[FUN FACT #465:Tanya Morgan is not an R&B singer but a Hip-Hop Group. Two MC's from Cincinnati, Ohio (Donwill, Ilyas) and one from Brooklyn, New York (Von Pea)]
WORDS FROM THE HERO
Ah man, I Stumbled across this piece of gold and I had to post it up immediately. I just finished A post a while ago about Pac Div & U-N-I which made me think of Tanya Morgan, Why you ask? because of that stupid saying "Hip Hop is Dead" or "Hip Hop isn't what it used to be...."
Its groups / artists like Pac Div, Tanya Morgan, U-N-I, AML (Buff1, Now On, 14kt), Blu, Dela (BEAT FANATIC / FRANCE), Hollyweerd, J Live, Oddisee, Mishoo the Drumkit, Jazz Addixx, Kixnare, Intact!, etc that are living Audible proof that hiphop is not dead, In fact hip hop doesnt seem to be wounded at all. It has just grown, changed and gone digital, You just have to learn to Adapt to your surroundings =) Since the introduction of MYSPACE to the world, the Music industry (in general) has become very over saturated. The Double Edge Sword hahaha
From the moment I saw the video for "We Be" and then heard Von Pea's verse on The 1st Foreign Exchange album I knew that we would have to create A Classic together....
Aiight Kiddies, It's time for Dutchy 2 Escape Reality by watching his favorite TV shows ( Supernatural, Reaper, Angel, Sanctuary, Lost, Fringe, Eureka, The Dresden Files, The Legend of the seeker, Bleach, Samurai 7, Dollhouse, Entourage, etc) episode after Episode, Season after season hahaha so until next time, Enjoy one of the dopest Video's / Songs of the year which happens to be by the fabulous TANYA MORGAN!
The 1st time I saw the Video for "We Be" I Called like 40 Plus People and Emailed Hundreds. I was So Impressed by the Concept of the video, and the track itself that became like an Unofficial TM Publishing Agent / Street Team Groupie for A week or So, It was Cool for me, because I Noticed Von Pea in the Video and Realized that I already knew who he was because of my man T. (SlopFunkDust) Beat Society, Justus League, Nicolay, OkayPlayer, The whole Circle was Close nit so It was cool to see this cat Rocking! Von, Il and Don are 3 Strait up Dope Emcee's and I am so Glad those cats dont ever Half-Arse anything when it comes to music. But On w/ the post......
Tanya Morgan was founded in 2003. Von Pea and Donwill, already regular collaborators after having met on the okayplayer.com message board, decided to work on a full-length album together. Ilyas, who along with Donwill comprised a hip-hop duo known as Ilwill, joined the project as a third member, and producer Brickbeats was brought in to work on the album as well. Since Von Pea lived in Brookyln and both Donwill and Ilyas lived in Cincinnati, the trio did much of the work on their first album by exchanging files across AOL Instant Messenger.
Prior to releasing their debut album Moonlighting, Tanya Morgan released an online mixtape, Sunlighting, and an EP of original material, Sunset. After Tanya Morgan was featured in XXL Magazine’s “Show and Prove” column [1], Moonlighting was released on Loud Minority Music. The album received 3.5 mics (out of 5) in The Source magazine, [2] an entry in the Chairman’s Choice column in XXL,[3] and coverage in Wax Poetics magazine [4] and several other publications and websites.
The group released the first MySpace-themed video for their single “We Be”, and it went on to win MTVu’s Freshman of the Week contest in July 2006. [5] The “We Be” video was resultantly aired on channels such as MTV Jams, Much Music and nyctv’s The Bridge.
Tanya Morgan has collaborated with hip-hop acts such as Nicolay, Fat Jon, 88 Keys. The group performed at Toronto’s NXNE Festival with Noveau Riche, and the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival with Ghostface Killah, Large Professor, Consequence, and others. Tanya Morgan is also a regular at New York’s annual CMJ Festival.
Tanya Morgan was voted the winner of the “Show Us What You Got” Hip-Hop Artist Competition, held on October 25, 2007 at the Power Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were also featured in XXL’s “Chairman’s Choice” in September of 2008, and named in XXLMag.com’s Top Ten Artists in July of the same year [6].[citation needed] 2008 also saw the release of their EP The Bridge. Most recently Tanya Morgan has recorded Brooklynati, an album and coinciding multi-media project set to be released May 12, 2009 on Interdependent Media. The group Tanya Morgan has also recently moved from their respective cities to the city of Brooklynati, a little-known American city whose history, attractions, shops and events can be viewed through the Brooklynati Chamber of Commerce website.
While we are on the Subject of TM, It would be Insane not to give those who missed the chance of hearing the Dopest Collaboration Track of 2007=)
It just so happens to be the 1st Radio Single off my Sophomore Record "Crush Your System" released digitally Via Rawkus Records NOV 2007.
"BETTER MAN" features Four of my Favorite Cats making music.
My Favorite Emcee Period "MEDIAN" of the Justus League FAME
not far Behind the Brooklynati Super Hero himself "VON PEA" of Tanya Morgan
Beat Fanatic Family member "ILLMIND" on The Vacation Vibe Mellow NeckBreaking Production!
and last but not Least, The Hands behind the Lightning fast Stab's of Phonte (little Brother) Chanting one of my Favorite Lines of all time "I fell asleep with this Beat of Repeat / Repetitive Loop life seems to greet me / Im trying to be A better Man Please Believe Me" - by none other than Legendary Battle DJ "RAGZ" of the World Famous JAZZ ADDIXX
Which Can get Along with the 14 other Tracks on "Crush Your System" + 14 Bonus Cuts added to the Zip File on Some "Project: REACH" Fan 1st Iddish.
DOWNLOAD by Clicking the Album Cover Below(or you can wonder over to the column on the right and Click on any of the album covers to download each album!)ENJOY!
Naledge (feat. Rus-Soul) Produced by Sa-Ra"Star Struck" - [VIDEO] 2009
I just Came Across this Video as well and had to throw it in the mix. Now I will Admit, I am not the biggest fan of Nalege as an emcee, Dont get me wrong tho, Im not "Not A Fan" either, I just dont feel his voice or content or delivery Stands out enough in this over saturated market. I Did purchase and support both major releases and Enjoyed the newer LP Alot! "BLACK OUT" & "Paper Trails" Got crazy Play in my headphones and in the Car, as did the whole Record. Just dont know how much I would enjoy duke if the beats he rocked werent so dope. Either Way, He gets my support for making dope music, now, These Cats (Naledge & Double O) were Once aboard The World Renown IDIE HEAVY WEIGHT Left Field LABEL - "RAWKUS RECORDS" (once the mecca for (BestoftheBest) artist such as Company Flow, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Big L, Common, Zack Dela Rocha, Q-tip, Punch N Words, Shabaam Sadeeq, Pharoah MonchI can Keep Going on and on and on and in fact, I will hahahah, Finale, Scans, Legacy, Protoman, SlopFunkDust (As A&R) The Foundation, Myself (Dutchmassive / The Hobbyshop Hero) etc... But it seems all good things Come to an End, because Around the Same Time my fellowRawkus 50 members Released A On Slaught of Classic Digital Albums (as Rawkus's Last Ditch Effort to Remain Relevant in todays Everchanging Market) I spoke to Naledge and He Said that they were leaving Rawkus because Rawkus could no longer cater to the Dreams and Ambition of These Young New College Graduates known as "The Kids in the Hall"... So They Along with A grip of other Once Legendary/Respected Artists Boarded the Ship known as DUCK DOWN (home of BLACK MOON, SMIF N WESSON, FAB 5, HELTAH SKELTAH, O.G.C. ETC) of coarse you younger cats would prob know them all by different names and releases.... I gotta Say that The Alliance Between 9th Wonder or the Justus League in General and Duck Down was A Match Made in Heaven. Kudo's to Naledge for Dropping another Dope Joint! HsH
Peace, To get the vibe right for Wednesday's (APRIL 1st) SPECIAL POST (The Debut Release of the Highly Anticipated Instrumental Project from Super Producer DAVIDLUKE)
I wanted to make absolutely sure that YOU (the reader / onlooker / listener) remember that THE HOBBYSHOP HERO is Just as much about Amazing Music (All Genres, minus country), Dope Beats, Forward thinking Recording Artists just as much as it is about NES, SNEAKERS, 8BIT ART, VINYL TOYS, etc....
So, In The Spirit of Celebrating music I stopped over @t one of my favorite hidden corners of the Interweb (MEATSKULL) and Selected a few shy of A dozen Downloadable Mixes for you to vibe out to. MEATSKULL is not just A HIPHOP music Blog, but features ALL types of Music that you probally never will hear on CLEARCHANNEL OR VIACOM RADIO STATIONS hahaha so make sure to Visit MEATSKULL and Go Nuts Stumbling upon new music to fall in love with!!!! So without FURTHER-UH-DO!?!?!? <--- Huh? LETS START DOWNLOADING!!!!! _________________________________________
Revenge Intro East Flatbush Project “Tried By 12″ Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka Intro Fab 5 “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka” Fab 5 09′ “Go IL USA (Circa 96′)” Crooklyn Dodgers “Crooklyn” Crooklyn Dodgers “Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers” Group Home “Super Star” Group Home “Living Proof” Red Hot Lover Tone “My Peeps” Black Moon “Who Got Da Props Remix” Grand Puba “I Like It” iLLaNOise & Phil G “Electric Infatuation” Tribe “Electric Relaxation” O.C “Times Up” Show Biz A.G “Next Level” Nas “World Is Yours Remix” Mos Def “Universal Magnetic” Onxy “Last Dayz” Gza “Shadowboxing” All City “The Actual” Alcholiks “Likwit” Pugz feat. Rashid Hadee and Primeridian”Hey Yall (Ego Trippin Rmx)” Black Moon “Buck Em Down Rmx Break” Pete Rock & CL Smooth “One In A Million” Bush Babies “Like That Yall / Love Song” Common “Take It Eazy Jazz Interlude w/ iLLaNOise” The Roots “Proceed” The Roots “Proceed Pt 3″ The Roots “What They Do Break” Gangstarr “Question Remains / Mass Appeal” Mobb Deep “Hell On Earth Intro” Mobb Deep “Drink Ya Pain Away” Mos Def, Tash, Q Tip “Body Rock” Project Mayhem “Microphone Master Remix” Last Boy Scout w/ Busta Rhymes “Wild For The Night” Busta Rhymes “Remains Raw” Redman “It’s Like That (Big Brother)” Lost Boyz “Beast From The East”
1. Dirt Weed (Intro) 2. Waiting For You (produced by suburb) 3. You Should Know feat. Naledge of Kidz In The Hall 4. Shake It Off feat Kam Moye & Torae (produced by brizzo) 5. Got Fans (produced by Eric Lau) 6. So Sweet 7. Walk My Way (produced by aeon) 8. Killa Tape Interlude 9. Stay Tuned 10. She Moved Outta Cincy (08 Mix) 11. Four Men feat. Kay (produced by Dj Cozmos & King Midas) 12. Golden feat. Elucid 13. Hello Brooklyn feat. Jay-Z & Lil Wayne (Von Pea Remix) 14. Go To Get It feat. Median 15. Che Tanya (produced by cj) 16. Brazilian Wax 17. Bathtub (Interlude) 18. Come Here Shawty feat. Ink Floyd (produced by h/r) 19. Kim & Cookie Interlude 20. Take The W (produced by 88 keys) 21. Bout To Be Some (produced by khrysis) 22. You May Die Now Interlude 23. Tanya Morgan Is A Rap Group 24. And You Say feat. Che Grand
01 Breakfast @ Wimbledon (The Movie Trailer ((Fuck-A-Mixtape)) 02 R E S T A R T 03 Electric(Yacht)Brain In The Lab With A Stereo 04 Yoko Ono (Danny!) 05 Lessondary Busy feat. Von Pea, Spec Boogie & Donwill 06 Bink?! How Much?!?! 07 Swing (prod. Brain Brizzo) (Preview) 08 I Think (She Likes Me) (Fly Guys & The Luv Bugz) 09 Lunch (english.man.in.nyc) 10 City On Fire (Preview) 11 UFO Ninja (Class of 3000) 12 Usain Bolt Rap Shit (prod. Suhburb) 13 Bendable Poseable (Hot Chip) 14 And You Say (Tanya Morgan) (prod. Von Pea) 15 GitDown feat Aeon (Tango & Cash Preview) 16 Flawed (8th W1 + Von Pea) 17 Dinner (fear.not.for.man) 18 This Is Not America (prod. Diego) 19 Birthright (Elucid) 20 Too Much Good 21 Brunch (.nova) 22 I Love Cassie/EGU coming soon (Outro)
01. Chris Read Theme #3 (Intro) 02. Heavy D - We Got Our Own Thang 03. Eric B & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit Em 04. Nice & Smooth - Hip Hop Junkies 05. Ultramagnetic MC’s - Poppa Large (Daily Diggers Remix) 06. The Whooliganz - Put Your Handz Up 07. The Beatnuts - Props Over Here 08. Mobb Deep - Survival Of The Fittest 09. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah, Got You All In Check 10. The Beatnuts - Off The Books 11. Unspoken Heard - Better 12. Common - Car Horn 13. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control 14. Jaz O & Immobilaire - Love Is Goin 15. Jay Dee feat. Frank N Dank - Pause 16. Kev Brown - Allways 17. Encore feat. Ladybug Mecca - Real Talk 18. Floetry feat. Common - Supastar 19. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push 20. Little Brother feat. Carlitta Durand - Life Of The Party 21. Black Grass feat. J-Live - Set It Straight 22. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me (Outro)
Side-A 1. Intro 1 / pro by Mitsu the Beats feat. Hunger 2. Wolves in wool / Odd Jobs 3. Fortified Live / Reflection Eternal feat. MosDef & Mr.Man 4. Definition of Ill / P.B.W feat.Planet Asia, Madlib 5. Microphone Mathematics (Intro) / Quasimoto 6. Microphone Mathematics (Remix) / Quasimoto 7. Mission Impossible/Pitfall Pt.2 / Kaliwild 8. Pound For Pound / Kaliwild 9. The Buizness(inst) / De La Soul 10. Car Horn (Intro) / Common 11. Dooinit / Common 12. Dedication To The Suckers / Phat Kat 13. Unlimited / Soul Position 14. Real Definition (inst) / Profile 15. Yes Y’all / Sound Providers 16. Fresh Rhymes / Sound Providers 17. 2ThaLeft (Hook) / Dynamic Syncopation feat.Mass Influence 18. 2ThaLeft (The Nextmen Remix) / Dynamic Syncopation feat.Mass Influence 19. It’z Goin Down. Now (Feel Good) / Schoolz Of Thought 20. One Of Those Days (88-Strumental) 21. Inter Mood / GAGLE
Side-B 1. Intro2 / Pro By DJ Ishino The Original(S.M.C) Cuts By Mu-R 2. Mental Invasion / DJ Cam 3. Srep Up Time / InI 4. Back On The Block / Pete Rock 5. The Mad Scientist / The Large Professor 6. Pay Attention / Dilated Peoples 7. Synopsis (inst) / Erule 8. Silent Treatment (Kelo’s Mix) / The Roots 9. Intro / Group Home 10. East NY Theory / Group Home feat.Brainsick Mob 11. Breathing Pleasure / Jazz Liberatorz 12. Break The Look / TY 13. So Fabulous / Little Brother 14. Flow / Zion-I feat.Grouch & Goapeke 15. Idols (inst) / DJ Spinna 16. DJ Song / DJ Spinna & Ticklah 17. Elevate / Jigmastas feat.Anjela Johnson 18. Git To Steppin’ / Hi-Tek feat. MosDef & Vinia Mojica 19. Dreamy / Jay Dee
1. Do You Know (Intro) 2. Nas - Memory Lane 3. People Under The Stairs - Give Love A Chance 4. PMN - We Came From feat. Freedom 5. Scienz Of Life - Powers Of Nine Ether (Distorted Views Of Life) 6. Poor Righteous Teachers - Word Iz Life 7. Black Sheep - Without A Doubt 8. Dres - Tru Kings 9. InI - Think Twice 10. J. Treds - Make It Happen 11. Bigg Jus - When They Start… 1997 Uptop Shit 12. Pumpkinhead - Jukebox 13. El Segundo (Interlude) 14. Hard 2 Obtain - L.I. Groove 15. Large Professor - Dancing Girl 16. Organized Konfusion - Somehow, Someway 17. The Roots - Distortion To Static 18. ST/MIC - Life feat. Primo The Cinematic 19. Lord Finesse - Hip 2 Da Game 20. Foundation & Rezidue - Boogie Down’s Got The Flavor 21. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth 22. Haywood - Untitled (Instrumental) 23. The Unknown - Untitled (Instrumental) 24. Jazz Addixx - Say Jazzy 25. Dr. Becket & K-Skills - Who This Iz 26. Godfather Don - Status 27. The Last Emperor - Monumental 28. Crown Prince - Mechanics Of Life (Remix) 29. El Fudge - Rockin’ It feat. DJ Ivory 30. C-Rayz Walz - Degrees 31. Doujah Raze - Where You Are 32. Grown Folks - Love Music
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