Barbarians - Blast Off Remix (Street Mix)

First song off The U.N. Presents Rock Marciano - Strength and Honor CD-R. Produced by Roc(k) himself.

Roc Marciano - L.I. Stand Up

From the Crossover VLS, as ripped by CDRS for The Remix Files compilation. http://www.longislandrap.com/2014/06/epmd-remix-files.html

EPMD - Crossover (trunk mix)

From the EPMD Rampage VLS, as ripped by CRDS for The Remix Files compilation. http://www.longislandrap.com/2014/06/epmd-remix-files.html

EPMD - I'm Mad (DJ Scratch Jazz Mix)

Harry "Harri-O" Allen's essay Beatitude as remixed by Steevie Weevie. More details here: https://www.longislandrap.com/2023/08/harri-o-steevie-weevie.html

Harri-O & Steevie Weevie - Beatitude/Paranoimia

On August 6, 2014, I met up with Armand Hammer (billy woods and Elucid) at a Thai spot in Brooklyn called pok pok to discuss Furtive Movements, which had dropped the day prior. About 40 minutes after we sat down, Ka suddenly showed up to get some food. This was not planned or coordinated in any way. It was complete coincidence. Here's the moment it happened. Read the full interview at https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/armand-hammer

Suddenly Ka Appears

Copyright Fondle 'Em Records 2000. Currently out of print.

Megalon - One In A Million

Megalon - Peace To The Homeless

Nas, Trugoy and Posdnuos freestyle while Maseo scratches Sadat X's "Stages and Lights" instrumental on Tim Westwood's Radio 1 Rap Show in 1996

Nas & De La Soul - BBC Radio 1 Freestyle (1996)

Track 2 from the Amerikkkan Inquisition Mixtape featuring Rodan rapping over the "Empire State of Mind" beat.

Rodan - Gotham

Track 3 off the Amerikkkan Inquisition Mixtape, featuring Rodan over the the "Public Service Announcement" beat.

Rodan - Money & Food (MF)

This is the original version of Punk Barbarians' "Hooptie Car," which appeared on a promo CD released in 1995 by Chuck D's Wreck League Wreckcords label. Posted at http://www.longislandrap.com/2015/05/punk-barbarians-hooptie-car-original-95.html

Punk Barbarians - "Hooptie Car" Original Version 95

Track 6 from the Hyenas In The Desert Can You Feel It CDS, posted here: 

Hyenas In The Desert - Hyenas Live From New York With Funkmaster Flex

Track 1 off the unreleased Bring The Noise 2000 CD: http://www.longislandrap.com/2015/06/public-enemy-bring-noise-2000.html

Public Enemy - There Were More Hype Believers Than Ever in 97

Track A1 off the Aah's & Oohh's / Wine Fi Kill / Moogler / Freestyle Fiend single released in 1994 on Marz Records.

Horror City Feat. Resident Alien - Aah's & Oohh's

MF Doom diss track off of Tommy Gunn & Ray Long's The Nickel Bag.  Available for download at http://www.longislandrap.com/2015/09/tommy-gunn-ray-long-nickel-bag.html.

Tommy Gunn & Ray Long - You Was My Son

Track 2 off B Side of Hard 2 Obtain's L.I. Groove VLS. Posted at http://www.longislandrap.com/2015/12/hard-2-obtain-singles-collection-1993-94.html

Hard 2 Obtain - Off The Top (Straight From The 12 Block)

Unreleased song by MF Doom and Freeport MC Earth Quake, best known for appearing on KMD's "Stop Smokin' That Shit."

MF DOOM - Checkmate ft. Earthquake

Recorded August 19, 2004 at Squeeze Radio on WKCR 89.9FM NYC, purportedly Roc's 1st radio appearance.


Roc Marciano - Squeeze Radio Freestyle

This freestyle session featuring DJ Subroc and Kurious Jorge was played on the August 24, 1995 installment of the Stretch and Bobbito show. The freestyle's original air date/recording date is unknown. http://www.longislandrap.com/2016/06/subroc-and-kurious-wkcr-freestyle.html

Subroc & Kurious - WKCR Freestyle

Unreleased recording of AJ Rok and B-Luv, before they signed to B-Boy Records, freestyling over Isaac Hayes' “Ike’s Mood”,Bob James' “Take me to The Mardi Gras”, and the Honeydrippers' “Impeach the President.” Download at http://www.longislandrap.com/2016/08/jvc-force-non-album-cuts.html.

Non-Album Tracks

JVC Force - Late 80s Freestyle

Last track from DJ Scratch's Handle Your Business Special Edition Mixtape (2006), a studio session for EPMD and LL Cool J's "Rampage" recorded 1990. Download at http://www.longislandrap.com/2016/11/epmd-handle-your-business-special.html

Special Edition Mixtape: Handle Your Business

EPMD - Rampage [Studio Session]

RA The Rugged Man on WKCR Stretch & Bobbito Show, March 20, 1997. Download the full appearance + bonus '93 freestyle at http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/04/ra-rugged-man-stretch-bobbito-freestyles.html

RA The Rugged Man - 97 S&B Freestyle

R.A. The Rugged Man on WKCR, Stretch & Bobbito Show, October 20, 1994. Download the full appearance + bonus '93 freestyle at http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/04/ra-rugged-man-stretch-bobbito-freestyles.html

RA The Rugged Man - 94 S&B Freestyle

LL Cool J performs "Rock the Bells" live in Philadelphia on his 18th birthday, January 14, 1986. Read more at http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/04/ll-cool-j-live-in-philadelphia-198486.html

LL Cool J - "Rock the Bells" Live in Philadelphia (January 14, 1986)

Read more at: http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/05/siege-spitfire-practice.html

Siege Spitfire - Practice

The original mix of "Toxic" from Public Enemy's 2017 album Nothing Is Quick In The Desert. As is the case with the reworked version that made the album, this beat was done by Atlanta producer Threepeeoh (@drbrianoblivion). This version features a slightly different chorus and cuts. Read more at http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/09/public-enemy-toxic-original-threepeeoh.html

Public Enemy - Toxic (Original Mix)

download 7-track series at http://www.longislandrap.com/2017/12/doom-missing-notebook-rhymes.html

The Missing Notebook Rhymes

DOOM - Notebook 05 feat. Viktor Vaughn

Uploaded December 13, 2017 by House Shoes for his Magic show on dublab. Read more about the song at http://www.longislandrap.com/2018/01/busta-rhymes-notorious-big-roc-marciano.html
Download at https://soundcloud.com/longislandhiphop/busta-rhymes-modern-day-gangstas-ft-biggie-roc-marciano-prod-by-dilla

Busta Rhymes - Modern Day Gangstas ft. Biggie, Roc Marciano (prod. by Dilla)

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A guy gets off one train just to get on another. A summer is lost like sunken treasure. The phone is left at home, dropping the opportunity of one lifetime just to get on another. Under the right conditions, growth can be achieved literally overnight, said a plant. The pig didn’t sit well, said a lion, mane dripping sick. Three drunks at the Rockville Centre stop argue over whether Townes Van Zandt was a bluesman. Three kids emerge from Twin Lake Preserve smelling like cigarettes and cologne. A cover band singer hears all of his dreams die violently in somebody else’s mythology. A seven-year-old finds God on the Jones Bach boardwalk … with a Walkman on … playing “Waterfalls.” A 30-something puts out a cassette tape and lives forever.

I'm From A Little Place

Andy Koufax - I'm From A Little Place

One of three unreleased @theravada tracks included on LongIslandRap.Comp Volume 4 (longislandrap.bandcamp.com/album/longi…rap-comp-v4), a benefit compilation dropping 5/16/20 on Long Island Rap Records. All songs are new or unreleased. Pay what you can. All $ goes to support Community Solidarity, a nonprofit that holds weekly food shares across LI.

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