Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)

Vast Aire and Vordul are verbose venomous vanguards.

http://www.mediafire.com/?kmjrd2zvwjg

The Cold Vein

Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)

old school hiphop beats

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (2009)

Unreleased Jay Dee, mixed by Pete Rock.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R7FHCT4B

9th Wonder - Dream Merchant Vol. 2 (2007)

http://www.mediafire.com/?xzwiumgmzjn

Lord Finesse - Funky Technician (1990) / The Awakening (1996)

Produced with DJ Premier.

http://www.mediafire.com/?3n2wdw5ea2y


The quantity and quality of rappers on this album is insane.
Sermons are delivered. Sleeping is prohibited.

http://www.mediafire.com/?auftddnjq2l

Group Home - Livin' Proof

You familiarr with Gang Starr??
Got some Inner city blues here...
Step up or step off.

http://www.mediafire.com/?njiymktzzhz

Erykah Badu - New AmErykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War (2008)

You need this. Big up to MoNo who was spinning this for me last summer. The album cover looks like a tribute to Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. Erykah brings the hardcore funk and trippy hip hop in this one.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wyzqxn4qdzl

And if you don't believe me...
From AMG: "New Amerykah, Pt. 1 has Badu collaborating principally with the members of Sa-Ra (who are present in almost half of the tracks), Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Baduizm/Mama's Gun vets Karriem Riggins, James Poyser, and Ahmir Thompson. If you're familiar with what these people have made in the past, you'll know to expect plenty of fearless weirdness and a couple relaxed soul-jazz backdrops that do not fail to stimulate. The album is easily the most hip-hop and most out-there release from Badu thus far, with beats bumping, knocking, and booming in roughly equal measure, sometimes switching tacks or vanishing midstream, dropping down dark corridors, gradually levitating into direct sunlight... you can only wonder how different it would be with some input from the late J Dilla, the beloved producer gets an incredibly touching tribute with the eight-minute "Telephone," written the day after the ceremony of his death."

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)

http://www.mediafire.com/?z1n0orrr4zz

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)

http://www.mediafire.com/?bmmjzjzzett

MF Doom - Vaudeville Villain (2003)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4KOJDPRY

Gang Starr - Daily Operation (1992)

http://rapidshare.com/files/74297233/Gang_Starr_-_Daily_Operation.rar

Gang Starr and DJ Premier are in the game.

Bill Diakhou - Tani

a.k.a. Dolla Bill Diakhou, who starts off by yelling xalis! money! because this is, as they say, money. Crazy hardcore rap from Senegal with beats and sirens, a bit of Englesh and a fierce harsh language, that is Wolof, their empire has been around since the 14th century, bitch. Listen to Bill. I mean the first song alone, with the old man and the backup singers yellin WOOOOW (yes!) and if that isn't enough to intrigue you, boo.
Posted by awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com

http://www.mediafire.com/?dhzmezvmjmt

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

Like the host says on Bistro - just lay back, have a good time, and enjoy the music.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ndz4jeyjziz

EPMD - Strictly Business (1988), Business Never Personal (1992)

Funky old school hip/hop.

Business Never Personal:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=892JR7T4
Strictly Business:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3XHQGAOS

The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II (1994)

Ohhhh shit.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LVGFKQFD

Johnson & Jonson (2008), No Age - Nouns (2008)

http://rapidshare.com/files/156186272/J_J.zip

I have decided to change the format of this blog in the hopes of turning it into a music-sharing depot/forum. We will begin with some fresh hip-hop by the name of Johnson & Jonson and some fuzzy lo-fi punk by the name of No Age.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xmjrmjjswvd