Bobby J - Radio 1 Rap Show (1995)

Bobby J - Radio 1 Rap Show (Feb 95) by Djstepone on Mixcloud

Bobby J of The Flip Squad in the mix for 60 minutes on Westwood's show back in February '95. Technically, he's not always the most on-point on the 1s & 2s but the selection is decent. This was the first tape I had 'This Is How We Do It' on which meant it was quite in demand with the ladies in the 6th Form common room, back when you had to wait for things to be in shops before you could own them. Along with Montell, you get Biggie, Capleton, Lost Boyz, DaBrat, Mary J and more, plus a few party breaks chucked in.

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If anyone can ID the track between Lost Boyz and Who Shot Ya then let me know. I think it might be Natural Elements or something related to them but that's just a guess.

DJ Clyde - Old Skool (1996)

 90 minute TDK biz featuring DJ Clyde out of Paris mixing up some 80s Hip Hop classics. Side A covers the Sugarhill era and stuff like Spoonie Gee, Fat Boys, Treacherous 3 and Kurtis Blow while side B moves it on with some LL, Original Concept, Just Ice and Run DMC...

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I copped this from MK at Handspun Records in Soho back in the day and speaking of MK, he's just dropped some new music with DJ Go and Piff Gang's Super Dirtie & Phaze What

Mister Tobes & DJ Dub present Heatwavez (2014)

80s R&B kingpin MR TOBES (Sparkle Motion) recruits electronic music mastermind DJ Dub (Invader FM) for an hour's worth of top choice female Freestyle and Electro grooves from the mid to late 1980s...

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Featured tracks include the Bernard Edwards produced magic of 'Don't You Want Me (Remix)' by Jody Watley, the Kurtis Mantronik Trap-blueprint-brilliance of Nocera's infectious 'Summertime, Summertime', the Armand Van Helden sampled smash 'Do You Want It Right Now' by Siedah Garrett and the timeless pop classics 'Crush On You' and 'Tell It To My Heart' by The Jets and Taylor Dayne, respectively.

Perfect for the beach, gym or your next B-Boy/B-Girl showdown. Download and enjoy the sizzle...

TRACKLIST:

Shannon - Stronger Together
Sweet Sensation - Hooked On You
Wish f/Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)
Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me (Remix)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
Carmen - Time To Move
Brenda K. Starr - What You See Is What You Get
Nu Shooz - Don't Let Me Be The One
Jets - Crush On You
Pretty Poison - Catch Me I'm Falling
Siedah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now
Eileen Flores - Touch Me With Your Heart
The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart (Extended Version)
Xena - On The Upside
Pyjama Party - Yo No Sé
Exposé - Point Of No Return
Vikki Love With Nuance - Just Love You
Exposé - Come Go With Me (Extended Mix)
Rochelle - Magic Man
Angela - All Hung Up
Nocera - Summertime

DJ Premier - WBLS Thunderstorm (1994)

Primo in the mix on NY radio back in '94.

Not one of my own rips but something I picked up from a blog many moons ago so thought I'd throw it on the Mixcloud page, which is still on and poppin with mixes from the OBFZL archives being uploaded every day.

DJ Premier - WBLS Thunderstorm (1994) by Djstepone on Mixcloud

Mick Boogie - Pretox (2005)

As its now 15 years  - not 13 -  since '2001' dropped, I thought I'd share this Mick Boogie mix of Dre collabos,  productions, b-sides, remixes and unreleased joints. It covers everything from The Chronic era, The Firm, the ill fated inception of (pre-Eminem) Aftermath up to about 2004/05 with stuff like Rakim's 'After You Die'...

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Its also over 2 years since this post ...

DJ Step One - The Remix Mix Volume 2 (2014)

DJ Step One - The Remix Mix Vol 2 (2014) by Soulfocus on Mixcloud

Earlier this year I put together an hour long mix of remixes of 90s tracks. Here's volume 2...

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Tracklist

De La Soul - Ego Trippin Part 2 (LA Jay remix)

Brand Nubian - Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (remix)

A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (UK Flavour)

Leaders Of The New School - Whats Next (Large Professor remix)

Run DMC - Ooh Whatcha Gonna Do (The Principle remix)

Das EFX - Freakit (remix)

Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets (Kenny Dope remix)

Masta Ace - Sittin On Chrome (Pitkin Ave mix)

Kirk - Uptown Style (Laidback Bounce extended mix)

Slick Rick - Behind Bars (Dum Ditty Dum mix)

Lost Boyz - Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz (Dat Nigga mix)

2Pac - Temptations (Battlecat Hip Hop mix)

Nas - Street Dreams (R Kelly remix)

Rakim - The Saga Begins (Desert Eagle Discs remix)

Dilated Peoples - Work The Angles (remix)

Mos Def & Talib Kweli ft Black Thought - Respiration (Flying High mix)

You can find Volume 1 here

Don't Sleep #4: 2 Live Crew ft JT Money 'Fuck A Gang' (1990)

It's hard to believe in 2014, but once a upon a time rappers - and not just the corny ones - made records that were specifically against drugs, drug dealing, gangs and violence. It's fair to say that the last place you'd expect you'd expect to find such a track would be on a 2 Live Crew album (which is essentially what Luke's 'Banned In The USA' LP is). Obviously the Crew's main themes were sex, with a bit of partying chucked in before having a bit more sex while Mr Mixx finished the latest volume of the Megamix to close out the album.
I get the impression alot of people might've passed on this LP back in the day but for a 13 year old me and my mates at school though, tracks like Face Down Ass Up and Strip Club were golden. There is some great rap on there that isn't aimed squarely at a juvenile sense of humour; Man Not A Myth, To Luke From The Posse and I Ain't Bullshittin part 2 were all in contention for this post but I went with Fuck A Gang. There's no outright dis on it but given it dropped at the height of NWA's popularity, and Luke would get into some beef with Dre and Snoop a couple of years later, maybe he was taking a shot at them here. Great song either way.



Check Don't Sleep #1, 2 & 3