Walsh

Smoke Weed About It EP

VA Mississippi Tapes

MRC-002: House Of Broken Hearts, Pt.2
Early R&B, Doo Wop, Rockabilly & Instrumentals


MRC-003: We're Gonna Make It, Pt.1
Early Soul Music


MRC-019: Fables Of Faubus
Mythic & Political Jazz


MRC-047: The May 4th Movement
Funk & Hip Hop

Many thanks to the original uploader.

Technical note:
All these tapes have been split into individual tracks, mistakes might have been made. If you have suggestions for other tapes, tracklists or report mistakes, put them in smoke signals.

Kouhei Matsunaga

Self VA. (2010)  •  info

Gfrenzy

(2002) Eel Creek / 160k


'New release from the Onehunga recording phenomenon. White trash hip-hop and drunken country (with samples from Dipsomaniacs, Slowburn. Birchville Cat Motel, The Aesthetics, and many more) from one half of the legendary Teen Xray.'

apartment records

Wale

(2009) The Mixtape About Nothing

info: http://walemusic.com/

Dälek

(2002) From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots / V2

The word on the street is that Dälek should billed as alternative or metal-infused hip hop, but I can't help but feel the people who do so are missing the mark. Hip hop is fundamentally a derivative art form; there is no specific sound that you can point to and say 'that is emblematic of hip hop'.

But, I'll turn around and say that Dälek is most certainly a bastion of the philosophy of hip hop. It's about digging through the collective music consciousness for new sounds to appropriate. The sometimes industrial, sometimes prog, sometimes raga-laced beats laid out by Oktopus serve as a solid foundation for MC Dälek's politically polemic verses. Enjoy.

Rammellzee

This Is What You Made Me (2003)

wiki

Gang Starr

(...) Guru has more of a presence than he has ever had, and DJ Premier's production has an unparalleled edge here. He created the minimalist opening track, "The Place Where We Dwell," out of a two-second drum-solo sample and some scratching, but is also able to turn around and create something as lush and melodic as the jazz-tinged "No Shame in My Game" without ever seeming to be out of his element, making every track of the same sonic mind. Every song has some attribute that stamps it indelibly into the listener's head, and it marks the album as one of the finest of the decade, rap or otherwise. (amg)

(1992) Daily Operation / V0

DJ Krush

"(In Meiso) His overall approach remains unchanged: low, mid- to slow-tempo grooves and breaks, with varying low bass tones, touching on everything from jazz and funk to experimental ambient production. The album's mood is at once reflective and edgy, always threatening to get vicious just around the corner." (amg)

(1995) Meiso / V0

Jeru the Damaja

DJ Premier's first album-length production outside of Gang Starr was his best by far. Of course, the star of the show was Jeru the Damaja, a cocksure young rapper who brought the dozens from the streets to a metaphysical battleground where he did battle with all manner of foe. His flow and delivery were natural, his themes were impressive, and he was able to make funky rhymes out of intellectual hyperbole. The Sun Rises in the East stands alongside Nas' Illmatic (released the same year, and also boasting the work of Premier) as one of the quintessential East Coast records. (amg)

(1994) The Sun Rises in the East / V0

Fujako

Landform (2009)

info

Prefuse 73

"Prefuse 73 is the alias of Scott Herren, an experimental hip-hop producer whose material often features MCs buried in the mix to become more a part of the sonic texture than a focal point.
... (Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives) is one of the most enjoyable works of experimental techno heard in several years, a combination of tough, underground hip-hop and the fractured neo-electro of Warp favorites Autechre and Plaid." (amg)

(2001) Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives / V0