Doo Wop - Xmas Jams '93

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Another tape that I posted in the early days of the blog that I've just re-ripped at 320kbps. An awesome Bounce Squad freestyle session on the intro followed by Wop setting things off by shouting over the intro to Snoop's 'Gz And Hustlaz' is an all time mixtape highlight of mine. That was some goosebump business back in the day when I popped the tape in the walkman.

Tracklist

Bounce Squad intro

Snoop Dogg - Gz And Hustlaz

Erick Sermon, Keith Murray & Redman - Swing It Over Here

KRS One - Hip Hop Vs Rap

Jodeci ft Redman - You Got It

Erick Sermon - Stay Real

Shaquille O'Neal & Fu-Schnickens - Boom! Turn Up The Volume

Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxing

YZ - The Ghetto's Been Good To Me

Queen Latifah - Black Hand Side

A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

Original Flavour - Can I Get A Hit

Das EFX - Freak It

Father - 69 (remix)

Rakim - Heat It Up (remix)

De La Soul ft Biz Markie - Lovely How I Let My Mind Float

Mary J Blige ft Biggie - Whats The 411 (remix)

Domino - Getto Jam

2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up

Wu Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple

DRS - Gangsta Lean

Das EFX - Kaught In Da Ak

Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice

KRS One - Sound Of Da Police (remix)

A Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down

Erick Sermon - Payback part 2

Madstyle - Run

Original Flavour - Can I Get Open

Wu Tang Clan - Method Man (remix)

YGz - Ghetto Celeb

Doo Wop - 15.09.94

This was one of the first tapes I posted when I started the blog in 2009, but it was in 3 parts, with the first part of side 2 cut out and the whole thing was at 128 kbps. Here's the full tape at 320. Still not a huge fan of the Bounce Squad live bit at the beginning of the side 2 (not the most polished live show you'll hear and it's a bit shouty) but the blends that make up the first part of the mix are all fully on point. Classic mixtape business from a time when it wasn't just about getting exclusives.

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According to a comment on the mixcloud page this tape is also known as 'Sandy's Birthday'. My Tape Kingz cassette has no mention of that so I'll stick with the title on the cover...

Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad ft Sadat X Spring #1 Freestyle (1994)

Shout out to Steve who recently sent me a bunch of goodies that I'm still going through. Doo Wop's 'Spring #1' tape was one of them so thought I'd liberate this one for you. I don't think I've ever heard an intro to a Bounce Squad tape that I didn't like. This one is no exception: Lord Tariq and Snagglepuss bring it as usual and it's always nice to hear Sadat X in his prime.

Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad - Puffin On Blunts (1993)

Doo Wop, Snaggapuss and another member of the Bounce Squad (Chris G?) go in over Dre's Puffin On Blunts beat, taken from the intro of a 1993 Wop mixtape. Had this on repeat for the last few days ater copping the full tape off the ever reliable Barry over at Grime & Lime

Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad - Fall Flavour '94 (1994)

As I mentioned in the previous post, there's a few tapes I posted back in the early days of this blog that needed re-ripping in better quality - 320 rather than 128 kbps for starters. Here's the first of the bunch . A personal favourite of mine (and the first one I ever bought) that I copped on New Years Eve 1994 from Handspun Records in London's West End

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Things kick off with an intro not entirely dissimilar to Gang Starr's 'Aiiight Chill' with various NYC DJs leaving answer phone messages for Doo Wop. Then Biz Markie kicks a freestyle before the Bounce Squad get busy over a bunch of different instrumentals, which is always a highlight. The track list for for the rest of side A reads like a 'best of the mid 90s'  with joints by Craig Mack, Keith Murray, Pete Rock, Redman and Biggie but my favourite part is still the mix of The ? Remains into Mad Izm ("1-2-3 BOUNCE!")

The B side begins with a blend of Mary J's 'Be Happy' over Flava In Ya Ear, followed by Dogg Pound & Jodeci's 'Come Up To My Room' into some Big Daddy Kane, Black Sheep, Bas Blasta, Champ MC, Artifacts, Outkast and even Biggie and Ra's 'Cunt Renaissance'. I highly recommend this one.

(NB: Fall Flavour 94 isn't mentioned anywhere on the cover or the cassette itself and for years I called it Original Flavour 1995 so if you've got that sitting on your hard drive somewhere then bin it and get this instead)

Only Built For zShare Links presents: Doo Wop - The Best Of Da Bouncemaster

I've been wanting to drop a compilation like this for a while. This is a collection of some of the highlights of the career of Bronx mixtape king Doo Wop , probably the best DJ-on-the-mic and not a bad producer either. There's some great stuff on here, alot of which never saw an official retail release.

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Tracklist
'Original Flavour 95 intro' ft Biz Markie
'Xmas Jams 93 intro'
'Da Bouncemaster'
'Hit Em In The Head' ft Da Bounce Squad
'Bounce Rock Skate Roll' ft Da Bounce Squad
'Gotta Go Down' ft Akinyele, Lord Tariq, Fat Joe & Pretty Boy Floyd
'Freestyle (1998)'
'Things I Do' ft Don Blaq
'Ten Tape Commandments (revisited)' ft Rahzel
'Castle To Castle' ft Raekwon
'Henny & Coke' ft Mr Cheeks & Noreaga
'Not A Game'
'One Tape'

So you've got a couple of freestyle intros from his tapes (incidentally these are also the first 2 mixtapes I ever purchased, on New Years Eve 94, from DJ MK at Handspun Records when it was on Oxford Street) followed by 3 tracks from the aborted Bounce Squad album. 'Gotta Go Down' was the b-side of the legendary 'Break A Bitch Neck'and the 1998 Freestyle is taken from the Diaz Brothers mixtape (aka 'Hip Hop On Wax' which I posted here recently). The 'Rockcreek Park' sampling 'Things I Do' was a promo 12" taken from the Flip Squad album and feaures sometime collaborator Don Blaq. 'Ten Tape Commandments' is, as you've probably guessed, Wop's take on the Biggie classic and was a 12" release that has the Raekwon collabo on the flipside. 'Henny & Coke' is an East Coast take on 'Gin & Juice' and 'Not A Game' is from the 'Gangstas Paradise' mixtape. The set concludes with another remake, this time of 'One Mic' where Wop speaks on the ups and downs of the mixtape game.

Many thanks to my man dirt dog for coming through with the artwork.

Doo Wop interview with Unkut.com

Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad - Xmas Jams 93

UPDATED 26/12/17 - re-upped @320kbps and streaming on mixcloud

Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad 'Original Flavour 95'

This is one of my favourite tapes ever. I picked this up on New Years Eve 1994 on my first visit to Handspun Records, when it was still on Oxford Street.
The intro is what makes it stand out the most, kicking off with NYC's biggest DJs leaving messages on Wop's answerphone. Doo Wop and Biz Markie then kick a freestyle followed by the Bounce Squad ripping it up over a series of instrumentals.
The rest of the mix is comprised of classic material from Channel Live, Craig Mack, Biggie, Pete Rock, Outkast and Gang Starr alongside some more underground tracks by the likes of Champ MC, Bas Blasta and Organized Konfusion. Enjoy...

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Doo Wop & The Bounce Squad - Xmas Jams 93 freestyles

The intros to Doo Wop's tapes often featured freestyle sessions by his crew The Bounce Squad. I'm not 100% on the official line up of the crew but the tapes I have feature Lord Tariq, Uneek, Snagglepuss, Chris G, Rev Gotti, Misery and Leatherface.
This particular session is from Doo Wop's 'Xmas Jams 93' tape and is absoloutely siiiick!


DOO WOP & THE BOUNCE SQUAD - XMAS JAMS '93 FREESTYLE


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