Underground Fossils was an indie rap focused blog run by myself (Dimxsk) and by Trylemma, who passed August 3rd, 2024 from liver failure of unknown origin at the age of 34. We mostly posted week or twice weekly, the bulk of which were rare rips we made, found on old blogs, he acquired through his insanely broad connection to the scene, etc. We did all we could to make sure we didn't post stuff that (1) You could still reasonably buy from the artist directly, (2) You could reasonably buy secondhand for cheap, (3) You could download easily elsewhere, (4) The artist(s) asked us not to for any reason.
Being involved in this blog was some of the most fun I ever had, even if at times it was time consuming, challenging or intimidating (having a readership). It was the product of one of the best friendships I've ever had. If I could say one last thing, it's to encourage all of you: if you have the time and desire, make your own UGF. Find a friend who loves this shit like you do and build it together. It will bring you incredible joy, enhance your connection to this amazing community, and change your life in unexpected and exciting ways. I know it did mine. Love you all!
And here we are with the third and (final?) installment in the Indie-Cent Exposure series from Canadian DJ Neoteric.
Neoteric saved the best for last in my opinion with this one. Nearly every track on here is by a Canadian act and everything really flows and blends together nicely. On top of that, Neoteric blesses us with the most exclusives he's given us yet - with specialized verses from the likes of Def3, Governor Bolts, Pip Skid, Cam The Wizzard, Josh Martinez, John Smith, Yy, Gumshoe Strut and many more!
For all you Low Pressure completists we got the rare (I think) Eastvan Mixtape produced and curated by DJ Moves of "Steal My Sunshine" fame and Emotionz of not much (although much deserved) fame on the rhymes. I've posted some of his earlier material here in the past (actually almost a year ago to the day lol, crazy) so I'll skip the background. Click the tag if you want more information and an earlier solo album from this chop hop lyrical mastermind.
Eastvan Mixtape is a cool collection of tracks about enjoying life, partying, music and women. If you're into the Canadian take on West Coast cool you will certainly love this and probably have most of Emotionz other albums at this point anyway.
I want to wrap this up with a quick entreaty to my UGF homies. I don't have art for this, the release date, or any solid info. It came from Emotionz himself but in the form you're getting it. If anyone has album art or background please get at us below.
There was a video made for the opening track... See if you can recognize any of the guest stars with the terrible video quality lol.
Today's upload is a tour mixtape courtesy of Josh Martinez, "Archived Rap Music" from 2004!
Josh Martinez has got to be one of the most likable guys in indie rap. He's been gracious enough to talk to me at the merch booth about super nerdy rap stuff on various occasions lol and always has a smile on his face. "Archived Rap Music" is one of the many tour mixtapes that Martinez had back in the day (this one was on a tour with Awol One I think.) Something unique about Martinez is that he was always updating his mixtapes while on tour, so tracklistings vary even amongst the same release title.
Anyhow, the tracklisting here includes deep album cuts, features, then-unreleased tracks, and several live on radio tracks which are especially cool.
Martinez is now focused on running a weed business up here which is super cool. There is still a pretty much done Chicharones album though that we still need to hear!
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