In 1998, Zev Love X of the seminal rap group KMD re-emerged
as a masked super villain known as MF Doom, released "Operation:
Doomsday", created multiple aliases, then worked on collaborative side
projects with Madlib and Dangerdoom with Danger Mouse. This long awaited
follow-up to "Operation: Doomsday" was originally released in late
2004 and has since been out of print. The special dual package includes an hour
long DVD of live performances and behind the scenes footage from the MM..FOOD
Drive Tour.
After strolling down the cracked boulevards of Bed-Stuy,
Brooklyn - looking ghetto-queen lean and chocolate-wine fine - the mack momma
who answers to the name Lil' Kim is rocking rugged on her Undeas/Big
Beat/Atlantic debut disc, "HARD CORE."
Certified Multi-Platinum (2 times) by the RIAA. (3/01)
This single disc tour de force of uncut Kane singles out 17
of his best tracks from '88-'94. A lyrical master, Kane's influential body of
work comes across as timeless on classic raps including "Raw,"
"Set It Off," "Ain't No Half-Steppin," the live cut
"Wrath Of Kane," and the #1 single, "Smooth Operator," and
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Born Russell Jones in Brooklyn, Ol' Dirty Bastard-a name he
chose because "there was no father to his style" broke out of the
borough in the '90s as a founding member of East Coast rap masters Wu-Tang
Clan. Blending rapping and singing, Dirt's unique delivery and outrageously
personality connected big time, and he followed Method Man as the second
Clansman to launch a solo career. Scrapes with the law and personal troubles
mounted, though, and ODB passed away in 2004 while recording new material, but
his larger-than-life impact on hip-hop is a constant.
Contains 75-plus minutes of brilliantly remastered
"sheets of sounds". Favorites from their complete Elektra repertoir
including the rare B-side "It's Not A Game" and the essential smath
"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.). Includes cuts from the hit
soundtracks Poetic Justice and Menace II Society and "Take Your Time"
from Pete Rock's solo debut, Soul Survivor. Liner notes from Village Voice
contributor Charlie Braxton, who deems Rock "one of hip-hop's most innovative
producers ever."
Two of this generation's most respected hip-hop artists,
Danger Mouse and MF Doom have come together for this album, inspired by Adult
Swim, Cartoon Network's popular late-night animation network. Doom, with his
near obsession with masked identities and superhero personas, and Mouse, with
his murky, ethereal soundscapes that cloud men's minds like Mandrake, are the
perfect partners for the project, and each has inspired the other to the finest
work of their careers. "The Mouse & The Mask" contains character
voices and skits from Adult Swim's most popular original shows, including
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Sealab 2021", and "Harvey
Birdman, Attorney At Law", along with guest appearances by Cee-Lo, Talib
Kweli, and Ghostface Killah.
"The Wire" soundtrack features artists such as
Tyree Colion, Rod Lee, Diablo and DJ Technics. It also contains four unique
versions of Tom Wait's "Way Down In The Hole," which serves as the
opening theme for "The Wire" and has been performed on each of the
last four seasons by a different acts. "The Wire" soundtrack is as
rigorously conceived as the series itself, and makes for truly compelling
listening. It's essential for fans of the series as well as for anyone
interested in hip hop that authentically comes from the streets. This is an
alternate version to the 32-track complete edition, and focuses exclusively on
the locally produced hip-hop tracks
Indie powerhouse Tommy Boy records was born in Tom
Silverman's NYC apartment in 1981 when the entrepreneurial trade mag publisher
began releasing the best of the demos crossing his path. He struck gold with
the label's revolutionary debut, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force's
"Planet Rock." One of the only 12" singles ever to sell 600,000+
copies, it laid the foundation for the genre-defining house that Tommy built.
Tommy Boy and its stable of stars led the way as the first wave of hip-hop's
artistic translation of urban street culture bcame a mass-appeal phenomenon.
With repeated high-charting crossover success, Tommy Boy earned almost 80 gold
and platinum citations, and the label's groundbreaking grooves are essential
pillars of hip-hop, as evidenced in this new collection of many of their
greatest early tracks.
