Club Mecca - Guard Ya Life! / Remix

RAW record from this Wisconsin crew released in 1998 on Regime Records. Both tracks are BANGIN'! I'm surprised this hasn't been posted anywhere. They sound like a Wu-affiliate crew. In fact, the original mix sounds like a track that could've easily been on Killarmy's first LP. Great classical piano and vocal sample. I prefer the remix because it sounds original and the beat definitely matches the reflective raps. Very little info about this crew apart from the cd compilation they were featured on for Regime records. Don't pass over this one, in fact, go ahead and grab the copy off www.netsoundsmusic.com ;)

Club Mecca - Guard Ya Life!

Club Mecca - Guard Ya Life! (Remix)

D-Mob - Hot Dayz / Puffla / Dangerous

It's such a beautiful day here in Atlanta, that it's only fitting I upload D-Mob's "Hot Dayz" 12". Straight out the Boogie Down Bronx, this record came out in 1998 on High Wire Records. "Hot Dayz" is a smooth joint using a familiar sample that I recall being used on a remix of the Hoodratz's "Murdered Ova Nuttin'." Tahmai lends the soulful vocals on the hook. Cool with me, sounds like summer! Next up, "Puffla," is about the joys of everyone's favorite weed, marijuana. Not too bad. The humming looped voice grows on ya, and this happens to be the only instrumental offered on the record. On "Dangerous," D-Mob warns about his streets where "everybody is nobody from a guns point of view." Love the end of the track where the dj cuts up the Prodigy verse. This 12" also serves as a teaser for the full length LP "Gun Town's Finest" featuring D-Mob and his brother Trife. I know many of you are checking for that.

D-Mob - Hot Dayz

D-Mob - Puffla

D-Mob - Dangerous

Foxxx-N-Mayhem - 9 Ways To Get Loot / I Could Never Die

Lately, I've been digging this grimey New Jersey rap 12" released by Foxxx-N-Mayhem on Warlock Records in 1998. "9 Ways To Get Loot" is the sure shot banger here. Gutter raps about getting cream. Love the piano, horns, and drums on this one. "I Could Never Die" sounds sinister with haunting pianos and a growling voice. Scary. Butch Whip provides the hot beats. Many of you may be familiar with his production on Milkbone's album. This can be found for relatively cheap, so if it's in the dollar bin, don't hesitate to grab.

Foxxx-N-Mayhem - 9 Ways To Get Loot

Foxxx-N-Mayhem - I Could Never Die

P.O.D. (Poets of Darkness) - P.O.D. Court / J.A.S.O.N.

Most commonly known for appearing on the New Jersey Drive soundtrack. This 12" was released later in 1998 by Gowanuz Projects Records. DOPE production by Spunk Bigga!

Poets of Darkness - P.O.D. Court

Poets of Darkness - J.A.S.O.N.

WOODSMOKEROC (W.S.R.P.) - EP - Black Paper Recordings

1998. A five man crew that's takin' no shorts. Released on private label, Black Paper Recordings, New York City. Check for the Cheers sample. Digging the trumpet sample on another track.

WOODSMOKEROC - Critical Concepts

WOODSMOKEROC - Salute

WOODSMOKEROC - N 2 A Room

WOODSMOKEROC - Revolution