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To mark the twentieth anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest's 1993 classic Midnight Marauders, Chris Read has expertly crafted an exclusive mixtape for Wax Poetics and Who Sampled.

Listen up and enjoy!

See the write up on our site <a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/music/dj-mix/a-tribe-called-quest-midnight-marauders-20th-anniversary-mixtape" target="_blank">here</a>. 

Tracklist:

1. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Award Tour’ (Instrumental)
2. Chris Read – ‘Theme #3′ (Scratchapella)
3. Busy Bee & Rodney Cee – ‘MC Battle’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Sucka Nigga’)
4. Jack Wilkins – ‘Red Clay’ (Sampled in ‘Sucka Nigga’)
5. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Sucka Nigga’
6. Roy Ayers – ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ (Sampled in ‘Keep It Rollin’)
7. A Tribe Called Quest feat Large Professor – ‘Keep It Rollin’
8. Bob James – ‘Nautlilus’ (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Clap Your Hands’)
9. The Meters – ‘Handclapping Song’ (Sampled in ‘Clap Your Hands’)
10.  A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Clap Your Hands’
11. Lou Donaldson – ‘Ode To Billie Joe’ (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Clap Your Hands’)
12. Bola Sete – ‘Bettina’ (Sampled in ’8 Million Stories’)
13. A Tribe Called Quest – ’8 Million Stories’
14. Biz Markie – ‘Nobody Beats The Biz’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘The Chase Pt II’)
15. Steve Arrington – ‘Beddy Biey’ (Sampled in ‘The Chase Pt II’)
16. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Chase Pt II’
17. Michal Urbaniak Group -’ Ekim‘ (Sampled in ‘Steve Biko’)
18. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Steve Biko’
19. The Whatnauts – ‘Why Can’t People Be Colours Too?’ (Sampled in ‘Oh My God’)
20. Kool & The Gang – ‘Who’s Gonna take The Weight’ (Sampled in ‘Oh My God’)
21. A Tribe Called Quest feat Busta Rhymes – ‘Oh My God’
22. Jimmy McGriff – ‘Dig On It’ (Sampled in ‘God Lives Through’)
23. The JBs – ‘Gimme Some More’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘God Lives Through’)
24. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘God Lives Through’
25. Clyde McPhatter – ‘Mixed Up Cup’ (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Lyrics To Go’)
26. Ronnie Foster – ‘Mystic Brew’ (Sampled in ‘Electric Relaxation’)
27. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Electric Relaxation’
28. James Brown – ‘Just Enough Room For Storage’ (Sampled in ‘Lyrics To Go’)
29. Minnie Riperton – ‘Inside My Love’ (Sampled in ‘Lyrics To Go’)
30. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Lyrics To Go’

Artwork: Leon Nockolds

A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders 20th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap of Rap History a level deeper, this time reconstructing the classics of the Hip Hop canon from their constituent sample material. Arranged chronologically of course, this second mix follows on from last week's drop, piecing together popular Hip Hop tunes from the year of 1987, utilising only the Funk, Soul and Disco tracks from which they were originally constructed. Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley's iconic 'Super Disco Brakes' compilation series.

1. Geoffrey Sumner – Train Sequence (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Cold Cut Remix))
2. Fancy – Feel Good (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
3. Beatles – Hey Jude (Interpolated by BDP – Criminal Minded)
4. Trouble Funk – Let’s Get Small (Sampled by BDP – Criminal Minded)
5. Yellowman – Zungguzungguzungguzeng (Sampled by BDP – Remix for P Is Free)
6. Funkadelic – Good Ole Music (Sampled by Jungle Brothers – Jimbrowski)
7. Jimmie Walker – The Black Prince Has Arrived (Sampled by Jungle Brothers – Jimbrowski)
8. Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
9. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
10. Chocolate Milk – Action Speaks Louder Than Words (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
11. Rammelzee & K Rob – Beat Bop (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
12. Dennis Edwards – Don’t Look Any Further (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full)
13.Ofra Haza – Im In’Alu (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Cold Cut Remix))
14. James Brown – Hot Pants (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Cold Cut Remix))
15. Fausto Papetti – Love’s Theme (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On)
16. Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On (Pumpin’ The Turbo – Chad Jay In Effect))
17. Freda Payne – Unhooked Generation (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On (Pumpin’ The Turbo – Chad Jay In Effect) and JVC Force – Strong Island)
18. Lyn Collins – We Want To Parrty, Parrty, Parrty (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Cold Cut Remix))
19. Manzell – Midnight Theme (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – Move The Crowd (Beatmix by the Democratic 3 feat. DJ Slack))
20. James Brown – Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothin’ (Sampled by Run DMC – Beats To The Rhyme)
21. Bob James – Nautilus (Sampled by Run DMC – Beats To The Rhyme)
22. Funkadelic – You’ll Like It Too (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul)
23. The Jackson  5 – I Want You Back (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (Double Trouble Remix))
24. Kool & The Gang – Funky Stuff (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (Double Trouble Remix))
25. Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (Sampled by Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul)
26. Bobby Byrd – I’m Coming (Hot Pants) (Sampled by Big Daddy Kane – Raw)
27. The JBs – The Grunt (Part 1) (Sampled Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause)
28. The Soul Children – I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To (Sampled Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause)
29. James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing (Sampled Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause)
30. Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All (Interpolated by BDP – Super Hoe)
31. James Brown – Don’t Tell It (Sampled by BDP – Poetry)
32. Captain Sky – Super Sporm (Sampled by BDP – Super Hoe)

Continued...

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #2 (1987) mixed by Chris Read

Special track and a collaboration with my brotha @KHEMiZtry.  @KHEMiZtry co-produced this track.

Something To Say

In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #5 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop of 1991, a year remembered fondly for its many anthems – Tribe’s ‘Scenario’, Nice and Smooth’s ‘Hip Hop Junkies’, Showbiz and AG’s ‘Party Groove’ and many other underground club smashes saw their release during the year. 1991 was also a solid year for long players with stand out debut LPs from Black Sheep and Main Source amongst others. Debut LPs from Del the Funkee Homosapien and Cypress Hill both broke preconceptions about the West Coast sound in very different ways. Cover art pays homage to LA based independent Delicious Vinyl whose early 90s roster included the Pharcyde, Def Jef and Masta Ace among others.

Track list:

1. Classic Material Intro
2. Gang Starr – Form of Intellect (Instrumental)
3. Chris Read – Theme #1 (Scratchapella)
4. De La Soul – Intro
5. Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks On Me
6. Slick Rick – It’s A Boy (Large Professor Remix)
7. Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime (Mr Muhammed Mix)
8. Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime (Album Version)
9. Gang Starr – Step In The Arena (Instrumental)
10. Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
11. Craig G – Take The Bait
12. Black Sheep – Flavor Of The Month
13. De La Soul – Peas Porridge Hot
14. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Mista Dobalina (Remix Instrumental)
15. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Mista Dobalina (Remix)
16. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Dr Bombay
17. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Ahonetwo (Remix Instrumental)
18. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Ahonetwo (Album Version)
19. Nice and Smooth – Hip Hop Junkies (Acapella)
20. Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man (Instrumental)
21. Main Source – Looking At The Front Door
22. Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders of the New School – Scenario
23. Leaders Of The New School – Sobb Story
24. Kid Capri – Joke’s On You Jack (Remix)
25. Caveman – Cool Cos I Don’t Get Upset
26. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Good Life
27. Showbiz & AG – Soul Clap
28. Showbiz & AG – Party Groove

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Edition #5 (1991) mixed by Chris Read

Artist: KHEMiZtry
Written and Produced by: Khalil (GMH)

It's Not The Art

In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap of Rap History a level deeper, this time reconstructing the classics of the Hip Hop canon from their constituent sample material. Arranged chronologically of course, this sixth volume pieces together popular Hip Hop tunes from the year of 1991, utilising only the Funk, Soul, Rock, Jazz and Disco tracks from which they were originally constructed - over 100 breaks in the mix! Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley's iconic 'Super Disco Brakes' compilation series.

Track list:

1. Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (sampled by DJ Quik - Born and Raised in Compton)
2. George McCrae - Get Lifted [Loop] (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
3. Funkadelic - Good Old Music [Loop] (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
4. Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
5. Compton's Most Wanted - One Time Gaffled Em Up [Extract] (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
6. King Tee - Act a Fool (Compton Mix) [Extract] (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
7. The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me [Extract] (sampled by Compton's Most Wanted - They Still Gafflin)
8. Smokey Robinson - Do Like I Do (sampled by Scarface - Good Girl Gone Bad)
9. The Three Sounds - Repeat After Me (sampled by Main Source - Vamos a Rapiar)
10. Myra Barnes - Message from the Soul Sisters [Extract] (sampled in Main Source - Vamos a Rapiar)
11. Skull Snaps - I Turn My Back on Love [Loop] (sampled in Main Source - Just Hangin Out)
12. Vanessa Kendrick - 90% of Me Is you (sampled in Main Source - Just Hangin Out)
13. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (sampled in Main Source - Just Hangin Out)
14. Average White Band - Your Love Is a Miracle (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien - Hoodz Come In Dozens)
15. The Meters - Cissy Strut [Extract] (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien - Same Ol' Thing)
16. The Meters - Rigor Mortis (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien - Same Ol' Thing)
17. The Meters - Same Old Thing (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien - Same Ol' Thing)
18. Mouth & MacNeal - A.B.C (sampled in Black Sheep - The Menage)
19. The Meters - Pungee (sampled in Ice Cube - Color Blind)
20. The Blackbyrds - Wilford's Gone (sampled in Compton's Most Wanted - Def Wish)
21. Extract from the movie Young Guns II (sampled in Compton's Most Wanted - Def Wish)
22. Zapp - Be Alright (sampled in Big Daddy Kane - Prince of Darkness)
23. Joe Tex - Papa Was Too [Loop] (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs - Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
24. Parliament - Dr. Funkenstein (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs - Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
25. The Bar Kays - Let's Have Some Fun [Extract] (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs - Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
26. Roy Ayers - Searching (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs - Be a Father To Your Child)
27. Brother Jack McDuff - Hunk of Funk [Loop] (sampled in Black Sheep - Hoes We Knows)
28. Iron Butterfly - Her Favourite Style (sampled in Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours)
29. The Bar Kays - In the Whole (sampled in Fu Schnickens - Ring the Alarm)
30. Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm (sampled in Fu Schnickens - Ring the Alarm)
31. Just Ice - Going Way Back [Loop] (sampled in Fu Schnickens - Ring the Alarm)
32. Jackie Jackson - Is It Him or Me [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest - The Infamous Date Rape)
33. Heatwave - The Star of a Story (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest - Verse from the Abstract)
34. Doug E Fresh. feat Slick Rick - La Di Da Di [Extract] (sampled in De La Soul - Talkin Bout Hey Love)
35. Stevie Wonder - Hey Love (sampled in De La Soul - Talkin Bout Hey Love)
36. Shades of Brown - The Soil I Tilled for You [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions)

Continued...

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #6 (1991) mixed by Chris Read

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest's stellar sophomore LP 'Low End Theory' our buddy Chris Read has crafted an exclusive mix of tracks from the album, alternate versions, and original sample material.

Listen up and enjoy!

Artwork by Leon Nockolds

Tracklist:

1. Chris Read – ‘Theme #3’ (Scratchapella)
2. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Scenario (Remix Instrumental)’
3. Heatwave – ‘Star of a Story’ (Sampled in ‘Verses from the Abstract’)
4. Q Tip Interview Extract (Taken from the movie ‘Beats Rhymes & Life)
5. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Verses from the Abstract’
6. Grant Green – ‘Down Here on The Ground’ (Sampled in ‘Vibes & Stuff’)
7. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Vibes & Stuff’
8. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Jazz (We’ve Got)’
9. Five Stairsteps – ‘Don’t Change Your Love’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Jazz (We’ve Got)’)
10. Jimmy McGriff – ‘Green Dolphin Street’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Jazz (We’ve Got)’)
11. The Shades of Brown – ‘The Soil I Tilled For You’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Excursions)
12. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Excursions’
13. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – ‘A Chant For Bu’ (Sampled in ‘Excursions’)
14. The Last Poets – ‘Time Is Running Out’ (Sampled in ‘Excursions’)
15. Dr. Lonnie Smith – ‘Spinning Wheel’ (Sampled in ‘Buggin Out’)
16. Phife Interview Extract (Taken from the movie ‘Beats Rhymes & Life)
17. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Buggin Out’
18. Jack De Johnette’s Directions – Minya’s The Mooch’ (Sampled in ‘Buggin Out’)
19. The New Birth – ‘Keep On Doin’ It’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Rap Promoter’)
20. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Rap Promoter’
21. Weather Report – ‘Young and Fine’ (Sampled in ‘Butter’)
22. Chuck Jackson – ‘I Like Everything About You’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Butter’)
23. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Butter’
24. Gary Bartz – ‘Gentle Smiles (Saxy)’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Butter’)
25. Cannonball Adderley – ‘The Steam Drill’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘The Infamous Date Rape’)
26. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Infamous Date Rape’
27. Jackie Jackson – ‘Is it Him or is it Me’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘The Infamous Date Rape’)
28. Average White Band – ‘Love Your Life’ (Sampled in ‘Check The Rhime’)
29. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Check The Rhime’ 
30. Minnie Riperton – ‘Baby, This Love I Have’ (Sampled in ‘Check The Rhime’)
31. Biz Markie – ‘Nobody Beats The Biz’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Check The Rhime’)
32. Lafayette Afro Rock Band – ‘Hihache’ [Loop] (Sampled ‘Check The Rhime’)
33. Funkadelic – ‘Lets Take It To The People’ (Sampled in ‘Everything Is Fair’)
34. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Everything Is Fair’
35. Willis Jackson – ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Everything is Fair’)
36. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Skypager’
37. James Brown – ‘Funky President (People It’s Bad)’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Show Business’)
38. The Fatback Band – ‘Wicki Wacky’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Show Business’)
39. Aretha Franklin – ‘Rock Steady’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Show Business’)
40. A Tribe Called Quest feat Lord Jamar, Sadat X & Diamond D – ‘Show Business’
41. Paul Humphrey – ‘Uncle Willie’s Dream’ (Sampled in ‘What?’)
42. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘What?’
43. Brother Jack McDuff – ‘Oblighetto’ (Sampled in ‘Scenario’)
44. Jimi Hendrix – ‘Little Miss Love’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Scenario’)
45. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School – ‘Scenario’
46. BONUS TRACK: Simba & Milton Gulli – ‘Scenario (Chris Read Rap Renaissance Remix)’

A Tribe Called Quest 'Low End Theory' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

DJ Chris Read has put together a stellar mix for Wax Poetics, WhoSampled, and Be With Records, who is reissuing Jamal's 'The Awakening.'

https://www.bewithrecords.com/products/the-ahmad-jamal-trio-the-awakening-lp#product

Ahmad Jamal 'The Awakening Mix' mixed by Chris Read

The annual grown folks / feel-good rap mix 

Please support all these incredible artists, there's plenty more where these came from…

Track Listing:

01 – Dr. Dundiff – Skat feat. James Lindsey
02 – Choosey & Exile – Ain't Scared
03 – Little Brother – What I Came For
04 – Sampa the Great – Final Form
05 – Otis Jr. & Dr. Dundiff – Need to Know
06 – Murs, 9th Wonder & The Soul Council – High Noon feat. Rapsody & Reuben Vincent
07 – Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Gat Damn
08 – Rapsody – Oprah feat. Leikeli47
09 – Kemba – Captain Planet
10 – Supastition – Black Cloud feat. Yamin Semali
11 – Alexander Mack – Another Day
12 – Denmark Vessey & Soul Theory – The Life, The Journey
13 – Live Percenters – Certain Circles
14 – Little Brother – Sittin Alone
15 – Choosey & Exile – Familia feat. Ishe
16 – Anderson Paak – Make It Better feat. Smokey Robinson
17 – Amerigo Gazaway – Music City Madness
18 – ScienZe – The Waitress.
19 – Illa J – Enjoy the Ride
20 – Smif N Wessun – Ocean Drive feat. Musiq SoulChild & Rapsody
21 – TRDMRK – Temptations
22 – Benny The Butcher – Crowns For Kings feat. Black Thought
23 – Gang Starr – Family and Loyalty feat. J. Cole
24 – Atmosphere – Postal Lady
25 – Homeboy Sandman – Name
26 – Open Mike Eagle – Woke As Me feat. Phonte
27 – Abstract Rude – I Know I'm Blessed
28 – Raashan Ahmad – Breathe feat. Object Heavy

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