Cutmaster C - Blackout 2003: Stop Cryin Haters!

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I'm off to the US in a couple of weeks so I've been revisiting a few of the mixtapes I picked up on my first/last trips there back in 2003/04. I've posted a few of them  over the years but this one doesn't seem to be mentioned online anywhere. This was back when G Unit and Dipset were running things. Juelz Santana is on hosting duties so there's a few of his tracks on here alongside the rest of the usual suspects from that era.

(I had to make do with someone sending me a pic of the cover on their phone but if you click on it and biggify it you should be able to make out the full tracklist)

Shout out to Mixcloud because despite being hit and miss with IDing tracks, they have been able to put a name to the Juelz/JR Writer/Stack Bundles track that I included on my 'Mixtape Of Mixtapes' a a couple of years ago

Cutmaster C - Cut vs The World (1998)

Mobb Deep, Noreaga, MOP, Money Boss Players, Sauce Money, Cormega, The LOX. Tape is mostly hella gully which makes the inclusion of that terrible '98 remix of 'I Want You Back' that sets off side A all the more puzzling. At least Das EFX's 'Rap Scholar' is discreetly tucked away at the end of the B-side. I thought about cutting them out but we can't pretend the 90s were flawless. C's DMX/Return Of The Mack blend is pretty nice though.

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Speaking of the 90s not being all amazing awesomeness, the recent hype around LL Cool J and Dre possibly working together  suggests that the Rap Internet has chosen to forget (or just cant remember) that they made 'Zoom' together, because that was terrible.

Cutmaster C - New York Undercover (1998)

Another one from the batch Rich donated. Quality isn't amazing on this one but we lived it back then so you can live with it now. This includes the Nas & Noreaga freestyle I posted recently, aswell as some parts of the infamous Hot 97 session with Nore, DMX & Canibus. You also get another radio cypher with Cru & The Lox plus some AZ, Cam'ron, Cormega and Big Pun...

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Cutmaster C - New York Undercover (1998) by Djstepone on Mixcloud

Nas & Noreaga - Hot 97 freestyle (1998)

I got hooked up with a rather large stack of tapes today courtesy of the ever generous RB (he came through with the Jay Ski tapes and some mid 90s Westwood a couple of years back). All in all there was 20 tapes of Clue, Juice and Cutmaster C. Some have been online before, some haven't but I'm gonna rip the lot and get em on here because dead links/poor quality/obscure sites no one checks for etc.
Until I get around to doing that, here's a taster from Cutmaster C's 'New York Undercover' tape. Nas & Noreaga with Flex on the tables on Hot 97 back in 1998



If you've got tapes you'd like to donate for the blog (can be returned if needed) then get in touch.

Kay Slay & Cutmaster C - Get Down Or Lay Down (2002)

The Drama King teams with up with Cutmaster C for this one. Highlights include the Dipset freestyle and Big Noyd rapping over the Roc The Mic instrumental. Beef was in fashion back then so you also get KRS One dissing Nelly and Jermaine Dupri having a pop at Dre & Timbaland...

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