J.M.S. Joint Of The Week: 12 Block - "It Ain't Nuthin" (1994/95)

12 Block was actually Long Island crew Hard To Obtain and this dope EP of unreleased joints recorded in 1994/95 was released in 2014 on the Heavy Jewelz imprint.

I often get the Mary.J Blige vocal sample in my head, in fact I did earlier today so it became this week's joint of the week and rightfully so those strings, slow loping drums and menacing bass-line make this joint a sure-shot.


12 Block - "It Ain't Nuthin" (1994/95)

Super duper fat shout out to Verge and OGDoninja.

Heavy Jewelz Presents- Othorized Fam-Mugshots Vol 1

Next out of the consistently dope Heavy Jewelz canon is one for the hardcore 90's Hip Hop addicts and the hardcore Wu heads...

Kwue Molly, Lounger Loe, Crunch Low, and Shawn Wigs are Othorized Fam. 

What we have here is a couple of tracks from their rare first 12" single, including the classic Pictures Of Life (wait till you hear this Remastered Straight From DAT!!) and The Plan (with an alternate verse). Also more unreleased stuff with the Mugshots demo which was played on Stretch And Bobbito but never came out. Othorized Bloodline and Easy, two more bangers. And you got a slammer of a record here.

VINYL IS HERE, SHIPPING STARTS JUNE 16TH!!

Cover art by Spek The Architek, logo design by Othorized, labels by Debonair P.
Mastered for vinyl by Adam Boose.
All songs written and produced by Othorized Fam



Purchase it here

Vinyl Options

Test Press Bundle
Double Pack
Black Vinyl
Red & Black Vinyl

Digital release soon

Heavy Jewelz Presents-12 Block - Movin Island Style Thorough 12" EP

 

 

 

Heavy Jewelz is once again making power moves, following up truly ill releases from Adagio, Gee Rock & DA CND Coalition and Terror Green they are now releasing dope unreleased and much sought after material from 12 Block.

 

Peep...

What exactly happened to Hard 2 Obtain?

Well, I can't tell you what i don't know but I can tell you this much. A Math (12 Block) was originally supposed to be one of the main emcees in H2O, along with Taste The Terror (12 Block, Hard 2 Obtain), but as the recording of Ism & Blues was about to commence, A Math decided that finishing his education down south was the right move at the time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast forward a little while later to September 1994 and A Math makes his way to the studio with Taste and Dj Nastee who also worked closely with H2O. 

 

 

These tracks were all recorded from Sept 94 to Feb 95. "If It's On Like That (C'mon)" was played on Stretch And Bobbito and is another elusive sought after demo, as was "Movin Island Style Thorough".

 

12 Block - Movin Island Style Thorough 12" Vinyl EP

1994 - 95 ALL UNRELEASED Demo's
100 copies Clear with Black Smoke
200 copies 150 Gram Black
12 Test Press bundles

 

All retail copies come housed in polylined innersleeves in no die cut hole white jackets with an 8" x 8" sticker with artwork by Spek The Architek.

 

buy here:

preview snippets here:

 

 

 

Fat shouts out to Verge, Martin Catchwreck and Patrock

Gee Rock & Da CND Coalition - Strait Outta Jerzee LP

20 years ago way back in the supreme year of 1993, Gee Rock & Da CND Coalition released their lone LP on a wildly limited number of cassettes which have rarely, if ever, been seen. Now Heavy Jewelz brings it back to Brick City with this 12 track fast moving funky LP on vinyl for the first time, never to be repressed. Limited to only 200 black vinyl copies and 100 on caramel swirl vinyl. The masters have been lost forever so we had to source straight from cassette. Accordingly we're letting these copies go for the nice price of only $25 per copy. 

This album is also available for digital download here...



Order the wax here 

Big props to Verge, aREAL and Patrock

and lastly a very Happy 40th Birthday Hip Hop