3/6/16
Bearded Legend - Owl Eyes
From Eminem to Beck, there have been hundreds of artists over the years who've taken cues from the Beastie Boys, but few ever manage to truly capture or recreate the Beastie vibe, that wise-cracking, smarter-but-also-cooler-than-thou sense of self that each of the group's members brought to their craft time and time again. Levittown's Bearded Legend has a name, a tone, a group, and yes, a vibe worthy of comparison. His debut EP, Owl Eyes, dropped last summer and was produced primarily by Huntington's Doug G. Together, the duo is known as The Brotherhood, and you can bet we'll be featuring them in posts to come.
3/5/16
Roc Marciano - WKCR Freestyle August 18, 2004
Clipped this early Roc Marciano freestyle from DJ Sucio Smash's Right On Time mixtape. Smash claims this to be Roc's first radio appearance. If you've got something earlier, please hit me up.
3/4/16
Blaq Kush - unmixed VERY RARE EP
Prepare to have your world destroyed. Blaq Kush combines the uninhibited free-form approach of a Lil B with the the focused vision of a hip-hop auteur, fully embracing conventional mixtape tropes one minute only to toss them out the window the next. "One time for No Child Left Behind."
Grandmilly - "Unleashed"
Grandmilly's the type of MC who's still killing shit even when he's just killing time. Case in point: what he just "Unleashed" over a beat by LA's Iman Omari in anticipation of the 2 Stoopid Dogs EP, another collabo with Midnite Society producer Shozae.
Meditation Chamber Recording Presents: Olympus Monz Full Anthology
Long Island's local hip-hop scene is in a very healthy place right now, with probably enough talented MCs, DJs and producers to create a little hamlet unto itself, but it hasn't always been like this. In the mid '00s, it seemed like there was really only one collective out here that was making a sound that was both unique and united. That is to say, each member of the group had his own sound, but the group itself had its own sound as well. That group was of course Conceptual Elements.
I'm not sure how many members there were at the height of the group, or how many of them remain active today, but much of he group's extensive discography has been posted to member Sargon's bandcamp page. The release above, for example, consists of 261 tracks featuring Bay Shore's Sargon and Copiague's Olympus Monz. Dig in.
I'm not sure how many members there were at the height of the group, or how many of them remain active today, but much of he group's extensive discography has been posted to member Sargon's bandcamp page. The release above, for example, consists of 261 tracks featuring Bay Shore's Sargon and Copiague's Olympus Monz. Dig in.
2/29/16
2/27/16
MeccaGodZilla - "Jagi No Ichi"
MeccaGodzilla's in the middle of a "new music producer series that takes a look at 80s pop culture, 80s cable TV culture and remixes it all with current/past Hip-Hop sound design." Read more about Click Clack: The Jerrold Experiment on his website, and stream the latest entry above.
2/25/16
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in Patchogue Tonight
Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone and Flesh-n-Bone will be at The Emporium in Patchogue for a performance celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Tha Crossroads.""Damn man, I miss my Uncle Charles yall!"
Doors will open at 8PM, the show will begin at 9PM, tickets will cost $30 at the door ($20 in advance via Ticketfly), dress codes will be strictly enforced, fast-raps will be delivered ... fast.
"See you at the..."