MC EZ & Troup "Just Rhymin" - Fresh Records (1988)

 

Most old school heads have probably heard "Get Retarded" from this elusive 12" released in 1988. However, the song with the "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom"s was the B-side (or Y-side, according to Fresh Records) to "Just Rhymin" - a dope track unto itself. MC EZ aka Craig Mack would not drop the album he promised in the outro until he joined the Bad Boy camp 5 years later. Brentwood in effect.

Rap Treats #100: BIGGIE/Craig Mack - B.I.G. Mack Sampler ('94)

Rap Treat # 100. That's right.

We figured we'd have BIGGIE do the honours for number one hundid. This is the infamous B.I.G. Mack promo cassette that has 6 Craig Mack songs on side A and and 6 BIGGIE SMALLS songs side B. hands down b-side wins again! This was one of the first, if not the first, major promo campaigns that Bad Boy and shit was genius. This tape's gem is the original version of BIGGIE's "Me & My Bitch". Sample clearance issues is said to be the reason this version didn't make the final version of the album. I dig this one much better. It's the version BIGGIE and Puff intended the world to hear but never made it past the promo tape.

BIGGIE/Craig Mack

B.I.G. Mack Sampler (1994)

(Bad Boy Records)

Side A: Craig Mack

1. Project Funk Da World

2. Flava In Ya Ear

3. Real Raw

4. Mainline

5. Like D'atY'All

6. Shinka

Side B: The Notorious B.I.G.

7. Intro

8. Juicy

9. Things Done Changes

10. Ready To Die

11. The What

12. Me And My Bitch (Original Version)

13. Unbelievable

Classic Material: Biggie's 1995 Source Awards Performance

Featuring the 1995 edition of the Bad Boy family... Puffy Daddy, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Total, Lil Kim and the Notorious B.I.G.

Rap Treats #65: Bad Boy Mixtapes Vol. 1-4 (1995/96)

These are Volumes 1-4 of the Bad Boy mix tapes that came out in the mid 90's. This was the era when mixtapes were actually mixed on cassette tapes (I still can't use the term "Mix CD"). Before the internet was poppin, this was the place to get exclusive freestyles and all the newest Bad Boy records from BIGGIE, Craig Mack, The Lox, 112 and anything Bad Boy. They also had all the hottest records of the day, not just Bad Boy joints. Add to that they are hosted by Puff Daddy and mixed by the hottest DJs in NYC at the time and these are classics tapes.

DJ Clue

Bad Boy Mixtape Vol. 1

DJ Doo Wop

Bad Boy Mixtape Vol. 2

DJ Stretch Armstrong

Bad Boy Mixtape Vol. 3

DJ S&S

Bad Boy Mixtape Vol. 4

Rap Treats #57: Marley Marl - The Juice Crew EP

Usually I wouldn't post a whole release like this, but since it only came out on wax and was limited to 350 copies (which are all sold out) I figured it's cool this time around. Plus, it's dope as fuck and I'm a Cold Chillin' junkie so here you go.

This is a collection of never released before material that Marley Marl had left over from Juice Crew recording sessions from the late 80's. The G. Rap "I Declare War" record is left over from the Road To The Riches sessions. The Super Kids record is a very young Tragedy the Intelligent Hoodlum and was recorded the same week as "Eric B Is President" & "The Bridge". Big Daddy Kane's "For Your Own Concern" has been floating around Blogland as a radio rip, but this version is straight off the masters. The song was intended for Long Live The Kane but according to the press release it "some how never made it". The second Kool G. Rap record is "Enter The Dragon" which came out in 1996 but with a not so good remixed beat that wasn't the original Marley Marl version. This version is the original. Craig G's record "Drop A Bomb On Em" was recorded sometime around In Control Vol. 1 but like the rest of the EP, the song never saw the light of day. I don't even know what to say. This shit here is the definition of a Rap Treat.

Marley Marl

The Juice Crew EP

A1 Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo "I Declare War"

A2 Super Kids "Stunt Of The Block"

B1 Big Daddy Kane "For Your Own Concern"

B2 Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo "Enter The Dragon"

B3 Craig G "Drop A Bomb On 'Em"

Produced and Mixed by Marley Marl

BONUS Juice Crew:

For those that aren't up on the Juice Crew, here is

the GREATEST POSSE CUT EVER... "The Symphony"!