![Stuck In Traffic Cover booklet1 Rap Music Guides R8R & L wood Present Stuck In Traffic [Free 80 Min Mix]](http://www.rapmusicguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Stuck-In-Traffic-Cover-booklet1.jpg "R8R & L-wood Present - Stuck In Traffic") Rap Music Guides R8R & L-wood have put together a free 80 minute mix to help keep our rap addictions fed. The mix is appropriately titled “Stuck In Traffic” and is a warm up to their upcoming East Bay Classics album that will be released as a limited edition double disc set. Until then, wear them speakers out slappin this mix while stuck in traffic!
1. Big Poohb & Young Willz – Dank Smoke
2. Rich The Factor – Parachute ft. Young Fe
3. Doesia Click – Chronic Bionic
4. 3XKrazy – Hood Smoke
5. Richie Rich – Pillow ft. Dewayne Wiggins & Rame Royal
6. Tha M.O.B.B. – Legalize It
7. Mr. Mostafah – Drop’s On A 20 ft. Kilo, Playa P & The Double Up Click
8. Luniz – I Got 5 On It ft. Dru Down, Richie Rich, E-40, Digital Underground & Spice 1 (Extended R8R Blend)
9. San Quinn, Silk & Master P – High Fo X-mas
10. Lil E – Smokin The Dank
11. Marvaless – Bring The Bomb
12. Mr. Doctor – No Bitch
13. West Side Industry – Fienin For A Sac
14. Triple Beam – I Get High
15. A.M.W. – Gettin’ High
16. Young D Boyz – Mr. Chronic
17. G-Ism & Kenny Mack – Smoke Fills My Chest
18. U.D.I. – Waiting To Inhale ft. Mark C
19. A-Town Click – Mile Hi Bomb
20. Mac Dre – I Need A Eighth ft. Da Looies & Dubee
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?j0trvqkw9338r1i
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 Rap Music Guide would like to give a shout out to Chaz & Epic 1 from the Chosen Few Crew. They sent us their debut album titled The Scarlet Letter MCs released on their own record label named The Alliance Records. After listening to the album several times, there is no doubt that this rap duo is really heating up the scene in the 702, Las Vegas, Nevada aka “Sin City”. Of course we had to add this album right away to our database, you can find images of the album art, and a complete tracklist including all the artists featured on the album, just click here: Chosen Few Crew – The Scarlet Letter MCs
From the intro track “In My City”, to the last song “Never Stop”, there is no doubt that Chaz & Epic 1 have their own unique style and song writing abilities. The Chosen Few Crew’s album features 2 beats from Demolish Beatz who has supplied tracks for rap artists such as Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, and Big Scoob. To purchase the album visit the iTunes store, here’s the direct link: The Scarlet Letter MCs
To find out the latest info about the group including events, new songs, and updates on what the group is doing, you can follow them on Twitter, like them on Facebook, add them as a friend on Myspace, or visit their website www.ChosenFewCrew.com.
 Rap Music Guide got a dope promo CD in the mail from Skye Lab Music Group to slap. Its an East Coast rap artist by the name of Yung Gee Da General. The CD they supplied us with has three tracks from Yung Gee’s latest album titled Loved By Few, Hated By Many.
For those of you not familiar with Yung Gee Da General, he began making a name for himself in the Lower East Side of Manhattan participating in street rap battles, and has since performed at various showcases in New York City and Pennsylvania.
Skye Lab also supplied us with a very professional artist information press kit which makes it easy for us to read up on Yung Gee without the need to hop on our computers. It showcases Yung Gee’s biography with his Facebook, Twitter & Myspace links. There is also a business card for Moment-of-Truth Productions, the entertainment company that is putting out Yung Gee’s music. We’re very impressed with the great promotional material they provided to us, check it out!
 
Yung Gee’s music can be purchased on iTunes, just click this link: Loved By Few, Hated By Many. One of the tracks we were feeling the most we found featured on YouTube. This one is titled Dangerzone.
Do you know what version of Tech N9ne Celcius is in your collection? If not, Rap Music Guide is here to help, so read carefully, and look closely, we’ll help you tell them apart.
By looking at the album covers its almost impossible to tell the difference between the two. Even when you turn them over and look at the rear traycard, the barcode and the artwork is identical. The easiest way we found to spot the original release is the by clear jewel case, which allows you to see the traycard artwork which says Tech N9ne going down the spine, and an advertisement for the Bo$$ Ho$$ 2K2 Hustle album. The re-release version came in a standard jewel case and does not feature any artwork on the inside tray. Below are both releases side by side so you can see the difference in jewel cases. The original Tech N9ne Celcius release is on the left, while the Tech N9ne Celcius re-release is on the right
 
If for some reason you still cannot tell which version you have, open it up and check out the additional linear notes and artwork. The original will have full color advertisements for Immaculate James & The Jok3r, while the same ads in the re-release were printed in monotone black & white. Below are scans of first the original in full color, then the re-release.
 
Finally of course the ringcodes do not match. The original ringcode is 362866D4 while the re-release is simply TECH-N9NE Celcius.
 
Now there is without a doubt you be able to tell the difference between the original and the re-release of Tech N9ne Celcius!
 Rap Music Guide is sad to announce that the New Orleans rapper and producer known as Tre-8 died on May 28th, 2011 due to complications from a car accident that occurred in Algiers, Louisiana.
Tre-8’s mother, Tam McCallon Fischer, said Tre-8, whose real name was Walter McCallon, 37, died in a hospital after the accident on Tullis and Woodland drives. Both of his daughters, including two nieces, a nephew and the mother of his children were in the car with at the time of the accident and are all in the hospital. This is a major blow to the New Orleans underground rap community, and to all of the Tre-8 fans around the world.
Tre-8 was a New Orleans based rapper who at the age of 16 became one of the first rappers to release an album under Master P’s No Limit / Priority Records partnership in 1995. His debut album, Ghetto Stories managed to make it to #84 on the charts. Soon after the release Tre-8 left the No Limit camp, but continued to produced, record & release his own material for local independent labels such as South Coast Music Group, and his own label, Smoke 1 Records & Purple Haze Productions. In March of 2011, he released “Black & Purple” under the group Dem Haze Boyz. This was his first release since the 2008 album “Most Underrated.”
Tre-8 leaves behind a discography of studio albums, compilations, and features. In remembrance we would like to showcase one of Tre-8’s most underground albums, a tape only release titled Smoke 1 Click “Ruff Rugid & Raw”.
 As you know DJs invented Hip-Hop, and with the control and skill involved with rhythm and turntable techniques, skratch DJs have transformed the music, technology, and the style behind it. On Saturday May 14th, 2011 Rap Music Guide had the rare opportunity to see the world champion skratch turntablist DJ QBert perform live at the Yoshi’s Jazz Club in San Francisco, CA.
Yogafrog (Ritche Desuasido) was there to introduce DJ QBert and two skratch shaolins, who all took the wheels of the 6 turntables. The skratch shaolins had some skills and showed off their mastery during the intermissions which consisted of QBert throwing out free Thud Rumble merchandise such as T-Shirts, DVD’s, rare skratch DJ vinyl, butter rugs (slip mats), and even his own vinyl off the turntable he was just using! It was quite a show.
DJ QBert is known worldwide for forming the group Invisibl Skratch Piklz, who were later acknowledged as the pioneers of the Turntablist DJ movement. The Invisibl Skratch Piklz consisted of a lineup of San Francisco based innovators such as MixMaster Mike, DJ Shortkut, DJ D-Styles, DJ Apollo, DJ Disk, DJ Flare, and the only member outside of the USA, DJ A-Trak.
If you missed the show, I hate to say it, but it was amazing. DJ QBert on two turntables, with 2 skratch shaolins, free merchandise, and front row seats! Thankfully I took some video so you can see the master at work.
 Misprints and misspellings account for only a small number of rap albums, but when they do happen, they’re rarely leaked into the market. Recently Rap Music Guide found a Be Gee album titled The Postcard 95822 that made it through the cracks. If you look at the spine, the artists name “Be Gee” is misspelled as “Ben Gee”. Then it was even changed and re-released as “Bee Gee” (Woops!) I’m sure Be Gee’s graphic artists got an earful for this mistake!
If you’re not familiar with Be Gee, he released his first first solo album titled “Ya Gotta B.G.” in 1993. During that year he that sold enough copies to place him as one of Sacramento’s top selling underground rap artists. While continuing to do local rap shows and perform at parties, Be Gee released his second album “BlackGorillaMila Tactics” in 1996. Since then he’s appeared on numerous compilations and solo albums, such as Leaving The Life featuring Brotha Lynch, Loki & First Degree The D.E. Be Gee’s latest album titled Still Gotta B.G. was released in 2011 and is available at CDBaby.
Be Gee The Postcard 95822 (Misprint) Be Gee The Postcard 95822 (Re-Release) Be Gee The Postcard 95822 (OG 1st Press)
Gil Scott-Heron the poet and musician, renowned as the Godfather of Rap, died at the age of 62 from unknown causes in New York on Friday May 27th, 2011. The music community first found out about Scott-Heron’s death when it was confirmed by the legendary spoken word artist’s publisher Jamie Byng via Twitter with the tweet reading, “Just heard the very sad news that my dear friend and one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met, the great Gil Scott-Heron, died today.”
Highly regarded as one of the leaders and chief influences in the precursory stages of rap & hip-hop music, Gil Scott-Heron helped to define a turbulent time for African-Americans and black militarism in the 1970s with his well-known politically charged poem and song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, which is perhaps Scott-Heron’s most notable work. His 1971 single from Pieces Of A Man has been sampled by hip hop artists and quoted in numerous albums.
Thanks to Twitter, the rap & hip-hop music community has been remembering the late artist. Eminem was among the first artist to recognize his inspiration, tweeting, “R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron. He influenced all of hip-hop,” while Chuck D shared the sentiment, “we do what we do and how we do because of you. And to those that don’t know tip your hat with a hand over your heart & recognize.” Chuck D also revealed via his Twitter account that he was to be featured on an upcoming project with Scott-Heron. Even Ghostface Killah asked everyone to “Salute Mr. Gil Scott-Heron for his wisdom and poetry!” adding, “May he rest in paradise.” Snoop Dogg kept it simple posting, “#rip to 1 of tha greats gil scott heron.”
Gil Scott-Heron’s recording and performing career spanned four decades, with a discography of 15 studio albums, 11 compilation albums and 9 live recordings. In remembrance, here is an official music video titled “Me And The Devil” from the album “I’m New Here”.
 We had another package touchdown at Rap Music Guide. This time it came from the Northwest; Portland, Oregon.
Shots out to Jake Webb at Atrium Records for sending over his 2009 compilation titled Atrium Records Presents Tha Line-Up. Along with sending the album, he also included a bunch of promotional stickers bearing the labels logo and name. We’ll be sure to slap the stickers in some high traffic spots for ya!
Tha Line-Up is a 20 track album with production by Jake Webb and Royal-T Beats. It features Portland rappers such as Preach, Fireface Loc, String Bean, Greedy, Skech Artist & E’$ Ya Boi. This album is not only out of print, but only 300 albums were ever pressed up before the group split. So if you’re a true Portland, Oregon rap fan, good luck on getting your hands on one of these!
If you’re not familiar with Atrium Records check out their other releases titled; Atrium Records Presents – The 503 Arsenal released in 2008 & Indo Slim – Nutty Northwest released in 2010. Also be sure to visit their official website. www.atriumrecords.net.
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Since eBay is the main pipeline for rare and out of print rap and hip-hop music, cassette tape collectors have a safe marketplace to buy and sell their rare albums for a pretty penny. Even with the national unemployment rate rising, prices for these out of print cassette tapes are still selling for hundreds of dollars. For all those tape collectors out there on the hunt for hard to find music, you understand our passion, and can understand why we spend our hard earned money on old pieces of plastic! Below you will find screen shots of some recent eBay auctions of rare rap cassettes tapes that ended for some impressive prices. Do you have any of these in your collection? What was the most you paid for a cassette tape?
