Appreciate: Rawkus Records.

[CRASH DDZ]

Artists

* Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
* Talib Kweli
* Mos Def
* Big L
* Cocoa Brovaz
* Company Flow
* El-P
* Sir Menelik / Cyclops4000
* Hi-Tek
* The High & Mighty
* Kool G. Rap
* Pharoahe Monch
* The Procussions
* Mr. J. Medeiros
* R.A. The Rugged Man
* Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek)
* Shawn J. Period
* Skillz
* Smut Peddlers
* Kidz in the Hall (Naledge & Double O)
* Panacea

Discography
Studio Albums

* 1997: Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
* 1998: Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
* 1999: Company Flow - Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1
* 1999: The High & Mighty- Home Field Advantage
* 1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
* 1999: Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
* 1999: DJ Spinna - Heavy Beats Volume 1
* 2000: Various - Hip Hop for Respect
* 2000: Big L - The Big Picture
* 2000: Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
* 2001: Smut Peddlers - Porn Again
* 2001: Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
* 2001: Da Beatminerz - Brace 4 Impak
* 2002: Mad Skillz - I Ain't Mad No More
* 2002: Talib Kweli - Quality
* 2004: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle
* 2006: Kidz in the Hall - School Was My Hustle
* 2006: Panacea - Ink Is My Drink
* 2007: Blue Scholars - Bayani
* 2007: Mr. J. Medeiros - Of Gods and Girls
* 2007: Marco Polo - Port Authority
* 2007: Panacea - The Scenic Route
* 2007: Point Blank - Don't Get Carried Away
* 2007: Hezekiah - I Predict A Riot
* 2007: Phenetiks - Revolutionary Non Pollutionary Mechanical Wonder
* 2010: Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute

Compilations

* 1997 Soundbombing
* 1998 Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
* 1999 Soundbombing 2
* 2000 Lyricist Lounge 2
* 2002 Soundbombing III
* 2005 Best of Decade I: 1995-2005


I got all info from wikipedia..Mistakes are on them ha ha...

Man, what a run of great records especially after the first 4 or so...

Soundbombing 1 may be the 2nd most played cd I own.

[truthaddict]

Weren't Smut Peddlers and High & Mighty on a different label?

[truthaddict]

Artists

* Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
* Talib Kweli
* Mos Def
* Big L
* Cocoa Brovaz
* Company Flow
* El-P
* Sir Menelik / Cyclops4000
* Hi-Tek
* The High & Mighty
* Kool G. Rap
* Pharoahe Monch
* The Procussions
* Mr. J. Medeiros
* R.A. The Rugged Man
* Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek)
* Shawn J. Period
* Skillz
* Smut Peddlers
* Kidz in the Hall (Naledge & Double O)
* Panacea

Compilations

* 1997 Soundbombing
* 1998 Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
* 1999 Soundbombing 2
* 2000 Lyricist Lounge 2
* 2002 Soundbombing III
* 2005 Best of Decade I: 1995-2005

I like these.

[CRASH DDZ]

Weren't Smut Peddlers and High & Mighty on a different label?

OTHER than yes.. I know I have some High and Mighty 12's on some record label I can't even recall (sun moon and star I think it was called?) They were on Rawkus/ Eastern Conference basically. Smut Peddlers was Rawkus/Priority.

[CRASH DDZ]

The only one I don't have or have never heard is J medrois and Shaw J Period because people with J in their names are assholes. (no basis in this other than J's I have known. All a bunch of dickbags.)
j/k..

Seriously tho I would like to peep the Shawn J.

I need a 12 list, anyone ? I need to g'head and rope off a Rawkus section in the stacks.. I already have but I need to see what's missing.

<<Dinosaur completest.

[A Kid]

i used to hate on Rawkus hard at first because it was always the lame whiteboys who never listened to hiphop acting like they knew more than me because they had a Rawkus shirt..trying to tell me im lame for bumping Raekwon and Nas and need to bump some BumRush Bros & shit...

needless to say Rawkus has a bunch of undeniable classics that will always be the shit to me.

[aleph]

Lol @ wiki. As is well documented, Company Flow jetted from Rawkus before they broke up, so EL-P was never down w/them as a solo artist.

Two things I wish materialized in Rawkus' heyday:

- Rawkus reported on their website back in 98/99 that Mos Def & Kweli heard an El-P beat in the Rawkus office one day (maybe something from Little Johnny), dug it and wanted to jack it for their own use. That would have been weird. In a good way.

- The El-P remix of Last Emp/RZA's He Lives. Probably still in El's vault. Probably a lawsuit from Rawkus waiting in the wings if it ever leaked.

[TheBigSleep]

I need a 12" list, anyone?

Don't know how complete or accurate this is but here ya go:

http://www.discogs.com/label/Rawkus

[Doc_Holliday]

The only one I don't have or have never heard is J medrois and Shaw J Period because people with J in their names are assholes. (no basis in this other than J's I have known. All a bunch of dickbags.)
j/k..

Seriously tho I would like to peep the Shawn J.

I need a 12 list, anyone ? I need to g'head and rope off a Rawkus section in the stacks.. I already have but I need to see what's missing.

<<Dinosaur completest.

Shawn J. was a part of some dope shit. This should get you started
http://www.thetroyblog.com/2009/06/10/s ... spotlight/

Props to Roy Johnson

[A Kid]

best/favortie rawkus album?

Reflection Eternal for me tho i cant stand Kweli

BOBS/Soundbombing II after that

[CRASH DDZ]

The only one I don't have or have never heard is J medrois and Shaw J Period because people with J in their names are assholes. (no basis in this other than J's I have known. All a bunch of dickbags.)
j/k..

Seriously tho I would like to peep the Shawn J.

I need a 12 list, anyone ? I need to g'head and rope off a Rawkus section in the stacks.. I already have but I need to see what's missing.

<<Dinosaur completest.

Shawn J. was a part of some dope shit. This should get you started
http://www.thetroyblog.com/2009/06/10/s ... spotlight/

Props to Roy Johnson

Good looks. I have a bunch of other Shawn J stuff just not this Rawkus record. I have some VHS docs where Shawn's breaking down stuff too.

I was deffly one of those Rawkus shirt wearing white boys but I'll try to steer ya into the good shit and not give a fuck about talking you out of whatever you already know and love.

My faves include SB 1 & 2, Funcrusher, Lyricist Lounge, Reflection Eternal, Home Base.. Let's just say was deffly a label fan.

[blessingindisguise]

Appreciated. I'm sure boom bap bork dinosaurs will come out of the woodwork and lurking new jacks will claim they were down after recent downloads. Nevertheless their appeciated and underestimating their core audience on Soundbombing 3 was a huge mistake. I hope one day we see another run like they had.

Anybody got those XXL mag scans of what went down at Rawkus by any chance?

[Kid That's Lifeless]

best/favortie rawkus album?

Funcrusher Plus



Black On Both Sides
Soundbombing II
Black Star


Internal Affairs

[battlecatmeowstab212]

Anyone have a collected file of the songs used for Soundbombing 1 without Evil Dee yelling over them?

[DLG]

best/favortie rawkus album?

Funcrusher Plus



Black On Both Sides
Soundbombing II
Black Star


Internal Affairs

[B. Ware tha Siniq]

best/favortie rawkus album?

Funcrusher Plus



Black On Both Sides
Black Star
Soundbombing II
Soundbombing I


Internal Affairs
Reflection Eternal

[Comedy Quaddafi]

The Giancanna stories bootleg is maybe my favorite. Some really fantastic songs on there.

[nickwoj]

my favorite has gotta be soundbombing 1. i followed a lot of the early 12"es as they came out so it was cool to get that cd with everything on it and the shit i didn't have. say what you want about the cats that ran rawkus but you can't take anything away from their discography in those first few years.

[B. Ware tha Siniq]

my favorite has gotta be soundbombing 1. i followed a lot of the early 12"es as they came out so it was cool to get that cd with everything on it and the shit i didn't have. say what you want about the cats that ran rawkus but you can't take anything away from their discography in those first few years.

If you take away Evil Dee from this release it might have been my favorite as well... or at least favorite after Funcrusher Plus

[drizzle]

the dream of the 90s is alive in oldmen

[Req]

Soundbombing II
Black on Both Sides
Black Star

[Lid]

best/favortie rawkus album?

Funcrusher
Sundbombing 1
soundbombing 2

[Busta Ry]

Speaking of Rawkus alumni - someone ripped a short lived stream, from the Duck Down website, of Pharoah's LP. I haven't heard it yet but I'm guessing the quality is poor, but it should make for a nice album sampler.

Not sure what the protocol is for throwing out links like that around here...

[drizzle]

not the best idea to post the link outright, if anybody wants it they can ask by pm

[A Kid]

i completely forgot about Funcrusher...the nazi mouth-rape scenario always brings it back

[myself]

I used to get postcards from Rawkus advertising the soon to be released Kool G Rap as well as a Company Flow followup. I think they were still sending me that shit after Co Flow brokeup and El was off starting Def Jux.

[A Kid]

when i was a young borkster i was extra heated when i copped that Little Johnny cd...like most idiots i thought they had a new album out. and those beats werent suitable for my young ears.

[Mark 563]

I was a Rawkus head from around the time of the second round of 12"s.

I never cared for the Poppa Kool Bear Breez / Rose Family joints, and got hooked with Shabaam Sahdeeq 'Arabian Nights', Sir Menelik 'Physical Jewels', Indelibles 'Fire In Which You Burn', Mos Def 'Universal Magnetic', Reflection Eternal 'Fortified Live', L-Fudge 'What If?', Brick City Kids 'Brick City Kids', Black Attack 'My Crown' - all the stuff that ended up on 'Soundbombing'.

I was also into the stuff they were doing with 'Lyricists Lounge 1' and 'Soundbombing 2' and copped all those singles too - Mos Def, Q-Tip & Tash 'Body Rock' 12", KRS One, Zach De La Rocha & Last Emporer 'CIA' 12", Common '1-9-9-9' 12", the 'Soundbombing 2' 12"s that made up a Subway train and the 12"s between those 2 periods, such as the Medina Green 'Cross Town Beef', Shabaam Sahdeeq '5 Star Generals', Black Star 'Definition', Thirstin Howl III "Brooklyn Hard Rock', High & Mighty 'B-Boy Document 99', DJ Spinna 'Rock'.

I still actively checked for all the Rawkus releases up untill the Mos Def & Pharoahe albums, but by then they were distributing more stuff from off-shoots and the quality was definitely questionable.

[CRASH DDZ]

the Thirstin Howl joints are some of my favorite ones too.

That discography list says D12 Shit On You / I Remember - Dedication To Whitey Ford (12") was a Rawkus record ? I have that somewhere and call bullshit as to it being on Rawkus? Am I right ?

[the dead poet]

off topic....but how was landspeeds stable? I was a youngster back then, but I remember a lot of dope shit coming from them.