Back in Business!

It took my a long time to post an update on this blog, anyways - I forgot my password for this blog...that's my excuse :)

Today, I was hangin around with my pals Riddla & Linda to get around several record stores in Bern.

Beatiful sunny day at my hometown. Perfect for gettin some fresh air and some black gold.

First start at Rathous Records, small record store, specialised in indie-rock, psychedelic, krautrock and other hippie shizzle. Yeah! They sell some rap records for 5 bucks in front of their store.

Bought Cut Chemist & Madlib - Buncky's Pick and La Familia - Wallstreet 12" (some German Rap)

Next stop Chop Records. Located pretty central at the Bundesplatz. Used to have more rap records few years ago. Nowadays some standard new vinyl. By the way, heard from the owner that the low-price-vinyl store in the Postgasse is not excisting anymore...

...next Layup store. Best store in Bern for cans and some also good for some local designed clothes but not that much rap anymore...lot of electornics sounds. Cool. But not what I was lookin for.

Then Oldies shop: you'll find everything in there. Largest record store in Switzerland. Narrow as fuck and some records are pretty expensive...found some rap records for my collection.

Large Pros - ijuswannachill (1996)
Fat Joe - Envy (1996)

Opposite of the you find an outlet store with more than 20'000 records for 2 bucks.

Found some nice and classic records. Good record quality but partially shitty cover. Anyways. Cheap.

Rasco - Heat seeking & The unassisted Remix (1998)
Raekwon - Only built 4 cuban linx (1995)
MC Lyte - Cold rock a party (1996)*
Camp Lo - Black Nostaljack (aka come on)

Later on I bought some shizzle at my Chnebbls (friends) crib, some good 2k rap from Europe, a Stones Throw record and the first Black Moon album.

Looptroop - Long Arm of the Law (2000)
Percee P - Throwback Rap Attack (2006) 
Phi-Life Cypher - Herbaholics (2001)
Black Moon - Enta da Stage (1993) 

Good day. Good music. Good fun. Good to know, isnt it?

Wayne Live - Think u jammin' ? (12", 1999)

Release on Landspeed Records in 1999. All I can tell you that you can hear & buy this record here. Great deal!














Tracklist:

A-Side

1) . Think u jammin' ? (Radio)
2). Think u jammin' ? w/ Boo Harris Intro (Dirty)
3). Think u jammin' ? (Instrumental)

B-Side

1). The livest One! (Clean)
2). The livest One! (Instrumental)

Digger Dance - Digger Is A Dancer (12", 2000)

"Digger Dance" is a Rap combo from Hamburg, Germany. MC B-Low & DJ Tobby Digg released this 12" in 2000 on Eimsbush. The LP "The Diggest" was the one and only album from these guys.














Turn it up!

crate digger of the day

louis logic - general principle (12", 2000)

ouis logic, new york based rapper, member of the "demigodz" & "the odd couple" (together with
j.j. brown) released this nice 12" inch in 2000. one sample from the track "factotum" is from necro's "robbery" from '95 - but first check louis' one, yeah!
















tracklist:

A1		General Principle (Clean)
		Rap [Featuring] - J-Treds
A2		General Principle (Dirty)
		Rap [Featuring] - J-Treds
A3		General Principle (Instrumental)
B1		Factotum (Clean)
B2		Factotum (Instrumental)
B3		Punchline (Remix) (Clean)
		Remix - J.J. Brown
B4		Punchline (Remix) (Instrumental)
		Remix - J.J. Brown

louis logic - factotum

lootpack - soundpieces: da antidote (lp, 1999)

half year break - welcome back!

time pasts very fast. i'm still alive.
thanks god, my records too!

back in business with lootpack - one of my favourite stones throw act. lootpack (madlib, wildchild & dj romes) from oxnard, california released their first 12" (psyche move) in '96 on "crate diggas palace records". after this release the caught attention from peanut butter wolf, founder of stones throw, who signed them afterwards on his label.

"soundpieces: da antidote" is completely produced by madlib with features by dilated peoples, quasimoto, medaphoar, oh no & the alkaholiks, declaime, god's gift & kazi.

this lp is one of my all-time classic album & is a must have - on vinyl of course!

playlist:

1.	da antidote
2.	questions
3.	long awaited
4.	b-boy theme
5.	whenimondamic
6.	anthem
7.	level zero
8.	crate diggin'
9.	law of physics
10.	frenz vs. endz
11.	interview with kurt
12.	speaker smashin'
13.	new years resolution
14.	answers
15.	likwit fusion
16.	hityawitdat
17.	verbal experiments
18.	stylewild
19.	weededed
20.	20 questions
21.	break dat party
22.	wanna test
23.	episodes
24.	outro

my favourtie tracks:

20 questions, whenimondamic, crate diggin', likwit fusion

lootpack - whenimondamic



intro from this clip is "20 questions"


lootpack - likwit fusion




sample from "gentle gian - proclamation"
... great sample, ugly voice

mad skillz - from where??? (lp, 1996)

mad skillz (today only "skillz") got a recording deal with atlantic records after finishing in second place in an international mc battle in 1992 (losing to mc supernatural).

mad skillz, well known as a ghostwritter has written lot of hit singles for other rappers like p. diddy (well for me diddy's more a business man and party organiser than rapper...me no like)

"from where???" is a great album released on big beat records. the album is produced by jay dee, beatnuts, buckwild and large pro.

my favourite tracks are "nod factor" and "extra abstract skillz" feat q-tip and large pro see clip below.

and if you got some more money to spend buy this amazing rmx of nod foctor by the one and only quasimoto >>> broad factor <<<



buy the record on vinyl - before it's too late!