cover for The Root Down’s the Who Stole the Sole? mix by j3ph
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I was going to wait until I had more time…like next year. But turns out that I was just too anxious to hang on to this material for another year. So, I present to you a gift much bigger and better than any year-end list that I could possibly assimilate (although, I’m still considering doing that). It features everyone from Lawrence Welk to Eazy E, Paul McCartney to Atmosphere with, of course, a few treats in between. And, because not all of my friends believe that all words are equal, I edited it with Hanna Barbera sound effects so you’ll feel more comfortable playing it around your parentals. Tis the season for alot of things, but certainly not the season for rampant expletives. It just bums some people out. Yes, I edited Eazy E. Love me or hate me, it took about two hours to edit that song alone. Hope it’s worth the wait. De La Mix Vol. 2 is gonna need a little more time. At this point, it’s next year. Anyhow, here’s the tracklisting on the Christmas Sweater Mix.
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I’m proud to present to you, the latest installment in a sequence of mixes exploring the musical contexts of classic hip hop recordings by mixing them in with the original samples: Del tha Funkee Homosapien’s I Wish My Brother George Was Here from 1991. While AllMusic writes about Del’s debut, “Del helped lay the foundation for what would become California’s thriving underground scene with his seminal debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here…tak(ing) the Parliament/Funkadelic-derived G-funk sound popularized by NWA and spins it into exciting new directions, replacing gangsta rap’s nihilism with a healthy sense of the absurd…Del has accomplished much since the release of Brother George…but nothing he’s done since has quite matched the charm, fun, and sheer exuberance of his stellar debut.” Adversely, Wikipedia claims, “As a whole, the hip-hop community had mixed feelings about I.W.M.B.G.W.H. Some felt it to be just too corny, while others thought it the ‘flyest shit out there’. Del, not pleased with the album himself, took matters into his own hands.” Regardless, I’ve always considered it a classic at it has cemented itself deep in the hearts of both funketeers and hip hop heads over the last two decades.
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Per Owen’s request, here’s a little getdown mix as we go into the holiday season (I’ve got a Christmas mix on deck, but it’s a ton of material) to use at your office party. Office parties can be such a drag, man. Funny how people, at office parties, do everything they can to not talk business and then find out that they really can’t talk about anything else intelligently. Well, this mix fills in those awkward silences and pauses between discussions of how some cat’s bowel movements stink up the whole west side of the building. Remember, though, it’s an office party and these are your co-workers so watch those hands. You might have Human Resources at your desk come Monday.
This mix features the soft sounds of the Emotions, Rufus’ “Chicken,” a timely run at the Honeydrippers’ “Impeach the President,” T-Connection and Pat Lundy’s explosive “Work Song.” Yep, this is the illness right here..
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De La Soul Mix – “3 Crates Deep and Digging” by j3ph
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The new mix is up and ready. For those who missed a few previous posts, I worked and slaved on a mix paying homage to De La Soul and Prince Paul’s crowning achievement, 3 Feet High and Rising. Released 20 years ago, the record still holds its own as a pioneering and mind-detonating example of sampling mastery. It still is often regarded as one of the most creative album in hip hop’s history and, in terms of popular music, it leaves a deep footprint amongst some of the greatest records ever recorded. The mix was intended to both honor De La as well as explore the makings of 3 Feet realizing that it took years of others musical achievements to make the record what it was.
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The mix brings together both rap, rock, film, funk and Tom Brokaw in celebration of the genre that blew the whole game up: Gangsta Rap. I’ve always been reluctant to use such a term only because I always found it as a horrible stereotype and oversight because, over time, media channels were just lumping any rapper with a parental advisory sticker on the front a “gangsta rapper” when you could put on any rock record back then and hear worse (i.e. Appetite for Destruction). But I wanted the mix to, firstly, be dope and listenable and, secondly, either parody the mass misconceptions of the genre or simply exploit them. As to say, “You thought “Cop Killer” was bad? Try this.” This ain’t your little brother’s mix. This is for the adults. This is for the aging hip hop head. This is for the dude that complains about nothing being dope anymore. This is for that cat that fell out of love with hip hop. This is for you if you haven’t heard “New Jack Hustler” in ages.
