DJ Mixes
DJ Mixes: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix
Something to get your NYE set off right! Old school hip-hop mixes are ALWAYS appreciated around these parts….
Part 1:
MP3: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix (pt. 1) [usershare download link]
Part 2:
MP3: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix (pt. 2) [usershare download link]
These links right here are history lessons so for all y’all that didn’t live through the era represented by these records (and even for those of you that did!), pay attention and soak up the game Red and Flex are imparting ‘cos you might could learn something!
[Purple Tape Pedigree via Khal’s Rock the Dub]
Mixtape: Dr. Jay’s Soca Launch 2K11 Promo Mix
New Soca DJ party mix hosted by Dr. Jay de ‘Soca Prince’ and mixed by DJ Junya Menace promoting their 2K11 Soca Launch party.
MP3: Dr. Jay’s Soca Launch 2K11 Promo Mix [direct download link – right click and save as]
CLICK HERE for more info on the New Years Day Soca Launch Party going down in Scarborough, T.O. TOMORROW NIGHT (or hit the jump)!
New Mixtape: Champion Squad present Real Rockers 2010
Download: Champion Squad Present Real Rockers 2010 [mediafire link]
Hit the jump for the track listing.
Chris Read and Marc Hype – The World’s Greatest Christmas Mixtape (2-CD Set)
Need some funk, soul, boogie (?) and hip hop in your Christmas music? Then look no further! Here’s the background from Chris Read:
“When it came to putting together an Xmas mixtape, I knew I couldn’t do it without getting my friend and 2x ITF champion, Marc Hype in on the act. Marc and I first met about this time last year when DJing at the Rap History club night in Berlin and bonded over our love of obscure rap 12s, unusual breaks and, as it turns out, funky Christmas records. The result of many hours of digging, many more of mix construction and a few email conversations is a little collaboration we’ve decided to call ‘The World’s Greatest Christmas Mixtape’, a title we hope will be taken in good humour and a dose of Christmas cheer.
You’d be forgiven for thinking a Christmas mix is going to be a little corny and you might be right, but what the hell; If some of our favourite artists of all time (Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Michael Jackson to name a few) can get away with making Christmas records, I don’t see why we shouldn’t give some of those records our loving touch – so that’s what we’ve done!”
Download: Chris Read and Marc Hype – The World’s 2nd Greatest Christmas Mixtape: music of substance | rapidshare zip file (Tracklist, artwork and press info are included.)
Hit the jump for the track listing for both volumes…
New Mixtape: Mornin’ Yawnin’ (awakened by DJ Dmadness)
Conceptually and creatively brilliant. Shoulda posted it this morning (natch), if I had even been awake then, that is!
Mornin’ Yawnin’ by DJ Dmadness by dmadness
Track listing:
01 Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson
02 I Think I’ll Call It Morning by Gil Scott-Heron
03 Wake Up Everybody by John Legend & The Roots f/ Common & Melanie Fiona
04 Yesterday & Today by Murs & 9th Wonder
05 Tomorrow by Murs
06 Get Up (Bei-Ru Remix) by Amel Larrieux
07 Soon The New Day by Talib Kweli f/ Norah Jones
08 Good Morning by Kanye West
09 Breakfast by Curren$y
10 Accept The New by Theophilus London
11 Beautiful Morning by Little Brother
12 A New Day by Sizzla Kalonji & Diana Rutherford
13 Ethiopia Awakes by Turbulence
14 Good Morning by Nas
15 New Day by Noble Society
16 Trodding On by Midnite
17 January Morning by Jah Cure
18 As I Rise by Tony Curtis
19 California Sunday Morning by Cocoa Tea
20 Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am by Fela Anikulapo Kuti
21 Africa Must Wake Up by Nas & Damian Jr. Gong Marley f/ K’naan
22 Good Morning by John Legend
23 Gotta Get Up (Another Day) by 4Hero f/ Jill Scott
24 Sunday Morning by K-OS
25 Good Morning by Sizzla
26 Wake Up In Another Life by Nicolay f/ Carlitta Durand
Read an interview with Dmadness on the mix on the Doorknockers blog (“A blog run for and by women and the larger hip hop nation. We are women raised on hip hop, make-practice hip hop, and critically love hip hop…”) HERE.
DJ Dmadness online: twitter | soundcloud | mixcrate