Playlist: Victor Spencer

ITSRAP Round-Up Vol.4 09/2013

HATE CITY VOLUME 2

Vic Spencer

Uncle vic 2 killa shit

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Rap/Soul/Funk 09/2013

Part 1 Instrumental - O.C.'s "Let It Slide"
Part 2 Instrumental - Toro y Moi's "So Many Details"

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Vic Spencer & Sulaiman - Baffle Board

Hopsin - ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 6

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Dizzy Wright
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Hopsin
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Produced by 6ix
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Funk Volume
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Bout That Life ft. Hopsin

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Dizzy Wright
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Kid Ink
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Honey Cocaine
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Produced by Nicolas Pugach

Funk Volume
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Fashion ft. Honey Cocaine and Kid Ink

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Produced by Rikio
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Funk Volume
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World Peace

Twitter @SHIRTNYC
Produced by Boot Productions @BOOTRECORDSUK

Who Shot Ya?

'Highway Robbery' is available now on classic black vinyl☛ smarturl.it/HighwayRobbery

Lyrics:
Verse 1:
(Yah) Keep up, I puff reefer
Without it feeling like I'm gonna self destruct
Hangin' with the homies didn't help me much, not in hindsight
Cause all we did was get drunk and find a fight
Shine bright like Aurora Borealis
Light up the sky, my slice of pie
Is when I tell my testimony like I survived
It's not a war without us, it's a slaughter
Sh*t I got daughters, and they need a father
So I docked the hate I harbored 
Anchor for the family moving smarter
And circulating love like true supporters
But I know some that wanna destroy us
I feel it's so dumb to f*ck with a warrior
So I got a gun and bucks for a lawyer
Got 'em on speed dial but tucking a Taurus… Simpson

Hook 1:
I'm Runnin' 
Runnin' through my mind
Runnin' through my rhymes on the run
Days of runnin' the streets ran it's course
Now I'm in my run down city holdin' funds, lovin' it

I'm Runnin' 
Runnin' through my mind
Runnin' through my rhymes on the run
Days of runnin' the streets ran it's course
Now I'm in my run down city holdin' the gun, runnin' sh*t

Verse 2:
24/7, 365 
We get live, set it off
I put a bullet in ya frame
Smiley face by your name and check it off
We let it off, so get low ten fold
No matter the zip code, in rip mode
Hot head till the clips cold
Act stupid, get dum dums
I flash like a young gun WIlliam H. Bonney
Had the habit when a record label wouldn't sign me
Now I got a deal and I'm still grimy, fa' real
It's no lame on me, same ole G
Foes get holes cause the name hold ki's
Weights so the snakes get a taste and OD
While I kick back with my favorite Oz.
Burnin' through that flame OG

Hook 2:
I'm Runnin' 
Runnin' through my mind
Runnin' through my rhymes on the run
Days of runnin' the streets ran it's course
Now I'm in my run down city holdin' funds, lovin' it

I'm Runnin' 
Runnin' through my mind
Runnin' through my rhymes on the run
Days of runnin' the streets ran it's course
Now I'm in my run down city holdin' the gun, runnin' sh*t

Outro Cuts (DJ Revolution):
Run ("Run's House," Run DMC)
Brother on the run ("On the Run," Kool G. Rap)

Classic Black Vinyl

Guilty Simpson & Small Professor - On The Run (feat. DJ Revolution)

New Album "Appreciation Day"
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Appreciation Day

Jaheim - Baby x3

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Deeper

From the album White Women - available now! 
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Over Your Shoulder

Temperamental (Feat. Phonte Coleman)
More Is Than Isn't out October 8th on RJ's Electrical Connections

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Temperamental (Feat. Phonte Coleman)

Blame One & J57 connect with Exile to remix "B.L.A.M.E.57" from their recently released album "Walk in the Sun". 

Blame One & J57 - B.L.A.M.E.57 (Exile Remix Featuring Rhettmatic)

Vic Spencer releases his 3rd record of the month during his Red Button Series entitled A Call from Belize. Over a smooth but rare Alchemist loop, Vic has a opportunity to keep it real with his rap opponents and with everybody that feels that they are good at it. The record starts off as what appears to be a call from Joe Grind, a Balizean MC and part-owner of The Grind House, a studio where Vic records weekly, about getting some work done and getting packages cheaper while he was down in his hometown. Then, the elite MC just pounds the beat with crazy bar-play with lines like "irritated so a nigga on a Bland Diet" and "slice half of ya body before tip-off" ...The Question: What goes on in Vic Spencer's mind? The Answer? It's actually left in the hands of the listeners. 

The Rapping Bastard due out later this year.

credits:
Vic Spencer (lead MC)
Joe Grind (voicemail)
Doc da Mindbender (engineer, mix & mastered)

A Call From Belize

The Gangrene Army return for an original track from the GTAV soundtrack.

Gangrene - "Bassheads"

My Name Is My Name - The Album - In Stores 10.8.13

"Nosetalgia" is produced by Nottz

My Name Is My Name

Nosetalgia (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Vic Spencer drops the fourth installment of his Red Button Series on his 32nd birthday. There couldn't be a better day to address any of his so-called 'peers' who call this master emcee old, outdated or think he isn't making moves in the rap. On this track, entitled Illusion of Movement, Vic lets these rap dudes know ever so calmly that while yes he may be older than them he is also doper than them. In life and in the booth. Spitting over an ever so smooth beat recorded at Mixed by DC Headquarters, Vic shows his age with lines like  "If I was old I would be a baby boomer", a baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post–World War II baby boom between the years 1946 and 1964. And in typical Vic fashion tossing in a comedic line or two, "What you know about fuckin butt naked in ya huff socks, then afterwards roll up go nuts and bump the Chubb Rock", which sounds like a way better time than popping the designer drug of the week. If you need an explanation of who Chubb Rock is brush up on your hip hop history then come back.  Another bar that sticks out is "I cant travel through Davy Jones Locker" which is described as the bottom of the sea and the state of death among drowned sailors and shipwrecks. To add such information to a record on his birthday says a lot about this MC. This dude Vic is insanely incredible.

Produced, mixed, mastered and arranged by DC and co-produced by Vic Spencer himself, Illusion of Movement is a record that comes from Daedalus and John Robinson (Sci)'s "Move On" from Daedalus album, Exquisite Corpse. It describes the life of Vic Spencer and his musical movement. His lifestyle and movement is very real, but you have to really tune into this record and his career to really see the movement. Some think that Vic Spencer is not making any moves. Some people ignore the moves. Either way, Vic recognizes what's being displayed and continues to be a elite in this youth-driven Chicago rap scene. All in all Vic seems to be very happy to be a 'Old Fart' on this record. And if this isn't enough, Vic says "part 2 coming soon" as the beat shifts at the end of the record. I say Illusion of Movement is the best of Vic Spencer and the Red Button Series. The artwork is even done by Vic as he continues to show no limits in his creativity.

Vic Spencer also announces that the Red Button Series will now extend through October. The Rapping Bastard is due out in November and in all of the move is his or is not making, Vic will also be opening for EPMD on October 3rd. 

Illusion of Movement

Lyrics Change Lives (Prod, By Trey Hemingway & Byron The Aquarius)

Off Power 105's Jovonn "Famous Ain't Freedom" mixtape coming soon.

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T.O.N.Y. Freestyle

@NahRight & @UpNorthTrips Present: The #Illmatic20 Tribute Mixtape

Twenty years ago today, a 20 year-old kid from the Queensbridge projects released what now stands as one of the most important albums in Hip-Hop history. An instant classic, Illmatic would be studied and celebrated over the next two decades, held aloft as the standard for everything Rap music was and had the potential to be. It's one of the most flawless bodies of work ever recorded, in any genre, and it is widely recognized as the defining work of an entire era of Rap. The impact of this 10 track masterpiece is almost immeasurable, yet you can still hear it bleeding through in the bars of artists the world over to this very day. 

And so we wanted to pay tribute to this remarkable record in a manner befitting a piece of art that has meant so much to all of us and to so many others for so long. We reached out to the new generation of New York MCs and asked them to join us in paying homage to Nas and his magnum opus over the same timeless tracks that underscored his historic bars back in 1994. Needless to say, if you were born or raised in the boroughs, Nas' music has touched you in one way or another, and an amazingly talented array of artists stepped up to honor Esco. 

Featuring contributions from Al-Doe, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Troy Ave, Bodega Bamz, YC The Cynic, Denzil Porter, Smoke DZA, Doley Bernays, Timeless Truth, Euro League, Pete from Bitches Is Crazy, The Incomparable Shakespeare and SHIRT, this project is as much a showcase of the homegrown talent that has been reinvigorating the NY Rap scene over the last couple of years as it is a thank you letter to Nasir Jones. And really, what higher praise is there than that which comes from a generation of artists that cite you as a direct influence? So settle in and join us as we salute Nas on 20 years in the game, here's to 20 more! 

Mixed by @UnitedCrates

04 - Shirt - The World Is Yours

Chris Crack - White Van Music

THE CATHEDRAL
J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West are just a few artists supported by Talib Kweli early in their careers. It is with this spirit that Talib launches Javotti Media, an entity designed to develop, promote, and release content from tomorrow's artists today.
The Cathedral, hosted by Affion Crockett, showcases the individual styles of Javotti Media's roster over an eclectic soundtrack promising a bright outlook on the future of music.
Boomerang - K'Valentine feat. Cory Mo, NIKO IS & Talib Kweli - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s4mYm-DpVg
Cherry Beamer Dreaming - NIKO IS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrNQTgL7Qo
Dreams - RES - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaq48MP4ldU
Doc Shebeleza Remix - Cassper Nyovest feat. Talib Kweli - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwOoF2LUoIY
Chi-Raq - K'Valentine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1O1Xv3uKdg

Cherry Beamer Dreaming - NIKO IS

Illy and Vic are back at it for the first time! These two frequent collaborators have been connected for years but are now just releasing their first song together. And this is just a taste of things to come. Lookout for their collaborative effort Plastic On Couches to be released sometime in 2015. This joint is produced by Dario Ecks with a smooth Kool And The Gang sample, and will be featured on Ill Legit's upcoming solo project.

Heat Stroke ft. Vic Spencer (prod. Dario Ecks)

Comfort Cuts Ft. Vic Spencer

"Rapper/Producer duo Strangers Of Necessity are back with another dope collab, this time joining forces with one of Chicago's most promising artist, Vic Spencer. Dark Purple finds Fooch and Vic verbally attacking major labels, watered down rappers and naysayers over some gritty hard hitting production from CoryaYo."

https://soundcloud.com/strangers-of-necessity/dark-purple-ft-vic-spencer

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@vicspencer

Dark Purple Ft. Vic Spencer

"Remove yourself to improve yourself"

Vic Spencer is enjoying the success of The Cost of Victory. It's been over a month since it's release. Phones won't stop ringing. Tweets are still generating. Features from the artist are being executed. The streets already calling the hardcore album a classic. But Vic is still angry and he shows that well-appreciated aggression on Lecture with the Dead, a nonstop lyrical massacre and he blacks out over a loop of Lupe Fiasco's Little Death off his album Tetso & Youth. 

Eariler this year Vic had a online Twitter battle with Lupe and it shook the Twitter world as that was the topic of discussion for 6 hours. Vic say he did it for the sake of the culture and also because Vic thinks Lupe be battling weak rappers with no name for themselves. "Lupe was having lectures with the dead. And I was tired of it. So I called him out. Battle me. The best from Chicago. A hardcore rapper with a street buzz. Not these unwavy creatures."

People say Vic won the battle. Go look that up via the Twitter search engine and be the judge for yourself. That's after you listen to Lecture with the Dead.


Lecture with the Dead

Ill Legit & Vic Spencer gearing up to release their collaborative effort Plastic On Couches this spring, drop a joint that almost made the cut...

Bachelors Of Bars Ft. Vic Spencer (prod. Ill Legit)

Henny & Vic team with O'Bonjour on the beat to bring you this sonically edible treat!

Henny B x Vic Spencer - Hungry [prod. O'bonjour]

Really, Nigga?! 
Lyrics written by Vic Spencer for Old Fart Luggage (Foteen Day Notice publishing, BMI/ASCAP)
Produced by 1. Doc da Mindbenda (GrindHouse)
                    2. PF CUTTIN (RuckDown)
                    3. Tony Baines (GunnShoppe)
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by DC for MixedByDC at Complex Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Artwork by Fly Hand Designs (inspired by David & Goliath)

Message from Vic Spencer:
Hello, Dick Jerkins.. Good day to you.

Really, Nigga!?

Back to regular scheduled programming. 

Chris Crack & Vic Spencer are releasing a album under the duo Chris $pencer entitled Who TF is Chris $pencer (executive produced by Sulaiman & MC Tree) later this year and they teamed up with the hardcore duo Co-Pilots (D. Brash & Alex P. Keaton) to create Chris $pencer vs. Co-Pilots, a all out bah-fest between the four of them. This will not appear on Who TF is Chris $pencer so take this as a appetite to what's about to have a real impact.

Chris $pencer vs. Co-Pilots
Written by (in order) Vic Spencer, D. Brash, Chris Crack & Alex P. Keaton
Produced by Vic Spencer for Old Fart Luggage Productions
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by DC for MixedByDC LLC at Complex Studios, Chicago, Il
Art by Vic Spencer
 



Chris $pencer vs. Co-Pilots

Vic Spencer & Chris Crack is Chris $pencer
2 GUN EMOJI
Produced by Trtl
Written by Chris Crack and Vic Spencer
Recorded and Mixed by Cutta for New Deal Crew
Art by Vic Spencer

Chris $pencer - 2 GUN EMOJI

The Rapping Bastard & The Trill Savage is continuing the Chris $pencer campaign with a new track produced by Doc da Mindbenda. Art by Chris $pencer. Recorded by Doc da Mindbenda at the GrindHouse, Chicago IL. Mixed & Mastered by MixByDC at Complex Studios, Chicago IL. 

Lookout for that Who TF is Chris $pencer album!



Chris $pencer - SUPERNATURAL

"you wanna fuck a married man so you said 'fuck ya morals' agh"

Dropping Feelings is Vic's way of getting all the bullshit out his brain onto some art in the studio. This is the first song Vic Spencer dropped this year and boy it's fire. Shots fired? I highly think so! 

Dropping Feelings
Written by Vic Spencer
Produced by Ray White
Recorded by MixedByDC at Complex 2010, Chicago Illinois
Artwork by Vic Spencer

Dropping Feelings

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Vic Spencer knows talent when he sees it. So there is no reason not to collab with his SAVEMONEY brethren Chance the Rapper. Vic known Chance since he was 15. They both started their chemistry over J*DAVey's Trans record called National Geographical on Vic Spencer's 3rd mixtape Vic Greenthumbs back in September 2011. Then production partners Nez & Rio hits Vic with a email saying "You & Chance should kill this". The track gets killed at The Grind House, engineered & mixed by Doc da Mindbenda. This track was released this past January over the net and it basically shut down the net waves with Vic witty bars and Chance versatility. 

Out The Water feat. Chance the Rapper (Produced by Nez & Rio)

CLIQUE FREESTYLE

Vic Spencer received a call from Martin $ky on 10/23/12 saying that he made a new beat for their collaborative project, Modern Vintage. The 2 ended up at The Grind House with engineer Doc da Mindbenda that Saturday 10/27/12 recording what comes out to be 64th Floor. They spit 32 bars a piece equalling up to 64. Martin's chill flow and Spencer's flow pattern mesh well together as they continue to build on their musical/lyrical chemistry. The 2 release the track that following Monday 10/29/12 via blogs and every blog is saying that the track features Vic Spencer. It's Martin $ky & Vic Spencer! So get it correct, people! Some of you never even been on 64th floor of NO BUILDING.

64th Floor [Prod. by Martin $ky]

UNRELEASED. Produced by NEZ&RIO. #WereStillDisappointed coming soon.

Wonder (produced by NEZandRIO) (Unreleased)

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AUTOMATIC represents the last 6 months of my life.  The not always clean journey, but the rich one.  Most the photos I took, some I pulled along the way, all have inspired what I have in store.  Video cut by me.  Song produced by Supreme Breed.  SHIRT. 2013.  BY ANY MEANS.

AUTOMATIC - SHIRT

"In front of millions I feel distant"

Sulaiman released a record called Blessing, a loop that was taking from Teedra Moses 'R U 4 Real', off his 2011 effort Past Perfect. Vic Spencer was listening to a show mix that Sulaiman created for that record that was used for a show at Reggies and decided to 'scribble art' over the looped show mix version and entitled it Standing Distance, a record that displays Spencer in his lonely moments, even when people are standing around him. It's more like he saying he's the same way when he's alone and when he is around others. The melody itself is mind catching so Vic recruited Doc DaMindbenda to engineer the record at the Grind House a day later after it was written. Packed with enough bars to knock a streetlight down, Vic shed pain, life, success and everything worth living for into one record. Peep it while you around tons of people and I bet you "feel distant".

Standing Distance

The father of SoulTrap is back with his new mixtape, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out.

Containing guest appearances from Danny Brown, Roc Marciano, Lili K, Ari Lourdes and Project Mayhem and featured production from the man himself - Tree, Bink!, Frank Dukes, Bobby Johnson, S.C., Tye Hill, Illinois Jones, and Khari Lemuel.

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In early 2011, Vic Spencer was working on his 1st "mixtape" Vic Greenthumbs, a 30-track mixtape that Vic constructed because he was turning 30 years old. Vic wanted to use loops of his favorite artists' records. The name Vic Greenthumbs is a alter-ego of Vic Spencer and the name came from his good friend Mani Baggz. Greenthumbs appears on almost every song, encouraging Vic to keep making records and push limits. One day, Vic was playing Vic Greenthumbs records in the studio and trying to figure out what was missing. Vic recorded a record called National Geographical. The beat from the record is from J*DaVeY entitled Trans off their EP called Evil Christian Cop. It was meant to be a solo record until he heard a record called 22 Offs by the now superstar Chance the Rapper. Vic had already had a relationship with Chance through the budding SaveMoney collective from 2007. So Vic reached out to Chance to come to the final studio session to slap a 24-bar verse on National Geographical. Then Vic Spencer drops the album Vic Greenthumbs on his 30th birthday. National Geographical was the most talked about record on the album so Vic & Chance shot the video at Brookfield Zoo with Rich Media (Richie Randall), his SaveMoney brothers and SUH member Pavy. It was the 1st time anybody has heard of Chance the Rapper outside of YouMedia and the Instrumentality group. 

You can get Vic Greenthumbs mixtape here: http://www.datpiff.com/Vic-Spencer-Vic-Greenthumbs-mixtape.265792.html 

And peep the visual for National Geographical here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0dSPmzDHTA  

This was the beginning of Chance the Rapper career and the now defunct Teamwork Group (Vic Spencer, Sulaiman, Nez & Rio, Matt CNTRBND & Chance the Rapper). Vic Spencer & Chance the Rapper was suppose to drop a EP and started to work on it when the 2 released Out the Water that was produced by the now TDE producers Nez & Rio. No word on if that is going to happen, but it's fans out there wondering when will Vic Spencer & Chance the Rapper appear on another record together. Put that in God's hands, people..

National Geographical Feat. Chance the Rapper

Over the past 20 years, Vic Spencer has become one of the most respected figures in underground hip-hop culture as a whole. The Chicago MC keeps his name in the hip-hop headlines with a constant stream of albums, he definitely has dropped 4 to 5 albums a year for the past 5 years and loose tracks whose titles often effectively sum up the snarky, acutely self-aware attitude of his lyrics. Though his reputation has grown thanks in part to his collaborations with the late Sean Price (RuckDown), Flee Lord (LORDMOBB), 38 Spesh (TRUST), and acclaimed "soultrap" rapper/producer Tree, Spencer is a proud free agent with his own label (Old Fart Luggage) who vocally dismisses the noise surrounding his city’s hip-hop landscape and stays committed to—even obsessed with—forging his own path. Vic Spencer is best known for his work with Big Ghost (The Ghost of Living) and his solo album, The Cost of Victory which dropped in 2015 and was rank 19 out of 40 in the Rolling Stone’s top 40 albums of that year. Vic is also working with August Fanon on a continuing series entitled Psychological Cheat Sheet and has a 4 part series with SONNYJIM called Spencer for Higher. Question: What is the result when you mix the wit of Sean Price, the comedic delivery of DOOM, the unorthodox approach of the late ODB, the lungs of B-Real, and the life experience of a group home resident hailing from the streets of Chicago’s gritty East Side? Answer: Vic Spencer aka The Rapping Bastard.