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).












