I’m not sure how I slept on Banana Seat for so long, but I’m sad that I did. Made up of the Fully Fitted homies Ghostdad and Durkin (I personally think they shoulda bit the Dunkin Donuts logo and went with the group name DURKIN DADNUTS) making Contemporary-Sounding-Throwback-Big-Beat-House-Rave-$hit, they’ve been killing it lately with excellent originals and remixes like the “Witch Doktor Remix” above and an EP of originals called “Drop It In” available on iTunes now. Also, check out their mixtape “BANANA TAPE”–a mix of new production alongside classic tracks that inspired the duo.
Volume 27 of the immaculate 1st & 15th Mix Series is just in time and it’s a re-up of a classic Philly mixtape from Emynd and Bo Bliz. 30 classic Philly rap bangers from all corners of Philly: repping North, South, West, Southwest, and even across the river to Camden, NJ. Bang this $hit! Stream the entirety of the series here or download them all here.
Tracklisting:
1. Tuff Crew “Going the Distanceâ€
2. Freeway ft. Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z “What We Doâ€
3. Cool C “Down To The Gristleâ€
4. RAM Squad “Rough And Ruggedâ€
5. Ms. Jade ft. Peedi Crakk and Freeway “Pocket Full Of Bulletsâ€
6. Schooly D “Saturday Niteâ€
7. Joey Jihad “Freestyleâ€
8. Jay-Z ft. Beanie Sigel “The R.O.C.â€
9. Graham Nash “Chicagoâ€
10. Beanie Sigel “The Truthâ€
11. Jakk Frost “Philly Loveâ€
12. Jewelz (Allen Iverson) “40 Barsâ€
13. Freeway ft. Young Gunz “Full Effectâ€
14. Oschino “Down Too Longâ€
15. Reef The Lost Cauze “I Can’t Begin To Tell Youâ€
16. Gillie Da Kid “Holla Backâ€
17. Re-Up Gang (Ab-Liva and Sandman) “Re-Up Anthemâ€
18. High & Might ft. Rasheed and Baby Blak “Open Mic Nightâ€
19. Rasheed (Maylay Sparks) ft. Chief Kamache “Jungle Bookâ€
20. Beanie Sigel ft. Omillio Sparks “Tales Of A Hustlerâ€
21. Young Gunz ft. Omillio Sparks “Take It How You Want Itâ€
22. The Roots “Respond Reactâ€
23. Meek Millz “Hate It Or Love It Freestyleâ€
24. Krown Rulers “32nd St. Downâ€
25. Peedi Crakk “Fall Backâ€
26. E. Ness “My Hoodâ€
27. Beanie Sigel “Why Wouldn’t I?â€
28. Tuff Crew “My Part of Townâ€
29. Peedi Crakk “My Part of Town Freestyleâ€
30. The Miracles “Nowhere To Goâ€
31. State Property “Nowhere To Goâ€
Tracklist:
1. SWV “Anything”
2. Mase “What You Want” ft. Total
3. Soul II Soul “Keep On Moving”
4. Mary J Blige “Be Happy”
5. Tony Braxton “You’re Making Me High RMX” ft. Foxy Brown
6. Changing Faces “I Got Somebody Else RMX”
7. Brandy & Monica “The Boy is Mine”
8. Luther Vandross “Power of Love”
9. Al B. Sure “Night & Day”
10. Groove Theory “Tell Me”
11. Mary J Blige “Love No Limit”
12. Joe “Stutter RMX”
13. 702 “Steelo”
14. Janet Jackson “Got ‘Til its Gone” ft. Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell
15. Carl Thomas “I Wish”
16. Lauryn Hill “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”
17. Monica “Don’t Take it Personal”
18. Chris Brown “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)
19. Case “Touch Me Teach Me” ft. Foxy Brown
20. Mary J Blige “What’s the 411?” ft. Grand Puba
21. Aaliyah “If Your Girl Only Knew”
22. Mary J Blige “Mary Jane (All Night Long)”
23. Changing Faces “All of My Days” ft; Jay-Z
24. TLC “Waterfalls”
25. Brandy “I Wanna Be Down”
26. Lauryn Hill “The Sweetest Thing”
27. Miki Howard “Ain’t Nobody Like You”
Our homie Doc Adam from PDX hit us off with these 2 Edit Packs full of usefulness, cheese, and bangers. If you missed his Make an Appointment Mixtape from several months back, definitely go check it. It’s fun and highly listenable.
The Smiths – Ask (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – Panic (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – Sweet and Tender Hooligans (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – This Charming Man (Doc Adam Edit)
The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing (Doc Adam Edit)
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (Doc Adam Edit)
The Cure – Friday I’m In Love (Doc Adam Edit)
The Cure – Love Cats (Doc Adam Edit)
M – Pop Muzik (Doc Adam Edit)
Modern English – Melt With You (Doc Adam Edit)
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok (Doc Adam Edit)
A Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away) (Doc Adam Edit)
Tones On Tail – Go! (Doc Adam Edit)
Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue (Doc Adam Edit)
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun (Doc Adam Edit)
Yaz – Situation (Doc Adam Edit)
Yaz/Snoop Dogg ft. T-Pain – Situation/Boom (Doc Adam Transition 118-104)
Berlin – The Metro (Doc Adam Edit)
Big Country – In A Big Country (Doc Adam Edit)
Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself (Doc Adam Edit)
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell (Doc Adam Edit)
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love (Doc Adam Edit)
Gloria Jones x Soft Cell – Tainted Love (Doc Adam Transition 81-75 BPM)
Soft Cell – Tainted Love (Doc Adam Edit)
Men At Work – Who Can It Be Now? (Doc Adam Edit)
Prince – Erotic City (Doc Adam Edit)
Toto – Africa (Doc Adam Edit)
Classic mix from the homie Controller 7! Lots of fun rap and swell mixes! Go grab it!
“I made this mix a few years back. We nod (a store in Japan) pressed up the cds and released the majority of them in Japan. It got a bunch of really positive reviews. It’s been out of print for awhile now. Maybe it will get a repress at some point, but for now you can grab this free download.” – Controller 7
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Kool G. Rap – “Play It Kool”
3. Showbiz and AG – “A
Giant In The Mental”
4. Volume 10 – “Styles On Deck”
5. “Ahonetwo”
6. Steady B – “Nothin’ But The Bass”
7. Spyder D – “Placin’ The Beat”
8. “All the Ladies…”
9. Sparky D – “Throwdown”
10. Nas – “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” (remix)
11. MC Serch – “Back To The Grill”
12. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf – “That’s Word”
13. De La Soul – “Freedom Of Speak”
14. Del That Funky Homosapien – “Burnt”
15. Masta Ace – “Born To Roll”
16. “Hot Damn”
17. The Beatnuts – “Reign Of The Tec”
18. Common Sense – “Soul By The Pound”
19. “Dancin’ ‘Til it Hirts”
20. Casual – “It’s A Me Thang”
21. Stezo – “Bring The Horns”
22. Just-Ice – ” Going Way Back”
23. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “Straighten It Out”
24. De La Soul – “Oodles of O’s”
25. “1, 2, 3…”
26. MC Lyte – “I Am The Lyte”
27. B.D.P. – “Gimme, DAT, (Woy)”
28. Kool G. Rap – “On The Run” (remix)
29. Snoop Dogg – “Serial Killa”
30. Cypress Hill – “Hand On The Pump”
31. Black Sheep – “Have U.N.E. Pull”
32. bonus megamix
Leading up to the foundational Motor City guitarist’s new self-titled solo album, Detroit’s own House Shoes takes us on a journey through Dennis Coffey’s history of funk. Including the psychedelic b-boy soul of Coffey’s 70’s solo material, classic recordings on which he recorded as a sessions musician, hip-hop cuts which have sampled his material, and even a couple of sneak peaks at the new album’s music, Constellations is 45 minutes of straight heat, mixed by a master DJ intimately acquainted with Coffey’s legacy, and his future.
Tracklisting:
1. Scorpio Intro- (feat Dennis Coffey, Jazzy Jeff, Jake One, and Q-Tip)
2. LL Cool J- Jinglin’ Baby
3. Dennis Coffey- Main Theme (Black Belt Jones OST)
4. Dennis Coffey- 7th Galaxy*
5. Dennis Coffey- Ride Sally Ride
6. The Temptations- Cloud Nine
7. Rodriguez- Sugar Man
8. Marvin Gaye- I Want You
9. Dennis Coffey- Garden Of The Moon
10. The Spinners- It’s A Shame
11. Dennis Coffey- Never Can Say Goodbye
12. Dennis Coffey- Whole Lotta Love
13. Diamond D- No Wonduh
14. Isley Brothers / Dennis Coffey & Lyman Woodward- It’s Your Thing
15. The Floaters- Float On
16. The Dramatics- In The Rain
17. The Dramatics- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
18. Dennis Coffey feat. Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) & Rachel Nagy (Detroit Cobras)- I Bet You*
19. Edwin Starr- Easin’ In (Hell Up In Harlem) / Digable Planets (Nickle Bags)
20. The Temptations- I Can’t Get Next To You
21. The Undisputed Truth- Smiling Faces Sometimes
22. Dennis Coffey feat. Mayer Hawthorne- All Your Goodies Are Gone*
23. Outro
* denotes material from the upcoming Dennis Coffey album
RIP Nate Dogg!! There would be no T-Pain, Akon, or whoever else making a living off just singing hooks without his trail blazing talent!!
The really remarkable thing about Nate Dogg to me was not only how vital he sounded on every single song he was in, but how universally accepted he was. I was surrounded by a lot of true school boom bap nerdery growing up and we all had pretty vocal and varying opinions on rap music. There were a few things however that we all agreed on and somehow or other, the fact that Nate Dogg was amazing was one of these things. His vocals have also aged really well. They don’t sound dated to me… they sound timeless. If you just take a quick glance at hip-hop, it might be easy to accuse Nate Dogg of being a cursory footnote, but anybody who knows anything about rap music knows just how important this dude is, was, and hopefully always will be. RIP Nate Dogg.
Back again for the 1st & 15th Mixcast and this time around we’ve got an absolute banger. 24 blends of some of my favorite Boom Bap acapellas on top of some of my favorite beats from the past few years. This sounds like kind’ve a corny concept, but a lot of these blends work real well. I teamed up with the homie Eastside Stevie from Realniggatumblr to bring you this shit and we hope y’all enjoy it as much as we do! More in the BOOM BAP TRAP SHIT series coming soon! Stream it above, download it below!
Tracklisting:
1. Prodigy – Keep It Thoro vs Akon ft Rick Ross – Give It To Em
2. Jamal – Fade Em All vs Lil Wayne ft Cory Gunz – 6 Foot 7 Foot
3. Artifacts – C’mon With the C’mon vs Project Pat – Rubberband Me
4. Camp Lo – Luchini vs Dipset – Salute
5. Poor Righteous Teachers – Word iz Life vs Lil Wayne ft Gucci Mane – We Be Steady Mobbin’
6. Organized Konfusion – Bring It On vs Birdman ft Lil Wayne – Fire Flame
7. KRS-One – Ah Yeah vs Plies – Plenty Money
8. MOP – World Famous vs Rick Ross – MC Hammer
9. CNN ft Tragedy – T.O.N.Y. vs Project Pat ft Juicy J – Twerk
10. MOP – G Building vs DJ Khaled – Out Here Grindin’
11. Method Man & Redman – How High vs Kanye West – Dark Fantasy
12. Das EFX ft Mobb Deep – Microphone Master Remix vs Young Jeezy ft R Kelly – Go Getta
13. Pharcyde – Runnin’ vs Young Jeezy – Trapstar
14. Black Moon – How Many Emcees vs Young Jeezy – Go Crazy
15. Big L – Flamboyant vs Vado – Large on the Streets
16. Kool G Rap ft Nas – Fast Life vs Dorrough – Ice Cream Paint Job
17. Busta Rhymes – Woo-Ha vs New Boyz ft Tyga – Cricketz
18. MOP – Ante Up vs Fabolous – You Be Killin Em
19. Journalist ft MOP – Extended Family vs Chalie Boy – Look Like Money
20. Nine – Whutchuwant vs Fat Joe ft Young Jeezy – Slow Down & Maino – However Do You Want It
21. M.O.P feat. Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel & Jay-Z – Roc La Familia vs Dirty Money – Hello Good Morning
22. Ultramagnetic MCs – Poppa Large vs Nicki Minaj ft Eminem – Roman’s Revenge
23. Gravediggaz – 1-800-Suicide vs The Game – Hustlin’ (Champion’s Anthem)
24. Ahmad – Back in the Day vs Wiz Khalifa – Black & Yellow
I’m not ready to proclaim Jay Electronica the next coming of early 90s Nasir Jones, but I do find some his work (at the very LEAST) worth paying attention to. I’m kind’ve waiting until he hits me with an official project before I pass judgment on his ultimate worth but, that being said, this is a fun mix of original samples and some of his bigger songs from the dude J. Rizzle. Check it out!
Tracklisting:
Intro
Radio Interview Snippet
Dear Moleskine – Jay Electronica
Free Angela – Bayete
Etrenal Sunshine – Jay Electronica
Phone Call – Jon Brion
FYI – Jay Electronica
Row – Jon Brion
Voodoo Man – Jay Electronica
Postcard – Jon Brion
Somethin’ To Hold On To – Jay Electronica
Give Me Somethin’ To Hold On to – Myrna Summers
Renaissance Man – Jay Electronica
Love Is – Common
Victory Is In My Clutches – Jay Electronica
Electrified Love – Earl Hines
Exhibit A (Transformations) – Jay Electronica
Dead Presidents – Jay Z
Exhibit C – Jay Electronica
Cross My Heart – Billy Stewart
Shiny Suit Theory – Jay Electronica, Jay Z, The Dream
Ain’t Got The Love (Of One Girl On My Mind) – The Ambassadors
Intro -Group Home
Jazzmatazz (Tribute to Guru)- Jay Electronica
To prep for the mixtape and the return of the series, we’ve gone ahead and uploaded all 22 previous installments of the Mix Series on our Mixcloud page where you can stream each of the mixes in all their glory. If you’re not the streaming type, feel free to download any and all of the mixes RIGHT HERE as well. There’s literally something for everyone as you can see from the diverse discography below.
Thanks in advance for all the support and we’ll see you back on this page every 1st & 15th (but hopefully more often then that)!
