DJ M-Rock - The Best of The Beastie Boys

To celebrate the life and work of MCA (who sadly passed away last week), Canada's DJ M-Rock has put together this great mixtape of Beastie Boys tunes, featuring a bunch of dope blends and live tracks. Bump this one loud.

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Tracklist:

M-Rock’s Intro
An Open Letter To Nyc
Too Many Rappers ft. Nas
B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak
Stick ‘Em Up w/Hurricane
Rock Hard
Paul Revere
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Make Some Noise
Sure Shot
Root Down
The New Style
Let me clear my throat Bpm 103
Hey Ladies
Hey Ladies (Paul Nice Remix)
Shake Your Rump
Body Movin’
Aquarius (Let The Sunshine In) by Moog Machine and Headless Heroes by Eugene McDaniels
Get It Together ft. Q-Tip
Danger – Blahzay Blahzay +
Drop – The Pharcyde +
Three MCs And One DJ (Live at MTV Awards 97′)
Intergalactic (Live at MTV Awards 97′)
Ch-Check it Out
Brass Monkey
Fight For Your Right
Girls
Rhymin & Stealin
The New Style
Slow And Low
Pass The Mic
Gratitude
Sabotage
So What’cha Want So Whatcha Want (Remix) ft. B-Real
Ya Don’t Stop – The Beatnuts +
Skills To Pay The Bills
Jimmy James
Alive

Via RockTheDub

DJ Cable - Notorious B.I.G. Mix (Weekly Mix #35)

For those who have followed the blog since the start, you may be aware that throughout 2008, I did the "Weekly Mix" series, where, as you've already sussed out, I provided the Internets with a short mix each and every week.

Seeing as its the 15th anniversary of Biggie's passing, I thought I'd repost this for your listening pleasure. This one was done in week #35 of 2008, and is made up of some of my favourite B.I.G. tracks, containing a couple of rare tracks.

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Tracklisting:

01. Notorious B.I.G. - Just Playing (Dreams)
02. Notorious B.I.G. - Who Shot Ya?
03. Red Hot Lover Tone Feat. Notorious B.I.G. - For My Peeps
04. Notorious B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot
05. Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance (Ready To Die LP Version)
06. Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
07. Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullsh*t (DJ Cable Blend)
08. Notorious B.I.G. - 10 Crack Commandments

RIP arguably the greatest rapper of all time.

P.S. Thanks to the homie Khal for re-uploading the mix - I've pretty much lost most of them now!

DJ Rob Swift "Roc for Raida" (Trailer)

Drops March 20th.

All proceeds will go to Roc Raida's family. RIP one of the greatest DJs of all time.

R.I.P. Heavy D

R.I.P. Heavy D, who passed away earlier today at the age of 44.

He left behind a classic back catalogue of albums; for those that are either too young to remember him, or were simply unaware of the music he made, I highly recommend you take the time to listen to albums such as Big Tyme, Peaceful Journey and Blue Funk.

Proof "The Fizzo" (Prod. by J Dilla)

Yesterday, In remembrance and tribute to Proof on the 5th anniversary of his passing, Paul Rosenberg dropped a previously unreleased joint from Proof and the late great J Dilla.

Dating back to 1994, the track also features T3 of Slum Village on the chorus.

In his words:

As promised, here is another previously unreleased (as far as I know) track from Proof & Dilla, called “The Fizzo.” I heard about this track before I ever actually heard it from a very excited DJ Head back in ’94, right around the time that F.C. (Funky Cowboys) was created. In his typical fashion when he had heard something that nobody else had, Head just giggled and said “man, Proof and Jaydee got this new record, man…” When I heard it I knew what Head was so amped-up about, these guys really had a crazy chemistry together. That’s T3 of Slum Village on the chorus.

I don’t want to do anything but remember P and his music today, so hopefully this will put you in the same headspace. Enjoy- until next year: BIG PROOF FOREVER.

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RIP Dilla & Proof.

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Here are all three parts to Stussy's documentary on J Dilla's life in Los Angeles...

You check out the Stussy website for the full feature.

DJ Enjay & Big Ad Present: Big L - Eternally Flamboyant

Shouts to Big Ad for sending this over. To mark the passing of Big L, who was EASILY one of the greatest rappers of all time (real talk), he's teamed up with DJ Enjay to put together this tribute mix, packed full of classic tracks.

Lord Finesse "Yes You May" and the "Get Yours Remix" on the same mix? WIN!

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Tracklisting:

01. Gangstarr - Intro (Full Clip)
02. Back To Back
03. Lord Finesse - Yes You May
04. D.I.T.C. - Da Enemy
05. Street Struck
06. Fed Up With With The Bullshit
07. MVP (Summer Smooth Mix + Remix Number 2)
08. Mc Gruff - Danger Zone
09. Deadly Combination (Feat. 2 Pac)
10. Put It On (Feat. Kid Capri)
11. D.I.T.C. - Dignified Soldiers (Remix)
12. D.I.T.C. - Day One
13. Holdin It Down (Feat. Miss Jones)
14. On The Mic
15. Flamboyant (Jay Dee Remix)
16. Da Graveyard
17. D.I.T.C. - Thick
18. N.O.T.S - Work is Never Done
19. Raw and Ready (Feat. Party Arty)
20. The Heist Revisted
21. O.C. - Dangerous
22. Still Here (Feat. C-Town)
23. Platinum Plus (Feat. Big Daddy Kane)
24. D.I.T.C. - Get Yours (Showbiz Remix)
25. Outro

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

If you take away the crazy plastic surgery, the scandals, and the erratic behaviour, you're left with a legendary artist, whose impact on the music game was incredible. I can't think of a single person who didn't want to learn how to do the moonwalk. "Thiller" was - and still is - a classic album.

R.I.P. the King of Pop.

P.S. For those in central London, there's apparently a "mass moonwalk" occurring at Liverpool Street later today at 6pm. More info here.

BONUS! A couple of my favourite MJ tracks...





EXTRA BONUS! An 8-Bit version of "Beat It"