[EPK] GANG STARR - "Step in the Arena"

EgoTripLand posted this classic VHS promo sent out to various channels in promotion of GURU and DJ Premier's classic January '91 album "Step in the Arena". We'll get some nice behind the scenes footage of sessions, live performances and interviews nit inky by the griup themeselves but also Branford ´Marsalis and Biz Markie to drop by to drop sme wizdom. Shouts to EgoTripLand and DJSandman.

V/A - "THE SPICE RACK (An Ongoing Vinyl Adventure)"

Remember a few days ago, I posted the Slice-Of-Spice Soundcloud sets of all the released Lord Finesse and K-Def vinyls, respecitvely on the label. Besides those legends, S-O-S have brought us a lot of amazing music, both new and rare/unreleased, from incredible artists like Masta Ace, Oxygen, AG, Damu The Fudgemunk, Gensu Dean, DJ Format, Paul Nice, Biz Markie, and more. Much of these monsterous cuts have been collected in one set for our enjoynment, so press play, sit back and let it BANG.

[Mixtape] J. Period Presents: "#Rage is Back"

As I announced recently, J. Period has teamed up with acclaimed author Adam Mansbach in putting together a mixtape companion to his latest book "Rage is Back". We've previously heard two impressive leaks from the project, the Common joint "The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.)" and Black Thought's title track freestyle. Now the complete mixtape has been made available for free via J. Period's official site, which is filled to the limit with slamming exclusives from the likes of Kweli, Homeboy Sandman, Blu, unreleased remixes of classic tracks from Nas, Q-Tip, Biggie, and more; plus audiobook narration by GZA and Danny Hooch. 

01. This Is the Story of… (Intro)
02. Rage Is Back (J.PERIOD Exclusive) f. Black Thought
03. New York State of Mind (Interlude) f. Alicia Keys & Nas
04.  Run New York (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. Nas & Angel Haze
05. Hard (J.Period Monumental ReFix) f. Styles P, Sean Price & General Steele
06. Borough Check f. Biz Markie
07. Style Was DNA (Audiobook) f. Danny Hoch
08. Wrong Side (J.PERIOD Exclusive) f. The Kid Daytona
09. Invocate Freestyle (J.PERIOD Exclusive) f. Blu
10. Herb Man Trafficking f. Welton Irie
11. Police In Helicopter Dub
12. Billy Rage Is Back (Audiobook) f. Danny Hoch
13. Sound Boy Killing (Remix) f. Mega Banton
14. Killing a Soundboy  (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. The Notorious B.I.G.
15. Toolz of the Trade f. Smif’N’Wessun
16. Teach the Youth (Interlude) f. GURU
17. Hip Hop (Interlude) f. Common
18. The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.) f. Common [Produced by J.PERIOD]
19, The Traveller f. Talib Kweli [Produced by J.PERIOD]
20. What Makes An MC (Interlude) f. Q-Tip
21. 1Nce Again (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. A Tribe Called Quest
22. Street Dreams (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. Nas
23. One Love (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. Nas
24. The Lord Giveth (Audiobook) f. GZA
25. Wu-Banger (Mathematics Mix) f. Wu-Tang Clan
26. It’s Working (Interlude)
27. Raw Freestyle (J.PERIOD Exclusive) f. Shad
28. Coral Reefs (Exclusive) f. Homeboy Sandman
29. Trust the DJ (Audiobook) f. Danny Hoch
30. The Pizza Box Bandit (Interlude) f. KEO
31. Survival of the Fittest (J.PERIOD ReFix) f. Mobb Deep
32. Empire State (Interlude) f. Jay-Z
33. Epilogue: Hard Knock f. Joey Bada$$
34. Epilogue: Jay Reed f. A$AP Mob
45. Bonus: Sound Boy Burial (J.PERIOD Monumental ReFix) f. Smif’N’Wessun

J. PERIOD PRESENTS #RAGEisBACK" 

[Video] BIZ MARKIE on "Celebrity Ghost Stories"

"Celebrity Ghost Stories" is an american TV-show that airs on The Biography Channel, where remotely famous people tell about their real encounters with spirits and the other side. I always kept an open mind about these things, so for me it was great to see the legendary Juice Crew member Biz Markie appear on the show back in October last year (though I didn't catch it until the other day which is why it's posted first now).

Markie's story is the first segment in the show which you can stream above, where he talks about his start as a rapper, at a very young and up until the release of the classic "Going Off" album with Marley Marl in 1988 and where that drive to continue came from. In my opinion, it's a very inspiring and fascinating story and deserves to be posted as it deals with the making of one of the real Juice Crew album classics.But for you non-believers out there I added a lil' bonus cut for y'all in the form of a hype radio show freestyle with Biz, Big Daddy Kane and a very young Tragedy (then Intelligent Hoodlum of course), promoting Marley's "In Control" album.

BIZ MARKIE x KANE x TRAGEDY - "88 FREESTYLE"

Rakim x Biz Markie x DJ Rob Swift - "Wyndance"

Here's is a straight up incredible piece of hip-hop history, taking it back to the mid-'80s with Rakim and Biz Markie rocking it at Whyndance High School. The tape has circulated on the net before, but DJ Rob Swift and Gudtyme of THE GUDWORD stepped in and hooked up a fresh remix for 2012.