Crooklyn Cuts

"i remember buying these tapes like it was yesterday. I don't think i went anywhere in the summer of 96 without my Sony cassette walkman and these 4 tapes. That was the greatest summer of my life. The Yankees were on pace to win there first World Series in 15 years...led by a rookie shorstop named Derek Jeter. The only worries on my mind back then were how i was gonna afford the new Jordans in time for my boy Delshawns "end of summer" party in the park. These tapes were the soundtrack of my summer of 96."


This is a pure classic part of hip hop. From East Flatbush Project & DeS - Tried By 12 too Smoothe Da Hustler & Trigger Tha Gambler's - Broken Language Pt. II... Premier lays down hot track after hot track of NYC's finest hip hop. The quality on the first tape is a little off...but you forget about the faint hiss after the first couple of tracks. Brooklyn's Greg Tate starts off Tape B with a spoken word poem called "What Is Hip Hop?". It used to send chills down my spine listening to that man preach hip hop. If you listened to hip hop then or are just catching up...these gems will take you back in time when rap music was oh so simple & pure!
Listen to all tapes!!!!!!!

here is the tracklist
find a way to listen to them all!!

tape A

A1 DJ Premier Intro
A2 M.O.P. -Anticipation
A3 Royal Flush -Worldwide
A4 Busta Rhymes -Live To Regret
A5 Hillfiguz -Too Many Suckas
A6 Ghostface* , Cappadonna & Raekwon -Camay
A7 East Flatbush Project & DeS -Tried By 12
A8 All City -Who Dat
A9 PMD -Leave Your Style Cramped
A10 Natural Resource -Bum Deal
A11 Mr. Voodoo -Shine
B1 Nine -Every Man 4 Himself
B2 Gauge (2) -Cranium
B3 Al Tariq* -Think Not
B4 Sadat X -The Interview
B5 De La Soul , Mos Def & Enoll -Stakes Is High (Remix)
B6 Money Boss Players -Walk With A Limp
B7 Mobb Deep -Hell On Earth
B8 Nas -Freestyle
B9 Nonchalant & Krs One* -People Time

Tape B


A1 Greg Tate (2) -What Is Hip Hop?
A2 G-Depp* -Head Over Wheels
A3 Jay-Z -Regrets
A4 Children Of The Corn -American Dream
A5 Trybal Man* -Money To Make
A6 Adagio! -The Obvious Joint
A7 J-Force -For All Those
A8 La The Darkman -I Want It All
A9 Roots, The -? Vs. Scratch
B1 Common -The Bitch In You
B2 OutKast -Elevators
B3 Lord Finesse -Check The Method
B4 Jeru The Damaja -How I'm Lvin
B5 Dead Poets Society* -Lick A Shot
B6 Heltah Skeltah -Therapy
B7 Dutchmin -Get Ya Swerve On
B8 Heather B* & M.O.P. -My Kinda Nigga
B9 Paula Perry & Que 45 -Get A Grip Mutha...
B10 M.O.P* -New Jack City

Tape C


A1 DJ Premier Intro
A2 Screwball -Screwed Up
A3 PMD -Kool Kat
A4 Xzibit & Hurricane G. -Just Maintain
A5 Mobb Deep -More Trife Life
A6 Puff Daddy & Mase -All About The Benjamins
A7 Mama Mystique -Tremendous
A8 O.G.C. -No Fear
A9 Ghostface Killah , Cappadonna & Raekwon -Fish
A10 Redman -What Eva Man
A11 Poor Righteous Teachers -We Dat Nice
B1 DJ Premier -Intro
B2 Camp Lo -Luchini
B3 Ras Kass -Marintin
B4 OutKast -Babylon
B5 Voodoo* -One Live To Live
B6 Mobb Deep & Ty Nitty* -Animal Instinct
B7 Sadat X & Money Boss Players -Games Sober
B8 Foundation (2) & Rezidue -Boogie Down's Got That Flava
B9 O.G.C. -Gunn Lapp
B10 Sharpshooters -Better Dayz
B11 Sauce Money -Against The Grain

Tape D


A1 DJ Premier -Intro
A2 M.O.P. -Downtown Swinga "96"
A3 Mixed Elements -Divine Styles
A4 Ghostface Killah -Wildflower
A5 Redman -Rock Da Spot
A6 Mic Geronimo -Unstoppable
A7 Xzibit & Mobb Deep -Eyes May Shine (Remix)
A8 Big Jaz , Jay-Z & Sauce Money -Foundation
A9 Poor Righteous Teachers & Nine -Gods, Earths & 85ers
A10 MF Grimm & Fatman Scoop -International Rules
A11 Frankenstein -All Hands
B1 DJ Premier -Intro
B2 A Tribe Called Quest -Wordplay
B3 Nas & R. Kelly -Street Dreams (Remix)
B4 Keith Murray , Kel-Vicious & 50 Grand -Love L.O.D.
B5 Mobb Deep & Raekwon -Nighttime Vultures
B6 Roots, The -Panic
B7 Roots, The & Bahamadia -Push Up Ya Lighter
B8 Redman & Method Man -Do What Ya Feel
B9 Foundation (2) & Rezidue -Don't Get It Twisted
B10 Smoothe Da Hustler & Trigger Tha Gambler -Broken Language Pt. II
B11 Lil' Kim -Drugs
B12 Hillfiguz -Up On Prospect

-BACA