Cosmosis (OG) (8 Track Remastered)

Mysterio dug in the tapes and polished up this posse cut from back in the 1990's.

Cosmosis (OG) (8 Track Remastered)

Suckas (8 Track Remastered)

The classic track remastered from the good old 8-Track Recorder.

Suckas (8 Track Remastered)

Suckas (2011 Analog Remix) - The Video

The Video

Suckas (2011 Analog Remix)

A classic Universal Sounds posse cut reinvented for the second decade of the twenty-first Century.  A quote from the film "Payback" kicks off the proceedings as analog layers of samples glide over a programmed beat conducted by Mysterio.  Suckas still don't like them.

Suckas (2011 Analog Remix)

E.N.S. & Spee*D Freestyle

Freestyle over the live instrumentation and break beats done by...

E.N.S. & Spee*D

Green Grass (Live Version)

The classic song "Green Grass" performed live by Claw back in 1995.

Green Grass (Live)

The Pub Line Up

It twas 1995 at the Pub and DJ Cream was on the wheels of steel introducing the Universal Sounds crew:

The Line Up:

Spee*D - "And every time I grab the mic I rip it lovely"

MJB - "If you didn't know Matt's flow is slick like chicken fat"

T-Booth - "I don't bust caps but I bust rhymes that spread like butter"

Mayhem - "This mission is splitting competition like fission"

Moosie Moe - "Fools that pack get smoked like bowls"

J.O.B. - "Some call me Big Rob and others call me Bubba"

ENS - "I'm a man with a permanent tan"

Then Claw almost made it on before we experienced technical difficulties.

Get your grub from the Pub

Freestyle Friday

Example featuring Spee*d

Freestyle Friday

Pub Styles

Quad Jam 1997 Intro

INTRODUCING

Rodeo Dance

Pure comedy led by MJB.

Rodeo Dance

Suckas

One of the great posse cuts from the 1994 - 1995 era of Universal Sounds. The Muppets bass line is in the background buried under several smooth samples from the time when soul music actually had soul. Mysterio credits MJB's great record collection which they both dug thru to create several tracks back in the day including this one.

NOTABLE QUOTES:

"No love for the backstabbers - the two faces - the egomaniacs who make tracks/ With aspirations of being on wax" - J.O.B.

"And please I'm hot - not a faker or a taker/ I send those not menthos but I'm the fresh maker" - MJB

"The Dragon slayer walking on the edge of sanity/ And when I reach your town that's a sure fire calamity" - Mayhem

"But the beasts be after me with feathers and tar/ So catch me chilling with Max where the Wild Things Are/ Ayo - suckas be aware of my Raw" - Spee*D

"Suckas they try to step up they get pounded/ They bring the beef so like beef they're grounded" - Claw

"Move swift the gift that's bound to uplift/ My raps stick in your mouth like a spoonful of JIF" - Moosie Moe

Suckas (Original Mix)...

Suckas (Remix) Live 1997

Spee*d Quad Jam 1997 Solo Dancehall

BO! BO! BO!

Boogiemonsters

This track was cooked up by Claw and Spee*D back in the year 1996. A little tale that Spee*D had concocted regarding Boogiemonsters under his bed.

Boogiemonsters

Cosmosis

Two mixes with nine different emcees representing Universal Sounds. Moosie Moe, Claw, E.N.S., Big Vic, MJB, T-Booth, Mayhem, Spee*D and Fred Dogs are all on the Original Recipe Mix.

While Moosie Moe, Claw, E.N.S., MJB, DJ Cream, Aya Da Storm & Spee*D bring up the 1997 remix Live @ Quad Jam.

Notable Quotes from both mixes:

"Running plays by plays by plays by plays by plays/ Emcees are strays like Faye they're Dunaway" - Claw

"Coming crystal clear like an ADAT - who say that??/ Put this fucking tape in your deck, bro and play that" - E.N.S.

"Synapses and dendrites pop like a click of a clip/ Knowledge is the chalice - take a sip" - Spee*D

"Doing this for years - leaving all emcees in tears/ Shining down on them like light but keep it smooth like Barry White" - Big Vic

"What? You thought I'd fall off like a leper?/ Rap without Moose is like salt without the pepper" - Moosie Moe

"So I light up my data operator indicators/ They're closing on the hidden lairs of a traitor" - T-Booth

"I'm not a prophet or a gangster or a superhuman thug/ Not evil, cowardly, wicked or addicted to a drug" - MJB

"I'm DJ Cream and you can tell by the style I use/ I'm crazily superior, no, I never lose" DJ Cream

"Let me get wreck on the mic for a sec/ Representing UNI cause UNI is breaking necks" - Fred Dogs

"I might erupt like Vesuvius - so who wants the dubious/ Distinction of being first for the extinction" - Mayhem

COSMOSIS (original recipe)

COSMOSIS (remix)

F**K You

Spee*D sent this time about a year ago. He had been working up in Chi-town and put this together with a producer friend of his. Over a booming beat with sharp orchestral stabs and playful piano Spee*D brings his wild style with humor and social perspective.

NOTABLE QUOTES:

"Cause things ain't free in this economy/ And even good skins can't feed my family/ Or pay for the degrees that has me owing g's/ To Sally Mae and two Universities" - Spee*D

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Founders Freestyles 1994

Back in Founders during the summer of 1994 many freestyle sessions took place in a smoked filled room. This session features beats by E.N.S., J.O.B., Claw and Mysterio. Emcees featured are E.N.S., Claw, Moosie Moe, T-Booth, J.O.B. with Fred Dogs and Spee*D giving support in the background. All scratches vary from each of the emcees and producers - that's just how we did back then - constant rotation.

Highlights include when T-Booth hits Claw in the head with the microphone and E.N.S. encouraging a reluctant Fred to get on the mic.

Get Free

Green Grass EP

In my opinion this song still stands the test of time right next to Claw's other song "Assassins" but this one hits closer to home. No remixes here (well except for the 2001 revision with Cise on the chorus). Spee*D makes an appearance with Claw at the Bistro while Moosie Moe shows up on the original version.

The production handled by Mysterio included samples from Stevie Wonder, Willie Hutch and the band called Stuff. These samples were dug from records supplied courtesy of MJB back in 1995. The song was imagined by Claw and the musical landscape matched the lyrics in a very soulful way.

ORIGINAL MIX

2001 REMIX