01.Worst Things First
02.Kill Bill O’reilly (Remix)
03.Dear Michelle
04.Shadow Of A Man
05.Sidelines
06.Hey America (Remix) (Feat. Granite State)
07.Rainfall (Feat. Termanology)
1. Prison Planet (feat. Freddie Foxxx)
2. Show & Prove
3. Vengeance (feat. Termanology & Apathy)
4. Win / Win Situation
5. Kill Bill O’Reilly
6. Too Much To Ask
7. East Coast Overdose (feat. Celph Titled & Statik Selektah)
8. A Valiant Effort
9. Let It Knock
10. Torture Rack
11. Riot Act (feat. King Magnetic)
12. Hey America
13. The Trouble With Motorcades
14. Avengers Assemble
15. Lady Liberty (feat. Slaine)
16. Clean Conscience
From renowned Boston underground hip hop label Brick Records comes the formation of the East Coast Avengers, with Esoteric and Trademarc on the mics and DC Midi The Alien on beats for their debut Prison Planet.
Part concept album (think the oppressive futuristic society of Deltron 3030) and mostly metaphorical for the sad state of the times we currently live in, three rebels stand up against the system in this hip hop opera with a sci-fi backdrop.
Featuring guest appearances by Freddie Foxxx (aka Bumpy Knuckles), Termanology, Apathy, Celph Titled, Statik Selektah, Slaine (of Special Teamz & La Coka Nostra) and more.
1. First Injection
2. Walk With The Beast (feat. Qualm)
3. Consumed (feat. Planet X)
4. Ego (feat. Little Vic)
5. Devil In Chains (feat. Psych Ward)
6. Feed Me (feat. 2Ugli & Mr Shadow)
7. 2012 (feat. Planet X)
8. Body Harvest (feat. ArchNME & Ill Bill)
9. Game Over (feat. Planet X)
10. Retour À L’Âge De Pierre (feat. Droogz Brigade)
11. 9mm Remix (feat. Planet Asia)
12. Crass Test
13. Regard Percant (feat. Swift Guad, Seth Gueko, Al K pote & Aketo)
14. Old Soul (feat. Savage Brothers)
15. Bubbles For Jess
16. Planetary Takeover (feat. Lord Lhus, Savage Brothers & Planet X)
17. On Ne Sait Rien Remix (feat. Mysa)
18. Massacre De L’industrie (feat. Droogz Brigade)
19. Free From The Straighjack (feat. Plague Plenty) 20. Science Of Dreams (feat. IDE)
21. Dead End
1. prelude
2. press release (remix)
3. blood red skies
4. liquorice krillz
5. carlton united tragedy
6. beyond average
7. custom made
8. walkabout (remix)
9. call it space rap1
10.got a problem part 2
11. sex friend
12. hate the scene
13. read between the lines
14. press release
1. Smoking
2. 1st Thing First
3. Two Gats Up
4. Blow Up
5. Party People
6. If You Only Knew
7. Hit Me With That Shit
8. Hip Hop
9. Chamber Danger
10. Underground Emperor
11. Life Bid
12. Don’t Go Against the Grain
13. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
14. Black on Black Crime
01. The Boros
02. Remember The Time
03. Reality
04. G.A.T.S.
05. Playa Slaya
06. Crazy Queens
07. Good Die Young
08. Come Up
09. Misunderstood
10. You Know The Type
11. Mic’s I Blaze ‘Em
12. I Won’t Stop
13. Black Woman
Bee Why “The Lost Tapes” features 13 rare and unreleased recordings from the Queens Emcee who first popped on the scene with his now highly collectable 12″ single “The Boros” back in 1997. He then released 2 more singles “Remember the Time” and “G.A.T.S”.
Bee Why has made his mark in the underground Hip Hop scene with a then unknown producer Gee The Nutty Professor who later changed his name to Ayatollah. Ayatollah later produced many classics records for Mos Def , Tragedy Khadafi, Rakim, Masta Ace, Inspectah Deck, Cormega and many more. With all 13 tracks produced by Gee, it gives you a rare look into Ayatollah’s first recorded production which would later shape his hip hop sound.
1. Rogue State 2. Not In My Name
3. Chain Of Command 4. Stress
5. Truss 6. The System
7. The System (Reprise) (Feat. The Corner Quartet)
8. Not In My Name (Instrumental)
9. Chain Of Command (Instrumental)
10. Stress (Instrumental)
Chain Of Command are essentially a bunch of hot producers, mcs and musicians, straight out of the United Kingdom. In a genre that’s too often American-led this makes a nice change. What’s more, Merciless Records have been brave enough to release material that’s both experimental and plays with more than just superficial, self-conscious imagery – these guys definitely deal in reality.
Rogue State is going to appeal to heavier hip hop heads and may also be of interest to some heavy metal punters. Overall, this will probably do best with underground djs. It may be loud, but it’s most definitely proud as well.