In our more recent Episode #86 with special guest @BoogieBlind from @TheXecutioners, @DJCrooked played a few audio snippets from a demo tape he made in 1999-2001 with Blind and a collective group of unknown rappers from East/West Harlem called LTG (Lyrics To Go). With very little resources and equipment, Crooked made beats and manually looped them on a Gemini 24 Second Sampler and recorded the songs on a Tascam 8 Track Cassette Recorder. Boogie Blind, having never owned turntables of his own, would be at Crooked's apartment frequently practicing on his Technic 1200's and collaborating on almost every song being made. At the request of our curious listeners, who were impressed by Boogie Blind's innovative and progressive scratches and shocked by Crooked's rapping/producing, we decided to post some of the songs from their demo tape (also knowing how much this embarrasses Crooked was an added bonus lol). Please disregard the some of the sound quality as all of the music was recorded on cassette tapes over 20 years ago.

TRACK 1 (0:00)

"INTRO"

Scratches by @BoogieBlind

Produced by @DJCrooked

TRACK 2 (0:19)

"CROOKED FREESTYLE"

Performed by @DJCrooked

Contains instrumental from "Keep It Thoro" by Prodigy (produced by The Alchemist)

TRACK 3 (3:08)

"ROCKSTEADY PARK SHIT"

Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked

Scratches by @BoogieBlind

TRACK 4 (5:22)

"WHAT YOU WANNA KNOW"

Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked

Scratches by @BoogieBlind

TRACK 5 (8:12)

"KEEP IT MOVIN INTERLUDE"

Performed by Philippe Milord

TRACK 6 (8:24)

"KEEP IT MOVIN"

Performed + Produced by @DJCrooked

Additional Vocals by Brooke Evans

TRACK 7 (12:24)

"BEAR HUG"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son) of UTR (Uptown Residaz)

Additional Vocals by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green) of UTR (Uptown Residaz)

TRACK 8 (16:24)

"DOIN THEY THING"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001)

Additional Vocals by @BoogieBlind

TRACK 9 (20:26)

"EASTSIDE WESTSIDE (PUT IT IN THE SKY)"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son) and Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001)

TRACK 10 (24:35)

"OVERREACT"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green)

Additional Vocals by @BoogieBlind

TRACK 11 (27:48)

"J-ONES"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001)

Scratches by @BoogieBlind

TRACK 12 (30:21)

"GREEN AIRLINES"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green)

TRACK 13 (33:13)

"ROAD CALL"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by @BoogieBlind, Omiz, Deedle Green (@Deedle_Green), Don Fedi (@_Fedi2070) and Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001)

BONUS TRACK (38:39)

"ASK YOURSELF"

Produced by @DJCrooked

Performed by Dal J-Ones (@Jonesie001)

Additional Vocals by Spank Kink (@Sis_Son)

For more tracks and music by Crooked, Boogie Blind and LTG:

https://www.mixcloud.com/djcrooked/crooked-presentslyrics-to-go-harlem-all-stars/