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!
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