Random Old School Shot of Fat Joe & Lord Finesse We alternate between being a "site" and reporting to a "blog" espousing our personal thoughts & beliefs. This rip, we're gonna do a mix sorta like that Neopalitan ice cream. "The greatest MC of all-time died on March 9th..." Remember when Canibus said that? Well, it seems another rapper is set to die on the exact same date. Rapper Cool C's Execution Warrant Signed by PA Governor Ed Rendell I don't know if I'm going soft or what but something about the death penalty as an option for punishing criminals has become less & less appealing to me over the past two years. I can still remember seeing money on Rap City back in the day with Steady B, and then reading the news years later in Rap Pages that the duo was robbing banks...but I never thought I'd read this about C. A glamorous life it is... Next up, speaking of behalf of myself and myself only, Wayne has pretty much lost the last ounce of respect I had for him. Yeah, he's lyrical when he wants to be and can do damage at times. But the whole "greatest rapper alive" schtick...I ain't bitin. But son lost me when rocked the tatted tear & the red rag. Let me see, if my memory serves me correct, he came on the scene at age 15, give or take. When did he have time to earn that tear? Was he gangbanging at 8? But to hear him diss diss Juvie And B.G....and Mannie Fresh in his latest interview , plus other wreckless talk I've read on his thoughts on Katrina in Ozone (1 2 3)...I'm not feeling dude at all. Add to the facts the he does denies claiming Blood while rockin a red rag (a major disrespect to your set & frowned upon in gang culture, punishable with death or a severe beatdown)...sorry but Weezie F.'s street cred is in strong question right about now. Entertainment is entertainment but real is real. I'll proclaim this for the world. I sang along to alot of Ja's tunes when he was R&B crooning a while back. You did too. If you didn't, you either lived under a rock or you're living a falsehood. With the way they flooded the radio, you had to know/like/be aware of at least one track. So I give Murder Inc. their just due. Apparently, some within the industry don't. In this interview, Irv Gotti speaks some real truths about Rule No. 4080, fake friendships & fortitude. Like or dislike the music they created, but still give credit to them and Irv for having a stranglehold on the media for a minute. And Irv makes the point (which was also backed up in Kevin Liles book) that he'll be back stronger than before because hip-hop is in his blood. I, for one, can respect that. Last but not least... Marion Barry is still on that shit. Let's get a few things straight. I'll speak on behalf of Black folk here. Black people still love OJ. They still love Marion Barry. They still love Tookie Williams & Larry Hoover. They still love/hate Kobe (point spread is -2). They still love Mike Tyson, Mike Jackson and any other Black person accused of some major wrong. Ok, so maybe I'm just speaking for me. Barry is wrong. But if DC residents still love him, it matters not to me. It's their city & if they feel better about his time spent as leader of that city, so be it. And by all accounts I've read and heard personally, D.C.'ers still love the man strongly and are grateful for what he did for the city. I'll pray for the brother in hopes that he eventually wins his battle with his personal demons and addiction. For all of the above mentioned news, I dedicate this song. Poor Righteous Teachers - "Miss Ghetto" Please divorce yourselves from Ms. Ghetto ("..Ms. Ghetto you'se a slut so I'm divorcing you bitch!") so we as a hip-hop nation, a Black culture, and a country can rise up. Salute! John Gotty™ • Support the artists & buy the album if you like the music. • Get $50 by fuckin with me on this online betting. I got them picks knuccckkaaa. • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days. • Click some ads! Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Know any other sites worthy of mentioning? Maintain your own site & want to do a link exchange? Email us @ smoking.section@gmail.com because we're always looking to grow. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. • Come see us @ Myspace and be sure to join the group. We try to circulate update info & some extras thru there. Our Requests...Some our ours, others are others. But help us share, because we're all brothers. • Gene Harris - In a Special Way (Blue Note) • Mob Style - Game Of Death or any other album • Sugafree - Street Gospel • Animal Pharm - Pharmaceuticals • DJ Ayres and JD - Houston for Dummies + Houston Rocks It [Bomus CD mixed By DJ Eleven] • Emanon - The Waiting Room • Mission: - One • Bow Wow - Wanted • Goodie Mob - Soul Food • Burt Bacharach Album w/ Dre production (yeah...somebody sent it in but it was only 3 tracks) Stray Shots Keep checking in because we'll be continually updating this section with some newer mixtapes that have dropped and other contributions. The Grouch - Success is Destiny Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote Goodie Mob - Soul Food O.C. - Word...Life CunninLynguists-A_Piece_of_Strange-2005 Federated/Jaimaicangold.com Mixtape (Coast2Coast Reggae Club Mix) (70+ Tracks) Bilal - Love For Sale (Advance) Change to .rar Big Boi Prestents Purple Ribbon - Got Purp Vol. 2 PW is doroatbx Chris Brown - Chris Brown Beyonce - In My Mind M.O.P.-St Marxmen-Retail-2005 PW is unlvsac, props due to that dude VA - Tupac - The Rose Vol. 2 (I Only Follow My Voice Inside) Little Brother - The Minstrel Show Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce Phil Collins - Greatest Hits Beyonce - In My Mind Bow Wow - Wanted Scarface - The Fix

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2 secret weapons mixtapes Secret Weapons - Sound Of Thunder Secret Weapons - Dark City Secret Weapons - Hurricane Threat Secret Weapons - Sausage and Pancakes Secret Weapons - Lock and Load 2005 Secret Weapons - Streetmix Radio 2 Secret Weapons - Streetmix Radio 3 Secret Weapons - Rum and Raisin SecretWeapons - Hurricane Watch Secret Weapons - Wild Passion Extreme Secret Weapons - The Suffix (lil wayne) A Few Discographies Please note - To save time & energy spent coding links, we've chosen to put the links into text files. Download, unzip, and the links to dl are there. Five John Legend Albums Lupe Fiasco - Farenheit 1/15 [All Three Volumes] Musïq Soulchild Discography Props to DJ Shad AZ Discography Props to TineFrank Biggie Smalls - Library Of A Legend Props to Gettovetts Seven Ludacris Albums Including... Golden Grain-DTP Back For the First Time Chicken and Beer Mouth of the South Red Light District Word of Mouf Ludacris Presents-Disturbing Da Peace-2005 Change the extension from .exe to .rar. Props to Swizzle, Ruskimafiosi, Donpoppa & anybody else I might be leaving out for their contributions to today's post.

Yeah it's been a while. And thanks to Gotty™ on my ass (no homo) for the last few weeks, I'm throwing up another semi-old school post/rave. Am I the only person who thinks Papoose is ass? Now before you NY cats start pulling a tantrum like Kanye, hear me out. I'm all for wordplay. It's what makes a good writer and lyricist. It also takes a mastery of the English language to really pull some clever shit off. But to be a great MC, you gotta know how to say what you're going to say. Someone could spit the secrets of life in reverse prose form in the wildest rhyme format, but if he's got a monotone or can't switch the style, then noone really is going to check for it. Now don't get me wrong, Papoose is one of the up and comers in the mixtape scene. But honestly, i wouldn't put him up there with my man Joey. Saigon either, because you know dude spits that real talk. And now people all over are talking reckless like Pap's the next Big L? Wow. L's stranglehold on the NY underground and airwaves could not be denied. He's the punchliner archetype. No ifs ands or buts about it. Wild reckless, battle tested, hood approved. L had it all, and was close to signing a deal with his son Jay before he met his untimely demise. Show me one hot line and I'll show you 100 hotter ones from Lamont. "I run with sturdy clicks, I'm never hittin dirty chicks, got thirty-five bodies, buddy don't make it thirty-six." His swagger on the mic was insane and almost comical considering how slim this ninja was. But you can't be an MC and be humble. Every time you're out there, the spotlight is on you to show why you're THE shit. L did just that. Effortlessly, too, it seemed. I know some of you recall his "tired" flow on Stretch and Bobbito's radio show. For someone being tired, he ripped the beat better than anyone back then or now could have. "You ain't leader what? Nobody ever followed you, you was never shit, you're mother shoulda swallowed you." Now, it can be argued that he did lack a bit of substance. But, considering the era and genre Big L was from, I personally don't think there was a need to make a song about how he loves his family or wifey. That's just what we're used to hearing nowadays. "A lot of rappers talk that murder shit and couldn't kill time." Ebonics gave folks in the burbs something to listen to. Devil's Son gave you Necro/Early Em fans something to drool over. Flamboyant was for the ballers. MVP was for the lyricists. The Heist in a sense carried on Slick Rick's storytelling. What else could you want from a mid 90's MC? Mic Presence = Check Switching Flows = Check Punchlines = Check Storytelling = Check Righteous Swagger = Check Street Credibility = Check Solid Joints = Check So before you go out biggin up some half ass rapper spitting hot lines, give homage to one of the best to ever do it. Big L Discography Pt 1 Big L Discography Pt 2 Edit - When we say "rename" or you see a weird file extension, go to wherever you downloaded the file. Go to Tools/folder options/ view/ and uncheck where it says hide file extentions. once done go back to the downloaded file and delete the .exe and replace with .rar or the appropriate file type. It's that easy. Signing Out, Retro Stray Shots Keep checking back here because we'll continually update with contributions we recieve. The Game - Stop Snitchin Stop Lyin pass is bfk M.I.A. - Arular Plus Bonus Tracks Dizzee Rascal - Showtime Anthony Hamilton - Soulife Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is Willie D - Loved By Few, Hated By Many Chill Rob G. - Ride The Rhythm D.E.A. - Screwed 4 Life Little Brother-Minstrel Show Papoose and Memphis Bleek - Bedstuy Do or Die GZA-Liquid Swords Black Rob-Black Rob Report Rick James - Street Songs Rick James - Throw Down Case - Open Letter Mixies.org Presents - The Break-Up Mix Burt Bacharach & Dr. Dre - Collabos Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle Jamie Foxx - Peep This Self-Scientific - Gods & Gangsters Mixtape Ying Yang Twins - USA Still United Bun-B - Trill Bigups to Swizzle and donpoppa supplying most of the audio crack for today. Specials thanks to DRose, CS.CA, Chili & Mason as well for their contributions.

Defining a classic... It's a given that the two most notable hip-hop publications, The Sauce & XMedium, have pretty much lost all credibility during their Benzino/Eminimem/G-Unit beef/dickriding. Most other major publications are either too wishy-washy or similar to political commentators, leaning too far to the left (backpack-ism & elitist attitudes) or the right (weak pop shit, shuck-n-jivin type material). So who determines when an album is a classic? Well, it's as it always has been. The fans determine it, by overwhelming support, sales, word of mouth buzz, etc. So how should we, the fans, determine a classic? To help you in this area, we've taken it upon ourselves to help you define a classic. Characteristic Number One The number one aspect of a classic long player release is that it should have no skippable tracks or fast-forward material. Examples Jay-z - Reasonable Doubt & Jay-z - The Black Album...no track on Reasonable Doubt is weak. None. Even the singles which had constant radio airplay still are fresh because of Jay's wordplay. The Black Album is seemingly the perfect swan song as the final(?) album...perfect bookends. Boogie Down Productions - By Any Means Neccessary - Changed the game...and it still comes correct every listen. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Blackstar - Not since EPMD or MJ & Pip has a duo played off each other so well. Characteristic Number Two Or, the presented musical body of work has to include several standout tracks that far outshine the crap on the album. This rule is an exception to point number one. When saying several, that does not mean one hit single and another crap single that radio bashed us with. It's probably best said that it should be seven to ten tracks that make the filler songs just interesting sidenotes. Examples Scarface - The Fix Admittedly, there are a few weak tracks on this album. But the first five plus the last few tracks on the album, including "In Between Us" feat. Nas, & "Heaven", make this album seven out of twelve in the banger department. Toss in the intro and the odds increase to eight out of thirteen. The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts - Never the best lyrically, the sonic production by these cats is unmatched. With a few choice guest spots by Grand Puba & Method Man, well worth the price of admission. Nas - It Was Written - Some may argue but this was a true end to end burner. The radio single "If I Ruled The World" does get somewhat trite after a few listens but "Shootouts," "Silent Murder," and "The Message" easily make up for that. Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Live & Let Die - Ever wondered why rappers always seem to mention G.Rap when they speak of pioneers & influences? Check for this disc to see one of the best to tell gangster stories over hip-hop beats. On a sidenote, the unlikely pairing of a razor sharp delivery with the lisp...no one can do it better. 2Pac as Makaveli - The 7 Day Theory and Me Against The World - The fuss over Pac? If you're not a converted believer after hearing these two, Pac's music just isn't for you (and I might mention that you're dellusional). Characteristic Number Three It should bring to the game some type of innovation & creativity that has been previously missing or nonexistant. Or, it should take a current overlooked element, and enhance it for the world to take notice of. Examples Dr. Dre - The Chronic - The sun rises in the east but Dre and team proved that it definitely shined on the west as well. Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Officially put the South on the map. The Fugees - The Score - Two dudes & a female. And the female outshines them both from beginning to end. Characteristic Number Four The most important aspect of a classic is that it should have complete replay value. This is what seperates a good album from a classic album. A good album can be played straight for two weeks, maybe even two months, before it starts to get mundane or lose it's luster. A classic album is one that lasts thru those two month durations and can be popped in the playlist two years later...and still sound as crisp and new as it previously did, should remind you of a time or era. Examples Nas - Illmatic & It - This album can be played now, and due to the lyricism displayed by Nasty Nas & beats by Premier that make time stand still, it still can sound new & exciting. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx - Too easy Brand Nubian - One For All - Only Poor Righteous Teachers repped the 5% harder, but even they couldn't do it as fashionably cool as this crew did on their first album. Characteristic Number Five One must remember that the term classic depends on one person's personal tastes & experiences. Therefore, it's totally subjective. So here's some of my personal favs, perhaps, overlooked...maybe just unliked by others. Still, strong works regardless. Examples Celly Cel's Heat 4 Yo Azz is a classic to me. Hard 808 beats mixed with well-placed synth sounds. Cel bringin solid lyrics & Bay Area slanguistics similar to that of E-40, but with a harder edge. Plus, the album marks a time period for me where I met friends who had an effect on my perspective of life. When I first me them, this album is all they played. I hated it fully at first but later grew to tolerate it. Once I parted ways with those guys, I found myself appreciating this album and messages in the lyrics that attracted these cats to Cel. So when I heard Heat...I thought of them & the time spent. Smoothe Da Hustler - Once Upon A Time In America - It's hard to put a finger on what makes this album so strong...the themes & topics aren't new, the perspective Smooth takes is somewhat different, his voice is raw, the beats are solid. "Broken Language" was the standout but there were other gems on here that never hit the radar for many. But purists from the mid 90's will surely recognize. Soulja Slim-Give it 2 Em Raw - Pure fire. Verbal buck fifites from of the hardest the South has ever produced. Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin - Arguably, the most lyrical out of the whole Hypnotize camp, Pat's voice is the key to putting this album on the list for me. D.I.T.C. (Diggin' In The Crates) - DITC - Big Pun, Big L, Fat Joes, and Lord Finesse plus Diamond D & Premier on the beats. Overlooked. Solid. Common - Resurrection - Ahh...a taste of Chicago. Lyrically, you can just tell that Com will be a future force to be reckoned with after listening to this joint. Of course, some of the albums used as examples overlap into three or more categories. Lord knows I'll be kickin myself in the ass after writing this for leaving out some key choices but these are the ones that stick out. And, NO, we did not forget any of Rakim's work...Dally's got that covered (as well as Paris' best album w/o a doubt). As well, these are personal picks of mine and that's the key. Truly, I say fuck searching for, labelling and lobbying for others to consider an album a classic. If you love it, you and your crew love it, or you and two hundred other loyal fans love it, love it. Everything else is irrelevant. Alot of people don't remember that at one time, The Source was the bible. I can remember the early issue, the interviews & articles all with a fondness. Here's an interview with the og editor-in-chief Reginald Denis from SOHH.com. As an extra, here's SOHH's open letter to The Source from a while back. Most people would still love to see all hip-hop publications come back to their roots. But with the politics and bullshit, and payrolls and payola...don't count it. I guess we'll all depend on blogs to keep hope alive lol. Since the ipod crashed and I'm back to burnin cds because I'm reluctant(read: too cheap) to buy another $300 crackbox. It's good for you though because it's easier for me to share what I'm currently listening to... Sheek Louch - "I Heard'em Say" Webbie - "What Is It?" M.O.P. - "Put The Gun Away" Ras Kass - "Jackin The Dirty" T.I. - "I Want You" Joe Budden - "If I Die Tomorrow" Lil Whyte - "Say Goodbye To The Bad Guy" I-20 feat. Young Buck & Ludacris - "How The Hell" Raekwon - "Baggage Handlers" DITC - "Drop It Heavy" T.I. & Bun-B - "Front Back & Side To Side" The Game, Paul Wall & Trae - "Not Gonna" Sheek Louch feat Akon - "Can You Believe It" Juelz Santana feat. The Game & Jim Jones - "This Is That" Jay-z - "Diamonds Is Forever" Jay-z - "Allure" Jay-z - "My First Song" Teedra Moses - ""Just Wanna Be Your Girl" Gotty's™ Current Playlist Salute! John Gotty™ • Support the artists & buy the album if you like the music. • Get $50 by fuckin with me on this online betting. I got them picks knuccckkaaa. • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days. • Click some ads. Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Know any other sites worthy of mentioning? Maintain your own site & want to do a link exchange? Email us @ smoking.section@gmail.com because we're always looking to grow. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. Our Requests...Some our ours, others are others. But help us share, because we're all brothers. • Gene Harris - In a Special Way (Blue Note) • Mob Style - Game Of Death or any other album • The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts • Poor Righteous Teachers - New World Order • Animal Pharm - Pharmaceuticals • One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. • Emanon - The Waiting Room • Mission: - One • Gang Society - G'z Til' We Die • Burt Bacharach Album w/ Dre production • Sean Paul - Stage One Stray Shots Keep checking in because we'll be continually updating this section with some newer mixtapes that have dropped and other contributions. Check in The Land Of C for MrC's Update which includes Peanut Butter Wolf & Foreign Legion Ganksta N.I.P. - The South Park Psycho Deltron 3030 Instrumental LP Cage - Hellz Winter Instrumental LP IAM & Sunz Of Man - La Saga EP Madlib, J.Rocc & MED - Live with Gilles Petersons Worldwide on BBC1 radio Easy Star All Stars - Dub Side Of The Moon Floetry - Floacism Live This is Reggae Music: The Golden Era (1960-1975 Ms Thing - Miss Jamaica DJ Clue - Backstage Mixtape LaToya Jackson - Just Wanna Dance Ugly Duckling - Bang for the Buck Dirty - The Pimp & Da Gangsta Goodie Mob - Still Standing Akinyele - Vagina Diner Pretty Willie - 15 Unreleased Tracks PW is likecrazybaby.blogspot.com DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins III: Take Aim Capone -N- Noreaga - The Reunion Oktober - The Art Of Raw

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I want to write something clever about some music that I'm currently listening to. But I'm stuck on ?Love and we already wrote that up. So, there went that idea. Plus, the real thing that's iggin' me... Requests. That's not exactly what we're here for. So...what are you all here for sir? We're here to share & discuss the music as well as the published opinions, if you please. Not just straight up fillings requests unless you're sending in music that you're sharing. We're not a jukebox. We're not Limeware/Kazaa/Audiogalaxy/MIRC/a torrent program/Soulseekk...etc. Don't be salty. We just always strive to keep it 100. So to take it back to music... I'm feeling this track. M.O.P. + guntalk = alright by me. Put it on repeat. M.O.P. - "Put The Gun Away" Don Poppa is now a certified team member & steady droppin heat to make his presence known. Make the boy feel welcome. So is MrC so be sure to continously check out The Land Of C to see what he's workin with. Plus, Dally officially accepted our offer to come into the fold...but you still gotta go see Dally™ too because he's droppin his own heat over there. FYI, Dally is a multitasking mofo. I learned that today. Oh yeah...I'm damn near hooked on online betting and need some new folks to refer. Holler @ me or click HERE if you want that info. They're giving out hella rebates on most of the sites & can start with as little as $20 and get a $50 rebate. Email me. I got another thing poppin too where you can start with as little as $25 and be good to go. All about that online dough right about now. Get with it. (Yeah..shameless plugs) Email - john.gotty@gmail.com Salute! John Gotty™ • Support the artists & buy the album if you like the music. • Stop goddamn leeching & not saying a word or leaving a comment below. • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days. • Click some ads. Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Right now we feel like, as Derek put it so verbosely, "dirty mp3 whores"...no meaningful dialouge, no more than "thanks" or "do you have?". Therefore, we're gonna change the game up a little. Got a request?If you request something & we have it, all we ask is that you upload something as well. Doesn't matter what; somebody else prolly wants/needs something you might have. Then we'll do our damnedest to honor your request. Give in order to recieve, pay it forward & everybody benefits greatly. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. • Tell at least one friend or mention the site on any forums or boards you visit. Put a shoutout to us on your Facebook/Myspace pages. Personally, I want to see us crack 5K visitors per day. • Come see me/us @ Myspace and be sure to join the group. We try to circulate update info & some extras thru there. Stray Shots Check back here periodically between posts for new material to be added. Zero 7-When things fall fall apart Bahamadia - Kollage Dialated Peoples - The Platform Vanessa Williams - Greatest Hits Cage - Hellz Winter Mary Jane Girls - Mary Jane Girls (1983) Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1975) Bob Marley - The Complete Acousitc Sessions Outkast - Southernplayalisticcadilacmuzik Outkast - Stankonia Memphis Bleek - The Coming Beatnuts - Musical Massacre Beatnuts - Milk Me Michael Jackson Instrumentals Pitbull - Money Is Still A Major Issue Too Short-Pimpin Inc. No Password DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz Presents Saigon Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz Password: ill Chamillionaire - The Mix Tape Messiah (3CD) Password: s1mple-from-newbix.NET Mr Dibbs - Turntable Hardcore Mr Dibbs - Turntable Hardcore 2 DJ Semi Presents: The Notorious B.I.G. - Biggie Smalls Live 2Pac overload 2Pac/Makaveli 01: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 2Pac/Makaveli 02: When My Enemies Fall 2Pac/Makaveli 03: Hit Em Up 2Pac/Makaveli 04: Thug In Me 2Pac/Makaveli 05: Thug Passion 2Pac/Makaveli 06: Thug 4 Life 2Pac/Makaveli 07: Lost Souls 2Pac/Makaveli 08: All Eyez On Him 2Pac/Makaveli 09: Thugz Niggaz Don't Die 2Pac/Makaveli 10: The Struggle Continues 2Pac/Makaveli 11: Ready 4 War 2Pac/Makaveli 12: Resurrection 2Pac/Makaveli 13: Retaliation 2Pac/Makaveli 14: There's 2 Sides 2 Every Story 2Pac/Makaveli 15: The Remix Album 1 2Pac/Makaveli 16: The Remix Album 2 2Pac/Makaveli 17: Tribute Album Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (+Bonus Disc) Part 1 Part 2 Bonus Disc The Best of Teddy Pendergrass: Turn Off the Lights Part 1 Part 2 Password: stillgoodtoya

Mini update... Questlove is on some whole different shit. I never questioned the dude's musical intelligence. I've always read how deep he goes in the crates & how his knowledge expands across genres as well as decades. We've all witnessed the magic the Roots have created over the years with Quest being the leader while in the background. But let me count down the previous for works of his that we've posted that just crushed everything else out. The Philadelphia Experiement from the other day. Questlove Sample Lesson Mix Questlove - Babies Making Babies And now, the second installment of Babies Making Babies. It's not neccessarily that all of these songs are obscure or rare. It's the way Mr. ? places & matches them that gives them a harmonious flow. With a mix of blues, old school R&B, some dusty soul classics and smidgen of funk, he's done it again...I'll think I'll dub him the Tim Duncan of this dj shit because he puts up solid work each time out. No glamour, no glitz. Just solid fucking work that old & young can appreciate. ?Love - Babies Making Babies 2 Wanna hear arguably Mary J. Blige's best work? The beat selection on My Life is superb and the songwriting matches it. This was right around the time Mary was starting to grow up and shake some of the demons that had haunted her early in her career. The pain & the struggle combined with the sheer happiness of an epiphany and learning that her life had so much to offer so many. Mary shines and takes her place on the throne as the queen with this album. Mary J Blige - My Life From SOHH.com, we learned that charges dropped for Gucci Mane and some other interesting hip-hop news. And this update was to really to... 1. Give credit. We asked for more contributions and they've been flowing in, left & right. It's starting to feel like a community, complete with the give & take that a commune should have. In the comments box. The comments section. Via email. They've been coming. We appreciate that more than words can express. So... 2. We need some help filling some of the requests we've recieved from contributors. Some of these, we've upped before but no longer have stored. So if you got'em, please up'em and email them in or post'em somewhere prominent for cats to see. 3. Aiyo...email us your links! You can continue to post'em over in the comments section and the comments box but sometimes they get overlooked & nobody wants that. smoking.section@gmail.com Salute! John Gotty™ • Support the artists & buy the album if you like the music. • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days. • Click some ads. Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Know any other sites worthy of mentioning? Maintain your own site & want to do a link exchange? Email us @ smoking.section@gmail.com because we're always looking to grow. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. Our Requests • Gene Harris - In a Special Way (Blue Note) • the full battle of Cassidy vs. Freeway, audio, good quality • Big Pun - Yeah Baby! • Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits Collection • Mob Style - Game Of Death or any other album • Sean Paul - Stage One Stray Shots Keep checking in because we'll be continually updating this section with some newer mixtapes that have dropped and other contributions. Big Pun - Capital Punishment LL Cool J -Mama Said Knock You Out DJ_Diggz_And_DJ_Rated_R-Bacdafucup_2006 Method Man-Tical Clinton Sparks Presents Shyne - If I Could Start From Scratch DJ Drama And T.I.P. - The Leak Backup Link Too_Short-Pimpin_Inc.-(Bootleg)-2006 D12=D12 World Joe Budden - Joe Budden Doom - Herbilation DJ Melo - Sexology:XXX DanceHall Mix Vol.1 PW is Clownaveli Mase - Harlem World Brandy - Brandy DJ L & Suss One - Ludacris: Menace II Society DJ Kay Slay-Down With The King (Hosted by Maino) Raphael Saadiq - ...As Ray Ray Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage Raphael Saadiq - House Of Blues Disc 1 Disc 2 You ain't old school if you don't know this crew... After 7 - After 7 After 7 - Takin My Time After 7 - Reflections Props to Gremlin from the bx. some Weezy and the SQAD shit lil wayne & sqad-up SQ1 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ2 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ3 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ4 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ5 Disc 1 Disc 2 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ6 lil wayne & sqad-up SQ6 tha remix lil wayne freestyle session aka SQ7 some Weezy after the SQAD shit lil wayne - Da Drought lil wayne - Da Drought II lil wayne - The Prefix lil wayne - The Suffix lil wayne - Dedication Gangsta Grillz young money the mixtape vol 1 cd 1 & 2 Some Extra's DJ Kochece: Pharell Williams & Kanye West - Skateboards & Blazers Cam'ron - Killa Classics, Part 2 (by DJ Capone) Big L, Cam'ron, Mase, McGruff & Bloodshed - Children Of The Corn Digital Underground - Future Rhythm Digital Underground - The Body-Hat Syndrome Barrington Levy - Prison Oval Rock Capleton - Praises to the King DJ Shadow - Funky Skunk DJ Finesse - Platinum Slow Jams #22 Too Short - Pimpin' Inc. Password: 3rd Coast By Request Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits Big Pun - Yeah Baby! full battle of Cassidy vs. Freeway

...and anything to do with it. It seemed the people were blissfully ignorant & obnoxious. And them bastards used to gangsta walk all around the club, girls included, in big circles buckin everybody who got in the way. Fuckin up a aggins Timbs & shit. The music was just fast rappin over 808 beats...and dumb chants. This was around '94 though & I was on my east coast shit right about then. After watching Memphis cats, I learned they're not all bad. The majority are just like NYC cats if you ask me. They're proud of their city and rep it. I can respect that. And, I got alot of love for quite a few of those dudes now. The music has a certain ugly beauty to it as well. Literally, they were simply ahead of their time and the rest of the South because folks from the M been "gettin buck" since way back when Lil Jon was still lookin fugly in the high school pic we've all seen. I think Pat is one of the best in the game, bar none. Juicy and Paul...their beat making skills are unmatched and they always manage to crank out solid tracks for nearly every artist they've ever worked with. And the whole Hypnotize Minds crew has gained my respect over the years by stickin to the script and staying in their lane. The music they create is definitely not for everybody. Accept that. It's aggressive, it's rugged, it's high. It's a Southern lifestyle put into words. It's the thoughts of any gutter motherfucker from any hood spoken over beats. They're not lyricists; they're rappers and entertainers...and they've done a damn good job at it for at least a decade. That says something. Regardles...they move people. To do what...that varies lol. But you can't listen to their work without wanting to do something. Three 6 mafia - the most known unknowns Three 6 Mafia - We Never Sleep, Vol. 1 Three 6 Mafia - We Never Sleep, Vol. 2 Three 6 Mafia - When The Smoke Clears, Sixty 6 Sixty 1 Three 6 Mafia - Choices, The Album Three 6 Mafia - Choices II Three 6 Mafia - Smoked Out, Loced Out Three 6 Mafia Presents...Hypnotize Camp Posse Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez Three 6 Mafia - Live By Yo Rep Three 6 Mafia - Da Unbreakables Three 6 Mafia - Underground Vol. 1 Three 6 Mafia - Club Memphis, Underground Vol. 2 Three 6 Mafia - Kings Of Memphis, Underground Vol. 3 Three 6 Mafia - Chpt. 1, The End Three 6 Mafia - Chpt. 2, World Domination Three 6 Mafia - 3-6 Feet Underground (The Unreleased Demon) Tear Da Club Up Thugs - CrazyNDaLazDayz Three 6 Mafia - Memphis Instrumentals, Vol. 1 Three 6 Mafia - Memphis Instrumentals, Vol. 2 DJ Paul - Underground Vol. 16, For Da Summa Frayser Boy - Gone On That Bay Gangsta Boo - Both Worlds, 69 Gangsta Boo - Enquiring Mind Juicy J - The Chronicles Of The Juiceman Indo G - Angel Dust Koopsta Knicca - Da Devil's Playground La Chat - Murder She Spoke Lil Wyte - Doubt Me Now Lil Wyte - Phinally Phamous Prophet Posse - Body Parts Project Pat - Ghetty Green Project Pat - Murderers & Robbers Project Pat - Laying Da Smack Down Project Pat - Mista Don't Play The Kaze - Kamakaze, Timez Up Dally is not alone... It's official after this drop... Nuff respect due to DonPoppa for providing all the above links. ...but you still gotta go see Dally™ too because he's droppin his own heat over there. Salute! John Gotty™ • Support the artists & buy the album if you like the music. • Stop goddamn leeching & not saying a word or leaving a comment below. • • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days. • Click some ads. Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Right now we feel like, as Derek put it so verbosely, "dirty mp3 whores"...no meaningful dialouge, no more than "thanks" or "do you have?". Therefore, we're gonna change the game up a little. Got a request?If you request something & we have it, all we ask is that you upload something as well. Doesn't matter what; somebody else prolly wants/needs something you might have. Then we'll do our damnedest to honor your request. Give in order to recieve, pay it forward & everybody benefits greatly. • Know any other sites worthy of mentioning? Maintain your own site & want to do a link exchange? Email us @ smoking.section@gmail.com because we're always looking to grow. • We need an e-street team to post updates. We've been getting alot of visitors from various boards & to increase traffic, we think it would be a good idea to post updates on those boards along with some of the boards we ourselves visit & update. Wanna help? Email us. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. • Tell at least one friend or mention the site on any forums or boards you visit. Put a shoutout to us on your Facebook/Myspace pages. Personally, I want to see us crack 5K visitors per day. • Come see me/us @ Myspace and be sure to join the group. We try to circulate update info & some extras thru there. Our Requests • Gene Harris - In a Special Way (Blue Note) • the full battle of Cassidy vs. Freeway, audio, good quality • Mob Style - Game Of Death or any other album Stray Shots C-Murder-The Best Of-Retail-2005 PW is unlvsac Lil Flip - Leprechaun Coinz Layzie Bone - It's Not A Game Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk Bone Thugs - Bones for Life Do or Die - D.O.D. Jail Break Recordz - Street Runners Layzie Bone And Bizzy Bone - Bone Brothers Nerd - Fly or Die Limp Bizkit-Significant Other Bilal - Love for Sale Zero 7-Simple Things Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pendergrass The Very Best of The Spinners DJ Critikal Presents 2Pac - Nothing 2 Lose Kanye West - Second Semester Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome Bee Gees - A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Dr. Dre Vs World Class Wreckin Crew - Self Titled Disc 1 Disc 2 Dr. Dre - Dretox DJ Chuck T - Noize Ordinance

New year and another is behind us. ...and ain't nothin changed but the weather. We're still here so let us do what we do for you. This dude...I don't know this dude from Adam but right about now I'm on his street team reppin like Loud Records in the mid 90's. All you need to know is DJ Shad is the state of Texas and Hi-Rollaz Entertainment. Par the t-shirts, outsiders outsiders should take extreme note to the slogan - "Don't mess with Texas". Listening to this album was almost as good as sex. A high...it felt like i rolled up a dollar bill & did some Tony's lol. When I hear shit like this, it nearly brings me to tears...tears of joy. it's hard to explain the rush, the giddyness i feel when i hear the og version of song used in a sample. honestly, it truly makes me admire the artistry of producers...you can claim hip-hop isn't "original music because they don't play instruments"...bullshit. to take an original piece of art, reinterpret it from what was already beautiful and warp it into another work of art...that's a talent. Hearing Dre's sources...sometimes discs like this, revealing sources, makes me wonder how producers even run across this stuff? Randomly? Do they listen to this type of stuff while they're cleaning house on Saturday mornings? Can you imagine being their kid and growing up in house where moms is frying up some eggs & pops is playing some Joe Simon and sliding around in his sockfeet dancing around? Steve Arrington? Who the fuck listens to Steve Arrington? Esther Phillips "That's Alright With Me"? When was the last time you played that in the whip? This disc contains a full buffet...a beautiful blend of "Shorty Wanna Be A Thug/Drive Slow/Wildflower." Frankly, I never understood the fuss over "Drive Slow"....yeah, Kanye did his do on the lyrics...but most cats were raving about the beat. I wasn't feelin it. But, when Shad speeds it up a pitch-notch or two, matches it with the other works...i'm with it. As well, my son blows the dust off an old DMX Funk Flex verse that's that old grimey, aggressive, "fuck Onyx! I'm the real crazy baldhead" type shit. (We miss you 'X). The "Still Tippin Megamix" with a crossbreed between some classical music and...you already know how Texas does. VA-DJ_Shad-Nothings_New..._(Bootleg)-2005 (Pt. 1) The mash-up...please leave it in 2005. It's not for everybody and nor is every genre of music meant to meshed. It's not new. It was done in the early 90's by PE & Anthrax, Ice-T and his Body Count crew. Yeah...Hov & Linkin Park did it well. Mouse did a good job, Kev Brown as well. But, let's not press our luck anymore (Nelly & whoever dude was?). DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album Kevin Brown - The Brown Album Kno Vs Hov - The White Album Salute! John Gotty™ • Respect due to the cats who laced us with a contributions over the past few days...niceforice, flymad, .knotie, The Facts and any other name we may have forgotten. • Click some ads. Let us make a little paper if you want to support us spending time here on the daily. • Right now we feel like, as Derek put it so verbosely, "dirty mp3 whores"...no meaningful dialouge, no more than "thanks" or "do you have?". Therefore, we're gonna change the game up a little. Got a request?If you request something & we have it, all we ask is that you upload something as well. Doesn't matter what; somebody else prolly wants/needs something you might have. Then we'll do our damnedest to honor your request. Give in order to recieve, pay it forward & everybody benefits greatly. • Know any other sites worthy of mentioning? Maintain your own site & want to do a link exchange? Email us @ smoking.section@gmail.com because we're always looking to grow. • We need an e-street team to post updates. We've been getting alot of visitors from various boards & to increase traffic, we think it would be a good idea to post updates on those boards along with some of the boards we ourselves visit & update. Wanna help? Email us. • Got music you want to share? Email us at smoking.section@gmail.com and include the artist, album, filesharing link & password (if applicable). Your contributions are what keeps this joint moving. • Tell at least one friend or mention the site on any forums or boards you visit. Put a shoutout to us on your Facebook/Myspace pages. Personally, I want to see us crack 5K visitors per day. • Come see me/us @ Myspace and be sure to join the group. We try to circulate update info & some extras thru there. Our Requests • Gene Harris - In a Special Way (Blue Note) • Mob Style - Game Of Death or any other album Stray Shots Julie Dexter - Conscious Julie Dexter - Dexterity VA-Big_Mike_And_Fat_Joe-The_Big_Boy_Game_9-(Bootleg)-2005 DJ 31 Degreez Presents - Georgia Bulldogs 4 (Hosted By Young Jeezy and T.I.) - 2005 VA-DJ_31_Degreez-Texas_Massacre_Part_7-Hosted_By_Texas_New_Breed-2005 DJ_Butter_And_Tony_Yayo-The_Dope_Spot-(The_Talk_Of_Detroit)-Bootleg-2005 The Diplomats-The_Instrumental_Catalog_2_(Hosted_By_Juelz_Santana)-(Bootleg)-2005 VA-DJ_Muggs-Soul_Assassins_Take_Aim-(Bootleg)-2005 Lupe Fiasco & Gorillaz - A Rhyming Ape - 2005 [Retail][2005] Lupe Fiasco - Farenheit 1/15 Pt. 2, Revenge of the Nerds PW for the Lupe's is most D'Angelo - Live At The Jazz Cafe Amel Larrieux - Bravebird Raheem DeVaughn-The Love Experience [Retail][2005] Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of The Siccness Mac Mall - Untouchable Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison And might we suggest checking Regnyouth's Thursday, December 29 post for a nice selection of direct downloads. * Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine * Daft Punk - Discovery * Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul * Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle * Jamie Lidell - Multiply * Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock * Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About * Sly & The Family Stone - Small Talk * System Of A Down - Hypnotize