Recent Purchases

Marco Polo & Torae- Double Barrel
J-Dilla- Jay Stay Paid
Rhymefest- Blue Collar
Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow (for you, Powell)

Jean Grae-Evil Jeanius
Jean Grae-This Week
Jean Grae-Orchestral Files

City of Men

"I'll sell you my copy if you destroy your copy of VBD"

^ ^People shouldn't destroy copies of VBD. They should build shrines around it and worship it every day. Great music and great MC's...whats else could you ask for?

Shon wrote:

Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow (for you, Powell)

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A. Scott, peep the new Grouch & Eligh now! Even Ex likes it, and he's only into Def Jux...

lol I'm not "only" into def jux, but it's obviously one of my favorite labels in recent years. But yeah G&E is tight, more people should be checking that one.

My most recent purchases are

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (looking to be at least top 3 hip hop albums of the year for me)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Agalloch - The Mantle

Haterex wrote:

wrote:

A. Scott, peep the new Grouch & Eligh now! Even Ex likes it, and he's only into Def Jux...

lol I'm not "only" into def jux, but it's obviously one of my favorite labels in recent years. But yeah G&E is tight, more people should be checking that one.

My most recent purchases are

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (looking to be at least top 3 hip hop albums of the year for me)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Agalloch - The Mantle

Oh, look at that. It's Exzakt.

I need that J Dilla! Best Buy was all out when I went to grab it. May have to order this one. I don't suppose Target has it...

Just scooped up:
O.C -Smoke and Mirrors
Jurassic 5-Quality Control
Isis- Rebel Soul
Sinic Da Great (local artist who works quite a bit with Booda Ty)- Position of Power

Haterex wrote:

wrote:

A. Scott, peep the new Grouch & Eligh now! Even Ex likes it, and he's only into Def Jux...

lol I'm not "only" into def jux, but it's obviously one of my favorite labels in recent years. But yeah G&E is tight, more people should be checking that one.

My most recent purchases are

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (looking to be at least top 3 hip hop albums of the year for me)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Agalloch - The Mantle

lol yeah I know, it was a joke. Just trying to make G & E sound more appealing to A. Scott.

grind88 wrote:

"I'll sell you my copy if you destroy your copy of VBD"

^ ^People shouldn't destroy copies of VBD. They should build shrines around it and worship it every day. Great music and great MC's...whats else could you ask for?

smhhhhh even I'm not big of stan...I ask for more standout songs, which VBD doesn't have.

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A. Scott, peep the new Grouch & Eligh now! Even Ex likes it, and he's only into Def Jux...

That new G&E is on the waiting list. The problem is there is too many cds out there I need to get, and not enough funds to cover.

Y'all might want to check out Sinic Da Great-Poistion of Power. If you request a link in the e-mail, I'll up it, but I must say this. If you like it, please buy it. He's a thug from Ogden, UT. That's right! A thug in Utah.

I bet nobody ever thought they'd hear those two words in the same sentence, lol!
He's not a poser either, he's for real. I met him back in 2005 and bought one of his cds from him personally. You can see a pic of his album cover in amazon.com, but there are no samples.

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grind88 wrote:

"I'll sell you my copy if you destroy your copy of VBD"

^ ^People shouldn't destroy copies of VBD. They should build shrines around it and worship it every day. Great music and great MC's...whats else could you ask for?

smhhhhh even I'm not big of stan...I ask for more standout songs, which VBD doesn't have.

VBD has a bunch of standouts. The whole thing is ill, whatchu smoking on?

The production is good on VBD - the emceeing not so much... were it not for Stoupe's signature Premier style hooks the album would be a complete waste....

Minnesota Hip-Hop Fiend wrote:

Haterex wrote:

wrote:

A. Scott, peep the new Grouch & Eligh now! Even Ex likes it, and he's only into Def Jux...

lol I'm not "only" into def jux, but it's obviously one of my favorite labels in recent years. But yeah G&E is tight, more people should be checking that one.

My most recent purchases are

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (looking to be at least top 3 hip hop albums of the year for me)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

Agalloch - The Mantle

Oh, look at that. It's Exzakt.

I need that J Dilla! Best Buy was all out when I went to grab it. May have to order this one. I don't suppose Target has it...

What's cool about Jay Stay Paid is that it's got something for everyone. Out of the 3 official Dilla albums that have come out since his death, this is miles beyond the other 2. I think with time this could actually be considered one of Dilla's best albums period for a lot of people, really great stuff here.

They need a Jay Stay Paid shirt... I'm diggin the blue designs

I'd buy it

Great album I bought it today.

"The production is good on VBD - the emceeing not so much... were it not for Stoupe's signature Premier style hooks the album would be a complete waste...."

The title pretty much sums up the content and what the lyrics are about. It's all about angry battle raps. I soon became a fan of the delivery and the energi on this album. Vinnie Paz sounds like G Rap to me.

But let's agree to disagree...

im with you 100% Grind

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (dope stuff)
MURS - Murs 3:16

I also downloaded a few free mixtapes from 2dopeboyz

Purple Haze wrote:

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (dope stuff)
MURS - Murs 3:16

I also downloaded a few free mixtapes from 2dopeboyz

Did you get the Marco Polo blends tape?

Jay Stay Paid is an AWESOME album, but I wish there would have been more rhyming on it. He should have made it like the Chronic, with a bunch of MC's rhyming over his beats instead of some raps and some instrumentals.

Imagine Nas spittin over Laser Gunne Funke, Outkast spittin over caDILLAc, Pharoahe Monch spittin over 10,000 Watts, Talib Kweli spittin over Milk Money. Wouldn't that have been bangin?

Because of the lack of MC's I can't give this a classic rating. That said, it's still one of the best albums of the year, I've currently got it tied with UGK for 2nd place on my personal favs this year.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

Did you get the Marco Polo blends tape?

I'm downloading that right now. Are you diggin it?

Mos Def-The Ecstatic
Almighty-Original S.I.N.
Goodie Mob-Soul Food

Mos Def The Ecstatic.

yo game theory, let me know how you like that original sin, it was my fave from last year.


and vernon, did you break into your mommys purse and steal some money to be able to buy that cd?

Original S.I.N. was dope. It was the best rec Steve has given me.

Blaqkout bitches...

Some J. Period mixtapes:
BASS-HEAVY HIP HOP
CLASSIC JOINTS
BEATS FROM NEW YORK
DARK DAYZ

(ordered 'em from sandbox)

gametheory91 wrote:

Mos Def-The Ecstatic
Almighty-Original S.I.N.
Goodie Mob-Soul Food

Soul Food is a great find. They don't make em like they used to.

Is "Almighty" any good? That's another one I've been looking to get into.

DJ Quik & Kurupt-Blaqkout

I picked up a bunch of ish the other day:

Vinyls:

Vakill- End of Days, Sickplicity, The Creed b/w instrumentals
Sway & King Tech- I Don't Think So (Kam) b/w I Wish You Would (Royce, Chino, Canibus)
The Game- Why You Hate The Game

CDs:

Too $hort presents: The Dangerous Crew- Don't Try This At Home
Ill Nino- One Nation Underground (never heard this dude, but it was a quarter if I bought it with the Too $hort album)
Petephilly & Perquisite- Mind State (Someone [Alan?] was hyping this up on Amazon a while back, and it was $6 brand new so I picked it up)
Arrested Development- 3 Years, 5 Months, 2 Days In The Life Of...

I got two other albums, but I forgot which ones they were. 6 CDs and 3 vinyls for a grand total of:

21$!!!

Shon wrote:

I picked up a bunch of ish the other day:

Vinyls:

Vakill- End of Days, Sickplicity, The Creed b/w instrumentals
Sway & King Tech- I Don't Think So (Kam) b/w I Wish You Would (Royce, Chino, Canibus)
The Game- Why You Hate The Game

CDs:

Too $hort presents: The Dangerous Crew- Don't Try This At Home
Ill Nino- One Nation Underground (never heard this dude, but it was a quarter if I bought it with the Too $hort album)
Petephilly & Perquisite- Mind State (Someone [Alan?] was hyping this up on Amazon a while back, and it was $6 brand new so I picked it up)
Arrested Development- 3 Years, 5 Months, 2 Days In The Life Of...

I got two other albums, but I forgot which ones they were. 6 CDs and 3 vinyls for a grand total of:

21$!!!

I wasn't hyping up anything under that name...

Great deal though. That Dangerous Crew record is tight. Got it on tape. lol

Here's what I'm waiting on:

No ID- Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)
Asheru and Blue Black-Soon Come
Zion I-The Take Over
COunt Bass D- Dwight Spitz, and Pre Life Crisis
One Be Lo- S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M
Rakim-18th Letter

a.scott wrote:

Zion I-The Take Over

I hope you like this one more than me. I was sadly very disappointed with it.

a.scott wrote:

Here's what I'm waiting on:

No ID- Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)
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thats a really dope album

Alan wrote:

a.scott wrote:

Zion I-The Take Over

I hope you like this one more than me. I was sadly very disappointed with it.

Agreed. It pales in comparison to Mind Over Matter.

"
I wasn't hyping up anything under that name..."

Oh, I thought it was you. Someone said something about it, though

It was buggin

and a. perez

Ahh. Sweet; I saw your name and I thought you were gonna say it was you. That way, I would know it wouldn't be good

:: :steve:

Cise Starr wrote:

Alan wrote:

a.scott wrote:

Zion I-The Take Over

I hope you like this one more than me. I was sadly very disappointed with it.

Agreed. It pales in comparison to Mind Over Matter.

So I've heard. That's why it took me so long to get it. It's the only cd I don't have by Zion I...yet. I hope I like it.

Cory wrote:

a.scott wrote:

Here's what I'm waiting on:

No ID- Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)
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thats a really dope album

This album was very hard to get at a reasonable price. I can't wait until it arrives. Now I'll have to wait until I find Blu and Exile up for purchase. I'll have to scoop that one up quick.

Slick Rick "The Great Adventures of"
Souls of Mischief "93 Til Infinity"

Also went to FYE to pick up the Quik/Kurupt and of course they're not carrying the album. FYE sucks, Best Buy is a 40 mile trip for me so i guess i'm going to have to order it online. I'm still pissed though, how can they not carry this album, it's not like Quik or Kurupt aren't well known. Sorry, had to vent a little.

FYE is dope. They're way cheaper over here

^ FYE is trash over here....there prices are always the most expensive, the only thing there good for is sometimes theyll have buy 2 get one free on used CDs but you gotta get lucky and find three good ones

i like the independent stores the best when it comes to lookin for used stuff and Best Buy the best for new releases

My FYE has all new CDs 9.99. It's sweet. And they just unloaded a bunch of used cds

Shon wrote:

My FYE has all new CDs 9.99. It's sweet. And they just unloaded a bunch of used cds

that is sweet, i stopped at one yesterday and there prices were still overpriced like usual hmm

my Best Buy has a ton of CDs for 9.99 right now

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Shon wrote:

my Best Buy has a ton of CDs for 9.99 right now

Mine does too. I got Blackout 2 and Brooklynati for that price.

and did you then proceed to throw brooklynati in the trash? j/k