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

'The London Convention' (1997)

The post below reminded me of this similar 12" I've got in the collection. Its strictly UK emcees on this one, a few of whom were already established on the scene at the time and some others who would go onto to run things in the 'second golden era' of UK rap in the early 00s. Funky DL provides the beats (this is the 'jazz remix') and the first few bars and is followed by MC D, Skinnyman, Blak Twang, TY, ESP, Kwestman, Q Tee, Fallacy and Rodney P...

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DJ Step One 'Take Em To The Tunnel'

After watching a few videos of footage from Funkmaster Flex's legendary nights at The Tunnel in NYC I decided to put together this mix themed around the club in the late 90s . Enjoy...


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MIXCLOUD STREAMING AUDIO

Tracklist
Funkmaster Flex intro
The LOX 'Wild Out'
DMX, Jay Z & The LOX 'Blackout'
Crooklyn Clan 'Did I Do That'
DMX, The LOX, Drag-On & Eve 'Ruff Ryders Anthem' (remix)
DMX 'Get At Me Dog (DJ Step One blend)
BG ft Juvenile & Lil Wayne 'Bling Bling'
Juvenile 'Back Dat Azz Up'
OC ft Lord Tariq, Peter Gunz & Fatman Scoop 'Dangerous' (remix)
Puff Daddy ft The LOX, Lil Kim & Biggie 'All About The Benjamins' (DJ Step One blend)
Choke No Joke interlude
Jay Z ft Amil & Beanie Sigel 'Do It Again'
The Rite Bros 'Thug Anthem 2000'
Mobb Deep ft Lil Kim 'Quite Storm' (remix)
Redman 'I'll Bee Dat'
Cam'ron ft Mase 'Horse & Carriage'
Cam'ron & DMX 'Pull It'
Pharoahe Monch ft Lady Luck,Redman & Method Man 'Simon Says' (remix)
Capone N Noreaga ft Tragedy 'TONY' (DJ Step One blend)
CRU ft The LOX 'Live At The Tunnel'
The Firm 'Firm Biz' (World Famous remix)
MOP ft Jay Z '4 Alarm Blaze'
Memphis Bleek 'Mind Right'
Mase, Black Rob, The LOX & DMX '24 Hours To Live'

Hopefully the long delayed documentary will drop at some point

live on stage...

Got my ticket for this (and possibly a spare the way things are going). I'm more amped to see De La and Rakim for the first time than I am Mos and Talib but all 3 acts in the same night should be great. We don't get that very often in the UK! Just hoping Rakim shows up - he cancelled his last 2 UK shows in recent years.
Good to see promoters in London keeping the shows coming. Check Ah Sh!t for the latest gig info in the capital.

Stylah 'I'm Sick' (2011)

I rarely post new stuff but I like this and think Stylah should get more exposure than he does. Here he vents his frustrations over Jay Z's 'Takeover' beat.

Tim Westwood - Capital Rap Show (18.06.93)

Right, back to business. This is 90 minutes of a Capital Rap Show from a friday night  in 1993. Tim drops new Big Shug, Souls Of Mischief, Funkdoobiest, Pete Nice and Fat Joe, plus there's a bit of Ron G in the mix for the last part of the b-side (although the quality on that isnt great unfortunately).

Nick Catchdubs throwback mix on Hot 97 (2011)

Last night on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg, Danny Brown and Nick Catchdubs repped FG at the home of blazing hip hop and RnB. While Rosenberg spun “Ray Ban Vision (Remix),” “Greatest Rapper Ever” and “Guitar Solo,” Danny dropped knowledge on Tim Hortons, Eightball, and #dannybrownshair, then Catchdini took over the decks for a guest “throwback mix” featuring Cru, Brick City Kids, and more random rap nuggets.

Tracklist

Royal Flush ft Big Pun & NORE – Clap

Cru – Bubblin

Lost Boyz – Get Up (Remix)

Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love

Redman – Brick City Mashin

Brick City Kids – Brick City Kids

Gang Starr – Brainstorm

The Roots – Thought At Work

Jay-Z f. Sauce Money – Face Off

EPMD – I’m Mad (DJ Scratch Remix)

Beastie Boys – It’s The New Style

Pharcyde – Drop

Rahzel – All I Know

Busta Rhymes – Rhymes Galore

Coco Brovas – Super Brooklyn

De La Soul – Ego Trip (Pt II)

Just a quick post until I get time to rip some new stuff. I've been away and busy with other stuff recently but regular posts should resume shortly...