The Wire Mixes Pt IV 'The Game Is Rigged'

The Game Is Rigged

The most recent of the wire mixes features Bodie 'I ain't goin nowhere, this is MY corner' Broades. Bodie has so many good lines in the series it was hard to find the right ones for the mix. He was one smart ass pawn for sure but it was a great shame that he never made it to be the king.

"I do it much better with twohands" - Bodie Brodaus

The Game Is Rigged

01 - Prove It (Feat. Guilty Simpson) - Foreign Beggars

02 - Top Rank - Sean Price

03 - About Me - Raekwon

04 - Bad Mufucker Pt 2 - Brother Ali

05 - 2004 Beat Original - Damu The Fudgemunk

06 - Rap Ambush - DOOM

07 - Think About It - O.C & A.G

08 - Oh Really (Feat. Talib Kweli) - KRS-One And Buckshot

09 - Shallow and Hollow - Reef The Lost Cauze

10 - Nobody Likes Me - Ed O.G, Diamond D & Kaze

11 - Woodstock (Feat. M.O.P) - Slaughterhouse

12 - Things Ain't The Same - Masta Killa

13 - Big Deal (Instrumental) - Reef The Lost Cauze

14 - Critically Acclaimed (Feat Lil Fame, Saigon, Sean Price) - Statik Selektah

15 - NY Times (Feat, Godfather) - Kool G Rap

artwork by Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk

Part 5 of the wire mixes is coming soon. Can you guess the character?

Got Mo Fierce

The Wire mixes PT III - Got Mo Fierce.

Slim Charles was a reletively small part in 'The Wire' but he was there from start to finnish unlike most of my other favorite characters. A man who knew to move with the times. This was called 'Sewing MAchine' due to the quote I found for the beginning. Now it's called 'Jus Got Mo Fierce'.

The Game Ain't Changed, It Jus Got Mo Fierce.

01 - Heltah Skeltah - The Art of Disrespekinazation

02 - Sadat X Feat KRS-One & Rahzel -Blow Up Da Spot

03 - Chester P - Suicide Switch

04 - Real Live - Real Live Sh__t

05 - Kid Cudi Feat Wale - Is There Any Love

06 - Cool Kids - Blackmags

07 - Ramson Badbonez - Blackmags Remix

08 - Phil Anastasia ft. Inspectah Deck & Sean Price - Symphonies

09 - Dark Sun Riders Feat Brother J - Dark Sun Riders

10 - Defari Feat Dialated - Behold My Life

11 - Busta Rhymes Feat Lil Fame - The Game Room

12 - Vast Aire - Tipping Dominoes

13 - Redman & Method Man - Dangerous MC's

14 - Az Feat The RZA - Doe Or Die Remix

15 - klashnekoff ft. Skriblah & Kyza - Sayonara

artwork by Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk

A Code

A Man Gotta Have a Code.

The second in my series of 'The Wire' mixes sees the finest of Baltimores natural police, The Bunk. The Bunk is strictly a suit n tie mutha fucka but he can mix it with the best of em.

1. MVP - Ludacris
2. Dearly Departed - DJ Babu Feat - M.O.P
3. M.U.G - O.C - Feat Freddie Foxx
4. A Million And 1 Budda Spots - Redman
5. It's Getting Hot - Artifacts
6. Down For The Kaz - Kazi
7. Violatin - Count Bass D
8. Yeah - Keith Murry Feat Busta Rhymes, Redman, Erick Sermon and Jamal
9. Hurricane - The Roots Feat Common and Mos Def
10. Me-O-Mi_o (Remix) - Casual
11. The Return Of Iron Man - Ghostface Killah
12. Get Er Done - Jake One Feat MF Doom
13. Dope Boy Fresh - Jay Z
14. Dumb Girl - Run DMC
15. Red Pill - Vast Aire Feat Karniege
16. Step Off - A Trak Feat Little Brother
17. The Matrix - Black Milk Feat Pharoahe Monch Sean Price DJ Premier

A Man Must Have A Code

artwork by Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk

The Wire Mixes Re Up Pt I

The Re-Up

It's a time for giving and at Christmas we all love to try to give away things that we have tried to give away before. So here are The Wire mixes from the last year or so. Yes, I am slow at doing them. I wish I could blame it on being a perfectionist but a few listens to the mixes will put paid to that theory. So, I have had a few requests to re them up and I am a generous soul.

Not only are they reed up but they are re mastered and they come with fresh new covers. What could be better.

I will add one mix every day till Christmas, kinna like an advent calender with Lil Fame and MF Doom behind the windows screaming at you about glocks and vats of urine.

The first mix is "Best Not Miss" The famous advice our main character, Omar, gave to Weebay about what happens when you come at the king. This was called 'Slow Flow' but we all listened to Stringer Bell's advice and are renaming our product. This was the first Wire mix. Part II tomorrow.






Best Not Miss

Track List

1 Mr.Slow Flow - Evidence
2 Snap Yo Fingaz (Instra) - Lil Jon
3 Fuck The Law - Dead Prez
4 Roc-A-Fella Billionaires - Freeway feat Jay Z
5 Gold Chain Music - Bumrush Brothers
6 At Your Door - Clipse Feat Roscoe P, Coldchain and Pharrell.
7 The Riddler - Methodman.
8 Beef - Mos Def
9 Come On Baby - Saigon
10 Hustle On - Keith Murray
11 Badman - Murs
12 Greenery - Quasimoto
13 Good Clothes - Little Brother
14 State Of Grace - Raekwon

artwork by Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk

More Twelve Inch Droppings

LL Cool J - Imagine That 12''
Head straight to the B-Side & don't look back

Little Brother - ...And Justus For All EP
Includes instrumentals!

Keith Murray - Rare Joints & Remixes EP
One or two ya might not have...

Just-Ice - History 12''
P-P-P-PREMIER-PREMIER-P-P-P-P-P-PREMIER

Juju & Bloody Moon - Aaahhhhh Punch You In The Face! 12''
AAAHHHHH it's the Nut!

Grand Agent - Every Five Minutes 12''
GA is nice. Lord Finesse on the B.

Erykah Badu - On & On Remix 12''
Same remix on Vinroc & Shortkut's classic "So Much Soul"

Ed O.G. - Work For It 12''
Edo definitely works for it and gets help from PR

Deams - The Legacy EP
Gang Starr posse w/ De La Soul, Jeru, Ice-T, etc.

Audio Two - On The Road Again 12''
Get Your Mother Off The Crack!

DJ Zeph - Shake It Down 12''
Boots Riley on A, Lyrics Born on B, acapellas for both

'My Head Nearly Exploded'

Wow.

I just got this posted on my facebook page. I felt it was worthy of the rapnerds.

Funk Droppings

For today, different flavor...don't worry, still lots of flavor

Wilson Pickett - Take A Closer Look At The Woman You're With 7''

Menahan Street Band - The Wolf 7''

Sharon Jones - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You 7''

Ernie & The Top Notes - Dap Walk 7''

Cut Chemist & Medaphoar - Blind Man 12''

LA Carnival - Blind Man 12''

More Twelve Inch Droppings

For that ass...

Skinnyman, Mongo & Chester P. - Lash Suttin' 12''
UK HOFers rhyming over Redman's "Smash Sumthin'"

Rick James - Loosey's Rap Remix 12''
The original Slick Rick with Shante & BDK!

Reflection Eternal - Back Again CDS
Nice to see these two together again...coulda been hotter

Rakim - Stay A While CDS
Includes dope remix of "The Saga Begins"

Mr. Complex - I'm Rhymin' 12''
Classic Complex

Mind Space - Life Is Foul 12''
Little known(?) record from Kool Keith's Funky Ass Records

Masters Of Illusion - Urban Legends 12''
Mighty Mi Remix + Inst included

Mama Mystique - Tremendous 12''
Featuring Q-Ball & Curt Cazal and remix

Hard Work Emcees Pt. 1 - Vast Kramer

Not hard working. Hard work.

This post is dedicated to my friend Ari, who forced me to give Vast Aire a chance and introduced to the term "hard work emcee".

Some rappers say things like "We spend cheese, in the West Indies
Then come home to plenty cream Bentleys"

but others say things like "The last cat who tried to see me, he now gotta touch braille"
or
"I'm that voice in the back of LL's head saying "You gonna let a weed plant do that?" yeah, I like to instigate"

Vast Aire is type 2. He's a beast on the mic but even Two Hands would have trouble getting a club bouncing to Cannibal Ox.

Here are a bunch of singles Vast has guested on, so get out the headphones and give guy a couple listens - one's not gonna do it.


Ace Lover - Area Code 1(212) 12''









Masai Bey - Paper Mache 12''









Oddjobs - Dry Bones 12''











Push Button Objects - Fly 12''









RJD2 - The Horror 12''










Techno Animal - We Can Build You 7''









The Heliocentrics - Sirius B Remix 12''









The High & Mighty - Take It Off 12''










The Majesticons - Majestwest 12''









The Presence - Woke 12''









Diverse - Big Game CDS










El-P - Dead Disnee 12''









Breez Evahflowin' - Give It Away 12''









Def Jux - Legendary Freestyles EP









Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz Remix 7''










Dutchmassive - The Ego Has Landed 12"










T-One - The Bedtime Single 12"










Loer Velocity - Break Out 12"

Ooops...sorry, Def Jux wants you to pay for their shit, so no links this time :(

Death of L.O.L

This is a funny remix by Farma G from the UK of the Jay-Z Tune.

Big up the Music from the corner blog. Farma G n Chesaches two of my long time idols.

For Drew who is finally feeling the UK Hip Hop.

Foreign Bangers

Fine, I admit it. Some UK hip-hop is ok.

I'm really feeling the Foreign Beggars & Guilty Simpson track featured on DJ Two Hands hot new mix "The Game Is Rigged", so I did some searching for some other Beggars stuff. I'm hard at work on a new mix so haven't given it all a thorough listen yet, but so far it gets the much sought after thumbs up from the Drizzle.

So well done, Dan - the Chesmonster might even show up on the new mix!




Foreign Beggars - Crypt Drawl EP
A1 Ode To Julie
A2 Crypt Drawl (Road) f/ Anik
A3 Beatflow Freakshow (Radio)
A4 On A Winter's Day (Radio)

Foreign Beggars - In It For A Minute 12''
A1 In It For A Minute f/ Graziella
A2 In It For A Minute (Instrumental)
A3 Black Hole Prophecies (Instrumental)
B1 Black Hole Prophecies (Jehst's Wild Wild East Remix)
B2 Black Hole Prophecies (DJ Vadim Original Mix)
B3 Black Hole Prophecies (Jehst's Wild Wild Eastrumental)

Foreign Beggars - Let Go 12''
A1 Let Go f/ Graziella & Wildchild
A2 Million Skill March f/ Dr. Syntax & Wildchild
A3 Cryin' Shame f/ Dr. Syntax
B1 Let Go (Dagstrumental)
B2 Million Skill March (Dagstrumental)
B3 Cryin' Shame (Dagstrumental)

Foreign Beggars - Seasons Beatings 12''
A1 Coded Rhythm Talk (Radio) f/ Task Force
A2 Evil Dr Hip Hop (Radio) f/ Dark Circle
A3 Dark Parts (Dirty)
B1 Dark Parts (Radio)
B2 Coded Rhythm Talk (Instrumental)
B3 Dark Parts (Instrumental)
B4 Coded Rhythm Talk (Accapella) f/ Task Force

Foreign Beggars - Slow Broiled Ilk EP
1 Slow Broiled Ilk f/ Oh No
2 Backdraft (Clean)
3 Hot Plate f/ Dubbledge
4 Slow Broiled Ilk (Clean)
5 Hot Plate (Clean) f/ Dubbledge

Foreign Beggars - Where Did The Sun Go 12''
A1 Where Did The Sun Go (Clean) f/ Anik & Tommy Evans
A2 Where Did The Sun Go (Instrumental)
A3 Pisstake Pictures (Instrumental)
B1 Pisstake Pictures (Dirty)
B2 Pisstake Pictures (Clean)
B3 Pisstake Pictures (Accapella)

Foreign Beggars & Noisia - Contact CDS
A1 Contact
A2 Shake It
B1 Contact (Noisia Remix)


And a little bonus:

Diversion Tactics - Dollars & Pence EP
A1 Pounds & Cents f/ Al-Shid, Huggy Bear & J-Zone
A2 Anecdote f/ Huggy Bear
A3 Militant f/ Al-Shid
B1 Pounds & Cents (Clean) f/ Al-Shid, Huggy Bear & J-Zone
B2 Pounds & Cents (Instrumental)
B3 Anecdote (Instrumental)
B4 Militant (Instrumental)

Diversion Tactics - No Consukuences 7''
A1 No ConsUKuences
B1 No ConsUKuences (Instrumental)

Re-ups

Since my man Two Hands is apparently a get-it-while-it's-hot kinda guy:


Gravediggaz - 1-800-Suicide 12''

Gravediggaz - Diary Of A Madman 12''

Gravediggaz - Diggin' Up The Future EP

Gravediggaz - Double Suicide Pack EP

Gravediggaz - Mommy, What's A Gravedigga Remix 12''

Gravediggaz - Unexplained 12''

Milk - Never Dated EP

Milk - Spam 12''


...and another re-up right here

Don't Be Lactarded

Here's a quick mix I hooked up recently, thought I'd do something a little different this time. This is my first go at a "themed" mix, which I'm usually not a fan of, but this time it's lovely.

Errr...except you'll have to excuse the quality of the Hurricane G track. It was ripped from a cassette recording of a Stretch & Bobbito show and apparently the only recording, but waaaay to dope to exclude. Hopefully the Green-Eyed Bandit has it in the vaults somewhere...

Anyways, in honor of my sisters and other lactards everywhere,



Sorry Dan, your boy Milk D didn't make it - what can I say, it's mostly tha voice

Milkshake (Remix) f/ Pharrell & Pusha T - Kelis
Guns & Butter - C-Rayz Walz
The Milky Lowa f/ Camp-Lo - 9th Wonder
Be Happy (Bad Boy Butter Mix) f/ Keith Murray - Mary J. Blige
No Bones In Ice Cream - Nice & Smooth
Quite Buttery f/ MF DOOM - Count Bass D
C.R.E.A.M. (Instrumental) - El Michels Affair
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
Cookies & Cream - Screwball
How Ya Like It (Sour Milk Mix) - Miilkbone
Butter - A Tribe Called Quest
Death Becomes You (Philadelphia Cream Cheese Mix) f/ YG'z - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Chuck Cheese - Organized Konfusion
Milky f/ Erick Sermon & Redman - Hurricane G
Lactose & Lecithin - Viktor Vaughn
Milk 'Em (Benny Cassette Version) f/ Trife & Tara Ellis - Ghostface Killah
Say Cheese - J-Live
Blue Cheese (U-N-I-Verse-All) - UMC's
Fudge Pudge f/ O.C. - Organized Konfusion
Milky Cereal - LL Cool J
Kon Queso - MF DOOM
Cheese Factory f/ Copywrite - The High & Mighty
Similak Child (Remix) - Black Sheep
Milk f/ Busta Rhymes & KRS-One - Young Zee
Cold Rock A Party (Milk Remix) - MC Lyte
Milk The Cow f/ Method Man - Cappadonna
Ice Cream f/ Cappadonna, Method Man & Ghostface Killah - Raekwon


Hot butter on what say what the popcorn

Big Daddy Thang!

Some of my friends from the UK might think of this one when I talk about big daddy!



Other more North American friends may think of this big daddy.



However, rapnerds will know that there is only one Big Daddy. Big Daddy Kane.



Unlike any rappers before him and unmatched to this day. BDK is a hero to the rap nerds. He defined a whole part of my childhood. While I could never manage to quite pull off the high top fade, when I got mad shapes shaved in my hair it was for Mr Kane. If only he knew how much I tried to be like him. Not alone, Kane was a huge influence on most of my friends.

When I meet new nerds these days, I don't judge them, but I always ask what they think of the Big Daddy to get a general idea of how our friendship is gonna pan out. Perhaps the 18th letter had as much e.f.f.e.c.t on me as a little nerd, but Kane had mad swagger.

There is a lot of debate about which album was the best. However, I have gone with the first three albums because they were the dope ones and i didn't listen to the later ones as I didn't want my image of The Big Daddy to be tarnished. The first one, Long Live The Kane is the one I have listen to the most. The hard rhymes and beats really define classic Hip Hop for me. The second was a little more hit and miss but still heads and shoulders above the competition. the third one, Taste of Chocolate was one I listened to less but it has grown on me in my latter years (Big Shout to Sean for reminding me about this nugget).

I dedicate this to two of my most loved and respected nerds.

• CAP
• Mr Oddjob Pady

This goes out to you!



The first LP was a killer.

Long Live the Kane.



Tracklist:

1. Long Live the Kane
2. Raw [Remix]
3. Set It Off
4. Day You're Mine
5. On the Bugged Tip
6. Ain't No Half Steppin'
7. I'll Take You There
8. Just Rhymin' With Biz
9. Mister Cee's Master Plan
10. Word to the Mother (Land)

Download

The second was Ill.

It's a Big Daddy Thing



Tracklist:

1. It's a Big Daddy Thing
2. Another Victory
3. Mortal Combat
4. Children R the Future
5. Young, Gifted and Black
6. Smooth Operator
7. Calling Mr. Welfare
8. Wrath of Kane [Live]
9. I Get the Job Done
10. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
11. Pimpin' Ain't Easy
12. Big Daddy's Theme
13. To Be Your Man
14. House That Cee Built
15. On the Move
16. Warm It Up, Kane
17. Rap Summary (Lean on Me) [Remix]

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The third was smooth

Taste of Chocolate



Tracklist:

1. Taste Of Chocolate (Intro)
2. Cause I Can Do It Right
3. It's Hard Being The Kane
4. Who Am I
5. Dance With The Devil
6. No Damn Good
7. All Of Me
8. Keep 'Em On The Floor
9. Mister Pitiful
10. Put Your Weight On It
11. Big Daddy Vs. Dolemite
12. Down The Line
13. Taste Of Chocolate (Exit)

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Big thanks to http://3-2-0.blogspot.com/ for the 320 links! Much love.

Microphone Fiends

As a teacher at Tainan Girls High School I feel I get to e.f.f.e.c.t the future of Taiwan's movers and shakers. Most of my course is an attempt to get my students to think outside the box and step away from their test-based life. I confess that sometimes I do things more for my enjoyment than their English learning.

We make movies with the kids every year and this serves as a fantastic way for them to dabble with the concept of creative expression. The movies they make are great and they seem to have a lot of fun making them. However, as the students move to the second grade there is a lot of pressure from teachers and parents alike to concentrate on tests and test results. Hence, time 'wasted' on doing silly video projects that take up many sleepless nights is seen as an ine.f.f.e.c.tive use of their time.

This semester I told the kids we were still gonna do a video project of some kind but that we couldn't do movies due to complaints from the powers above. They were the first to suggest the idea of doing a music video. My ears pricked up as I imagined the Hype Williams style video we could make.

To cut a medium length story to a fair size, we ended up doing a video for Eric B and Rakim's immortal classic 'Microphone Fiend'. This has been a favorite song of mine for years an it has very little profanity so it was the ideal choice! It was that or La Di Da Di by Slick Rick but the 'with your wrinkled pussy, I can not be your loverrrrrrrrr' lyric made me go for the Eric B and Rakim joint.

It was simple. I told them to learn the lyrics, no mean feat, as they are not rap nerds like us. Then shoot some sections of the song for the video. Play the song when you are filming so I can edit it in time to the music. Only two groups did this making my editing job next to impossible. I also told them to find good places on the school campus to film and to take a few different takes of the same sections so I could edit them together. Get some clothes and props for the shoot I told them. The results I must say are quite fantastic and hilarious at times.

Here is the magic, please forgive the lack of lip sync at points.

The Game Is Rigged

"I do it much better with twohands" - Bodie Brodaus

New mix is done and dusted, as per usual you can expect some dope beats.
As you may know my mixes are dedicated to a character from "The Wire" every time. We had Omar, Bunk, Slim Charles and now I give you the Bodie Mix called 'The Game Is Rigged'.

Bodie is my friend Ian's favorite character from the wire and I know we all shed a tear when young Michael walked out the alley for his first assignment...



The Game is Rigged.

01 - Prove It (Feat. Guilty Simpson) - Foreign Beggars
02 - Top Rank - Sean Price
03 - About Me - Raekwon
04 - Bad Mufucker Pt 2 - Brother Ali
05 - 2004 Beat Original - Damu The Fudgemunk
06 - Rap Ambush - DOOM
07 - Think About It - O.C & A.G
08 - Oh Really (Feat. Talib Kweli) - KRS-One And Buckshot
09 - Shallow and Hollow - Reef The Lost Cauze
10 - Nobody Likes Me - Ed O.G, Diamond D & Kaze
11 - Woodstock (Feat. M.O.P) - Slaughterhouse
12 - Things Ain't The Same - Masta Killa
13 - Big Deal (Instrumental) - Reef The Lost Cauze
14 - Critically Acclaimed (Feat Lil Fame, Saigon, Sean Price) - Statik Selektah
15 - NY Times (Feat, Godfather) - Kool G Rap

Radio

"Radio, suckers never play me"



Well in fact they do now. I have a show every Tuesday night on shining radio in Tainan, Taiwan. 88.1 on the FM dial if you are in the city. However, most of you nerds are not in Tainan anymore (punks that you are).

So to listen online you need KMPlayer Go to here

Then you need to http://fm881.stut.edu.tw/

Tuesday nights 9-11 pm Taiwan time. You are gonna have to work out what that means for you. I am trying to sort out a replay on Thursdays 1-3 pm. Will keep you updated.

I should warn you that there are no turntables in the radio station so I can not do any mixing and cutting and scratching and all that good stuff, it's more just introducing the Taiwanese audience to some of that real Hip Hop and Funk and reggae.

What's An Autotune?

So my new job is kinda a bummer...glad to be working, but some days are rough. One of the most annoying things is the omni-present radio noise; it had been years since I listened to rock radio so the first couple shifts were surprisingly good. After a couple weeks, however, I've started wearing earplugs so I don't have to listen to the same 8 songs all the time. Seriously.

During a particularly brutal shift last week, I was walking into a different area (sometimes people have different stations in different areas) when I thought I heard
some familiar sounding horns. My first thought was "what motherfuckers are sullying this classic?". I was a little annoyed. Then I got closer and heard

"Walk the fine, short line, and put the needle to the grind
Representin’ one kind, seeing eye for the blind
Witness what I carry on bears a further purpose
From how we do slam a few, then you want to purchase"

I lost my shit and went to tell everybody else, after the song of course, but not one glimmer of recognition. The rest of the shift I kept hoping for more jewels, but all I got was that BEP song that makes me want to kill myself.

I miss the nerds...


What's An Autotune?

Vintage - Mighty Mi & Vast Aire
Future Thugs - Ghostface Killah f/ Redman, Ludacris & Trife
Magnetic Arts - DJ Honda f/ Mos Def
Blak Iz Blak - Mau Maus
Hadle Your Time - Prince Paul f/ Sadat X, Xzibit & Kid Creole
Critically Acclaimed - Statik Selektah f/ Lil' Fame, Saigon & Sean Price
U Gotta Love Us - House Of Reps
Underground - Deams f/ Ice-T
Robot - KRS-One & Buckshot
Take It Off - The High & Mighty f/ Vast Aire
Death Of Autotune - Jay-Z
Hidden Crate - Showbiz & A.G.
Molly - Tame One f/ Breezly Brewin' & Aesop Rock
Hit 'Em Up - Reef The Lost Cauze f/ King Magnetic
Stress - Guilty Simpson
Making Your Way In The World - DJ Spinna f/ Breezly Brewin' & J-Treds
The Healer - Erykah Badu
Kinda Like A Big Deal - Clipse
Slaves (Straight Jacket Mix) - Godfather Don f/ Kool Keith
Vultures - MF Grimm
Dear Autumn - Breezly Brewin'

Jambone

T.I.M.E

"It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, without......"

So in honour of my renewed attention to the RapNerds blog I give you a classic slept on LP.

Leaders of The New School. T.I.M.E


1. Eternal
2. Understanding the Inner Mind's Eye
3. Syntax Era
4. Classic Material
5. Daily Reminder
6. A Quarter to Cutthroat
7. Connections
8. What's Next
9. Droppin 4-1990 Ever
10. Time Will Tell
11. Base Is Loaded
12. Spontaneous
13. Noisy Meditation
14. The End Is Near
15. Zearocks
16. The Difference
17. The Final Solution

It has been described as 'ahead of it's time' by folks. I thought it was kinna wack when I first heard it, wanting it to be more like the "Future without a Past" LP. However, like a good wine it has improved with age. Enjoy this classic material.

PS. I will be starting radio show here in Taiwan called 'The Rap Nerds Show' soon. Tuesday nights 9-11pm (Taiwan T.I.M.E) I will provide the url for online listening.

Get That

Kool Keith Sexytime Explosion

Kool Keith...What can you say?

He's been ill since the 80's and always interesting. He's one guy that definitely has his own style; despite the huge differences between his various personalities, you never have to ask "Hey, is that Kool Keith?".

Here are the majority of his singles, with a couple guest shots mixed in. If anybody has other singles they wanna contribute, we'd all appreciate it.


Big Willie Smith - The Beat Terrorists EP

Big Willie Smith - Keep It Real...Represent '96 12"

Dr. Dooom - Leave Me Alone Remixes 12"

Dr. Dooom - You Live At Home With Your Mom 12"

Dr. Dooom - R.I.P. Dr. Octagon 12"

Kool Keith - I Don't Believe You 12"

Kool Keith - Plastic World 12"

Kool Keith - Break U Off 12"

Kool Keith - Drugs 12"

Kool Keith - Freaks 12"

Kool Keith - Livin' Astro 12"

Kool Keith - Lovely Lady 12"

Kool Keith - Stank MC's 12"

Kool Keith - Test Press 12"

Kool Keith - Wanna Be A Star 12"

Kool Keith - Don't Crush It 12"

Kool Keith - Static 12"

Ultra - Industry Is Wack 12"

Ultra - Big Time 12"

Ultramagnetic MC's - Mechanism Nice (Born Twice) 12"

Project Polaroid - Digital Engineering 12"

7th Veil - What's Up Now 12"

Memory Man - The Kool Keith Show 12"

7L & Esoteric - Play Dumb 12"

DJ Spooky - Object Unknown 12"

Dan The Automator - A Better Tomorrow Pt. 2 12"

Dr. Octagon - 3000 12"

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers 12"

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers Remixes 12"

Dr. Octagon - Earth People 12"

Dr. Octagon - Trees 12"

Sir Menelik - Physical Jewels 12"

Sir Menelik - Space Cadillac 12"

Sir Menelik - Space Cadillac Remix 12"

Godfather Don & Kool Keith - The Cenubites EP

Twelve Inch Droppings

KRS-One - Heartbeat 12"
1. Heartbeat (LP Version) f/ Redman & Angie Martinez
2. Heartbeat (Instrumental)
3. Heartbeat b/w A Friend (Funk Flex Video Cut)
4. A Friend (LP Version)
5. A Friend (Instrumental)
6. Step Into A World (Marshell Arts Remix) f/ Sublime

Ras Kass - The Dopest 12"
1. The Dopest (Main) f/ Da Ranjahz
2. The Dopest (Instrumental)
3. TV Guide (Main)
4. Bonus Beat #1
5. Bonus Beat #2

Kool Keith - Static 12"
1. Static (Clean) f/ Sadat X
2. Static (LP) f/ Sadat X
3. Static (Instrumental)
4. Release Date (Clean)
5. Release Date (LP)
6. Release Date (Instrumental)

Souls Of Mischief - Medication 12"
1. Medication
2. Acupuncture
3. Acupuncture (Remix)
4. Medication(Instrumental)
5. Acupuncture (Instrumental)
6. Acupuncture (Remix Instrumental)

Jon Doe - Meet Jon Doe EP
1. The Mic Sounds Nice f/ MF Doom
2. Number 3 Pouncyil f/ Count Bass D
3. Teach The Babbies f/ MF Grimm
4. The Mic Sounds Nice (Instrumental)
5. Number 3 Pouncyil (Instrumental)
6. Teach The Babbies (Instrumental)

Nice & Smooth - Boogie Down Bronx/BK Connection 12"
1. Boogie Down Bronx/BK Connection (Radio) f/ Easy Mo Bee, AB Money & Mr. Styles
2. Boogie Down Bronx/BK Connection (Album) f/ Easy Mo Bee, AB Money & Mr. Styles
3. Boogie Down Bronx/BK Connection (Instrumental)
4. Boogie Down Bronx/BK Connection (Acapella) f/ Easy Mo Bee, AB Money & Mr. Styles

Cam'Ron - I Hate My Job CDS
1. I Hate My Job (Amended)
2. I Hate My Job (Instrumental)
3. I Hate My Job (Explicit)

Takes one to know one

I've been meaning to give a more in-depth listen to this but haven't gotten around to it. Too bad for you.

Just giv'er

Reef the Lost Cauze

I Wonder CDS

Fair One 12"

Big Deal 12"

Wu-Note

I was introduced to this amazing work the other day and feel that I need to share it with the nerds!

Thanks to advantagelogan @ http://website13156.com/







You can go to his flickr page to see the whole set

Sewing Machine

New mix is done.

Like all my mixes you can expect some dope tunes, hard beats, not quite perfect mixing and cutting as well as tunes you know and some you might not. This time around I decided to add some UK Hip Hop. There are some new joints and some old ones you might have missed.

As with the last two mixes I have dedicated the mix to a character from 'The Wire'. 'Slow Flow' was for Omar, 'A Code' for The Bunk. This mix is for Slim Charles. I thought for a while who to chose this time and a few lines I remembered of his convinced me to go for the man who really moved with the changing times.

Sewing Machine - DJ Two Hands

01 - Heltah Skeltah - The Art of Disrespekinazation
02 - Sadat X Feat KRS-One & Rahzel -Blow Up Da Spot
03 - Chester P - Suicide Switch
04 - Real Live - Real Live Sh__t
05 - Kid Cudi Feat Wale - Is There Any Love
06 - Cool Kids - Blackmags
07 - Ramson Badbonez - Blackmags Remix
08 - Phil Anastasia ft. Inspectah Deck & Sean Price - Symphonies
09 - Dark Sun Riders Feat Brother J - Dark Sun Riders
10 - Defari Feat Dialated - Behold My Life
11 - Busta Rhymes Feat Lil Fame - The Game Room
12 - Vast Aire - Tipping Dominoes
13 - Redman & Method Man - Dangerous MC's
14 - Az Feat The RZA - Doe Or Die Remix
15 - klashnekoff ft. Skriblah & Kyza - Sayonara

Enjoy.

Randomness is next to godliness

No Rhyme or Reason to today's post, just some random joints for your listening pleasure.


The first one I meant to post a while ago but never got around to it and I'm a little excited about this one. You get 5 mixes of Hickeys, but the real treat here is the B-side heater "Milk Does The Body Good". This one definitely shoulda been on the Slow Flow mix. Audio Two - Hickeys Around My Neck 12"




"TV stars, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, her brother Michael, feeling babies for some rectum action" Tim Dog & Kool Keith sounding a little disrespectful over beats by Kut Masta Kurt & Evidence. Vurrry goood. Ultra - Industry Is Wack 12"




Really really dope comp of old mostly Hobo Junction stuff. Oooh! Ya know ya can't front on the style. Lots of Saafir & a Casual song I'd never heard before (keep ya hands off it Dan, I'm using it on my next mix!) Southpaw Records - Cheapshots, Low Blows & Sucker Punches EP





I don't remember where I heard this first, but I'm always surprised at how many people don't know it. The original is dope, but the addition of De La Soul alongside Da Babees & The Mighty Mos pushes it over the top. Beats & acapella incl.
Da Bush Babees - The Love Song Remix 12"





I uploaded this one just for the Vast Aire joint, but the LoDeck & Zion I joints are nice too, all produced by DJ Ese & Hipsta. Back when the internet was just a baby I searched far and wide for pretty much any mixtapes I could find & I ordered a bunch. A few really sucked, but the Ese & Hipsta tape stood out & I still bump it today. Various Artists - Embedded Studios 12"




Finally, a somewhat hard to find Pharoahe Monch & DJ Spinna single from 2000 I think. Like the other stuff posted here today, this is probably not gonna get a lot of run in the clubs. Pharoahe Monch - Tooley Crew Personified 12"