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  • May 1990: Ground Zero (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • June 1990: Soul Kings (Piscataway, New Jersey)
  • October 1990: Brothers of the Same Mind(Seattle, Washington)
  • December 1990: J Rock (Newburgh, New York)
  • January 1991: DMX the Great (Yonkers, New York)
  • February 1991: All in All (Los Angeles, California)
  • March 1991: Top Quality (White Plains, New York)
  • May 1991: Shariff Latiff (Upstate New York)
  • June 1991: DJ Shadow (Davis, California)
  • July 1991: Poetical Prophets (Queens, New York)
  • August 1991: MC Mechanism & DJ Too Tuff (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • September 1991: Sir Essence Don (New York)
  • October 1991: Common Sense (Chicago, Illinois)
  • November 1991: Divine Nation (Newark, New Jersey)
  • December 1991: D.O.A. (Houston, Texas)
  • March 1992: The Notorious B.I.G. & The Hitman 50 Grand (Brooklyn, New York)
  • April 1992: The B.R.A.T. Crew (Long Island, New York)
  • May 1992: The Uncanny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • June 1992: Legion of D.U.M.E. (Staten Island, New York)
  • July 1992: Puppets of Chaos (New York)
  • August 1992: Saafir the Saucee Nomad(Oakland, California)
  • September 1992: Back 2 Back (Mount Vernon, New York)
  • October 1992: Capital Tax (Oakland, California)
  • November 1992: Eight Off the Assassin(Brooklyn, New York)
  • December 1992: Total Pack (Queens, New York)
  • February 1993: Snupe (Oakland, California)
  • March 1993: The Red Eye Crew (Staten Island, New York)
  • April 1993: Artifacts (Newark, New Jersey)
  • May 1993: Fesu (Houston, Texas)
  • July 1993: Big Ill the Mack (Brooklyn, New York)
  • August 1993: Dr. Seus (Queens, New York)
  • September 1993: Fourtie (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • April 1994: Larceny, Inc. (The Bronx, New York)
  • June 1994: Funky Jilz (Staten Island, New York)
  • August 1994: Mad Skillz (Richmond, Virginia)
  • November 1994: Ragabumpkins (Jackson, Mississippi)
  • December 1994: Da GD'z (The Bronx, New York)
  • February 1995: Mr. Complex (Queens, New York)
  • March 1995: The Al Brothers (Harlem, New York)
  • April 1995: Poet Starved Bandit (Ontario, Canada)
  • May 1995: N.A.P. (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • June 1995: T-Max (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • July 1995: The Jigmasters (Brooklyn, New York)
  • August 1995: Next Episode (Harlem, New York)
  • September 1995: Systahood (East Orange, New Jersey)
  • October 1995: Capone & Noriega (Queens, New York)
  • November 1995: J-Live (Harlem, New York)
  • December 1995: Gauge (Brooklyn, New York)
 
  • February 1996: C4 (Long Island, New York)
  • March 1996: Ground Zero (Brooklyn, New York)
  • April 1996: Absent Minded (Rochester, New York)
  • May 1996: Symbolyc Elementz (Waco, Texas)
  • June 1996: David Banner & Kamikaze(Jackson, Mississippi)
  • July 1996: Characta Assassinz (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
  • August 1996: Cipher-Complete (New Jersey)
  • September 1996: Fierce (Essex County, New Jersey)
  • October 1996: The Oddest Tools (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
  • November 1996: Agent 106 (Manhattan, New York)
  • December 1996: The Last Emperor(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • February 1997: Smash Talk (Washington, D.C.)
  • March 1997: Rawcotiks (Manhattan, New York)
  • April 1997: Kaoz (Brooklyn, New York)
  • May 1997: Erase-E (Richmond, California)
  • June 1997: Choclair (Toronto, Canada)
  • July 1997: Perverted Dialect (New Jersey)
  • August 1997: Thirstin Howl the Third(Brooklyn, New York)
  • September 1997: Steve (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • October 1997: Shorty Wreck (Queens, New York)
  • November 1997: A.L. (Brooklyn, New York)
  • December 1997: Mekolicious (Mount Vernon, New York)
  • March 1998: Eminem (Detroit, Michigan)
  • April 1998: Neek the Exotic (New York)
  • May 1998: Choclatt (Unknown)
  • June 1998: Draft Pick (Manhattan, New York)
  • July 1998: Little Buddy (Minnesota)
  • August 1998: The Columbians (Columbia, South Carolina)
  • September 1998: No Goodus (Queens, New York)
  • October 1998: Azphault (Uptown New York)
  • November 1998: Live Society (Washington, D.C.)
  • December 1998: Brooklyn Essence Team(Brooklyn, New York)
 
Wow only a few of these names actually went on to become legends


Cosign.

If you go on Youtube and type "unreleased demo tape 1995 or 1996" a ton of unreleased demo tapes come up from people you've never heard of. Some of them aren't bad, they just aren't hits. They're more like album cuts.
 
J Rock had abit of an underground classic with this joint...

J Rock – Streetwize (1991, Vinyl) - Discogs



Official video





Premo remix

 
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