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Miscellaneous things Yameen finds and posts up.

Tajai’s “Machine Language” Features Two Yameen Songs

Machine Language, the latest album from Tajai of Souls of Mischief / Hieroglyphics, features two Yameen songs: “Formless” from Nuntype “Hemingway” also from Nuntype Additionally, Tajai has included an updated version of “Matter of Moments” with a new beat on Machine Language, a song which was originally cut from the Nuntype album (You can download the original here). Machine Language…

Who is Sega’s “Emirin”?

Who is Sega’s, “Emirin”? The name is attached to quite a few amazing Sega Genesis/Mega Drive titles (and at least one title for the Sega Master System). Games include: Castle of Illusion (1990, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) Quackshot (1991, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) World of Illusion (1992, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) Deep Duck Trouble (1993, Sega Master System) It’s obviously a pseudonym, usually…

Aesop Rock Photos from 1999

Found some high-res photos of Aesop Rock that we used on the old AesopRock.Com website back in 1999. Thought I’d throw them up on the blog since they have been long out of commission: These pictures are mostly of Aes recording in the studio, including a pic of Aesop and Percee P. In that picture, I can’t quite call it,…

Hiero & Dilated Peoples in the Studio (Video), 2001

I’ve been going through my MiniDV tapes (remember those?) and found the recording session for what would become “Center of Attention” (off of DJ Babu’s, Duck Season Vol. 1) featuring Souls of Mischief, Pep Love and Dilated Peoples. The video and recording session took place at Evidence’s Los Angeles-based home studio in March of 2001. Higher resolution video link after…