People Under The Stairs - The Om Years
(2xCD) OM Records, 2008-07-22

Info :
A double-disc offering from Om of People Under The Stairs back catalogue classics. Features album tracks as well as compilation tracks and vinyl-only b-sides. Get ready for the new FUN DMC album with some old P...

Tracklisting CD1 :
01. Intro
02. San Francisco Knights
03. 43 Labels I Like
04. Time to Rock Our Shit
05. The Cat
06. We'll Be There
07. Youth Explosion
08. Code Check
09. Give Love a Chance
10. Jappy Jap
11. The Suite for a Beaver Part 1
12. O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack)
13. Empty Bottles of Water
14. The L.A. Song
15. Hang Loose
16. Acid Raindrops
17. The Breakdown
18. Montego Slay
19. Yield
20. Play it Again / Outro

Tracklisting CD2 :
01. Invisible Blunt
02. I-15
03. Tour Guide
04. Schooled in the Trade (Instrumental)
05. Big Daddy Brown
06. Hang Loose Pt 2
07. Sunroof (Instrumental)
08. The Bomb Combo
09. Afternoon Connection
10. Out Da Club
11. We'll Be There (10 Seconds Remix)

Links :
putsonline.co.uk
om-records.com

Giant Panda - Electric Laser
(CD) Tres Records/Differ-Ant, 2008-05-20

Giant Panda is back! May 20th will see the release of 'Electric Laser', the sophomore effort from the Pandas. The drums are still bangin’ the melodies will still stick in your ears, and lyrically GP has never come fresher. The first single is right around the corner so keeps your ears in tune to the Pandas’ call.

Tracklisting :
01. Laser Beam (Scotty's Theme)
02. Justin Case
03. Ready to Fly
04. Speakers Pop
05. Aim
06. Laser Ray
07. Precise Calculator
08. Same Old $#! +
09. Cinemax
10. Pops
11. Let It Go
12. Do the Robot in Cyberspace
13. Speakers Funk

Links :
tresrecords.com/artists/giant_panda.php
myspace.com/tresrecords
myspace.com/giantpanda
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda_(group)
plugonemag.com
differ-ant.fr (french distribution)

Time Machine (Jaysonic, Comel + DJ Mekalek) - Life Is Expensive
(CD) 3d Japan, 2008-04-09 / Glow-In-The-Dark Records, 2008-05-06

Tracklisting :
01. In the City of Everything
02. (If You Know What) I Mean feat. Maya Jupiter
03. The Groove That Just Won’t Stop | Quicktime video
04. We’re Making A Video feat. Shawn Jackson
05. The Unfortunate Twist feat. Greg Nice (of Nice & Smooth)
06. Here Comes That Sound feat. Cool Calm Pete, Two B.era
07. Mountains
08. Life Is Expensive
09. A Little Dirt of Your Own feat. Jahpan
10. Who Cares?
11. Something We’re Becoming feat. Maggie Horn
12. Survival Kit

Links :
glowlikethis.com
myspace.com/timemachine
myspace.com/djmekalek

Thes One - Lifestyle Marketing
(2xCD) Tres Records, 2006-11-07

Tracklisting CD1 :
01. Gate City Savings And Loan
02. Northwestern Bell
03. Target
04. Hy - Vee
05. F&F Daily C
06. Hart Ski
07. Grainbelt Beer
08. Bobcat
09. Cheetah
10. GBX Malt Liqour
11. Crystal Sugar
12. Northwestern Bell 2
13. Pan-Am
14. Outro

Tracklisting CD2 (Herb Pilhofer - Original Compositions From Music That Works) :
01. Sound 80 Theme
02. Pan-Am Suite
03. Montage Tonka
04. Hail Cesar
05. Montage Juicy
06. Songs From Setzuan
07. Montage Cat
08. Conwed Ceiling Tile
09. 3M
10. 3M Traffic Control
11. 76 Trombones
12. Montage Minnesota
13. Montage Bell
14. Montage Hart
15. Montage ABC
16. Montage Northwest
17. Montage Cheetah
18. Mobius Flip

Note : Thes One's long-awaited debut instrumental LP. Comes with a bonus disc including tracks from Herb Pilhofer.
"It's kind of like a theme project where I'm remixing all these old commercials from the '70s." (Thes One)

Links :
tresrecords.com
myspace.com/tresrecords
putsonline.co.uk
differ-ant.fr (french distribution)

Various - Tres Presents Shipping And Handling
(2xCD) Tres Records TR396-021, 2006-10-03

Tracklisting CD1 :
01. Thes One - Noonen
02. Thes One - Yacht Club
03. Thes One feat. DJ Z-Trip - D'Nunzio
04. Giant Panda - GP Y'All
05. Headnodic feat Zion - Now A Daze
06. Headnodic - Vallejo
07. Headnodic feat The Procussions - The Drive
08. Thes One & Raashan Ahmad - Doin' It
09. Thes One & Raashan Ahmad - Good Co.
10. Thes One & Raashan Ahmad - Alright
11. Lightheaded - Surprise Cypher II
12. Giant Panda - Plus Bonus Party Cut
13. Giant Panda - T.K.O. (T.K.O. Mega Mix)
14. Ta'Raach - Yeah
15. Ta'Raach - Heaven
16. Lightheaded - Uhh! (New Mix)
17. Lil' Sci - Hit Me
18. Lil' Sci - C.U.
19. Lil' Sci - Hit Me (Phone Home Remix)

Tracklisting bonus party disk : KTRS AM Radio Vol. 2 feat DJ Alibi
01. Alibi - Intro
02. Lightheaded - Unconditional
03. Giant Panda - Chops Alibi Remix
04. Bloquera - Taller Gomez
05. Alibi - This Jam
06. Alibi - The Swass Ten w/ The Baron VonWolfgang Thes
07. Giant Panda - Sho' Improve
08. Alibi feat. Bamboombox - Don't Look Down
09. Ta'Raach - Yeah
10. Alibi - One Day
11. Alibi - You Know The Style
12. Giant Panda - Strings
13. Lightheaded - Eye To Eye
14. Alibi - When The Lights Get Low
15. Alibi - Eye On The Five w/ Ohmega Watts
16. Bloquera - Back To The Grind Again
17. Lightheaded - Speak Your Peace Alibi Remix
18. Alibi - Outro

Note : 19 tracks previously only released on wax ! feat. Thes One, Z-Trip, Giant Panda, Headnodic, Lightheaded ... plus exclusive party mix cd !

Links :
tresrecords.com
myspace.com/tresrecords
putsonline.co.uk
differ-ant.fr (french distribution)

People Under The Stairs - Stepfather
(CD+DVD/2xLP) Basement Records (U.S.A.) BR1157 / Tres Records (Europe) TR396-016/017, 2006-04-18

Tracklisting CD :
01. Intro
02. Step In
03. Pass The 40
04. Pumpin'
05. Flex Off
06. Tuxedo Rap | Go Download MP3
07. Days Like This
08. Jamboree Part 1
09. Jamboree Part 2
10. The Doctor And The Kidd (feat. George Clinton)
11. Eat Street
12. Crown Ones
13. LA9X
14. The Brownout
15. Letter To The Old School
16. More Than You Know
17. Reflections (feat. Odell Johnson)
18. 4 Dollar Afro
19. You
20. On & On (feat. Kat Ouano from Crown City Rockers)

Tracklisting 2xLP :
A1. Intro
A2. Step In
A3. Pass The 40
A4. Pumpin'
A5. Flex Off
B1. Tuxedo Rap | Go Download MP3
B2. Days Like This
B3. Jamboree Part 1
B4. Jamboree Part 2
B5. The Doctor And The Kidd (feat. George Clinton)
C1. Eat Street
C2. Crown Ones
C3. LA9X
C4. The Brownout
C5. Letter To The Old School
D1. More Than You Know
D2. Reflections (feat. Odell Johnson)
D3. 4 Dollar Afro
D4. You
D5. On & On (feat. Kat Ouano from Crown City Rockers)

Notes : The CD version also includes a poster and a DVD with interviews, documentary-style commentary by the artists, live footage, videos and much more.

Links :
putsonline.co.uk
myspace.com/peopleunderthestairs
tresrecords.com
myspace.com/tresrecords
"Tuxedo Rap" MP3 on download.com

Giant Panda - "Fly School Reunion"
(Tres Records)

Voilà un album plutôt attendu suite au succès des singles qui l'ont précédé, "88 Remix" (sur Ukenjam, en 2003), "With It" (Tres Records en 2004) et "Superfly" (Tres, 2005). Un albuml entièrement mixé par Thes One de People Under The Stairs. Un album de hip hop bien old school et californien, donc. Malheureusement, le promo qu'il m'a été donné d'écouter contient toutes les minutes un insupportable bla bla sur le thème de "faut pas pirater ceci est un promo", PAR-DESSUS la musique. C'est un scandale honteux que de gâcher de la rondelle ainsi. Envoyez-moi le véritable album pour une véritable chronique! Sinon apparemment des morceaux sont écoutables sur tresrecords.com mais vu que ni Firefox ni Explorer 6 n'arrivent à lancer les liens du site ça n'est pas très utile... Bref niveau marketing chez Tres Records c'est du grand n'importe quoi et le label ne devrait malheureusement pas y survivre très longtemps....

Download MP3 "90's (clean edit)" sur leehiphopshow.com

People Under The Stairs - "Sunroof", "We'll be there" & "Youth explosion"

"Sunroof" est un inédit extrait de la compilation "OM Lounge vol.4", tandis que "We'll be there" et "Youth explosion" proviennent eux du second album des People Under The Stairs, "Question in the form of an answer". Pour du hip hop old school, classique de chez classique, flower power San Francisco et tout et tout, vous allez être servis. "Sunroof", mon préféré des trois et à mon avis le plus représentatif du groupe même si ce dernier sait aussi foutreusement groover, porte bien son nom et évoque une bonne flânerie perché sur le toit à zoner. "We'll be there" est lui plus jazzy", alors que "Youth explosion" verse dans l'archi-classique de fin de mixtape, peinard. Au passage, notez que les 3 albums des People Under The Stairs sont juste 3 grosses tueries dans l'esprit de ces mp3, qui s'écoutent d'un bout à l'autre et en boucle. Fait rare de nos jours dans le hip hop pour être signalé.
PS Un film Flash est dispo sur le site d'Atom Films, intitulé "Finding Bin Laden", dans lequel les 2 héros de People Under The Stairs sont chargés bar un Bush cocaïnomane d'aller trouver Bin Laden dans son repaire pour lui mettre sa race dans une battle hip hop...

Download mp3 : amazon.com