I admittedly sided with the East Coast back in the day.

Honestly, just always like the music better though.

I’m not completely ignorant to West Coast hip-hop. I’m very familiar with;
Cube’s first 4 albums
Pharcyde
The Chronic
Doggystyle
‘93 Til Infinity
Regulate...G Funk Era
Conversation
Dogg Food
Ras Kass
Pac
Tha Liks
Xzibit
Luniz

But beyond that...I have not played much outside of selected songs and I’m an album guy so...

With that said...what are some must have classics that I need to check out?

Definitely wasn’t feeling all of the beats and hooks though.

I’ll check out more of their stuff though.

Not sure that one is even streaming. Here it is on YouTube, in case you’ve never heard it. Very underrated album.

http://youtu.be/ZUjGPJuRzTE

Thanks!

Finally getting around to listening to this...man!
Thank you for suggesting this. I've run it a few times already.

In this current era, it’s real easy for classics like that to kinda fall through the cracks.

Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
The Coup (first few albums)
Conscious Daughters - Ear To The Street

>Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
Gotta check this one out. I have the Amerikkka joint. I like him but don’t really go back which is probably why I never dug deeper.

>The Coup (first few albums)
I’ve been meaning to check out how catalogue...thanks for the reminder

>Conscious Daughters - Ear To The Street
Never heard of them but will be checking

And as an offshoot of that:

Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
Aceyalone - Book of Human Language

>And as an offshoot of that:
>
>Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
>Aceyalone - Book of Human Language

Not too much a fan of the style. Definitely have skills and I get why people like them but not stuff I’d go back to.

Freestyle album is my favorite from the bunch.

Lol

... I could sneak it thru.

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I was up on We Come Strapped from 94.

Lil Hawk and Bird!!!

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never heard it until last fall and was blown away by the skill and production.

Listed it in my OG post and even made a post about it before.

Maybe the most underrated west coast album ever.

To me, it’s the West Coast Group Home and iNi album.

I like it that much.

Well, not as much as Center of Attention. That’s one of my favorites of all time.

>Listed it in my OG post and even made a post about it
>before.
>
>Maybe the most underrated west coast album ever.
>
>To me, it’s the West Coast Group Home and iNi album.
>
>I like it that much.
>
>Well, not as much as Center of Attention. That’s one of my
>favorites of all time.

>

This is a fun albums then and now. And the production slaps as some folks say.

In that, it flows perfectly front to back. Everything fits the vibe.

Not a fan of Quik on the mic but do think he is the best producer on the west.

if so, i know someone that would be very happy to take it off your hands.

This reminds me I have no Quik albums on wax. Need to try and change that.

Just looked, and damn - why is Quik is the Name the only Quik album widely available ?! I'd have thought it'd be Rhythm-al-ism, if anything at all.

compared to his other albums quik is the name was pretty low for me in wants but it is the one i got first since it was available. i got balance & options and book of david a few months later.

ill see safe + sound and rhythm-al-ism pop up for around $90 but the generic sleeve ones. havent been able to pull the trigger on them. i saw the cover version of rhythm-al-ism once for around $70 but i had missed it. really need both of these.

I have it in my iTunes lol

I am a CD collector. I grew up with CDs and still play them all the time in the car.

Actually happy CDs are becoming collectors items like records lol

I think I may cop this one on CD.

i used to know her (!)
down down down
youz a gangster
bombudd

album had been out for a few years too. my nigga had the 96 camaro. grey skytel flip burnouts. couldnt tell us shit ha.

>i used to know her (!)
>down down down
>youz a gangster
>bombudd
>
>album had been out for a few years too. my nigga had the 96
>camaro. grey skytel flip burnouts. couldnt tell us shit ha.

Hahaha rightfully so ! These beats must've sounded great coming out of those windows.

Also I always thought I was the only one who loved "I Useta Know Her" !!!!! I don't think I've ever seen or heard anyone but you champion that song like I always have. I remember when I first bought the album right when it came out - I was in 8th grade - I'd blast Useta Know Her in my bedroom, which was right above the living room where my parents relaxed most every nite, on a near-nightly basis for weeks. My mom used to always scream at me about the bass from that song and to turn it down lol. She'd imitate the bassline and be like "IF I HAVE TO FEEL THE BASS FROM THAT SONG OVER MY HEAD ONE MORE TIME I'M GONNA GO INSANE" lolol.

Whole song is great but AMG's 1st verse always cracked me up. "and seen my n**** Quik's name on the booty" lol

Gotta mention "No Doubt," too. That song goes hard. I came to appreciate it more several years after the album was released but I love it.

yea thats my fav part too ha

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I never listened to his stuff.

Never really liked his style either.

But I do always see this album mentioned so I’m going to check it out.

.

Also any of the first four Brotha Lynch albums

Heiro..

E40 has the most slaps ever but I don't think OP likes him lol

... but yea - he belongs here for fucking sure.

Any song could of been from any album. His albums are basically mixtapes. If someone didn't know where to start I would recommend In A Major Way,The Hall Of Game, Charlie Hustle or My Ghetto Report Card. His secret is the beats always knock. I don't think I've ever heard him pick a weak beat.

>Any song could of been from any album. His albums are
>basically mixtapes. If someone didn't know where to start I
>would recommend In A Major Way,The Hall Of Game, Charlie
>Hustle or My Ghetto Report Card. His secret is the beats
>always knock. I don't think I've ever heard him pick a weak
>beat.

His voice and little slur shit is not it bro

Sorry, I know people love him and he’s a legend etc

But I always thought that shit was wack.

I been around

Nothing wrong with that...thats the beauty of humanity

I’m saying though?

... just before high school. And damn, I just couldn't get into that horrorcore shit.

The beats man

Nah I feel you...everything ain't for everybody

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Another "just do the whole discog" artist, tho. At least do his first 4 albums. All terrific.

Dilated Peoples - The Platform, and Expansion Team.

I’m stereotyping OKPs a bit here, but I’m guessing you’ve probably heard at least some of those though.

Dope.

Their other albums are amazing as well

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For Quik's production above all else. But I love Suga Free personally.

very underrated album too.

Tonite Show series..so many albums

New Murs produced by DJ Fresh

J Stalin ..Mozzy ..Those are the top west coast artists of the last 5 years

If it's produced by DJ Fresh you're plugged in.

He's been the top west coast producer for a long time.

Here's some favorites of mine

Move 2 The Ground
https://youtu.be/8owanHF_1PA

Swelly - Swollen Ant
https://youtu.be/H3u88jBx2ms

kev

WC and the MAAD Circle - Ain't a Damn Thing Changed. Curb Servin' is pretty good too.

King Tee - Act a Fool, At Your Own Risk, Tha Triflin Album, and IV Life

Above the Law - Their '90s output. Especially Livin' Like Hustlers, Vocally Pimpon' and Black Mafia Life. DJR already said "Uncle Sam's Curse," and i second that.

Compton's Most Wanted - It's a Compton Thing and Straight Checkin 'Em. Brew already said Music II Drive By, which is great too.

Def Jef - Poet With Soul and Soul Food

Funkytown Pros - Reachin' a Level of Assassination

Spice-1 - 187 He Wrote

I make no assumptions. It's West Coast for sure though.

I consider it West Coast Like Water for Chocolate in the absolute most glowingly positive way possible. I love love love the album. It's a context masterpiece, a surprise sonically, and just tip top shelf hiphop period.

>I admittedly sided with the East Coast back in the day.
>
>Honestly, just always like the music better though.
>
>I’m not completely ignorant to West Coast hip-hop. I’m
>very familiar with;
>Cube’s first 4 albums
>Pharcyde
>The Chronic
>Doggystyle
>‘93 Til Infinity
>Regulate...G Funk Era
>Conversation
>Dogg Food
>Ras Kass
>Pac
>Tha Liks
>Xzibit
>Luniz
>
>But beyond that...I have not played much outside of selected
>songs and I’m an album guy so...
>
>With that said...what are some must have classics that I need
>to check out?

I didn’t really mention the post-00 artists as everything is more merged together now.

It is 2004. I argue that this helped save West Coast rap music. It is by no means a perfect album but there are some straight up and down JAMS on here. At least half a dozen. And Alchemist did the intro so that's one right there.

Snoop Womack is good times too. This is one of those albums where the artist recorded like 50 songs and picked 20. And I'd argue that he missed a few between this and Blue Carpet Treatment.

Stuff like this didn't make either one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FpOdI1jPdU

>I admittedly sided with the East Coast back in the day.
>
>Honestly, just always like the music better though.
>
>I’m not completely ignorant to West Coast hip-hop. I’m
>very familiar with;
>Cube’s first 4 albums
>Pharcyde
>The Chronic
>Doggystyle
>‘93 Til Infinity
>Regulate...G Funk Era
>Conversation
>Dogg Food
>Ras Kass
>Pac
>Tha Liks
>Xzibit
>Luniz
>
>But beyond that...I have not played much outside of selected
>songs and I’m an album guy so...
>
>With that said...what are some must have classics that I need
>to check out?

>It is 2004. I argue that this helped save West Coast rap music. It
>is by no means a perfect album but there are some straight up and
>down JAMS on here. At least half a dozen. And Alchemist did the
>intro so that's one right there.

>Snoop Womack is good times too. This is one of those albums where
>the artist recorded like 50 songs and picked 20. And I'd argue that
>he missed a few between this and Blue Carpet Treatment.

WHat's this Snoop Womack ?! I'm so confused by this last paragraph haha.

>>It is 2004. I argue that this helped save West Coast rap
>music. It
>>is by no means a perfect album but there are some straight up
>and
>>down JAMS on here. At least half a dozen. And Alchemist did
>the
>>intro so that's one right there.
>
>>Snoop Womack is good times too. This is one of those albums
>where
>>the artist recorded like 50 songs and picked 20. And I'd
>argue that
>>he missed a few between this and Blue Carpet Treatment.
>
>WHat's this Snoop Womack ?! I'm so confused by this last
>paragraph haha.

Haha. Snoop was very clearly honoring Bobby Womack with the way he did the 'talking before the song to set it up'. He did a few times over this R&G time period. This is the most obvious example (and one of my favorite Snoop songs period):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpqa0653nM

...I don't have them anymore but Snoop pretty much put anything that didn't make albums onto that mixtape series and it was full of heat.

I think there were like 7 albums worth or material....might have to make a datpiff run and find them again.

Very underrated to this day and seems like he'd be up your alley, especially his first couple EPs, his shit with Muggs, Madlib, etc.

How the West was One with Rasco (Cali Agents) is a must too.


I know you are mostly looking for older stuff, but just want to confirm you've heard Cozz & Effect by Cozz. Also seems up your alley.

Oh and Eiht's recent stuff. Also criminally underrated.

I was a fan ever since he first appeared on Madlib's remix of "Definition Of Ill" came out, then he spat a verse on Zion I's "Critical" single, plus on Rasco's first album.

Listen to his stuff here for some of his newer stuff: https://PlanetAsia2.bandcamp.com/music
https://PlanetAsiaMedallions.bandcamp.com/releases
https://Planet-Asia.bandcamp.com
https://Wanderingworx.bandcamp.com/album/Black-Belt-Theatre
https://redlotusklan.bandcamp.com/album/the-Planet-Asia-Milano-Constantine-EP
https://Fanatik.bandcamp.com/album/Planet-Asia-EP
https://SoulProfessa.bandcamp.com/album/Cali-Agents-Fire-Ice


Then I copped his first album "Last Stand" which was slept on by many but the album with him and Rasco as The Cali Agents is dope too, the album "Grand Opening" & "Medicine" is good, but I couldn't get into the album he did with Dj Muggs though, but his collabo with Alchemist under the Durag Dynasty album is a killer ( https://duragdynasty.bandcamp.com ).

I was looking at The Trifflin Album and At You Own Risk

2 albums from the short-lived "New West" that ended up being just a little too early in the game IMO

LA Riot is amazing.

And he released some heat last year as loosies.

>2 albums from the short-lived "New West" that ended up being
>just a little too early in the game IMO

this is exactly right re: new west.

The Triflin' Album introduced The 'Liks, and T and Pooh made an absolute classic.

Paris took the Black Panther teaching serious and put out some heat worthy of Public Enemy. Sleeping With The Enemy was even better.

all the older mixtapes as well

I think he's the best Oakland rapper ever...forget e40 and too short .

>I admittedly sided with the East Coast back in the day.
>
>Honestly, just always like the music better though.
>
>I’m not completely ignorant to West Coast hip-hop. I’m
>very familiar with;
>Cube’s first 4 albums
>Pharcyde
>The Chronic
>Doggystyle
>‘93 Til Infinity
>Regulate...G Funk Era
>Conversation
>Dogg Food
>Ras Kass
>Pac
>Tha Liks
>Xzibit
>Luniz
>
>But beyond that...I have not played much outside of selected
>songs and I’m an album guy so...
>
>With that said...what are some must have classics that I need
>to check out?

I don't know if it's a classic or not but it's a fun album to listen to, Yusef Afloat died too soon. You can almost feel the natural awkwardness in his raps, it's really endearing and comes off fly

I checked this album out a few years back.

Truth is, back in the day in 95...me and my boy used to clown that Mix Tapes shit.

Thought that shit was wack.

Not really surprising at that age when you’re rocking nothing but Mobb Deep and Wu.

But when I checked it out...I was completely surprised at how dope that shit was.

Beats are crazy and I agree 100% with your take on their rhyming.

Me and my boy kind of went our separate ways because he started hanging around other cats and slipped into substance abuse.

We always remained cool though.

And after I was done listening to that album, I shot him a message telling him to check it out. He instantly remembered how we used to clown “I used to sell mix tapes...now I’m an MC!”

Long story short, that’s one of the last messages I got to send him because he ended up ODing shortly after.

Needless to say that album now has a very special place in my heart.

>I checked this album out a few years back.
>
>Truth is, back in the day in 95...me and my boy used to clown
>that Mix Tapes shit.
>
>Thought that shit was wack.
>
>Not really surprising at that age when you’re rocking
>nothing but Mobb Deep and Wu.
>
>But when I checked it out...I was completely surprised at how
>dope that shit was.
>
>Beats are crazy and I agree 100% with your take on their
>rhyming.
>
>Me and my boy kind of went our separate ways because he
>started hanging around other cats and slipped into substance
>abuse.
>
>We always remained cool though.
>
>And after I was done listening to that album, I shot him a
>message telling him to check it out. He instantly remembered
>how we used to clown “I used to sell mix tapes...now I’m
>an MC!”
>
>Long story short, that’s one of the last messages I got to
>send him because he ended up ODing shortly after.
>
>Needless to say that album now has a very special place in my
>heart.
>
>

.

>I checked this album out a few years back.
>
>Truth is, back in the day in 95...me and my boy used to clown
>that Mix Tapes shit.
>
>Thought that shit was wack.
>
>Not really surprising at that age when you’re rocking
>nothing but Mobb Deep and Wu.
>
>But when I checked it out...I was completely surprised at how
>dope that shit was.
>
>Beats are crazy and I agree 100% with your take on their
>rhyming.
>
>Me and my boy kind of went our separate ways because he
>started hanging around other cats and slipped into substance
>abuse.
>
>We always remained cool though.
>
>And after I was done listening to that album, I shot him a
>message telling him to check it out. He instantly remembered
>how we used to clown “I used to sell mix tapes...now I’m
>an MC!”
>
>Long story short, that’s one of the last messages I got to
>send him because he ended up ODing shortly after.
>
>Needless to say that album now has a very special place in my
>heart.
>
>

RIP Yusef. I went back and copped the CD a few years ago, off Ebay. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. Rode with it in the car for like a month straight. Bus Stops, Mix Tapes, Good to Go (my favorite song by them), J to the I....like you said, it's a really fun album.

bus stops is MY SHIT

and im embarrassed that I had never heard of them before recently.

were they big outside of Cali? I just dont feel like anyone from around my way was listening to them at all.

Loved it. Need to revisit it.

If you like Tha Dogg Pound and/or Tha Eastsidaz then this will be right up your alley, with Daz & Soopafly doing all the production and kat can spit too.

This is one of my favorites when it comes the Lootpack/Madlib affiliated artists, Kankick has produced for Wildchild, Decliame, OhNo, El Da Sensei, Kazi, a few others.

"From Artz Unknown" came out in 2001, I got it as a promo that year, and was about to give it to my cousin without even listening to it, but a year later I saw all the features on it, I was like hold up let me check this out and was blown away, I kept this album in heavy rotation for a year.

Dubb Union is Soopafly, Bad Lucc, & Damani; basically another off-branch of Snoop's homies, with production from Soopafly, Hi-Tek, and a few others, it's pretty much got that same vibe that Snoop would spit over.

Kazi is another Lootpack affiliate with one album with OhNo on production and rhyming duties titled "The Plague"; and then there is another album Kazi has with Madlib on production titled "Blackmarket Seminar"; you can't go wrong with either album.

E-A-Ski is more known as a producer than a rapper, he's okay at rhyming but this album is kind of like a producer's compilation with a few appearances from artists like E-40, MC Ren, Spice 1, Dr. Dre, etc.

I'm not going to say it's a classic but to me it's something to bump and bop ya head to.

Also I do recommend Spice 1's first two albums and of course MC Ren's stuff which is a no-brainer if you haven't checked those out already.

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Mad at myself for forgetting them.

Good album. Just not as good as his debut

had the tape. not sure if my brother or cousin gave it to me or i just took it. just know suddenly it was mine lol

https://youtu.be/xifYLnLkt08


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

Was gonna post this because it seemed so under the radar, I wouldn’t think it would make this thread. Pleasantly surprised. Full album on youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTVLgsKQDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxyqMhFCOzQ&list=OLAK5uy_mv3n-KnU-f-KgNFeTyGbSDYSTSYnEWV_Y

Really, you should check out any of his first four albums, but I think 'OG' is a good starting point for someone with an early 90s, East Coast ear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-g7eHoB9NI



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Self Scientific is rapper Chase Infinite & producer Dj Khalil, when I first heard them I thought they was a NYC or a Chicago rap group but nope they are from Cali.

The beats are very boom-bap jazzy but hard like Alchemist was during his Dilated People's days, Chase Infinite got dope conscious rhymes but don't come off too preachy, ya know.

They did do a second album but it wasn't as good as their first, I think Dj Khalil is apart of Dr. Dre's producer team now (has produced beats for 50 Cent, Game, Strong Arm Steady, Slaughterhouse, Talib Kweli, Drake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Anderson Paak, Nipsey Hussle, Bun B., etc.) so you should be familiar with his work.

Breeze was down with King Tee, his album came out back in 1989, homie could spit, the album had great production, a lot of uptempo tracks, if you like King Tee, Ice Cube, etc. then you would like his album "The Young Son Of No One", too bad he never release another album though.

Yup.

Dude was nice.

Sidenote: The LA Posse produced this.. same folks behind Going Back to Cali and a many other LL Cool J joints from his peak years.

first rap album i ever bought on cd.

mustard was good too. like dude said above just a lil too early.

and it's dope. very dope.

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I hated this album *ducks*. But thats one of my favorite suga free songs.

esp if you like Threat and DJ Pooh

seems like there was one

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=17&topic_id=171908&mesg_id=171908&page=

It put me up on A LOT of LA shit from the late '90s era.

on sabbatical.

does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

all are fire.

... ain't none a y'all mothafuckas got a chance on the mic" ©

It's not fair but that's the only thing I think of anytime I see their name haha.

WC definitely can rap. Coolio a little less, though I always enjoyed his style.

It's just the first thing that comes to mind.

Beats are crazy and WC is rapping his ass off. A must listen!

1992 era East coast leaning beats with definite west coast lyrics. Ride Dat Monkey is the only song I skip. On In The Projects, Blacks Divided by Tracks, Slangin Dope and Criminal At Large are my favorites. I own this on vinyl because I love it so much.

I kind of remember them, but I just cut into this recently. These dudes were spitting for real.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jBumyMYBW895jFBmHrbceYs6z3J1fW9

years before that album came out

Rappin 4tay Don't Fight the Feelin'

T-Love "Long Way Back" (extremely overlooked album, great production)

Fashawn (w/Exile) "Boy Meets World"

Emanon (Aloe Blacc & Exile) "The Waiting Room"

Dr.Oop (aka Droop Capone) and the Black Love Radiators "Mad Hue Man Disease" and "The Grateful Dread"

The B.U.M.S. "Lyfe 'n' Tyme

Blood of Abraham "Eye Dollar Tree"

Planet Asia & DJ Muggs "Pain Language"

Mad Kap "Look Ma Dukes, No Hands"

Strong Arm Steady (w/Madlib) "In Search of Stoney Jackson"

King T/King Tee "Tha Triflin' Album", "At Your Own Risk", "IV Life"

K-Dee "Ass, Gas or Cash" (No one rides for free)

OMNI "Funkdafied Freddy"

Blak Forest "You Are Now Entering The.. Blak Forest"

the Whoridas "Whoridin"

Z-Man "Dope or Dogfood"

Casual "presents Smash Rockwell"

Souls of Mishief (w/Prince Paul) "Montezuma's Revenge"

Zion I "True & Livin"

People Under The Stairs "OST", "Stepfather", "Fun DMC", their whole shit really

Dag Savage "J & E"

Exile "Radio", "Dirty Science"

The Coup "Genocide & Juice"

Locksmith "Lofty Goals"

Cali Agents "How the West Was Won"

Oh No "The Disrupt", "Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms", and "OhNoMite"

Sach "5th Avenue"

The Nonce "World Ultimate"

MED "Push Comes to Shove" and "Classic"

MURS "End of the Beginning" and of course the first 3 9th Wonder joints

The Grouch "Fuck the Dumb" and "Crusader for Justice"

Homeliss Derilex "Raise it Up" and "Fraudulent"

Mac Mall "Untouchable"

Compton's Righteous EP

JT the Bigga Figga "Dwellin in the Lab"

Get Low Playaz "Straight Out the Labb"

Living Legends "Almost Famous" and "Classic"

Del tha Funkee "Both Sides of the Brain" (really his first 5 albums or so)

Def Jef's first couple albums

Paris' first 2 or 3 albums

Deep Rooted "D.E.E.P.R.O.O.T.E.D."

Blame One "Days Chasing Days" (you will dig this)

RBL Posse first 2 albums

Extra Prolific "Like it Should Be"

Blackalicious first 3 albums

Breeze "The Young Son Of No One (T.Y.S.O.N.)"

Divine Styler "Word Power"

Pretty much all Evidence solo albums

KanKick "From Artz Unknown" (you will dig this)

Shock G "Fear of a Mixed Planet"

Georgia Anne Muldrow "Olesi: Fragments of an Earth"

Mystik Journeymen "Black Sandz of Eternia" and "Underground Worldwide EP"

Third Sight "Golden Shower Hour" and "Symbionese Liberation Army"

Rasco "Time Waits for No Man"

L*Roneous "Imaginarium"

The Dereliks "A Turn on the Wheel is Worth More Than a Record Deal"

415 "415in'"

3 Melancholy Gypsies (3MG) "Grand Caravan to the Rim of the World"

DJ Quick & Kurupt "BlaQKout"

Jay Rock "90059"

Schoolboy Q "Habits & Contradictions"

Ugly Duckling "Journey to Anywhere"

Ab Soul "Control System"

MED, Blu, Madlib "Bad Neighbor"

Kirby Dominant "Rapitalism: The Philosophies of Dominant Pimpin"

2nd II None self-titled debut

The CUF (explore their whole catalog..)

Socialistik "Bboysim EP" and "GhettoGuerillaTactics"

"Murder Was The Case" OST

Tre Hardson (Slim Kid Tre formerly of Pharcyde) "Liberation"

Fatlip "The Loneliest Punk"

Erule "Cold Currentz"
(You're a Nas, AZ, OC guy.. I think you will dig this)

Me & My Cousin "International"

The Jealous Guys "Continuation School"

U-N-I "A Love Supreme"

Co-Deez "Royalty"