Sunday Supper: Rubadub - How Many Times (single) + FOS Re-Up

Late Sunday Evening Supper tonight. This week's been crazy for me, four long days in a row. When you work in retail, 'tis the season... Y'all know what it is. Anyways, no excuses, with a day off, I slept in and then spent the afternoon with the family getting pictures with Santa for our notorious Christmas cards... and by the family, I mean my wife, our two dogs, and me, LOL. These pictures are great, the best so far! I can't wait to see the final product. Anyways, back to the music. I have so much new material still waiting in the wings, and I have so many new contributors offering up even more Sunday Supper music, and then there's all these dead links I keep getting asked for re-ups on, so today I got some new and some old.

First off my dude Daniel Alfaro donates a DJ Rubadub single from 1996 titled How Many Times (Can A Black Man Die?). The title track and b-side, "Gangstas Don't Retire," come from his Mind of a Gangsta LP. Nothing special here really, this is typical Rubadub, pimpalicious gangtastic street story rhymes over a funky funky studio band style beat. The single also features a bonus track from my favorite Grapetree artist Lil' Raskull. Good stuff.


Rubadub - How Many Times (Single)

1 How Many Times (Can A Black Man Die)? - Radio Edit
2 How Many Times (Can A Black Man Die)? - Long Edit
3 Gangsta's Don't Retire
4 Lil' Raskull - Play Time's Ova (Bonus Track)

Find How Many Times here (ShareLink).

Next on deck is a couple re-ups from Freedom of Soul. I have had multiple request for both FOS albums, so I thought I would drop them for ya this week. My favorite of the two is definitely The 2nd Comin'. I could listen to that record all day, but Caught in a Land of Time is a masterpiece all of it's own. While The 2nd Comin' seems to be a pure hip hop album from front to back, Caught in a Land of Time is caught somewhere between hip hop and house music. It's that god awful (no Sunday pun intended) hip house. It's like they were trying to be, or being asked to be, the Christian answer to C&C Music Factory and that early hippie-fide De La Soul. Either way it's a nice album. And on the original post to this, I was even turned on to the fact that there is a vinyl version of Caught in a Land of Time floating around, which makes it even better. Rumors of classic gospel hip hop on wax gets my crate diggin' blood flowing! Anyways, enjoy these two classics Freedom of Soul joints.


Freedom of Soul - Caught in a Land of Time

1 Freedom of Soul
2 Caught in a Land of Time
3 Runnin' Thru My Mind
4 A Touch of Soul
5 Cookin' Cacon
6 Blue Sky Lies
7 Acknowledgements
8 It's On You
9 This is Love
10 Can't Hold Back
11 Cartoon Goes to Texas
12 Skin Deep
13 January 15th
14 Y Don't U Want 2 Play Me
15 Serious Lyrics

Find Caught in a Land of Time here (ShareLink).


Freedom of Soul - The 2nd Comin'

1 The 2nd Comin'
2 Home
3 Dusk Till Dawn
4 Sooner or Later
5 Never Changes
6 Not This Record
7 Soulswinger
8 Sonshyne
9 How Much It Cost?

Find The 2nd Comin' here (ShareLink).

From Da Inbox: FB Records Presents: November!

This came in the email this afternoon. FB Records presents: November!, LOL. Maybe I'm the only one that thinks that's funny. But I think it would be better titled, November Features or FB Records November Exclusives or something like that... it just sounds like they're presenting us the month of November. Anyways, all kidding aside, Family Business Records has some decent stuff here: "Understand" is the highlight, a solid hip hop track, while "Family Business" is the typical auto-tuned down south semi-tongue twist head nodder and "Hey Girl (Ghost Mix)" is an electro inspired r&b club jam. Check out the email and downloads below.

***** The Po' Safe Bloggaholic - From Da Inbox *****

FB Records presents: November!
From: "Timothy Lewis" (tl@fbrecords.com)
To: "Jason @ PSB" (posafe78@yahoo.com)

Friends, family, fans, peers and press… We appreciate the constant support of our friends and fans, after years in the studio we are finally about to release some music! This list has grown so big and I can't remember meeting everyone but again WE APPRECIATE IT.  We are excited to launch the new FBrecords.com and kick off a newsletter series, we have some announcements, and as always, we have some new music… Bloggers, please blog! Producers and artists we are always open to collaboration! DJs if you need acappellas or instrumentals hit us up! In celebration of our first newsletter we are excited to introduce one of our favorite collaborations and our theme song...It's Versatile featuring Remedi and Grammy award winning spoken word poet, J.Ivy - "Family  Business"   Versatile ft Remedi and J.Ivy - Family Business (Click here to download mp3)   Listen, download, share, blog! The track is an original FB production, with the beat composed by Luis Cofre, produced by our team and ready to hit the internets!  We have a follow up track with J. Ivy readied for the next album, this track is a banger! Check out J.Ivy's blog www.seejivyhearjivy.com. Also check out the new FBrecords.com and follow us on twitter, myspace, facebook, and soundcloud. Mastering and the artwork for the re-release of our street album, Versatile - "More than Music" havebeen completed. "More than Music" is being readied for iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, eMusic, and Napster expect a January release, here is the artwork and tracklist. More Than Music Weather Konflict Back Off Me City Bandits Where You At Grindin Reachin For The Crown Konflict Understand Raw Be Who I Gotta Be Known From The Block Feel My Pain Dreamin Pretty Soon Beautiful Life Download the album's single "Understand" for free. This track was scored by J.Classic and has aclassic Chicago feel.   Versatile - Understand (Click here to download mp3) The next newsletter will be focused on the release, but enjoy this teaser! Feel free to post or pass it out! We have appreciated all of the support for our "Hey Girl" (Ghost mix) track… It's our take on the Deadmau5 "Ghosts 'N' Stuff" instrumental!   Versatile and Remedi - Hey Girl (Ghost Mix) (Click here to download mp3) We really appreciate the posts! www.fakeshoredrive.com www.boomboomchik.com www.dicodemons.blogspot.com www.wdthdigital.com www.foreverfable.blogspot.com www.ahhsweetdude.com www.revrocksteady.com www.the9elements.com www.theblackurbantimes.com www.feralpartykids.com www.skipperchippers.blogspot.com www.nomodestbear.blogspot.com//li> www.tooknownswellknowns.blogspot.com Thank you all! FBrecords Drop the pressure. Independent. Music. Better.

Ras Kass - Amazin (video)

New video from Ras Kass and producer Veterano.

Ras Kass
www.raskass-central.com
www.myspace.com/raskass-central

Producer Veterano
www.myspace.com/producerveterano
www.producerveterano.blogspot.com
www.producerveterano.bandcamp.com

In the deck...

Oh no, here's what I've been listening too.


Coyo - Radioactive Project/Brooklyn Theory

Mic Blaque posted this over at his Thinking Outside the Box blog. I don't know much about Coyo, but Radioactive is a nice piece of work. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed. Download here.


Kasi RocsWell - Evolutionary

This is a great album. I keep coming back to it. Solid production, thoughtful rhymes, it's just refreshing to hear people make music like this. Download here.


Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place

And now for something completely different. I found this at Defeated Sounds. Call it post rock, or shoe gazer, or just plain noise. I love this record. Droning, moody, atmospheric guitar music. Fits perfectly in the cool, gray, rainy November weather. Download here.

Sunday Supper Triple Threat: K II S, True 2 Society, & Muzik Ta Ride 2

Props to Bloggaholic Bubu for droppin' a couple classic Grapetree links in the CBox. He served up True 2 Society 1997 album Bow Down and the 1999 compilation Muzik Ta Ride 2, Vol. 4. In return I got the re-up of K II S West Coast Thang. Check it out.


K II S (Keys To Salvation) - West Coast Thang (1996)

1 R U Ready (Intro)
2 Choose Your Fate
3 Feel The Spirit
4 Why? Part 1
5 Reporter
6 Without A Preacher
7 I’ll Be Here For You
8 Triple 7 (Interlude)
9 No Time To Waste
10 Get Down
11 Why? Part 2
12 You Got A Friend
13 I’ll Be Here For You (Remix)
14 Station Break
15 Please Forgive Me

Find West Coast Thang here (MediaLink).


True 2 Society - Bow Down (1997)

1 Steppin' Inta
2 Player Fo ya
3 Soldier
4 Da Bomb
5 Bow Down
6 Something Goin' On
7 These Walls
8 Flame On
9 Blessed Be
10 Praise Due
11 Happy Days

Find Bow Down here (MediaLink) or (Bubu RapidLink).


Muzik Ta Ride 2, Vol. 4

1 Ballin' - Prime Minister
2 Smile Now, Cry Later - Preachas in the Hood
3 What Set U Claim'n - Str8 Young G'z
4 On My Own - Mr. Real
5 Step 2 This - E-Roc
6 In the Ghetto - Prime Minister
7 Let It Alone - Bruthaz Grimm
8 Day After - God's Original Gangstaz
9 Set Up - D.C.P.
10 In God We Trust (Interlude)
11 Sunshine - True II Society
12 Lost Souls - Lil Raskull
13 Silly Rappers
14 Me - Lee Boyd

Find Muzik Ta Ride 2, Vol. 4 here (MediaLink) or (Bubu RapidLink).