Dirty Face Angels - It's Not A Game (1999)

Just some of the best (imo). Too many to choose from so this is part 1.
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BuddahroomFM X Madlib Essentials Pt 1

Producers Es-K and Type.Raw team up for a collaborative drop laying the instrumental foundation for a creme de la creme of Jazz-infected MC's by the likes of K. Sparks, Kid Abstrakt, Ill Conscious, A-F-R-O, General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun, Napoleon Da Legend and many more. 12 vocal tracks paired with the respective instrumentals bundled on a 2LP as well as digitally available on all major platforms.

Available in a limited run on :

2LP Vinyl - Deluxe Edition (including instrumentals)

>> es-k-x-type-raw.lnk.to/raw-essentials
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Released May 26, 2023


Executive Producers : Es-k & Type.Raw


Mixed by: Danny Gray
Mastered by: Sven Friederichs


Illustration by: Type.Raw
Design & Layout by: Howie Wonder

M.V.P (feat. Ruste Juxx & Ill Conscious)

Imo one of the hardest hip hop tracks ever. Big L's verse is sooo bugged it actually blows my mind every time I hear it. The way he’s rapping is so crazy too, fully screaming into the mic, the punchlines are beyond insane. Everyone else kills it too, all the verses are so over the top in the track, just makes it work so well imo, even the two verses I cut out, including the first ever feature from Jay Z – no disrespect to them the flows just weren't fitting right over the beat. Lord Finesse does mad well to pick up after Big Ls crazy hype verse, comes with that more smooth style but still loads of hard hitting lines that keep the energy up. The last two verses I remixed then really bring it back to that mad over the top horrorcore style, especially Party Arty from Ghetto Dwellaz, he has one of the most rugged voices for emceeing: the stuff he did with Showbiz and AG on their album 'Goodfellas' is insane, fully some of the most hardcore hip hop I've ever heard. Will defo be remixing tracks from that album, I highly recommend it, not very well known but without a doubt a classic East Coast bomb.

Thought this was a perfect beat to remix this track, just has that evil vibe which matches the whole vibe of the acapella too well. The way the horns from the original bleed through and blend with the sample I flipped was crazy to me too. The onyx blend over this beat that I tried in the rhythm roulette video was working too, but I remixed that track fairly recently and wanted to go for something with a really evil over the top vibe, and couldn't think of a better example than Da Graveyard. 

Thank you for listening, hope you rate my take on this track, next remix from the rhythm roulette is dropping next week. Peace!!

Rhythm Roulette (How I made this beat): https://youtu.be/CkQBAxAQbbY

Visuals: https://youtu.be/TzVjpcWmXMk

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Da Graveyard' by Big L, Lord Finesse, Party Arty and Grand Daddy I.U.

Graveyards

Geez

Instrumental: Purgatory (1995)

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/frogs-instrumental

Been wanting to remix this track for a long time now, but never been able to get a clean sounding acapella. Luckily audio splitters have gotten way way better now, even the free ones: I've been using one called 'Splitter AI' which has been a real game changer. 

Always look forward to this track whenever I listen to Operation Doomsday, such a dope vibe and every emcee brings their own style. Has such a rugged underground energy, feels like a cypher track almost, I don't know why but the verse from Kamackeris always gets me gassed, especially those first 4 lines. I knew if I was ever going to remix this track it would need a certain type of beat, and when I flipped this one I had a feeling it was a good fit for that rugged underground cypher vibe. All the flows fit mad nice over the beat, defo happy with this one. 

For the visuals on my YouTube ( https://youtu.be/htpHPGov_sk ) I mostly used clips from the old Godzilla movies showing each character that the emcees are rapping as: King Caesar, Rodan, Megalon, Kamackeris, King Ghidorah and Kong. I've always found it interesting how deep they went into the lore and characters of those old movies, never actually seen a single Godzilla movie personally. I've always rated the idea of rapping under mad different aliases, obviously DOOM is here rapping as King Gheedorah, but you've also got Mr Fantastik here, I think he's rapping as Rodan. Also for anyone who hasn't heard of it, I defo recommend giving the full album by Monsta Island Czars a listen: 'Escape From Monsta Island' - some of the grimiest underground hip hop both the beats and the flows, crazy stuff. Will defo be looking to remix some tracks from that when I make another beat with this sort of vibe. 

Thanks for listening, any feedback let me know. Personally I can't decide whether the 3rd or 4th verse goes the hardest. Peace!!

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Who You Think I Am' by MF DOOM ft. Monsta Island Czars

Not Who You Think I Am

Available for purchase here: https://splashious.bandcamp.com/album/escape-route

Timestamps and Tracklist

0:00 temporary.
1:49 _prspr.
3:41 sol.
5:21 sci-fi_
7:12 grndeeose.

Art and beats by me.

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escape route [Full Beat Tape] (prod. $plashious) *Bandcamp Link In Description*

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/never-change-1

One of my favourite AZ acapellas, the verses and the hook especially have always been crazy to me, been wanting to remix it for a while but I never felt like I had the right beat. 

When I made this one I had a feeling it would fit well, the vibe just matched the acapella imo, and the flow was a nice fit too. Beat was a lot of fun to flip, loads of layering from across the sample, the subtle harp chops really elevated the vibe for me, and the way the horn chops echo from the end of the loop into the start gives the beat a lot of momentum I think.

For the visuals I used the video for The Come Up, just had to get some nice visuals for this one to bring it to life, I think all the shots of the birds flying really fit the vibe of this remix well, this beat really gives off that sort of imagery to me, the way the horns echo really makes me think of that kind of imagery. 

Really hope this one resonates, thanks for listening, be sure to leave any thoughts in the comments, been excited about this one for sure. 

Peace

Visuals: https://youtu.be/BYTTjTPVC0M

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Never Change' by AZ

Never Change

Sunz Of Man - We Can't Be Touched (1997)

Maggots (p. Mufi)

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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Underground Airplay

Trying to give something back to Hip Hop - really appreciate any comments or feedback.

Peace