1. Status
2. Do My Thing
3. 7 Degrees Of Elevation
4. The Architect
5. Do I Come Off?
6. Forever (My Lady)
7. Stuck Off The Realness
8. Inverted
9. Listen Close
10. Colors Of Death
11. Sleep
12. Rip Dat
13. Memories
14. Assuming Dat
15. Step Up Front feat. Mega Rat
16. Sadistic
17. Burn (Original Version)
Just came across this at UGHH. First I've heard of it, and needless to say I'm pretty stoked. I know there's some big Don fans here, so I thought others might be interested. Here's the link: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/ ... C=NSR002CD.In the early 90s heyday of NYC underground, few emcees could ever claim to have reached the status of Godfather Don. Already having debuted in 1991 with his Select Records LP גHazardousג, Don became a legendary fixture in 1993 after he started collaborating with The Ultramagnetic MCגs and most specifically, Kool Keith. Gaining worldwide notoriety by producing and guest appearing on the גRaise It Upג single off of Ultraגs גFour Horsemenג LP, Don and Kool Keith soon combined to form a unique, creative project called The Cenubites. They recorded dozens of demos and promos and appeared frequently on the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show to rhyme, play tracks, and co-host. While Don was enjoying this mid-Nineties reemergence as a recording artist, he was also excelling as a producer. Alongside V.I.C. (of Beatnuts fame) he formed The Groove Merchantz, and the duo produced and remixed tracks for the likes of Nas, House Of Pain, Kurious, and others. Around 1995, Godfather Don also started recording a series of 12ג records on Queens, NYC indie label, Hydra Records. Tracks like גProperties Of Steelג and גPiece Of The Actionג continued to cement Godfather Don as one of the great emcee/producers on the underground. These releases culminated in 1998 with the release of Donגs second LP גDiaboliqueג. That album and the 1995 release of The Cenubite project on Bobittoגs Fondle Emג label are now extremely rare and both are considered essential to anyone who enjoyed classic underground Hip Hop. Don has put down the mic in recent years, but in response to a growing demand, he has agreed with No Sleep Recordings to finally unearth 17 vintage recordings done during the Cenubite and early Hydra era. Some of these were played at times on the Stretch and Bobitto show and have been sought after by collectors for years. Finally available on CD, these songs are all produced by Don and feature the complex flow and wordplay that made him a fan favorite in the underground. Sure to be as rare as his first two releases, this is underground Hip Hop at itגs finestג¦
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