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Liner Notes:
"This Was A Mix I Did While Cutting Class Back In 1995 And Will Be The First Release From My Studio’s Archive Series. This Mix Was Originally Released On Cassette As “Rare Equations” Through A Mix Tape Company Called Hip Hop Vibes Along With “Sick Experiment,” “Theories Not Yet Proven” And “The Diabolical” Which Came Before It. However This Mix Was My Favourite Because It Showcased Mixing All Kinds Of Music, Not Just The Latest Rap Singles Coming Out At The Time. So Sit Back And Check Out How Mix Tapes Were Done The Hard Way... On My Half Inch 8 Track Recorder (R.I.P.) And Listen To Some Cool Drops, Some Phone Taps, And Good Blends.
“It’s The Livin’ Roughness.”
Special Thanks to The Beat Market For The Title. "

Cuttin' Class / Rare Equations - Side One

Minneapolis rapper/producer, ECID is getting ready to release Volume 2 in his EP series "Post Euphoria" on November 5th via Fill In The Breaks. "G R U N G E H O T E L" is the 1st single from said EP and the defiant anthem of fall 2013. 

 

G R U N G E H O T E L

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SICK TO D(EAT)H is the newest edition to SAGE FRANCIS'  "Sick of" mixtape series: http://tinyurl.com/SickToDeathSFR
Available on MP3, CD and cassette. It features contributions by Atmosphere, B. Dolan, Buck 65, Buddy Peace, Cecil Otter, DJ EQ, Kurtis SP, Lord Grunge, No Bird Sing, Prolyphic, Reanimator, Scroobius Pip and many more. The full tracklist and breakdown of each track, along with some additional updates from Mr. Francis, available here: http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/blogs/sage-francis-blog/sick-to-death
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Sick to D(eat)h

SICK TO DEATH mixtape

"YOU CAN'T WIN" - EPIC BEARD MEN (Sage Francis + B. Dolan)

Pay Homage

A beat from Marshall Ford, vocals by Tobesko recorded at the roach motel.2011

Tobesko,Biig Mass,Roach the dj

Glory

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Us touches on the strengths and flaws of the human condition, exploring drug abuse, divorce, homophobia and many more topics that most people are scared to touch in their own lives, much less on an album for the world to see. 

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Brother Ali - Us

MURS
"BEST OF THINGS" Featuring Sharp Cuts
Produced by Centric
2015 FreeAtLastMusic

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Best Of Things Feat. Sharp Cuts

Best Of Things Feat. Sharp Cuts & MURS

Written by St. Paul Slim & Slug
Production by Julian Fairbanks
Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered at Stophouse Studios

Production, Direction, & Editing by Colton Otte of Blue G Productions, LLC

Co-Creative direction by Common Culture

Fade Away is Slim's second release with Stophouse this year and marks the beginning of a busy summer. 

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St. Paul Slim - Fade Away feat. Slug

Apathy "Moses" featuring Twista and Bun B
Produced by Apathy

First official single from Apathy's forthcoming solo LP : "Handshakes With Snakes" dropping June 10th

Apathy - "Moses" featuring Twista & Bun B

LMNO dropped this free podcast in anticipation of his 2009 release "Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo".  At the time, it contained a bunch of unreleased gems, but as you know, once 2010 came around, we saw those tracks come to life.

LMNO 2009 Podcast

Night Prowler (Featuring Slug)

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Produced by Jake One. 

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LYRICS: 
Only Life I Know

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
Feeling extra low 
Please let me go 
Oh… Lord… No…

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
And it stress me so
God bless my soul
Oh… Lord… No…

Whether it’s the projects or trailer park mess
Raggedy apartment complex
With a stressed out single mom sitting on the steps
Waiting on the mailman looking for a check

Boys on the corner pushing out their chest
Questing for anything that resemble respect
Young girls swing their hip with every step
Looking for affection settling for sex

Bodies decorated with tattoos and chains
Trying to put armor between you and pain
Wood grain steering wheel the bass bang
Loud enough to drown out the hatred in your brain

The only out is smoking out 
Get lean get wet get meth get tore down
Cause who the hell would want to stick around
Put me in a haze I ain’t never coming down

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
Feeling extra low 
Please let me go 
Oh… Lord… No…

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
And it stress me so
God bless my soul
Oh… Lord… No…

They just want to get you in the system stick you in a prison 
Enlist you in the military ship you to the desert
Gigs don’t exist for you to make a decent living
But we got three illegal wars that you can pick from 

Keep stressing morals and personal decisions
Tell me what’s moral about these conditions
Who decided you don’t got enough to teach children
Stay spending billions on stadiums and prisons

How many routes can folks really choose
When you’re oppressed only three lead to you
The first one is follow the rules and stay in school
And be the square dude that society approves    

Get a little job or a shitty apartment
A subprime mortgage in a failing house market
And after a life of dedication and hardship
You die just as poor as you was when you started

Fuck that what’s up with the second option 
You can always hit the corner and try to get it popping
Get fast guap when you out robbing and clocking
But chances are that you probably die violent

Best hope that you got it getting knocked 
End up with a job in a prison metal shop
They ain’t paying nothing but 3 hots and a cot 
Don’t you know that’s the biggest hustle they got

Or door three you could get on that welfare
They ain’t trying to help they’ll put you through hell there
Give you just enough so you’re not going to starve
And constantly harass you while you looking for a job 

If you do luck up and someone let you punch a clock
And they find out about then your check is getting docked
Can’t win for losing they dehumanize you 
You never get caught up you caught up in that cycle

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
Feeling extra low 
Please let me go 
Oh… Lord… No…

It’s my life 
Yeah the only one that I’ll ever know 
And it stress me so
God bless my soul
Oh… Lord… No…

Brother Ali - Only Life I Know

Shine ft. The Grouch & K.Flay

Intro:
Ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself...
it is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, 
or I could show you some really fancy movement...
But to express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, 
and to express myslef honestly...
Now that, my friend is very hard to do.

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives
And for that live moment we thrive
Awakenings, as we make the dead come alive
Rise and walk my son
Come into the light
Inside the dark we illuminate mics
Give knowledge to mediocre
The will to neanderthal
Filter to the the small
Digital to analog
We steady advancin'
Rhyme enhancin'
Civil minds can't keep up with this

Senim Silla:
Dig - I'ma put it on the table
I ain't a thug nigga and playa, I ain't playful
I'm just Senim Silla, man without label
Standin' on my own to you tryin' to stay stable
Speakin' what I know to only what I'm able
I ain't the kinda guy who carry on for dough
The material cat who walk around for show
I'm just your everyday, merry way joe on the go
While others go with the flow
I ain't never been the one to follow trend, I do my own bit
Can't keep up with the joneses, I'm on my own shit
I don't care what you drink
What you stress, how you dress, or where you got the link
I ain't impressed
These lames run around like mice in a maze
Tryin' to get up on cheese, its just a rat race
Wanna change times' schemes to make man worship things
Over the supreme being, or stop, fill up?
Should I join the hypocrites?
Or side with the suckas by choice
It makes no difference that y'all product of environment
It's just coincidence
The world's a violent place baby, there ain't no more innocence
Or civil men or penatence, just
Ignorance cast on the right from wrong 
They mimic shit they see on TV or hear in a song
What that tell you they on?
A sucka act up every minute
The righteous live on but the the niggas are infinite

OneManArmy:
I ain't hardcore, I don't pack a 9 millimeter
Most of y'all gangster rappers ain't hardcore neither
Whoever get mad then I'm talkin 'bout you
Claim you fear no man but never walk without crew
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/binary-star-lyrics/honest-expression-lyrics.html]
Where I'm from, your reputation don't mean jack
So what you pack gats and you sell fiend's crack
You ain't big time, my man
You ain't no different from the next cat in my neigberhood who did time
Rhyme after rhyme it's the same topic
What make you think you hardcore cuz you was raised in the projects
Broke ass finally got a hundred in your pocket
Now you on the mic spittin' money's no object
What you say is bullcrap
If you wasn't with your crew and wasn't drunk off the brew
Would you still pull gats?
You need to stop frontin'
Or you're headed for self destruction
Yeah, today's topic is self-destruction
I ain't talkin 'bout the KRS-One discussion
I'm talkin 'bout the one too many ignorant suckas
Lyin' on the mic to my sistas and brothas
Everytime you listen to the radio, all you hear is nonsense
They never play the bomb shit
Everything that glitters ain't gold
And every gold record don't glitter that's for damn sure

(scratching break)

(discussion)

OneManArmy:
How many cats you know speak the illegit rhyme after rhyme diligent?
85 percent represent ignorant
Either you innocent or guilty
Some of my favorite emcees fell off
It damn near killed me
Lookin' at the kids that was true hip-hop
Nowadays them cats don't even do hip-hop
Rap got 'em brainwashed with cats that don't last
And five minutes of fame 
That's when it's a shame
Seein real emcees tryin' to imitate rappers
If you ask me they goin' out ass backwards
Tradin' in respect to push a fat Lex
Puff rhymin' on the remix, what's next?
It hurts so bad I wanna smack 'em
My favorite crew members break up turn around and join wack ones
This is dedicated to you hip-hop hypocrites
Drivin wack songs like you don't give a shit
I ain't got nothin' against nobody tryin' to make a decent living
It ain't the money that's the issue
Only if that's the reason why these cats are makin' decent music
That's when I got beef with you
And I'ma break it you like never
Go ahead, call me player hater if it make you feel better
Try to jump my crew if you cats feel foggy
You need to wake up and smell the damn coffee

Binary Star - Honest Expression

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Brother Ali - Work Everyday

Independent Hip Hop Record Label
Artist Roster:
Abstract Rude
Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
BK-One
Blueprint
Brother Ali
deM atlaS
Dilated Peoples
Dj Abilities
Evidence
Eyedea & Abilities
Face Candy
Felt
Freeway
Grayskul
Grieves
Hail Mary Mallon
I Self Devine
Jake One
Los Nativos
MF DOOM
Micranots
Mr. Dibbs
Musab
Nikki Jean
P.O.S
Prof
Psalm One
Sa-Roc
Semi.Official
Soul Position
Step Brothers (Alchemist x Evidence)
Toki Wright
The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson)

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