DRUMS OF DEATH IN OUTER SPACE

by C-Town on October 31st, 2006

Unkle is a British group of DJ’s that really made a name for themselves when Trip-Hop started to get big in the late 90’s. Their blending of hip-hop and really crazy sound effects were unlike anything ever heard at the time. Formed in 1994, Unkle has worked with a slew of artists including Kool G. Rap, Badly Drawn Boy, and Mike D from the Beastie Boys. In 1998 DJ Shadow joined the group and they released “Psyence Fiction” which really catapulted them into the spotlight. Filled with frantic rhythms and “Drums of Death”, this album is a journey through time and space. DJ Shadow has since left Unkle but they still continue to make music.

Here’s a video from Unkle:

1. Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death Pt. 1)
2. Unkle Main Title Theme
3. Bloodstain
4. Unreal
5. Lonely Soul
6. Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management
7. Nursery Rhyme/Breather
8. Celestial Annihilation
9. The Knock (Drums Of Death Pt. 2)
10. Chaos
11. Rabbit In Your Headlights
12. Untitled

http://www.sendspace.com/file/z2h5zb

Check out Unkle on the net:
www.unkle.com/

Turbo City Feminists…

by C-Town on October 31st, 2006

I have been accused of being a misogynist on occasion, but that’s asinine. Everyone knows I love these hoes… Ladies, ladies… please, please… just a joke, seen? Nah, but for real, there is nothing more beautiful than an aesthetically pleasing, well-read, witty, strong-willed, young lady (or old lady-eight to eighty, dumb, crippled and crazy) with glasses. Those of us fortunate enough to have been in love will know there is nothing like the reciprocal love that comes from your lady. With the right one, there is nothing that a man can’t accomplish. That is until, at least, we men somehow fuck the whole affair up as we frequently do… rather as I usually do.

This being said, I am a fan of female artists. I am intrigued with their viewpoint which is usually the antithesis of my logical, Vulcan-esque, cynical view of events. I am referring to those women that represent women’s thoughts; ladies along the lines of Jean Grae, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Patti LaBelle and Minnie Ripperton fit this mold. I am not revering those ladies that choose to satisfy the male gaze. I can do that well enough my own damn self. I’m trying to get inside these ladies… minds, that is.

Henceforth, I present you all to two songstresses that I personally love. Real Rhythm and Blues, not that [crocker] Rap n’ bullshit…

Alice Smith is a young lady raised between the DC errea and Augusta, Georgia. She now resides in New York City and has hit the music scene with hella critical acclaim. Possessing a four-octave voice that is fantastic, she sings with what I like to consider mad balls (or would it be mad ovaries?). Not only that, she’s smart… graduated from Fordham University. Hell yeah!!! Influenced from Go-Go, Country, Classic Rock, R&B, Blues, Jazz and Gospel music, all of which you can hear bits of in her debut album For Lovers, Dreamers and Me (Rock on Kermie). Check it…

Secondly, an album that has been out since 2003 in Europe, but got no run over here in the states. Stephanie McKay is a Bronx-born and bred lady who somehow was able to work with Geoff Barrow from Portishead and one of the dudes from Earthling, Tim Saul. What follows is some serious banging music that dudes can get down with just as easily as the ladies since she ain’t talking about mooching off of us like a leech or a flea. Strong woman indeed. I have passed this cd, McKay, on to my family, women, ex-women and homies alike… everyone loves it. You will too. And if not, your taste sucks and your opinion is wrong.

GIRL POWER!!!!!!!!

by C-Town on October 31st, 2006

This may seem hard to believe but I’m a big fan of girl power. I’m not talking about that fake ass Britney Spears crap but real girl power. For some reason I like to watch girls kick ass. I used to watch G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) religiously and eventually graduated to comic books (Tank Girl) and chick flicks (La Femme Nikita). Even though I consider myself a strong dude, I was always intrigued by strong females that could hold their own in a so-called “man’s world”. Besides kicking ass in the movies, I like to see women represent music wise too. I’ve long been a collector of female music artists and love to see a tight female MC or a melt your face, hard rockin’ chick band…as long as they’re good. So, I made this post to support all the real females out there, but remember…you may be the Queen but I’m the got-damn King. Well, I gotta bounce…Xena Warrior Princess is about to come on.

Drain STH: 4 Hard rockin’ chicks from Sweden who dropped 3 albums in the mid to late 90’s…heavy metal with a melodic twist. Too bad they broke up in 2000.

1. I Don’t Mind
2. Smile
3. Serve The Shame
4. Mirror’s Eyes
5. Someone
6. Crucified
7. Stench
8. Crack The Liar’s Smile
9. Klotera
10. Mind Over Body
11. Unforgiving Hours
12. Unreal

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HOCBU6LR

Jean Grae: Reppin’NYC by way of Cape Town, South Africa, this MC has no equal. As Fierce as any dude, her rhymes make her one of the best in the rap game. Male or female. She also just happens to be my future ex-wife.

01 Sinista
02 Jean Grae (feat. Phil Da Agony)
03 Monsters (feat. DP)
04 Jean Grae Freestyle
05 2nd Chance
06 So Smooth (feat. Planet Asia)
07 It Don’t Matter (feat. 2Mex)
08 A Way With Words (feat. DP)
09 Nahmean Nahmsayin
10 Style Wars (feat Block McCloud)
11 Black Girl Pain (feat. Talib Kweli)
12 The Generals
13 Getting Fuck’d Up
14 The Beginning (feat. Killah Priest/Brooklyn Academy)
15 The Wall
16 Nuttin’s Real (feat. Block McCloud)
17 No’Mo (Bonus Track)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=77FBNMSR

Check out Jean Grae on the net:
http://www.jean-grae.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jeangrae

Sia: The voice behind Zero7. Beautiful with a voice that can blow you away. Takes Trip-Hop to a whole new level.

1. Fear
2. Drink to Get Drunk
3. Taken for Granted
4. Blow It All Away
5. Get Me
6. I’m Not Important to You
7. Sober and Unkissed
8. Healing Is Difficult
9. Judge Me
10. Little Man
11. Insidiously

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CUJMBWN0

Check out Sia on the net:
http://www.siamusic.net/
http://www.myspace.com/siamusic

Y’all Ain’t Jammin’…

by C-Town on October 30th, 2006

Fuck Bob Marley. Hell yeah. I said it. Bold, right? Now allow me to explain such a supposedly blasphemous statement. I am like everyone else and I have distinctive memories of my mother cleaning the house to the sweet sounds of Bob Marley’s greatest hits on the “Legend” album. He had a great voice and a great message, however please do not be fooled and forget that the fact that he was considered to be more accessible to mainstream America (which always means Anglos) due to his lighter, redbone hued skin. That whole field slave, house slave thing? You guys know…

The reason I say fuck Bob Marley is that his popularity has created a world in which it is perfectly acceptable to ignore his contemporaries, who in most cases made better music than him. American reggae aficionados, like most things in this country of dichotomy, are split between two factions. The first faction, usually comprised of whites, are those that do enjoy the sounds of the old dub and roots selections, but only know Bob Marley. A typical conversation would go as such: Chad says, “You like reggae music, huh?” The average college white boy with flip-flops retorts, “Fucking-A right dude! Bob is the man! Fucking righteous!” They enjoy the old school sound, but don’t have the necessary research skills or the ambition to learn more about the genre. Sort of like the white kids that never heard Hip-Hop music before Eminem, but somehow they are well-versed in the music and consider Eminem, or some other white rapper to be the best rapper of all time.

The second faction is comprised mainly of black folks. This is even more pathetic to me because there are so many of us that do not know of the synergy that exists between the music of Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Being victims of slavery, we all got rapaciously relocated, and even though the music of these respective places are different, the African influence remains a constant. It is beautiful to hear the emphasis upon the drum and bass present in Reggae, Hip-Hop and Lagos funk and it is even more beautiful that the music survived the effects of colonialism. It just seems that black folks’ appreciation of the music from times past is waning. I mean, if these kids nowadays don’t even know who Rakim is, or even worse, think that Method Man is merely an actor, that says volumes towards their ignorance of their own beloved Hip-Hop music. If they don’t know shit about Hip-Hop, why in the hell would they know anything about reggae? Considering that all of the clubs and the clear Channel networks are controlled by the tastes of middle school girls or grown women that somehow listen to the same music as these middle school girls, the only reggae that gets heard nowadays is Dancehall. Now Dancehall is fine, but the level of rhythm and instrumentation is not there like it was with the old dub and roots music. A typical conversion with someone from this faction would go something as follows: Chad says, “You like Reggae music, huh?” The average club-hopping, rug-cutting black woman who is in debt but somehow still at the club retorts, “Fuck yeah! I love Sean Paul and Elephant man!” Which is cool, but what happened to the love for that old school shit?

So here’s a primer… Not at all an exhaustive introduction, but rather a few tips that should lead people towards a more enlightened path when dealing with that good shit from Jamaica…

Lee “Scratch” Perry. Get acquainted with arguably the best reggae producer ever. Perry even used to produce for Bob Marley before he became the Reggae apotheosis. The man is certifiably crazy however, and a lot of times you can hear it in his music. Imagine a dude with the futuristic musical sight of the RZA in his prime, combined with the lunacy of a Kool Keith or an Ol’ Dirty Bastard; only a little more schizophrenic. His studio, the Black Ark, was considered illustrious along with King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi sound system and Sir Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One. Lee “Scratch” was extremely prolific in the 1970s, and created most of his best recordings in the Black Ark. The Black Ark reflected Perry’s battles with sanity, and it was not uncommon to see vials of urine in bottles in the recording area, incomprehensible graffiti written by Perry himself, or master dub plates that had been buried in the earth to achieve a certain spiritual presence or sound. Yeah, dude is nuts, but still a super-genius like Wile E. Coyote.

The first thing to listen to by Perry is his classic album he made with the Congos, Heart of the Congos. Most would say Super Ape, which is also excellent, but I included this to mix it up a bit, seen? Here you will hear how Perry can bring out the best in an artist’s vocals and performances all the while leaving his mark as a producer without overpowering the artists’ message and bringing too much of that schizophrenia into the building.

After that, bump one of his Upsetters albums, this one being Kung-Fu meets the Upsetter. This one should definitely please as you will see more of the lucid production that the man is known for over a loosely knit Kung-Fu theme. Great shit. Lee “Scratch” Perry is still alive and tours quite frequently, so it may be very possible for folks to catch the soi-disant madman in his element.

Contrary to Diddy’s claim, he did not invent the remix. The man responsible for that would be King Tubby. King Tubby was a radio repairman that was able to make his own superior sound systems and effects modules due to his technological expertise. He was commissioned by Duke Reid to create instrumental “versions” for tracks that had been laid down by one of the fine bands such as the Upsetters or the Roots Radics. He would bring up the drums and the bass lines so that these now became the focal parts of the composition. He would then intermittently reintroduce the vocals, guitars, horns and other instruments throughout the song usually coupled with some reverb or effect on it that King Tubby made himself. His sound could not be duplicated since most of his equipment was either created or tweaked by him. This atmospheric instrumental “version” that the toasters like U-Roy or Ranking Dread could MC over became known as “Dub”, or at least so the story goes. Most of King Tubby’s recordings are incredible. This gem I’m dropping on y’all is a dub album that features Harry Mudie on the violin. This may be one of the few instances that you will hear the violin in the confines of Reggae music and it is every bit worth the download. Here is Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s in Dub Conference, Vol. 1 for your listening pleasure. King Tubby was murdered in 1989 outside of his studio in what is believed to have been a random robbery. They always kill the good ones.

King Tubby had a 17 year old protégé that went by the moniker Scientist. He became the successor to King Tubby’s dub throne. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and made some ridiculously heavy dub albums that always featured some great comic book cover art. Those that played Grand Theft Auto III may remember the tracks on K-Jah. That was actually Scientist’s Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires. I have yet to hear a bad Scientist album, but I will hip y’all to one of his best, Scientist Wins the World Cup. An excellent introduction to Dub presented by one of the best knob-turners on the island of Jamaica.

We will end this Reggae primer with an album that was unearthed a few years ago, but originally recorded sometime in the 1970s. Cedric Im Brooks was considered to be the Saxophone player of Jamaica. He was able to round up enough players to create this masterpiece of an album with his group the Light of Saba. What you will hear on this album is farther ranging than most reggae and he manages to touch on Ska, Dub, Roots with more of an African influence and even at times flipping something that seems like Disco. This may be the best album up here. You be the judge. Cedric Im Brooks and the Light of Saba could be the stranded island Reggae album you have been waiting to hear all of your life…

Hopefully this will hit the colleges so that we don’t all have to hear “We Jammin’” for the 461st time while tapping that keg of Natty Ice, seen?

Turntables Might Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down!

by C-Town on October 30th, 2006

DJ-YODA - Wheels

DJ-YODA- THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF

Song Title
1. Intro
2. He’s A Nutbag
3. Wheels
4. Fertilizer
5. Breakfast Cereal (Featuring Biz Markie)
6. Yoda In Reverse
7. Playin’ Around (Featuring Jungle Brothers)
8. Cuban Brothers FM
9. Let’s Get Old (Featuring Princess Superstar)
10. Fiddy
11. Holdin’ Down The Block (Featuring Andy Cooper Of Ugly Duckling)
12. Haunted House (Featuring Biz Markie)
13. Bargain Hunters
14. Chatterbox (Featuring Sway)
15. Tip-Toe
16. Luke’s Advice
17. The Brush-Off (Featuring Aspects)
18. The Zipper Scratch
19. Fresh Fly Fellas (Featuring Apathy, Kwest & Celph Titled)
20. Duellin’ Banjos
21. Salaam (Featuring MC Paul Barman)
22. Just Practicing
23. Pussy Cat (Featuring Mr David Viner)
24. Muted Cartoons (Featuring Akinyele)

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=21ce6aa7c51ef16583c207fec2f4275f

Check Out The Artist On The net:
www.djyoda.co.uk

MIX MASTER MIKE

MIX MASTER MIKE-ANTI THEFT DEVICE

1. Ultra Intro
2. Ill Shit
3. Unidentifried
4. Supa Wyde Laces
5. Billie Klubb
6. Sektor One
7. Rebel Enforcer
8. Sektor Two
9. Jack Knyfe
10. Radiation
11. Sektor Three
12. Well Wicked
13. Deeportashun
14. All Pro Listen
15. Vyce Grypp
16. Gang Tackle
17. Sektor Four
18. Anti-Theft Device
19. An Astronaut
20. Mean Dirty Killer
http://rapidshare.de/files/31849323/Mix_Master_Mike_-_Anti-Theft_Device.rar

Check Out The Artist On The Net:
www.mixmastermike.com

HARLEM RIVER DRIVE

by C-Town on October 30th, 2006

Roy Ayers performing “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” live:

1. Cut The Cake - Average White Band
2. Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers
3. Mister Magic - Grover Washington Jr.
4. Always There - Ronnie Laws & Pressure
5. Black Byrd - Donald Byrd
6. All About The Heaven - The Brothers Johnson
7. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
8. Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey
9. Razzmatazz - Quincy Jones/Patti Austin
10. Quadrant 4 - Billy Cobham
11. Pass The Plate - The Crusaders

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UW1WP3OT

GET THE BOZAK

by C-Town on October 30th, 2006

In honor of one of the greatest groups of all time

Heres the video for “The Big Payback”

1. So Wat Cha Sayin’
2. Total Kaos
3. Get The Bozack
4. Jane II
5. Please Listen To My Demo
6. It’s Time 2 Party
7. Who’s Booty
8. The Big Payback
9. Strictly Snappin’ Necks
10. Knick Knack Patty Wack
11. You Had Too Much To Drink
12. It Wasn’t Me, It Was The Fame

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HUVZJ1F3

RECYCLE THE BLACK DOLLAR

by C-Town on October 29th, 2006

1. Intro “Floetry”
2. X.O. Wit Me
3. Set Trippin’
4. Promise Me
5. Be About You Bizniz
6. Clinic Niggaz
7. Soliciting
8. Deep Az the Root
9. The Streets
10. Sumner Days
11. L.A. Vibe
12. Worldwide
13. Karma
14. Soul Searching
15. Adventures of…
16. In God We Trust

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=629Z391S

1. Rich Thugs
2. Black Mob
3. Marvin
4. Three Strikes
5. Recycle The Black Dollar
6. Respect
7. Pawns
8. Thug In Your Life
9. Smoke
10. Rich Thugs Movement
11. A.T.L. True
12. It Ain’t Where You From
13. The Money
14. Sax
15. P.I.M.P.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B3WWO9FH

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IT’S MY DAMN BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

by C-Town on October 28th, 2006

So I’m dropping some DJ Cam

1. I Love Hip Hop
2. Broadcasting Live
3. Success
4. Renegade
5. Inside In A Mind
6. Danger Interlude
7. Raise Up
8. Hardcore Freestyle
9. Brooklyn 1 2
10. Interlude
11. L’Invasion
12. Baron Samedi
13. Pressure

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPEIJEF4

This Year Halloween Fell On The Weekend

by C-Town on October 28th, 2006

Tricky VS The Grave Diggaz- The Hell EP
1. Hell Is Round the Corner [Original Mix]
2. Hell Is Around the Corner [The Hell & Water Mix]
3. Psychosis
4. Tonite Is a Special Nite [Kaos Mass Confusion Mix]

http://d.turboupload.com/de/556025/kf7um8zut0.html

heck Out The Artist On The Net
www.trickyonline.com

TURBO CITY TOP NOTCH OF THE WEEK

by C-Town on October 27th, 2006

Every Friday we will be choosing a Turbo City Top Notch of the Week. These are women from all over the world that are sexy, driven and about their business. If you would like to be considered for Turbo City Top Notch of the Week, shoot an email to clevelanddawg216@yahoo.com

This weeks Top Notch is DJ Eyecandy from the Lone Star State

DJ Eyecandy is a radio personality on 93.1 THE BEAT and FM90 in Amarillo, TX. She’s a fine ass, down to earth female who’s all about her hustle. Check her out on the radio or the net.

http://www.myspace.com/kc_radio_diva

PUT UP, OR SHUT UP

by C-Town on October 27th, 2006

DJ Premier. One of the sickest ever. The Ownerz instrumentals. Nuff said.

1. Put Up or Shut Up
2. Werdz from the Ghetto Child
3. Sabotage
4. Rite Where U Stand
5. Skills
6. Deadly Habitz
7. Nice Girl, Wrong Place
8. Peace of Mine
9. Who Got Gunz
10. Capture (Militia Pt. 3)
11. Playtawin
12. Riot Akt
13. Same Team, No Games
14. In This Life…
15. Ownerz
16. Zonin’
17. Eulogy

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9ITPBGQG

READY TO SERVE TAMMY $50 WORTH OF WHAMMYS

by C-Town on October 27th, 2006

The summer of 1997 was good one indeed. Down South was really starting its take over of rap music and at the time No Limit was the top dog’s with a slew of solid releases. Then came Cash Money, who were mainly known in their region but were making a push to go national. I was introduced to Cash Money Records via the Hot Boys with their debut album “Get It How U Live!!!” As a fan of Beats by the Pound, I thought Down South production couldn’t get much better than that but Manny Fresh proved me wrong. When it comes to the rhymes, I wasn’t impressed at first because I felt that besides Juvie, they all sounded like Souljah Slim. I quickly learned that they all had skills in their own right but in different levels. Juvenile was the top level, B.G. second, Lil’ Wayne third and Turk fourth. The subject content was pretty standard for the time period but they displayed excellent wordplay abilities. Coupled with Manny Fresh’s tight production, “Get It How U Live!!!” quickly became a hood classic. Standout tracks include: “50 Shot’s Set it Off”, “Get it How U Live!!” and “Neighborhood Superstar”.

Here’s a video with Tear Da Club Up Thugs featuring the Hot Boys:

1. Intro
2. We On Fire
3. 50 Shots Set’s It Off
4. On Tha Porch (Part 1)
5. Block Burner
6. Neighborhood Superstar
7. Take It Off Your Shoulder
8. Dirty World
9. I’m A Hot Boy
10. Get It How U Live!!
11. On Tha Porch (Part 2)
12. I’m Com’n
13. Infrared Dot
14. Blood Thicker
15. Spit ‘N Game

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YVZLFS4H

U CAN’T STOP ME

by C-Town on October 27th, 2006

South London DJ’s Basement Jaxx formed in 1994 when they held a weekly club night they dubbed “Rooty”, which would later become the title of their 2001 hit album. I was working at a record store at the time and was sent a promo copy of “Rooty” and just checked it out because the cover looked ill. At first I didn’t know what to think because it was clearly dance music, but it was unlike any club music I had ever heard. Crazy synths layere