LISTEN: Keith Murray & Canibus are The Undergods – “Undergods Roll” (Prod. Jake One) Keith Murray & Canibus are The Undergods – “Undergods Roll” (Prod. Jake One)

This mix was done for Dilated Peoples 20/20 LP by The Inhumanz, an old DJ/remix collective made up of Dave Fogg, Warren Peace, DJ Pizzo, DJ Destroyer, and Chris Myrikel. This was well into Dilated’s career, so the aim for this mix was to look back at their career up through 2006 – there’s about [cont.]

The story behind this is that we were hosting MF Doom’s website at the time, and had a close relationship with Doom. Sometime in 2006, Doom had a series of projects dropping all at once, which included the King Geedorah album, some Special Herbs instrumental projects, and a live album, if memory serves correctly. Under [cont.]

Here’s a classic freestyle ‘Tay did for Peter Rosenberg’s Real Late show, re-released in honor of today’s announcement that both Phonte and 9th Wonder will join Rosenberg for a live interview at Noisemakers on April 6th. Little Brother reunion incoming? LISTEN: Phonte – “Real Late” (prod. Khrysis) Phonte – “Real Late” (prod. Khrysis)

The story behind this release was that it was originally a “fake leak” of the People Under The Stairs’ 2006 album Stepfather. Weeks before the release of Stepfather, P.U.T.S. deliberately leaked this parody record under the guise of “Stepfather Advance” on sites like Limewire to discourage illegal downloading. Yeah, that worked pretty well. The end [cont.]

Here’s an apparent leftover from the MBDTF sessions – must be, the devil gets a shoutout. Old school props to first person to name the drum break….. LISTEN: Kanye West – “Eyes Closed” Via: EE

This rare freestyle moment from late 90′s features The Pharcyde on The Baka Boyz. First person that can correctly name the instrumental gets old school props….. LISTEN: Pharcyde – “Baka Boyz Freestyle” Pharcyde – “Baka Boyz Freestyle” (MP3)

It’s a little strange that Jay-Z has never collaborated with Pete Rock, isn’t it? At least not legally. There was ONE instance where the two collaborated, and that was for Pete’s Future Flavors radio show that found Jigga rhyming over a track from the Chocolate Boy Wonder, around the release of In My Lifetime. Billboard [cont.]

Over the weekend, we brought you Mobb Deep’s demo tape for The Infamous. Another one that Stretch played on the WKCR reunion show last week that has been nearly impossible to find without drops or tags over it is the demo version of Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”. But we’ve been archiving this shit [cont.]

Another one from HipHopSite’s massive cassette deck archive, as promised last week. Here, Black Thought, Malik B, Dice Raw, and Rahzel appear on the Stretch Armstrong show in early 1995. Do you want more?!?!!? The Roots On Stretch Armstrong 3-13-95 (MP3)

Here’s a treat from the HHS cassette archives, The Roots appearing on WNYU on March 3rd, 1995. This is an hour long live set, featuring Sadat X. This one’s been floating around for years on various bootlegs, etc. Here it is for your enjoyment. More to come….. The Roots – “Live on WNYU (03.12.95)” (MP3)

Another one from the 1996 cassette archives…. Back in Loud’s heyday, they sent their “x-men”, Sadat X and Xzibit, out on a promo tour to increase awareness of their respective Wild Cowboys and At The Speed Of Life LP’s. Here, the duo trade verses on the Buddah Bros. show. Xzibit + Sadat X On Buddah [cont.]

We’re in a giving mood, so we’ll be pulling out a lot of the old cassette gems from the vaults on the regular for a while, just to change things up a bit. Here is a classic session from The Wake Up Show, that took place around 1996. This session has been chopped up for [cont.]

Casual unleashed this new-old Hiero track that didn’t make the group’s last LP. Opio, Pep Love, and Casual on the mic.

Here’s a little something extra from 2006 that you won’t find on Teflon Don, which drops tomorrow. Produced by Scram Jones. LISTEN: Rick Ross – “Scram Jones Freestyle” (MP3) Rick Ross – “Scram Jones Freestyle” (MP3)

Here’s a treat…. Prince Paul released this shelved album he did in 1995, though the magic of the innanet. Just imagine if these beats were used for the second Gravediggaz LP. Here is what he had to say: This was a project that I wanted to put together with Amityville MC legend Superstar . as [cont.]

T’was December 2007.The Frank Lucas biopic American Gangster starring Denzel Washington had recently been released and Jay-Z was tapped to provide the theme music.The movie ended up being a success,even with the questionable selection of Cuba Gooding Jr. to play Nicky Barnes.The album released by Jay Z,also named American Gangster worked as both a movie [cont.]

Quite a gem here, discovered by JimmyJon…. The Roots and Goodie Mob live on Atlanta, GA on 88.5 Rhythm & Vibes Radio Show at Georgia State University, with hosts Talib Shabaz and Randall Moore. Tracklist: 1. freestyle – Rahzel, Black Thought, Kamal, Goodie Mob 19:18 2. Goodie Mob interview 1 9:35 3. Goodie Mob interview [cont.]

Remember this? In 2003, HipHopSite.Com and Nature Sounds teamed up to produce this classic remix project in order to promote the Metal Fingers Special Herbs instrumental series. Only 1000 copies of the CD were pressed, given out free with purchase of the album. Not long before the House of Ideas came with a C&D order [cont.]

More from the endless vaults of Dr. Dre, which also contain mythical albums from Rakim, Eve, Last Emperor, Hittman, King Tee, and more. YourAudioFix leaked these Stat Quo Statlanta gems, left over from the Shady / Aftermath recording sessions. Both tracks feature rhymes from Em, with “Classic Shit” taking some shots at some 2003-era competitors. [cont.]