When finishing up the album I felt this song was very poetic and should be the last song so when it ends and the silence hits it leaves a feeling in your mind and makes you say wow or feel for the sake of feeling, Ryan did a great job on the pairing of this track, when working on the ending I wanted to trim some of the lyrics but focus on the word Nipsey says and as the album ends so does the breath of life, "I am on the freeway then drop" would be the end, being shot and droppingnto the ground about to die, losing my breath and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Then I found the sample "i cant breathe" that worked so well sonically creating a sad but powerful message. I listened to the tack like 15 times really feeling a vibe, added it to vinyl then realized The track touched on Eric Gardners death in NY selling cigarettes saying I cant breath and then hit me again with George Floyd and the BLM movement, really sunk in and I felt shrunk like an ant didnt know what the meaning was and until listening to it and really realized the complexity of the track that night but most importanly the emotion that was bottled up and expressed through those sounds, cant really describe it, guess you gatta just experience it, some people are closer to the experiece than others but either way seems anyone can feel the impact of the melody, singing and meaning of the message whether I tried to make it or not, it was just met to come out

Nipsey Hussle 9th Wonder Dj Essential Altered Crates Remix Racks On The Soul

Dedicated to DMX and all the lost souls Rest In Peace

DMX Feat Dj Essential Lord Give Me A Sign Remix

Artists TGF, KIllah Priest and Dj Essential on the cuts

TGF Killah Priest DJ Essential New Alignement

Dj Essential Mix Session Featuring The X - Ecutioners 2006

Couple night session back in the day san fran style. Doctor Seano and I in a couple days put this together, sounds sweet! Real Vinyl

San Fransisco Night 2004 Feat Dr Seano

Kulani Maori Mix

Old School hip hop mix

Take a journey through the beginning of hip hop in its inception with Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grand Master Flash.   Check all the hidden references to Hip Hop in its creative days.

Blend Battle 80's Old School Hip-Hop History

DJ Essential Intro

War Going On Outside

Dj Essential presents: Technic Turntable Styles on the Wu Invasion Mixtape series feat GhostFace Killah, DJ Symphony, the GZA, the RZA, Old Dirty Bastard and Many more.  This mix is full of scratching, mixing, turntable action, word play and hip hop samples. Plus Bruce Lee.  There are even two samples from the Wu Tang album Once up a Time in Shaolin, which only has one copy in existence. Enjoy this technical composition

Wu Invasion World Wide Vol 2

Technic Turntable Styles

This is a live recording from a gig over 10 years ago opening up for the Guru from Gangstarr.  You can hear the pops in the vinyl, Serato wasn't invented at this time.  Big shout out to all the artists on this mix including  Iriscience, Evidence, Dj Babu, MOP, the X-ecutioners, Z-Trip, Murz, Queen, LL Cool J, Raekwon and many more artists involved

Live on Stage Guru Gig

Pay close attention to the Lyrics 

A live mix from back in the vinyl years, you can hear the crack in the record.

Tribal Style Ritual

This is an advanced Hip Hop mix you cant find just anywhere. This rare style of djing features sounds similar to the classic 80's and 90's boom bap with  new modern lyricism thats very articulate.  Dj Essential brings back all the elements of Hip Hop on every mix and this one is no different with scratching, beat juggling, sampling, mixing, and word play.  With hidden references in the lyrics you can listen to the tape 100s of time and catch new references everytime.

Dusty Fingers Mixtape

Codys Beat By Request

Rakim remix with Damu and Essential on the beat and scratch, 2 pac and Biggie Smalls make an appearance

Rakim Feat Damu Dj Essential

Decided to come up with some classic Hip Hop samples to scratch over some easy jazz listening then it kinda expanded to an Old School Boom Bap Hip Hop Mix tape.  Has an Old School Hip Hop feel with newer underground Hip Hop artists, this is just a test press, enjoy.

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