Larry McCray - Ambition 1991

This debut LP from McCray was originally released in 1991.

1. Nobody Never Hurt Nobody With the Blues
2. Count on Me for Love
3. One More Lonely Night
4. Sally's Got a Friend in New York City
5. Country Girl
6. Ambition
7. I Don't Mind
8. Frustrated Baby
9. Keep on Walking
10. Me and My Baby
11. Secret Lover
12. The Sun Rises in the East

DJ Red Alert's Propmaster Dancehall Show 1994

Another bargain basement find from 1994.



1. Resident Alien - Pum Pum Master
2. Sliver/Sugarbear & Silver Fi Di Red Alert
3. Shabba Ranks - Mi Nuh Romp With It
4. Patra - Love All the Men
5. Cutty Ranks - Living Condition [Special Red Alert Remix]
6. Visious - The Glock
7. Skaka II - Black Busta
8. Silver & Kash/Sugarbear - Papa Props
9. Naturally/Red Rox - Let's Chill
10. Daddy Sylva - Stretch to Fit
11. Red Rox/Screechy Dan - Pose Off
12. Bobby Konders/Mike Jarrett - Mack Daddy
13. Rayvon/Shaggy - Big Up

Groove Collective - Groove Collective 1994

Nice release from March of 1994.
1. Rentstrike
2. Balimka
3. Nerd
4. Rahsaanasong
5. Ms. Grier
6. Whatchugot
7. El' Golpé Avisa
8. Genji Monogatari
9. Buddha Head
10. Saturday Afternoon

Lowrider Video Soundtrack Volume 7 1994

1. A.L.T./JV/Kid Frost/Rocky Padilla/Slow Pain - Bump Dat Ass
2. C-Note - She's a Freak
3. Chicano Soul N Power/Soul & Power - Chicano 2 da Bone
4. JV/Slow Pain - One Night Stand
5. Deuce Mob - My 64
6. Kozme - Klip to da Krome
7. D Lyrical - Tales from the Blindside
8. A.L.T./S.O.L. - It's Madness
9. Latin Alliance/War - Low Rider (On the Boulevard)
10. Hispanic M.C.'s/War - Don't Let No One Get You Down
11. A.L.T. - All Night
12. Kid Frost - Thin Line
13. Deuce Mob - Latin Nights
14. Toddy Tee - Just Say No
15. Kid Frost - No Sunshine

The Crusaders - Groove Crusade 2003

1. Put It Where You Want It
2. Don't Let It Get You Down
3. Way Back Home
4. Street Life
5. Chain Reaction
6. Scratch [Live]
7. Creole
8. Greasy Spoon
9. I Felt the Love
10. Free as the Wind
11. So Far Away

Bulworth 1998

So I went used CD shopping after some crate digging turned up nada. Found some great stuff for $2 a pop, but this just rates as ok since it's the clean version. Enjoy track #2 which samples the 1983 country/pop hit (#1 for the year) "Islands in the Stream". The rest of the tracks aren't just throwaways since this was supposed to be a serious, social commentary flick. I think the film fails on some levels due to a generation gap more than anything else and ends up as kind of your Grandpa's version of Dangerous Minds for politics. Don't front on the soundtrack, though.


1. Dr. Dre & LL Cool J - Zoom
2. Mya/Ol' DB/Pras - Ghetto Supastar That Is What You Are
3. Canibus & Youssou N'Dour - How Come
4. Kam/KRS-One/Method Man/Prodigy - Bulworth (They Talk About It While We Live It)
5. Witchdoctor - Holiday/12 Scanner
6. RZA - The Chase
7. Eve - Eve of Destruction
8. Mack 10 & Ice Cube - Maniac in the Brainiac
9. Anonymou$/Nutta Butta - Freak Out
10. Black Eyed Peas - Joints & Jam
11. Cappadonna - Run
12. B Real - Lunatics in the Grass
13. Public Enemy - Kill Em Live
14. D-Fyne - _______ Are Hustlers Too

The Big Gundown - Reggae Inspired by Spaghetti Westerns 2004

It so happens I never posted reggae here until this post. This has been the hottest summer since 1998 around here so I guess the time is right. Without Jamaica I couldn't be a hip-hop fanatic so it's nice to see the U.S. give something back by the way of the Italian Western. You know how ridiculous those hip-hop westerns looked compared to the superior urban warrior movies? Trust me, Jamaican artists didn't make the same mistake. Will a few understand what I'm talking about? Or is it just the 100F/38C days getting to me? It's a rhetorical question. Don't even try to answer. Do listen to some good songs about money, love and death backed by cool reggae.

1. Sir Lord Comic - Django Shoots First
2. Crystalites - Dollar a Head
3. The Upsetters - Dollar in the Teeth
4. The Upsetters - Return of Django
5. Crystalites - A Fistful of Dollars
6. King Stitt - Lee Van Cleef
7. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Clint Eastwood
8. Crystalites - The Undertaker
9. Ramon & The Crystalites - The Overtaker
10. Ramon & The Crystalites - Undertaker's Burial
11. The Upsetters - For a Few Dollars More
12. Roy Richards - Death Rides a Horse
13. The Hippy Boys - Death Rides a Horse
14. Johnny Lover & The Destroyers - Franco Nero
15. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Kill Them All
16. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Eight for Eight
17. Crystalites - The Bad
18. Johnny Lover & The Destroyers - Nevada Joe
19. Crystalites - Stranger in Town
20. Eldorados - Savage Colt
21. Andy Capp - The Law
22. The Upsetters - A Taste of Killing
23. The Upsetters - Return of the Ugly
24. Lloyd Charmers - Dollars & Bonds
25. Lloyd Charmers - Vengeance
26. Joe White & The Crystalites - They Call Me Trinity

Next School Settin' an Example 1990

I have this theory that LONS took some of the shine off this group's success or lack thereof. Just listen to the title track with the Lord Jamar sample and tell me LONS didn't take the concept behind Next School to the next level and then some. LONS imploded after the second LP but Next School only released one full-length before moving on. Remember to pay your tuition if you enroll in Funk University.


1. Funk University
2. Kick The Base
3. Profits Of Unity
4. Settin' An Example
5. Girls, Girls, Girls
6. Take Me Home
7. Good To Go
8. Go Next School
9. Isn't It Funny
10. Young Adults
11. Versatylin' Stylin'
12. Next School Shuffle
13. United Nation