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| ARTIST : J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E. |
| ALBUM : The 1992-1993 Unreleased EP |
| GENRE : Hip-Hop |
| LABEL : Chopped Herring Records |
| CATNR : CHJVC001 |
| LANGUAGE : English |
| YEAR : 2012 |
| SOURCE : LP |
| DATE RIPPED : 08-03-2026 |
| STREET DATE : 00-00-2012 |
| URL : http://www.discogs.com/release/3515687 |
| ENCODER : FLAC 1.3.1 |
| SETTING : compression-level-8 |
| QUALITY : 2980kbps Avg 96.0kHz / 2 channels |
| Artist Loc. : Long Island, New York |
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| A1 3 The Hard Way 3:50 |
| A2 Fun 4:20 |
| A3 An Episode Of My Favorite MC 5:11 |
| B1 Pump It Up 3:45 |
| B2 3 Ways 2 Rip It 4:45 |
| B3 An Episode Of My Favorite MC (Instrumental) 5:03 |
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| TOTAL SIZE : 6 Files_602.9MB_________________________TOTAL 26:54 |
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| It's been over 20 years since their last release and the |
| F.O.R.C.E is still strong! J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E's energy comes |
| via intravenous drip directly from the streets - in that |
| very vital sense they were, still are and always will be |
| 100% Hip Hop. Heavily influenced by the first wave of Hip |
| Hop artists (above all The Coldcrush Brothers), the trio of |
| B-Luv, AJ Rock and Curt Cazal, ever since an early age were |
| fascinated by group harmonizations. Being brought up within |
| one block of each other in the Central Islip neighbourhood |
| of Long Island (NY), the three boys studied at Central Islip |
| High school. It was in those formative years that they |
| discovered the burgeoning, new Hip Hop movement together, |
| shared the vibrant popular culture of the late 70s and early |
| 80s and ultimately formed the Hip Hop group J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E |
| From the very beginning of the group's inception they were |
| in every sense, in complete H.A.R.M.O.N.Y. Inspired by |
| classic old school MC battles like Coldcrush vs Fantastic |
| Romantic, the boys began rapping at a very early age. B-Luv |
| and Curt Cazal started to develop the fundamentals of MC'ing |
| at school in the 1st and 2nd grade while attending Cordello |
| Elementary School, L.I. Around the same time, B-Luv's |
| father's record collection became a constant focal point. |
| They learned to appreciate sounds from a previous generation |
| (a main ingredient of Hip Hop music) as well as the art of |
| scratching, like many youngsters from that time and place, |
| to the detriment of an older relative's record collection! |
| |
| J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E first performed as a crew at a neighborhood |
| house party somewhere in Central Islip - the exact time and |
| place eludes the group now - "It's been a long time". B-Luv |
| and AJ jelled immediately in front of a crowd and became |
| permanent rap partners. After graduating high school, B-Luv |
| was the only member of the crew that went away to study at |
| college. B-Boy records called while B was at school to say |
| they L.O.V.E.D a demo the group had put together entitled |
| "The New School." B-Boy Recs asked for a meeting and |
| instantly wanted to sign the group to the label. "Strong |
| Island" (their seminal and one of Hip Hop's seminal anthems) |
| was only an idea at the time. Upon recording it they |
| realised they had created something extraordinary. In their |
| own words "It felt like real hip-hop". Once "Strong Island" |
| blew up, the label allowed J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E to make the |
| classic "Doing Damage" album with no A&R involved, a |
| privilege and a freedom they would not enjoy again. Later in |
| their (relatively short) recording career, the record labels |
| they worked with 'encouraged' (F.O.R.C.E'd) the group to |
| include faddish Hip-House tracks and House-music-leaning |
| joints on their albums in order to pander to a more |
| widespread audience and satisfy a primarily commercial |
| concern. To the boys, Hip Hop had never been a 'money thing' |
| - it was about expression, passion for the medium and a love |
| for where they came from, Long Island and even more |
| specifically their own working class heritage. Having |
| worked together throughout their professional lives and |
| having built a strong, unbreakable bond, J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E |
| amicably decided in 1992 to disband and pull out of their |
| record deal with Big Beat Records before the release of the |
| band's third studio album. They all felt that they should |
| stop the charade and listen to their consciences rather than |
| be shaped and moulded by the whims of record labels. They |
| did as they had always done - they kept it R.E.A.L. |
| |
| Their O.N.L.Y regret as J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E was that their fans |
| never got to hear what they considered to be their best |
| works. So, like some sort of benevolent, unreleased-Hip |
| Hop-releasing-genie, Chopped Herring Records has the utmost |
| pleasure of announcing that the LEGENDARY J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E |
| has graciously agreed to open up its much-guarded and much- |
| coveted personal vaults to us here at Herring Quay. What we |
| have for your listening delectation are 5 vocal tracks and |
| one instrumental from their 1992-1993 unreleased archives. |
| Always at the forefront of originality the group wanted a |
| sound unlike anything else dropping at that time. Looking |
| back to the Golden Era of Hip Hop that had seen them cme-up |
| they created a body of work that paid hommage to those |
| distinct mid to late 80s production values. Searching out |
| studios with old school analogue equipment in order to |
| record their new album, at a time when digital recording was |
| the in-thing was something that Hip Hop fans never got to |
| hear the full impact of back in 1992/3. Twenty years on and |
| your well-trained Golden Era ears are going to lap these |
| joints up like Ed Moses runnin' the 400m hurdles. Peep these |
| [unmastered] snippets, but please, for your own safety, |
| either hold onto something sturdy or just sit your asses |
| down - this is some serious H.E.A.T: |
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| Written, Composed and Arranged By J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E. |
| Produced by J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E. |
| Recorded at North Shore Sound Works, Long Island, New York, |
| 1992-1993. |
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