BoNe THuGs-N-HaRMoNy`s "CReePiN` On Ah CoMe uP" EP...

Takin` it back to 1994 for your listening pleasure today, this EP is Bone Thugs-N-Harmony`s first release after they signed with Eazy-E`s Ruthless Records & revamped their name (changed from Bone Enterpri$e to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony). What we get is 6 actual songs, an Intro & an Instrumental -- what more do you expect for an EP?....LoL, anyway the production is handled by DJ U-Neek, DJ Yella, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Eazy-E even steps up to help produce the EP`s Intro (along with DJ Yella). The features are kept to a minimum & come from Eazy-E & Shatasha Williams (I believe she was a member of Mo Thugs)...

"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" was the EP`s lead single, it did pretty well on the Billboard Charts. "Foe Tha Love Of $" was the EP`s second single & it features the late & great Eazy-E. Something interesting to mention about "Foe Tha Love Of $", it shares the same beat as a song from 1991 by Yomo & Maulkie (another group signed to Ruthless Records) off their debut album titled "Are U Xperienced?" (The song`s titled "For The Love Of Money", what a surprise....LoL), I believe that DJ Yella also produced the track. Guess he felt that Yomo & Maulkie didn`t rock it right......LoL, either way I`m glad he gave it to the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony `cuz they ended up droppin` a great song with their version of the track...

On the "Intro" Eazy-E opens up the EP by introducing the World to the group newly signed (at the time) to his Ruthless Records label over a slowed down but sinister beat that includes gun shot samples while Eazy-E`s voice itself is also slowed down to give it an almost demonic sound. "Mr. Oujia" (misspelled on the album`s back cover art as "Mr. Quija") is a short lil` interlude of sorts that has Bone Thugs harmonizin` over no beat but the cold winds blowin`. Chantin`, "Ouija are you with me? I want to know my future. Will I die a bloody murda?" It`s kind of creepy, but it definitely does help set a darker tone for the rest of the EP. The lead single "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" is the track that really started the spark for Bone Thugs. It`s a straight CLaSSiC; the DJ U-Neek produced beat, the hook sung beautifully by Shatasha Williams & then there`s the verses from Bone themselves. You definitely get to hear how each member of the group compliments the next member`s style...

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"No Surrender" follows (some of y`all may have also heard this joint on the compilation album "One Million Strong"), it`s another DoPe production by DJ U-Neek. Bone Thugs ride this one really well, the synthed out vocals on the hook are pretty iLL too. Rhythm D provides a nice dark, creepin` up on your enemies type beat with it`s nice trunk rattlin` bassline on "Down Foe My Thang" while the Thugs-N-Harmony flex rapid~fire flows. The EP`s title track "Creepin` On Ah Come Up" is next & it`s produced by DJ U-Neek, with it`s mellowed out beat Bone Thugs plot & scheme about how`s they`re gon` get that ca$h. The second single off the EP, "Foe Tha Love Of $" follows & it features a guest appearance from Eazy-E. As mentioned before the track`s produced by DJ Yella while the Thugs-N-Harmony deliver some of their more memorable verses over the beat. The instrumental for "Foe Tha Love Of $" closes out the EP (actually titled "Moe Cheeze") but it`s got a lil` extra done to the beat with a woman moanin` on a sexual tip & then some piano keys are also added to the mix. So there ya have it go `head & check out the music, oh yeah the music videos are in mp4 file so ya should be able to watch `em on your i-Pods...

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin` On Ah Come Up EP

Label: Ruthless Records

Released: 1994

1. Intro {ft. Eazy-E} [Prod. by Eazy-E & DJ Yella]

2. Mr. Quija [Prod. by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]

3. Thuggish Ruggish Bone {ft. Shatasha Williams} [Prod. by DJ U-Neek]

4. No Surrender [Prod. by DJ U-Neek]

5. Down Foe My Thang [Prod. by Rhythm D]

6. Creepin` On Ah Come Up [Prod. by DJ U-Neek]

7. Foe Tha Love Of $ {ft. Eazy-E} [Prod. by DJ Yella]

8. Moe Cheeze [Instrumental] [Prod. by DJ Yella]

FiLeSWaP BaCK~uP LiNK...

R.i.P. EaZy-E...

MoBB DeeP`s "The DuNN LaNGuaGe VoL. 1 [HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN]"...

What`s happenin` y`all? Hope all is well. Today I`m gon` BLeSS the blog with another HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN, this time around Mobb Deep`s "The Dunn Language Vol. 1" gets the HeRBaN LyRiX treatment. Now for those that don`t know about "The Dunn Language" I`ll share with ya what I know of it. It`s a bootleg & I believe that it was released on the `Net back in 2002, it`s quite possible that it was put together by a fan or fans. The bootleg contained a lot of unreleased Mobb Deep joints, some 12 inch cuts & a few released cuts like "Hoodlum" off the soundtrack of the same name. It`s a pretty nice collection of Mobb Deep tracks, the only down side about this bootleg is that the sound quality of a few tracks was pretty bad. A whole lot of pops & clicks, especially at the ends of the tracks. Not only that there were a few tracks that were actually cut short for some reason. For example "Microphone Master [Sewa/ 41 St. Side Rmx]" cut off at 3:10 when it`s actually 5:07 in length, while "Know Da Game" cut off at 1:46 when it`s actually 4:27 long...

 I figured that since this was a pretty decent bootleg, track~wise anyway I wanted to give it a lil` revamp. So what I decided to do was replace all the tracks that sounded like ish with better sounding ones (well the best quality I could find anyway), replaced the joints that were cut short with their full~length counterparts, split the lil` interlude that was before "It Could Happen To You" & made it a separate track, replaced the "Hoodlum" track that was track 6 with the version from the soundtrack because the version that was there originally was off some Dirty Harry mixtape & was more of a blend~mix (don`t worry it`s still included, I just pushed it further down the tracklist) & then finally I added 2 more joints to the mix to make it fill up an 80 minute CD, oh yeah almost forgot I also cut off the lil` DJ shoutin` at the beginning of the first track. So enjoy the revamped version, BiG uPs to whoever put the original version together because it was truly appreciated...

Mobb Deep - The Dunn Language Vol. 1 [HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN]
Label: N/A
Released: 2002-2012



1. Killa Queens {Infamous Mobb ft. Prodigy}
2. Killaz Theme {Mobb Deep ft. Cormega}
3. Microphone Master [Sewa/ 41 St Side Rmx] {Das EFX ft. Mobb Deep}
4. Shiesty {Mobb Deep ft. Big Noyd}
5. QB Meets South Suicide {Onyx & Mobb Deep}
6. Hoodlum {Mobb Deep ft. Rakim & Big Noyd}
7. Back At You {Mobb Deep}
8. Everyday Gunplay {Mobb Deep}
9. Feel My Gat Blow {Mobb Deep}
10. G.O.D. Part III [Rmx] {Mobb Deep}
11. Interlude
12. It Could Happen To You {DJ Muggs ft. Mobb Deep}
13. Never Goin` Back {Mobb Deep}
14. Nobody Likes Me {Mobb Deep}
15. Shook Ones {Mobb Deep}
16. Thrill Me {Mobb Deep ft. Big Noyd}
17. Know Da Game {Frankie Cutlass ft. Mobb Deep, M.O.P. & Kool G. Rap}
18. Infamous {Charli Baltimore ft. Mobb Deep & Mike Delorean}
19. Microphone Master [Frankenstein Rmx] {Das EFX ft. Mobb Deep}
20. Temperature`s Rising [Original] {Mobb Deep}
21. Hoodlum [Dirty Harry Mix] {Mobb Deep ft. Rakim & Big Noyd}

N`JoY...

DaS EFX`s "DeaD SeRiouS" [VHS TaPe RiP]...

Got a lil` gift for y`all today & it comes courtesy of the homie MiSTa DiLLiGaF, I`m not too sure if he ripped this from the VHS tape or not but either way BiG uPs goes out to him for passing it along to me! This lil` gift that I`m talkin` about is a home video (no not shot by Das EFX, but home video meaning that you watched the video at home in your VCR....c`mon son it was 1992) that Das EFX released as promo back in 1992 for their debut album "Dead Serious", so it shouldn`t be so surprising that this video shared the same title as their album. Although the tape is kind of rare the video itself isn`t really all that mind blowin`, but for nostalgic purposes it`s cool...

The running time is just under 30 minutes, you get to see a few of their music videos, some short lil` interviews & a couple live performances. In total there`s probably about 6 or 7 minutes of Skoob & Krayzy Drayzy talkin` about where they`re from, how they started as a group, describin` their styles, etc. The lil` interview segments take place in between their music videos & live performances, while everything was shot on the set of the music video for "Straight From The Sewer". During the interview segments you can see that they both come across as some regular humble kats that love their craft to the max`. Something to take notice of is when the live performances start, it`s kind of cool to see Redman workin` behind the 1`s & 2`s as Das` DJ. So do ya`self a favor & check it out for ya`self, enjoy...

Das EFX - Dead Serious [VHS Rip]

Released: 1992

 

1. They Want EFX [Music Video]

2. Jussummen [Live]

3. Mic Checka [Music Video]

4. East Coast [Live]

5. Straight From The Sewer [Music Video]

RaPiDSHaRe BaCK~uP LiNK...

FiLeSWaP BaCK~uP LiNK...

N`JoY...

BuDD@H BLe$$eD EnT. PReSeNTs: "CaN YoU MaKe Me FeeL GooD? VoL. 1"...

Since I had a gang of folks askin` for a re~up on this joint, here y`all go...

Re~uPP`D originally posted 01.17.2010...

Here`s a lil` mix that I put together just before the New Year, it`s got the usual mix of both older & new tracks. I started things off with some Redman & some tracks that featured him as well, then moved it on with some Eminem & some tracks that he was a guest on. "The Warning" is a humorous DiSS track aimed at Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon both. Thought it was MaD funny how Em` used samples of Mariah`s voice from a so~called studio session that they had together....now that`s some dirty play`N! "Oh Really?" is just one of the DoPe tracks off that joint album by KRS-One & Buckshot (if ya haven`t heard their "Survival Skills" album yet I strongly suggest that you do!) "Wack MC`s" follows, thought it was a good choice since it features a nice lil` KRS-One sample for the hook -- Slaughterhouse rips up the track nicely as well...

Still on the Slaughterhouse tip, I decided to add solo tracks from each member to the mix CD. Started things off with Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, then Royce Da 5`9. Royce`s "Part Of Me" features some great storytelling, I`m tellin` you Slick Rick would be proud. "Bang-Bang"; a surprising collabo` between La Coka Nostra & Snoop is followed by "100 Miles & Runnin`" another East & West Coast collabo` featuring Warren G, Raekwon & the king of hooks Nate Dogg. The "Renaissance Rap [Rmx]" is one of my favorite joints on this mix. Q-Tip rounds up Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil` Wayne for what seems like an updated version of the Juice Crew`s CLaSSiC track "The Symphony". I don`t really think that Marley Marl would complain at all since all 4 emcees rock the mic...

"Speed Of Light" & "Hood Dreamer" follow -- both are hot tracks, but I really want to talk about the last 2 joints on this mix. "Eat A Dick" is a previously unreleased track of Snoop Dogg`s, but thanks to the folks over at WIDEawake Entertainment we actually got to hear it. It`s a track from "The Death Row: The Lost Sessions, Vol. 1" album that they released back in October of last year. If you haven`t heard it yet & you`re a BiG fan of Snoop`s then you need to hear it! "Slaves" is the last track on this mix & it`s a joint by Sam Sneed. One of my friends told me that it`s a new joint, but I really have no idea. Hopefully it is because I`d like to hear some more music from Sam Sneed, especially since he didn`t really get to drop too much music while he was workin` with Death Row Records. Anyways that`s enough yapp`N for now, hope y`all enjoy the mix...

BuDD@H BLe$$eD EnT. PReSeNTs - CaN YoU MaKe Me FeeL GooD? VoL. 1

Label: N/A

Mixed: December 27, 2009





1. iNTRo
2. A Million & 1 Buddah Spots {Redman}
3. Hypnotize {Luniz ft. Redman}
4. City Lights {Method Man & Redman ft. Bun B}
5. This Is It [Showoff Rmx] {Statik Selektah ft. D-Dot, Redman & Black Rob}
6. Off The Wall {Eminem & Redman}
7. The Warning {Eminem}
8. Words Are Weapons {Eminem & D-12}
9. Who Want It? {Trick Trick ft. Eminem}
10. 911 {Eminem, B-Real & Ganxsta Ridd}
11. Oh Really? {KRS-One & Buckshot ft. Talib Kweli}
12. Wack MCs {Slaughterhouse}
13. What`s Hip Hop? {Crooked I}
14. Can`t You Tell? {Joell Ortiz}
15. Freight Train {Joe Budden}
16. Part Of Me {Royce Da 5`9}
17. Bang-Bang {La Coka Nostra ft. Snoop Dogg}
18. 100 Miles & Runnin` {Warren G ft. Raekwon & Nate Dogg}
19. Renaissance Rap [Rmx] {Q-Tip ft. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil` Wayne}
20. Speed Of Light {Trife Diesel ft. B.O.B. & Inspectah Deck}
21. Hood Dreamer {Willie Northpole ft. B.O.B.}
22. Eat A Dick {Snoop Dogg ft. Lil` Malik}
23. Slaves {Sam Sneed}

BaCK~uP LiNK...

R.i.P. Proof & Nate Dogg...

DouBLe ViSioN`s "KeeP YouR EyEs OPeN"...

What`s happenin` y`all? Hope Life is still treatin` ya well, I can`t complain. Today I have an album by a duo that most of y`all probably know of from their time spent signed to Master P`s No Limit Records during the second half of the 1990`s, Kane & Abel. Well before they linked up with P & his label they were actually rappin` under a different moniker & that was Double Vision. As I`m sure you can tell by the album cover, David & Daniel Garcia are identical twin brothers originally from New York so I can only take a guess that Double Vision was a play off of that aspect of their real Life. They dropped their debut album titled "Keep Your Eyes Open" in 1995 on Doral Records. Production on the album was handle by the likes of Grizz, Ivan Varnado, Yusef & DJ Lil` Daddy. I`m not too familiar with any of the producers, but I think Grizz has done some joints with Willie D. Feature~wise Taifa brings some of her Ragga~Reggae vibes to a couple tracks, Devious is featured on 2 joints, Fiend (another ex-No Limit soldier) joins the smokin` session on "Ridin` High", while the late MC Thick (he was murdered in 1996) contributes to a track & a lil` skit that immediately follows his featured track...

Much like the sound of other pre~No Limit/ Cash Money albums this joint has a mix of production that`s clearly influenced by N.O. Bounce, but it also draws influences from the West & East Coasts as well. Now Kane & Abel (or Double Vision) aren`t the iLLeST lyricists to ever spit raps, but they do a real good job at tellin` `hood tales. I guess that`s why they eventually branched off & started writing fiction novels & movie scripts later on in their career as well as music. I was hopin` to have enough time to write out a track~by~track review for this album, but since it`s my wifey`s birthday today I`m gon` have to cut this post a lil` short. My apologies, I just wanted to share this album with y`all while it was on my mind. It may be somewhat of an unknown to some, so enjoy. Standout joints for me are; "Profitz In The Kut", "Code Red", "Ridin` High", "When They Come" (DoPe even if it`s just a short interlude) & "Sipping Away". So go `head & check it out for ya`self. Oh yeah, something to take note of I was a lil` on the tired~side last night when I was tagging/ labeling the tracks & I actually titled the album "Keep Ya` Eyez Open" for some reason....LoL, it`s the same album as mentioned in the post I just gimp`D & labeled it wrong, my bad...

 

Double Vision - Keep Your Eyes Open

Label: Doral Records

Released: 1995

1. Keep Your Eyes Open [Intro]

2. Big Tymers Die

3. Code Red {ft. Taifa}

4. Runnin` From The Po Po`s

5. Ridin` High {ft. Fiend}

6. Snitches {ft. Devious}

7. Profitz In The Kut {ft. Taifa & MC Thick}

8. Thick In The Kut [Skit] {ft. MC Thick}

9. Dat Money

10. When They Come [Interlude]

11. Keep Your Eyes Open {ft. Devious}

12. The G-Sign

13. Sipping Away

14. Stay Alive [Outro]

R.i.P. MC Thick...