Traxman - Criminal Poetry 2013 Tha Lost Hip Hop Mix (Soundcloud, 2013)
Eclectic selection of rap classics from Chicago juke pioneer Traxman. I am fairly certain that this is the first time anyone has ever blended Mystikal “I’m On Fire” into Pete Rock & CL “Escape.”
“Give ‘em totally different beats than you gave me. I usually get the beats that’s throwaway beats, so everybody already done heard those beats. I wanna make sure everybody pass up on the beats. I want the beats nobody wants.”
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This is a thing Future told me when I interviewed him last year that I think about every time he does something amazing, so like every couple of days. (via bodying)
Jay-Z - “Freestyle” / “Coming Of Age” (Live At The Country Club NYC, 1995)
More footage of rapping as culled from Uncle Jessie’s Underground Ruff House show. Memph Bleek is… struggling.
Ol Dirty Bastard & Crazy Sam - “Freestyle” (199?)
What the fuck is happening here? What is that beat? Some unreleased RZA thing? It’s gotta be RZA, right? Crazy Sam is looking at Dirt like wait maybe I don’t deserve this name.
Earl Sweatshirt f/ Tyler The Creator - “Whoa” (Tan Cressida, 2013)
Barring them being buried in the same mass of happy humans on “Oldie,” this is the first proper duet we’ve heard from these two in almost three years. It’s been too long.
Oh yeah there was this too but still it’s nice to hear just the two of them rapping as friends. Remember when everyone on the internet really thought Earl was Tyler’s little brother? Remember when there was some legit mystique to all this shit?
(Source: oddfuture)
Saafir - “Freestyle” (1996)
Forever rapping off beat about rapping off beat but landing on time while landing on time. I’ve never seen this one before.
Cam’ron f/ Wyclef, Big Pun, Charli Baltimore & Silkk The Shocker - “Horse & Carriage (Remix)” (Untertainment, 1998)
Government Names: Ten Screw Tapes
A few people have been asking for a list of the greatest or my favorite Screw tapes as a compendium to my Pitchfork piece from earlier this week. I don’t exactly have the time to do that correctly right now plus to be real my brain is pretty fried on Screw in general. Maybe later down the line though. Until then here is a good primer from the golden age of rap blogging by Dylan K of Government Names. I wholeheartedly cosign every tape I’ve heard on this list.
