Wednesday, August 25, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 6



1. OH HONEY...MISTER ONE & DOLL-E GIRL
2. LOVE U DOWN...NINO BROWN & SLOW PAIN
3. LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER...PAYASO
4. STAY REAL...BIG GEMINI
5. THE LIFE WE'RE LIVIN'...LIL BLACKY
6. IT AIN'T TRU...MASSAMIND & A.L.T.
7. SHORTY DOOWOP...BABY BASH, RUSSELL LEE & PERLA CRUZ
8. COME OVER...MALLOW MAC
9. ICE COLD...FROST
10. NEXT 2 U...BROWN BOY
11. I REMEMBER...FRANK V.
12. ME AND YOU...MISTER ONE
13. PLAYER IN YOU...SLOW PAIN, NINO BROWN & A.L.T.
14. I NEED YOU MOST...PAYASO
15. SEXY BUDDY...FINGAZZ & ROSCOE
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 5


1. I REMEMBER YOU HOMIE...MC BLVD
2. I CAN'T WAIT...CALI LIFE STYLE, KEEZ & MS. B
3. JUST A PLAYER...MR. CAPONE-E & TERRY "ZAPP" TROUTMAN
4. WHAT I REALLY WANT...MR. GEE & NINO BROWN
5. NO TEARS ON MY PILLOW...PAYASO
6. EVERY PLAYA...JAY TEE
7. WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS...SPANISH FLY
8. BUTTERSCOTCH...DELAVEGA
9. DOWN FOR YOU...SILENT
10. BE ALRIGHT...DTTX
11. GANGSTER GIRLS...SLOW PAIN
12. THE REMEDY...BABY BASH & MARTY JAMES
13. LAST CALL...MR. CAPONE-E
14. MY EVERYTHING...PAYASO & ROYAL T
15. NEVER, NEVER...JONNY U
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New link posted 08/24/10
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 4



1. EAZY COME EAZY GO...STOMPER
2. TURN IT INTO SOMETHING...FROST & DON CISCO
3. YESTERDAY...BABY BEESH & RUSSELL LEE
4. THAT TIME OF THE SEASON...THE ETHNIC POETS & A.L.T.
5. PLAYA PERKIN'...JAY TEE
6. ALL THA TIME...CENTRAL COAST CLIQUE & MARY DAVIS
7. TRUE...LIL' DEMON, SLOW PAIN, SNIPER & MYRNA WETOVER
8. COASTIN'...CALI LIFE STYLE & RAYLENE
9. I AIN'T THE ONE...MR. CAPONE-E & JASMIN
10. BE THANKFUL..PAYASO
11. ALL I NEED...MR. CREEPS, D. SERNA & SARA S.
12. CHEVY MUSIC...CLIKA ONE, BABY BASH & DON CISCO
13. ALL NITE LONG...A.L.T.
14. DO IT AGAIN....JAY TEE
15. NATURAL HIGH...FINGAZZ
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 3

1. 6 IN THE MORNIN'...A.L.T.
2. THINK OF YOU...DOMINATOR, DON CISCO & E.J.
3. CANDI COATED...BABY BASH, JAY TEE, FROST & RAPPIN' 4-TAY
4. OLD LOVE...LIL DEMON, SLOW PAIN & SNIPER
5. IN LOVE WITH YOU...PAYASO
6. SUNNY DAY...LIGHTER SHADE OF BROW
7. PARADISE...NINO BROWN
8. PLAYER CONGRATULATOR...CENTRAL COAST CLIQUE & SKIN TIGHT
9. SEE YOU IN YOUR DREAMS...FRANK V.
10. JUST MY IMAGINATION...WICKED MINDS
11. KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'...JUNEBUG SLIM
12. REMIND ME...JAY TEE
13. I'M SO HAPPY...MISTER ONE, FLY BOY, LIL GIBBY & PAYASO
14. LOVE YOU RIGHT...DOMINATOR, T-DRE & TERESA A.
15. SHINING STAR...FINGAZZ
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 2

1. PAGE ME...E-SIDE GHETTO
2. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP...PAYASO
3. GOT THE MAKEING...MR. CAPONE-E & DOMINATOR
4. GAME TIGHT...BABY BASH, JAY TEE & CELLY CEL
5. THE NEWS...LIL DEMON, SLOW PAIN, WETO & SNIPER
6. CRUISING DOWN MADISON STREET...MISTER ONE
7. DIAMONDS & PEARLS...FROST & CAMEOSIS
8. ALL I EVER WANTED...BROWN BOY, LOVELY ONE & A. FIGUEROA
9. ALWAYS AND FOREVER...JOKER
10. BABY I LUV...BIG GEMINI
11. OCEANFRONT...TOO DOWN
12. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP...PAYASO
13. SITUATIONS...JAY TEE & GINO
14. MISSIN' YOU...MR. CAPONE-E & LOREN
15. BETWEEN THE SHEETS...FINGAZZ
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

South Side Story Vol. 1


1. SOUTH SIDIN'...SLOW PAIN & KILLA SMOOTH
2. LOOK AT HER...MISTER ONE
3. CALIFORNIA...WICKED MINDS
4. LOWRIDER GANGSTER (ROCK N ROLL GANGSTER)...PAYASO
5. LET'S STAY TOGETHER (TOGETHER FOREVER)...RUN-DMC & JAGGED EDGE
6. MY COUPDAVILLE...A.L.T. & SLOW PAIN
7. GET DOWN (MAKE IT HOT BIG DADDY, MAKE IT HOT)...FROST
8. DO YOU REALLY WANT ME...DOMINATOR, SARA S. & REBEL
9. BACK IN THE DAY...MISTER ONE & LIL GIBBY
10. HOW WE ROLL...CHICO DATEH & BAD BOY
11. SUMMERTIME...LIL BLACKY & ODM
12. MI AMOR...LIL BANDIT
13. CRUISING OLDIES...TRUE BLUE GANGSTERS
14. ALWAYS BE THERE...MISTER ONE
15. JUST BE THANKFUL...FINGAZZ
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Arturo Molina Jr.


Arturo Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1964), better known as Frost (Originally Kid Frost), is a Mexican American hip hop artist.
Molina was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in Guam and Germany. He began his music career in 1982 as Kid Frost as a tribute to his rival Ice-T, whom he often battled in the music industry. He soon became a breakdancer for Uncle Jamms Army.
In the late 1980s, Kid Frost moved to Virgin Records. Virgin released his first and biggest hit, "La Raza". His debut album, Hispanic Causing Panic was released in 1990 featuring A.L.T.. He also established a Latin rap supergroup called Latin Alliance, which released their only album, Latin Alliance, in 1991. His second album, East Side Story was released in 1992, which featured MC Eiht, A.L.T. and Ganxta Ridd from the Boo-Yaa TRIBE.
In 1995, Frost dropped the "Kid" from his nickname and signed with Ruthless Records, Eazy-E's label (distributed by Relativity). Smile Now Die Later was released that year. Above The Law were featured as guest rappers, alongside A.L.T., O. Genius and Kokane. Rick James also appeared on Frost's version of "Mary Jane". His second album for Ruthless, When Hell.A.Freezes Over, was released in 1997. Ice T, Scoop, O. Genius and Domino also appeared as guest rappers.
In 1999, Frost moved to a small independent label called Celeb-entertainment records. His first album for Celeb-entertainment titled This Was Then This Is Now Vol. I was released in 1999. Kurupt, King T, Baby Bash, Jay Tee, Jayo Felony, Xzibit, B-Legit, and Cameosis were featured on the CD. That Was Then This Is Now Vol. II was released in 2000. Frank V., Clika One, Jay Tee, Baby Bash and other guest rappers were also featured on the CD.
2002's Still Up In This Shit!, released by Hit-A-Lick / Koch Records, featured more Latin rap style and G-Funk tracks as well as a hidden bonus rock track titled "Cannabis". Mellow Man Ace, Daz Dillinger, Baby Bash, A.L.T., Nino Brown, Don Cisco and other guest rappers appeared, and one track featured the group Tierra. Somethin' 4 The Ridaz was released in 2003 on 40 Ounce Records and featured various hip hop artist from Texas.
In 2005 Welcome To Frost Angeles was released on Thump Records, which was produced almost entirely by Frost and his son, Scoop De'Ville. Only the Intro is produced by Binky Womack, and Philly Blunt co-produced one track. Guest rappers included Cameosis, Genovese and Jay Tee. Frost again signed to Low Profile Records and released his album Till The Wheels Fall Off in 2006. It had various guest appearances which included Baby Bash, Scoop De'Ville and Mr. Sancho.
Frost also performed music for films including "Bite the Bullet (Theme from Gunmen)" in the 1993 film Gunmen and "Tears Of A Mother" in the film No Mothers Crying, No Babies Dying, which featured Ice T. Frost is also an accomplished actor appearing in several films, as well as doing voice roles for fictional characters such as T-Bone Mendez from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and contributing his song "La Raza".
He was named Vice President of the Music Division of Goldmark Industries on August 30, 2006. Frost also appeared in a cameo role in Snoop Dogg's "Vato" music video, as well as B-Real that same year.
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What's Your Name (Time of the Season) [Frost]

The Brown Pages


Jay Tee is a West Coast rapper from the Bay Area who began his career in the early '90s as a member of the pioneering Chicano rap group N2Deep before founding the independent label 40 Ounce Records and embarking on a prolific solo career around the turn of the century. Born James Trujillo, he and fellow group member TL (born Timothy Lyon) made their commercial recording debut as N2Deep in 1990 with the Johnny Z-produced single "Work That Body," released on Rated Z Recordz. Based in Vallejo, CA, the group was subsequently signed to a recording contract with Profile Records and made its full-length album debut in 1992 with Back to the Hotel. Produced by close affiliate Johnny Z, the album's title track was a mainstream breakthrough hit, reaching number 14 on the Billboard singles chart, and remains a West Coast rap classic of the era. Unfortunately, successive efforts failed to rival the success of Back to the Hotel, though the group remained active throughout the remainder of the decade, releasing the albums 24-7-365 (1994), The Golden State (1997), The Rumble (1998), and Slightly Pimpish/Mostly Doggish (2000). In addition to N2Deep, Jay Tee was also a member of the Chicano rap supergroup Latino Velvet (also comprised of Baby Bash), which made its eponymous full-length album debut in 1997. As a solo artist, Jay Tee made his commercial debut in 2001 with The Knocks, a compilation spanning 1992-2000, and So Cold, a full-length studio effort of all-new material. Both albums, along with those that followed, were released on the independent label 40 Ounce Records, founded by Jay Tee. Successive albums include High Caliber (2002), A Cold Piece of Work (2004), The Thou$andaire (2005), He Got Game (2005), How the Game Go (2006), A.K.A. Jaime Trago (2008), Money In The Streets (2010) and more.
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Candi Coated [Rappin' 4-Tay, Frost, Baby Beesh, Jay Tee & The Mary Jane Girls]

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

I'll Never Forget


“I don't just talk nonsense and garbage,” says Lil Rob, a rising hip-hop artist from La Colonia in Solana Beach. The rapper, whose tattoos represent his initials, paints pictures of his neighborhood and vivid scenes of it's street life.
The sun is shining, and it couldn't be brighter / I'm rolling down Valley in Cali in a candy lowrider, the rising hip-hop star raps on one of his new tracks, “Just One of Those Days.”
Though the native son of La Colonia (aka Eden Gardens) doesn't sugarcoat the trouble he saw growing up in the traditionally Hispanic corner of Solana Beach, it's obvious in his songs that this is a place he would die for.
Which, in fact, he almost did.
“I got shot when I was 18, up the street,” Rob (born Robert Flores) is saying one bright spring day, as he sits at a picnic table in the neighborhood park.
The violence happened on Valley Avenue, the same street mentioned in the song, and one known to outsiders mostly as home to such venerable restaurants as Fidel's and Tony's Jacal. It started when he and some friends confronted interlopers from another town that early morning in 1994, and were greeted with gunfire, although no one was hit right away.
“So we went straight after them,” Rob, now 34, says with a shake of the head. “I don't know what was wrong with my mind, to do that. To actually go. And have, like, a gun war. Thinking this is a little kids' game or something.
“And I got shot in the face.”
His jaw shattered and his life in jeopardy, Rob emerged from the ordeal a changed man. Eventually.
“Yeah, it took a while,” he admits. “After I got out of the hospital, I was still, 'You guys didn't kill me. You guys didn't get me.' But nowadays, when I think about it, it's like: I didn't even know those dudes. I just knew they were coming down here for some trouble.”
Though Rob had barely started making music at the time, the experience helped shape a way of thinking that's become a trademark of his music. It melds hip-hop with the mellow flow of old-school R&B, and even elements of the blues. Though the raps often deal frankly with topics like drugs and sex (his San Diego Music Award-nominated “Bring Out the Freak in You” definitely earns a hard “R”), songs like the melodic “Summer Nights” celebrate the simple pleasures he remembers growing up – “lowriders, parties, backyard barbecues,” as he puts it.
Rob grew up in a musical family – his dad was in an oldies group, his brother DJ'd, his grandmother sang in a mariachi band. It's also a family with deep roots in La Colonia. He still lives in the house his grandfather built out of leftover wood from the Del Mar racetrack, where he worked.
At age 16, Rob started recording his raps, getting the word out on homemade two-song cassettes, telling stories about a lifestyle he wasn't seeing much on MTV.
“When I was a kid, I was waiting to see someone like me onstage, I guess,” he says. "Showing what we do and how we do it. That's how I do my rap.”
“People think I'm selling out or whatever because I'm doing different things,” he says.
But “there's no way,” he insists. And if the songs don't make the point, Rob himself does:
“I'll never forget where I came from and who I am.”
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Ooh Baby Baby - Lil Rob