Benz and a Backpack

I’m a night person, nearly nocturnal, and so you can frequently find me doing what I do (which usually includes playing with torches, various tools, and metals) at 3 AM… I wouldn’t be able to do it if I didn’t have the proper music selection to keep me going through the night.
Making the right choices at 3AM can be difficult. It needs to be something chill, but not boring. It needs to keep me pumped, but definitely not on an off-the-wall partying tip. My choices tend to have some sort of bizarre hypnotic, dream-like quality I can’t really put my finger on, but it breaks up what could otherwise potentially turn into a monotonous stream of music. I’ve found that, in hip-hop, this quality was most prevalent among independent artists in the mid-90′s.

I’m gonna start this up with something off of… Nocturnal! DUH.

Heltah Skeltah: Undastand

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Domino: Sweet Potato Pie

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Smif ‘N’ Wessun: Shinin… Next Shit
I love this entire album so so much… But I’ve probably mentioned that before.

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Group Home: Suspended in Time

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Gravediggaz: Unexplained

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Pete Rock & CL Smooth: Worldwide

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Black Moon: Buck Em Down

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Masta Ace: U Can’t Find Me
“hotter than 97″

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Hieroglyphics: Oakland Blackouts

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And now I wanna hear about your typical 3 AM preferences!

It took me a lot of self control to keep this from turning into a strictly Boot Camp Clik playlist. Nocturnal, Enta Da Stage, and Dah Shinin’ almost in their entireties could fit into this week’s theme, and those three albums are only breaking the surface of BCC’s releases that were practically made specifically for late night listening.

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