Local Lingo: Bay Area Jazz Rap '90-'99 Anthology Vol. 02
01. Rated X – Law of Groovity | East Palo Alto, '90
02. The Organization – Coming From a Latin Brotha | South San Francisco, '91
03. A.P.G. Crew – Too Hot to Handle | Oakland, '91
04. Stevie Dee1 – Mr. Groove | Vallejo, '91
05. Sway & King Tech – In Control | Oakland, '91
06. Terry-T – A Story to Tell | Oakland, '91
07. Casual – Mr. Fungus2 | Oakland, '91
08. C-Dog – Tha Eastside | Oakland, '91
09. Morocco Moe – Sure Dopeness | Oakland, '91
10. D.F.T.C. (Down For the Cause) – Bring It On | San Francisco, '91
11. RJ Rome – Now It's Time | Pittsburg, '91
12. CoCo Quick – Im'ma Get Mine | San Jose, '91
13. Ben B. Hard – Droppin' Like Rain | Richmond, '91
14. Mac Dre – Times R Gettin' Crazy [Live Acoustic Version]3 | Vallejo, '91
15. Mazi-Maz – It Can Only Get Better | Oakland, '91
16. Prophets of Rage – Lyrical Gangsta | Richmond, '91
17. Brothern Society – Funky ft. Ill Romeo4 | Oakland, '91
18. The C.O.D. – Getting Paid | San Francisco, '91
19. Beyond Comprehension – Reverse the Impact | San Francisco, '91
20. Minority Life – The Police Are Harassing Me | San Jose, '91
21. James Ek-Sel – Demo #1 | Berkeley, '91
22. Zero Tolerance – Packin' | Oakland, '91
23. D.O.A. – Cool | Oakland, '91
24. The Latin Prince & The Unfadeables – How Shall I Rock Thee5 [Live] | El Cerrito, '91
25. DMX (Disciples of Malcolm X) Productions – Party | Richmond, '91
Peace to Morocco Moe and Mac Dre.
Minor liner notes on Volume 2
1
- Not the one that changed his name to PSD, that's a different
nineties rapper from Vallejo named Stevie Dee. Duh.
2 - This demo,
one of his earliest, is only available on the cassette version of
Hiero Oldies II.
3 - Live with Billy Jam, plus Khayree on guitar.
Props to Marty for the Mac Dre MP3 back in the day.
4 - Note that
it's ILL Romeo and not LIL Romeo.
5 - There is a studio version of
this. It hasn't ever appeared anywhere online, as far as I'm
aware.
Look folks, you can put quotes 'round those footnotes.
Things I never thought I'd say: I prefer that acoustic version of a rap song to the studio version.
ReplyDeleteGonna dig into these comps properly over the weekend.
Same, it has a laidback vibe that foreshadows some of Mac Dre's later work.
DeleteRight on, hope you find somethin' new / good.
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ReplyDeletethanks for blessing us with these comps! i'm salivating just reading through the tracklists
ReplyDeleteFor sure man, thanks for checkin' 'em!
DeleteHey.. love these compilations! Lots of stuff never heard before.. Thanks for the heads up about Til Inf. also.. ps- listening to the vol.2 right now, the James Ek-Sel demo is from 94 (it's a coincidence but I asked him a few days ago about that demo) and the prod was by DJ Vlad before he lived in NYC and did Vlad TV...
ReplyDelete'ppreciate you checkin' in!
DeleteAh, thanks for the correction. I had heard that about the production, but not about the year.