" New Sean P "

Sean P just released a new banger...It's called " Disturbed", and it features " Blame One ", with " Exile"
on the production....Download this immediately...

" S.J. Is Getting It In "

Just when you counted "Serius Jones" out, he bounces back from label drama, and drops this fly mixtape..
"Serius" is known as a battle type of cat, but from the sounds of things he is able to craft well written songs..
If he can step up his beat game, your boy will do much damage in the future....
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"Back On The Set"

Yo, I don't have a clue what's up with Divshare, but just hold tight fam.....They should have their shit together soon I hope...
But in the meantime, here is a new mix from "Kon And Amir"......This is a perfect mix for a long drive, or a long flight....
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" The Phil Most Chill Interview"

Face the facts folks, most so-called Hip Hop dudes could care less about the artform....Many are content to abandon their morals, and quickly { sell out } as soon as the opportunity presents itself.....But Philadelphia's "Phil Most Chill"/ Soulman/ {insert one of his many aliases here} is cut from a different cloth.....It is obvious from his blogs, music, productions, etc, that this brother lives and breathes this Hip Hop shit.....And as a writer for Rap Sheet { Soulman's World Of Beats} he was breaking down the science of sampling before you beat nerds even had a clue.....So without further delay here is the interview I conducted with " Baritone Tiplove " himself.....

1. {HHBF}... The first production I heard from you was "On Tempo Jack", it sounded like you were using the SP 1200...What equipment were you using back then?

(PMC}....I had a real low budget set-up, just a Casio R-Z sampling drum machine and a Tascam 4 track Portastudio. All I could sample on the Casio were short little sounds, which I usually used for the kicks, snares, 808's etc...All the longer samples and loops I had to fly in on the 4 track, straight from the turntables.....I was suprised to find out later how many other producers had the Casio R-Z too. I knew right away when I heard De La Soul's "Daisy Age" off the "3 Feet High" album that Prince Paul was using it.....

2..{HHBF}....Philly is known for it's pioneering D.j's....Who is your favorite Philly D.J. and why?

...{PMC}...Well I gotta say the homie D.J. Cash Money, but Philly is full of legendary D.J.'s..I kinda feel bad to leave any of the other dudes out....Cash is like me, though....He's into the record collecting real big, plus he's into stuff like rare videos and toys from the 70's, all this nostalgia stuff, and I'm into all that, too...I saw some stuff over Cash's crib that I have never seen anywhere else....

3...{HHBF}.....Juice Crew Or Wu-Tang?

...{PMC}....Aw man....I can't even pick between the 2...I guess Wu put out more records, but ain't much out there topping the best of the Juice Crew...Kane's first album? G Rap ? The first couple of Biz albums? Wooo...Hard to beat that...But ultimately, I gotta say it's Wu Tang...There's just a much larger output of unbelievable dope joints coming out of the Wu camp...I even like some of the slept on later Wu-Tang albums, like Master Killer's joints....

4...{HHBF}...Out of all the places you have been, what country/state had the flyest records?

...{PMC}...I honestly never did a lot of travelling for records, so I don't know....I guess I'd say New York had the most ill records, but I've dug most extensively in my own area, which is the Southern to Midwestern Pennsylvania area, and I've caught a ton of crazy records around here....I used to hit up all these little out-of-the-way townships, college communities, whatever, and I used to come up on a lot of good stuff......

5...{HHBF}.....85 or 95?

...{PMC}....Even though I'm an 80's guy, I gotta say 95...I didn't particularly like where Hip Hop was going in 1985, other than a few certain groups and certain dope records..Overall, it was some drum machine bullshit going on that I wasn't feeling, plus a lot of wack ass rap dudes too in my opinion....The old school was falling off and becoming dated, Sugarhill couldn't keep up with the times musically, cats were on some ol' t.v. theme song shit, everybody was doing "Roxanne" records....A lot of rap and bullshit was going down...I honestly thought rap was over, until dudes realized they could actually rock those old school breaks on records, full loops instead of just little hits over drum machines...Once they figured out how to recapture that original sound of Hip Hop, like in late 86-87-88, that's when the shit was on again......
1995, I can't even remember what exactly was hot right then...I know the signs were there that things were changing, though. There probably was a lot that I didn't like in 95', too...But for the most part I think that real shit was still rockin things...Primo was killing it......wasn't 95' the year of "Cuban Linx" and "The Infamous" and all that?....That was definitely a great time for Hip Hop, probably the last days, to be honest...I got married in 1995 too, so I better say that was a good year......

6..{HHBF]...Do you think Mumia Abu Jamal will ever be released from prison?

...{PMC}...No, I can't see that ever happening...I'd be shocked if that happened..

7...{HHBF}...What other types of music are you into besides Hip Hop?

..{PMC}....Many, many different genres...Sweet soul, psych rock, lite rock, jazz, some folk, some reggae, modern soul, funk, easy listening, some lounge...I get into whatever hits my ear at the moment...Some people probably think I'm closed minded because I have pretty strict opinions about what is and what isn't Hip Hop..But I am very open minded about music..

8...{HHBF]...Tat Money or Code Money?

...{PMC}....I don't know much about Code Money, so I'll take Tat Money because I know that dude has always been a beast on the tables...Plus he used to sell me beats at the "Funkomart" record store back in the days....

9...{HHBF}.....Are you D.J.ing out publicly as of late?...

...{PMC}.....Nope.....I don't know how many people know of me are aware, but I'm really not a D.J...I guess that's strange for a person who has as many records as I do, and have a reputation as a mixtape dude....But to be honest I have rarely ever played out...I don't like D.J.ing at all because you have to cater to the crowd, and I just have the wrong temperment for that...My attitude is "fuck ya'll", I'm not going to play the new Rhianna record, I'm sorry......

10..{HHBF}....HaHa, If you could change one thing about the music industry of today, what would you change?

...{PMC}.....Hmmm..I guess just find a way to eliminate illegal downloading of Mp3's..Probably just get rid of Mp3's altogether..I love the technology as a collector of music..But as somebody who used to make money selling music, MP3's killed everything...It's not profitable anymore, everybody just get's shit for free now,,,And I don't blame them, I do it too...

11...{HHBF}...3 Times Dope or Steady B?

...{PMC}...3 Times Dope..EST was the first rapper from Philly that I really respected as being nice on the mic...No disrespect but at that time I thought Steady, Schooly D, and some other people, made banging records, but were not that hot lyrically...I liked the beats more than the rhymes on a lot of joints....I always thought Steady had some hard ass beats...Matter of fact, I did a version of "On Tempo" with famous Philly studio engineer "Joe Da Butcher" because I wanted him to help meget my beats banging as hard as Steady's joints were...

12...{HHBF}....What is the Hip Hop scene like in Philly these days?

...{PMC}...Oh, I'm the wrong person to ask about what's going on now...I'm an old head..I don't even check shit like I used to...Knowing Philly though, I'm sure there are some talented people out there getting it in...

13...{HHBF}....Favorite Hip Hop memory?

...{PMC]....Way too many to name, but for the sake of the interview I'll say it was a jam in 1980 with Bambaataa, Cosmic Force, Funky 4, Disco 4.....I had been to a lot of jams before that, but that was the first one I remember where I was really fimiliar with all the Mc's and D.J's...Before that I may have seen some known dudes, but I wasn't really paying attention, it was no big deal to me.....But by 80, seeing the Funky 4 standing on top of lunch tables rocking rhymes to the B.T. Express, seeing Jazzy J cutting the hell out of The Sequence's "America" jam, seeing Red Alert behind the tables with Bam and them.....There is no substitute for that experience, no matter how many rap history books a person reads or how many old school disco rap 12's a person listens to...I feel lucky, word up...

14...{HHBF}....Since you are a father I have to ask you, do you censor what type of music your children listen too?

....{PMC}....Of course...My kids are 9 and 6, so really all the music they hear is what me and my wife are playing in the car....I don't want them listening to the so-called Hip Hop stations too much because the content of a lot of these songs is crazy..I guess I sound mad old, but whatever...It doesn't matter if the curses are edited out, it aint hard to fill in the blanks...The subject matter is still what it is, clean version or not....

15...{HHBF}....Thank you Phil for answering my questions, I have a million more but I don't want to jam you up too much brother....Let the people know about some of your current projects..

....{PMC}....There will definitely be some more Phil Most Chill unreleased stuff from the late 80's coming out in 2009....I did a mix featuring about an hour's worth of my unreleased songs that was supposed to come out in Japan in conjunction with a box set of Phil Most-related T-shirts, but I don't know what ever came of it...Maybe it got released in Japan and I don't even know about it...I got paid regardless, so I'm not worried one way or the other....I'm also working on new rap stuff, got a couple E.P.'s I did with Bankrupt Europeans that I guess is coming out on Traffic next year...The Philly Phil Old School Jam L.P, the Dilla beats L.P, The lil dudes don't want it L.P......Who know if anyone will ever hear that shit? And I'm still doing the THAT REAL SCHITT blog.......I'm always staying busy with something......

Well it's time to shake the spot peoples, make sure you check out Phil's blog, and that "Lo-Fi Theory" album, as well as his many other releases.......Peep

"Spread Love" Nov.28th

D.J. Kemit presents, "Spread Love" Friday, November 28th......Featuring D.J. Doc, Kemit, Talib Shabazz, Jamal Ahmad.....
With performances from "Rita J" { All Natural. Com }, "Senor Kaos" { Tha Kaos Effect. Com }, "K-Vee" { MadClout }, etc...

It's going down in the "A", in case you didn't know.....

"To All You Jive Turkey's"

"Ice T" kicked a line back in the day that went " I'm not going to sit around like some fool and eat turkey / that's the day your forefathers jerked me"......Damn, Hip Hop has changed.....Everyone these day's think they are too cute to actually talk about politics......I have one request for all of you turkey gobblers out there, ask yourself, what are you giving thanks for?

" Blog Shots", Part 2

It's crazy that "Self- Scientific" is such a slept on group.....They have been putting in a crazy amount of work since 1998.....
With a couple albums under their belt, a gang of features, and Khalil's stellar production, they should be a household name......
But for some reason or the other, people choose to sleep.....
Well you need to wake your stank ass up and check "Chace's" blog at WWW . THE SELf SCIENCE BLOG SPOT. COM
Tell em that kid from "Hip Hop Battlefield" sent ya.....100
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"Dub M.D. Mixtape"

This mixtape has some heaters on it for sure.....It features production from "Large Pro", 'Hi-Tek", "Ayatollah", "Marco Polo", "Pete Rock", etc......You can download it below

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'Wax Weapons 16", 30 Minutes Of Drama

You know the motherfuckin drill.....Duck down you son of a bitch, I have some more Hip Hop drama for you....."Wax Weapons 16", ......It's time to get live...

"Wax Weapons 15", Catch A Groove Edition...

Wax Weapons 15 is on the set.....I had fun doing this live mix, I attempted to dig in certain crates that I haven't touched in a hot minute....Peace...

'D.J. Eves Laced With Gems Mixtape"

D.J. Eves just released a scorcher of a mixtape.....Featuring the likes of Raekwon, GZA, Black Milk, A.C., Large Pro, etc......Check in folks, right here....

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"G. Rap Is Still Nasty'

Kool G. Rap is a dude that you just can't sleep on......Sure his last couple of albums weren't as ill as his first 3 joints....But it is mainly because of his production choices.....If "G" was spitting the same type of shit over dope beats, he would be killing it right about now.....In the clip below "G" still proves why he is one of the nastiest........Salute

"New Sadat X And Agallah"

Time to get your mind right fam, the weekend is over....Monday is right around the corner so it's only right that I hit you off with that new shit to keep you pepped up this week....."Agallah" and "Sadat X" just dropped a new cut called, "Can We Save Us"?....Download pronto .....

" Weekend Warpath" Grand Daddy I.U. Remix Edition

The weekend is here again and it's time to break fool.......You know what the fuck I mean when I say , "Break Fool" right?....Bar fights, corny dance moves, making it rain, DUI's, all that wild weekend shit dun dun..........HaHaheee......But on the real side of things, I have another remix torpedo to launch at you fools.... "Slingin Bass" is a Grand Daddy I.U. cut off of his "Lead Pipe" album......His rhymes were on point on this album, but some of the beats couldn't match up to his debut {Smooth Assassin}....
So I decided to go 4 mine, and give "I.U." the remix treatment...........Pow..

"The Disco Godfather"

Life is crazy sometimes people......While on a serious digging mission recently, I caught a "Rudy Ray Moore" joint....I have plenty of "RRM" records, but for some reason this piece of vinyl had my name written all over it.....When I finally got back to the lab, I tapped up some new rockets, and even incorporated elements of "RRM" on a "Criminal Scientific Remix" { Check your Hip Hop Battlefield files dun dun }. A couple days later Rudy passed away.......Strange......What's even stranger is that you hardly see any coverage breaking down "RRM's" tremendous contributions to music, film, comedy, etc...........Here's a clip of "RRM" in one of my favorite movies "Disco Godfather".......R.I.P.

"New Premier Shit"

Damn, "D.J.Premier's" catalogue is so ridiculous at this point that you have to give him G.O.A.T. status.......I can't think of any cats from his era that have remained this consistent when it comes to hardcore Hip Hop...For nearly 20 years "Preem" has been ringing bells with his signature beats......This is a new joint he just dropped with "Wiz Hoffa" called "I'm Tired".......100

" Chi-Town Stand Up'

To all my people in the "Go", how about those Bears?....Just kidding, I know that type of reckless talk could get me injured next time I touchdown out there....HaHaHeee....Anyway, peace 2 All Natural for always keeping a brother informed......

"Rock Steady Crew Mixtape"

Here is a "Rock Steady Crew" mixtape to zapp you back into the right mind state....Mixed by "JS-1", "J Period", and "D.V. One"....Download this scorcher below..
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"New Fuck That"

Remember that cat "Fuck That" { I know he spells it without the k } ?...He had a joint with " Pharoahe Monch" called "Metal Thangz" that got a lot of attention.......He just released a new joint called "09 Is Mine"..........{Check the usage of Ultra}

'Kool Keith-Post Ultra'

Out of all the material Kool Keith has blessed us with ever since "Ultra" disbanded {Their reunion album doesn't even count} "The Masters Of Illusion" album is his best work....With "Doc Oc" trailing shortly behind......On this album with "Motion Man", they spit some of the craziest, hilarious, out of control, rhymes ever committed to wax......It was released in 2001, and still runs laps around most of his recent material......"Kut Master Kurt " produced the whole album, and includes some nasty scratch sentences throughout the entire joint.......If you slept on this album when it came out, I suggest you get your mind right and check back in ?

" Paul C Mcasty-Beat Kings Edition...."

The late great "Paul C" worked with many influential artist, the list includes Stezo, Grandmaster Caz, UltraMag, Super Lover Cee and Cassanova Rud, Rahzel, Mikey D, Large Pro, and countless others before he was killed at the age of 24.....His murder remains unsolved to this day, and was even featured on "America's Most Wanted"........Dave Tompkins, wrote one of the best articles regarding "Paul C' I have ever stumbled across.......Peep for yourself here

"New Jail Kite From Prodigy"

Recently reports were made that 'Prodigy" was on the verge of death in prison.....He clears up all the misconceptions regarding his health on a recent blog post at www.HNIC2.com
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" Milkcrate Jewels 4 ", Hip Hop Raggamuffin Edition ......

This joint came out in 1991, and to this day when I hear it, I spazz out and start swinging my fist in the air like I am about to uppercut somebody......Can you believe that "Interscope Records" put out this gem of a record? "Almighty And K.D. Ranks" simply body this cut "Trenton Is Where We Live"....Tony D produced it , and even goes for his lyrically with a hilarious 16......
Salute to all my rudeboy Hip Hop ragamuffin soldiers.......Boooyaaakaaaa

"Incarcerated Scarfaces"

Tragedy Khadafi is in prison currently, serving a 4 year bid for felony drug sales.......I hear fools talking about free P, free Remy-Ma, free so and so.....Well god damnit, free that brother "Tragedy Khadafi".......Until then, enjoy this cut he did with "Havok", entitled "The Game"........{ Get your helmet melted off }....

"Gadgets"

This is a picture of a hard disk audio controller....It allows you to quickly skim through a track, and find a specific playback position....All at the touch of a rotary wheel........Crazy shit, but "Techniques" have never let me down.....I think I will stick to the basics....

"We Still Have A Long Way To Go"

What the fuck is going on in this world?....Dudes beating up on girls....Even if your a student on a prestigious college campus, you are still not safe from narrow minded bigots......The struggle continues, regardless of who's president in the United States...

"Flavor Packets For Your Weekend"

Look out weekend here I come......Tonight I am going out to see legendary pioneers "Fishbone"....I have seen these cats a million times, but truth be told, not many bands can compete with these dudes live.......They just come with too much fire power, musical chops, and all out craziness.........So it's friday, and it's time to get flavorful......And to show appreciation to the "Hip Hop Battlefield" faithful.......Here is a "Elevation West" podcast {Featuring D.J. House Shoes, Elzhi, and Shawn Jackson live } shout out to {A Sides}............

"In Honor Of Old Dirty'

On this song "Diesel", Old Dirty drops one of his best verses ......Disregard my following post {regarding ODB's biography}...ODB's family want the public to actually boycott the release of this book....And I think it is only right that us {Fans} respect his families wishes.....

"Old Dirty Book Drops November 25th"

It's been almost 4 years since his untimely passing on Nov 13th 2004......Crazy how time flies in this fast paced world we are living in.......Old Dirty was only 35 years old, and day's away from his 36th birthday......Sad.....This book appears to be very promising, it includes interviews with the clan, family, and collaborators.....Check for it when it hit's the shelves......R.I.P., O.D.B. you left behind a void that is impossible to fill, I guess that's why they called you "Ason Unique"....

"Nature Featuring Kool G. Rap And Prodigy"

The name of this mysterious cut is " I Thought I Told You"........It features an all-star cast of all-Queens mc's....Check in...

"Ed Lover Is Still Funny As Fuck"

I bet you didn't know your peoples {Ed Lover} got a nose job...HaHa.......Anyway, M.T.V. needs to bring him and Dre back...

"New Wax Poetics"

One of the last magazines out there holding it down.......I remember back in the day checking "Source", "Word Up", "Right On", Billboard, etc, for cutting edge Hip Hop info {Things have changed for sure}..........Anyway, you should cop this issue, the M.F. Doom piece on beats is worth your money within itself...

"Chief Kamachi vs Apathy"

The Chief Kamachi and Apathy beef has reached new heights with the release of this Apathy diss record..[First Warning}....It's crazy because both dudes were in the same crew {Army Of The Pharaohs}.....I have a feeling you will be hearing a rebuttal from Apathy sooner than later......HaHaHee...

"Milk Crate Jewels, Part 3"

Authorized Fam is a group from Staten Island that I don't know to much about.....I caught this record a couple year's back while digging in Seattle.....You can hear the Wu-Tang influence in their shit, the beat sounds like something RZA would have done in 96-97.....The one thing that I know for sure about this record {white label} is that it came out on Vortex Records.......If anyone has info on "Authorized Fam" get at me......Enjoy

"Milk Crate Jewels, Part 2"

If you have been following "Hip Hop Battlefield", you already know "The Nonce" is a group I speak very highly of.......On this song {Thing's Fall Apart}, you can feel the melancholy mood pouring out of the speakers....It's a somber sounding tune that addresses the up's and downs of the music industry.........Peep... R.I.P Yusef Afloat....

"Getting Up Remix. Featuring Camp Lo"

Time to check in folks.....Q-Tip looks happier than a motherfucker doesn't he...Ha-Ha....

"For Those That Slept"

It doesn't get much more wilder than this......Good Lifers/ Project Blowedians, stand up......

"Exile Shit"

I can't even front, the first time I heard of that kid "Exile", was for his production work on "Mobb Deep's" last album {Pearly Gates}....But he has been around for quite some time, honing his chops in the L.A. scene..........His recent work with "Blu" is garnering a lot of attention for good reason......They simply put out good music.......Here is an example of Exile doing what he does best, chopping beats the fuck up...

"Evil Dee Is On the Mix, Come On Kick It"

Evil Dee has a gang of podcast posted up at podomatic.com......When you touchdown over there, make sure you tell em that kid from Hip Hop Battlefield sent ya.......100
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"One Nation Under A Groove"

The Zulu Nation has been around longer than I have been alive....It's unfortunate that I couldn't be there to pay homage and celebrate it's 35 anniversary.......But I was absolutely there in spirit....Here is some footage from last weekend....

'Somebody Call Security"

Lil Fame released a track recently from his upcoming album {Fame And The Glory} called, "Security"......This is the kind of joint you play before you go out on the strip this weekend......HaHa....2 Thumbs up

"Alchemist And Evidence Are The Stepbrothers"

Their are hardly any "Hip Hop Remakes" that I actual enjoy.....Snoop's version of "La De Da De", sounded goofy at best.....Mos Def's version of "Children's Story", put me to sleep......Ahhh let me see.."Buckshot's version of "I Ain't No Joke" was kinda poppin...Anyway, the "Step Brothers" made a remake of Cypress Hill's "Hit's From The Bong".....Let me know what ya'll think of this remake.....

"Chief Kamachi And Killer Priest"

If their whole album had beats like this, they would have one of the best albums of the year......

"Brand New"

D.J. Dead Eye just released a new cut called "Girl Interrupted" {Featuring Termanology and Skyzoo} ...I gotta say, this joint is kinda buttery... Statik Selektah's beat put me in some type of flashback trance.....Thumbs up

" Soundclash Shit"

Looking forward to seeing this when it officially drops {November 18} ....But I gotta say, pitting "Will I Am" against "Thes-One" seems a little strange {2 way different styles} to me.....Regardless this D.V.D. looks kinda ill.....

"Only 100 Copies Printed"

KING STATUS...100

"The Notty Headed Terror"

Tame One's new album, "New Jersey Bastard" has some joints on it...This cut is called "Against The Grain"...It sound's like your boy has still got it......Jersey stand up......{Produced by Parallel Thought}

"Drasar Monumental On The Remix"

Remember the "Double XX Posse"? T-Ray used to fuck around with them back in the day......."Not Going To Be Able To Do It" and "Headcracker", were their biggest hits, but "Money Talks", was one of my personal favorites......"Sugar Ray", sounds so hungry on his verse, you can feel the raw determination.......Here is another remix I did recently......Turn the volume to ten and get live motherfuckers....Pow

"Milk Crate Jewels"

Many people slept on this "Alchemist" produced banger...."Baron Ricks", was down with the "Soul Assassin" crew in the mid 90's...On this joint "Rags To Riches", Baron is joined by "B-Real" and "Chase Infinite".....Add this to your Hip Hop Battlefield stash, dogs.....

"Time 2 Rise Up", Black President Edition

It's a crazy time to be alive.....Society is moving in strange directions, the economy is going to shit, people are losing their homes and jobs, families are digging through dumpsters to get food......The list goes on and on....And for some reason, everyone seems to think one person {Obama} can change all this fuck up.....It's going to take more than one person to turn this thing around....Don't get me wrong, Obama was the obvious choice for president {Mccain came off like a drunken idiot}....But please don't get it twisted folks, this country was built on bigotry and oppression......I have a funny feeling that some crazy shit is on the horizon......Regardless, we are witnessing new developments, new ideas, and hopefully we can move in a new direction........

'New Saigon Shit"

When the fuck is Saigon's album coming out?......It should of came out right after that "Come On Baby" shit dropped....Anyway this is a new joint he did on that "Rosenberg Oddissee" album...It's called "WW4" {Featuring Lil Fame}.....100

"D.J. Vadim, Russia's Finest"

D.J. Vadim, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer...This Friday he is having a benefit concert in London featuring Mr. Thing, D.J Lok, Kashmere, Living Proof Crew, and a gang of other people.......I hope you get well soon "Vadim".....It's only right I bless ya'll with one of my favorite Vadim heaters...."Your Revolution" {Featuring Mr.Lif}