FALLING [ NEW TROPICAL COAST MIXTAPE ]

THE SOUND OF ED WHITE : CORAL REEF [ @trunkrecords ] 

TEENAGE FANCLUB & DE LA SOUL : FALLING [ @teenagefanclub ] 

BA'LE YAROH : FOLLOW ME DUB [ SOPHIE LLOYD EDIT ] [ @sophie_lloyd ] 

MURENA : UNO PRUEBO DE AMOR [ @aficionado-recordings ]

SANZA : SOUNAH [ @music-for-dreams ] 

ELIZIO de BUZIOS - TAMANQUERIO [ SELVAGEM EDIT ] [ @hellosailornyc ] 

TCP : AT THE WATERHOLE [ WOLF MULLER EDIT ] [ @music-for-dreams ] 

ADRIAN GURVITZ ; NEW WORLD [ @psychemagik ] 

DJ GILB'R : ESPECE FUNK [ IDJUT BOYS & LAJ REMIX ] [ @idjutboys ]

BEGIN : AIGHT [ @begin ] 

THE RK'S : BRING US BACK TOGETHER [ @rufdug ] 

LUJON : CARROT GREEN [ REMIX ] [ @music-for-dreams ] 

SELVAGEM : LE FREAK [ @hellosailornyc ] 

??? - LEG ROOM [ @claremont-56 ] 

GAUSSIAN GROOVE - BREATHE [ @music-from-memory ] 

MAX ESSA - BUTAH CHIME [ @hell-yeah ] 

WHITE ELEPHANT - COMING UP FOR AIR [ @white-elephant-music ]
FRANK WEIR : HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON [ @trunkrecords ] 

LARRY DAVID'S JUICE CREW NOD | SEINFELD SEASON 4 EPISODE 18

So Newman is spotted carrying a Cold Chilln 12" in Seinfeld season 04, episode 18 (the same episode that Sergio Mendes gets dissed) 

The sleeve looks like it could be an early promo from Cold Chillin, their later ones were like this:

The record Newman is carrying looks a lot like this though: Marley Marl's 1989 classic 'In Control, Volume 01'

Nice hip hop nod, by Larry David...

EGOTRIP LAND | 'ROCK' MIXTAPE REUP COVERAGE

Nice to see EgoTripLand posting and linking up the 'Monkeys Rock' mixtape the other day. Means a lot, a great magazine turned website and 'The Ego Trip Book Of Rap Lists' is, still, a classic. If you've not got a copy, grab one from here.

1999 REUP >>>> MONKEYS ROCK! MIXTAPE BY DJ LEGO [ CASSETTE RIP ]

Downtown

 
 MONKEYS ROCK! [ CASSETTE RIP ] by VISUAL SOUND

LEGO - MONKEYS ROCK! 1999 CASSETTE RIP

COMPILED FROM VOLUMES ONE & TWO, ORIGINALLY RECORDED ON TDK 60s BETWEEN 1999 AND 2001...

2 TECHNICS, 1 VESTAX, 1 TAPE DECK...

Featuring: FOREIGN LEGION, REUBEN WILSON, DOUG E FRESH, SONNY &
CHER, BOB DOROUGH, DESMOND DEKKER, SAM & DAVE, IKE TURNER, BIZ
MARKIE, MUDFOOT, MOS DEF Vs BURT BACHARACH, O JAYS, MAJOR FORCE, CUT
CHEMIST, PETER POWELL, DE LA SOUL, PUMPKINHEAD, ESTHER WILLIAMS, ROB
BASE & DJ EZ ROCK, SISTER NANCY, NATURAL RESOURCE, RAEKWON, AV8,
JAMES BROWN, AFU RA, CODE RED, DJ PREMIER, AYATOLLAH, CLINT EASTWOOD,
PETER PARKER, DJ FOOD, SCHOOLY D, FRED STEINER, ESTA, SOULS OF MISCHIEF,
DJ RECTANGLE, SHIRLEY BASSEY, BEANIE MAN, COLDCUT & A LOAD OF
CHARITY SHOP RECORDS....

THE FULL LYRICS TO BIGGIE SMALLS' 'JUICY' IN VISUAL FORM | RAP TYPOGRAPHY

LOVE THIS. Via Ego Trip, 'The lyrics to Biggie's 'Juicy' - illustrated....'

Here's an explanation, with a selection of the artwork posted below. 

"Part of the late, great Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace‘s immense talent as a lyricist was his ability to craft rhymes so memorable you could practically visualize them. Designer/illustrator/lettering artist Jay Roeder obviously agrees. Self described as being “addicted to drawing letters, lyrics and random stuff,” Roeder devoted a series of fly illustrations to Biggie’s lyrics from his breakthrough hit, “Juicy,”

Click here FOR THE FULL GALLERY.

& TO HEAR THE TRACK IN QUESTION, WHY NOT HEAR THE FIRST ONE ON HERE...