Who here remembers the headshot tapes? This was the shit that made us love Stress, Spawn, Gene Pool, Beyond and oh yeah, the beginnings of Slug himself (You knew Atmophere was more than just Slug, right?). Serious bedroom 4 track recorders on a cassette from our neighbors in Minneap. From Industrial Warfare (1998) man this shit was more fun than I want to remember. Comeback.

Fingerbanger 1: Atmosphere Feat Extreme – Substance Abuse (don lowed)

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I got this song back in the early days of napster when I would just search someones library and download random tracks. You never knew what you were going to get… sometimes you just might get something like porn audio labeled Biggie Smalls, and sometimes you might get a song by Punch & Words that sounds like it’s underwater but is so fucking good that it still becomes constant rotation. I couldn’t ever find any info on this song and as much as I hoped a better version would surface it’s never happed. According to Wordsworth himself, this song was a demo for Lyricists Lounge, and he doesn’t have it anymore. I wish he did though. C’est la vie I guess.

Fingerbagner 2: Punchline & Wordsworth – Dangerous Minds (don lowed)

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Heres one of those guys that had incredible skill and was always on the verge of getting his, but just never got it. Seriously was even in Missin Linx with Al Tariq and Problemz, made that MIA track (that got bit ta dust by Dre) touched the hem of fame, and all they ever did was that EP.  I’m pretty sure this is Beatnutz on the beat… so you know you’ll probably never find this sample. This song is 1997 classic in the same way that a

Fingerbanger 3: Black Attack – Correct Technique Feat Problemz (don lowed)

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This is one of those unmistakable Spinna beats that I think made more a of a name for him than it did Basement Khemist.  Easy summer ender. Heetmob crew too.

Fingarbanger 4: Basement Khemist – Vibrate (don lowed)

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88 Keys on the production + Network Reps + L. Fudge, Mike Zoot, Bahamadia, Wizdom Life on Nervous Records (remember them?) haha. What do you need to know? nutthin.

Fingerbanger 5: Network Reps – Dos Collabo (don lowed)

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