Plankton - Young Manic Depressive

This is the second Plankton mixtape Renti sent me.
Another dope selection of westcoast underground filled with a couple of indie rock inserts.


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VIOLENT RAMP - Intro
ANACRON - Good Friday
JULIE RUIN - I Wanna Know What Love Is
SUBTITLE - Young Dangerous Heart
AWOL ONE - Flying Spiders
TONY DA SKITZO - THC
FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - 7th Seal
VOLUME 10 - A Real Freestyle
2MEX - L.A. (Like...)
FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - Heavyweights
ELLAY KHULE - Master Flows
THE BADSTADS - Treacharous 3 Remix
BUSDRIVER & 2MEX - Walking Dead
CVE - What A Pity

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ANACRON - Be Where? (Beware!)
JULIE RUIN - Apt. #5
SUBTITLE - Freestyle
AWOL ONE - Sleepin' All Day
TONY DA SKITZO - Hi-To
FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - Six Tray
VOLUME 10 - Where's The Sniper
XOLOLANXINXO - William Banner
IMPRINTS - Pepsi On The Record
HIP HOP KCLAN - Sounds Like
EASTY BOYS - Don't Wanna Hear It
BUSDRIVER & XOLOLANXINXO - Borrowed Material
NGA FSH - One Man Riot

Western Union - Off With Their Heads

This cassette is from 1996, from a California crew called Western Union.

From what I get the WU later became Dojo Pros (producer Asterix aka Sueno One plus mcs L.O.R.D. and Wu Shu -same guy as Contakt?). Pretty straight forward hardcore hip hop with nice uptempo prods, definitely something to check.

In a related subject I'm looking for anything WU/Dojo Pros related, their Look Out 12'', L.O.R.D. solo albums and singles, etc. Don't hesitate to hit the comment section with links if you have some. Thanks.

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3/4 To Life

Lyrical Whatever

Blunt Statements

Last Battle

Border Lines

Mind Focus

Union Soldiers

Nightmares

Eternal Journal

Problems

Organize Graffiti

Supreme Beings

Live Or Die

Record History

L.O.R.D.'s Intro

ParanormL - The Paranorml Sickayatrist EP

ParanormL is a MC from Los Angeles. This EP, released in 2000, is his first one.

This is pretty much my favourite thing from him, particularly because of the dope productions by The Nutsons, a beatmaking duo from Norway that handled all the beats and released the EP on their Warm Gravy label. 

ParanormL later developped a more jazz-oriented sound but this is more straight-forward, eerie and aggressive hip hop. You even got Vex from The Boogie Monsters on the first track.

The 4 tracks (plus one little instrumental hidden at the end) are equally good, I'm even surprise this piece of wax isn't more sought after.

I ripped my copy since I couldn't find one. Enjoy!

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We Bring 4th The Light ft. Vex Da Vortex

Camouflage = Sabotage

I Am The Paranorml

Aggression

4th Light ft. Vex Da Vortex (Acapella)

We Bring 4th The Light (Instrumental)

Camouflage = Sabotage (Instrumental)

I Am The Paranorml (Instrumental)

Aggression (Instrumental)

Enterlude - Conduct

Looking for that Anacron 12''

This is my "Moby Dick" item, the one you're chasing year after year, trying to collect info while barely making any progress and dreaming you'll stumble upon it by complete luck.

This is Anacron's very first single: Out There b/w Interstellar Phenomenon.

He made a digital re-release on his bandcamp a couple of years ago and it mentioned a vinyl version existed. I'm collecting westcoast undergound vinyls for years and never even heard of that one, no need to say I was hyped! 

But after a few months, still nothing, not even a picture or somebody mentioning it, nothing even proving it was once sold or being part of someone's collection!

I asked Anacron on twitter and he confirmed: 350 copies were pressed in 1995 and everything was hand sold, mostly in Europe and Japan! 350... It's not huge but it's not nothing either. How come nobody seems to own this?

So here's my call: if you have any info, picture, whatever, you own one, you know someone who owns one or did, you ever saw a copy in a shop, or even better, you're willing to sell one to me for whatever price... please hit that comment section.

Little Larry & Bas One (Psychoplasmz) - Cytoplasmic

I got to know Psychoplasmz while looking for Insiduous Urban Records releases.
That bay area label released all the Mission:/CCR records and related (Headnodic), Foreign Legion, solo Bas-1 stuff, the classic DJ Serg westcoast mixtape, and a couple of more obscure stuff, including a Psychoplasmz 7'', a group consisting of Bas-1 (Oakland) and Little Larry (Berkeley).

This is a compilation from 2011 put together by Little Larry and consisting of all the materials by the group. You even got the 2 tracks from the 7''.

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Am I Deranged?
Pass Me The Blunt
Land Of The Nymphos
I'm Back Snitch
Legendary Lyricist
The Recipe
Let's Not Lose It
Psycho By The Candle Lite
Sneek A Peek
Watergun Fun
World Dance
Little Larry (Instramental)
Bas One (Instramental)

Camp Crystal Lake - S/T

This one is a special treat, made possible by Kaliyuga Pro from the great Ghetto Tyylit.

That Camp Crystal Lake self titled 7-track cassette is allegedly from around 1996-1998 and feature Zest The Smoker and his crew. No idea if it's anything official or just a compilation of tracks put together randomly.

From what I get, it was the demo for their Souls Owed To The Lake album that never got out (still you can find various tracks on Zest's discography as well as his soundcloud), then again, it's just a guess.
The artwork used here is just a screenshot from their defunct website.

I got a cassette dub of this 13 years ago through another finnish connection and lost the tape in a flood. I tried to look for it without success, remembering how great it was.

Until a few days ago, the homie Kaliyuga Pro ripped his own dub and sent it to me.
There's no tracklist or info on our dubs but KP figured some of the tracks had resurface on Zest's 'Smoker Filez' years later (first track aka "Red Hot" and track 5 aka "SJC" that was shortened on Smoker Filez, track 3 was "Louisianna Spice" from the Camp Crypt B-Sidez compilation.) but still, some of the most notable tracks that stood out in my memory I couldn't put my hands on.

Track 2, the one I'm referring to in this post, is called Zono, same name of the MC from the Unisuns. It's from 1993. Then you got the awesome posse cut that finishes the tape, unfortunately roughly cut at 3:05 (mine was too).

On a strictly rap standpoint, this is golden. The styles are super raw, so is the production, but these guys completely kills it. Treat yourself with this and much props to Kaliyuga for the help.

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KYNIVN BASTARDZ - Redhot

ZONO - Zono (AKA Dracula)

UNISUNS (WOLF PROGRESS & ZONO) - Louisiana Spice

WOLF? - ?? (Magnification?)

? & ZEST THE SMOKER - SJC (Full Version)

DAVE DUB - ??
ZEST, ZONO, ? & WOLF - ??

Plankton - Moments To Ruin

This one has been kindly sent to me by Renti (along with another one that I might share too at some point). Another hard to find pause mixtape by finnish DJ / Anti-Party Music head Plankton.

It's from 2006, first side is obscure westcoast indie rap, the flip is indie rock only. 

Great selection as always (anyone knows who Adura is? What's the name of the tape?) and a good way to share almost-impossible to find cassette content. Like the hand-drawn artwork too.

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ADURA - Ain't Ready

SIDUS IDIOM - Moments Til Ruin

DIVERSE - I Wish I Had That Power (Rmx)

MPX - Endlessly

TOMMY V, JOE DUB, TABU, HEDGEHOG, STEPHEN, JESTER - Bright Future

ALEX75 & CHAZ - 3rd Bass Shirt

BAY AREA ART COLLECTIVE - Kick BAAC

ANACRON - My Other Pair

PEEKABOO - Live Bonus

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LOU BARLOW - Be Nice Me

KATHLEEN HANNAH - I Wish I Was Him

JEFFREY LEWIS - 3/4 Moon

KIMYA DAWSON - Time To Think

DANIEL JOHNSTON - I Live For Love

MUCKAFURGASON - South Dakota

MUCKAFURGASON - Bad Ass Fucker

LOU BARLOW AND HIS SENTRIDOH - No Matter What

LUKE KELLY - ??

LUKE KELLY - ??

THE MOLDY PEACHES - Jorge Regula