Tech N9ne Featuring Krizz Kaliko "Shadows on the Road"

Many of you know that I work two jobs right now to make ends meet and keep my sanity. I teach children and teenagers in the day and then I bar tend at night. It often drains me by the end of the week and causes my wife to worry more than she should. When I first heard this track I felt chills rush down my back and my whole body felt cold.

I couldn't tell anyone of you how many times I've thought I saw something in the road or coming towards the road when there wasn't anything there. I seriously have seen the types of things that they talk about on this track. I know most of it is because I was tired but at the same times I drive home at 3 AM for at least 45 minutes every night on one of the deadliest stretches of highway CA has to offer.

Tech N9ne "Leave Me Alone"

I know I've been away for a minute but please, leave me alone with all of the questions as to why; as if I really needed to explain why I hadn't posted in a minute to people only here to leech rather than support the movement. For those of you who truly cared, my Rapidshare account has been acting up and event hough it doesn't expire for another couple of weeks, giving me more than enough time to extend the account, they closed it down and I had to fight to get them to re-open my account. This is the second time it has happened and had it not been for the fact that my entire online collection is through Rapidshare I would've switched to MegaUpload or Zshare a long time ago.

While contemplating what to do with the blog, I was bumping the new Tech N9ne album "K.O.D." and one song in particular stood out to me to express my feelings. That song is none other than "Leave Me Alone."

So without further adieu, here it is, check it and respect it...

Swoop G "World Don't Take Me Personally"

Product Details:
Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
Original Release Date: October 6, 1998
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Wrap / Ichiban Records
ASIN: B00000DBXR

This album came out a year after Swoop G's first release through a bigger label with a bit more promotion and an updated tracklisting. There are several tracks on this release that were also on his debut. The newly added tracks smash just as hard and make this worth picking up. This album is definitely a slept on Westcoast classic from one of Tha Row's heaviest hitters during their second dynasty. Hearing this album only makes me wish that Tha Row had their act together well enough to have put this man's music out when the timing was right rather than shelving it indefinitely like so many other artists. I'm praying that WideAwake makes some smart business decisions to release his lesser known works as well...

Within this album are several blatant and subliminal diss tracks aimed towards his ex friends and associates, The Dogg Pound. If you listen to the remix of the "Not to be fucked wit" track you will hear him call out Tha Dogg Pound, as well as some others within their circle who he felt had betrayed him. You'll also hear a great classic "riding" verse from Lil C Style on the Bustas remix. You'll hear almost the same verse on the "Easy to be a soldier" track from the Chronic 2000 compilation but to my knowledge this was official and that verse was merely mixed into the other track as this one came first. Also, the 2Pac track "World don't take me personally" is as official as it gets. It's not just a scrapped Pac verse that was gaffled and used for an increase in sales...

Here's the tracklisting:

1. Feet Up (featuring Black Rain)

2. Not To Be Fucked With (Ryder version)

3. I Do Need You

4. World Don't Take Me Personally (featuring 2Pac & 2 Scoops)

5. Bustas (featuring Lil' C Style) (Ryder Version)

6. My Life

7. Have Mercy (featuring Bernni Mac & 2 Scoops)

8. 20 Dollars

9. Simpin' Ain't Pimpin' (featuring Poppa L.Q.)

10. Mob Shit (featuring Luniz, 3X Krazy & Cydal)

11. Bust One Mo'

12. Gangsta Sh*t

13. Soldier's Prayer (featuring Cydal)

Here's the link to download the preview:
http://rapidshare.com/files/287543376/World_Don_t_Take_Me_Personally.zip

Here's the link to purchase the album:

http://www.amazon.com/World-Dont-Take-Me-Personally/dp/B00000DBXR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1255896055&sr=8-1

Swoop G "Undisputed"

Product Details:
Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
Original Release Date: October 3, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Handle Bar Records
ASIN: B00000156A

Recorded for Handlebar Records (via Bay Area rapper The Gov) during his time associated and affiliated wityh Death Row Records, this was the first of two releases to come from Young Swoop G. His most notable tracks off of this album are "Not to be fucked wit," and "The Mob." He is most known for his work with Death Row. In fact, from what I read in an interview with Swoop G, it was tracks that suge heard from this album that made Suge wanna sign him to a deal in the first place to be the next artist on Death Row to carry out their beefs. His biggest single ever released was a collaboration track with Snoop Dogg called "Head Doctor."

Here's the tracklisting:

1 Intro

2 Tha M.O.B. Featuring - 3X Krazy , Cydal , Knucklehead , Luniz

3 I Am The 1

4 Not To Be Fucked Wit

5 My Life

6 Call Me Featuring - Dee Dee

7 Who Got The Gangsta Gangsta Shit Pt. II Featuring - Bart of 3xKrazy, JT The Bigga Figga

8 Gangsta In California

9 20 Dollars

10 Testimonies Featuring - 2 Scoops, Bart of 3XKrazy

11 East Side Madness Featuring - T-Luni, Tray Dee

12 Simpin' Into Pimpin' Featuring - Poppa LQ

13 G-House

14 She Broke Me Off

15 O.B.G.

16 Soldier's Prayer Featuring - Cydal

Here's the link to download a preview of the release:

http://rapidshare.com/files/287530869/Undisputed.zip

Here's the link to purchase the release:

http://www.amazon.com/Undisputed-Swoop-G/dp/B00000156A

Baby Down "Pushin a Cold Line"

While searching on the net for everything and anything Tangled Thoughts that I can get my hands on I came across this banging tape put together by an artist known as Baby Down. He sounds very similar to Jayo Felony with his flow and delivery. The beats supplied are comprised of West coast classics and remixes of existing beats that were popular when the CD was released back in 2007. Nonetheless it still bangs hard today because the beats were timeless.

*Volume 2: Git down or lay down" featuring Jayo Felony, The Outlawz, Tangled Thoughtz and more is on the way soon...

Here's the tracklisting:
1. THA MESSAGE
2. HISTORY
3. LOS SCANDOLOUS
4. CALI 2 PHILLY FEAT. TANGLED THOUGHTS, AK AND BULLETZ
5. ASSASSINATION FEAT. TANGLED THOUGHTS
6. LEFT COAST
7. THA GIFT
8. PEER PRESSURE
9. THROWBACC PUSSY
10. GIVE IT 2 ME
11. WHAT U WANT FEAT. LIBERTY
12. GUNPLAY
13. BIDNESSMEN FEAT. JAYO FELONY, AK AND BABY SKAR
14. GROWIN' UP IN THA HOOD
15. REAL ONE FEAT. TANGLED THOUGHTS, KURUPT AND GAIL GOTTI
16. LET A THUG HIT IT FEAT. JAYO FELONY (PROD. BY J. WELLS)

Here's the link to download the CD:
http://rapidshare.com/files/287500916/pushin-a-cold__line.rar

Here's the link to purchase the CD:
http://www.babydownmusic.com/db_merchandise.html

Eastwood "Selfmade Volume 3: Loyalty or Nothing"

Here's the tracklisting:
1. Trill Shit (featuring a sample of Daz Dillinger)
2. Old School Dance (Perfect for your lowrider)
3. Chrome On The Wheels (featuring a sample of Jay-Z)
4. Bossin' (featuring Livewire & Young Zo)
5. Chevy Ridin' High
6. Life (featuring Rihanna) (Heartfelt...real talk, this song will make you cry)
7. Around The World (feat Livewire)
8. Fresh 2 Def (featuring Livewire)
9. Hustle Hard (featuring Macadoshis)
10. Stunner Shades (featuring Lil' Flip)
11. Go Big (feat Livewire & Young Cutty)
12. On One
13. Step Yo Game Up (featuring Livewire & Lost Souls)
14. Get Cake (featuring Chizzle, Young Cutty & Livewire)

Here's the link to download the preview of the mixtape:
http://rapidshare.com/files/286567196/Loyalty_Or_Nothing.zip



Here's the link to purchase the mixtape:
http://dubcnn.com

DJ Wizkid and Eastwood "Servin the Streets: West Coast Series"

Here's the tracklisting:

01 - Eastwood - Intro

02 - Eastwood Ft Knuckleheadz - We ballin (Produced By Meech Wells)

03 - Crooked- I - Welcome to My City

04 - E-40 FT The Game , Snoop Dogg - No More

05 - Bloodshott Ft Kam , Dizzle - Made Niggas

06 - Roscoe - Training Dayshorter

07 - Eastwood - I'AM (Produced by Meech Wells)

08 - Butch Cassidy - So Gangsta (Produced by DAE ONE)

09 - The Jacka - Real Feeling

10 - Damizza Ft Butch Cassidy, Young De - Six Feet Deep

11 - Kurupt Ft Daz - Get My Drink ON

12 - Spice 1 - Eastbay G'z

13 - Goldie Locc , Chris Steel , young Cal , Lebo - Gwap Up

14 - Eastwood Ft Cutty , Live Wire - I Got Swag

15 - Big Rich , Boo Banger , San Quinn - San Fransico Anthem (produced by Traxxamillion)

16 - Xzibit Ft Kobe - Gotta Get Em

17 - Glasses Malone Ft Rick Ross , Bird Man , T Pain - Sun Come Up

18 - Kartoon - Can't Stop Me

19 - The Jacka - Aspen

20 - Outlawz Ft Crooked - I - All These Haters

21 - Hot Dollar - I Luv The Streets

22 - Spice 1 - Welcome to the Ghetto

Here's the link to download the mixtape:

http://rapidshare.com/files/286580262/serving_the_streets.zip

Meech Wells Presents "The New West World Order Volume 4"

Here's the tracklisting:

01) Intro - Meech Wells

02) I Cant Tell - 211 & Jay Rock

03) What I Am - Eastwood

04) West Coast Kiss - Jadakiss, Kartoon & Kokane

05) Im Really - 211

06) 211 Speaks Part 1

07) Watch Me Make A Movie - Yung Joc

08) So Many Rumors - Young Buck, Eastwood & 211

09) Young Blake Speaks

10) One More Drink Remix - Rick Ross & Young Blake

11) Throw Yo Blocks Up - Young Joker & Knucklehead

12) 211 Speaks Part 2

13) Damu Division - 211 & Glasses Malone

14) I Got My Swag - Eastwood, Cutty & Livewire

15) Welcome To The Westside - Young Joker

16) Papered Up - 211

17) 211 Speaks Part 3

18) Hardcore - Kokane & Mayham

19) Flyer Than Tha Rest Of Dem - 211

20) They Aint Changed - Eastwood

21) Innocent Man Remix - Mark Morrison, DMX, Eastwood & Kokane

22) Getting Money - 211 & Akon

23) I Be Over There - 211 & Yung Joc

24) 211 Speaks Part 4

25) I Can Feel The Hating In The Air - 211 & Konflict

26) After Inauguration - Eastwood, Noble & Crooked I

27) Interlude - Tray Dee & Meech Wells28) It Aint No Peace - Tray Dee, Benzino & Goldie Loc

29) Tray Dee Speaks

30) The Streets Is So Cold - Eastwood & Konflict

31) 211 Speaks Part 5

32) Staying Alive - 211 & Konflict

33) Aint Nobody Funking With Us - Snoop Dogg, George Clinton & Kokane

34) Outro - Meech Wells

Here's the link to download the mixtape:

http://rapidshare.com/files/287482959/meech_wells_presents-the_new_west_world_order_vol_3-mixed_by_dj_l-gee-_dubcnn_.zip

Meech Wells Presents "The New West World Order Volume 3"

Here's the tracklisting:

01) Young Joker - We Started This New West Sh-t
02) Young 3rd - New West Sh-t (Feat. Young Joker, Grand Prix, Boss & Truth)

03) Truth - Into The Light (Feat. Ya Boy)

04) Eastwood - Don't Forget

05) Young Mack - Catch Me On The Way Up

06) 40 Glocc - One In The Chamber (Feat. Yacc, Village Boo & TipToe)

07) Drastik - We Stay G'd Up

08) Young Joker - When it Come To Money (Feat. Jay Rock & 211)

09) Young Joker - Funeral Music

10) Jody Breeze - Dippin' On The Cops Remix (Feat. Lil Wayne & Eastwood)

11) Ya Boy - Back Against The Wall

12) Truth - Dreams

13) Kurupt & Daz - Better Not Trip (Feat. Concise & Checkmate)

14) Young Joker - It's The New West (Feat. Meech Wells)

15) Lil Lyn - I'm That Guy

16) Young Joker - Half A Mil

17) Mic Moses - Last Forever (Feat. C4Mula, Stat Quite & Ariano)

18) Grand Prix - Man Down (Feat. Young Joker)

19) Ya Boy - F-ck All Ya'll (Feat. Kurupt)

20) Young Joker - Feel Me

21) Mayhem - You've Got Work To Do (Feat. Young Joker)

22) Young Joker - F-ck The Rest

23) Truth - Take Me High

24) Grand Prix - Hundred Haters

Here's the link to download the mixtape:

http://rapidshare.com/files/287482959/meech_wells_presents-the_new_west_world_order_vol_3-mixed_by_dj_l-gee-_dubcnn_.zip

Meech Wells Presents "The New West World Order Volume 2"

Here's he tracklisting:

1. MEECH WELLS INTRO
2. RECOGNIZE A BOSS FEAT. THE GAME & EASTWOOD
3. DROP
4. KILL YOESELF FEAT. 211

5. LIVING MY LIFE OFF HYDRO FEAT. EASTWOOD & YUKMOUTH

6. ACT LIKE U KNOW FEAT. CROOKED I & MIC MOSES

7. IT AINT YOU FEAT. YOUNG JOKER

8. I GOT MY HUSTLE UP FEAT. 211

9. I'M PAID FEAT. EASTWOOD & MACKLIFE
10. MACKLIFE DROP
11. I'M A STUNNA FEAT. MACKLIFE
12. MEECH WELLS DROP
13. I DID THAT FEAT. YA BOY

14. THE PRINCE HAS RETURNED FEAT. ALI VEGAS

15. THA PUSHER DROP
16. I'M SIGNING MY DEAL FEAT. YOUNG JOKER

17. YOUNG JOKER DROP
18. LET STEEL HIT IT FEAT. YOUNG JOKER

19. WE ARE WHAT YOU AINT FEAT. EASTWOOD, MACKLIFE & YOUNG JOKER

20. NEW WEST MOVEMENT FEAT. 211, YOUNG JOKER & MACKLIFE

21. THEY DON'T REALLY WANT IT! FEAT. EASTWOOD

22. I WANNA BE YA N.I.G.G.A. FEAT. MACK LIFE & CHUCKY MACKAVELLI

23. WE NUMBER 1 FEAT. YOUNG JOKER & MACK LIFE

24. CITY OF ANGELS FEAT. DRASTIK, YOUNG JOKER & KONFLICT

25. I GET MONEY FEAT. EASTWOOD & YA BOY

26. IT'S NOTHIN FEAT. MACKLIFE
27. CAN'T STOP THE SHINE FEAT. SHORTY WELLS & MANI

28. I GOTTA MAKE IT HAPPEN FEAT. LIL LYN

29. YOU GONNA GET BURNED NOW FEAT. YOUNG JOKER & SLY BOOGY

30. I'M A RIDER FEAT. YOUNG JOKER

31. MOVIN BYRDS FEAT. UN KASA, SEAN KINGSTON & JIM JONES
32. WHEN THINGS AINT GOING MY WAY FEAT. MACKLIFE & CHUCKY MACKAVELLI
33. I'M THA ONE (LIKE BILLIPS) FEAT. 211

34. 211 OUTRO

Here's the link to download the mixtape:

http://rapidshare.com/files/287443504/The_New_West_World_Order_Vol_2.zip

Meech Wells Presents "The New West World Order Volume 1"

Here's the tracklisting:

01) Intro (Meech Wells Interlude)

02) Young Joker & Jay Rock - Dippin' In My Cadillac

03) Eastwood, The Game, & Jay Rock - West Really?

04) Eastwood & Young Mack AKA Moja The Great - I Could Pimp U Better

05) Eastwood & Ru - A Nigga Gotta Eat

06) Eastwood - What Yo Chevy Do?

07) E-White - The Lyrical Countdown

08) Young Joker - This Is For My Street Niggas

09) Young Mack AKA Moja The Great - Stuck

10) Young Joker & Eastwood - Ghetto

11) Young Joker & Topic - It's The New West

12) Young Joker Interlude

13) Young Joker & Jay Rock - Throw Yo Dubs Up

14) Young Mack AKA Moja The Great & Mani - He So International (Courtesy of EQ)

15) E-White, Young Mack AKA Moja The Great & Meech Wells - The Girls Is On My Team

16) Young Joker - Nothin But Murder

17) Eastwood - Paying Dues

18) Eastwood - Love Me Or Leave Me

19) Bad Azz & Chucky Makavelli - California

20) E-White, Eastwood, & Young Mack AKA Moja The Great - Wait And Give It Time

21) E-White - Pass The Mic

22) E-White - The Rain

23) Young Joker - The New West World Order

24) Shorty Wells, E-White, & Young Mack AKA Moja The Great - Back Again

25) E-White - Let Yo System Thump

26) E-White & Shorty Wells - Stop That Running Yo Mouth

27) Young Joker & Don-Ru - Throw It Up

28) Eastwood - Let My Angels Sing

29) Juice - No Half Steppin'

30) Eastwood, Macadoshis, & Glasses Malone - Bomb On A N*gga

31) Young Joker & Mani - Hold U Down [Bonus Track]

Here's the link to download the mixtape:

http://rapidshare.com/files/286598792/the_new_west_world_order.zip

Kid Cudi "Man on the Moon: The End of Day"

Product Details:
Vinyl (September 15, 2009)
Original Release Date: September 15, 2009
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Motown
ASIN: B002IDH4PQ

I can't say enough about this album. It's not hip hop or pop or rock or anything that can fit in any one genre. This album is beautifully and meticulously crafted to work cohesively from one track to the next. The beats are minimal and the flow and delivery fall in line. However, the way the album was crafted deliberately led to this outcome. If you don't like it the first time around that's mostly because your opinions on the :Day N Nite: track as a stand out track when it was merely meant to get your attention rather than serve as the foundation for the concept of the album. If you don't like it the first time around, shelve it and give it a listen later. It truly may be years ahead of it's time...

Here's a review courtesy of Amazon.com:

Kid Cudi is at the vanguard of a game-changing new generation of artists," said Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone. "He crosses musical boundaries with an appeal that goes beyond genre, format, race, language, and culture. Cudi lives easily in the hip-hop, indie rock, pop, and R&B worlds - a diversity that shows in his innovative music and his all-embracing persona. He is a born storyteller who brings a positive, life-affirming message to his brilliant lyrical flow and compelling music.

There are no clichés in what Cudi does. He is a breath of fresh air - a dynamic and important new voice, not only in the next phase of hip-hop, but as a groundbreaking trendsetter who represents the future.

I am thrilled to welcome Kid Cudi into the Universal Motown family." KID CUDI released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in July, 2008 as a free download sponsored by New York streetwear company 10 Deep, leading to an introduction and signing to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint, and in turn, to Cudi's co-writing of four tracks on the platinum Kanye West album 808s & Heartbreak, including the Top 5 single, "Heartless" and stepping out in a featured vocal on "Welcome to Heartbreak." He followed this up with his first Official single; "DAY N NITE" "day 'n' nite" dominated with #1 rankings at multiple radio formats..."

Here's the tracklisting:

1. In My Dreams [Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As...
4. Solo Dolo (Nightmare)
5. Heart of a Lion [Kid Cudi Theme Music]
6. My World ft Billy Cravens
7. Day N Nite (Nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic [Love Connection, Pt. 1]
10. Alive (Nightmare) ft Ratatat
11. Cudi Zone
12. Make Her Say ft Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Common
13. Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) ft MGMT, Ratatat
14. Hyyerr ft Chip Tha Ripper
15. Up Up & Away

Here's the link to preview the release:

http://rapidshare.com/files/286185695/Man.On.The.Moon.The.End.Of.Day.rar

Here's the link to purchase this release:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=kid+cudi

DJ Revolution "King Of The Decks"

By request:

Respected West Coast turntablist and mainstay on the world-famous Wake-Up Show, DJ Revolution has recuited an impressive list of MCs and DJs to blaze 20 tracks on his outstanding Duck Down Records release, KING OF THE DECKS. KRS-One, Guilty Simpson, Freddie Foxxx, Blaq Poet, Planet Asia, Boot Camp Clik, and Tash of the Alkaholiks are just a few of the rappers on hand while Marco Polo, DJ Numark, and DJ Spinbad lend supplemental scratches and production to what is undoubtedly one of the tightest underground albums of the year.

Here's the tracklisting:

1. Intro - (featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff/Jazzy Jeff)
2. King Of The Decks - (featuring Sean Price/Tash)
3. DJ, The - (featuring KRS-One)
4. Do My Thing - (featuring Guilty Simpson/Royce Da 5'9")
5. LA D.J. - (featuring Tony G)
6. Funky Piano - (featuring Styliztik Jones/Crooked I/Bishop Lamont)
7. Big Top, The - (featuring Special Teams)
8. Start The Revolution - (featuring Bootclamp Click/Boot Camp Clik)
9. Scratch Nerds
10. Invaders From The Planet Sqratch - (featuring DJ QBert/DJ Q-Bert)
11. EY - (featuring Termanology/Joell Ortiz)
12.Casualties Of Tour - (featuring Rakaa Iriscience)
13.Damage - (featuring Blaq Poet/Bumpy Knuckles)
14.Willie Lynch - (featuring Styliztik Jones/KB Imean)
15.Biggest Up, The - (featuring DJ Premier)
16. Blow Da Spot - (featuring Strong Arm Steady)
17. School - (featuring Planet Asia)
18. Spit Ridiculous - (featuring Defari)
19. Pro's & Con's - (featuring Evidence)
20. Calling HAUL - (featuring KB Imean)
21. Man Or Machine - (featuring KB Imean/Sway/Tech)
22. Set Up, The - (featuring Sway/DJ Spinbad/King Tech)
23. Re-Match, The - (featuring DJ Spinbad)
24. Raided R - (featuring Dj Raid)

Here's the link to preview the album:

http://rapidshare.com/files/284149542/K.O.T.D..rar

Here's the link to purchse the album:

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7727726

Mr. Criminal "Stay on the Streets"

Product Details:
Audio CD (July 4, 2006)
Original Release Date: July 4, 2006
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Label: Hi Power
ASIN: B000FVBL8Y

Here's the tracklisting:

1. Hi Power Rollcall - Hi Power Soldiers, Mr. Criminal Listen
2. F**k Em All Listen
3. From the 216 to the 213 - Layzie Bone, Mr. Criminal Listen
4. Nothin Like Cali Rollin Listen
5. Get Your Blaze On Listen
6. Welcome to California Listen
7. Skit (Crowd) Listen
8. We Ride - Bizzy Bone, Mr. Criminal Listen
9. Skit (Phone Calls)
10. California Blows My Mind - Dominator, Mr. Criminal Listen
11. I'm Lowriden Listen
12. My Defenition of a Rider - Lil Cuete, Mr. Criminal Listen
13. Stop Bitchin - Mr. Criminal, Spider Loc Listen
14. Cuz I'm a Rider Listen
15. Come and Ride with Me Listen
16. Streets Miss You Listen
17. Criminals Gonna Ride Tonight Listen
18. Step Your Game Up Listen
19. Real Interview Listen

Here's the link to download a preview of the album:

http://rapidshare.com/files/284138526/STAY_ON_THE_STREETS.rar

Here's the link to purchase the album:

http://www.amazon.com/Stay-Streets-Mr-Criminal/dp/B000FVBL8Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1255577437&sr=8-2