Rap Treats #98: Original, Rare and Unreleased 4

Straight outta 30 Rockefeller Plaza we have Ice Cube performing "Straight Outta Compton" (kind of) on the Jimmy Fallon show. This was actually recorded before they went on the air to hype up the studio audience. Cube goes in over the most incredible Roots band including Black "MC Ren" Thought and guitarist Kirk "Eazy-E" Douglas in what is probably the illest karaoke performance ever. You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.

Ice Cube

"Straight Outta Compton" (The Roots Remix)

This was originally on the advance copy of The Love Movement album, but for whatever reason it didn't make the final cut. No rappin', just Mos Def introducing ATCQ playing the role of host at "the comfortable Paladino Lounge and Supper Club". Nothing ground breaking, but a cool listen for Tribe heads.

A Tribe Called Quest

"Intro" featuring Mos Def (Unreleased)

The original version of "Benjamins". This was before BIGGIE found his way onto the record. This version saw the light of day on a Bad Boy promo tape that was given out back in '96. Same beat, but just Puffy & The Lox on this one. This song is the reason the version that everybody knows is called the "remix".

Puff Daddy & The Lox

"It's All About The Benjamins" (Original Version)

This was recorded in '94 around the "Get It Together" time. Completely different beat than the bugged out version that came out in '99. I dig this one better. Much better.

Beastie Boys

"Intergalactic" (Original Version)

I always felt that "Regulate" would have been better served if the version we all know and love wasn't the radio edit. Everything is better with swearing in my books and "Regulate" is no fucking exception. This is the dirty version that was never released. It kind of sounds like shit and doesn't start clean but fuck it, "Regulators, mount up!"

Warren G & Nate Dogg

"Regulate" (Original Dirty Version)

The "Dig A Hole" that made the Kingdom Come album was produced by Swizz Beatz, and like the whole Kingdom Come album this wasn't Jay's best work. The original version of the song was produced by Just Blaze and to my ears is WAY better than Swizzy's version. This should have been on the album no question. Maybe it was a sample problem, maybe it was a record label thing, or maybe it was Jay just fucked up. Regardless, Just Blaze let this one loose so enjoy!

Jay-Z

"Dig A Hole" (Original Version)

Classic Material: Death Row's 1995 Source Awards Performance

Death Row's performance from the '95 Source Awards. Snoop, Dre, The Dogg Pound, DJ Quik and the whole crew gets down for a Death Row medley.

Rap Treats #87: 213 - St. Ides Promo Tape (1994)

No company had rappers slanging their product like St. Ides. The beer tasted like piss, but dudes drank it strictly on the strength that Ice Cube and King Tee told them too. Before that, cats drank Old English because N.W.A. rapped about it. And before that, people drank Kool Aid because of that big ass jug of Kool Aid broke through walls and told them to drink the shit. Anyways, this tape is dope and I'm pretty sure you had to be in the right place at the right time to catch one of these cassettes. There is also an Ice Cube tape and an Eric B & Rakim tape out there somewhere too. If you have them send them!

213 (Snoop, Warren G & Nate Dogg)

St. Ides Promo Tape (1994)

1. St. Ides In The LBC
2. When We Sippin On The Brew
3. Drank Anthem
4. Dogg Food & Drank

Rap Treats #23: St. Ides Commercials

St. Ides had the freshest commercials back in the day, and they worked too because it made me drink St. Ides at one point in my life. And St. Ides tastes like shit. There weren't a whole lot of rappers endorsing products in the early 90's like today (except for Hammer) so these were always the dopest commercials on TV. This isn't the hardest comp to find (I think it's available in stores), but the commercials are classic so it had to go up.

St. Ides

Greatest Malt Liquor Hits

1. King Tee "St. Ides"

2. King Tee & DJ Pooh "Forty Ounce Fit For A King"

3. King Tee & DJ Pooh "Tha Bomb Malt Liquor"

4. King Tee & E-Swift "Do Ya Like St. Ides?"

5. King Tee "Do You Wanna Go To The Liquor Store?"

6. E-Swift & King Tee "Let's Have Some St. Ides"

7. Ice Cube & King Tee

8. Ice Cube, DJ Pooh & E-Swift "S.T. Crooked I.D.E"

9. Yo Yo & Cube "Femalt Liquor"

10. Ice Cube & Pooh "All I Want For Christmas"

11. Ice Cube "Jackin For Malt Liquor"

12. Ice Cube "We Don't Want No 8-ball"

13. Ice Cube "Wish They'd Come Up With A 12-Pak"

14. Cube & Pooh "Blind Fold Test"

15. Eric B & Rakim "Real Men's Drink"

16. Rakim "Get Some....."

17. Yo Yo & King Tee "You Need A Six-Pack"

18. EPMD & Ice Cube "East Meets West Malt Liquor"

19. Erick Sermon "40 Oz Or A Can"

20. Kool G Rap, DJ Pooh & Sir Jinx "Getta Grip, Take A Sip"

21. Geto Boys & Ice Cube "5th Ward/South Central Malt"

22. Geto Boys "My Malt's Playin' Tricks On Me"

23. Snoop Doggy Dogg "St. Ides In The LBC"

24. Warren G "When We Sippin' On Tha Brew"

25. Nate Dogg "Drank Anthem"

26. MC Eiht "The Brew Took Me Under"

27. Scarface "Drankin Toon"

28. Wu-Tang Clan "Shaolin Brew"

29. Snoop Doggy Dogg "Dogg Food N Drank"

30. Ice Cube "Crooked I For All Ages"