An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space (Free digital download, Monkeyboxing.com, 2015)
Producer Tom Caruana is quite a figure of the music underground in the UK. Besides numerous hip hop or funk productions (for Breakin' Bread, with Dr. Syntax and many others, in The Menagerie or Son Of Sam bands, etc.), he created the Boiler Room Collective studio project, and released some very famous mashup mixtapes, blending Wu-Tang with The Beatles ('Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers') or with Jimi Hendrix ('Black Gold'). He's now back with another of those mashup albums, this time beatmaking with bits of Beatles instrumentals & hip hop a cappellas from 1990s Brooklyn. The result is an impressive 48-track double LP download, with lots of great tunes. Our picks would go to the ones featuring Edan, Large Professor, MOP, Artifacts, Spoonie Gee (Disc 1, tracks 2, 7, 15, 19, 21), Slick Rick, RZA & Rugged Monk, and Large Professor again (Disc 2, tracks 2, 6, 15) - some of which you'll probably hear in Paris DJs' next mix in the 'Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free' series…
Tom Caruana presents An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space
(CD/LP) Agogo Records AR051, 2015-02-09
Tracklisting Part 1 :
01. Intro
02. Hello Hello - Edan
03. Mr Mustard - Big Daddy Kane
04. Second To None - Rakim
05. Taxman - The Notorius B.I.G.
06. Gentle Thief - Nas
07. Where I'm From - Large Professor
08. Country Grammar - Talib Kweli & Bun B
09. Parlay - J-Live
10. Twist - Salt-N-Pepper
11. Birthday Dedication - Busta Rhymes
12. Open Mic Session pt. 1 - Masta Ace, Percee P, Lord Finesse, Frankie Cutlass, Easy Mo Bee & KRS-One
13. Number Nine - YZ
14. Self Titled - Heltah Skeltah
15. Bang Bang - MOP
16. Pepper - Kool G Rap
17. Bring Your Friends - Public Enemy
18. Interlude / Bridge - MC Shan
19. Last Forever - Artifacts
20. For The Children - Freddie Foxxx
21. Ringo's Big Beat Theme - Spoonie Gee
22. Hold Poppa's Large Hand - Ultramagnetic MC's
23. Open Mic Session pt. 2 - Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane & Rakim
24. The End - Run DMC & Afrika Bambaataa
25. Circles - Wu-Tang Clan
26. Brooklyn Walrus - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Buckshot , Masta Ace & Special Ed
Tracklisting Part 2 :
01. Intro
02. Secrets - Slick Rick
03. Beneath The Diamond Sky - GZA
04. Within Tomorrow - Busta Rhymes
05. The Beginning - Sunz Of Man
06. Gentle Drama - RZA & Rugged Monk
07. Becausizm - KRS-One & Channel Live
08. Mary Jane - Tha Alkaholiks
09. Bong Water - Viktor Vaughn
10. Hold On
11. Love In Summertime - Ghostface Killah & Beyonce
12. And I Lover Her Crazy - Jay-Z & Beyonce
13. Ruffneck Soldier - MC Lyte
14. Hey! - Beastie Boys
15. Get Back To The City - Large Professor
16. Hard To Leave Home - Nas
17. The Flyest - AZ
18. And Who? - Heiroglyphics
19. Lonely Thoughts - The Notorious B.I.G.
20. Can You Dig It? - Gravediggaz
21. How To Smile - Tupac & Scarface
22. A Day In New York - AZ, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah
Links :
For download links & instrumentals visit Monkeyboxing.com
Tom Caruana : discogs | facebook | soundcloud | twitter
Press Release :
The Beatles' first visit to the United States of America is well documented: but what you can't read in the history books is the incredible story of what really happened in the course of the transatlantic flight that took them there.
Having departed Heathrow on the 7th February 1964, John Lennon, in a playful mood, ordered the pilot to divert the plane via the Bermuda Triangle. Newly declassified documents reveal that Pan Am Flight 101 disappeared from US radar screens shortly after midday, local time. At great expense we have obtained - from reliable Russian mafia sources - an MP3 copy of the black box recorder of that ill-fated Boeing 707. This indicates that as far as those aboard the plane knew, after experiencing severe cyclonic turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean, they re-routed towards New York, believing themselves to have narrowly avoided aeronautical disaster. But on arriving at JFK airport, they were stunned to learn that they had arrived in the year 1994.
The smooth English manners of the Beatles' handlers managed to get them through customs without triggering a major incident and, after regrouping in an East Village hotel, the Fab Four adjusted to their temporally altered reality with typical vim and enthusiasm. As Pan Am suits fretted about the effect on their share price should this debacle ever become public knowledge, John, Paul, George and Ringo threw themselves - incognito, of course - into the vibrant New York music scene of the day.
These four cheeky lads from Liverpool quickly won many friends in the booming world of hip-hop and, setting up a makeshift studio in Brooklyn (which they dubbed 'Pepperland' in tribute to the piquantly seasoned bagels from a deli down the block), they engaged these new friends in sprawling jam sessions. As weeks turned into months, Pan Am and EMI executives called in NASA boffins in an attempt to engineer a return to the swinging 60s. Meanwhile, in Manhattan society circles, rumours intensified about the true identity of the lovable English gentlemen rocking block parties in eccentric style, and they were forced to hide away in the studio where they continued to be visited by a steady flow of trusted MCs, filling tape after tape with history-collapsing musical alchemy.
Eventually, an intervention by little-known amateur avionics enthusiast Big Daddy Kane enabled air traffic control to plot a route back to the rock 'n' roll era. Having forged a deep connection with the people and the music that they'd encountered, John and George were keen to stay on in the 90s, but Brian Epstein refused to contemplate a breach of contract with the Ed Sullivan show, and Paul settled matters when he sided with the management.
The Beatles got back to where they once belonged and, while they never spoke publically of their adventures in NYC's golden age of hip-hop, the songs that they'd forged during their incredible burst of creativity there formed the backbone of their musical output over the rest of the 60s: albeit without the raucous hip-hop elements that had originally driven them.
To the dismay of the many talented rappers and producers who had frequented Pepperland, government spooks ordered that all the tapes be destroyed to prevent them destabilizing the lucrative popular belief in the linearity of time and the segregation of musical genres. However, with customary slight of hand, Biz Markie pulled an eleventh-hour switcheroo and it was Ringo's collaboration with thrash metal stars Anthrax that was destroyed by the feds.
Fearing retribution from some combination of EMI, the Illuminati, Def Jam and the FBI, Biz Markie kept the incendiary Pepperland recordings hidden from the world for nearly twenty years. When contacted by our investigation, Biz refused to confirm or deny the existence of the tapes, and offered no comment on the suggestion that a blunt shared with Kool Keith was the true genesis of the Beatles' move towards psychedelia. Undeterred, we persuaded an intern - employed without pay to catalogue Mr Markie's collection of vintage cereal boxes, rare action figures and hip-hop memorabilia - to smuggle the tapes out of the medium-security vault in which they had languished, having momentarily distracted her boss with a box of 1970s Fruity Pebbles and a mint condition Breakdance Barbie in its original packaging.
Motivated only by a belief that the listening world was now ready to witness the strength of Beatle knowledge, the selfless actions of this brave intern (current location unknown) have allowed us to make this timeless, priceless, epoch-shattering meta-posse cut mixtape available for the first time.
Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present: An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space.
Tom Caruana presents An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space
(CD/LP) Agogo Records AR051, 2015-02-09
Tracklisting Part 1 :
01. Intro
02. Hello Hello - Edan
03. Mr Mustard - Big Daddy Kane
04. Second To None - Rakim
05. Taxman - The Notorius B.I.G.
06. Gentle Thief - Nas
07. Where I'm From - Large Professor
08. Country Grammar - Talib Kweli & Bun B
09. Parlay - J-Live
10. Twist - Salt-N-Pepper
11. Birthday Dedication - Busta Rhymes
12. Open Mic Session pt. 1 - Masta Ace, Percee P, Lord Finesse, Frankie Cutlass, Easy Mo Bee & KRS-One
13. Number Nine - YZ
14. Self Titled - Heltah Skeltah
15. Bang Bang - MOP
16. Pepper - Kool G Rap
17. Bring Your Friends - Public Enemy
18. Interlude / Bridge - MC Shan
19. Last Forever - Artifacts
20. For The Children - Freddie Foxxx
21. Ringo's Big Beat Theme - Spoonie Gee
22. Hold Poppa's Large Hand - Ultramagnetic MC's
23. Open Mic Session pt. 2 - Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane & Rakim
24. The End - Run DMC & Afrika Bambaataa
25. Circles - Wu-Tang Clan
26. Brooklyn Walrus - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Buckshot , Masta Ace & Special Ed
Tracklisting Part 2 :
01. Intro
02. Secrets - Slick Rick
03. Beneath The Diamond Sky - GZA
04. Within Tomorrow - Busta Rhymes
05. The Beginning - Sunz Of Man
06. Gentle Drama - RZA & Rugged Monk
07. Becausizm - KRS-One & Channel Live
08. Mary Jane - Tha Alkaholiks
09. Bong Water - Viktor Vaughn
10. Hold On
11. Love In Summertime - Ghostface Killah & Beyonce
12. And I Lover Her Crazy - Jay-Z & Beyonce
13. Ruffneck Soldier - MC Lyte
14. Hey! - Beastie Boys
15. Get Back To The City - Large Professor
16. Hard To Leave Home - Nas
17. The Flyest - AZ
18. And Who? - Heiroglyphics
19. Lonely Thoughts - The Notorious B.I.G.
20. Can You Dig It? - Gravediggaz
21. How To Smile - Tupac & Scarface
22. A Day In New York - AZ, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah
Links :
For download links & instrumentals visit Monkeyboxing.com
Tom Caruana : discogs | facebook | soundcloud | twitter
Press Release :
The Beatles' first visit to the United States of America is well documented: but what you can't read in the history books is the incredible story of what really happened in the course of the transatlantic flight that took them there.
Having departed Heathrow on the 7th February 1964, John Lennon, in a playful mood, ordered the pilot to divert the plane via the Bermuda Triangle. Newly declassified documents reveal that Pan Am Flight 101 disappeared from US radar screens shortly after midday, local time. At great expense we have obtained - from reliable Russian mafia sources - an MP3 copy of the black box recorder of that ill-fated Boeing 707. This indicates that as far as those aboard the plane knew, after experiencing severe cyclonic turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean, they re-routed towards New York, believing themselves to have narrowly avoided aeronautical disaster. But on arriving at JFK airport, they were stunned to learn that they had arrived in the year 1994.
The smooth English manners of the Beatles' handlers managed to get them through customs without triggering a major incident and, after regrouping in an East Village hotel, the Fab Four adjusted to their temporally altered reality with typical vim and enthusiasm. As Pan Am suits fretted about the effect on their share price should this debacle ever become public knowledge, John, Paul, George and Ringo threw themselves - incognito, of course - into the vibrant New York music scene of the day.
These four cheeky lads from Liverpool quickly won many friends in the booming world of hip-hop and, setting up a makeshift studio in Brooklyn (which they dubbed 'Pepperland' in tribute to the piquantly seasoned bagels from a deli down the block), they engaged these new friends in sprawling jam sessions. As weeks turned into months, Pan Am and EMI executives called in NASA boffins in an attempt to engineer a return to the swinging 60s. Meanwhile, in Manhattan society circles, rumours intensified about the true identity of the lovable English gentlemen rocking block parties in eccentric style, and they were forced to hide away in the studio where they continued to be visited by a steady flow of trusted MCs, filling tape after tape with history-collapsing musical alchemy.
Eventually, an intervention by little-known amateur avionics enthusiast Big Daddy Kane enabled air traffic control to plot a route back to the rock 'n' roll era. Having forged a deep connection with the people and the music that they'd encountered, John and George were keen to stay on in the 90s, but Brian Epstein refused to contemplate a breach of contract with the Ed Sullivan show, and Paul settled matters when he sided with the management.
The Beatles got back to where they once belonged and, while they never spoke publically of their adventures in NYC's golden age of hip-hop, the songs that they'd forged during their incredible burst of creativity there formed the backbone of their musical output over the rest of the 60s: albeit without the raucous hip-hop elements that had originally driven them.
To the dismay of the many talented rappers and producers who had frequented Pepperland, government spooks ordered that all the tapes be destroyed to prevent them destabilizing the lucrative popular belief in the linearity of time and the segregation of musical genres. However, with customary slight of hand, Biz Markie pulled an eleventh-hour switcheroo and it was Ringo's collaboration with thrash metal stars Anthrax that was destroyed by the feds.
Fearing retribution from some combination of EMI, the Illuminati, Def Jam and the FBI, Biz Markie kept the incendiary Pepperland recordings hidden from the world for nearly twenty years. When contacted by our investigation, Biz refused to confirm or deny the existence of the tapes, and offered no comment on the suggestion that a blunt shared with Kool Keith was the true genesis of the Beatles' move towards psychedelia. Undeterred, we persuaded an intern - employed without pay to catalogue Mr Markie's collection of vintage cereal boxes, rare action figures and hip-hop memorabilia - to smuggle the tapes out of the medium-security vault in which they had languished, having momentarily distracted her boss with a box of 1970s Fruity Pebbles and a mint condition Breakdance Barbie in its original packaging.
Motivated only by a belief that the listening world was now ready to witness the strength of Beatle knowledge, the selfless actions of this brave intern (current location unknown) have allowed us to make this timeless, priceless, epoch-shattering meta-posse cut mixtape available for the first time.
Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present: An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space.
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