Two standout tracks that Majesty (of Live Squad) shared recently. Off of his “Majesty The Thugfather” mixtape. Probably recorded a minute ago (the track w/ Royal Flush has a 2003 year drop), but I ain’t complaining.

Download: Majesty – “Maj ft. Prodigy”

Download: “Majesty – G.I. Wastelandz ft. Royal Flush“

Also, came across this vintage footage of Live Squad x Tupac promoting their Queenbridge-Cali collabo.

Found @Livesquad via 33jones

Planet Ill published an extensive 3 part conversation with Prodigy. Seems like it was recorded a minute ago but that don’t matter, lots of straight talk as he addresses a lot of history. Peace to IPOPPEDOFF who conducted the interview.

pt. 1

pt. 2

pt. 3

Planet Ill sat down with Prodigy a while ago and had him walk us through that journey from Juvenile Hell through the balance of their career. He provided us with an insider’s view that gave us incredible insight into those days that wasn’t commonly known. Hope you enjoy. Peace

via the reinvigorated xxl

Produced by Stretch
1992 Tommy Boy Records

tracklisting

acd & prodigy- block life
Noreaga, E Money Bags, Maze & Mussaliny- thugged out
Capone-N-Noreaga & Tragedy Khadafi- thugs paradise
Imam Thug & Tragedy Khadafi- Illuminati
Nas- you gotta love it (unreleased version)
Cormega & Mike Delorean- never personal
Nas- the message (demo version)
Noreaga- married to marijuana
Mobb Deep & Big Noyd- if it’s alright
Capone-N-Noreaga- Stuck
Arabian Knight, Maze, Mussaliny- what’s poppin
Nas & Kool G Rap- fast life (buckwild norfside remix)
Noreaga & EZD- represent
AZ, Half-A-Mil, Animal- blood money
Mobb Deep & Big Noyd- we got the drop
Nas- nas will prevail (J Love version)
Noreaga & Nature- I’m leaving
E Money Bags, Nature, Kool G Rap- friends of ours
Nas, Cormega, Ty- goodfellas (early 90s demo)
Nature- murder for hire
Tragedy Khadafi & Big Noyd- where do we go from here

update as of 5.10.07:
Here’s the new link

Can’t believe there’s a video for this song. R.I.P. Eric Smith aka E-Money Bags. Link (via queensbridge.info, the most comprehensive site I’ve come across dedicated to qb rap)

Styles By The Gram is a very promising blog I recently came across. The latest post features an old interview with Noreaga which originally appeared in Issue #6 of Life Sucks Die magazine. As T-Money Bags (whose moniker I assume is an ode to the fallen E-Money Bags) points out, Noreaga “…breaks down everything from his love of full steezies and bitches with ringworm, to his beef with Tragedy Khadafi, thoughts on homos/The Neptunes, new slang and being banned from The Tunnel.” Entertaining read. Link

Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, Murder, Inc.’s Muscle, Linked to Three Killings

For those who have been following some of the events surrounding the notorious Supreme Team, day before yesterday Dennis “Divine” Crosby and Nicole Brown were indicted for the murder of Eric Smith, aka E. Money Bags. The Smoking Gun has made available the actual search warrant affidavit.

For those who are not familiar with E. Money Bags, he was a rapper from Queens (amongst other things) loosely associated with other Queens rappers like 50cent, mobb deep, noreaga, nature etc. He released a few tracks which circulated in the underground through mixtapes. I was a big fan, especially around that era. We digged through our archives and made some tracks available. A lot of them are from my old mixtapes and a dub of his lp so excuse the shout outs and low quality. If your interest is sparked you might want to cop the Kay Slay dedication.

E Money Bags, Kool G Rap, Nature – Friend Of Ours
E Money Bags, Noreaga, Uknown – Thugged Out
E Money Bags, Prodigy – Heads Off
E Money Bags, Nature – How Cool Can One Man Be
E Money Bags, Prodigy – Regulate
E Money Bags, Live Squad, Tupac – Big Time