RIP D.J. AM

MAN I JUST HEARD THE NEWS.. THE PARTY ROCKIN', SNEAKER HEAD HAS PASSED...
REST IN POWER DJ AM...

THE MICROPHONE MASTERS MID 80'S LOS ANGELES HIPHOP

AS A COLLECTOR OF HIPHOP MUSIC, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH EARLY RECORDINGS OF AN ARTIST OR GROUPS, BACK IN 1997 I MET AN M.C./GRAFITTI ARTIST BY THE NAME OF MARK7 FROM LOS ANGELES, HE WAS RECORDING A PROJECT AT THE STUDIO I WAS WORKING AT. MARK7 AND I HAD THE SAME VISION AS INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST, SO WE DECIDED TO CO-LAB ON A 12 INCH RECORD TOGETHER. HE HAD A FRIEND NAMED URG7 WHO HAD JUST PUT OUT A RECORD AND KNEW HOW TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY , SO WE ALL MET IN HOLLYWOOD TO CONNECT, WEEKS LATER WE RELEASED THE CO-LAB SERIES #1..LONG STORY SHORT, URG7 AND I DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO HIS CREW THE UNDAGROUND ASIATICS LEAD BY D.J. KALLY BOOM SHABAZZ. YEARS PASS AND URG7 MENTIONS A 12 INCH FROM 1987 THAT CAME OUT, FROM HIS OLD GROUP HIM AND SHABAZZ WERE IN CALLED THE MICROMASTERS. SO NOW I'M ON THE HUNT FOR THAT A RECORD, IN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO I FOUND THAT RECORD. MONTHS PASS AND ONE DAY, URG AND I ARE CHIILIN' AND I ASK HIM ABOUT THE MICROPHONE MASTERS AND HE TELLS ME HIS MEMORIES OF THE GROUP. HE ALSO TELLS ME HE MAY HAVE SOME OLD CASSETTES OF THEIR EARLY RECORDINGS. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ARCHIVE GET READY FOR A LESSON IN MID 80'S LOS ANGELES HIPHOP .........MAX

ONCE UPON A TIME IN COMPTON,THERE WERE A CREW OF HIPHOP HEADS CALLED THE SCRATCH PATROL,FEATURING THE OOM BROTHA'S,KID BOOM,DR.DOOM & DEE JAY ZOOM,THEY RAN INTO A KIDD WHO CALLED HIMSELF PRINCE & THE REST IS
HISTORY,THE MICROPHONE MASTERS AS A CREW CONSISTED OF 3 MAIN MEMBER'S DOCTOR DOOM, KID BOOM, EGYPTIAN PRINCE,WE USE TO GET TOGETHER WEEKLY & DO A TAPE,JUST BASICALLY RECORD SONGS STRAIGHT TO A CASSETTE DECK,NO PUNCH IN'S OR RE-TAKES WHAT WE DID IS WHAT U GOT,ANYWAY K.B.(KID BOOM) USE TO SELL THE TAPES AT OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND WE WOULD MAKE CLOSE TO $80 TO $100 DOLLARS A WEEK.WE WERE ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS UNDERGROUND CREW'S IN COMPTON,AND OFTEN DRAWING DJ'S,RAPPER'S & PRODUCER'S FROM OTHER CREW'S THAT WANTED TO BE DOWN WITH THE SOUND.

KID BOOM & EGYPTIAN PRINCE HOOKED UP IN JR.HIGH AT WILLOWBROOK IN COMPTON,THEY ALSO LATER ATTENDED CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN COMPTON WHERE THEY MET THE 3RD MALE RAPPER TO EVENTUALLY JOIN THE CREW,RAP-O-MATIC,KID BOOM & DR.DOOM KNEW EACH OTHER FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD,THE CREW WOULD SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS RECORDING IN COMPTON ON 132 ND ST AT KID BOOM'S PAD. TALENT SHOWS, AND TAPE AFTER TAPE THEY GOT BETTER AS A UNIT,THE CREW SOON CHANGED WHEN DUE TO FAMILY ISSUES RAP-O-MATIC HAD TO LEAVE THE GROUP,THE CREW SOON REPLACED HIM, WITH WHAT SOME CALLED A BOLD MOVE,A FEMALE M.C. ,RAPPIN REE'CEE,NOW THE CREW WAS MADE UP OF 3 MALES & A FEMALE,KID BOOM,DR.DOOM,THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE & RAPPIN REE'CEE BECAME THE MICROPHONE MASTERS.
THE GROUP STAYED IN THE STUDIO MAKING MUSIC & RECORDING,CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF HOTT SONGS ,TOO COLD CHILLIN WHICH AT THE TIME WE RAPPED OVER AN ICE-T INSTRUMENTAL "COLD WIND MADNESS", & FRANCINE, A FEMALE INSPIRED SONG THAT WAS INSPIRED BY THIS FEMALE K.B. MET AT GRADNITE NAMED MAXINE,THESE TWO SONGS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A INDY HOLLYWOOD BASED LABEL CALLED "ECLIPSE RECORDS" THEY LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD ON THE DEMO TAPE AND WANTED TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER A SITUATION,WE SIGNED CONTRACT'S & STARTED WORKING ON THE 1ST RECORD,1 YEAR AFTER GRADUATION
WE WERE ALL THRILLED,WE WERE PLACED TO WORK WITH TWO PRODUCERS WHO WERE BROTHERS KNOWN AS THE "FOWLER BROTHERS" ORIGINALLY K.B. DID ALL HIS BEATS ON A DR. RHYTHM OR A ROLAND 808 AND I REMEMBER BEING IN THE STUDIO & THE PRODUCER WOULD TELL US THE BASS WAS DISTORTED,BUT WE WOULD LAUGH BECAUSE WE WANTED IT TO SOUND THAT WAY,OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH OR TWO THE RECORDS WERE DONE, SIDE A TOO COLD CHILLIN AND SIDE B-FRANCINE, & THE GROUP WAS ON THE ROAD TO GO & DO THE 1989 URBAN MUSIC AWARDS IN CLEVELAND OHIO,WITH NAMES SUCH AS...U.T.F.O L.A. DREAM TEAM,LEVERT,S.O.S. BAND & OTHERS ,THIS WAS A FUN TIME & A HUGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE,THE SINGLE DID WELL,ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM WIT "FRANCINE" IT SEEM'S SOME OF THE RADIO DEE-JAY'S THOUGHT THEY HEARD PROFANITY ON THE RECORD SO OF COURSE KID BOOM WENT BACK IN THE STUDIO & MADE SURE THE SCRATCHES SOUNDED LIKE WHAT IT WAS REALLY SAYING,"ALL STUCK UP" & NOT( ALL FUCKED UP). RAPPIN REE'CEE BROUGHT A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC TO THE CREW,WITH HER COMMANDING VOICE,POTENT LYRIC'S & PUNCHLINES & THE FAMOUS ROLL OF HER TONGUE,A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVED THE FORMULA WE CREATED TOGETHER,THE RECORDINGS COLLECTED HERE ARE THE MOST RAW & UN-CUT VERSIONS OF PREVIOUSLY UN-RELEASED MATERIAL THAT WERE SOME OF THE FINAL COLLECTIVE EFFORT'S OF THE GROUP,WHO'S FAN BASE STRETCHES FROM,SWITZERLAND TO BOSTON TO JAPAN,THE MICROPHONE MASTERS CREW,& AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THEY STILL KEEP IN TOUCH. THANKS TO THE FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO BELIEVED & SUPPORTED US.

URG7 (THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE)
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MY PLAN OF ATTACK: INTRODUCING KEE STRATAGEE

THIS IS KEE STRATAGEE'S DEBUT SINGLE "GET EM' " FROM HIS UPCOMING RELEASE ESREVER THE WOLF....

ENJOY THE FREE SINGLE AND BUY THE ALBUM WHEN IT DROPS!!!

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MY BROTHER KRAM THE EVIL TWIN: KRAM NEVES

A MID TOWN MID CITY , LOS ANGELES CLASSIC...KRAM'S DEBUT CASSETTE " THE BIZARRO THEORY 1997. THIS IS MY CONNECTION TO KRAM NEVES, I MET KRAM AT A RECORDING STUDIO IN 1997 THIS WAS MY FIRST PROJECT I MIXED...AFTER THAT ME,THE NOTHING AND HIM CAME UP WITH THE CO-LAB SERIES VINYL PROJECTS. THERE'S A STORY ABOUT THE WHOLE BIZARRO CONCEPT, MAYBE I'LL HAVE KRAM TELL THAT STORY........

ENJOY....THIS A CASSETTE RIP RIPPED BY ME A BRAND NEW SEALED COPY..

MAN OF REAL SIDE A:

CHANGED IS GONA COME

EMCEES CRUMBLE feat: LORD ZEN (VISIONARIES)

AM WHAT I AM

I'M THE...feat: FLETCH THE PRAYMANTIS (A.K.A TWO B,THE BELOVED..ECT.ECT

SET OUT IN THE DARK

EVIL TWIN SIDE B:

BIZARRO'S REVENGE

HOMEY NO MORE

CLUEZ

D.E.F.E.C.T.

SIDE SHOW STRUGGLAS feat: DR.OOP

BIZAR WORLD

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RECORDS ARE FOREVER

GET ONE WHILE YOU CAN

VOL.2 THE BREAKROOM REMIXES...ENJOY

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ENJOY....VOL.2

NO MORE WIRE HANGERS VIDEO REMIX..EMINEM

ANOTHER BREAKROOM EXCLUSIVE!!!!
MY GOOD FRIEND HOOKED THIS UP FOR ME...ENJOY

B-SIDE TO VOL.1 BLACKALICIOUS

ON A RAINY DAY REMIX.....

ENJOY ......MAX

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CLEANIN' OUT MY CLOSET.....CONGRATS MARSHALL..

EVERYONE KNOWS HIS ALBUMS OUT TODAY,BUT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS EXCLUSIVE "BREAKROOM REMIX".....(HERE'S A LITTLE STORY THAT MUST BE TOLD).......OK THE YEAR IS 1997 I'M INVITED TO RAP SHEET CONVENTION

WITH MY FRIEND KANETIC SOURCE, WHO I WAS ALSO D.J.ING AND PRODUCING (THAT'S ANOTHER STORY I'LL TELL LATER). I WAS FEELING GOOD BECAUSE I WAS SELLING MY NEW COMPILATION, "TURNTABLES DIARIES VOL.1" CASSETTE AND KANETIC AND I HAD A 12 INCH
, WHICH I PRODUCED THE B-SIDE. THIS WAS THE RAP OLYMPICS BATTLE NIGHT. SO I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE DOPE...SO I'M IN THE SPOT SELLING AND GIVING AWAY TAPES AND VINYL, NETWORKING ETC...I RUN IN TO THIS DUDE (MARC KEMPH) THAT IS MANAGING THIS ARTIST AND HAS SOME SORT OF MAGAZINE BACK EAST SOMEWHERE..SO MY NETWORKING TACTICS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME "IF YOU LIKE IT ,U LIKE IT ,IF YOU DONT ,U DONT" BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT PLEASE LET KNOW WHAT YOU THINK GOOD OR BAD.
WE EXCHANGE INFO AND IM OFF TO GRIND...A FEW MINUTES LATER I APPROACH THIS KID SITTING UP AGAINST THE WALL TO SEE IF HE'S INTRUSTED IN BUYING SOME HIPHOP MUSIC...HE SAID I'M BROKE AND I SAID ME TOO...HE OFFERS TO TRADE ME FOR ONE OF HIS TAPES SO WE DO. I'M LIKE "I JUST GOT THIS TAPE FROM YOUR MANAGER". BUT IM A HIPHOP COLLECTOR SO I KEEP AND TAKE EVERYTHING GOOD OR WACK. ITS LIKE HAVING 2 OF THE SAME RECORDS....HE ASKED IF I WAS FROM CALI AND I SAID YES , HE WAS FROM DETROIT. WE GIVE POUNDS AND IM OUT......THE REST IS HISTORY .THAT WAS A GREAT HIPHOP NIGHT....AND ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF HIPHOP...NOT BECAUSE OF EMINEM, BECAUSE THAT NIGHT I SAW GREATS LIKE (M.C. EIHT, KING-TEE, J.U.I.C.E.,ACEYALONE) BUT I MUST SAY EMINEM WAS INCREDIBLE ..I HATE TO SAY HE REALLY BEAT OTHER-WISE BUT HE DID.........................................M.A.X. P.S. WE ROCKED HIS CASSETTE ALL THE WAY BACK TO SAN BERNARDINO A FEW TIMES, IT WAS DOPE AS FUCK EXCELLENT WORD PLAY....EVERYONE WHO HEARD THAT TAPE WAS BEGGING FOR A DUBB COPY, MARC KEMPH ALSO CALLED ME AND SAID HE WAS GONNA FEAT. MY TAPE IN HIS MAG TOO BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING.

THIS IS FROM A SERIES OF REMIXES I DID A LONG TIME AGO ..ENJOY

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IT AIN'T THE LAND OF THE LOST BUT IT'S A HISTORY LESSON......CHA CHA CHA CHAKA ONE

HE RECENTLY HAD A SHOW... I WISH I COULD OF MADE IT



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