Kay Slay - Renegades pt 9 (2002)

Along with Clue, Kay Slay was the at the top the mixtape game in the early 00s, and many an average track has been enhanced by his aggy bellowing. This CD was where I first heard the Clipse & LOX collab 'I'm Not You' (one of both groups finest moments), LL's '10 Million Stars' and Styles P's 'Good Times' (aka 'I Get High'). Other standouts are the Sauce Money joints and the Flipmode Squad freestyle at the start

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The Infinite Hip Hop Show 26.05.13

DJ Step One - The Infinite Hip Hop Show (26.05.13) by Kane Fm on Mixcloud

Last night's show on Kane FM. The usual mix of new joints and classics, with a 30 minute UK special chucked in for good measure.

Catch the show live every other Sunday from 9-11pm UK time.

The Diggers Union - Enjoy & Be Educated #1313 with guest mix by DJ Step One!

I dropped a guest mix for The Diggers Union this past weekend on their 'Enjoy & Be Educated' show. Hevehitta & DJ Unexpected did something for my show on Kane FM last month so I returned the favour with 30 minutes of mid-90s flavour, throwing in a few nice blends along the way.

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DJ Clue - Hate Me Now 2 (2002)

Staying on the early 00s mixtape tip, this one got a lot of play from me back in the day. Rocafella were running things back then and they're all over the tracklist, particularly as 'State Property' was about to drop. These CDs are always good for rediscovering or picking up on songs that didn't really blow up; personal favourites on this one are Mobb Deep's 'Its Over' (listed as 'U Aint Ready 2 Die'), the Styles P freestyle over 'Times Up' and Beanie Sigel & Young Chris 'Home Of Philly'. As cheesey as the sample is, I always liked 'The Champions' aswell (and I fucking hate Queen). I think that might be the first time I heard Kanye rap.

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DJ Juice - Volume 51 (2001)

Alot of the mixtapes I've ripped recently have tended to be to be on the boom-bap backpacker side of things. Nothing wrong with that of course but I thought I'd switch it up and drop some early 00s mix CDs for you, starting off with a dope mix by DJ Juice...

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The whole thing is a pretty good snapshot of what was hot in NYC 12 years ago but highlights include the Bars & Hooks/Prodigy tracks (the 12" of which I posted a couple of years ago) and the Foxy Brown and Charli Baltimore freestyle.

Sparkle Motion - Flight School Vol 3 (2013)

DJ Yoda and OBFZL contributor Tobes return in their Sparkle Motion guise for another of their 'Flight School' mixes.

"Buckle up and brace yourselves for Sparkle Motion's third and final installment of their hugely popular "Flight School" mixtape series. If you've flown with them before, you already know what to expect: first class 80s funk, soul and R&B breaks, obscure and familiar, all mixed together with superior turntable skills. Download and prepare for take off..."

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Kam 'Peace Treaty' original version (1992)

Shout to Craig for coming through with some audio of this for me. Kam's debut album 'Neva Again' was a favourite of mine when it dropped but one thing that always bothered me was that the version of 'Peace Treaty' (also the lead single) was different to the one that had been getting played on Westwood and Kiss FM. I thought that maybe it existed as a remix on the promo or test press but so far the only place it has emerged is in the form of this mp3 ripped from a tape of a Westwood show from December 1992.

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Ok, its not drastically different, but that sample in the chorus is missing on the LP version and although hearing it now, it admittedly sounds a bit cluttered, I always felt that the released version was missing something without it. As with alot of these kind of situations I guess it comes down to which version you heard first. Either way, Rap Nerds love them some unreleased alternative versions so it had to be posted.