Rare Artist Series: Homeliss Derelix

A two man crew from California who flew under the radar in the late 90's and early 00's.  Well, you know why you are here.  44 Songs.  Enjoy!


Homeliss Derelix (Fevea 12", Fraudulent, HD's VS The SP1200, Raise It Up & Other Singles)

Comptons Most Wanted - Music To Drive By

CMW minus the white boy who was on the first album (which is still dope) came with the third outing like an East Coast Gangstarr.  Yeah Eiht is pretty much on par with Guru - not like they were incredibly complex word smiths but it was mostly the voice and the production.  Primo even remixed a couple of tracks for Eiht.  Anyhow - this album (minus one or two songs) is solid as a rock.  I threw in Eiht's St. Ides Radio commercial for good measure.  Enjoy responsibly!

Music To Drive By (With St. Ides Commercial)

Rare Artist Series: Downtown Science

You know why you are here.  Sam Sever and Bosco money delivered the goods with this solidly produced album from the early nineties.  I have included some of the instrumentals and remixes off their 12 inch records too.

Enjoy!

Rare Artist Series: Group Home - The Realness

I was never a huge fan of either of their lyrical skills but Primo blessed them both with incredible tracks.  Guru's production on the album is noticeably wack against DJ Premier's classic tracks and this be one of them.

The Realness

Rare Artist Series: Statik Selektah - Sam Jack (feat. XV, Jon Connor & The Kid Daytona)

Great concept and ode to Samuel Jackson.  The three emcees completely hit the mark on this one - laying it down over a tight track composed by Statik.  Fucking awesome!

Sam Jack (feat. XV, Jon Connor & The Kid Daytona)

Rare Artist Series: Tom Caruna - Change The Beat

Mysterio remixed this three times and I definitely like his versions but this one here takes the cake and fits so well with Doom's rhymes.  Lovely piano loop.

Change The Beat (Remix)

Rare Artist Series: Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot?

This was my joint back in 1992 and when I listen to it today it still gets me amped.  Cube was a rap pioneer and definitely gave numerous songs that made my mix tapes on the regular.   This is one of them.

When Will They Shoot?

Rare Artist Series: The Juggaknots - Loosifa

I remember getting this on vinyl - back when you just took a chance on records and I was extremely pleased with my purchase.  When they remastered the album for a "proper" release I chipped in and wasn't disappointed.  The follow up to that release really isn't that memorable to me but this song is...

Loosifa

Rare Artist Series: Fat Joe - The Shit is Real (DJ Premier Remix)

I never liked Fat Joe.  I thought he sucked on the mic and when Big Pun came around he sucked even more.  However, Primo laced Joe up with this dope track sampling Ahmad Jamal.  Even Joe can't fuck up this track - really.

The Shit is Real

Rare Artist Series: Phantogram - As Far As I Can See

One of the few songs that I stumbled upon last year which I played and play over and over and over again.  Phantogram brought a multi layered musical dimension to my ear drums and kept them ringing after the record stopped with this clever cut.

As Far As I Can See

Rare Artist Series: MF Doom - Quite Buttery

I love this track by MF Doom which can be found on Count Bass D's best album.  The cuts on the long player were short and to the point and this be one of them.

Quite Buttery

Rare Artist Series: Gravediggaz - 12 Jewelz

This song and the other song "Sunshower" are definitely my favorite RZA tracks.  Forget all the Bobby Digital shite.  He should of dropped that album "The Cure" but never did.  So I will keep these two tracks at the top of his catalog.  Pure Five Percent "Science".

12 Jewelz

Rare Artist Series: DJ Quik - Flow For Sale

Yet another example of DJ Quik's stellar sound off his latest album.  They just don't make west coast g-funk like they used... well, actually, he does.

Flow For Sale

Rare Artist Series: Cormega feat Red Alert, Parrish Smith, Grand Puba, KRS One and Big Daddy Kane - VIII

A posse cut from five rap pioneers set up by Cormega.  Was never a big fan of Cormega but the album this is off of made me want to go back and listen again to his earlier material.  Anyhow - this is a joint that gets heavy rotation.


VIII feat Red Alert, Parrish Smith, Grand Puba, KRS One and Big Daddy Kane

Rare Artist Series: Biz Markie - Bad Day

A bonus cut from the EP "Friends" finds the Biz talking about a bad day he is having.  Definitely one of the songs I had slept on for years and stumbled across a few months ago.  Solid stuff from a rap pioneer.

Bad Day

Rare Artist Series: Big Daddy Kane - Taste Of Chocolate Intro

The extended mix of this, found on a 12" is just as good, but this is the original off the album.  I might post the other later.  I was always a huge Kane fan back in the day and would defend him as much as I could besides the R&B nonsense.  I watched a documentary the other day about him and it is true that he was pioneer and ahead of his time in that aspect but I still don't listen to R&B like that.  Anyhow here is a...

Taste of Chocolate (Intro)

Rare Artist Series: Lords of The Underground - Funky Child

What an incredible energetic track.  Marley Marl laced the Lords with this beat and Do It All delivered it some serious justice.  Possibly one of the last times James Brown was sampled and put to good effect.

Funky Child

Rare Artist Series: Last Emperor, Masta Ace and Trugoy - Clear Day

Another great posse cut featuring the Last Emperor.  Prince Paul produced the beat and the two emcees accompanying the Emp provide some dope verses to accentuate the "feel good" song.

Clear Day

Rare Artist Series: Rage Against The Machine - Hadda Be Playing On A Juke Box

Off of one of their EP's comes one of my favorite Rage Against the Machine songs.  You can tell from the beginning that Zach De La Rocha is dissing his audience - must be from Lalapalooza or something like that.  Anyhow he delivers a reciting of an Allen Ginsberg speech that is extremely effective over the live instrumentation.

Hadda Be Playing On A Juke Box

Rare Artist Series: Black Moon Shit Iz Real

A John Klemmer sample was put to good use on this raw cut off Black Moon's best album to date.  It is a classic in my opinion.  I remember smoking out to this just nodding my head back and forth entering the mind of Buckshot.  Back when hip hop was hip hop.  Ha ha ha - whatever that means.  Still good.

Shit Iz Real