Crush! Kill! Destroy!

No need to say much here. Flippin sweet tee from what many consider OK's best album. It certainly was their last album that was widely lauded before they tried to go a little more mainstream and then eventually break up and go their separate ways. I'm sharing a special treat with the "lost" remix of Bring It On that was a white label radio only promo and is kinda hard to come by.

Organized Konfusion - Bring It On (The Lost Remix by Buckwild)

Money Money Money Money

Here's one from a great one-hit-wonder group, The Brothas Unda Madness. These guys did some nice jazzy, laid back raps, but just never really took off. Produced by Bay Area dudes Joe Quixx and Fredwreck Nassar who were the shit during that time period. They also were big fans of the whole phonetic spelling thing.

The B.U.M.S - 6 Figures And Up

A To The Muthafuckin Z

Next up we got our favorite blunted b-boys. This is from the Gavin Report rap department at the time, so it was kinda unique as it wasn't from the label and also because of the interesting purple/gold color way. I picked out a lesser known, non-album track from the Juice soundtrack for this one. This was the beginning of the whole 'music inspired by' soundtrack phenomena and one of the first of many kickass hip hop soundtracks that started up in the early 90s.

Cypress Hill - Shoot 'Em Up

Trifln' Honky

OK then, back from vacation, illness and a funeral, I'm ready to start doing this again. After a trip home, I unearthed all my old hip hop promo swag from when my brother and I were in college radio. There was so much cool shit, I figured I'd start a new project and post a pic of each item and a song by said artist/label/album/whatever.

Here we got one of those ridiculous tie-up beanies (remember Fresh Jive and 555Soul before they got all bougie?) with the Great One's name proudly embroidered. And next we got a great song off his Triflin' Album featuring one of the first appearances of Tha Alkaholiks.

King Tee - Bust Dat Ass feat. Tha Alkaholiks

P.U.T.S'n On The Ritz

I'm not ashamed to admit it: I like samples. I like em better than these crapola keyboard demo arpeggiator beats that seem to have taken over hip hop these days. Which is why I'm glad dudes like this are still around. This track is one of my favorites - B-Side Wins Again!

People Under The Stairs - Big Daddy Brown

Plane Clash

For all you newjacks who don't know, now you know...where M.I.A. got the source material for her song that is blowing up the Pineapple Express trailers on TV.

I dedicate this one to my girl cause she's a huuuuuge Clash fan, and totally got me back into them and learned me their deeper catalogue.

The Clash - Straight To Hell

Action Packed Adventure

Straight outta North Cak-a-laka! Yaggfu Front were a 90's 'one hit wonder' group, probably best known for the Diamond D produced "Slappin' Suckas Silly". They put out a single 'concept' album that was the 'soundtrack' to a fictional movie, with skits from in the theater and previews and everything. This joint right here was our favorite jam from their album. This is the remixed instrumental version that was only on the 12". Perfect for a summer day.

Yaggfu Front - Left Field (bonus beats)