Waddup y'all, fresh off a dope trip to Chicago for a Black Sheep show we rocked with Rhymefest and Brand Nubian, closing out the African Arts Festival this past Monday in the Windy City.  Shouts to all the cats that were there for the weekend, other acts included Special Ed, Lady Of Rage, Nice and Smooth and even an appearance from the godfather himself Afrika Bambaataa.  They love real Hip-Hop in the Chi. 

So based on some of the feedback I got from last week's post, I think I will up some rare joints that were featured on some of my older mixtapes.  These are direct rips from the cassette, not the original 12", to showcase some of the crazy gems people are always hitting me up about.  This week I have 2 joints from one of my very first mixtapes in 98:  Ras Kass "Music Of Business" which features Xzibit on the hook, never surfaced on anything that I know about, and it's a dope record, eerie piano sample beat and he speaks on the state of the record industry (before it got trendy to rhyme about those issues).  The other joint is the Naturel record, "Big Daddy Anthem" which was supposed to launch the label of the same name.  This is a rare 12" that you can probably find on a blog somewhere, but check it out, ridiculous posse cut featuring Shabazz The Disciple, Wicked Will, Mr. Eon and L-Fudge...with a dope BDK sample for the hook (Produced Vinyl Reanimators).  For a full download of the mixtape this was originally on,"Autobots", check out my blog www.truckjewls.blogspot.com.

Naturel, Shabazz the Disciple, Wicked Will, Mr. Eon & L-Fudge "Big Daddy Anthem"

Ras Kass "Music Business"