Thursday, March 28, 2024

Various - Fugitive Records 1995 Preview Sampler - 1995

 

 

I've been in contact with a few persons involved in this compilation album, but they were definitely not really talkative or they simply didn't want to talk about it, so I won't give you some great details unfortunately... but this various compilation album released in 1995 by Fugitive Records from Virginia Beach,VA is something that I'd like to see reissued on vinyl.

LP - 1995 - Fugitive Records 

This comp includes some interesting tracks from unknown artists such as the female emcee Szuga, Dreadlock, Nutbuster : Lord Sha, Mr X, Da Koffenmakkah and The General Sekwan who is the only one who released a debut 12" officially on the same record label in 1994

All those emcees are from Norfolk,VA ,Virginia Beach,VA, Pittsburgh, PA and Brooklyn, NY. The productions were handled by Deshon Wilson who was also the owner of the record label, Bink Dog, J. Mitchel, Wayne Cooke and D. Brooks.










Macapella & Hus Kingpin - The Kingpin Remixes - 2024




Here is a batch of Hus Kingpin's joints remixed by the Scottish producer Macapella.




AK420 - The Power of Failing - 2024

 



Brand new 4-Track instrumental EP dropped by the German producer AK420




Sunday, March 24, 2024

Slade Savage - Good Son / War Stories - 1998

 

12" - 1998 - Hydra Entertainment


Here is the wax dropped by Slade Savage on Hydra Entertainment in 1998. This is the kind of 12" which is good, cheap and really easy to find, so don't hesitate to add it to your record collection. It contains the song "Good Son" (Radio, Main, Instrumental) on the A-side and the song "War stories" (Radio, Main, Instrumental) on the B-side, both tracks produced by Bezo.




What do you know about Slade Savage ? ... nothing I bet because there is nothing about him on the internet... that's why I hit him to get some infos and I was lucky to talk to him : 

 

Slade Savage :I was born in Harlem but I was raised in Queens. The first time I heard "Sucka MC’s" by RUN DMC is when I fell in love with hip-hop. My first name is Slade and at first I just used that but a friend of mine heard something that I did and was like 'yo you’re a savage with that mic', so I just adopted the name and made it mine but originally I went by Mr Sinister but I figured that I would get sued by Marvel, so I used my name instead.


If you know anything about NYC in the 80’s and 90’s, it was a great time for hip-hop and I had a front row seat, I saw the greats from the golden era and I knew I wanted to be a part of it somehow. I held on to my dream even though Tony Montana and Vito Corleone influenced me as well, with that being said, I did my thing in the street as well. It wasn’t until I started losing friends to prison and the cemetery was when I said to myself let’s give this music a go. That was 1995, three years later I was signed to an independent label. I really enjoyed the grind of it you know self promotion... I covered NYC with promo stickers, I passed out CDs... I honestly miss making music and I’m always gonna be a fan. "



circa '98 - Photo courtesy of Slade Savage

Slade Savage's first official appearance was on a track entitled "Money Matters" released in 1997 by Buddah Tye on Double Down Records. In the late 90s, he was introduced by a mutual friend to the Hydra Entertainment owner, Gerald Famolari.

Slade Savage wasn't affiliated with a crew, he was always a solo artist but he had strong ties to the group Screwball outta Queensbridge tho. He used to basically live in the studio at that time and recorded a lot of material produced by Bezo and Mike Heron, but nothing came out after this 12" unfortunately and everything still remains unreleased nowadays. This 12" is his first and last one... 



Slade Savage : " I became disgruntled at the label for not promoting the project like I feel they could have, they were happy with the buzz we were getting but I felt it could have been a bigger push but it was a small indie label... 

I didn't stop after that, but that whole ordeal wore me out plus my girlfriend at the time was pregnant with my first child so I had really focus on providing for her and the music wasn’t really paying. "




Mad Props to Slade Savage, thanks for your time. 



Saturday, March 23, 2024

New Joint : Mic Bles X Level 13 - Raised On - 2024

 



Level 13 & Mic Bles 's first single featuring ethemadassassin, DRE Colombian RAW and DJ Romes, taken from their collaborative album "Still No Halos" out April 14, 2024.




Ol' Burger Beats - For The Family Feat Awon - 2023

 



"For The Family" is a single dropped by the Norwegian DJ/Producer Ol' Burger Beats and Awon in 2023, taken from the album "74: Out of Time" which is now available in vinyl format on Coalmine Records. This is a 17-Track album made of sublime jazzy productions featuring Awon, Quelle Chris, Ill Camille, Lojii, Vic Spencer, Fly Anakin , among several others... order your copy HERE !





Friday, March 22, 2024

Channel Live - Station Identification - 2024


2024 - 90's Tapes / HHV 


"Station Identification" marked the 1995 debut album by Channel Live with productions mostly handled by KRS-One next to Salaam Remi and Rheji Burrell. The duo comprised of Hakim Green and Tuffy created a certain impact on the scene with tracks like "Mad Izm" or "Sex For The Sport", and also remixes by the likes of Buckwild and Easy Mo Bee made the release a fan favorite amongst Hip Hop heads worldwide. " - courtesy of 90's Tapes 






Available in a limited run on 2LP+7" in gatefold sleeve (500 copies), extra 7" of "Mad Izm b/w Reprogram (Remix)" in original sticker sleeve (300 copies), CD in jewel case (300 copies) and Cassette (100 copies).

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Video : Kooley High & Tuamie - All Infinite - 2024

 


North Carolina Hip-Hop collective Kooley High and ATL-bred Producer Tuamie drop the visuals for "All Infinite", second single off of their collaborative album dropping April 19, 2024 on vinyl via FatBeats