4/30/15

Rodan - Amerikkkan Inquisition Mixtape

Of the Monsta Island Czars' many unique voices, Rodan's always stood out, so it's somewhat surprising that his solo discography consists of just one LP, one EP, one 12" and rarest of all, one mixtape. You'll find fans across the net asking each other about this release, but if anybody actually has it they're not telling. For now, all we have is a 20-song tracklist (below), a cover (at left), and a handful of songs that were posted in 2010 and 2012. With nothing more to go on, we've taken the liberty of zipping up the seven streaming songs that match titles from the tracklist*. Each of these was ripped from the RONOMICAL YouTube channel. Stream a few cuts below and download seven-twentieths of the Amerikkkan Iniquisiton Mixtape here.
   
1. PROTEUS (INTRO) 
2. GOTHAM* 
3. MONEY & FOOD* 
4. PRECOGNITION* 
5. TERROR_DAT_KILLZ {PTERODACTYL} 
6. MEMORIAL 
7. 3RD I 
8. METAL HYDROGEN* 
9. DARK ANGEL 
10. HOLIDAY BASH 
11. GRAND INQUISITOR 
12. RONOMICAL 
13. URANIUM 
14. RUN THE SPHERE V.2012 
15. SARAH PALEWHORE 
16. CROCODILES* 
17. DEFINITIVE ARTICLE* 
18. WARPSPEED 
19. B.O.M.Z. {BACK ON MY ZENITH}* 
20. PROMETHEUS {OUTRO}

4/27/15

Rozewood & Dirty Diggs - "Nickel Nine"

Catch Rozewood flagrantly flying blue and orange, like The Worm's hair style, in this video for "Nickel Nine" off Dirty Diggs' production album Rodman. Also featured on Rodman are The Winners starting players Hus Kingpin and SmooVth.

4/22/15

De La Soul & Nas - BBC Radio 1 Freestyle (1996)

Yesterday, De La Soul dropped a new track they did with Nas to continue building buzz for their Kickstarter-funded album, And the Anonymous Nobody. Though the song's great in its own right, it won't be included on the upcoming project. Regardless, that's where all De-La-related attention is focused right now, so it's only mildly surprising (if not further indicative of the modern music press' shortsightedness) that most hip-hop sites that posted the track yesterday failed to link to or at least mention this timeless recording of Nas, Pos and Dave sharing the mic on Tim Westwood's Radio 1 Rap Show back in 1996.
It's rare to hear multiple generation-spanning and -defining artists such as Nas and De La Soul paired naturally in any setting; rarer still to hear them trading off-the-head freestyles. So stream their first recording above, their latest below, and yes, don't forget there's still time to contribute to the And the Anonymous Nobody Kickstarter.

4/21/15

Grandmilly with Shozae & Theravada in Our Nation's Capital

In other Hempstead-related news, Zeroklique OG Grandmilly just co-headlined a show down in D.C. with Awful Records founder Father. Not listed on the bill but clearly in attendance as well were Theravada and Midnite Society's Shozae.

Below you can see some footage from their trip shot by Omar Jones with a Zeiss 50mm camera. The song playing throughout is "The Lords" off Grandmilly's Miseducation EP.

It's just test footage, so don't expect any video to come back in after the screen goes black.

Grand Daddy I.U. - "P.I.M.P. Intro"

They don't call it Pimpstead for nothing. Before Roc Marciano and SmooVth brought the village's oldest trade into the 21st century, there was Grand Daddy I.U. A storied veteran of LI hip-hop, I.U. returned last month with a new solo album, his fourth in 25 years. It just goes to show that hip-hop, like pimping, is about quality, not quantity. Stream the album's Marco Polo-produced intro above and trick that physical specimen direct from Grand Daddy's own Steady Flow Enterprises.

4/10/15

Roc Marciano to Appear on Upcoming De La Soul Album

De La Soul had already announced a few big features for their upcoming album, but UN manager Jazz just tweeted this amazing news that all but confirms Roc Marciano will be among the album's list of special guests. Maybe somebody from the De La camp heard Roc body the "Hey Love" beat a few years back.

Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet on WBAU
March 26, 1990

Today's date marks the 25th anniversary of the commercial release of Public Enemy's classic third album Fear Of A Black Planet. What you might not realize is that the album debuted, albeit to a much smaller audience, weeks earlier on Long Island college radio. (Public Enemy is of course in many ways a product of this scene, as Chuck D worked at Adelphi's WBAU alongside members of the Bomb Squad and actually met Flavor Flav [then known as MC DJ Flavor] in the studio there.) According to DJ WildMan Steve, Fear Of A Black Planet was played by DJ Jeff Foss on Hofstra University's 88.7 WRHU on Saturday, March 24, 1990 before its 90.3 WBAU debut on Monday, March 26.

Thanks to Long Island hip-hop icons Oxygen (aka Ox the Architect) and DJ WildMan Steve, the Internet now has a recording of this second local debut. To complement this long-lost radio set, we're posting it alongside the original Fear Of A Black Planet artwork by NASA illustrator B.E. Johnson.



4/6/15

Prince Paul Releases "Not the Size 3," Gives Extensive Interview

The crown prince of comedic hip-hop is kicking off the month in style, with the third installment  of his "Its Not the size of your Mix Its how you use it" series hitting the net just a day after April Fools, this coming just a little over a week after the second part of his Cipher Show interview appeared online.

The interview — which spans two webcasts, each over an hour long — finds Paul talking about everything from his high school days (year book photo at left) to his work with LI acts Resident Alien and Horror City.

The mix features tracks by KMD and Public Enemy among others.

Drink in all three streams below.

4/4/15

Kenny Orlando - "No Need for Sirens" (Premiere)

After dropping five mixtapes over the past three years, Kenny Orlando returns with Simply I, a three-track EP produced by mbj of Audio Assembly Productions. Long Island Rap Blog is proud to premiere track 3, "No Need for Sirens," which represents something of a change in pace for Kenny, who, though still kicking introspection and positive messages, now finds himself doing so at a much faster tempo over some heavy electro-hop.

Simply I is now available digitally via iTunes or on CD-R from CD Baby, and if you want to hear more of the EP, you can preview it on YouTube.