Buck 65 & Graymatter - Johnny Rockwell Meets Henry Krinkle

 

This is a somewhat rare tape collaboration from 1998 between Buck 65 and fellow canadian producer Graymatter (also credited as Graematter here and there).

Allegedly there's about 20 copies that were handmade and sold for the 1998 Scribble Jam. The number seem a bit odd considering it's one full hour of new and original tracks.. and no filler.

This is one of Buck's most dark and minimal work in my opinion, reminiscent of the Sebutones project with Sixtoo, and it's very, very good if you like this side of Buck's work. Lots of instrumentals and turntablism on this as well, and, well, incredible beats, as always...

It's pretty crazy this hasn't seen a proper reissue yet (ok, I know I write this every time), and even odd-er the only rips (I counted 3 differents) you found on slsk are all pretty bad.. either overpitched, or sounding like 96kbps mp3, or just.. incomplete. Which is better than nothing, I guess... But I always really wanted to hear the full tape in decent quality.

I've been lucky enough to score one of those tape recently and here's my rip, 320kbps and properly pitched.

Enjoy!

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About 18 untitled tracks.

DJ Moves - Independant Hip Hop #3

 

This is a tape I recently copped from a Halifax local.. One of the early DJ Moves mixtapes and the very first 'official' Low Pressure Records release. Probably released around 1997-8 based on that fact. 

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In another news the 3MG just dropped this dope new track... hope it means a new album soon.

Oddities Package

A while ago I posted the Awkward Why? album Kaliyuga Pro sent me.
A.W. was this group from Toronto part of a supergroup called Oddities. Here's the rest of the batch of other rare Oddities albums KP sent:

Oddities - Claustrophonics (1998)
Oddities - Audible Optical Bodible (1999/2000)
Oddities - (unnamed bootleg compilation) "new shit" (2001-2003)
Sprawlic Stream - Rites Of Passage (1999)
Bookworm - Paying For The Trip (2000)

Enjoy!

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Awkward Why? - Six Bubbles

I know, this album (from 1998) is floating on the internet for a while already and judging his discogs page already have a little following, but as far as I'm concerned, I just discovered it thanks to Kaliyuga Pro a couple of weeks ago and it's been on rotation ever since.

Awkward Why? is a group from Toronto, comprised of Bookworm, J-StaRRRrrr!!! and Psy, Bookworm producing most of it. The band later united with another one called Dynasty and together they formed the supergroup Oddities which got signed on Battle Axe in the early 00es.

In short, the production work here is beautifully done and many loops will stuck with you for a while, and the emceeing/writing part is definitely on par. It's one of those albums you're hope to stumble on while meticulously going through  a whole obscure crew's discography, one that you know you'll come back to and listen many times more.

Of course there's more Oddities material, some of it already been upped on Ghetto Tyylit years ago and I'll soon put again the rarest stuff on the blog (while the new material is still easily available), but this one really stood out for me. What you got here is KP's rip, so thanks to him for taking the time to do it. If you never heard it, give it a try.

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A

A-Firmation

Unexpected Texture

Scott Free ft. Sir Syntax (The Modern Myth)

Battlestar Galactica

How Could You Be So Nasty?

No Idea

B

Awkworlds Intro

Spontaneous Combustion

Anti-Matter

Sound Advice ft. Korry Deez

J-StaRRRrrr!!!

Awkwords

Buck 65 - Weirdo Magnet (Cassette Version)

This is a new rip from my og cassette copies.

The cd version of Weirdo Magnet released by Warner in 2002 is quite different than the original cassettes (yeah, the album was released on 2 cassettes) from 1996. 

Tracklist is completely different, from 40 to 23 tracks (to fit the new format), the cassette total length time is a little bit more than 2 hours, and the cd is 50 minutes. Not only there's tracks missing but weirdly enough there's a good portion of the cd tracks that are not on the original cassettes: the intro for instance, or the track with Sixtoo... Those are pretty good tracks too though.

Also, most importantly, it seems that all the rapping parts have been re-done by Buck. It's pretty obvious on Year Zero for example, you definitely hear the more uptempo style of the Stinkin Rich era on the tape as the cd version is the more "grown-up", slower and deeper voice of Buck.

Obviously the mixing has been redone too and sounds better on the reissue.

But what happened to that missing hour of OG Buck 65 then?

After a long search on slsk years ago I finally found a rip of the cassette but the quality wasn't that good: the dub was overpitched, bitrate was meh and last track was missing.

More recently I've been able to get og copies of the cassettes (without having to put my house for sale, right discogs?). Now here's the dub off it. Enjoy!

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1A

Throw It!

Shopping For Shoes

Taster's Choice

Cat Piss

Thought So

Boogie'n Frenzy ft. M88Kenzie

Amber Valletta

Chin Music '96

Stranded Without Pants

Beatles Break

1B

Company

Who You Frontin' For?

Maintenance

Plus Signs And Positivity

Urine Trouble

Shalom Harlow

Kiss My Ass

Fuckin' Chicks, Huh?

You're Pissin' Me Off

Shout It Out ft. J.O. Smooth

2A

Come Home

Year Zero

You Know The Science

Baron Karza

In A Bad Way

Wild Life Pt.1

Chilliwack

PR221

The Bassment Show

2B

State Of The Art

Wild Life Pt.2

Style #386

Providence

The Back Of My Hand

Male Model

Wild Life Pt.3

Speak Of The Devil

This Is A Joke

Swung At A Bad Pitch

Ra-Harakhte

Renegade Synapsis - Pins & Needles EP

This one's just appeared on DJ Moves' bandcamp and it's very good. 

Renegade Synapsis is him plus Checklove (Check Love Shakil), the 2 last tracks were already on his Hiss 2 : Hissteria comp but the rest is completely unreleased. Nice cameos too.

"After Hip Club Groove broke up this was the next group we started. Recorded in 1997 in Toronto.

Was supposed to be a 12'' on Four Ways To Rock but Marc Costanzo fucked us over."

Damn, Marc! I really want this on wax now.

You can check / buy it..

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Grisley Adams

Interference ft. Sixtoo

Ode 2 The Slammin ft. Little T (Tachichi)

Pins & Needles ft. Fritz The Cat & D-Rock

Starhead

Unconquered ft. Supreme Being Unit

Watered Down Juice

Pseudzero - Manitoba Days (A Peanuts & Corn Megamix)

A megamix inspired by the recent article about Canadian Prairie rap read on RBMA (and written by Cadence Weapon). Free DL, feedback appreciated.. Enjoy.

DJ MOVES & BIRDAPRES - In My Life

PIPI SKID - My Two Dads

PARK-LIKE SETTING - Overrated

JOHN SMITH - Walk On By

GRUF THE DRUID - The Owl

HIP-HOP WIENERS - You Smell Awful

FARM FRESH - Space Pt.III

MOOD RUFF - Braggin' & Boastin'

PARK-LIKE SETTING - Signed Yet?

FARM FRESH - Hugs & Kisses

PIPI SKID - Funny Farm

MCENROE & BIRDAPRES - Supposed

FARM FRESH - Downtown

Farm Fresh on Manitoba Midday (1993)

JOHN SMITH - Intro

MCENROE & BIRDAPRES - 5000 Watts

FARM FRESH - Fresh As That

BIRDAPRES ft. JAYKIN & WERDONER - Scratch Chorus

MCENROE ft. JOHN SMITH - Same Old Faces

PARK-LIKE SETTING - Personal Development I

HIP HOP WIENERS ft. MCENROE - Suge Knight

JOHN SMITH ft. JOSH MARTINEZ - I'm Rollerblading!

YY ft. MCENROE - Dumb It Down

MCENROE - Wandering Eye

JOHN SMITH - Money Out

PARK-LIKE SETTING - By My Lonesome

Kid Koala - Scratchcratchratchatch

This is a promo tape for his Ninja Tune debut album, 500 copies limited, released in 1996.
Some of the tracks are to be found on another 10" of his also... That's about it.
PS- That's the last post until october. Hang on, we'll be back.

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Face A

Start Hear
Emperors Crash Course In Cantonese
Tubanjo
The Prank Call
Dinner With Yoda
Statics Waltz (Lo-Fi Version)
Tricks N' Treats
Made From Björk


Face B

Made From Scratch
Capone's Theme Park
Fashion Lesson
Medieval Retrowax
Jhaptal
Taboo Soda
Almost Easy Listening
The Mushroom Factory
Thank You, Good Night, Drive Safely