
Since today is throwback Sunday I figure a theme is in order. 90's East Coast Hip Hop... easy. Here is the classic track "Crooklyn" from the supergoup The Crooklyn Dodgers. TCD had 3 different groups of rotating Brooklynite Mc's. Spike Lee originally came up with The Crooklyn Dodgers concept when scoring his movie Crooklyn. This track was the first incarnation of the group, it features Masta Ace, Special Ed and Buckshot from Black Moon. Download and video after the jump... [...]

Once again we're back on the Old School Tuesday plan, making it back-to-back weeks that our blast of Old School hip hop goodness has been a day delayed, but I'm afraid it couldn't be helped. We had a softball playoff tournament this weekend, and it turns out that when you combine being kind of old with playing 8 softball games in 2 days, you end up kind of sore and pretty much coma-tired. ; So in honour of that softball overload, and because of the fact that the MLB playoffs are looming [...]
This week's mixtape comes courtesy of our buddy Matt Halverson of Lefse / Waaga Records in the US. Lefse and Waaga have brought us some of the most exciting alt-pop acts of 2010 including Neon Indian , Dominant Legs , How To Dress Well , Low Sea , Spirituals , Florene , White Mountains , and our favourite FUR . Expectedly, Matt's playlist includes a scattering of his own acts as well as some other smashing delights. Tracklisting: [...]
From '94, featuring Special Ed, Buckshot & Masta Ace in the first incarnation for the Spike Lee Joint "Crooklyn". Produced by A Tribe Called Quest. Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn DodgersCLICK IMAGE... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

With so many dope pieces of art coming from the Scritch and Scratch blog, sometimes it's hard to keep up with such a level of quality output, all things (read as: TIME, I need clones ) considered. There is always something innovative going on at S&S, and the tasteful blend of old versus new-school in this piece only hints at their versatility. Check out The Daily Freshness for more of this slick style. Art only? Oh naw, insightful commentary within. Scratch touches on a few interesting points in [...]

Ok part two in a quick series of 90's hip hop songs that I loved / love. A lot of these tracks were tracks that I heard on Stretch Armstrong, Chuck Chillout or Red Alert's show. 1991 - Cypress Hill - Hand on the Pump . 1991 - Gang starr - Whos Gonna Take the Weight . 1994 - Craig Mack - Flava in your Ear . (I couldn't find the remix with Biggie, anyone got that??) 1994 - Nasty [...]
(Via Nah Right ) If anyone thinks I'm stealing concepts from Flood Watch , that's not how it's going down. We're just telepathically channeling the same music, which leads me to the Crooklyn Dodgers. They're back to let the world know Brooklyn Keeps on Taking It. I'm not sure when part three was released, but I discovered it a few days ago. According to All Hip-Hop.com, 9th Wonder ft. Mos Def, Jean Grae, Memphis Bleek and DJ Premier are checking in for Team Brooklyn, on what is now a saga that [...]