Makin' Me Itch

In this odd mood right now - not sure if its the snow or the stress, but I can't listen to anything but old tapes from the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; their "practice sessions", i.e. them just throwing a beat on and dumbing out, were so sick to me when I was a high school punk. Oddly enough, I got more in tune to the Internets while scouring for info on Q-Bert and the crew, and followed turntablism for a while. Anyways, I found some old tapes online and figured I'd share my spoils...

• DJ Q-Bert Vs. D-Styles Underarms R Fun [via The Mechies]
  
• Q-Bert Vs. A-Trak Buck Tooth Wizardz [via my personal CD collection; Japanese import CD]
  
• A-Trak Vs. D-Styles Stylus Wars [via Pure Dopeness]
  

Remember, these are all from the late '90s (I wanna say 1997-1998), and aren't for heads who can't really fuck with 60+ minutes of fresh beats and only scratch patterns. Underarms R Fun has the same beat for 62 minutes. And it's fucking sick. Buck Tooth and Stylus Wars are more varied - each segment is like 5-7 minutes, with some classic beats and other in-house productions, and some quirky interludes. This is a lil' trek into what I was about while mainstream Hip-Hop got rich during the Clinton era. And boy was I into this shit heavy. I actually copped the Stylus Wars tape from Princeton Record Exchange, and in a fucked up butterfingers incident, dropped the tape as it was being tossed to me, and a heavy door at my high school crushed it. I was dumb upset. One of my favorite tapes.

Anyways, enjoy.

Bonus Beats Invisibl Skratch Piklz Vs. Da Klams Uv Deth

Snowed In EDIT Figured I'd share some more I'm finding...

• D-Styles & Q-Bert Hotsauce In The Dickhole [via The Mechies]
  
• Q-Bert & A-Trak Wash Yer Butt [via Rekordz On Wheelz]