Like most rap artists signed to WEA and its branches (Omniscience, Juggaknots, Deda, INI, Supernatural, Agallah, Lin Que, KMD, Ador, Coz… who else ?) in 1994/95, Ill Biskits dropped a couple of 12″ before their album got shelved for 13 years. Their 15 minutes of fame included a few interviews like this one, from Seattle magzine Flavor in september 1995.
Ill Biskitz : Exclusive Debut (zShare)
Ill Biskitz : Exclusive Debut (DivShare)
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Tony Tone from the group Style in an interview from L.A. fanzine Straight From The Lip in march 1994.
Style : What A Brother Know
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Review of the long forgotten Streetwise album by J Rock, better known as that-guy-who-worked-with-Premo-before-anybody-else-care. Soon to be reissued by the good folks at Traffic.
J Rock : Neighborhood Drug Dealer (DJ Premier remix) (DivShare)
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Underground favorites Legion Of Dume appeared in The Source in the Unsigned Hype column of may 1992. Funny thing is that (according to Jaz, Matty C aka Matt Life was a member of the group ! I guess nepotism has always been the norm in the mag.
Legion Of Dume : Son Of Sam (send space)
Legion Of Dume :Son Of Sam (you send it)
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Ok, so my home computer is dead, and I can’t upload songs to my server anymore. Sorry. Anyway here is an early feature on Strickly Roots from july 1993.
Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (DivShare File)
Strickly Roots : Duck Da Boyz (ZShare File)
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A Review of Ten Thieves’s single It Don’t Matter from the april 1995 issue of The Source.
Ten Thieves : It Don’t Matter
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Uncredited review of Shorty Long’s 12″ from The Source of novem ber 1994.
Shorty Long : Shorty’s Doin His Own Thang
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Interview with Toronto’s MC and producer Frankenstein from Hip-Hop Connection in november 1998.
Frankenstein : Rock The House
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Short feature on Brooklyn’s Black Madness from Rapmasters in July 1993.
Black Maddness : Igpay Aatinlay
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