The Wire Mix Series - Cool Lester Smooth

The Wire Mix Series - Cool Lester Smooth

The latest in The Wire brings Cool Lester Smooth to our ears with his Tweedy Impertinence.

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The Wire Mix Series; Marlo - Good Problems.

The Wire Mix Series; Marlo - Good Problems.

Marlo Stanfield is a cold blooded killer and he wants to wear the crown.

He has some of those Good Problems. His name IS his name.

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The Wire USB Mix Series

The Wire Mix USB Series.

For the last few years I have been making Hip Hop mixes with characters from The Wire featured on each one. The first one was a few years ago and featured Omar and was called Best Not Miss. The mix was well received and I went on to make the next one featuring The Bunk - A Code. Having done 10 mixes featuring; Omar, Bunk, Slim Charles, Bodie, Bubbs, Stringer, Snoop and Chris, Avon, Herc and McNulty I am now releasing them on a credit card style USB.

These mixes are not carefully crafted pieces of perfection created on a computer. They are Hip Hop mixes from my turntables. Yes, I edit out some serious fuck ups but other than that it is pretty much live. You can tell that they are rugged neva smooth. These mixes contain cutting scratchin mixing and doubling up. Not quite the DJ Premier level but in that spirit.

The USBs are going on sale today and are in limited supply. Please email me if you are interested. djtwohands@gmail.com

I want to send a big thanks to: The Drizzle for making me do the mixes and then giving me the idea to make a box set. Leo37 for the amazing artwork. Themba Child for the cover for the Stringer Mix. Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk for the artwork on the first 5 mixes. 

The Wire Mixes Part 10 - Little Boy Blue

The Wire is about Cops vs bad guys. The Wire mixes seem to be mostly bad guys. The Bunk and Herc the only other police to feature in the mixes. But our favorite drunk cop has yet to make an appearance. Little Boy Blue is of course Bunk's affectionate name for Jimmy McNulty.
A self proclaimed hero of the Baltimore Police Department, Jimmy's antics were hysterical to watch. So I give to you Part 10 of The Wire mixes - Little Boy Blue. Enjoy.

Watch this space for the 10 part The Wire mixtape series on DJ Twohands USB. You know you wanna get that!

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The Wire Mix - Fuzzy Dunlop

A great return.

Back after a few weeks/months off. We bring you the latest in the "The Wire" series mixes. This time around we go back to the beloved police force. Herc and Carver could have had a mix together but I decided that they both have enough material to merit their own mixes. This one is all about everyone's favorite Western District bruiser. Herc.

Fuzzy Dunlop. The name will be recognised by those who are in the game. Enjoy.

1. Duck Down All Stars 2 - Shout The Winners Out f. Skyzoo, Smif-N-Wessun & Pharoahe Monch
2. BK-One With Benzilla - Tema Do Canibal (Mind The Gap Remix) f. MF Doom
3. Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown - Volume
4. Trouble On My Mind - Pusha T Feat Tyler The Creator
5. Here And Now - Showbiz and A.G.
6. Steve Frawst - Take Everything f. Sean Price & Steven King
7. Homeboy Sandman - The Ancient
8. Evidence, Fashawn & Jerreau - Amsterdam
9. Wu-Tang Clan - Laced Cheeba f. Ghostface Killah, Sean Price & Trife Diesel
10. MED - Superman
11. Soul Khan - Lost Ones Freestyle
12. 80 Blocks From Tiffanys - Booming System f. Rapper Big Pooh
13. Ghetto Dreams - Nas Feat Common
14. Rearded Fren - DOOM with Thom Yorke/Johnny Greenwood
15. Look At Me Now (Instru)
16. Look At Me Now - Skibadee, Busta Rhymes and Harry Shotta

An Authority Figure - The Wire Mix

Avon bleeds red. He wants his corners. He has no time for grand plans of building a legit empire, someone took his corners and he wants them back.

Here is the new mix in the Wire series. Part 8 is all about Avon Barksdale a real life Baltimore gangster who the show's writers immortalised by making the head of the gang that ran the west side of Baltimore in our favorite show ever.

An Authority Figure

01 - Man Wit Hustle ft Mike Frost - Casual

02 - Greatest Story Never Told - Chester P

03 - Almighty Jose ft Karniege - Vast Aire

04 - Figure Four - Sean Price

05 - Gangbang Rookie ft Pilot - Snoop Dogg

06 - Hello Neighbors ft Guilty Simpson &Elzhi - Catch Lungs

07 - Amnesia - Blu

08 - Bare Witness ft Torae - Malcolm & Martin

09 - Black Ops ft Ray - Random Axe

10 - Big Up (95 Classic Material) - L.A's Own Billy The Kid

11 - The Agenda (Marco Polo Remix) - Brown Bag Allstars

12 - Back On The Scene ft Dres - Slaughterhouse

13 - Overdose Music - Obscure Disorder

14 - In The Ghetto ft Black Thought, Rakim & John Legend

15 - Suckas - Jay Electronica

16 - I'm A Beast - A.G

17 - Drop - Earl Sweatshirt

Vacants - New 'The Wire' mix

It has been a long time coming but at last it is here. The new mix in the Wire inspired series. Each mix takes a character from the show. We have done; Omar, Bunk (The), Slim Charles, Bubbs, Bodie and Stringer Bell so who is next?

This is the first time I have used two characters but these guys are such a double act that they are always together. Snoop and Chris.

Muscle for Marlo is busy work and these two are more than up to the task. Bodies were bringing heat on all the Baltimore dealers so Marlo decided to make sure there were no bodies.

'Vacants' is mostly new stuff that I am feeling with a few old joints I have rediscovered.

Enjoy.

Vacants

Track List

1. Let Me Tell You - Sean P
2. One Shot Killed For Less (Feat. Fat Joe) – Joell Ortiz
3. Get Into Some Gangster Shit (Feat. Planet Asia) – Gangrene
4. Your World Don't Stop 2010 – AZ
5. Everyday In The Street ( Feat. Sean Price & Bekay) - El Da Sensei & The Returners
6. Outta My Mind (Feat. Murs) – Evidence
7. Metal Lungies (Feat. Masta Killa) – Ghostface Killah
8. Snoop Dogg-Playa
9. There Will Be Blood (Feat. Sadat X, Grand Puba, A.G., O.C., & Diamond D. - Celph Titled & Buckwild
10. Keep It Going – Blu
11. Ohh (Feat. Iffy) – Joell Ortiz
12. Bow Down (Feat. Evidence & Legacy) – JR & pH7
13. Still Caught Up (Remix) – Saukrates
14. I Luv (Feat. Talib Kweli) – Red Café
15. Speakers On Blast – Skyzoo & Illmind
16. When She Calls – Fashawn
17. Forever (Feat. Large Professor) - Gensu Dean
18. Rockness – Rock
19. You Don't Own Me - RZA
20. You Don't Own Me – Lesley Gore

40 Degree Day

The latest of my 'The Wire' mixes is out! 40 Degree Day stars our favorite businessman. Stringer Bell. I always liked him when I found out the actor was from the UK. His cold and calculated approach to the game made him the perfect partner to Avon who bled red rather than String's green. The two of them built a huge empire and when Avon got sent down, String ran the show.

Without delay here is 40 Degree Day.

40 Degree Day

1. Two Sisters of Mystery - Mandrill
2. By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy
3. Angels - Lupe Fiasco Ft Reakwon, Red Cafe
4. Black Connect 3 - Camp Lo
5. The Ghost of Christopher Wallace - Jay Electronica
6. Me Or The Papes - Jeru The Damaja
7. Ballers Is Bouncin (London) - Professor Green
8. The Purpose - Reef The Lost Cause, Mistah FAB, Sha Stimuli, Cappadonna
9. Too Complex - L The Haed Toucha
10. Amaman - The Large Professor
11. Go 2 Hell - Milk
12. Snakes - Kamakazee
13. A Million And One Questions - Jay Z
14. Hot To Def - Keith Murray
15. It's All Gravy (Instru) - Positive K
16. Take Ya Face Off - Noreaga Ft Raekwon Tony Sunshine
17. Watch Dem (Murderer) - Barrington Levy Ft Snoop Dogg, Mimms
18. 2 Deep - Gang Starr
19. Our Way - Fashawn Ft Evidence
20. Just 4 Laughs - Raekwon
21. Look At You Now - EPMD

Artwork for this one was done by Themba Child.

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Daylight

Some time ago I was asked to make a short movie for a little film festival we are having here in sleepy Tainan. I am far from a movie maker or a film buff but I have tried my hand a few times. For this movie I chose to make a video for one of my songs.

The song is called Daylight or Ti Mei Geng in Taiwanese. I made it about 4 years ago and I still like it. The video was all filmed in Tainan. It is a very budget production.

Enjoy.

The Wire Mixes Pt V - Got Them Tees

The Wire Mixes Pt V - Got Them Tees.

Bubbs, or Bubbles, one of the few to make it all the way to the end of season 5 in one piece. The struggles he goes through with his addiction to 'that white' run through the different seasons. One of the few characters from the Wire to have something of a happy conclusion.

This mix is also the first combined effort by myself and agnew. A true rapnerds production.

Enjoy.





DJ Twohands - Got Them Tees.

01 - I'm Dope Nigga - Method Man & Redman
02 - Eyeball - Saigon
03 - Big Game - Diverse Ft Vast Aire
04 - Coded Rhythm Talk - Foreign Beggars Ft Chester P
05 - Twilite Speedball - Mos Def
06 - Tremendous - Mama Mystique Ft Q-ball & Curt Cazel
07 - Pick Up Ya Flow - Dyme Def Ft Saigon
09 - Pusshhhhhh - Murs & 9th Wonder
10 - Like This - DJ JS-1 Ft Large Professor & PMD
11 - The Frustrated Nigga - Jeru The Damaja
12 - I Wanna Rock (remix) - Snoop Dogg Ft Fat Joe
13 - The Formula Song - Juggaknots
14 - Word Play - O.C
15 - Windows Of The World - R.A The Rugged Man Ft Aytollah & Dynasty
16 - New Wu - Reakwon Ft Method Man & Ghostface Killah
17 - The Professional - Black Thought
18 - Pack Up - Lyrics Born Ft KRS One & Evidence
19 - Hold Up - Marco Polo and Torae Ft Masta Ace & Sean Price

artwork by Matt Lloyd: desastre.co.uk

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