Plankton - Fresh Off A 6 Pack

I already told you about my fascination for finnish mixtapes. Ever since that post, Abyss has been removed but the equally dope My Groundhog Day and I Like B-Sides appeared for free download on Anti-Party Music's bandcamp. 

I recently got back a little batch of my tape collection left in a muddy garage down south and found a copy of this long pause mix cassette from 2006. It's 96 minutes long, full of dope indie rap and homemade remixes and served cold with a good old tape hiss.

Enjoy while it lasts.

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Face A

INOE ONER - Hot Love

THIRD SIGHT - Zodiac Killer

PIGEON JOHN - Sam The Goat

ELLAY KHULE - Sounds Of The Human Race

Pause-ish Lyrics Born' Drop

BLACKALICIOUS - Make You Feel That Way (My Way Mix)

THE REALIST - Gimme Love (Buy My Tape)

HOMELISS DERILEX - Fuck You

SACRED HOOP - Burn Drunk Hours

EDDIE K - So Much Drama In The Industry

SFSM - Inhale / Exhale

Plado's Drop

PLADO - Try To Read My Mind

I SMOOTH 7 - For Da Love Of The Ghetto

MURS - Tomorrow

P.E.A.C.E. - Freestyle 98

MURS & NEOSAPIEN - Virtual Reality

Face B

Big Ran's Drop

MISFITZ OV STYLZ - Where The Fuck U At?

CITY SIDE CREW - Kali

OLD JOSEPH - Fraudulent

THE BAY AREA ART COLLECTIVE - Kick BAAC

BORED STIFF - Therapy

SAAFIR - Can-U-Feel-Me?

THE GROUCH - The Afterlife

VOLUME 10 - Pistolgrip Pump (Crunk Rmx)

Z-MAN - Get Yo Tapes

GET THE HATER - Back To Dirt Town

AWOL ONE - Believe

EELS - World Of Shit

AWOL ONE - Try

SACRED HOOP - Fresh Off A 12 Pack (Plankton's 6 Pack Remake)

Gershwin BLX - Nocturnal Ron Presents Gershwin 12''

This one is the first piece of vinyl by LA crew Bassline Xcursionists aka Gershwin BLX. I must admit I don't know much about the producer Nocturnal Ron, not even which year he released this. It seemed to be complete auto-production. 

It's a pretty solid 4-track 12'', with "Rhymes / Riddles" being the highlight with it's infectious beat and chorus.

If you like it you should check BLX's first album, originally a cassette-only release (95-97 era) but put as a free download on their Bandcamp.

As far as BLX's solo joints I also own two 12"s by Omni that I really like and might put them out there one of these days. 

I also recently checked on Malkovich's other projects and really liked his Skeletons album (free DL as well) among others. 

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Mike N 88.9 KXLU / Chicken

Rhymes / Riddles

Magic Rhyming Man

Control

Mike N 88.9 KXLU / Chicken (Instrumental)

Rhymes / Riddles (Instrumental)

Magic Rhyming Man (Instrumental)

Control (Instrumental)

Forest Fires Collective - Fresh Air EP

The Forest Fires Collective is another short-lived crew from the Bay. 

Originally formed around the duo The Latter (beatmakers/ MCs Edison Victrola aka Eddie Vic and Feller Quentin aka Smif Carnivorous -known these days as Tim Cohen from the Fresh & Onlys and various others indie rock bands). Add to this MC's Mad Squirrel (which met Smif from working at Amoeba) and Prego w/Zest (ex Just One) and two "ghost members", Dr Lester and a guy named Simile. 

Allegedly the name FFC was inspired by Mad Squirrel's own pseudo and from that they build that whole concept of rapping about nature, animals, etc. (more backstory on M.S.'s book Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification you can find large extracts on the web).

They released 2 cd albums (self titled, 2001 and You Can't See, 2002) and two vinyl EP's collecting tracks from the cd's plus some unreleased cuts in some case.

Fresh Air is the second vinyl and last of their collective release. 11 tracks including 4 instros. 3 tracks are from their first cd, 2 from You Can't See.

Musically expect some solid productions, fast rap, light themes and adventurous posse cuts. Probably not for everyone but dope in my book.

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Chillin' With A Capon

Super Raps

Sim's Bloodlust

Unemployed Workaholic

Sato

Go Find The Blaze

Kaiser's Right Wing (Instrumental)

Super Raps (Instrumental)

Unemployed Workaholic (Instrumental)

In My Zone (Instrumental)

Witness Protection

Disflex.6 - Featuring Sunset Leagues EP

This is the first piece of wax from the Sunset Leagues collective (from SF I think). It was released in 2000 and features the various members of the crew: D6 (Lazerus Jackson + Jason The Argonaut), PBS (Laz Jack + Mercury), Scratch Paper (Ehnertia + DJ Capsize) and producer Elon.is who offers 3 instrumentals. It's a good one and it's rather easy to spot.

This is a rip from my own copy. Enjoy.

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DISFLEX.6 - Natural Selection

SCRATCH PAPER - Armour And Disguises

PBS - Shots

ELON.IS - My World Your World

DISFLEX.6 - Natural Selection (instrumental)

SCRATCH PAPER - Armour And Disguises (Instrumental)

PBS - Shots (Instrumental)

ELON.IS - Josh (Instrumental)

ELON.IS - Infest (Instrumental)