What`s good? What`s happenin`?? What`s lovely y`all??? Hope all is well & the new year has been treating you well! Lately I`ve been on a Foxy Brown kick, searchin` for them unreleased jewels & gems since she hasn`t really been supplying us fans with anything new to listen to. I came across this song titled "BK Made Me" that was originally recorded for her 2001 album "Broken Silence". It`s DoPe & on that deep heart~felt emotional tip, kind of similar to the Ron Isley assisted joint "The Letter". For whatever reason it didn`t make the actual album, maybe it was a sample issue? Who knows for sure aside from the label heads in control of the album`s release. I can only guess that perhaps they felt that the album didn`t need to have 2 songs with the same type of content & vibe. With that being said tho, I think that they made a mistake by not choosing this song because it`s pretty awesome. Don`t get me wrong "The Letter" is a good song & I guess that the Ron Isley feature gave it a bit more of that commercial appeal, but "BK Made Me" is the better song in my opinion. Thankfully the song did get a release thru the mixtape circuit DJ Clue`s "Stadium Series Pt. 3" being one of the tapes that it was featured on. Thankfully this tagless version was out there for all of us Foxy fans, unfortunately it`s not in the highest of quality 128 kbps to be exact, but whatever at least we can give it a listen without any annoyingly placed tags, enjoy...
Recently found this 'mixtape' CD on that 'lost & newly found hard-drive' that I`ve been talkin` about in a few of my previous posts. DJ Kay Slay & Foxy Brown together on a mixtape...what`s not to like about that? I`m not even going to lie, now in 2022 I miss Foxy Brown in HiP HoP! My teenage`D self has always had a crush on her ever since I first heard her verse on that "I Shot Ya [Rmx]" so there`ll definitely always be a spot for her in my musical rotation. I was kind of surprised when I found this joint because to my knowledge Foxy hasn`t really done a whole lot of mixtapes, so this was a nice little find. This 'tape' isn`t rare, at least to my knowledge anyway however there`s definitely some tracks on here that haven`t seen retail releases so that makes it worth a listen fo` sho`! With that being mentioned, I couldn`t help myself but to put a little HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN touch on to this one. I didn`t like how the tracks were split on the original files because it cut off & didn`t flow naturally on a lot of tracks, plus they were too low volume~wise. So I boosted up the volume, did some cutting, pasting & mixing to make things flow smoother. As well as separated the interludes between the tracks to make it easier to listen to if you wanted to skip tracks...
This project served as some double promo for Foxy`s "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever" (seeing as how there`s a few joints off that unfortunately never officially released album; "Open Book", "I Need A Man" & "Fan Love") & DJ Kay Slay`s "Streetsweeper Vol. 1" album, genius maneuver in my ears anyway. Aside from the Nate Dogg appearance on 50 Cent`s "21 Questions" & the Bun B & Jadakiss collabo` "Dope Game" this 'mixtape' is pretty much an East Coast affair. Things open up with a little intro from Foxy before she busts into a nice but short freestyle that leads into her "Open Book". It`s a Dipset thang with "Drama Gang, Drama King"; Cam`, Juelz & Jones bring it solid. Mobb Deep follow things up with "Serious", a darker lil` flip on Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five`s "The Message". After a bit of a shit talkin` interlude comes the Foxy Brown & Rah Dolla collabo` "Beef Pop Off". Can`t say I have heard any other Ra Dolla songs, but he does his thing on this joint...
After another interlude Remy Martin displays her skills on the Raekwon assisted "Respect Mine". The only Southern contribution comes from Bun B`s "Dope Game" featuring Jadakiss, as expected neither one of these emcees disappoint. Foxy drops a couple freestyles before she gets to introducing "I Need A Man". 50 & Nate Dogg close out the 'A Side' of this tape. One thing that I have always respected about DJ Kay Slay was that he always kept it Hip Hop & didn`t take sides, as you can see with the inclusion of "Magic Stick". Only a fool wouldn`t know just how much Foxy loves Lil` Kim....LoL, regardless of who may be featured on Ginuwine`s "Hell Yeah [Rmx]" I can`t front it`s not too shabby. The first single "Too Much For Me" off Slay`s "Streetsweepers Vol. 1" features Foxy Brown, Nas, Baby & Amerie. After another shit talkin` interlude from Foxy comes "Fan Love" followed by a freestyle. Vita brings "Take You Away" to the table, it`s decent. Where`s she at anyway? "Hotta This Year" is an exclusive joint for this project, I definitely dig the island vibes on this one! Connecticut`s House Of Reps deliver "This Life", a solid tune with an gritty underground vibe. Bristal brings his self-proclaimed 'club banger' "Get It" & reps Bed-Stuy nicely. Things on this 'tape' end out on somewhat of a weak note, my opinion of course, with Fox-5`s "Turn It Out"...
1. Freestyle {Foxy Brown} 2. Open Book {Foxy Brown} 3. Beauty & The Beast [Interlude]{Foxy Brown & DJ Kay Slay} 4. Drama Gang, Drama King {Cam`Ron ft. Juelz Santana & Jim Jones} 5. Style On These DJs [Interlude]{Foxy Brown} 6. Serious {Mobb Deep} 7. Shit Poppin` [Interlude]{Foxy Brown & DJ Kay Slay} 8. Beef Pop Off {Foxy Brown ft. Rah Dolla} 9. CLiCK~CLaCK Salute [Interlude] {Foxy Brown} 10. Respect Mine {Remy Martin ft. Raekwon} 11. Dope Game {Bun B ft. Jadakiss} 12. Freestyle {Foxy Brown} 13. I Need A Man [Intro]{Foxy Brown} 14. I Need A Man {Foxy Brown} 15. Straight Hood [Interlude]{Foxy Brown} 16. 21 Questions {50 Cent ft. Nate Dogg} 17. Magic Stick {50 Cent ft. Lil` Kim} 18. Hell Yeah [Rmx] {Ginuwine ft. Baby, Clipse & R. Kelly} 19. Too Much For Me [Intro]{Foxy Brown} 20. Too Much For Me {DJ Kay Slay ft. Amerie, Nas, Baby & Foxy Brown} 21. That Don`t Make You Hood [Interlude]{Foxy Brown} 22. Fan Love {Foxy Brown} 23. Freestyle {Foxy Brown} 24. Take You Away {Vita} 25. Pussy Fi Dun [Interlude]{Foxy Brown} 26. Hotta This Year {Foxy Brown} 27. This Life {House Of Reps} 28. Get It {Bristal} 29. That Ain`t `Bout Nothin` [Interlude]{Foxy Brown} 30. Turn It Out {Fox-5}
Here`s another Foxy Brown single that was released in 2005 by Roc-A-Fella Records for the much anticipated (but yet to be released) "Black Roses" album, yes another unreleased Foxy Brown album! For those that may not have known Foxy left Def Jam around 2004 or so because they had cancelled the release of her "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever" album (although promo copies did see a limited release). Pissed off about the whole thing she bounced from the label, but after reuniting with Jay-Z while performing some shows during his Best Of Both World Tours she linked up with him on a business tip. She was originally set to be the first artist signed to Jigga`s S. Carter Records imprint, but once Jay-Z became the new president & CEO of Def Jam all plans for his imprint were put on hold/ cancelled. So he then resigned Foxy to Def Jam again as one of the first artists on his new roster. I can only guess that`s where the whole Roc-A-Fella/ Def Jam relationship stems from for the first couple of "Black Roses" singles that were released in 2005 by the labels... Unfortunately "Black Roses" was also never released which sucks like $2 hooker$ on pay~day because it apparently featured production from the likes of Dave Kelly, The Neptunes, Trackmasters, Timbaland as well as Kanye West. Foxy Brown also confirmed that she had guest appearances from Spragga Benz, Baby Cham, Rakim, KRS-One, Mos Def, Shyne, Barrington Levy, Luther Vandross, Dido, Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z & even Roxanne Shante. Both lists are pretty impressing, so one can only imagine what the album was cookin` up to be. Sadly Foxy announced on December 8, 2005 that she was experiencing sudden & severe sensorineural hearing loss in both of her ears. She had kept it a secret from most for about 6 months, I`m guessing she was afraid to tell anyone. Although I think that would be a silly route to take considering that as a recording artist you kind of need the use of your ears, but hey only God knows what was going thru her mind at the time. Anyway during this time she obviously pushed the "Black Roses" album aside to focus more on regaining her hearing...
Thankfully she was fortunate enough to have her hearing restored thru surgery around June of 2006 & she had planned to resume recording & working on the "Black Roses" album which was hopeful for a release towards the end of 2006 (December) although her label didn`t set a date. Rumors then began to circulate in November of 2006 that Jigga wasn`t too impressed with the progress, or lack there of, on her album & he was planning to drop her from the label. Shortly after these rumors began the some~what 'planned' December 2006 release for "Black Roses" was cancelled altogether. Eventually Brown once again left Def Jam in August of 2007 & linked up with Black Hand Entertainment for a management deal, Chaz Williams then became her manager. The plan after leaving Def Jam for the second time was that she was going to launch an independent label called Black Roses Entertainment that was going to have distribution thru Koch Records. To tide her fans over until she could release her much anticipated "Black Roses" album she decided to release a street album titled "Brooklyn Don Diva" which dropped in 2008 shortly before she was released from prison (that whole manicurists assault thing). Sadly the street album didn`t do as well as she expected & things began to sour between her & Black Hand Entertainment. Eventually they both parted ways & as for the "Black Roses" album it still remains unreleased. All that I have seen materialize from it are a few singles & this one that I`m sharing with y`all is one of them... So excuse the long winded explanation about the "Black Roses" album, but I wanted to school those that may not have known about it. As for the single I`m sharing with y`all it`s titled "Come Fly With Me" & it features Reggae artist Sizzla. You get 4 tracks on here; Radio, Instrumental, Call-Out Hook & the Dirty Roc-A-Pella. It`s a shame that they chose not to include the LP version of the song, but hey if you`ve got some DJ~type skills you can take the Instrumental & just mix in the Roc-A-Pella & you`ll have the album version for your listening pleasure. The track itself is decent, obviously you`re gon` need to enjoy some X~rated hood flavored raps with a Reggae vibe to `em, but overall the track`s not bad. So check it out for ya`self & enjoy...
1. Come Fly With Me [Radio] {ft. Sizzla} 2. Come Fly With Me [Instr.] 3. Come Fly With Me [Call-Out Hook] {ft. Sizzla} 4. Come Fly With Me [Dirty Roc-A-Pella] {ft. Sizzla}
What`s happenin` y`all? Hope all is well in your Life. Today I figured that I`d post up a single since it`s been a while since I have shared any with y`all. So without any delay, let`s get to it shall we? This single is from one my favorite female emcees Foxy Brown, it was released back in 2001 by Def Jam. This single contains 2 songs; "Oh Yeah" & "B.K. Anthem" both joints from her 2001 released album titled "Broken Silence" (also one of my favorite Fox Boogie albums). There`s 6 tracks in total on this 12 inch single, each song includes the LP, Radio & Instrumental versions. Out of the 2 songs my favorite on here has got to be the Eddie Scoresazy produced "Oh Yeah" with the backing vocals of Spragga Benz. Don`t get me wrong the Robert "Shim" Kirkland produced "B.K. Anthem" isn`t too shabby either, but man you simply just can`t really compare it to "Oh Yeah". The war~like chant & the Reggae infused beat make for a great listen. While Foxy spits some pretty decent bars only to compliment the beat even more...
I`m not sure why they censor out Diddy`s name in that one line; "Niggas say I`m too pretty to spit rhymes this gritty. Fuck y`all thought? Be dancin` around in suits like I`m (**Diddy**)"...I could be trippin` but I think the advance copy of "Broken Silence" doesn`t have it edited out (I`ll have to DiG it out of my collection to find out). I don`t see what the deal is anyway, it`s not like it`s a huge DiSS & besides everyone knows who`s implied in the line so why bother to censor it out? Other lines that I dig in that song are; "Bitches smile up in your face, turn around & pop shit. You a industry bitch, I`m a in~the~streets bitch"... as well as this one; "Listen, never trippin`, never catch Brown slippin`.
Fuck, y`all only nice around mics like Pippen"...Alright now let`s move on to "B.K. Anthem" which isn`t a bad tune either, it was definitely made with them mixtapes in mind. Fox shows some love to her home turf of Brooklyn, the only thing that I don`t really like much is that she tries a lil` too hard with all the guns & drug references on this one, it`s just a lil` overbearing, but she still manages to keep it somewhat interesting...
So in a nut~shell this is a pretty solid single overall, definitely worth checking out. Like I mentioned before these songs are off of "Broken Silence" which in my opinion is one of Foxy`s best albums (if not the best). If you are a fan of Foxy Brown & haven`t heard this it`s definitely worth the listening time spent. Something to note, the cover art that I`ve included & added in with this post isn`t the original cover for this release. I couldn`t find a decent quality pic so I just used the cover art from the UK 12 inch release instead. Besides this picture of Foxy is waaaaaay better than the boring & plain text cover that was used as the original on this release. So there ya have it, check it out & enjoy...
Re~uPP`d with some fresh links, originally posted 05.10.2012...
S`up y`all? Hope all is well on your side of the screen! Got some what of a rarity for y`all No Limit Records fans. What I`m sharing is a limited edition CD that Master P`s No Limit Records released back in 1998 exclusively thru Blockbuster Music Stores titled "No Limit Soldier Collection". It was being sold for $3.99 if you bought any other No Limit release, $15.99 if you just wanted to cop it on the solo tip tho. Somethin` I found a lil` interesting is the fact that they list the Mac & Soulja Slim (R.I.P.) track "Can I Ball?" as being 'previously unreleased', yet the song is actually on Mac`s "Shell Shocked" album also released in 1998. Maybe his album dropped shortly after this lil` compilation? Something else to note, this may very well be one of No Limit`s shortest releases, aside from EP`s. At only 11 tracks it`s pretty short by No Limit standards....LoL, so go `head & check it out...
2. Mr. Ice Cream Man {Master P ft. Mia X & Silkk The Shocker}
3. Make `Em Say Uhh! {Master P ft. Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X & Mystikal}
4. Playas From The South {Master P ft. Silkk The Shocker & UGK}
5. No Turnin` Back {Kane & Abel ft. Fiend}
6. The Party Don`t Stop {Mia X ft. Master P & Foxy Brown}
7. Just Be Straight With Me {Silkk The Shocker ft. Destiny`s Child, Master P, O`Dell & Mo B. Dick}
8. Can I Ball [Previously Unreleased] {Mac ft. Soulja Slim}
9. How Ya Do Dat {Master P ft. Young Bleed & C-Loc}
10. I Always Feel Like {Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X ft. Mo B. Dick}
11. Is There A Heaven For A Gangsta {Master P}
Alright......LoL, my homie M@RSuPiaL sent me this lil` clip of Foxy
Brown performin` & bein` the huge Fox Boogie fan that I am, ya know I had to check it out! During the performance she seems to have a lil` wardrobe malfunction of
sorts......LoL, I just think them tatas are too BiG for that corset or
whatever that get-up`s called....LoL, gotta love how he hype~man in the above pic takes the time to sneak a peek at Foxy while she`s having them issues...
At one point homie that`s beside her spittin` on the mic attempts to help pull up the corset, but is unsuccessful.....LoL, Foxy just continues to rock the mic tryin` to keep them BiG GuNs under wraps...
Around the 57 second mark in the clip there`s this guy on stage that notices what`s happening, but instead of lending a helpin` hand he decides to pull out his camera & snap a few pics.....LoL, gotta love it! Foxy`s a trooper though, she just kept spittin` & ended up gettin` some wardrobe~assistance from a woman....LoL, it works for a lil` bit, but eventually she has to resort to holdin` a pink designer bag up in front of her titties....LoL, you can DL the lil` clip below in mp4 file format -- enjoy...
I know I`m just a lil` late with the news, but for those that have been either under a rock or smokin` that RoCK....LoL, my shorty Foxy Brown is now a free woman! Actually she`s been free since April 18, 2008 after serving 8 months of her 1 year sentence stemming from that whole nail salon incident. Hopefully the time served mellow`D her out some so she can actually give us that DaMn "Black Roses" album...
She did give us a lil` appetizer with "Brooklyn`s Don Diva", a decent album (I give it a 3.5 out of 5) but it`s still not that "Black Roses" ish! Even Fox Boogie knows it `cuz she`s not too happy with the way Chaz "Slim" Williams, CEO of Black Hand Entertainment, put "Brooklyn`s Don Diva" together...
Anyway, this Foxy Brown MiXTaPe has a few tracks from the previously mentioned "Brooklyn`s Don Diva" album as well as some freestyles, some previously released tracks & some new jointS (at least they`re new to me), so check it out...
1. Introduction 2. Open Book 3. We`re On Fire {ft. Mavado} 4. Magnetic {ft. Pharrell} 5. Lady Saw Interlude 6. The Quan {ft. Lady Saw} 7. What`s Good With You? {w/ Beyonce} 8. Cham Interlude/ Foxy & Cham Freestyle 9. Mr. DJ {ft. Barrington Levy} 10. Hennessey & Bacardi [Prod. by Trackmasters] 11. Whatcha Gonna Do? 12. Tony Matterhorn Interlude 13. In The Trap {ft. T.I.} 14. The Gang {ft. Shyne} 15. We Hustlaz [Freestyle] 16. Got To Get It {ft. Tha Dogg Pund} 17. Story To Tell Pt. 2 {ft. Nas} 18. Mr. Vegas Interlude 19. Come Fly With Me {ft. Sizzla} 20. I Need A Man [Rmx] 21. Ice 22. Another Story [Freetsyle] {ft. Cormega} 23. Feedback [Rmx] {w/ Janet Jackson & Ciara} 24. Ya Wanna Dance (1998 Throwback Track) {ft. Cormega & Pretty Boy} 25. Why You Hatin`? [Freestyle] 26. Got It Locked {ft. Pitch Black} 27. Wayne Wonder Interlude 28. Black Girl Lost 29. My Life Pt. 2 (Cradle To The Grave) 30. Fan Love 31. Final Words from Inga
This mix-tape`s pretty decent, but in all honesty just makeS me crave a new Foxy album. This joint consistS mainly of a few new jointS, already released trackS & some remixeS...
