Just read whole article, great read, brings back memories.
All the standard tools, Fish IRC encryption, FlashFXP, EAC w/ Lame, Morgoth Releaser, raping site credits, preing a release, getting your shyt nuked, all the IRC beef that led to rippers jumping groups.
Yeah, i remember getting tight with one of the main cats from the most prestigious underground hip-hop ripping crew (I won't name names to protect everyone involved) and man those months that we were in contact I was eating good after lacing him with some exclusive joints from a certain underground rapper. I had access to everything they ever ripped which for a true mid 90s underground hip-hop head was heavenly. shyt i remember getting the albums fxp'ed to me and it took about 18 fukking seconds as soon as it was pre'd. shyt blew my mind. We fell out months later cause I couldn't consistently get exclusive unreleased shyt and I couldn't spend tons of hours on irc but while it lasted it was ill. Had access to anything I wanted.