Pittsburgh Hip-Hop -- All of the artists and music on this blog are strongly supported by Stilltown. Links may be hidden in pictures or comments. Please contact me if you want a link removed.
Not many artists are as consistent with releasing music as this diamond in the ruff MC, EnSilence. Did I mention that everything she puts out is of top notch quality? Yeah, she's got skills and heart that are heard in every syllable of her music.
EnSilence recently dropped this new EP, Strange Fruit. It's a free download. My favorite joints are "Promise," "Malcolm Little," and "Strange Fruit." Take a listen!!
Here's a new tape I did paying homage to some of the 90's classics that I grew up on. Not only that but recognizing that most of these artist have fathered my style. ~ Ensilence
01-Elevators 02-Warning 03-Shut Em Down 04-Ready Or Not 05-It Ain't Hard To Tell 06-Wisdom Body 07-Luchini 08-Electric Relaxation 09-Verbal Gemz 10-Know The Ledge 11-Street Struck 12-Murder Was The Case
The process of digging up and sharing more than two decades worth of Pittsburgh hip-hop material is fun, but also quite time consuming. In the process of finding these treasures, I'm doing a lot of fact-checking and researching of the story behind each artist and release.
There is plenty of dope Pittsburgh music that will soon invade the blogosphere. With the explosion of Wiz Khalifa on the mainstream music scene, Mac Miller on the brink, Jasiri X carrying conscious hip-hop on his back, Shade Cobain creating the future sound of the genre, and other local acts like Ayatollah Jaxx, Kid A, and Varsity Squad on the come-up, there is no better time than now to introduce the many hip-hop artists that have worn the city's name on their chest in years and decades passed. Here is a compilation of some music that will soon be released in-full on the Philaflava and Stilltown blogs.
01 - Crush Money - Full Tilt (Prod. by DJ Rampage) (1998) 02 - Afro Cinema - 3 1/2 Minutes of Fame (Prod. by Shamir Shine) (1997)
03 - Blowup School presents Versemaster Sef feat. Cool Ass Doug - Famous (Prod. by DJ Melun) (1998) 04 - Pensoulzinakup [Akil Esoon, Emmai Alaquiva, Oyo] - Scat (feat. Da Selecta & B-Tree) (Prod. by Pensoulz) (1993) 05 - Rook & Bishop - Relatin to Transparent (1998) 06 - Mel-Man - The Mel-Funktion (Prod. by Mel-Man) (1991) 07 - Choked Out - The Roots of All Evil (1997) 08 - DJ Demonic - Last Nite (Prod. by DJ Demonic) (1995) 09 - Concrete Elete - Takin Over (Prod. by El the Asiatic) (1997) 10 - 4 Horsemen [Crush Money, Black Sun, I-Shine, Scandal] - Inner City Life (1998)
Ensilence has been all over this blog lately. That's because her quality music has become a constant. The professional recording sound, and Ensilence's uncanny ability to package an album full of treats, is ecstasy to the listener's ears.
01 - The Reconstruction (Intro) 02 - Whose World
03 - MY State of Mind 04 - Heaven's Harp 05 - Enemy of the State 06 - Pass It On 07 - Artificial Intelligence
08 - Without Reward 09 - Beyond the Rope
10 - Miss U Much 11 - In Scope 12 - Down 13 - First Thing First (Outro)
Production Credits: C-Sekshun - 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13 Macado - 8, 10 Wilde - 7, 9 BusCrates - 11 DJ King Flow - 3
