Big Shug-Crush-VLS-FLAC-1996-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Big Shug
     Title   | Crush
     Genre   | Hip-Hop                              Format  | Maxi-Single
     Source  | Vinyl                                Time    | 22:56
     Label   | Payday Records                       Store   | 1996
     Catalog | 697-120-088-1                        Rip     | 2022
     Bitrate | 2679 kbps                            Size    | 462.50 MB
     Freq    | 96.0 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     A1. Crush (Street) (Prod. DJ Premier)                           3:54
     A2. Crush (Clean) (Prod. DJ Premier)                            3:54
     A3. Crush (Instrumental) (Prod. DJ Premier)                     3:54
     B1. Official (Street) (Feat. Ed O.G. & Scientific) (Prod.       3:45
         Bless One)
     B2. Official (Clean) (Feat. Ed O.G. & Scientific) (Prod. Bless  3:45
         One)
     B3. Official (Instrumental) (Prod. Bless One)                   3:44
 Notes  
     Although his status within Boston's rap underground is legendary, hardcore
     underground rapper Big Shug is widely known for his long-time affiliation
     with hip-hop duo Gang Starr and its producer-half, DJ Premier. Deemed top
     general of the Gang Starr Foundation collective, Big Shug's unrelenting
     flow and predisposition for menacing rhymes - personified by his massive
     and imposing physique - were best captured in his classic verses on Gang
     Starr cuts "F.A.L.A" (from 1994's Hard to Earn) and "The Militia" (from
     1998's Moment of Truth).
     Born Cary Guy, the hardcore rapper spent much of his early life in Boston's
     Mattapan (known locally as "Murdapan") section. Because his mother
     abandoned his family and his father grappled with alcoholism, Guy had to
     fend for himself on the streets. The friendship that he eventually made
     with Gang Starr's MC, Guru, is actually where the origins of Gang Starr
     lie. Shug stimulated Guru's interest to rhyme in somewhat of a mentoring
     capacity.
     However, too embedded in Boston's underbelly of violence and drugs, Shug
     wound up incarcerated, and Guru moved to New York, taking the Gang Starr
     name to form one of hip-hop's most innovative groups with DJ Premier. When
     Shug was let out, he was very inspired by Gang Starr's success. Guru and
     Premier showed their respects by including him on each of their albums,
     beginning with Hard to Earn in 1994.
     Throughout the '90s, Shug recorded a few DJ Premier-produced 12"s for
     Payday and Chrysalis, but his first full-length record, Who's Hard (2005),
     didn't appear until well over a decade of being a seasoned veteran.
     Actually, many of the album's tracks were some of those ten-year-old
     recordings. In 2007, he signed onto indie rap powerhouse Babygrande to
     release his follow-up effort, Streetchamp. Unlike the previous album, Shug
     only took a few beats from DJ Premier, handing most of the production work
     over to Canadian up-and-comer MoSS.
     Stand-alone 1996 Payday Records 12-inch "Crush" produced by DJ Premier b/w
     "Official" featuring Ed O.G. and Scientific produced by Bless One.

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77M	a1-big_shug-crush_(street)_(prod._dj_premier).flac
77M	a2-big_shug-crush_(clean)_(prod._dj_premier).flac
75M	a3-big_shug-crush_(instrumental)_(prod._dj_premier).flac
73M	b1-big_shug-official_(street)_(feat._ed_o.g._and_scientific)_(prod._bless_one).flac
73M	b2-big_shug-official_(clean)_(feat._ed_o.g._and_scientific)_(prod._bless_one).flac
70M	b3-big_shug-official_(instrumental)_(prod._bless_one).flac
442M	total