After nearly twenty years in the game,  Organized Noize doesn’t get their due respect.  Their prolific works still manage to be overlooked despite the three-man production team playing an instrumental role  in the creation of widely-accepted classic albums, number one hits and Grammy-winning records, as well as breaking some of the most important artists in Hip-Hop.

Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown helped pioneer the Southern Hip-Hop movement, kicking down doors at major record labels and raising the ceiling for all artists from below the Mason-Dixon at a time when the industry and nation were still resistant to Southern sounds. They brought us one of the greatest collectives in the history of Hip-Hop, the Dungeon Family, while introducing Outkast and Goodie Mob to the world. They produced the entirety of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and Soul Food, not to mention platinum hits for TLC and En Vogue, and even completed songs with Curtis Mayfield. One would think that would be enough to land them a permanent spot in the “Greatest Hip-Hop Producer of All Time” conversation, but all too often Ray, Rico and Sleepy seem to be an afterthought.

It was with this line of thinking in mind that this mix was created. The trio doesn’t rap (though Sleepy Brown has several albums under his belt), and aren’t the most vocal in the media. They let their music do the talking, and Out Of The Darkness operates along the same lines. In 80 minutes, 50 tracks lay out a compelling case for Organized Noize’s inclusion when Hip-Hop fans are speaking of the royal family of production: Dre, RZA, Premier, Pete Rock and the other usual suspects. No less an authority than Big Rube (for the uninitiated, Rube is the voice of the spoken word pieces on classic records from Aquemini to Sir Lucious Leftfoot, as well as the intro to the Future’s Pluto) narrates the disc, helping guide listeners through two decades of productions ranging from the layers of soulful live instrumentation in “Waterfalls” and the early Outkast material to the hard-hitting drums of “They Don’t Dance No Mo” and “Watch For The Hook.”

The project is co-presented by Devil’s Pie, TSS, 2DopeBoyz and Maurice Garland.com, and the amazing cover artwork was illustrated and designed by illadelphsouL (prints can be purchased here). It’s impossible to capture the breadth of Organized Noize’s discography in 50 tracks, but this mix attempts to provide a starting place for listeners to develop their understanding of one of the most underrated production teams in Hip-Hop history.

Download — Trackstar The DJ – Out Of Darkness: The Best Of Organized Noize (Hosted By Big Rube)

Download Anger & Ambition (Right Click, Save As)

Intro (prod. Johnny Killroy)
Bad Day Worst Day
God in the Building
Ain’t No Love
The Juggernaut
Monster
Grandma’s House
I’ma Shine
Rap Is Dead
Bust
Pressure
You Don’t Want This Life
That’s Life
The Devil is a Lie
Speak Lord
The Next Bitch
Promise I Will Not Lose
I Gotcha
G.T.R.G.
Akshon (Yeah)
Bang
Get Em Shawty
Aye O
Gat Totin
A.D.I.D.A.S.
Dueces Wild
A Dope Story

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Download Pride & Paranoia (Right Click, Save As)

Intro
Last Real N Alive
Dumb Out
Ghetto America
Family Reunion
5th Gear
Are You in that Mood Yet
Calm Down
For a Reason
Ventilation (Johnny Killroy remix)
Walk With Me
The Future
If I Die Tomorrow
All of Me
Dear Diary (Johnny Killroy remix)
10 Minutes
Hiatus
Broken Wing

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1.Take Em to Church
2.Let’s Grow
3.I’m Me
4.I’m the King
5.Hip Hop
6.52 Bars
7.Blow Dat
8.Boom
9.Go Get Em
10.Ding
11.Independent’s Day
12.Scary Movie pt 1
13.Scary Movie pt 2
14.Beef
15.Gangsta
16.Hit Em
17.I Owe You
18.Renegades
19.The Dream
20.Politics
21.Shake This
22.I & Me
23.Return of Malcolm
24.Motown 25
25.Royce is Like
26.Been Shot Down

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