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Posts Tagged ‘kool g rap’
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo – Men At Work (Marley Marl Remix)
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012MC Shan vs. Marley Marl
Sunday, January 15th, 2012Shan sets the record straight on why he wasn’t on The Symphony. Marley’s response is below but he ain’t saying nothing really to dispute what Shan said. All I know is, Marley has had way too many shady dealings following him throughout his career. Not giving credit. Not paying artists. He is a legend so most people don’t care, but I bet K-Def has stories for days too. –Philaflava
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Best Of The Wake Up Show ’94 Vol. 1 (1996)
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Who wouldn’t enjoy some freestyles on a Friday?
The disc came out in 1996 but says all material was from 1994. Featuring freestyles from RZA, GZA, Shyheim, Freddie Foxx, Original Flavor & Jay-Z, Masta Ace, Fugees, Kool G. Rap, Alkaholiks and many more.
enjoy,
–dirt_dog
Big Daddy Kane – Documentary (45 mins)
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Another treat from the T.R.O.Y. forum. I have no idea how this turned out or when this is officially dropping but if Michael Rapaport can do a film on A Tribe Called Quest, then surely somebody can do something on the Juice Crew. Peace to fatboybrandon for the post as well as Blackout Hip-Hop too. –Philaflava
T.R.O.Y. Presents – Sounds Like The 90s Vol. 19
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Black Thought – “Men At Work” at The Roots Picnic (mp3)
Friday, June 10th, 2011
The homie from NYC, Fat Boy Brandon, had this to say about Black Thought’s recent live rendition of Kool G Rap’s classic “Men At Work”:
Just wanted to drop this here to see what ya think, I know Kool G Rap’s Men At Work must rank highly in alota people’s lyrics of the late 80′s. Sounds like a challenge to recite that song in a live performance with no hypeman but I think Black Thought did well. Take a listen if you haven’t heard this already, it’s audio from this year’s Roots Picnic in Philly.
Live Performances – Uptown Comedy Club Pt.1 (Redman, Kool G Rap, MC Lyte, X-Clan, etc)
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011T.R.O.Y. Presents – Sounds Like The 90s Vol. 17
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010The last volume before the new year. While it was a pretty good year in hip-hop, there wasn’t an overwhelming amount of throwback tracks, thus us delivering you just 5 volumes of Sounds Like The 90s in ’10.
As many of you know, we do these compilations to capture an era that we all love. Some tracks do sound like the 90s, while others are artists from that era doing their thing. A few of these tracks have been out for awhile now, some even debuted on this site, but here is a tightly sequenced mix for the holidays. I wouldn’t normally put 3 tracks by one artist on a mix, but Kanye killed it this year (all 3 tracks not on the LP) and Q-Tip is responsible for 2 of those gems. There was no way I wasn’t putting these on for you guys.
Thanks to all the people that have supported over the years. We’ll continue to do these and we’re always keeping an open mind, so if you got something, don’t hesitate to link us. Props to Dirt_Dog and Strategy for helping–as always. Shouts to the entire T.R.O.Y. squad and our readers. Download link and front cover are below, back cover and tracklist are after the jump. Happy Holidays! –Philaflava
(Poll) Which Remix is Better? Fast Life Edition: Revisited
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Werner von Wallenrod: Now, there have been a couple of Fast Life remixes already released. There’s the killer Norfside remix by Salaam Remi (sometimes wrongly credited to Buckwild), which was on Epic’s promo 12″. And there’s also the Vinyl Reanimators’ remix from their remix sampler 12″. Both of those trumped the LP version, but this one tops them all. This one’s smoother and grittier than any of the other mixes…this one feels like it should be the original, the definitive version of the song.
Buckwild: I worked on this somewhat later then I should have. Even though I did the album version and it was the single, Salaam’s remix was chosen before I even turned this in. I was going to use it on the white label, but went with the NaS and AZ songs instead.
While I’m showcasing how we’ve been ahead of the game, we posed this same question around this time two years ago as part of our Who Flipped It Better? series, before there was word of a true Buckwild remix. So now we return with another viable candidate, one that quite possibly may swoop in and take the cake as the most fitting one around, featured on the new Celph Titled related project, the Buckwild Presents EP, on No Sleep Recordings.
Vote for your selection as to which of them is the best of the bunch after the jump.
T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/MF Grimm
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Welcome to another edition of Guest Blogger with none other than MF Grimm. Whether you know him as MF Grimm, Grim Reaper, Jet Jaguar or Percy Carey; his story truly is a feel good one.  In 1994, Grimm survived a murder attempt where he was shot seven times and three times in an earlier murder attempt in 1986. As a result of the 1994 attack, he was deafened, blinded, and paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors predicted that he would suffer nulled senses and be paralyzed for the rest of his life. Grimm recovered full vision, hearing, and speech ability, but is still confined to a wheelchair. In 2000, he faced narcotics and conspiracy charges, giving him life imprisonment. He paid a one-day bail of $100,000, recording The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera in those twenty-four hours.
During his stay in jail, Grimm studied law. After filing many counter-suits, he was able to reduce his sentence to three years and he was released in 2003.  So while many know him as the man who ripped “Take ‘Em To War,†I know him as the man who overcame the impossible. MF Grimm’s Top 5 Collabos and Top 5 Albums lists, plus some video and audio, after the jump.  (more…)
