Fatgums & Gamma Ray - Ohhssh!!

This right here is a fresh mixtape by DJs Fatgums and Gamma Ray from 2000 filled with the finest westcoast underground selection, tons of great routines, one of the best westcoast-oriented introduction ever, some nice unreleased tracks... a must have.


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EB F - Intro
OHHSSH!! Intro
FATGUMS Anthem
GAMMA RAY Anthem
Bay Tribute
CASUAL Scratch
DEL - Jaw Gymnastics
CHARIZMA Scratch
CHARIZMA & PBW - That's Word
SAAFIR - Battle Drill
L'RONEOUS - L'Chemy
PARIS Scratch
PLANET ASIA Transition
PLADO - Try To Read My Mind
CASUAL - Later On
SAAFIR Transition
MISFITZ OV STYLZ - It's Goin Down
FANATIK - Hella Emcees
MURS - The Jerry Maguire Song
NEW EDITION - Hotel Heartbreak

B
ROMALIBOTS - Monkeying Around
T-ROOT - Credentials
EVANESCE - Double O'Sik
GENELEC & MEMPHIS REIGNS - Memoirs Of A Terrorist
TESTING GROUND - Meaningless
HA!!!
ASIATIC & MYGRAIN - Extra Carne
Skooby
JSALANGS - Untitled Opus I
OHHSSH!! Outro - KB

Underbombers / Fanatik bootleg cassettes

A couple of weeks ago 12ManRambo had this ebay auction including a batch of mysterious hand dubbed cassettes full of supposedly unreleased music from San Jose collective Underbombers (Sub Contents, Zest) and producer Fanatik.
I was able to score 3 of those tapes:

"Phanatik Conception" (pic above), contains a lot of known Fanatik instrumentals from the Beat tapes era but this time with MCs on them... I never heard any of those versions (maybe I missed some releases?).
They sound at the same time solid enough to be officially released but you can also hear that it's straight from the studio takes (emcees commenting before and after etc.). Second track for example is Dave Dub over the "Parallel" beat. There's a MC I couldn't name on the first track rapping over "Night Terror"; a nice short collage interlude I never heard; a track with a female singer...
On the B side it's 6 full tracks of known Fanatik beats with Grand the Visitor from Homeliss Derilex rapping on it, and a cameo by Persevere on the last one. Pretty nice!

Second tape is by Zest the Smoker. It features some instrumentals, two versions of My Ol Nasty Habit, one over a different beat than the one we know, and the second one is an alternate vocal take on the original beat. Then Encore's "Think Twice". On the flip there's a 23-minute long freestyle featuring Persevere, Clishe and some other guys I couldn't name. It's called "Freestyle @ Steve's Bachelor Party".

"Subconscience" starts with a freestyle by Dave Dub & Persevere, then some known instrumental by Fanatik, My Ol Nasty Habit by Zest, then more freestyle by some guy I couldn't name, Zest, then some more freestyle by Persevere and finally a radio cameo with an extended freestyle over several instros by both Sub Contents members.


...all 3 tapes ripped:

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The Moonies - Invasion

This is the first project from the Bay Area crew The Moonies. I'm not super familiar with Rec League but they're seem to be loosely related to Gurp City and such.
As far as I know that's one of their first official release, it's from 2000. Cumulus (now QM), Rob Rush (named Lexicon on this project?),  Matty Eye, plus Juice and Masie on one track are the MCs on Invasion.
Thanks to K-Pro for hooking up that tape.

In another news, peep the dope new Haez One and Dankslob (Luke Sick & G-Pek) albums.


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Old Man McDaniels Intro
Welcome To The Valley Of Dolls
Boom! Boom! Boom! Interlude
E.Y.E.
April Fools
Just Another Day

B
Felton Eleven
Grimy Casualties
The Dishwasher vs. The Human PC
Ill Enough
AM/PM 9:18