Friday, September 4, 2009

A Love Supreme

I found the following article, and think it's a really interesting, well-composed read, credit to Nick Dagan Best.

The page: http://www.astrologyforthesoul.com/creativelives/johncoltrane.html

John Coltrane:

A Love Supreme
Recurrence Transits
and the Jupiter-Neptune Opposition


On December 9, 1964, jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and the members of his quartet entered a recording studio in Englewood Cliffs NJ at 8:00 p.m. for a four and a half hour session. The music he taped that night - his classic, spiritually inspired suite A Love Supreme - was conceived and performed as a personal testimony to God. 

A Love Supreme session chart:
December 9, 1964, 8:00 p.m., Englewood Cliffs NJ
“All Made From One”

As a composer and instrumentalist, Coltrane used music not only to express himself emotionally, but also to communicate spiritual and ideological concepts through non-verbal means. A consummate innovator, he was always discovering new sources of inspiration.

For A Love Supreme, he adapted musical passages from lyrical structures (1) – specifically, the suite’s title itself as well as the text of a poem Coltrane included in the album’s packaging. This approach to composition enabled him to transcend music’s abstract quality and speak directly to his listeners.

The suite’s first section, Acknowledgement, explores a three-note, four-beat melody (based on the suite’s title: a-love-su-preme) that, at the piece’s climax, Coltrane randomly repeats in all twelve Western musical keys. According to jazz scholar Lewis Porter, this was done to convey a particular spiritual message: “he’s telling us God is everywhere – in every register, in every key.” (2)

Also, during Psalm, the suite’s final section, Coltrane’s improvisation was based on the rhythmic pattern of the poem included on the album jacket. Again, always purposeful, he explained in the liner notes, “Words, sounds, speech, men, memory, thoughts, fears and emotions – time all related...all made from one.”(3)
Spiritual Awakening

In A Love Supreme’s liner notes, Coltrane refers back to an epiphany he had seven years earlier as the suite’s source of inspiration: 

“During the year 1957, I experienced by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music.” (4)

In early May 1957, Coltrane retreated for a two-week stay at his mother’s house in Philadelphia, to tackle his substance abuse problems - specifically alcohol and heroin addiction. He had just been fired for a second time from Miles Davis’ quintet, with whom he had been playing for a year and a half, due to his habits having compromised his playing ability. 

Davis, himself a recovered heroin addict, had been willing to overlook his musicians’ habits – to a degree. But as he described Coltrane at the time he was fired, “Here was Trane (Coltrane) up on the bandstand sometimes nodding out...he’d be playing in clothes that looked like he had slept in them for days, all wrinkled up and dirty...showing up late, sometimes not at all.” (5)

Coltrane’s subsequent musical growth after emerging clean and sober from his two-week spell in Philadelphia was nothing short of miraculous. Over the next few months, he played in composer Thelonious Monk’s band, and also recorded his first classic solo album, Blue Train. By the end of 1957, Miles Davis was so impressed with Coltrane’s development, he invited him to re-join his group.

Coltrane remained in Davis’ band for another two years, where they recorded some of the most memorable music in jazz history. Once Coltrane went out on his solo career in 1960, it wasn’t long before his own group eclipsed Davis’ as one of the most popular and influential bands around.
A Love Supreme

On June 29, 1964, five months before recording A Love Supreme, Coltrane was saddenned by news of the mysterious accidental death of his good friend, multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. Dolphy, who had been in Coltrane’s band during 1961 and had since played with him intermittently, though never diagnosed with diabetes, died of insulin shock in a Berlin hotel room. 

Curiously, just two months after Dolphy’s death, on August 26, 1964, Coltrane’s first son, John W. Coltrane, was born. Immediately following the birth, in early September, Coltrane disappeared into his workshop, emerging a few days later with the completed score for A Love Supreme. 

It is no simple coincidence that Coltrane’s compositional tribute followed a personal experience with the cycles of both death and birth. A Love Supreme expressed his spiritual gratitude not only for his musical gift, but for the second chance he had been given to make something of his life.

From his awakening of May 1957 to his death ten years and two months later, Coltrane was relentless in the pursuit of his musical vision. His dedication to music was so intense that, during nightclub engagements, he was known to continue practicing in the bathroom between sets. 

Having faced his mortality at the hands of self-destruction, then through Dolphy’s tragic end, Coltrane had learned to make the most of life’s brief and cherished opportunities. In gratitude for his gift, he made A Love Supreme as “a humble offering to Him.” (6)
Recurrence Transits

The story of Coltrane’s musical life leading to the recording of A Love Supreme can be used to demonstrate the use of recurrence transits in astrology. 

Most astrology books and articles that discuss planetary transits to a natal chart usually refer to what I call “zodiacal contact”. If, for instance, someone has the planet Jupiter at, say, the 13th degree of Leo in their natal chart, and the planet Neptune comes around by transit and moves to the same degree of the opposite sign (Aquarius), then any astrologer will tell you that the person has just had a Neptune to Jupiter opposition transit.

However, recurrence transits refer to times when specific planetary combinations (aspects), such as Jupiter-Neptune oppositions, are repeated in the sky on a given day or series of days. 

If someone has a Jupiter-Neptune opposition in his or her natal chart, and Jupiter and Neptune are opposite at a given time, then that person’s natal opposition gets “activated”. That is, there is some form of event or set of circumstances that somehow reflects whatever the Jupiter-Neptune opposition means in that person’s life. 

What is special about the recurrence transit is the fact that this “activation” will occur even if the transiting aspect doesn’t make any kind of contact or aspect to a point in that person’s chart. Needless to say, if someone has a recurrence transit of any kind that does make “zodiacal contact” to a given point in that person’s chart, then it is likely to coincide with something really big in his/her life. 
Jupiter-Neptune Opposition

John Coltrane has a Jupiter-Neptune opposition in his horoscope (in Aquarius and Leo, respectively), in a grand cross configuration (i.e. two oppositions square to each other) with another planetary opposition: Mars in Taurus and Saturn in Scorpio.

Jupiter and Neptune were also in opposition during the recording of A Love Supreme. As Jupiter’s cycle lasts around twelve years, Jupiter-Neptune oppositions occur every twelve to thirteen years. Both Jupiter and Neptune are often associated with spiritual qualities, though with important distinctions between them: 

Jupiter has more to do specifically with one’s relationship with the universe, a supreme consciousness and/or a deity/deities. Jupiter’s character, by virtue of representing a sort of “unbroken” or “eternal” principle, is related to faith itself, in that it signifies anything that an individual believes to be true – our “relationship” with eternity. 

In a personal horoscope, Jupiter represents an individual’s sense of favor or disfavor with these forces, hence it is also associated with matters like luck and personal confidence.

Neptune, on the other hand, represents “universality”, an awareness of all life as a connected whole. Neptunian spirituality has more to do with the spirit that links human consciousness: culturally, politically and spiritually. Neptune blurs the lines of distinction between the individual and the masses, and at a higher level, between humanity and the universe.

The Jupiter-Neptune opposition in a given horoscope represents a polarity between one’s personal faith and the zeitgeist that appears to be governed by the greater human collective. An individual with this configuration is driven to reconcile one’s spiritual life with the force of the human collective. 
Acknowledgement

The Jupiter-Neptune opposition, relative to Coltrane’s horoscope, has much to do with his spiritual concerns, which were inextricably connected to his musical life. 

He told interviewer Frank Kofsky in 1966, “...I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening. I feel it expresses the whole thing – the whole of human experience at the time that it is being expressed.” (7) 

Both of Coltrane’s grandfathers had been Methodist ministers, and his upbringing included regular Sunday visits to church. His maternal grandfather, Reverend William Wilson Blair, was a community leader with a strong academic presence and had a particular influence on Coltrane’s spiritual sense, as well his intellectual curiosity. 

As he told a Japanese interviewer in 1966, “I am (Christian) by birth; my parents were and my early teachings were Christian. But as I look upon the world, I feel all men know the truth. If a man was a Christian, he could know the truth and he could not. The truth itself does not have any name on it. And each man has to find it for himself, I think.” (8)

As an adult Coltrane read all kinds of spiritual texts, from the Bhagavad-Gita to the Torah – he was even interested in astrology, as evidenced by such composition titles as Equinox and Fifth House, as well as a whole album, Interstellar Space, with musical sections named after each of the planets. 
Connected at Birth and Re-birth

Coltrane began playing the clarinet for his school band in the fall of 1938. On December 11, 1938, his grandfather, Reverend Blair, died - followed in the next few months by the death of Coltrane’s father, uncle and grandmother. Thirteen year-old Coltrane’s profound sense of loss drove him further into practicing his new instrument, setting him firmly on the long path to musical mastery.

Interestingly, Coltrane’s long-time pianist, McCoy Tyner – who played with Coltrane from 1960-1965 – was actually born on December 11, 1938 – the exact day Coltrane suffered from the first of three deaths in his family. Tyner had actually first played live with Coltrane at a local club in Philadelphia in May 1957, just as he had emerged from his self-enforced addiction recovery.

McCoy Tyner:
December 11, 1938, time unknown, Philadelphia PA

These coincidences that connect Tyner to important times in Coltrane’s life reflect the tremendous musical bond they shared. As the death of Coltrane’s grandfather represented a sort of symbolic birth of his musical life (though he had begun playing his instrument about three months previously), Tyner represented a sort of “twin” to that life. 

Given Coltrane’s interests and beliefs, it is not a stretch to suggest he may have viewed Tyner – a devout orthodox Muslim – as an extension or possibly even a new incarnation of his late, religious grandfather. Regardless, Tyner ‘s musical value was clearly felt by Coltrane, having been his first choice for a pianist (9) once he left Davis’ band, and the first member of his eventual classic quartet to join up.

Note that, like Coltrane, Tyner’s natal Jupiter is in Aquarius. However, Tyner’s natal Jupiter is much closer in opposition to Coltrane’s natal Neptune than Coltrane’s own natal Jupiter, which is about seven degrees apart from an exact opposition. Indeed, Tyner’s added presence – the implied incarnation of Reverend Blair - emphasized the music’s spiritual power.
Resolution

In expressing his sense of the distinct polarity between Jupiter and Neptune during the opposition recurrence transit, Coltrane produced the sound of “a man facing God with the gift of his music.” (10)

Sparked by the incidents of death and birth in his life, he was compelled to communicate his vision of spiritual life through his music: the omnipresent power of a supreme consciousness, the universe as a loving creator – what he called “a love supreme”.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Smug Army


I'll be brief about this.

WE SO SMUG

The curtain raiser

To make my start here, I'll kick things off by posting a marvellous compilation I found, namely 1979-2006: A Hip-Hop Odyssey by Jaguar Skills and Lord Basis Supreme. It's a nice, chronologically organized compilation, and I reckon a trip to nostalgia-land to many, myself included.

The list from start to end:


Jaguar Skills Intro.
King Tim III (Personality Jock) – The Fatback Band
Sugahill Gang – Rappers Delight – The Sugar Hill Gang
Rapping & Rocking The House – Funky 4+1
Zulu Nation Throwdown – Afrika Bambaata And The Cosmic Force
High Powered Rap – Crash Crew
8th Wonder – The Sugar Hill Gang
The Breaks [Long Version] – Kurtis Blow
Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll – Vaughan Mason & Crew
Monster Jam – Spoonie Gee & Sequence
Apache (version) – The Sugar Hill Gang
That’s The Joint – Funky Four Plus One
Genius Rap – Dr. Jeckel
Super Rhymes – Jimmy Spicer
Heartbeat – Taana Gardner
Rockin’ It – The Fearless Four
The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Buffalo Gals – Malcolm McLaren
Scorpio – Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
Magic’s Wand – Whodini
Jam On It – Newcleus
White Lines (Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
Break Dance – Electric Boogie – The West Street Mob
Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
It’s Like That – Run-DMC
Rockbox – Run DMC
Sucker M.C.‘s (Krush-Groove 1) – Run-D.M.C.
Beat Street Breakdown – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Step Off (Part 1) – The Furious Five, Featuring Cowboy, Melle Mel & Scorpio
It’s Yours – T. Rocks
I Need A Beat – LL Cool J
Old School Rap – Roxanne Roxanne (UTFO)
Beat Street Breakdown – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Step Off (Part 1) – The Furious Five, Featuring Cowboy, Melle Mel & Scorpio
King Of Rock – Run-D.M.C.
Rock The Bells (Original Version) – LL Cool J
La Di Da Di – Dougie Fresh Ft. Ricky D
Just Buggin’ – Whistle
PSK What Does it Mean (1) – Schooly D
I Can’t Live Without My Radio – LL Cool J
If I Ruled The World [Long Version] – Kurtis Blow
Rockbox – Run DMC
PSK What Does it Mean (1) – Schooly D
La Di Da Di – Dougie Fresh Ft. Ricky D
King Of Rock – Run-D.M.C.
Just Buggin’ – Whistle
If I Ruled The World [Long Version] – Kurtis Blow
It’s A Demo – Kool G Rap and DJ Polo
South Bronx – Boogie Down Productions
Ego Trippin’ (MCs Ultra Remix) – Ultramagnetic Mcs
Eric B Is The President – Eric B. & Rakim
Beastie Boys – 1Hold It Now, Hit It
South Bronx – Boogie Down Productions
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothin But Trouble
Check Out My Melody – Eric B. and Rakim
Top Billing – Audio Two
I Know You Got Soul – Eric B & Rakim
Raw Feat. Big Daddy Kane (Extended Alternate Version)
Bring The Noise Public Enemy
Last Night – Kid ‘N Play
Nobody Beats The Biz – Biz Markie
I Ain’t No Joke – Eric B & Rakim
Tramp – Salt-N-Pepa
The Bridge Is Over – Boogie Down Productions
It’s My Thing – EPMD
Rebel Without A Pause – Public Enemy
It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
The 900 Number – The 45 King
Paid In Full (Coldcut 7 Minutes Of Madness Mix) – Eric B And Rakim
Plug Tunin’ (Original 12" Version) – De La Soul
You Gots To Chill – EPMD
Run’s House – Run-D.M.C.
Don’t Believe The Hype – Public Enemy
Microphone Fiend – Rakim
Biz Is Goin’ Off – Biz Markie
Droppin’ Science – Craig G.
Beats To The Rhyme – Run-DMC
My Philosophy – Boogie Down Productions
Paper Thin – MC Lyte
King Of The Beats – Mantronix
The Symphony (Feat. Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G. Rap and Bi – Marley Marl
Vapors – Biz Markie
Talkin’ All That Jazz – Stetsasonic
Children’s Story – Slick Rick
So Wat Cha Sayin’ – EPMD
Just A Friend – Biz Markie
Why Is That – 3x Dope
Straight Outta Compton – NWA
It’s Funky Enough – The D.O.C.
Eazy-er Said Than Dunn – Eazy E
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Mix) – De La Soul
To the Max – Stezo
Big Ole Butt – LL Cool J
Words I Manifest (Remix) – Gangstarr
Dowutchyalike – Digital Underground
The Gas Face – 3rd Bass featuring Zev Love X
Fight The Power – Public Enemy
Droppin’ It – The Bizzie Boys
Cha, Cha, Cha – MC Lyte
Ya Bad Chubbs – Chubb Rock
Court Is In Session – Chill Rob G
Steppin’ To The A.M. – 3rd Bass
You Played Yourself – Ice-T
Self Destruction – Stop The Violence Movement
Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ – BDP
Wild Thing – Tone Loc
Express Yourself – NWA
To the Max – Stezo
Children’s Story – Slick Rick
A Bitch Iz A Bitch – NWA
Atom – Main Source
Smooth Operator – Big Daddy Kane
In Control Of Things – YZ
Thinking Of A Master Plan – YZ
Early To Rise – Nice & Smooth
Hey Ladies – Beastie Boys
Shake Your Rump – Beastie Boys
Welcome To The Terrordome – Public Enemy
The Humpty Dance Digital Underground
Gold Digger EPMD
Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling) LL Cool J
Looking at the Front Door Main Source
Love’s Gonna Get ‘Cha (Material Love) Boogie Down Productions
Streets Of New York Kool G Rap & Polo
In The Ghetto Eric B. & Rakim
Brothers Gonna Work It Out Public Enemy
Buck Whylin’ Terminator X feat. Chuck D & Sister Souljah
Murder Rap Above The Law
J.Beez Comin’ Through Jungle Brothers
Call Me D-Nice D-Nice
Freaks Of The Industry Digital Underground
Around The Way Girl LL Cool J
Bonita Applebum – A Tribe Called Quest
Your Mom’s In My Business K-Solo
To Da Break Of Dawn LL Cool J
Strictly For The Ladies Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth
Rock This Funky Joint Poor Righteous Teachers
3 Strikes 5000 3rd Bass
Treat ‘Em Right Chubb Rock
Funkin’ Lesson X Clan
Spellbound K-Solo
Ruff Rhyme (Back Again) King Tee
Who’s The Mack Ice Cube
Played Like a Piano King Tee
La Raza Kid Frost
Peachfuzz K.M.D
Me And The Biz Masta Ace
Nod Your Head To This Kings Of Swing
Boomin System – LL Cool J
Murder Rap Above The Law
J.Beez Comin’ Through Jungle Brothers
Call Me D-Nice D-Nice
Freaks Of The Industry Digital Underground
Around The Way Girl LL Cool J
Bonita Applebum – A Tribe Called Quest
Your Mom’s In My Business K-Solo
Nod Your Head To This Kings Of Swing
To Da Break Of Dawn LL Cool J
Strictly For The Ladies Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth
Rock This Funky Joint Poor Righteous Teachers
3 Strikes 5000 3rd Bass
Treat ‘Em Right Chubb Rock
Funkin’ Lesson X Clan
Spellbound K-Solo
Ruff Rhyme (Back Again) King Tee
Who’s The Mack Ice Cube
Played Like a Piano King Tee
La Raza Kid Frost
Peachfuzz K.M.D
Me And The Biz Masta Ace
Nod Your Head To This Kings Of Swing
The Mission Special Ed
Untouchable Above The Law
Executive Class Double XX Posse
Funky For You Nice & Smooth
Just To Get A Rep Gang Starr
No Bones In Ice Cream Nice & Smooth
Who’s Gonna Take The Weight Gang Starr
Can I Kick It A Tribe Called Quest
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted Ice Cube
Once Upon A Time In The Projects Ice Cube
When The Papes Come A Tribe Called Quest
The Originators The Jaz featuring Jay-Z
Ready 2 Attack Special Ed
I’m the Magnificent (The Magnificent Remix) Special Ed
Mind Playing Tricks On Me Geto Boys
Check The Rhime A Tribe Called Quest
Shut Em’ Down (Pete Rock Remix) Public Enemy
How I Could Just Kill A Man Cypress Hill
O.P.P. Naughty By Nature
Slow Down Brand Nubian
I Got To Have It Ed OG and Da Bulldogs
All For One Brand Nubian
Flavor Of The Month Black Sheep
Rampage EPMD featuring LL Cool J
Hip Hop Junkies Nice & Smooth
Summertime DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Ain’t No Future In Yo’ Frontin’ MC Breed
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) De La Soul
Sobb Story Leaders Of The New School
Growin’ Up In The Hood Compton’s Most Wanted
Fuck Compton Tim Dog
Same Song Digital Underground
Jiggable Pie AMG
Poor Georgie MC Lyte
Shakiyla Poor Righteous Teachers
A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’ De La Soul featuring Q-Tip
Be A Father To Your Child Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs
Tonight DJ Quik
Bitch Betta Have My Money AMG
Bad To The Bone Kool G Rap & Polo
Fugitive K-Solo
Case Of The P.T.A. Leaders Of The New School
25 Ta Life D-Nice
Come On, Let’s Move It Special Ed
Who Me KMD
Just Hangin’ Out Main Source
Sleepin’ On My Couch Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Live At The Barbeque Main Source
Steady Mobbin’ Ice Cube
Step In The Arena Gang Starr
Nitty Gritty (Remix) K.M.D
Check The Technique Gang Starr
No Vaseline Ice Cube
Plumskinzz K.M.D.
O.G. Original Gangster Ice-T
Not Gonna Be Able To Do It Double XX Posse
Straighten It Out Pete Rock & CL Smooth
One To Grow UMC’s
La Schmoove Fu-Schnickens featuring Phife Dwag
Fat Pockets (Remix) Show & AG
Don’t Sweat the Technique Eric B. & Rakim
Brothers From Brentwood L.I. EPMD
Fudge Pudge Organized Konfusion featuring O.C.
Age Ain’t Nothing But A # Chi Ali
Mistadobalina Del The Funkee Homosapien
Mic Checka (Remix) Das EFX
Crossover EPMD
Best Kept Secret Diamond D
Jussumen (Remix) Das Efx
So What’cha Want Beastie Boys
How To Roll A Blunt RedmaN
The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) Black Sheep
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) Pete Rock & Cl Smooth
Deep Cover Dr Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg
They Want EFX Das EFX
Scenario A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders Of The New School
DWYCK Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth
Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down Brand Nubian
Jump Around House of Pain
Poppa Large (East Coast Remix) Ultramagnetic MC’s
Uptown Anthem Naughty By Nature
Juice (Know The Ledge) Eric B & Rakim
Ill Street Blues Kool G Rap & Polo
Blow Your Mind RedmaN
Gangsta Bitch Apache
Head Banger EPMD featuring K-Solo & Redman
Fakin’ The Funk (Remix) Main Source featuring Neek The Exotic
Freestyle (Yo, That’s The Shit) Diamond D
Halftime Nas
Jazz(We’ve Got) A Tribe Called Quest
Who Got Da Props Black Moon
Hand on the Pump Cypress Hill
360 (What Goes Around) Grand Puba
Zulu War Chant – Afrika Bambaata Presents Time Zone
Protect Ya Neck – Wu-Tang Clan
Throw Ya Gunz – Onyx
Redman – Time 4 Sum Aksion
KRS-One – Outta Here
A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘Till Infinity
Onyx – Slam
Kool G Rap DJ Polo – On The Run Remix Al Capone Version
M.O.P. – How About Some Hardcore
The Notorious B.I.G. – Party And Bullshit
Tha Alkaholiks – Make Room
The Beatnuts – Reign Of The Tec
Casual – That’s How It Is (Remix)
Fat Joe – Flow Joe
De La Soul – Breakadawn
Casual – I Didn’t Mean To
Lords Of The Underground – Chief Rocka
Kurious – Walk Like A Duck
Leaders Of The New School – What’s Next
Domino – Getto Jam
Intelligent Hoodlum – Grand Groove (Remix)
2Pac – Keep Ya Head Up
Cypress Hill – When the Shit Goes Down
Mobb Deep – Hit It From The Back
KRS-One – Sound Of Da Police
KRS-One – Hip Hop Vs. Rap
Ultramagnetic MCs – Two Brothers With Checks (San Francisco, Harvey)
Diamond D – I’m Outta Here
Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain
Diamond D featuring Sadat X & Lord Finesse – You Can’t Front
Craig Mack – Flava in Ya Ear Ego Trip 1994
Method Man – Bring The Pain
O.C. – Time’s Up
Gin And Juice Snoop Doggy Dogg
Keith Murray – The Most Beautifullest Thing in this World Ego Trip
Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M
Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Smif-n-Wessun – Let’s Git It On
Fugees – Nappy Heads (Remix)
Common Sense – I Used To Love H.E.R.
Jeru The Damaja – D. Original
Gang Starr – Mass Appeal
Nas – The World Is Yours
Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
Nate Dogg & Warren G – Regulate
Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable
Group Home – Supa Star
Murder Was The Case Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Lady of Rage featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg – Afro Puffs
Black Moon – I Got Cha Opin (Remix)
Wu-Tang Clan – Can It Be All So Simple
Channel Live & Krs One – Mad Izm
Black Moon – How Many MC’s
Redman – Rockafella (Remix)
Redman – Can’t Wait
De La Soul – Ego Trippin’ [Part Two]
Gravediggaz feat. Shabazz The Disciple & Killah Priest – Diary Of A Madman
Crooklyn Dodgers(Buckshot, Masta Ace, Special Ed) – Crooklyn
Craig Mack feat. Q-Tip – Get Down (Remix)
On And On – Shyheim
Ill Al Skratch – Where My Homiez
Black Moon – Reality (Killin’ Every Nigga In Sight)
Smif-n-Wesson – Bucktown
Black Moon – Murder MC’s
Black Moon – Buck Em Down (Remix)
Redman & Method Man – How High
Frankie Cutlass – Boriquas On Da Set
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Lost Boyz – Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz
Q-Ball & Curt Cazal – My Kinda Moves
The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa
Raekwon – Incarcerated Scarfaces
The Notorious B.I.G. – Who Shot Ya
Raekwon – Ice Cream
Raekwon – Criminology
The Pharcyde – Runnin’
Raekwon – Glaciers Of Ice
The Pharcyde – Drop
Jay-Z – Can’t Get With That
Smif-N-Wessun featuring Starang Wondah – Sound Bwoy Burell
Show & AG – Next Level
Grand Puba – I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)
Da Brat – Give It 2 You – (Remix)
Tha Alkoholiks – DAAAM!
The Genius – Liquid Swords
Group Home – Livin’ Proof
Crooklyn Dodgers 95 (OC, Chubb Rock & Jeru) – Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
Das EFX – Real Hip-Hop
J-Live – Braggin’ Writes
Nine – Whutcha Want
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – 1st of The Month
Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt. II
Luniz – I Got 5 On It
The Notorious B.I.G – One More Chance (Stay With Me Remix)
Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige – All I Need (Remix)
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo
Smoothe Da Hustler featuring Trigger Tha Gambler – Broken Language
Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G. – Get Money
KRS-One – MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know
Blahzay Blahzay – Danger
Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G. – Player’s Anthem
The Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg – New York, New York
Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Mobb Deep & Tragedy – L.A., L.A.
Jay-Z featuring Foxy Brown – Ain’t No Nigga
2pac featuring Dr.Dre – California Love (Original Version)
Akinyele – Put It In Your Mouth
Xzibit – Paparazzi
Heltah Skeltah – Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon – Motherless Child
Saukrates – Father Time
INI – Fakin’ Jax
Lil’ Kim – Queen Bitch
Lil’ Kim – No Time
De La Soul – Stakes Is High
De La Soul featuring Common Sense – The Bizness
The Fugees – How Many Mics
Company Flow – 8 Steps to Perfection
The Genius featuring Method Man – Shadowboxin’
Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
Company Flow – Vital Nerve
M.O.P. – Brownsville
Mr. Voodoo – Lyrical Tactics
Big Shug – Crush
Outkast – Elevators (Me & You)
The Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song
Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige – Can’t Knock The Hustle
Big Noyd featuring Prodigy – Recognize & Realize (Part 1)
Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon, Cappadonna & The Force MD’s – Daytona
500
Goodie Mob – Cell Therapy
Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
Redman – Funkorama
Jeru The Damaja – Ya playin’ yaself
Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G. – Get Money (Remix)
Jay-Z – Dead Presidents
The East Flatbush Project feat. DeS – Tried By 12
The Genius feat. Killah Priest, Rza & Ghostface Killah – 4th Chamber
The Fugees – Ready Or Not
Hypnotiza – Notorious B.I.G.
Puff Daddy. – It’s All About The Benjamins (Remix)
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy – Mo Money Mo Problems
Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
The Beatnuts featuring Big Punisher & Cuban Linx – Off The Books
Jay-Z – Who You Wit
Puff Daddy featuring Mase & Notorious B.I.G. – Been Around The World
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
Mase featuring Kelly Price – Feel So Good
Wu-Tang Clan – Triumph
LL Cool J featuring Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX – 4,3,2,1
The LOX – Money, Power & Respect
Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown & Nature – Phone Tap
Missy Elliot – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Lil’ Kim featuring Lil’ Cease – Crush On You (Remix)
Mos Def – Universal Magnetic
Redman featuring Erick Sermon – Whateva Man
Tha Alkaholiks featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Hip Hop Drunkies
Rakim – It’s Been A Long Time
Street Smartz featuring OC & Pharoahe Monch – Metal Thangz
Reflection Eternal – Fortified Live
Mos Def,Q-Tip & Tash – Body Rock
Mr. Complex – Visualize
Makaveli featuring The Outlawz – Hail Mary
Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Noreaga – Superthug
DMX – Ruff Ryders Anthem
DMX – Get At Me Dog
Big Punisher featuring Joe – Still Not A Player
Outkast – Rosa Parks
Silkk The Shocker featuring Mystikal – It Ain’t My Fault
Cam’Ron featuring DMX – Pull It
Jermaine Dupri featuring Jay-Z – Money Ain’t A Thang
Mystikal – The Man Right Chea
Redman – I’ll Bee Dat
Noreaga – N.O.R.E
Pete Rock featuring Inspectah Deck & Kurupt – Tru Master
Def Squad – Full Cooperation
Canibus – Second Round K.O.
Busta Rhymes – Dangerous
Big L – Ebonics
Cam’Ron featuring Mase – Horse & Carriage
Flipmode Squad – Cha Cha Cha
Dilated Peoples – Work The Angles
Lootpack – The Anthem
A Tribe Called Quest – Find A Way
Mase featuring Total – What You Want
Timbaland featuring Magoo & Missy Elliot – Here We Come
Dilated Peoples – Triple Optics
All City – Priceless
Gangstarr – You Know My Steeze
Dead Wrong – Biggie Smalls
Simon Say – Pharoah Monch
My Name Is – Eminem
Watch Out Now – The Beatnuts
Breathe And Stop – Q-Tip
I Don’t Know – Slum Village
Got Your Money – Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Ms. Fat Booty – Mos Def
Still DRE – Dr Dre
Knock, Knock – GZA
Apollo Kids – Ghostface Killah
Bling Bling – BG
Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off) – Wu Tang Clan
Forgot About Dre – Dr Dre
Quiet Storm – Mobb Deep
Witness (One Hope) – Roots Manuva
Vivrant Thing – Q-Tip
Da Rockwilder – Method Man & Redman
1999 – Common
All I Know – Rahzel
Bitch Please – Xzibit
Jigga My Nigga – Jay Z
Wild Out – The Lox
The Realist – Mobb Deep
Let’s Ride – Q Tip
Whoa – Black Rob
Move Something – Talib Kweli & Hi Tek
Ohh Ohh – De La Soul
Next Episode – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg
Keep It Thorough – Prodigy
Oh No – Pharoache Monch
Concrete Schoolyard – Jurassic 5
100 Percent – Big Punisher
Ante Up (rmx) – MOP
Cherchez Laghost – Ghostface Killah
Boom (Street) – Royce The 5’9
The Light – Common
Whats My Name – DMX
Back That Ass Up – Juvenile
I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) – Jay-Z
Break Your Neck (Dirty) Busta Rhymes
Let Me Blow Your Mind – Eve
Break Your Neck (Dirty) – Busta Rhymes
Pause – Jay Dee Feat. Frank-N-Dank
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) – Jay-Z
Ugly – Bubba Sparxxx
Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliot
Who We Be – DMX
The Best U Can – Tha Liks
Music – Erick Sermon
Bad Intentions – Dr Dre
Round & Round – Hi-Tek Feat. Jonell
Det Ta Steppin’ – Hi Tek & Mos Def
Lay Low – Snoop Dogg
We Gonna Make It – Jadakiss
Baby Phat – De La Soul
Let’s Get Dirty – Redman
Bad Boy for Life (Instrumental) – P.Diddy ft. Bad Boy Family
Ether – Nas
No Escapin This – Beatnuts
Worst Comes to Worst – Dilated Peoples
Good Times (I Get High) – Styles P
Excuse Me Miss Again – Jay-Z
Hot In Herre – Nelly
Oh Boy – Camron
Get By – Talib Kweli
Nothin’ – NORE
Made You Look – Nas
React – Erick Sermon
My Life – Kool G Rap
Whats Golden – Jurassic 5
Work It – Missy Elliot
Wanksta – 50 Cent
Southern Hospitality – Ludacris
Grindin’ – Clipse ft. Pharrell
Pass The Courvoisier Part II – Busta Rhymes Feat. Puff Daddy & Pharrell
Beautiful – Snoop Dogg
My Block – Scarface
Tainted – Slum Village
One Mic – Nas
The Flyest – Nas
Beware Of The Boys – Panjabi MC Feat. Jay Z
Get Busy – Sean Paul
What Happened To That Boy – Baby & Clipse
Pass The Dutch – Missy Elliot
Pump It Up – Joe Budden
Got Some Teeth (Dirty) – Obie Trice
Through The Wire – Kanye West
Rite Where U Stand – Gang Starr
Skills – Gang Starr
What Up Gangsta – 50 Cent
Put It In The Air – MOP ft. Jay Z
Ooh Wee – Mark Ronson
Never Scared – Bone Crusher
In Da Club – 50 Cent
Fix Up, Look Sharp – Dizzee Rascal
Many Men (Wish Death) – 50 Cent
The Seed (2.0) – The Roots
2 Gunz Up – D-Block
If I Can’t – 50 Cent
Dipset Anthem – The Diplomats
Stunt 101 – G-Unit
Get Low(remix) – Lil’ Jon
Magic Stick – Lil Kim
Stand Up – Ludacris
Pop Shit – Dirt McGirt
Hoe Cakes – MF Doom
This Way – Dilated Peoples
Run – Ghostface Killah
Bridging The Gap – Nas
99 Problems – Jay-Z
Breathe – Fabolous
The New Workout Plan – Kanye West
Why – Jadakiss
Hold You Down – The Alchemist
Drop It Like It Hot – Snoop Dogg
Party Up (In Here) – DMX
Lean Back – Terror Squad
Jesus Walks – Kanye West
I Run NY – 50 Cent
Young Jeezy ft Jay-Z & Fat Joe – Go Crazy (Remix)
Still Tippin’ – Mike Jones
Wait – Ying Yang Twins
Play – David Banner
There it go (The Whistle) – Juelz Santana
Can I Have It Like That – Pharrell
I’m A Hustla – Cassidy
Locked Up – Akon
So Seductive – Tony Yayo
Gold Digger – Kanye West
Hate It Or Love It – The Game
Candy Shop – 50 Cent
Bring Em Out – TI
Diamonds Are Forever – Kanye West
Diamonds On My Wrist (Bling Blaw) – Reef
Disco Inferno – 50 Cent
Higher – The Game
Dreams – The Game
Be Easy (Dirty) – Ghostface Killah
Hustlin’ – Rick Ross
Show Me What You Got – Jay-Z
Brandnew – Rhymefest featuring Kayne West
Put Em In Their Place – Mobb Deep
Touch It – Busta Rhymes
Come to Me – P. Diddy
Workinonit – J Dilla
Vato – Snoop Dogg
Kingdom Come – Jay-Z
It’s Okay – The Game
Compton – The Game
What U Know – TI
New York Shit – Busta Rhymes
The Champ – Ghostface Killah
Keep Bouncin – Snoop Dogg
Let’s Ride – The Game
Black Republican – Nas
30 Something – Jay-Z
Tell Me – P.Diddy
Have A Party – Mobb Deep
Kick Push II – Lupe Fiasco
We Love You – Jaguar Skills featuring Lupe Fiasco
We Fly High – Jim Jones
Hip-Hop Is Dead – Nas

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The Northerner