Alphabet Soup - Sunny Day In Harlem

Alphabet Soup - Sunny Day In Harlem EP (1991)

Shout out to Neogeo for putting me up on this group. As far as I know Sunny Day In Harlem is their only release. When I first heard this EP I instantly thought of Paul C. Turns out he was one of their influences along with Prince Paul. A very dope lesser known EP that goes for some loot... Uncle Sam is the joint! Enjoy!

Tracklisting:

A1		Sunny Day In Harlem
A2		Uncle Sam - 1st Draft
B1		Girl You Got A Grip
B2		The Resurrection Of Gertrude

DJ Rob One - Jiggy Reggae Vol 2

DJ Rob One - Jiggy Reggae Vol 2

More Rob One Courtesy Of B.C. Thunderthud!

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DJ Rob One - Jiggy Reggae Vol 1

DJ Rob One - Jiggy Reggae Vol 1

Another Rob One Mix, This Time On The Reggae Tip Courtesy Of B.C. Thunderthud!

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DJ Eddie Def - Hemp Lords Volumes 1 - 4

A lil something out the crate. Vol 1 is my pick out the bunch! If you know about The Bullet Proof, you know what to expect...

DJ Eddie Def - Hemp Lords

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DJ Rob One - Rob Meets Kesiha

Another Rob One Mix Courtesy Of Paul T!

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #80

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #80

One More For 2005!

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #78 (Raw Hip Hop)

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #78 (Raw Hip Hop)

Another Tony Touch Mixtape For Spring 2004!

Up In Jane & Finch

Today I'm Sharing Two Under Acknowledged & Lesser Known Albums Outta Toronto. When You Mention Classic Toronto Hip Hop These 2 Groups Are Rarley Mentioned & Most People Have Never Even Heard Of Them. Split Personality & The Godd Boddies Come Straight Outta Toronto's Infamous Jane & Finch Neighborhood (Where Organzied Rhyme Recorded Their Debut Video Check The O.R. For Street Credibility Thanks to King Lou From The Dream Warriors Who's Also From The Area).

Split Personality Consists of 2 Emcees JBizz (RaggaJ) & Blast Who Signed A Deal With A&M In 1993 & Released I Don't Know Shortly After. The Godd Bodies Also Feature 2 Emcees Knowledge Power & IGODEVINE & They Released Ill Visions In 1998. Also Included Are The Videos Of My Favorite Track From Each Group. These 2 Albums Are Essential 90's Toronto Hip Hop!

Split Personality - I Don't Know (1993) (Shout out to DJ Fase & DJ Law for the hook up & Living Underwater for the Cover)

1. Sick Of The Bullshit (Prelude)
2. Try & Stop Us
3. First Step
4. De Boom
5. Hanging Out (Prelude)
6. Don’t Stop Hip Hop
7. Hambush
8. Lyrica
9. Couldn’t do it
10. Stuck Up Girl (Prelude)
11. Still Sick Of The Bullshit (Prelude)
12. Girls & Rubbers (Prelude)
13. Condom
14. Ragga
15. J Is Rolling Up
16. One Step
17. Hip Hop In Finch (Prelude)
18. Respect Is Due (Prelude)
19. The Vibe
20. Ruff To Da Rugged





Godd Bodies - Ill Visions (1998) (Shout out to Z3 for the hook up)

1. Intro
2. Be Very Afraid
3. Who's That Lurkin
4. Intermission
5. Ill Visions
6. Prelude
7. Get Down On Your Knees
8. Stop The Talkin
9. Prelude
10. Interlude
11. I Know Myself
12. We Taking Wack Niggas To War
13. Intermission
14. Life Is A Hustle
15. Prelude
16. Our Word Is Law
17. Ill Visions (Radio Mix)
18. Insight
19. Change My Styles
20. Get Down On Your Knees
21. I Know Myself (Radio Mix)
22. I Know Myself (Remix)

DJ Abilities - Finally

Eyedea's DJ, DJ Abilities comes correct for which I believe is his first mixtape from 97.

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DJ Eddie Def - Stuff Mixtape

A collection of Stuff from Bulletproof's Eddie Def!

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DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Vibe I'm On

One mix tape you definitely need in your collection!

Peace to Spijkmaster on the cover.

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DJ Q-Bert - Issue#1 A Pre School Break Mix (Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Music)

Q-Bert's 1993 classic break mix!

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DJ Rob Swift - Pure Moods

You heard Soul Child now check Pure Moods...

Peace to Spijkmaster on the cover!

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DJ Rhettmatic - The Boom Bap Collection

Here's DJ Rhettmatic from the Beat Junkies bringing you that West Coast Boom Bap for the late 90's!

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DJ Rob Swift - Soul Child

Everyone knows about Soulful Fruit & Pure Moods but Soul Child is a lesser known Mix from that time. Rob Swift Gets Busy.....

Peace to Spijkmaster on the cover!

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DJ Mixmaster Mike - Rescue 916 (1997)

One of my favorite Mixmaster Mike Tapes!

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Custom Live DJ Tape - Battle Sets

ISP Live at Fresh 97, just ISP, then ISP/Noize and First Rate, all together! (40 mins)
Battle For World Supremecy - DJ Noize (7 sets), Shortkut (5 sets) , and 8-Ball (2 sets)
1997 USA DMC - DJ Craze, Rhettmatic, and the winner - Slyce.
ISP live at Bomb Hip Hop Tour party.
1993/94 NMS with Mixmaster Mike, Roc Raida, Rob Swift, Honda, and a Funny crowd. Best bits.

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DJ Rob One - West Coast Indies Vol 1

Another Rob One Mix courtesy of Paul T!

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #61 (Comin Of Da Storm)

He just finished the last installment in his Power Cypha series which brought the number of mixtapes released up into the sixties! He's back with the aptly titled mixtape Comin of da Storm which fits as he's preparing his solo debut compilation The Piece Maker. Another mix of joints from 1999...

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DJ Vinroc & Ed Swift - Audio Animation

This mixtape is along the same lines as Vinroc's classic Re-Construction! Each DJ gets his own side to rock and they don't disappoint. My favorite is the way Lauryn Hill's intro on If I Ruled The World gets freaked! A dope lesser known mix from 97 courtesy of 5th Platoon's finest!

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DJ Mixmaster Mike - Explosive Box Cassette

One of many Mixtapes released by The Serial Wax Killing Turntable Manipulator!

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5th Platoon - In Da Trenches

Another dope late 90's mix tape from 5th Platoon.

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #77 (Rap Attack)

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #77 (Rap Attack) <-----New Link

|Tracklisting|
01| Tony Touch Ft. Doo Wop - Dimelo | 03:10 |
02| Jay Z - Warm it Up | 01:31 |
03| Talib Kweli Ft. Styles P - Buck Em Down | 02:24 |
04| Beatnuts Ft. A.G. - Its Nothing | 03:20 |
05| Terror Squad - Lean Back | 02:38 |
06| Jadakiss - Champ is Here | 01:32 |
07| Redman - Freestyle | 02:03 |
08| Ghostface - Last Night | 01:58 |
09| Rakim - Run | 01:43 |
10| Lloyd Banks - Gz Up | 02:58 |
11| Cormega Ft. Az - Redemption | 02:44 |
12| Pete Rock Ft. Rza, Gza - Headrush | 02:01 |
13| Q Unique - Me Thats Who | 02:57 |
14| John Doe Ft. Black Rob - In the Hood | 02:47 |
15| Method Man Ft. Missy - Say What | 03:06 |
16| LL Cool J - Feel the Beat | 01:53 |
17| Mobb Deep - Freestyle | 01:58 |
18| Masta Killa - High School | 02:37 |
19| D12 - Get Up | 01:51 |
20| Beatnuts Ft. Tony Touch, Goblin - Uh Huh | 01:36 |
21| Tony Touch - Interlude | 00:11 |
22| Talib Kweli Ft. Common, Kanye West - Wack Niggas | 03:43 |
23| The Roots - Dont Say Nothing | 02:14 |
24| KRS One - Are You Ready | 01:54 |
25| Terror Squad - Yeah Yeah Yeah | 03:04 |
26| Sean Price Ft. Rampage, Steel - Shake Down | 03:05 |
27| Cocoa Chanelle and Sheek - Freestyle | 01:12 |
28| Cormega Ft. Large Professor - Sugar Ray and Hearn | 01:46 |
29| Redman - Freestyle | 01:53 |
30| Jay Z - Flow | 01:32 |
31| Jadakiss - Why | 02:06 |
32| Beatnuts Ft. Greg Nice - Hot | 02:22 |
33| Smif N Wesson - Tools of the Trade | 02:11 |
34| DMP - Freestyle | 02:41 |

DJ Rob One - Hip Hop Can't Be Stopped

Another Rob One sure shot!

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DJ Pipo - Peace, Love & Mixiness

DJ Pipo - Peace, Love & Mixiness

Dope mix from Pipo featuring Group Home, Gang Starr, Edan, Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf to name a few...

DJ Clue - Spring Hip Hop Pt. 2

My first and favorite Clue tape! 96 was such an ill time with so many anticipated releases dropping. Nas was following up a classic, Jay-Z, Busta, Real Live, Blahzay Blahzay & Smooth The Hustler had their debuts, ATCQ was doin it 1nce Again & The Fuguees were Killing Em Softly. Back when soundtracks like The Great White Hype & The Nutty Professor had you fiending for those exclusive new tracks. Clue came through with the joints my fav's being the Hill Playaz Remix of Hustler's Theme & this track from The Darkside that I need someone to shool me on. It's on the B-Side near the end Between Jay-Z & Blahzay Blahzay. It has also has a Nas freestyle that I think was from a Trackmasters white label which starts off the B-Side and into some dope R&B cuts. Although he ain't mixing for shit he has that selection...

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #51 (Taino Turntable Terrorist)

Coming off the summer with the freestyle extravaganza The Power Cypha, Tony Touch is back for the fall of 96 with another tape full of the hottest shit out.

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DJ Rob One - Klassicks Mixtape

Rob One takes you back...

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #59 (Big Dawg Vol 3)

Another Tony Touch Mixtape for that ass from 1999, this time with the help of the Big Dawg Pit bull himself Funkmaster Flex.

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Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters - The Dark Ages

The Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters are DJ's Eddie Def, Marz, Cue & Quest and this is their debut mixtape from 1993. They later changed their name to The Space Travellers in the late 90's and have released a number of mixtapes both collectivley and individually. This is strictly for the hardcore DJ heads that dig the Shiggar Fragger Shows, Return Of The DJ & Scratch Practice Tapes!

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DJ Quest - Ill Blends Vol 1

DJ Quest - Ill Blends Vol 1

Real nice Blend tape from DJ Quest. Not sure if this is the same Quest from the Scratch Hamsters or not but still. Just take a look at the track list if you need convincing...

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DJ Tony Touch - Tape #57

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #57

No need to get into the details. Another dope mix from Tony Touch around 98-99.

Track Listing:

Side A:

Golden Touch Intro
Pre-Game Skit - Jay-Z, Sauce Money
Beware - Big Pun
Great Minds Connect - Showbiz & AG feat. OC
United Kings - United Kingdom
Ultimate Rush - Helter Skelter & Saukrates
What I'm Here For - Gang Starr
The Actual - All City
N.O.R.E - Noreaga
Tres Leches - Big Pun feat. Prodigy & Inspectah Deck
Champions - Cypress Hill feat. PMD
Crazy Puerto Ricans - Funkdoobiest
Take That - Onyx
Check For A Nigga -Cappadonna
Team Players - KRS One & DOE-V (HH)
Full Cooperation - Def Squad
On Top of Things - Council
Nasty Boy (RMX) - Notorious B.I.G.

Side B:

Black Dust - Onyx
Artifacts of Life (touched) - LOX
Dead End Street - Buck Fifty
Above The Clouds - Gang Starr & Inspectah Deck
Main Event - Dilated Peoples
Drop it Heavy - Showbiz & AG feat. KRS One
& Big Pun
Do you - Heather B
5 Star Generals - Shabaam Saadiq, Eminem, Sham
War Zone - Black Moon
Bucktown USA - Cocoa Brovaz
Raiders Theme - X-ecutioners
The Booty - A Tribe Called Quest
2nd Round K.O. - Canibus
The Ripper Strikes Back - LL Cool J
Supa Ninjaz - U-God, Method Man, Cappadonna
Professional - Killa Priest
Live Thru Us - Masta Ace
Horse & Carriage - Cam'ron feat. Mase
Raw Footage - Sporty Thieves feat. Tragedy Khadafi

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K-OS - Rise Like The Sun

Dope 2nd Single From K-OS Released Only As A Test Press In 1996...

DJ Cash Money - Live In Toronto 1986

DJ Cash Money - Live In Toronto 1986 <-----New Link

This is from a show Cash Money did up here in Toronto. A hardcore B-Boy cut-a-thon that will rip you to shreds, fresh for 86 you suckas...

DJ Craze - March 1999 Radio Mix

Craze had the battle scene on lock in the late 90's winning the World DMC's 3 times in a row, a feat that had never been done before or since. The mix I'm sharing is from March of 1999 and most likley from a college radio show. 60 minutes cut up Craze style... Enjoy!

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Main Source - Live On Electric Circus 1991

Here's some Electric Circus footage from 1991 with a hella fine Monica Deol almost forgetting who she is introducing. MmmmmMain Source preforms Looking At The Front Door with Farley Flex & Kish in the house chillin. Small slip up from the Extra P @ 1:16. Is that Starting From Scratch I see at 0:56 at the bottom left in the blue collared shirt? Also included is some earlier footage of a shadeless Large Pro performing Atom!

Much Music Rap City - 1st Episode (Hip Hop History With Red Alert)

I've been sitting on some old Rap City footage I've been meaning to share for a while now, and I finally got a video editing program to edit all the tapes of footage. This first clip I 'm sharing is from the debut episode of Rap City on Much Music here in Toronto from sometime in Sept of 1989. Here you have the first of 4 intros Rap City produced for the show during its run, (I'll post the other intros as I edit) as well as a Hip Hop History segment with DJ Red Alert. More footage to follow!

Shout out to my fellow Torontonians The Meaning Of Dope, they have been dropping classic footage after footage for a while now so definitely check them out if you haven't already...

DJ Tony Touch - Tape #56 (Hot Shit)

Hot Shit was probably the first Tony Touch Mix Tape I heard and it's one I always go back to. I was in grade 9 when this shit dropped and it had all the ill shit out around 1998. Joints like You Know My Steez & So Wassup had me fiending for the new Gang Starr LP. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz were going strong with the NY Anthem Deja Vu. Canibus had a nice buzz going from his guest appearances and was getting ready to drop his debut LP featuring the banger How We Roll. Big Pun had the hip hop quotable for Deep Cover and was getting ready to drop his debut as well. Also includes tracks from D.I.T.C., Organized Konfusion, Fat Joe, Killah Priest, Mobb Deep, Mos Def & The Cocoa Brovas. Enjoy!

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Slug, Blueprint & Brother Ali Freestyle

An Ill Freestyle From Near The End Of The Nov 2nd 2002 God Loves Ugly Tour in Toronto. Ripping The Mic Is Brother Ali, Blueprint & Slug. Illness!

Footage Courtesy Of My Man B_ill

Kali Wild - Rythmatic Explosion Bw Mission Impossible (12 Inch)

It's all about the Mission Impossible/Pitfall Pt.2 joint here on this debut 12" from the west coast crew Kali Wild. Kali Wild consists of Oh No, Sauna, Bio & J-Duce with Oh No handling the beats.
Enjoy!

Kaliwild - Rythmatic Explosion Bw Mission Impossible/Pitfall Pt.2 (12 Inch)

A1. Rythmatic Explosion (Dirty)
A2. Rythmatic Explosion (Instr)
B1. Mission Impossible/Pitfall Pt.2 (Dirty)
B2. Mission Impossible/Pitfall Pt.2 (Instr)