Chubb Rock - The Mind (1997)

....He's the Man, and this album's the sh*t! Look at my top 15 tracks on Last FM, and you will see 4 of these tracks. That shows how good this album is, or how much I like it.

And I'm 2FR for crying out loud.









1. Reputation (feat. KRS-One)
2. I Am What I Am
3. Beef (feat. Das EFX & PMD)
4. Life (feat. Billy Lawrence)
5. The Mind
6. The Man (feat. G-Man)
7. Games We Play
8. I Will Survive
9. Don't Sleep
10. East Vs. West (Remix)
11. Clear The Decks
12. Mr. Rock (feat. Al B. Sure)
13. Party Right (feat. Kya)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BBSD303F

America Is Dying Slowly (1996)

A compilation album created for the awareness of AIDS in the community. There are other Cds , e.g. "Red Hot + ..." that have been made for the same purpose. By the way, if anyone has "Red Hot + Indigo" help me out with that. Most of these songs haven't been released on any other albums except compilations, so this is a good find.

1. "No Rubber, No Backstage Pass" (Biz Markie, Chubb Rock & Prince Paul) – 3:26
2. "The Yearn" (Pete Rock & The Lost Boyz) – 4:33
3. "America" (Wu-Tang Clan) – 5:33
4. "Blood" (Goodie Mob & Big Rube) – 6:04
5. "I Breaks ‘Em Off" (Coolio) – 3:26
6. "Listen To Me Now" (8Ball & MJG) – 5:42
7. "Street Life" (Mobb Deep & ACD) – 4:34
8. "Games" (Money Boss Players) – 2:39
9. "Check Ya Self" (Spice 1, Celly Cel, 187-Fac, Ant Banks & Gangsta P) – 6:09
10. "Lately I’ve Been Thinking" (Common & Sean Lett) – 3:10
11. "Decisions" (Organized Konfusion) – 3:53
12. "The Hustle" (De La Soul & Da Beatminerz) – 3:53
13. "What I Represent" (O.C. & Buckwild) – 4:26
14. "Stay Away From The Nasty Hoes" (Sadat X, Fat Joe & Diamond D) – 3:35
15. "Sport That Raincoat" (Domino) – 3:47
16. "Suckas P.H." (Mac Mall) – 4:25

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q3BRNQX7

Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land - Goin Down South (1970)

This is NOT an album, but the first song from this collabo album. I love this opening track. The piano pattern is lovely.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/14629722848fbaee/

2FR - The Long Week EP (2008)

I don't know who this dude is. Sounds like he is on the come up. Regardless, madd people be telling me how dope this dude is on the beats. I took a listen, and....wow. You have to hear this. The eccentric use of samples and combination of new sounds and boom bap rhythm makes this a near timeless collection of work. In an interview recently, 2FR has claimed that "this is the result of about 2 years of trying to find my individual style of beatmaking. [I have] been copying dilla style here, Pete Rock here, Premo here, and I think I have finally come up with the new equation for music."

1. Nu Style (feat. Nerolectric)
2. I'd Like Ta Introduce (feat. Beastie Boys)
3. Interlude
4. Effortless Rhyming (feat. TreaZon)
5. Immersedinit (feat. Del The Funky Homosapien)
6. Reality Strikes (feat. Nas)
7. Couldnt Make Impressions (feat. Fate L)
8. Do What's On Your Mind (Remix feat. TreaZon)
9. Interlude
10. 1000 Years

http://www.mediafire.com/?q6szarimaix

My Favorite Albums Part Four

I'm not even going to drop the picture. I'm not even going to describe the album because you really shouldn't need a tour guide for this album. Besides, I could make 8 million different ones for this album, because this wins as my favorite easily. I won't drop a link, not a tracklist, not a picture. Oh my God, you all should know good and well about this album and how good it is, so I'll just call it that & keep it rollin. I only made this one blog so you know that the album is one of my favorites.

Peace Y'all. God Lives Through.

Truth Enola - 6 O'Clock Straight (2004)

---->>>> That "Stakes Is High" album?
Same guy.

Its a good-vibe type of album. features from De La Soul, Phife, and many more.

1. Intro (produced by The Are)
2. Take You To A Place (produced by T The Beat Specialist and Mr. Naso)
3. All Alone (produced by Geology)
4. Lighters Up (feat. Dragon) (produced by Celph Titled)
5. Aint Changed (produced by Kutmasta Kurt)
6. No Way No How (produced by The Are)
7. How Its Gonna Be (feat. Phife Dawg) (produced by Da Beatminerz)
8. I’m Sorry (feat. Charlise) (produced by Joe Blast)
9. Skit
10. I Need To Know (produced by The Are)
11. Throw It Down (produced by Geology)
12. Crazy (produced by Fusion Unltd.)
13. Skit
14. Exactly (produced by De La Soul)
15. Honey Love (produced by The Are)
16. Here I Am (produced by Celph Titled)
17. Know My Name (produced by T. The Beat Specialist & Mr. Naso)
18. What Do I Do (produced by The Are)
19. Voicetress (feat. De La Soul) (produced by DJ Spinna & Joc Maxx)
20. Everything Gonna Be Alright (produced by Yuseff Harris)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i4msfpvyadl

Raashan Ahmad - The Push (2008)

YES! I FINALLY BEAT HEAPS TO SOMETHING...I THINK?!

If you don't know who Raashan Ahmad Is, He is the MC of the Hip-Hop Band, Crown City Rockers.

Ohh Now you Know, Right?



01. Hello
02. If I
03. The Crush
04. Close
05. Give Thanks
06. Get Funky
07. Heavenbound
08. Shining
09. The Pressure
10. Fight
11. Here We Go
12. Ready
13. Yusef
14. Cancer
15. Cool Down
16. Peace

http://www.mediafire.com/?a9qfmxe0c5c

Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)

I LOVE THIS ALBUM. Although I have only heard Queen's first three albums, this is my favorite of the 3. Most of the tracks have that early 90s lowpass filter for a bassline thing going on, and usually production techniques that run throughout most of an album turn me away from it (which is why I can never listen to "Mecca & The Soul Brother" straight through, there's a sax on every track except "Lots of Lovin"). However, I don't care with this album.

1. "Black Hand Side" – 3:22
2. "Listen 2 Me" – 4:43
3. "I Can't Understand" – 3:50
4. "Rough" (feat. Treach, Heavy D & KRS-One) – 5:04
5. "The D.J.'s" – 1:38
6. "Bring tha Flava" – 3:25
7. "Coochie Bang..." (feat. Treach) – 3:46
8. "Superstar" – 3:56
9. "No Work" – 2:51
10. "Just a Flow (Interlude)" – 1:30
11. "Just Another Day" – 4:29
12. "U.N.I.T.Y."" – 4:11
13. "Weekend Love" (feat. Tony Rebel) – 4:09
14. "Mood Is Right" – 3:30
15. "Winki's Theme" – 5:29

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQHPKDQT

My Favorite Albums Part Three

Just when you thought it was done, it's time for....


2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!




It's sort of funny when you think about the sound of this album. On the single from the last one, a member said "the days of the breaks are just about over." I think of this album as the end of the "breaks age" and I have a feeling that was the intent. Bringing that style of sampling to 1996, a year when it wasn't really used as often (I'm talking about drum breaks by the way) truly made it different from any other album that was out at the time. Shout out to Tim Latham for the mixdown. The group comes lyrically more in depth than they probably ever had, and maybe until this point, ever would've. These guys were just about 2nd from tribe as my favorite group until this came out...Now they get #2 behind the roots haha.



I mean, what is there that I have to say? The "Bad Boy" parody was spot on...and still a good song haha, and aside from that, the theme runs all the way through the album so subtlely unlike many other groups who sound like they're trying too hard. It's just an overlooked masterpiece.

1	Intro
2	Supa Emcees
3	The Bizness feat. Common
4	Wonce Again Long Island
5	Dinninit
6	Brakes
7	Dog Eat Dog
8	Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby
9	Long Island Degrees
10	Betta Listen
11	Itzsoweezee
12	4 More feat. Zhane
13	Big Brother Beat feat. Mos Def
14	Down Syndrome
15	Pony Ride feat. Truth Enola
16	Stakes Is High
17	Sunshine

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=qr2f4jew


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2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!

Nerolectric - Fall From Grace (2008)

Y'all better get it right. This album is crystal meth in a can.



1. Late Night Boarding
2. TROY
3. Birthday Punches!
4. React
5. Interlude
6. Electrique
7. Wish Trance
8. Gravity
9. Subdivision
10. Sounds Alive to Me
11. Memories [Bonus]


http://mint45.com/waveclub/fallfromgrace

3 YZ Albums

Sons Of The Father (1990)
EP (1991)
The Ghetto's Been Good To Me (1993)



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W9PEDNZY


Yea, that's it.

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)

"Make You Feel That Way" is one of my favorite hip hop songs of all time, especially that last verse.







All up in her vibe something coming over me
Summer days more likely that you notice breezes
Winter days more likely that you notice heat
When I'm gone more likely that you notice me
In the dark it's more likely that you notice light
In the light more likely that you notice night
Hungry more appreciation for that meal
Dead broke more appreciation for that skrill
A bad day'll make you really notice ones that's good
And that'll make things a little better understood
Times I feel I wanna shout, man it's real that way
When I think of things that make you feel that way

Yea..that's all i really have to say. Just get the album.

1. "Introduction: Bow and Fire" – 1:06
2. "Blazing Arrow" – 2:40
3. "Sky Is Falling" – 2:26
4. "First In Flight" (feat. Gil Scott-Heron) – 4:32
5. "Green Light: Now Begin" – 3:12
6. "4000 Miles" (feat. Chali 2na & Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 4:35
   
7. "Nowhere Fast" – 6:41
8. "Paragraph President" – 5:09
9. "It's Going Down" (feat. Lateef the Truth Speaker & Keke Wyatt) – 3:44
10. "Make You Feel That Way" – 3:26
11. "Brain Washers" (feat. Ben Harper) – 6:22
12. "Chemical Calisthenics" – 3:21
13. "Aural Pleasure" (feat. Jaguar Wright) – 4:47
14. "Passion" (feat. Rakaa & DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples) – 3:54
15. "Purest Love" – 4:03
16. "Release (Part 1, 2 & 3)" (feat. Zack de la Rocha (Part 1), Saul Williams (Part 2), Lyrics Born and Sela Kerr (Part 3) ) – 9:26
17. "Day One" – 4:52

http://www.zshare.net/download/1664708091255e40/

DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent (2002) + One More Track

A lot of people went on about "Return of the Magnificent" without really giving this first LP a chance, or even worse, not knowing about it at all. It sounds much different from the "Return," mainly because Kev Brown produced 7 tracks (im not 100% sure, but knowing Kev's style, I'm gonna guess the bolded ones below are the ones he made) and others like ?uesto and Masters At Work get theirs in too. Jeff still gets his in every so often, using ever so familiar samples that make you reminisce on hip-hop earlier days rather than think you already heard this record before. Would I go as far as saying its better than the 2nd? ...Yes, I'll say it.

1. "Da Ntro" (feat. Pauly Yamz & Baby Blak)
2. "Shake It Off" (feat. Chef Word)
3. "For Da Love of Da Game" (feat. Baby Blak & Pauly Yamz)
4. "Break It Down" (feat. J-Live)
5. "How I Do" (feat. Shawn Stockman & Cy Young)
6. "Worldwide" (feat. Baby Blak & Pauly Yamz)
7. "Musik Lounge" (feat. Oddisee)
8. "Rock Wit U" (feat. Erro Roberson)
9. "Travelz" (feat. Baby Blak & Crushall)
10. "Scram" (feat. Freddie Foxxx)
11. "My Peoples" (feat. Raheem DeVaughn)
12. "Know Ur Hood" (feat. Chef Word & Pauly Yamz)
13. "Love Saviour" (feat. Flo Brown & Raheem DeVaughn)
14. "Mystery Man" (feat. The Last Emperor)
15. "We Are" (feat. Cy Young & Raheem DeVaughn)
16. "Charmed Life" (feat. J-Live)
17. "We Live In Philly" (feat. Jill Scott)
18. "In Time" (feat. V)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TC6MJ39L

HOLD ON! I gots another gem for ya. I gots a Slum Village-Jeff collab that I guess didnt make the album cut, called "Are You Ready"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/165708924fea88dc/

J Dilla - The Shining (2006)

Although this didnt make the list of...


2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!




This is definetly a contender for a top 10. This album is an inredibly short journey through J Dilla's career...well, minus the Tribe stuff (and if it was in chronological order it wouldve been a little bit better). However that doesnt take away how nasty this album is. It's got a strange introduction though, but I have a feeling that was how it was intended to be.






1. "Geek Down" (feat. Busta Rhymes)
2. "E=MC2" (feat. Common)
3. "Love Jones"
4. "Love" (feat. Pharoahe Monch)
5. "Baby" (feat. Madlib & Guilty Simpson)
6. "So Far to Go" (feat. Common & D'Angelo)
7. "Jungle Love" (feat. MED & Guilty Simpson)
8. "Over The Breaks"
9. "Body Movin’" (feat. J. Rocc & Karriem Riggins)
10. "Dime Piece (Remix)" (feat. Dwele)
11. "Love Movin’" (feat. Black Thought)
12. "Won't Do"

http://www.zshare.net/download/16568835bb59f91e/

The Philadelpha Experiment (2001)

Article from Wikipedia:

The Philadelphia Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Uri Caine (keyboards), ?uestlove (drums) and Christian McBride (bass). Guest musicians include Pat Martino (electric guitar), Jon Swana (trumpet) and Larry Gold (cello and arrangement).


Yea you couldnt've guessed that was BROther Q?

1. Philadelphia Experiment
2. Grover
3. Lesson #4
4. Call For All Demons
5. Trouble Man Theme
6. Ain't It The Truth
7. IIe Ife
8. The Miles Hit
9. (Re)Moved
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. Mister Magic

http://rapidshare.com/files/120523097/The_Philadelphia_Experiment.zip.html

My Favorite Albums Part Two

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2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!



The second album in the series would probably be at the bottom of the top 5 if listed in order. However, thats terribly high comparing to the other countless albums i have on this hard drive. As many times as this producer reframed hip hop beats in his earlier work, this to me was his shining moment in his career...Oh yea, them other two dudes were cool too.

Yea...this was almost obvious. But anyway, not much gets me happier than eccentricity that doesnt blow over my head, artistic value that is understood by the nigga and the master teacher (I Stay Woke). Slum Village's debut "Fantastic, Vol. 2" (Volume one wasnt released until 2005) does that just about perfectly. I could go on and on on the album's flawless production, but Dilla has enough people to do that for me. Yes, that takes away from the core of why I like this album, but hey...so?

'Tin n dem ( (c) Reunion on "Detroit Deli" ) also do a good job on the microphone. There is no need for them to go on lyrical escapades on serious situations going on when it was recorded in 1998. This is a party album for people who can't dance! It's all about the groove, and the trio understand and fully acknowledge that using an upfront style that wouldnt work on beats from "Illadelph Halflife." I mean, they did a song about threesomes, but any woman who understands the idea of this album wouldnt dare say its derogatory ('cause you know when it comes to rap, people throw that word around like a frisby) Props to these dudes for understanding that hip-hop is suppose to rock the house and your mind as well.

1. "Intro" – 1:25
2. "Conant Gardens" – 3:04
3. "I Don't Know" (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff) – 2:25
4. "Jealousy" – 4:05
5. "Climax" – 3:31
6. "Hold Tight" (feat. Q-Tip) – 3:12
7. "Tell Me" (feat. D'Angelo) – 4:37
8. "What It's All About" (feat. Busta Rhymes) – 3:36
9. "Forth and Back" (feat. Kurupt) – 4:26
10. "Untitled/Fantastic" – 3:54
11. "Fall N Love" - 3:47
12. "Get Dis Money" – 3:31
13. "Raise It Up" – 4:27
14. "Once Upon a Time" (feat. Pete Rock) – 5:54
15. "Players" – 2:26
16. "Eyes Up" – 4:22
17. "2U 4U" – 3:08
18. "CB4" – 3:45
19. "Go Ladies" – 4:43
20. "Thelonius" (feat. Common) – 4:29

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T8G2P21L


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2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!

My Favorite Albums Part One

Welcome to a new series entitled....

2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!



This is a five part series on...my five favorite albums. Most of these are here because of the supersonic quality, it's frequency. It sounds like no other before or after, and if anyone tried to replay these frequencies, they will get the backhand. Here is the first album.

Madlib is a genius on his own. The Lootpack album "Soundpieces: Da Antidote" is insane, Madvillainy is a classic, and Champion Sound was intense. However, history has shown that drugs seem to intensify a genius' creativity. George Clinton and Funkadelic were tripping on acid when they recorded "Free Your Mind..." and Madlib, while being on a mushroom binge for a week, made the first album in this series.

Madlib's alter ego, "Quasimoto" was inspired by some funk record I can't remember...so whatever then. What matters is that "The Unseen," released in 2000, is a hard hitter in my opinion. This album is mostly characterized by its eccentric, bass heavy production and mostly down-to-earth fun lyrics. The whole album just flows together with tons of sampled jazz records. There are some crazy songs on here. "Basic Instinct," "Astro Black," "Boom Music," "Microphone Mathematics"...

I'm sorry, I was about to start listing my favorite songs off that album, but i realized i was going to go through the whole album, so instead here is the tracklist & a zshare link.

1. "Welcome to Violence" – 0:49
2. "Bad Character" – 1:56
3. "Microphone Mathematics" – 3:14
4. "Basic Instinct" – 2:10
5. "Goodmorning Sunshine" – 2:57
6. "Discipline 99, Pt. 0 (featuring Mr. Herb)" – 2:32
7. "Low Class Conspiracy" – 2:26
8. "Return of the Loop Digga" – 3:46
9. "Real Eyes" – 3:22
10. "Come on Feet" – 3:35
11. "Bluffin" – 2:47
12. "Boom Music" – 2:47
13. "MHBs" – 2:02
14. "Put a Curse on You" – 1:46
15. "Astro Black" – 3:17
16. "Green Power" – 2:59
17. "Jazz Cats, Pt. 1" – 2:43
18. "24-7 (featuring Medaphoar)" – 2:48
19. "The Unseen" – 2:53
20. "Phony Game" – 1:56
21. "Astro Travellin" – 2:58
22. "Blitz" – 1:16
23. "Axe Puzzles" – 2:34
24. "Discipline 99, Pt. 1 (featuring Wildchild)" – 3:36

http://www.zshare.net/download/16516198a312ecea/

Listen, have fun, and see you next time on the next episode of...



2FR's FAVORITE ALBUMS!

Jay Dee Remix EP (199?, '99 Is My Guess)

Remixes to multiple songs that didnt exactly have bad beats to begin with. The D'angelo joint it one of my top 5 played songs on mediamonkey, so there's that. If you have the "Library of a Legend" collection, you have all the remixes except 2 busta rhymes remixes, "Woo Hah" (yes, Dilla did a 3rd remix) and "Abandon Ship" which for reasons unknown is cut short.

http://www.zshare.net/download/161312754ea60b47/

By the way, if anyone has the DJ Scratch remix to "Woo Hah" now's a good time to up that for me. Thanks

Da Youngsta's - Mad Props Remix (1994)

I was thinking about what other K-Def productions I had and "Mad Props" came to mind. Definetly one ill beat (although I do look at things technically, and its not as perfected as the Renown joint). Matter of fact, here is a video of Damu The Fudgemunk remaking Mad Props.



But ohhhhhh, i won't bring you that. Nah, too easy. I got the remix of said joint, which in my opinion is not only 20x better, but has better lyrics, and stands with the Pete Rock/Premo/Green Eyed Bandit style beats that were dominant in the 90s. I do not know if K-Def produced this one, but who cares? With lines like "I'm real, and nothing can change that. I've paid so many dues, that I'm bound to get change back" It's hot nonetheless.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/165114052d207f1e/

World Renown - How Nice I Am (1995) Single

Shout out to K-Def, hooking these guys up with a serious gem for a beat. This is probably going to be one of my favorite tracks in hip hop. The rappers on here aren't the most lyrical. However, music is not who could spit the hardest on a certain beat, and this song holds much more artistic value than lyrical, which makes it held on a level much less understood. I don't need to tell you where the hook comes from, but just vibe with it. I also have the instrumental if anyone is looking for that.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/16510468879fb1b4/

Da Grassroots - Passage Through Time (1999)

Just as weed is the gateway drug is to other drugs, "Passage Through Time" should be the gateway album to other work by these artists and many others. Da Grassroots are a "genuine-vinyl" sounding production team from, if I'm correct, Toronto, so expect other Canadian rappers on this album.

If you download this from any other link aside from this one, you may get an incorrect tracklisting (by that i mean the songs are titled wrong). I'm not sure if the record label it to fault, if the songs were intentionally named wrong, someone on the internet f'd it up or whatever, but i do believe the listing i have is correct. This album is a definitely one of those "slept on" works of art, even after almost a decade, and it's a shame. My favorites are "Eternal," "Revival (Three Rhyme Superstars)" and "Drama."

1. Intro
2. Spears of Ice
3. Thematics
4. Eternal
5. Precious Metals
6. Kenny's Query
7. Last Days
8. Price of Livin'
9. Pylar Sanchez
10. Intermission
11. Informercial
12. Postal Work
13. Body Language
14. The Approach
15. Black Dove
16. Kenny's Theme
17. Melancholy Blue
18. Political Proverbs
19. A Mother's Love
20. Born II Roam
21. Revival (Three Rhyme Superstars)
22. Outro
23. Drama
24. Living Underwater

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MOUWZLXG