Philly Rap essentials/favorites
edpowers
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my personal top five 1)Original Stylin...Three Times Dope[/b] 
2)Rock the house....Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince[/b] 
3)Steady B...What's my name[/b] 
4)Live from acknickulous land...Three times dope[/b] 
5)The Roots..Things fall apart[/b] 
rep your favorite philly JAWNS.....[/b]
2)Rock the house....Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince[/b] 3)Steady B...What's my name[/b] 4)Live from acknickulous land...Three times dope[/b] 5)The Roots..Things fall apart[/b] rep your favorite philly JAWNS.....[/b]
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Bahamadiah
DJ Cash Money's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" mixtape (Shit, Cash Money in general)
but dude...
You slept on this cat?
Chops can come with it on the beats.
Grand Agent is mad decent when he picks a good beat.
i cant tolerate his voice for an entire cd....
Schooly-D 'P.S.K./Gucci Time'
Robbie B. & Jazzy J 'Rock the Go-Go'
Shawn G. 'Mission Impossible'
Dr. Funkenstein (aka Cash Money) 'Scratchin' to the Funk'
That's my shit. I missed out on the LP the other day but found the tape at the thrift. I BOUGHT IT. Shit is dope. But my essential is
Scholly D - Gangster Boogie / Maniac 12"
"On the corner selling some weed, then came along a sucker MC he said "yo holmes wassup wit dat, uh can I cop me a nickel bag", a nickel bag is 5.99 ... and then I layed down this MC rhyme."
Great 12" I got the yellow label one. Arons had about 5 of them one day but my stupid ass got one. Could've easily flipped them for more. Oh well.
I NEED TO HEAR THESE
And major co-sign with Ed. I probably wouldn't be DJing if it weren't for Philly!
Comin' up in the '80s, Philadelphia got coverage b/c of the high profile DJs from that city enjoyed: Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money, etc. - felt that b/c of that spotlight, its MCs were relegated to the shadows; other than Schooly, the only other notable Philadelphia (rap) name whom I was aware of around early on was MC Breeze's 'The Discombobulator,' which I purchased durin' a summer road trip to the city: Sounds of Market - met DJ Tat $ who was an employee of the store @ the time...
'HANDLE THIS' is my shit!![/b]
WORD UP! I got hipped to this via B-Cause's/PeacefullRo's and Spairs mix-cd. Finally found one a month ago. So fucking on point.
FILE UNDER
ACTUAL RANDOM RAP THAT DOES NOT SUCK
Cash goes off on Trouble Funk's 'Pump Me Up':
http://sr2.mytempdir.com/139177
schooly school is far from "random". but i could use a gangsta boogie 12", now that you mention it.
DAMN. Wish I woulda got at least 3 of the ones they had. DAMN. they had at least 5 or 6.
Dr. Funkenstein - 'Scratchin' to the Funk' (Part 2)
http://sr2.mytempdir.com/139183
Shawnie 'G' - 'Mission Impossible' (released on Rhythm King Records out of the UK; he was murdered either just prior or after it dropped)
http://sr2.mytempdir.com/139187
thanks for putting these up!
While we're talking about Philly, does anybody have any info on the Hilltop Hustlers? Who all was down with them, who released music, what really went down with Steady and Cool C.
Oh yeah, and we can't forget MIZ & TAT MONEY!
Hilltop Hustlers were originally comprised of Steady B, Cool C, and 3 Times Dope... Tat spun for a stint for Kwame if memory is correct...
Wrrd, that I knew. I was wondering more if there were any other groups in the crew that released anything I might not have heard about.
And I never did hear the whole story about Steady B and Cool C's situation.
they botched a bank robbery attempt and killed a cop in the process. i believe that one is on death row and the other is serving life (could be wrong about the sentances though)
Not that I'm aware of - I bought all of the original Hilltop Hustler Records 12" singles when they were 1st released (the ones that had the really stiff multi-colored streaked die cut jackets); 3 Times Dope jumped to Arista not shortly after...
Noz has it down w/ regards to the botched robbery attempt; female police officer killed durin' the incident...
They are higly underrated I think and I cant understand why.
DJ Too Tuff was way ahead of his time when it comes to scratching. He is in one class with DJ Scractch, DJ Magic Mike, Mr.Mixx, DJ Cash Money, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mixmaster Ice. He was a big inspiration for a lot of european DJ's. This LP is a classic from start to end. Every track is dope, no filler. Even when they had the reworcked instrumental of "My Parta Town" on that LP.
Back By Dope Demand
Hawkeye
my copy of this is on "world famous records" with a blue label... great record, and "maniac" is a dope electro jam...
MAJOR CO-SIGN on MC Breeze "DISCOMBOBULATORBUBALATOR"... prolly the most anti-Asian rap song EVER, but, lyrics aside (and this is why i never get to into the racial arguments on here, b/c i feel like everyone should just say whatever the fuck they feel like... lenny bruce, yup that's me...), the song is kickin', especially the Jefferson's Theme "interpolation"... prolly my favorite indie rap 12" ever...
and can't forget this one either:
Dominating MCs - Funky Terminology
IBM Nation - This is for the Nation
Ashamed to see the following not mentioned:
Cool C - "Juice Crew Dis"
Freshco & Miz - "We Don't Play" (wait.... was Freshco from Philly? Or just Miz?)