De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State (1993)

Saw them on Monday and it was decent seeing them play a fair few songs off this album. People bang on about '3ft High' and '... is dead' all the time, but I still reckon this is the best. It's a far more mature and solid album than the first two, by finally managing to abondon all those skits and endless tracklists, De La pulled out something much tighter and more consistent. No idea why its so underrated , its insanely good. Just avoid track 6. Seriously, do.

All together now... "Mess up my mind, mess up my mind, mess up my mind with the eye patch!!"

De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State

1. Intro

2. Eye Patch

3. En Focus

4. Pattie Dookie

5. I Be Blowin'

6. Long Island Wildin'

7. Ego Trippin' (Part Two)

8. Paul's Revenge

9. 3 Days Later

10. Area

11. I Am, I Be

12. In The Woods

13. Breakadawn

14. Dave Has A Problem... Seriously

15. Stone Age

http://rapidshare.com/files/118644194/Buhloone_Mind_State.rar.html

The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973)

"Incredible Bongo Band's 'Apache' is hip hop's national anthem" - Hip Hop Connection

"A must in every record collection. I was just 7 years old, but I fell in love with the song immediately. Its one of those records that never leaves your brain. If you dont know Apache,you dont know hip-hop" - Pete Rock

Just the two songs here, if any of you want either album just leave a comment. Enjoy!

The incredible Bongo Band - Apache
http://rapidshare.com/files/116912890/Incredible_Bongo_Band_-_Apache.mp3.html

The Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It)

http://rapidshare.com/files/116915561/SugarHill_Gang_-_Apache.mp3.html

Cannibal Ox - The F-Word (2001)

Thought I should put this up along with The Cold Vein. The F-Word was the 2nd of the only two singles released from the album and easily one of the best tracks Can-O ever put out. Ever fallen for a friend? Everyone has. But only Vast Aire can put it so perfectly into words. Also comes with a few non-Cold Vein tracks and a great remix from Ex-Def Jukie RJD2.

Cannibal Ox - The F-Word

1. The F-Word [Original/Clean]

2. The F-Word [Remix/Clean]

3. Life's Ill [Dirty]

4. Metal Gear

5. The F-Word [Original/Instrumental]

6. The F-Word [Remix/Instrumental]

7. Life's Ill [Instrumental]

8. The F-Word [Original/Dirty]

9. The F-Word [Remix/Dirty]

http://rapidshare.com/files/116023721/The_F-Word.rar.html

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)

I guess it was only a matter of time before I put this up here. Has to be one the best hip-hop albums ever released and possibly my personal favourite. This record is the perfect combination of two incredible lyricists and a producer with a vision. El-P's dark, noise laden, dense beats form the distorted backdrop for Vast Aire and Vordul's journey through the gritty, urban nightmare of modern New York. Easily the best thing that Def Jux ever put out and the pinacle of Vast, Vordul and El-P's work to date. How could they ever live up to this? A deep, dark brooding masterpiece rarely seen in modern urban music.

"put a mic in front of me, and I'm gonna bless it hummingbird style, seventy times in one second"

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
1. Iron Galaxy
2. Ox Out The Cage
3. Atom
4. A B-Boy's Alpha
5. Raspberry Fields
6. Straight Of The DIC
7. Vein
8. The F Word
9. Stress Rap
10. Battle For Asgard
11. Real Earth
12. Ridiculoid
13. Painkillers
14. Pigeon
15. Scream Phoenix

http://www.sendspace.com/file/85cd5z

Girl Talk - Night Ripper (2006)

Not normally too into mash-up albums, but this one is brilliant. Great party music, inventive, entertaining and danceable. This guy must have OCD.

Girl Talk - Night Ripper

1. Once Again
2. That’s My DJ
3. Hold Up
4. Too Deep
5. Smash Your Head
6. Minute By Minute
7. Ask About Me
8. Summer Smoke
9. Friday Night
10. Hand Clap
11. Give and Go
12. Bounce That
13. Warm It Up
14. Double Pump
15. Overtime
16. Peak Out

http://rapidshare.com/files/112852841/Night_Ripper.zip.html

Flevans - Make New Friends (2004)

This is brilliant. If you like Mr. Scruff, or anything on Ninja Tunes, or Tru Thoughts, or music in general, or you have a sense of humour, or ears, or feet; then you should probably have this album.

Flevans - Make New Friends
1. Begin Again
2. Hey Mr Bundle
3. Me And My Moody
4. Get Caribou
5. Small Room Syndrome
6. Lay It Down
7. Dinner With Boskins
8. Out To Lunch
9. Definitive Sweep
10. Dumb Ballad

http://rapidshare.com/files/107813019/Make_New_Friends.rar.html

Blockhead - Music By Cavelight (2004)

Beautiful. Epic. Beats. This is essential.

Blockhead - Music By Cavelight

1. Insomniac Olympics
2. Canivores Unite
3. You've Got Maelstrom
4. Sunday Seance
5. A Better Place
6. Road Rage Breakdown
7. Triptych, Part 1
8. Triptych, Part 2
9. Triptych, Part 3
10. Jet Son
11. Breath And Start
12. Music By Cavelight

http://rapidshare.com/files/99260521/BLKHDMVSBYCVLGHT.zip

Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art (2007)

This album somehow managed to slip under the radar last year, but its easily one of the best hip-hop releases in a long long time. This is the future sound of hip-hop; beautiful electronic soundscapes and erratic beats, hypnotic melodies and funky acid bass lines, with intelligent, flowing lyrics and themes. I haven't heard anything like it before and I doubt I will for at least ten years, its that far ahead of its time. It sounds like a moog in a washing machine. But good.

Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art

1. Gorilla Mash

2. Light Years Away

3. Lets Go ft. MF Doom

4. Changes

5. Nahuma

6. Opr8r

7. BuddaFly Away

8. Unamed

9. It lives On ft. Count Bass D

10. So Much (Chaos) ft. Lil Sci

11. Buzz Around Town

12. They Dont Know ft. Stacy Epps

13. Bopper Blocker

14. Electric Blue

15. Mermaid (Outro)

16. It Aint Dead!!

17. Beast From Da East

18. Lullabanger (Thelonius Dedication)

19. Viberian Sun

20. There 4 Me

21. Stiff Robots & Drunken Horses

22. Solo (Underwater) ft. Deborah Jordan

23. 12C

http://http://rapidshare.com/files/105310885/Craft_Of_The_Lost_Art.rar.html