Step One presents 'Illegal Remixes Vol 2'

The first volume of unofficial remixes that I dropped back in January proved quite popular so I've teamed up with the peoples over at TROY to bring you Volume 2.

There’s a good variety of flavours on this one, ranging from straight-up Hip Hop on the Meth, Xzibit and Mobb Deep tracks, to the reggae re-rubs of the Jungle Brothers and Fugees joints. The West Coast is represented on the ‘West Up!’ remix and the ATL gets a look in with 2 Outkast joints. As with the first set, some of these are ripped from vinyl, others have been posted on blogs and forums.

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Step One presents 'Illegal Remixes Vol 1'

Here's an (unmixed) compilation that I put together for the T.R.O.Y blog. Its a selection of unofficial remixes, some taken from bootleg 12"s released back in the day, and others that I've found on various blogs and forums over the last few years.

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Tracklist
2Pac ‘Old School’ (DJ B.Cause remix)
Big Daddy Kane ‘Set It Off’ (Daily Diggers remix)
Big Pun & Fat Joe ‘Twinz’ (Brooklyn Untouched remix)
Common ‘I Used To Love Her’ (Sir Charles remix)
D&D All Stars '1,2 Pass It' (DJ Fashion remix)
Erick Sermon 'Bomdigi' (Street Jams remix)
Fat Joe & Doo Wop 'Boriquas On The Set' (DJ Dough & Porge One remix)
Method Man & Redman ‘How High’ (white label remix)
Mobb Deep 'Hell On Earth' (Paul Miles remix)
Nas 'It Aint Hard To Tell' (DJ Day remix)
Pharcyde 'Passin Me By' (Jazzy Jim remix)
Tim Dog & KRS One 'I Get Wrecked' (Gamm Samoo remix)
Uptown 'Dope On Plastic' (DJ B.Cause blend)


If you're into this let us know and I'll see if I can sort out a second volume.
Shout out to dirt_dog for hooking up the artwork and adding the Pharcyde remix.

(Notice how I havent used the phrase 'mash-up' once!)

Thank you DJs....

Lots of good mixes have been hitting the blogosphere over the last few days. If you missed them here are some that need your attention:

Dope Big L tribute by NYC's DJ Soul here

Matthew Africa's 'Best of DJ Quik' here

and finally the ever reliable TROY crew hit you with 4 classic Mista Cee mixtapes. Get his Best of Method Man, Redman, Mobb Deep and Biggie sets here

Best of Tim Westwood freestyles

As I posted some of the best material on this site within the first few weeks of its inception, alot of you might have missed some stuff.
With this in mind I've hooked up with the good peoples over at TROY to bring you a 'Best Of' set featuring all the freestyles I've posted from Tim Westwood's radio show.
It includes Akinyele & Sadat X, OC, Nas & De La Soul, Cam'ron, Das EFX, Biggie & Craig Mack, Snoop, Daz & Kurupt and a Masta Ace one that I havent posted on before.

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If you dont know about the TROY blog I recommend you start checking it on a regular basis. The amount of obscure and rare material posted there is amazing and along with the forum that spawned it, its probably the best source on the net for classic Hip Hop.

I've got the real life responsibilities out of the way for the time being so normal service should be resumed with new posts a few times a week.