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1. DJ Premier- Intro
2. M.O.P.- Anticipation
3. Royal Flush- Worldwide
4. Busta Rhymes- Live To Regret
5. Hillfiguz- Too Many Suckas
6. Ghostface, Cappadonna & Raekwon- Camay
7. East Flatbush Project & DeS- Tried By 12
8. All City- Who Dat
9. PMD- Leave Your Style Cramped
10. Natural Resource- Bum Deal
11. Mr. Voodoo- Shine
12. Nine- Every Man 4 Himself
13. Gauge (2)- Cranium
14. Al Tariq- Think Not
15. Sadat X- The Interview
16. De La Soul, Mos Def & Enoll- Stakes Is High (Remix)
17. Money Boss Players- Walk With A Limp
18. Mobb Deep- Hell On Earth
19. Nas- Freestyle
20. Nonchalant & KRS One- People Time

Download "Tape A"

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1. Greg Tate- What Is Hip Hop?
2. G-Depp- Head Over Wheels
3. Jay-Z- Regrets
4. Children Of The Corn- American Dream
5. Trybal Man- Money To Make
6. Adagio!- The Obvious Joint
7. J-Force- For All Those
8. La The Darkman- I Want It All
9. The Roots- ? Vs. Scratch
10. Common- The Bitch In You
11. OutKast- Elevators
12. Lord Finesse- Check The Method
13. Jeru The Damaja- How I’m Livin
14. Dead Poets Society- Lick A Shot
15. Heltah Skeltah- Therapy
16. Dutchmin- Get Ya Swerve On
17. Heather B & M.O.P.- My Kinda Nigga
18. Paula Perry & Que 45- Get A Grip Mutha…
19. M.O.P- New Jack City

Download "Tape B"

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1. DJ Premier- Intro
2. Screwball- Screwed Up
3. PMD- Kool Kat
4. Xzibit & Hurricane G.- Just Maintain
5. Mobb Deep- More Trife Life
6. Puff Daddy & Mase- All About The Benjamins
7. Mama Mystique- Tremendous
8. O.G.C.- No Fear
9. Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna & Raekwon- Fish
10. Redman- What Eva Man
11. Poor Righteous Teachers- We Dat Nice
12. DJ Premier- Intro
13. Camp Lo- Luchini
14. Ras Kass- Marintin
15. OutKast- Babylon
16. Voodoo- One Live To Live
17. Mobb Deep & Ty Nitty- Animal Instinct
18. Sadat X & Money Boss Players- Games Sober
19. Foundation (2) & Rezidue- Boogie Down’s Got That Flava
20. O.G.C.- Gunn Lapp
21. 3rd Degree- Better Dayz
22. Sauce Money- Against The Grain

Download "Tape C'

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1. DJ Premier- Intro
2. M.O.P.- Downtown Swinga “96”
3. Mixed Elements- Divine Styles
4. Ghostface Killah- Wildflower
5. Redman- Rock Da Spot
6. Mic Geronimo- Unstoppable
7. Xzibit & Mobb Deep- Eyes May Shine (Remix)
8. Big Jaz, Jay-Z & Sauce Money- Foundation
9. Poor Righteous Teachers & Nine- Gods, Earths & 85ers
10. MF Grimm & Fatman Scoop- International Rules
11. Frankenstein- All Hands
12. DJ Premier- Intro
13. A Tribe Called Quest- Wordplay
14. Nas & R. Kelly- Street Dreams (Remix)
15. Keith Murray, Kel-Vicious & 50 Grand- Love L.O.D.
16. Mobb Deep & Raekwon- Nighttime Vultures
17. The Roots- Panic
18. The Roots & Bahamadia- Push Up Ya Lighter
19. Redman & Method Man- Do What Ya Feel
20. Foundation (2) & Rezidue- Don’t Get It Twisted
21. Smoothe Da Hustler & Trigger Tha Gambler- Broken Language Pt.II
22. Lil’ Kim- Drugs
23. Hillfiguz- Up On Prospect

Download "Tape D"

I was debating on what to post for this week, so i figured I'd lace you with some rare tapes that were in my collection. If you don't already have these they are great to add to any cassette collection. There's a ton of rare and still to this day unreleased joints on these. If you are younger cat, take a listen to what a real "golden era" mixtape sounds like. Here's some more....

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Old ass Tony Touch Tape.
Couldn't even find a track list for this as I had no case for it.

Download "Tape 20"


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This disc wasn't as classic as #39 on tape. Still remember working for Lake Ele. when I was like 19 bumping this end to end on long deliveries. Got me through some tough days. Maybe it can help you out a bit.
Side A
01. Usher - Think Of U
02. Babyface - Lover in U
03. II D Extreme - U Got Me Goin
04. Eric Benet - Georgy Porgy
05. Mariah Carey - Sweet Heart
06. Brandy - Top Of The World
07. Miss Jones - Love Somebody Else
08. Kelly Price - Secret Love
09. Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
10. En Vogue - Whatever
11. Vanessa Williams - Happiness
12. Mona Lisa - Just Want To Please
13. Zhane - Saturday Night
14. R Kelly - Did U Ever Think
15. Imajin - No Doubt
16. Men Of Vizion - Da Thangz
17. Brandy - Top Of The World Remix
18. Total - Trippin
19. Total - Sitting Home
20. Davina - Can't Help It
21. Tamla - Imagination
22. Zhane - Request Line
23. Faith Evans - Love Like This
24. Soul To Soul - Back To Life
25. Andrea Martin - Share Tha Love
26. Brian McKnight - Help Me
27. Next - Too Close
28. Maxwell -
29. Boyz II Men - Can't Let Her Go
30. New Edition - Life Time Groove
31. Faith Evans - All Night Long
32. Zhane - Groove Thing
33. Adina Howard - Tshirt & Panties
34. Jody Watley - Off The Hook
35. Mariah Carey - My All
36. Black Street & Janet Jackson - Girlfriend
37. Alexander O'Neil & Charelle - Never Knew Love
38. Maxwell - Matrimony 1999 Blend
39. 112 - Anywhere (Remix)
40. New Edition - Little Bit Of Love
41. Billy Lawrence - Paradise
42. Lauryn Hill - All My Time
43. Nas - Dr. Knockboots (Remix)

Side B
01. Usher - One Day
02. Monica - The First Night
03. Next - I Still Love You
04. Next Level - I Don't Know
05. BC - Why-O-Why
06. Tryese - Sweet Lady
07. SWV - Love Like This
08. SWV - Same One
09. Honay Jones - Rockin
10. Mya - Movin' On
11. Nicole - I Can't See
12. Roby - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
13. Eboni Foster - Crazy For You
14. Assorted Phlavors - Make Up Your Mind
15. Brownstone - I Can't Tell You Why
16. Blackstreet - No Diggity
17. Monica - Just One Of Dem Days
18. 112 - Love Me
19. Sos Band - Just Be Good To Me
20. Before Dark - Baby
21. Tatyana Ali - Boy You Knock Me Out
22. Drea - Got You Back
23. Trina Broussard - Love You So Much
24. Gina Thompson - U Bring The Sunshine
25. Solo - Touch Me
26. Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love
27. TLC - No Scrubs
28. Taral - Distant Lover
29. Jerome
30. Deborah Cox - September
31. Terry Dexter - Better Than Me
32. Stephanie Mills - Rush On Me
33. Eugene Wild - Gotta Get U Home Tonight
34. Surface - Happy
35. Tana Gardner - Heartbeat
36. Foolish Paradise - Melissa Morgan
37. Slave - Just A Touch Of Love
38. Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation
39. Commadores - Brickhouse
40. Roll, Bounce, Rock, Skate

Download "Vol. 44"

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This is the only DJ that I don't mind when he plays Wayne or Drake.
Still one of the most creative to ever make a mixtape.
BelieeeDat.

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This was one of my favorites because you could play the intro and then flip the tape and catch the blend on the backside. Most people forgot about these dudes. They actually have a store that sells laser engraved flash drives with all their mixes on them. Sign up to purchase one here. If you've never heard of a Double R tape, just be glad you found this blog.
I'm not going to put a playlist and ruin the surprise.
Listen the way we did 19 years ago.

Download "92"

I'm bout to bet this next race, so till later on my readers.

EARDROPS

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As I promised...the new Slaine (LCN) and Statik Selektah (Showoff Records). Slaine is arguably one of the best emcees out of the Boston area and in LCN. His descriptive style of wordplay never lets me down. If you don't have it already, go and Download "A World With No Skies". This was Slaine's baby as he put it and after a slew of copyright issues and numerous delays over a period of three years you can cop the final product.
Download "State of Grace"

Biggie in the studio with Lord Finesse (Uncut)

Time is precious. Just think if Finesse was recording songs that whole time BIG would have another EP in his discography.

...and while we're on the topic of D.I.T.C.

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It's amazing to me that people either don't know his history or they are just plain napping on this guy. Since the days of Fat Pockets and Party Groove, Showbiz has been someone I've always kept tabs on over the years. I can still remember being in my bedroom with 2 brand new copies of Runaway Train. Hold Ya Head is still played on the reg off of vinyl in this dojo.

Showbiz and DJ Premier (new beats)

If there is anything you can learn from this video is how to make your drumkits tight.
Did this ever drop? Waita minute... did I miss something. Nope.

Lord Finesse speaks on Big L.

The building you see behind Ogee (at 0:56) has been Lamont Coleman’s home for the fast 24 years he lived : 104W 139th Street. The park where this is filmed, is the place where he used to hang out and rhyme at with his friends from the Children of the Corn (COC) crew : Cam’ron, Ma$e, McGruff and Bloodshed.
Feb 15th, 1999 at 8:30 pm, Big L was shot and killed a block away from here, on 45 W 139th . In the heart of what he used to call The Danger Zone.

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This isn't the tape...just one song. King of the punchlines. Period.
Download "Fat for the 90's"


Ever wonder what "Booger" from Revenge of the Nerds and Joey Buttafucco are doing with their lives? #DollarGeneralBackupDancers

THE MOSQUEBURG

PREMIER SPEAKS ON JAY-Z, LIL WAYNE, NAS,
AND THE POSSIBLITY OF "ILLMATIC 2"
(older interview you may not have seen)




PREMIER'S TAKE ON HIS NEW LABEL, INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES,
AND WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH FRED DURST
the newer interview.


Joell Ortiz - Projects (produced by DJ Premier)

INDUSTRY SKEMATICS
DJ Premier remains to be a survivor, a major threat, and a hip hop preservationist. I'm glad he's still killing it on the beats, cuts, and in general. I had to laugh when he said "just let me know if you ain't going to use it..." about the beats because I must have 3 Piles of super dope tracks here that people are sitting on. Guess what I've now decided that there is officially a 30Day window for beats. If I don't hear from you in 30days. Take those beats off your "shit to get around to when I stop sleeping" list. You better believe that if I did a track tomorrow for Jay-Z, Eminem, KRS ONE, or even someone like DAS EFX, there would be dudes knocking down my door, that before wouldn't pick up the phone to even say what up when I called. Pretty sad how peoples minds work. There was something else that he said, that stuck out to me. It was about the hip hop bar being set too low. I think the RAP Industry bar is set real low and that's what he must have meant. To me though the REAL Hip Hop bar is set extremely high. Because cats like Preme, Nas, WU, RUN DMC, Pete Rock, etc. and even before them set such a high standard back during our earlier years. In turn we are comparing what comes out today to the music that moved us back then. I will not get better no matter how much the music does if we don't move on as listeners and consumers.
That's just real talk.

So now the internet generation has been running the mp3 "scene" for 10+years. I put scene in quotes because it represents a highly organized, underground, semi-official, free record store that has been releasing albums earlier than release dates for years. Ever wonder who they are talking about when 50 Cent's new album leaks to the public and now they are selling it this Friday, instead of 2 Tuesday's from now. These are the "guys". I was one of them at one point because I had the connect. There's only so much I can say though without giving up the identity of the Mp3 Masons. What this did for the industry was a few things.
-Dre and Em
1. It HURT artist's like Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and a ton of other industry giants. How? Well, because someone like Eminem is so popular, he becomes a product of his own environment. If his own environment includes downloading free music off the net because people are too broke to buy it, then it is what it is. Why do you think country stars sell so many records? Because their fans hardly know how to use a computer, that is....if they aren't so far enough out in the boonies to get wi-fi. If Eminem wasn't so in demand, he wouldn't lose as much money from illegal downloads. Follow me? Because his shit is soooo hot, and he doesn't own 100% of his material there is a possiblity of leakage. Possibility, who am I kidding, it WILL get leaked. Tax Free money talks and people are gonna hate. Now he is forced to put out free cds on the net just to keep up with the underground scene that at one time embraced him and his aftermath label, but now turns away because he's gone "way too commercial". I will admit, I haven't let an Eminem record play all the way through since "The Marshall Mathers LP". Hate on me too if you like, I'm used to critics, everyone I know is one.
-J-Zone
2. On the flip side, it has HELPED build artists like Necro, Dilated Peoples, J-Zone, Moka Only and even small local artists gain a ton of fans that they wouldn't normally have. This so-called "scene" spans worldwide, and it does better than any record label could ever do promotion-wise. Check this, I can make a beat, write a verse, record it, burn it, rip it, tag it, and then send it worldwide via blogs, forums, facebook, twitter, and p2p sites...THAT DAY. This gives artists like myself something that you cannot get from the record industry (that is fighting so hard not to let you in). Exclusive rights to my own music that is dated, and then distributed. In a way I look at it as a "poor mans" copyright for the internet generation. There's people that have been collecting albums for years in this format, and they have more releases that you can't find in stores than releases that you can. Look at it this way as long as music is in a digital format it will always be able to be hacked and cracked. So until there is a whole different format altogether, the music business will never recover. From what I am told Rick Ruben is in works trying to create this new format. They might even be heading in the direction of satellite storage and a device that goes with it similar to GPS and SIRIUS. I guess DJ Clue screaming over all his cds had some relevance to it. Now DJ's using Torq, Serrato, Etc. don't have to go and buy doubles (which was a way to inflate sales), they can go grab what they want and have it playing on thier turntables in 10min or less via the net without paying for it. If you told me this is 10 years ago I would've laughed in your face. Then I would've asked... "Where do I sign up?.
It truly is a double-edged sword and I just happen to be below the radar, on the sharp side. Take a guess how dull the other side of the blade is, or just turn on your radio.

THE DON


Donald J. Trump was spurned in an offer to purchase the site of the proposed Islamic community center near New York City’s Ground Zero for the price paid plus 25 percent.

Trump’s offer is “just a cheap attempt to get publicity and get in the limelight,” said Sharif El-Gamal, chief executive officer of Soho Properties LLC, who signed the deed to purchase the property in July 2009. He commented in an e-mail statement.

As part of the bid, any community center built would be located at least five blocks farther from the World Trade Center site, Trump said. The offer was made in a letter dated today and included in a statement received by e-mail.

“I am making this offer as a resident of New York and citizen of the United States, not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it is not), but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation,” Trump wrote in the letter to Hisham Elzanaty, a businessman who’s said he provided the majority of the financing for the two buildings where the center would be built. S.

Damn, It looks to me like the real estate agent did his homework. Is this the same agent that swindeled that Russian Guy that owns the Nets? Call me crazy, but it seems like the uproar and free publicity that this subject is getting is only making the proposed site worth more money. The agent that has this contract had this to say "if someone were to offer me 20 million for the property, I'd take it." If that was the case and someone did purchase it, where is that money going to go? I never understood why this shit was getting so much attention. The more attention "WE" as Americans give it, the more it makes them feel like a threat to us. The way i see it is that America "unknowingly" already admitted defeat when it took them forever just to draw up and agree on the plans for the new trade center. I'm a PRO-American, born and raised in New York, and always love to help build where I'm from and this country as a whole. Agree or disagree: That trade center should've been rebuilt as soon as the cleanup efforts were complete? Geez now I'm wising I took out a loan from Bernie Madeoff and bought property near ground zero. I could be a rich man too.

Till Tomorrow.