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This week I decided to put up a tribute mix to Nas & AZ collabos. Get em while it’s hot! Cause it is…
1. Nas & AZ (DJ Clue)- Serious
2. Nas feat. AZ- Life’s Bitch
3. The Firm- Firm Biz
4. The Firm feat. Canibus- Desparados
5. AZ feat. Nas- How ya Livin’
6. AZ feat. Nas- The Essence
7. The Firm- Affirmative Action
8. The Firm- Affirmative Action (remix)
9. Nas feat. AZ- The Flyest
10. AZ feat. Nas- Mo Money, Mo Murder, More Homicide
11. The Firm- Phone Tap
12. Nas feat. AZ & Biz Markie(Demo)- Understanding
13. The Firm- La Familia
14. The Firm- Executive Decision


This week I decided to put up a all hip-hop mix dedicated to hard to find and unreleased music from the mid to late 90s. There are a lot of rare joints here! Get em while it’s hot! Cause it is…
1. KFC(Mase,Cam’ron,Bloodshed,Mcgruff,Big L)- American Dream
2. Smiff-N-Wessun- Wrekonize Remix
3. Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah- Rainy Dayz Remix
4. Jay-Z feat. Melissa Morgan- Can’t Knock the Hustle Remix
5. Redman- Funkorama
6. Blahzay Blahzay feat. La The Darkman, Smoothe Da Hustler, Trigger Tha Gambler- Danger Pt. II
7. Mobb Deep- Back At You
8. Busta Rhymes feat. O.D.B.- Woo Ha Remix
9. Cam’ron feat. DMX- Pull It
10. Nore feat. Tragedy & Nas- Calm Down
11. Nore- Married 2 Marijuana
12. Jaz-O feat. Sauce Money, Jay-Z- Foundation
13. Ghostface Killah- Cobra Clutch
14. Mic Geronimo feat. DMX, Ja-Rule, The LOX, Tragedy- Usual Suspects
15. Large Professor feat. Nas- One Plus One
Check out this Tribute to Hip-Hop Posse tracks…Classic: “POSSE CUT TRIBUTE“
The X-Factor Podcast Episode # 97.1 (Time:1 hour 30 min.)
1. “The Symphony’”
2. “Buddy (Remix)”
3. “Scenario/Scenario(Remix)”
4. “Live at the Barbeque”
5. “Don’t Curse”
6. “Headbanger”
7. “Flava in ya Ear(Remix)”
8. “Protect Ya Neck”
9. “Eye for a Eye”
10. “Headz Ain’t Redee/Leflaur Leflaur Eshkoshka”
11. “Affirmative Action (Main & Remix)”
12. “I Shot Ya/4,3,2,1″
13. “24 Hours to Live”
14. “Reservoir Dogs”
15. “Banned From T.V.”
16. “John Blaze”
17. “Watch Out for the Hook”
18. “Ante Up (Remix)”
19. Simon Says (Remix)
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If you grew up in the NYC area around the 80s and 90s, Video Music Box was king! They just weren’t a hip-hop video show like Yo MTV Raps or Rap City. Often times, you could tune in and catch a live performance at a local NY club. Raw video footage! Everybody knows the Tunnel freestyle featuring Biggie and 2Pac but some of us saw it before we heard it. Ralph McDaniels and The Vid Kid brought you unlimited coverage of some of today’s hip-hop legends. Salute…
Check out this interview with Ralph McDaniels: NYHipHopReport.com
Also check out some classic Video Music Box videos:
Probably my favorite album from Cam. I didn’t initially like this song. It seemed like such a huge departure from his previous work. The track was dope. In the clubs? For get about it! This week’s Re-Release is Cam’ron’s “What Means the World to You”.
“Cam’ron, who scored a gold album and a string of chart singles with his first album, Confessions of Fire, begins his second with the uncompromising “F*** You,” which establishes immediately that he is turning to a more aggressive gangsta style. Thereafter, the rapper covers the usual subjects for the genre, cursing freely in depictions of sexual and physical violence against women, drug usage, and gunplay. ProducerDarrell “Digga” Branch provides rudimentary backing tracks that sample such familiar tunes as Edwin Starr‘s “War” and the Police‘s “Roxanne,” while Cam’ron expresses rage in slow raps that often devolve into little more than complaining. In “Do It Again,” the 22-year-old reflects back on his life, pondering” - Allmusic.com