I n I - Pete Rock's Most Influential Project?

'Center of Attention' nearly missed us, getting mothballed for years and lingering in obscurity for a decade after that. Originally titled 'The Life I Live' , this fundamental was anti-climatically released as part of a Pete Rock B-Sides comp. Although the album will never break into the mainstream there is access, and that let's the music live on.

MOP-Straight From The Projects Part-1 of 4.avi

 Lil Fame and Billy keeping it thoro in Brownsville. Bravely narrated by B-Real while in a coma. 

Chunk - Marked For Death

 

 Early 90's Bay Area hip hop saw an industrial revolution brought on by more digitized recording methods and a region-wide sound that was accessible to novice emcees. There were hundreds of albums cut every year, with few making it out of the region. It doesn't take much diggin to find GEMS like 'Mickeys' off Chunk's 3rd album 'Marked For Death.' After experiencing his "lyricism" there will be no question about the roots of the current mumble rap vocal style. 

A Brief History of Non-Phixion

 Non-Phixion stiff-armed the 'crazy whiteboy' stereotype that plagues hip hop, focusing on more complex, politically-motivated subject matter, delivered with deadly accuracy.

SATURDAY PLAYLIST: life & death of great american cities - elmattic

MAIN SOURCE - BREAKING ATOMS

 This is the precursor to a new era, and the the catalyst for a revolution in hip hop. Love it or hate it, 'Breaking Atoms' ushered in the sonic landscape of the 90's that polarizes everyone today. What the lyricism lacks, the production carries on this international '91 release from masterminds Pete Rock and Large Professor. 'Breaking Atoms' created a blueprint for the next generation of hip hop and laid the foundation that countless groups, the world over, developed from.

MED BLU & MADLIB - Bad Neighbor

Do yourself a favor, hit the Library and cop this, then play that shit and read on...

                                                                                                         ....it's good, right?

SENIM SILLA - ALL IS MINES

Senim Silla has made a serious impact on hip hop. Born in 1977, Ross Rowe grew up in Pontiac, MI, and was there as the culture started to break away from the mainstream to form what is now one of the most dynamic hip hop scenes worldwide, and not all of it is trash. The same scene that puked out ICP, Kid Rock, and 95% of Em has incubated unparalleled talent like DILLA, Elzhi, Royce, and Binary Star, Senim's breakthru duo with One Be Lo.