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Drawn From Obscurity (Vol. 3) - BIG MAN ON CAMPUS or also known as B.M.O.C.

Cheers everyone,

This is me back again with some rare hip-hop backstories. Got this one fairly recently as a supplement to my discogs order for other more notable vinyl records. I rarely order 1 vinyl separatel...

2021-01-18 18:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 23]

What's up everyone!
Another day another batch. First of all I wanted to thank you for your support. And remember, this is not a sponsorship, premium or something. This is a supportive action which results in an accep...
2021-01-18 14:03:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Drawn From Obscurity (Vol. 2) - THE NOSTALGIA

It's 2021. We have this COVID-19 ongoing now pandemic. We also have many self-proclaimed experts on the internet that seem to know THE TRUTH about everything. We also have conservatives, liberals, radicals... We have everything basically b...
2021-01-11 13:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Too Bad It's Almost Good [Part 3] - Busy Bee's 2nd Album

This post might be the most controversial I have written here thus far, but those ''bad-good-ideal-wack'' opinionated (let's call it that way) assessments are always biased. My bias this time will be related to one of the hip-hop pioneers,...
2021-01-11 12:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 22]

Hello everyone,
I hope you're having a blessed first one-and-a-half weeks of this new year. Up in here we are still battling the pandemics and still into the Wave 2 with terrible statistics and no light at the ...
2021-01-10 16:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post

MF Doom In Memoriam (January 9, 1971 - October 31, 2020)

Hi,
Today I was about to make another Digital Cratediggin' batch but had to change the course due to unfortunate news of legendary MF Doom passing away. News were reported in December 31, exactly 2 months after Doom ...
2021-01-03 17:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 21]

Greetings everyone,
Just a few days until the end of 2020, and this been a rough one. I won't dive into specifics because we all already know that. Anyways, I just hope everyone is allright and healthy, and r...
2020-12-29 17:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Merry Christmas and HNY! [+Batch]

Greetings everyone!
Christmas time has arrived and the new year is around the corner too. 2020 been kinda rough and challenging for everyone. Many bad things have happened to our society economically, socially and po...
2020-12-25 12:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Too Bad It's Almost Good [Part 2] - Surf M.C.'s

Profile Records has had a fair share of artists signed for one single or one album deal that were discontinued after the debut failing to sell quantitatively... or to deliver qualitatively. Our today's protagonists did (''or didn't'' might...
2020-12-22 18:09:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 20]

Hello everyone,
I am back today with few goodies. Would have done these much faster but had some unwanted hype in relation to my personal condition and COVID-19 test I had to take. Turned negative so now I can ...
2020-12-22 13:40:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 19]

Whats up?
End of 2020 is approaching kinda fast. It's been not the best year of our lives I gather, but at least when I get the blues, I dig out some music I like. Today I took out more than expected. <...
2020-12-16 21:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 18]

Good day everyone!
Today we get another batch of goodies inside this one. As always - some are rare, some not so much but together they take you to a solid aural escapade. Sub-genres are as always... I guess East Coa...
2020-12-13 14:29:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital [Big Batch] Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 17]

Greetings my friends,
Today I have a solid megabatch for y'all. East coast, West coast, Southern hip-hop. Midwest, UK hip-hops mostly. So that's the geographical cross-section...
Ma...
2020-12-10 20:14:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 16]

Hello everyone,
New day and another batch. Similarly to the one 2 days prior, I will keep the writing short without the nominations and all the background. Been mad few latest weeks with works and all that. But...
2020-12-07 10:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 15]

Hello everyone!
Today I am back with another batch of digital random albums/singles that were randomly selected. Well, if there's more than 1 entry (let's say 3 Pete Rock releases), then the subsequent releases are n...
2020-12-05 11:21:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 14+]

Hiya everyone!
Another day another batch. This time I had different time schedule so I went along with those who prefer to listen than to read. So today I will be skipping a write-up nominations and jus put the who...
2020-12-02 17:04:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 13]

Hiya fellas, another day another batch. I think I won't be able to deliver for the next 2 days so here's a load of goodies for the 2nd day in a row. And also 3 mentions:
1) 2 LIVE CREW - you either love them or...
2020-11-30 12:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 12]

What's up eggedz, it's me again... Back with another installment of random digital cratediggin' nuggets. This time you get more UK hip-hop and a bit of compilations, West Coast hip-hop, Old school hip-hop, and the usual East Coast material...
2020-11-29 18:32:54 +0000 UTC View Post

November 21 to 26 in Hip-Hop History

Greetings everyone,
Sorry - been mad busy this week. The good thing is, I got my hands of few dope vinyl releases that haven't been qualitatively digitized so far. One of those is SHE-ROCKERS - ROCKER FROM LONDON . Already gave it a sp...
2020-11-28 13:12:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 11]

Good day people!
Today we have a solid selection of some contemporaries and some classics. Some East Coast, some West Coast Underground, some Midwest, some Canadian, and some old school electro-funk. So what exactly ...
2020-11-25 09:19:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Too Bad It's Almost Good [Part 1] - The Twin$

Hiya everyone,
there are two types of crate diggers - ones who dig stuff they love and know, and others who kinda get entangled into that 'surprise me' mode when you just cop something you never heard about and...
2020-11-23 19:48:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 10]

Whudup everyone!
I am back with new cratediggin' selection - some West coast, funk/soul, old school and east coast, UK hip-hop in this one. Also one Swedish hip-hop boom bap release. Some rare, some less rare. Some c...
2020-11-23 14:09:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Nov 17 to 20 in hip-hop history (+ some additional 16th events)

What's up everyone! I know it's 21st already but there are some events in the hip-hop world I must remind of. Between 16th and 20th there have been many great releases and also birthdays of later known hip-hop figures. And as always, check...
2020-11-21 14:56:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 9]

Hey ladies and gents once again. Today I got a big batch for you. Dropping random selection of 30 entries for all hip-hop tastes (hopefully). This one has few singles, few dope albums. So here are 3 my nominations out of it. ...
2020-11-19 23:38:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 8]

Heyo everybody, I am back with another batch with 24 entries. Albums, singles, CDs releases, vinyl releases. As always, I will try to nominate 3 of these entries and tell what's up -
1) Wild Style Soundtrack CD...
2020-11-17 23:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post

November 16 in music history [Hip-Hop]

Well, another November day, another past events. This time I would like to highlight 4 albums that were dropped on this day back in 90's. I guess you know all them very well.
[1999] Raekwon released Immob...
2020-11-16 23:13:23 +0000 UTC View Post

November 12 to 15 in music history [Hip-Hop]

Good day to everyone. As you might or might not have noticed I did not post write-ups on hip-hop history of the day for last several days. So I will catch up and do a brief wrap of what has happened related to hip-hop era on these dates. T...
2020-11-15 22:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 7]

Today we got a solid selection of digital goodies. I will try to point 3 main recommendations out of this batch.
+ MC Overlord is widely considered as the best rapper ever to come out of Austin, Texas. He ...
2020-11-15 11:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post

How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? - the Roots of Conscious Rap

Hey guys. I know many of you are fans of the conscious rap. For myself, I always had special sympathies for anything that is released by Poor Righteous Teachers and Wise...
2020-11-14 18:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Digital Cratediggin' With OuB [Day 6]

Allright, ladies and gents. Today we get more tunes because I can't guarantee how my tomorrow schedule will go. So you get 21 cover. Mostly 80's - 90's jams. Notable mentions?
- Poor Righteous Teachers Rare and Unreleased com...
2020-11-13 16:26:59 +0000 UTC View Post

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