Freestyle Records Presents: Branesparker & Nutrageous – Da Gritty & Da Grimey EP.

Bronx Queens connect! Branesparker of Freestyle Professors and Queen’s fixture Nutrageous aka Nutso got busy in the studio and cooked up 6 crazy joints for the fans. All production duties are handled by Braneparker. Also features cameos from Giff of Freestyle Professors and Stanley Grimes aka Page the Handgrenade.

This project also features instrumentals for two tracks and comes in a sticker sleeve. It is being pressed in a quantity of 750 copies.

Branesparker & Nutrageous – Da Gritty & Da Grimey SC EP $18

Order this album for $18 ($30/$22 w/shipping Overseas/N. America) or

Order The Bundle (Which includes Ghetto Gospel w/Stanley Grimes - See Below),
$23 ($38/$30 w/shipping Overseas/N.America)

Separate Snippets Coming Soon:

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Track Listing:

Side A
1) Here We Come
2) Haze
3) It's A Shame
4) Bloodshed

Side B
1) Story Music
2) Going In (Ft. Stanley Grimes)
3) Haze (Instrumental)
4) It's a Shame (Instrumental)

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Freestyle Records proudly announces our second collectors-only collaboration with the one and only Showbiz. This time around we wanted to do something a little different and not only bring out lost tracks from Big L (R.I.P.), a true lyrical legend (the 11th anniversary of whose death just passed), but also give exposure to an MC who didn’t get his proper shine back in the day: Silky Black.

Showbiz Presents: The Big L / Silky Black Double Pack 2x12”
PC $85 ($100/$92 w/shipping Overseas/N. America

Order for $85 ($100/$92 w/ shipping Overseas/N. America)

* In addition, the project can be purchased as part of a bundle along with Branesparker & Nutrageous – Da Gritty & Da Grimey EP and the limited edition Freestyle Professors – Ghetto Gospel bw/ Stanley Grimes – Stanley Grimes 7” (200 copies pressed) for the price of $105/97 with shipping Overseas/N. America. Click here to purchase the bundle.

These recordings are from the original sessions of late 1991 and early 1992 which produced an album’s worth of material and a deal with Sony/Columbia. These sessions materialized after L, then working with his DJ, D-Wiz, approached a car containing Showbiz and Lord Finesse on the streets of Harlem in early 1991. Big L so impressed Showbiz with his flow that Show arranged to have him come to Jazzy Jay’s legendary studio in the Bronx and record with him. According to Show, these two recordings were made just after his introduction to Big L in Harlem in 1991 -- the very first time L was ever in a studio.

*This item is not sold separately and is associated with bundle package(s). This item is mainly part of The Big L/Silky Black Double Pack.

Silky Black - Forest Houses Pedigree
Recorded at Jazzy Jay Studios, Bronx, NY 1992-1992

Silky Black is one of the best-kept secrets of the D.I.T.C. crew. A cousin of Show’s that grew up in Forest Houses, Silky continued to record throughout the 90’s. These are the first recordings made of Silky Black in 1992 and 1993 at Jazzy Jay’s studio in the Bronx, before he recorded the previously-released Step Up & Get Some (1994, produced by Show) and My Style (1994, produced by Show).

From these demo recordings we can see that Silky had great mic presence – confident with a strong voice, solid delivery and, when he chose, the ability to rap candidly about subjects in a heartfelt manner. Also, we learn that both Show and Finesse rightly thought enough of Silky to give him some absolutely scorching beats. It is exciting for us at Freestyle Records to be able to release these gems from an MC who deserves to finally be heard at his best.

This project is pressed as a 2x12”, includes all five instrumentals and is limited to a one-time pressing of 400 hand-numbered copies.

*This item is not sold separately and is associated with bundle package(s). This item is mainly part of The Big L/Silky Black Double Pack.

Track Listing:

Record 1

Side A
1) No Endz No Skinz (Original Mix)
2) No Endz No Skinz (OG Instrumental)

Side B
1) Give It To Em "L" (Original Mix)
2) Give It To Em "L" (OG Instrumental)

Record 2

Side A
1) Turn it Up
2) Blow Up
3) 163rd

Side B
1) Turn It Up (Instrumental)
2) Blow Up (Instrumental)
3) 163rd (Instrumental)

Track Listing:

1) No Endz, No Skinz (Explicit OG Version), 1991

(Completely different track from Showbiz with heavy bassline, fat horn section and chimes later used by DJ Premier for the remix of Crooklyn. Dirty version with lots of X-rated language omitted from the clean version later released. First and second verses are similar but rawer (with a flawless flow from L that makes the released version sound jumpy by comparison), while the third verse is longer than the truncated verse L recorded on the released version. Note that he shouts out “D” (DJ D-Wiz) at the end of the this verse rather than Showbiz as on the released version).

2) Let 'Em Have It "L" (OG Version), 1991

(Completely different track again. Smoother than the version later released, which was not produced by Showbiz. Different approach to chorus. Many different lyrics, some of which L later used in freestyles [e.g. his debut on Stretch & Bobbito in 1992])










Track Listing:

1) Turn It Up (prod. Showbiz)
2) Blow Up (prod. Showbiz)
3) 163rd (prod. Lord Finess

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Gryme Tyme on 2xLP and CD, plus a limited (200 pressed) 7" only available from the website via special pre-order bundle (see below). * Featuring production from D.I.T.C. (Lord Finesse, Showbiz, Diamond D and Buckwild), plus Minnesota, 12 Finger Dan and J. Supiria."

Price: $25 for 2xLP; $15 for CD

Click here to purchase the 2xLP.

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Track Listing:

1) Intro
2) Turn My Headphones Up
3) Valley of Death
4) Who Am I?
5) Luv U
6) Confuse a Few
7) Breakin Tha Rules
8) Gryme Tyme
9) Jump On It
10) Let Me Tell You Something
11) Time Flies
12) The Lord's Prayer
13) The Breakdown
14) Testify
15) We Comin
16) Those Was The Days
17) Think About It
18) Radio
19) Knick Knack
20) Outro

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Track Listing:

1) Don't Make Me Angry
2) New York Swagger

Track Listing (Listen to Snippets:

Side A:

1) 100x Is… (Intro)
2) Mental Pandemonium
3) Belly Of Hell
4) Whom Shall I Fear? (Original)
5) 119

Side B:

6) Gory Jungle (feat. G-Masica)
7) Redeyez (Remix)
8) Waterfall Of Fire
9) They Call Me Lex Ruger

Side C:

10) New Day, New Flow (feat. G-Masica)
11) Invisible Strangler
12) Flowers In The Attic
13) HorrorCore (feat. G-Masica)

Side D:

14) War Against The Surface (Styles, Flows)
15) Paper Chase
16) You Ain't Ready
17) Rusty Knife Style
18) Whom Shall I Fear?
(Remix)

Additional Images:

"With the abovementioned 100X - Whom Shall I Fear? 2xLP, we are including a bonus 6-Track EP from 100X titled "Early X". The cuts here are from 1988-1991 and feature three groups that all became part of 100X when it officially formed in 1991. This EP will be limited to 300 copies with a sticker sleeve and sold along with the Whom Shall I Fear? 2xLP."

Track Listing:

Side A:

1) C.U.W.W. (Call Us Whatchu Want) feat. Bad News - This Side Up
2) Are EM - Terror In The Aisles
3) Poison Ladd S.L.R. - Nigga Magnetic

Side B:

4) C.U.W.W. (Call Us Whatchu Want) feat. Bad News - No Refills
5) Are EM - Wasteland
6) Poison Ladd S.L.R. - Slanty Eye Devil (Black Korea)

"Also included with the Whom Shalll I Fear? 2xLP and the Early X EP is a mix CD including excerpts of 8 tracks from the Whom Shall I Fear? 2xLP, cuts from their rare and out of print 12"s and MANY exclusives. The CD is mixed by Philly's DJ Nickyb utters aka Bang Bang Poet aka 24-7 & The Hoodfellas. The CD will be included with the Whom Shall I Fear? 2xLP and the Early X EP, but it is not a limited release and will be sold separately eventually."

Order the 100X Mix CD by DJ Nickybutters

Track Listing:

1) Confuse A Few
(Produced by and featuring Lord Finesse)

2) Jump On It
(Produced by Branesparker, featuring Don Q and Akbar)

3) Luv U
(Produced by Branesparker, featuring Stanley Grimes aka Page the Hand Grenade)

4) Grit Dat Gryme
(Produced by Branesparker)

5) We Won’t Stop
(Produced by Branesparker, featuring Stanley Grimes aka Page The Hand Grenade)

6) Confuse A Few (Instrumental)

7) Jump On It (Instrumental)

8) We Won’t Stop (Instrumental)

Additional Information and Images:

This project was pressed in a run of 750 copies and the price is $15.

Track Listing:

A-Side

1) Instrumental 1, 1991-1992
2) Diggin' In The Crates OG Version, 1990
(The second track ever recorded by Showbiz & A.G. [after Soul Clap]. Different verse from Showbiz, different track with extended piano sample. More energy than released version.)
3) Instrumental 2, 1991-1992

B-Side:

4) Instrumental 3, 1991-1992
5) To Each His Own (More Than One Way Out Of The Ghetto OG), 1991
(Similar lyrics, different track. More melodic, less dark than released version.)
6) Instrumental 4, 1991-1992
(sample later used by Show for You Want It, left unreleased off Goodfellas LP in 1995)

C-Side:

7) Instrumental 5, 1991-1992
(sample later used by The Beatminerz for Smif-N-Wessun’s Bucktown in 1994)
8 ) Hard To Kill OG Version, 1991
(Different beat [uses Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 beat {sampled from TV} from Malcolm X intro on released version], different track, no shouted chorus [instead uses scratched in vocal samples {all five from A.G. on It’s Up To You}], one new verse, [first verse of released version is second verse here on OG]. Harder than released version.)
9) Instrumental 6, 1991-1992

D-Side:

10) I'm Convinced, 1992 (Previously unreleased, produced by Diamond D)
11) Instrumental 7, 1991-1992
12) Untitled feat D. Flow & Party Arty, 1995 (Bonus Cut, previously unreleased)

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Additional Information:

This project is a limited, one-time run of 500 copies pressed. The cost for the 2xLP is $100 plus shipping. Shipping is $7 within the U.S. and $15 to all parts of Europe.

Track Listing:

1) Branesparker's Groove (Unreleased)
2) Your Pockets Been P:cked
3) Down With The Freestyle Professors (Dirty) - Produced By Show
4) Get W:se
5) Sweet Tooth (Unreleased)
6) Hot Damn (Unreleased)
7) The Hardcore V:lla:n
8) Get Put On
9) Rap Mathemat:c:an (Unreleased)
10) Down W:th The Freestyle Professors (Radio)
11) Your Pockets Been P:cked (Instrumental)
12) Down W:th The Freestyle Professors (Instrumental)
13) Get W:se (Instrumental) (Unreleased)
14) Get Put On (Instrumental) (Unreleased)
15) Hear What I Hear (Bonus Track)
16) FP's Pledge (Bonus Track) - Produced By Show

Additional Information:

The cost for the 2xLP is $100 plus shipping. Shipping is $7 within the U.S. and $15 to all parts of Europe. Any one that purchases 2 albums will receive a "Your Pockets Been P:cked" T-Shirt for free. In addition, the new "Dear HipHop" single will be included with every album purchase. (Branesparker Exclusive)

"Limited to a single run of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by all three original artists (Branesparker, Don Q and GW Foxx)"

Track Listing:

1) Your Pockets Been P:cked
2) Your Pockets Been P:cked (Instrumental)
3) Get W:se
4) The Hardcore V:lla:n
5) Down W:th The Freestyle Professors (Radio)
6) Down With The Freestyle Professors (Dirty)
7) Down W:th The Freestyle Professors (Instrumental)
8) Get Put On

* These 8 tracks have the same "Dirty Bass" sound from '94 - NOT REMASTERED!!!!!!

9) Da Boogie Man From Da Boogie Down
10) Other MC's (Pelon Is On The Set)
11) Don't Sleep
12) This Is How It's Done
13) Steppin On Roaches
14) A Lil' Sum 'Em Sum 'Em
15) Corporate America (Bonus Track By Branesparker)

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Track Listing:

1) Intro - Featuring DJ Chris Love, Produced By Branesparker
2) Hear What I Hear - Produced By Branesparker
3) FP's Pledge - Produced By Show
4) Lil Boy Blue - Featuring Kasha, Produced By Branesparker
5) N.Y. Swagger - Produced By Branesparker
6) One Night - Produced By Show
7) When Life Is Calling - Produced By Backtrack
8) Take Em Back - Featuring Lil Sha, Produced By Branesparker
9) Flo Time - Produced By Branesparker
10) Outro - Featuring DJ Rockalot, Produced By Branesparker

Track Listing:

1) Da Boogie Man From Da Boogie Down
2) Other MC's (Pelon Is On The Set)
3) Don't Sleep
4) This Is How It's Done
5) Steppin On Roaches
6) A Lil' Sum 'Em Sum 'Em
7) Check It Out
8) Corporate America (Bonus Track By Branesparker)