Strictly Rock - Part II

a.k.a. Strictly Rockers



Shockout all nice & decent people.



Once again, your sound selector for this evening is the boy Flair with another super duper Strictly Rock.



This is part II & we all about the rockers.



A fine selection of tracks from a fine selection of artists.
Once again, this is large so it comes in two parts.



As usual, the Strictly Biz seal of approval means that this whole ish is lovely, but tracks to look for include -

The legendary Big Youth has plenty of tracks with 'Rock' in the title, but I went for the smooth 'Tippertong Rock'.
General Trees gives us a total headnodder with 'Walking Rocking'
Jacob Miller is lovely as he always was with 'Keep On Knocking', then at 2:50 the wicked U Brown comes in.



Jah Walton deserves a mention, firstly because his track here is simply titled 'Rock', secondly because it is dope. "Mi love mi cheese & biscuit"
'Live Rocket' by John Wayne is superb, as is everything else he recorded, a banger on a version of the Real Rock riddim.
Johnny Osbourne delivers a classic with 'Rock & Come On Ya', but things really kick off at four minutes in when the amazing Papa Tullo (a.k.a. Tullo T) joins us. Special stuff.



'Rock Steady Party' by Leroy Sibbles is another lovely joint, then deejay legend Nicodemus comes in with his Bonanza rhymes.
Lone Ranger's 'Sat Upon The Rock' is straight up dope, on the Cherry Oh Baby riddim, Ranger is without doubt one of the greatest of all time. Buy as much of his stuff you can find, trust me.
'Jubie Rock' is a another quality Michael Palmer track, lovely singer.



Pampidoo is as crazed as ever on the bouncy 'DJ With The Rock Stone Voice', he must get through a lot of strepsils !
A favourite of our own DJ Friendly, Ranking Dread gives us the fat 'Natty On The Rock', "A Too Dready".
Ranking Trevor makes two appearances here, firstly under the name Ranking Superstar with 'Lovers Rock', then with the classic 'Savalamar Rock'.



Another Deejay with legendary status, the incredible Ranking Toyan rocks it on 'Rock It Up'.
Shabba Ranks shouts out his musical friends on the massive digi banger 'Get Up Stand Up & Rock' on the Bye Bye Love riddim.
'Pegion Rock' by Sister Nancy is very nice indeed, unlike the spelling. Shout out to my girl Li-Li on this one.



The greatly missed Sugar Minott is here with the gigantic 'Dread A Me Idrin'.
Trinity follows on from Xanadu & Sweet Lady (on the first volume of Strictly rock) with the delightful 'Rockers Delight'.
Finally the fantastic Yellowman drops the gigantic 'Natty Sat Upon The Rock' over the same riddim as his classic 'Nobody Move'.



Part I

Barrington Levy - Rock and Come In
Big Youth - Tippertong Rock
Charlie Chaplin - Diet Rock
Cocoa Tea - Rocking Dolly
Dennis Alcapone - Investigator Rock
Dillinger - Slipe Pen Road Rock
Ernest Ranglin - Studio One Rockers
General Trees - Walking Rocking
Gregory Isaacs - Rock On
Horace Andy & Errol Scorcher - Come Rock Me Pretty
Israel Vibration - Jah Jah Rock
Jacob Miller & U Brown - Keep On Knocking
Jah Iny - El Rockers Chapter One
Jah Walton - Rock
John Wayne - Live Rocket
Johnny Osbourne & Papa Tullo - Rock & Come On Ya
Josey Wales - Keep Rocking
Lee Van Cliff - Rock It To Me Twice
Leroy Sibbles & Nicodemus - Rock Steady Party
Little Clarkie - Bubble-n-Rock
Little John - Rock & Roll
Lone Ranger - Sat Upon The Rock
Madoo & Ranking Toyan - Rocking Of The Five Thousand\Come Along
Michael Palmer - Jubie Rock
Nicodemus - Father Jungle Rock



Part II

Osbert Madoo - Rock With Papa Madoo
Pampidoo - The DJ With The Rock Stone Voice
Phillip Frazer & Bunny General - My Sound Rocking Tonight
Prince Francis - Rocking Down Old York Way
Prince Mohammed - Harbour View Rock
Ranking Dread - Natty On The Rock (Death Trap)
Ranking Joe - Rock It On
Ranking Superstar - Lovers Rock
Ranking Toyan - Rock It Up
Ranking Trevor - Savalamar Rock
Reggae Regular - Ghetto Rock
Scotty - Jam Rock Style
Shabba Ranks - Get Up Stand Up & Rock
Sister Carol - Lovers Rock Style
Sister Nancy - Pegion Rock
Sizzla - Solid As A Rock
Spanner Banner & Simpleton - Rock On
Sugar Minott - Dread A Me Idrin
Tapper Zukie - First Street Rock
Tony Tuff & Yabby You - Lovers Rocking & Skanking
Trinity - Rockers Delight
U Brown - Me Chat You Rock
U Roy - Trench Town Rock
Wailing Souls - Firehouse Rock
Wayne Smith - Rock Every Bone
Yellowman - Natty Sat Upon The Rock

Password - defandstupid



Part III of Strictly Rock coming soon, keep it locked right here.



"Take Your Hand Out Of Your Pocket & Rock It"

Strictly Rock - Part I

Yes party people, Strictly Business are back once again with the first installment of another one of our lovely compilations.



We present to you Strictly Rock.



This is the first chapter of what will be an ongoing series, the next two chapters are coming very soon, but for now here's the first volume.
There is a lot of joints here, so it comes in three parts.



Way to many tracks here for me to comment on 'em all, but Strictly Business suggest that you look out for -

Firstly, it wouldn't be right to not include Bam's timeless 'Planet Rock',
The superb Asher D & Daddy Freddy make yet another appearance on a Strictly Biz comp with 'Posse, Rock & Move'
Obviously the mighty Captain Rock had to be here, so he is, with the heavy 'House Of Rock'. Captain Rock for president !
Davy DMX's classic 'The DMX Will Rock' is here & rightfully so. Your boy Flair loves this shit.
'The Mighty Hard Rocker' by DJ Cash Money & Marvelous is a classic party rocker, so y'all need that.
The Funky 4 + 1 give us the classic Rapping & Rocking The House, with the amazing Sha-Rock & the amazingly named Keith Keith.
Ice (MuthaFuckin') T drops the amazing 'Body Rock'. (The first of three tracks here titled 'Body Rock'
LL soundalike (more of that to come soon) Jewel T comes off hard on 'Rock The Crossfade'
Another Strictly Biz fave, the Krown Rulers are in the hizouse with the double def 'Let The Party Rock'
The aforementioned LL Cool J says "rock" a lot, so I ended up going for the fat 'You'll Rock'
Louis Logic & crew give us a nice new school posse cut with the remix of the simply titled 'Rock'
Another soundalike (like i said, more on that later) MC Don & EZ Ed go all Eric B & Rakim on the smooth 'Party Rockers'
Representing the UK we have the dope Overlord X with 'Visa To Rock'
Ray Rock & K.C. with 'Rayrock Kick It' needs to be listened to, "MCs that bite by me get dissed".
The legendary Schoolly D tells us 'I Don't Like Rock & Roll', then strangely went off & done that wack stuff with a band. Poor old confused Schoolly School.
Without doubt, the crew called Strickly Business (not us) need a mention here, probably because they say the immortal words "Strictly Business" a few times.
One of the best named crews ever, The Mighty B-Force feat Hand Master Flash (yes ! Hand!!) are here with 'We Got You Rockin' It'
Thirstin Howl III kind of follows on from Davy DMX (i said kind of) with a dope Galt MacDermot loop on 'Brooklyn Hard Rock'
Body Rock (again) by the Treacherous Three had to be here, but then you really should have it (& know all the words). If not, what on earth are you playing at ?
And finally Xanadu & Sweet Lady over a reggae version of 'Good Times' on 'Rocker's Choice'.



Plus you know that all the other tracks are winners, this is a Strictly Business selection for Herc's sake.
More to come soon from the Strictly Rock series, but for now rock away to this dope collection.



Strictly Business present Strictly Rock

Part I

3 Times Fresh - We Can Rock You Harder
5 Elementz - Rockshows
Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Asher D & Daddy Freddy - Posse, Rock & Move
Beastie Boys - Rock Hard
Captain Rock - House Of Rock
Chapter Three - Real Rocking Groove
Count Coolout - Touch The Rock (Rhythm Rap Rock Revival)
Crash Crew - We Want To Rock
Cutmaster DC - Brooklyn Rocks The Best
Davy DMX - The Dmx Will Rock
De La Soul feat. MF Doom - Rock Co. Kane Flow
Diamond Shell - Rock On
Disco Four - Country Rock & Rap
DJ Cash Money & Marvelous - The Mighty Hard Rocker
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Just Rockin'
Fantasy Three - It's Your Rock
Fearless Four - Rockin' It
Freestyle Express - Don't Stop The Rock
Fresh Force Crew - Rock Me
Funky 4 + 1 - Rapping & Rocking The House
Garretts Crew - Nasty Rock
Grandmaster Chilly T & Stevie G - Rock The Message Rap



Part II

Great Peso & Mr Nasty - It's Time To Rock
Harlem World Crew - Let's Rock
Ice T - Body Rock
Imperial Brothers - We Come To Rock
Jazzy 4 MCs - MC Rock
Jedi Mind Tricks - Time To Rock
Jewel T - Rock The Crossfade
Kool Kyle - It's Rockin' Time
Krown Rulers - Let The Party Rock
L.A. Dream Team - Rockberry Jam
Land Of Hits Orchestra - Gangster Rock
LL Cool J - You'll Rock
Louis Logic - Rock (Remix Ft. Celph Titled, Big Oak, Nick Fury, Ryu & J-Zone)
LXD - Gonna Rock
MC ADE - Bass Rock Express
MC Don & EZ Ed - Party Rockers
MC Flex & The F.B.I Crew - Rockin' It
MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock
MF Grimm feat Duece Gangsta - Who Rock
Mobb Deep feat Busta Rhymes - Rock With Us



Part III

Mos Def, Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock
Ninja Crew - Baby T. Rock
No I.D. - We Rock Like So
Overlord X - Visa To Rock
Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock This Funky Joint
Ray Rock & K.C. - Rayrock Kick It
Redman - Rockafella (Remix)
Reggie Griffin & Technofunk - Mirda Rock
Run DMC - King Of Rock
Schoolly D - I Don't Like Rock & Roll
Spyder C - Hollis Rock
Steady B - Gangster Rockin'
Strickly Business - Non-Stop Rockin'
Sugar Kay & The Mighty Three - Rock On
The '06 Style - Schoolhouse Rock
The B-Boys - Rock The House
The Beat Box Boys - Be Bop Rock
The Megatrons - Rock The Planet
The Mighty B-Force feat Hand Master Flash - We Got You Rockin' It
Thirstin Howl III - Brooklynn Hard Rock
Treacherous Three - Body Rock
Trickeration - Rap, Bounce, Rockskate
U Know Who - We Rock the House
U.T.F.O. - Wanna Rock
Whodini - The Haunted House Of Rock
Xanadu & Sweet Lady - Rockers Choice

Password - defandstupid



"Rock The Body Body"

Strictly The Answer

Oh yeah, we back in the house once again.
This time with a big bag of riddim.



To be specific, the Answer riddim.



Now, this piece of music has been around for a long while,
I couldn't say how many artists have voiced this riddim over the years, but it's in the hundreds.



It's not easy to put together a compilation of this kind because of the amount of versions recorded, but i've put together what I think is the cream of the crop.


This was originally supposed to be a mix, but I can't be bothered at the minute, so you get a nice compilation instead.



Highlights have to be -

Don Carlos with the huge "Lazer Beam"
Bounty & Beenie going at each other with "Spy Fi Die" & "Wicked Man"
Yellowman with the massive dance inducing "Body Move"
Supercat getting wicked & wild on "Vineyard Party"
Jah Screechy with the absolute classic "Walk & Skank"
Flair favourite Lone Ranger with the original "The Answer"
Plus plenty more gigantic tracks by artists such as General Echo, Jah Thomas, Brigadier Jerry, Michael Palmer, Charlie Chaplin, Ranking Joe, Early B, General Trees, Papa Tullo, Peter Metro, Buro Banton, Welton Irie, e.t.c.



The Strictly Biz seal of approval means that we only put dope stuff up here, but I have to say this really is a particularly killer selection.
40 tracks in total.



Strictly Business Presents -
Strictly The Answer

Tracklist

Al Campbell - Turn Me Loose
Barrington Levy - Like A Soldier
Beenie Man - Wicked Man
Bounty Killer - Spy Fi Die
Brigadier Jerry - Pain
Buro Banton - MC Peggy
Charlie Chaplin - DJ A Dance
Don Carlos - Lazer Beam
Early B - Bicycle Bicycle
General Echo - Answer The Telephone
General Trees - Mi Teeth
Jah Batta - Ten To Seven
Jah Red - Rocket
Jah Screechy - Walk & Skank
Jah Thomas - Landlord
Josey Wales - It Have Fe Sail
Lady Ann - Crazy Boy
Little John - Bummy Bummy
Lone Ranger - The Answer
Lone Ranger - World War One
Lord Sassafrass - ABC
Mad Cobra - Mark 10
Major Mackerel - Dutty Bungle
Michael Palmer - Done With It
Mister Lee - Baby Mother Get Fraid
Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking - Living As A Poor Is Not A Crime
Papa Michigan & General Smiley - Blackness Awareness
Papa Tullo - Nuff Stylee
Peter Metro - Caribbean Connection
Peter Ranking & General Lucky - Easies And Squeezes
Ranking Ann - Fifty Ways
Ranking Joe - All Because Of You
Ranking Trevor - Answer Me Question
Shelly Thunder - Take The Money
Sister Nancy - Transport Connection
Supercat - Vine Yard Party
Tenor Saw - Corporal Brown
Welton Irie - Herb Farm
Willie Williams - Keep On Moving
Yellowman - Body Move

Password - defandstupid



There were plenty of tracks that didn't make it to this selection, I still have many more quality joints on the Answer, so stay tuned for future installments.



"Ribbit Mi Hand, Ribbit Mi Elbow"

Sonny Delight - Funk Bomb Series

Here we go again, with some more mixes from the magnificent Sonny Delight.
Three chapters from the ongoing Funk Bomb series.

As you can probably guess, here you are getting the funk, along with funky r&b and soul, plus other nice funky stuff, that's why it's called the Funk Bomb innit.

Parts one & two, plus the brand new part three.
No tracklists at the moment (i'll see if I can get them from Sonny), but expect joints from James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, The Mighty Imperials................................

More goodies coming soon from Strictly Business,
For now, get down with Sonny D & The Funk Bomb.

Download all three parts here.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Operating Tables

Turntable time,
It's Flair again with a blast from the past,
This is from before the crew was called Strictly Business,
The name would change on a regular basis, in fact Sonny D would usually just make a name up for the gigs we played.
We used some shit names, believe that.
Me & Chestwigz were rhyming through a pair of headphones for the first five years we were recording tracks for fucks sake !
Crooklynn keeps it low budget.

Now, sometime back at the end of the last millennium my boy Leon Peon (a.k.a. Kiss Chase\Piss Face) from Vanilla Pod leant me his Tascam four track cassette recorder (which was pretty fucked), I ended up using it for mixtapes over the next 5 years, mainly because I wanted to do my mixes the way DJ Riz did his,
Multi-tracking meant that you could always keep your mixes interesting, you could layer stuff, and cut over the top.
This is the way I do my mixes to this day, however the four track was retired a few years ago, as were the headphones\mic device that we affectionately called the turnip.

Most of my old mixes are lost in time, but I have rescued my first ever attempt at a multi track mix.
I think the first part was recorded in 1999 & the second part in 2000.
The sound levels are horrible, a lot of the mixing is suspect & the scratching is pretty ropey too.
But the tracks are dope, many a classic is dropped.
Gems from Master Ace, Stetsasonic, Main Source, Jungle Brothers, Spoonie G, Ice T, Steady B, Skinny Boys, Kool G Rap, Diamond D, plus plenty more classic joints.

Grab both parts here.

New niceness coming soon, plus more stuff from the Strictly Business vaults.

Part One

Part Two

Delightful Stuff

Ric Flair here, once again with a slice of niceness.
Two slices actually,
It's the grand daddy of Strictly Business,
The man known as Sonny Delight.
Here we have two sets from the night of 28\5\2011 for your listening pleasure.
Live from Havana in Norwich,
Some hip hop, then some funk & soul.
Sonny rocks the turntables lovely as ever,
Dope tracks & smooth manoeuvres, especially considering that he was probably well pissed.
Push the button & hear the nicest man in showbusiness get busy on the ones & twos.

"Plays guitar without any hands"

Strictly The Beat

Here we have a tried & tested compilation concept, similar to our earlier Strictly Do It,
Another 30 def tracks with a common theme - the beat !



Many styles from every era, every track is straight diggy dope, believe that boyeeee !
Stone cold classics, forgotten gems & little known joints, all compiled together in a neat package for all you beat fiends out there.



I'm way too busy to do a proper write up on this so you'll just have to trust your boy Flair on this one.



Strictly Business presents
Strictly The Beat

Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For The Perfect Beat
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
Brand Nubian - Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down (Remix)
Captain Rock - Bongo Beat
De La Soul feat Mos Def - Big Brother Beat
Egyptian Lover - And My Beat Goes Boom
Fab 5 Freddy - Change The Beat
Faze One - Laying Down A Beat
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - Flash It To The Beat (Live)
Gucci Crew - And The Beat Goes
Hollis Crew - It's The Beat
Kay Gee The All - Big Beat
Kool Kyle The Starchild - Do You Like That Funky Beat
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat
MC Butchy B - Beat Down KRS
MC Shan - Beat Biter
MF Doom - Change The Beat
Necro - Mutilate The Beat
Newcleus - Na Na Beat
Noel Rockwell & MC Poet - Beat You Down
Pumpkin - The King Of The Beat
Rammelzee vs K-Rob - Beat Bop
Skinny Boys - Feed Us The Beat
Steady B - Bring The Beat Back
Stetsasonic - 4 Ever My Beat
Sweet Tee - As The Beat Goes On
T La Rock - This Beat Kicks
The Crush Force - Bass, Scratch, Beat & Rap
T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat
Whodini - Funky Beat

Password - defandstupid


Happy new year from the Strictly Business clan.

Strictly Christmas 2011

Seasons greetings people, it's that time of year once again.
This time last year we blessed you with a def December stocking filled with Christmas cheer, (grab it here)
And as old father Flair has heard that (most of) you have once again been good B-Girls & Boys this year, I thought that you all deserved another stocking full of presents.
20 more festive treats for your listening pleasure, all dope joints - not a turkey in sight.
You know that Strictly Business is good with the gifts, make some mince pies, slurp some egg nog, nod your heads & get funky fresh festive.

Strictly Business presents - 
Strictly Christmas 2011

2 Live Crew - 2 Live Christmas
Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie - XXX-Mas (Live)
Blowfly - Jingle Fuckin' Bells
Chaz Kangas - Christmas Mischief
Cold Chillin' Juice Crew - Cold Chillin' Christmas
Cutmaster DC - Santa's Beatbox
Electric Jungle - Funky Funky Christmas
Emerald Street Boys - Christmas Rap
Ghostface Killah - Ghostface Xmas
James Brown - Christmas Is Love
Ludacris - Ludacrismas
Master P - Christmas In The Ghetto
MCM - This Christmas
Mr Lif - Santa's Got a MuthaFuckin' Uzi
M-Tri - A Brooklyn Xmas
Prince G & Clever MCs - Happy Holiday
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Live)
Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul
The Cold Crew - Rappin' Christmas
The Treacherous Three - Xmas Rap

Password - defandstupid



Once again, one love going out to my Strictly Business crew & extended family.
Peace to ChestWigz, Albert Rhymeswine, The Kule MC, King Tut, Urban Roulette, Vinnie Vagabond & all the Phukkin' Kuntz.
Mad love to my fly girl Lili-Love.
Happy cutmas to Ever, Sonny D, Benz & Dirty Dent.
And an extra special "Fuck Christmas" to Friendly,
he ain't havin' it.
Word.



This time last year old Flair-Ski here told you about the stuff we were gonna drop in 2011.
Weeellll....
That didn't really happen, but keep it locked right here.
We've got some heavily dope stuff coming your way in 2012, the stuff that didn't make it this year, plus plenty more fresh goodness for yuh.



Merry Christmas to you all, from the Strictly Business crew.
(Except DJ 'Scrooge' Friendly obviously.)

Ric Flair - Leave It To The Drums

OK, this is a mix put together a couple of years back by yours truly, a.k.a. The Grand Imperial Ric Flair. 40ish joints from '84 to '87, all drum machine killers, plus plenty of scratching. I'm gonna be slightly biased here obviously, but this mix is maaaad nice, so I thought that I would put it out again.
Rammed with stupid dope tracks, some of my all time favourite joints are up in this.
Now, because pretty much all the DJs on these tracks only seem to cut up "Aaaahhhhhhh" & "Fresssshhhhh", I thought fuck it, I'll just rock that shit as well, so prepare yourselves for just those two sounds being scratched all the way, along with plenty of human beatbox mixed in for extra freshness.
Props to my man Skar for some of the vinyl used here, plus for all the fucked up text messages. And to DJ Riz for the inspiration.
By the way, this whole mix is recorded purely with vinyl, it's recorded on a multitrack, but all done live on the tables, however, I did use my MPC for the "Ric Flair" & "Strictly Business" samples that I don't have on vinyl.
This mix is noisy enough already, but fuck that.
Crank it up & leave it to the drums

Strictly Business presents -
The Grand Imperial Ric Flair : Leave It To The Drums

Tracklist

Intro
Run D.M.C. - Sucker MCs
T La Rock - Breaking Bells
Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde - And You Thought That We Were Soft
Divine Sounds - Do Or Die Bed Sty
Tuff Crew- Tuff Crew
Roxanne Shante - Bite This
Z-3 MCs - Triple Threat
LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
Steady B - I'll Take Your Radio
MC Shan - Beat Biter
Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over
MC Mitchski - Brooklyn Blew Up The Bridge
Cool C - Juice Crew Diss
Rockwell Noel feat MC Poet - Beat You Down
N.W.A. - Compton's In The House
Thrashpack - Kinda Cool In The Place
MC Chill - The Downbeat
Just Ice - Cold Getting Dumb
Skinny Boys - This Record Is Hell
Stetsasonic - Just Say Stet
Supreme Force - You Gotta Come Out Fresh
Freddy B & The Mighty Mic Masters - Coolin' On The Ave
Demon Boyz - This Is A Jam
Mantronix feat MC Tee - Needle To The Groove
Dr Rocx & Co feat Kydd Fresh - Takin' It To The Floor
Ice T - Ya Don't Quit pt 2,Dog'n The Wax
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It's Yours
Pretty Ricky & Boo-Ski - It's Mine
Ultramagnetic MCs - Funky
Schoolly D - P.S.K.
Rockwell Noel feat MC Poet - The Wopp Sensation
Kool Moe Dee - Bad Mutha
Grandmaster Flash - House That Rocked
The Brothers Black - I Can't Stop
Velore & Double O - You're Ugly
Beastie Boys - Hold It,Now Hit It
Symbolic Three feat DJ Doctor Shock - No Show
U.T.F.O. - Big Mouth
Public Enemy - MiUzi Weighs A Ton
Levi 167 - Something Fresh To Swing To
Kings Of Pressure - You Know How To Reach Us
Outro

Programming, A Beat Thats Hittin'
And If You Listen Then You Know We're Not Bullshittin'