Favorite Early Rap-A-Lot Joints
spelunk
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It's fresh to see people posting about hip-hop again on the boards.I've been going through stacks of radio station wax recently, purging a bunch of junk, but also keep coming up on dope early 90s promo 12-inches on Rap-A-Lot, which I rarely hear mentioned outside of Geto Boys / Scarface / Texas threads.Some favorites:O.G. Style - Catch 'Em Slippin (I wish there was an instrumental)Convicts - This is For the Convicts (how is the LP?)Odd Squad - I Can't See It (kinda goofy but good)
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released apparently in '92.
http://www.discogs.com/release/487867
Big Mello
Before nasty Lil Kim there was Choice
Too Much Trouble aka Baby Geto Boys
5th ward Boys
5th ward juveniles
Here's another slept on one:
I know, the title...Its a good record, tho. Maybe someone can drop some knowlegde on this one? It really sounds different than other rap-a-lot releases from the same time.
My favorite by far!
I featured 2 tracks off this album on one of my cds. I wrote some words on it too:
http://www.sloppywhite.com/getsome/03.htm
Great record. Dev IV was an all-DJ rap crew. One of the guys from the group, Vicious Lee, used to post a lot on oldschoolhiphop.com, along with Ready Red from the Geto Boys. I haven't been there in awhile, but I'm sure they're both still on there occasionally.
on the convicts as well.