Volume 1 was done about 10 years ago with all the usual suspects in terms of SP-1200 (SP-12) production.  Since I've become more and more of an audio file as of late, I thought I'd dig a little deeper into the SP-1200 catalog since I just love that 12 bit, crunchy sound.  Half the fun of the mix was doing the research of production equipment used in the making of different classic joints to confirm SP-1200 usage.  I used the old "double source" system of verifying whether the 1200 was actually used on different songs or albums.  In other words, if I read/heard two separate interviews where a given producer confirmed using the SP-1200 in some shape or form (whether for the whole beat or just the drums) that song became mix eligible.  As with all of my mixes, quite a bit of time and energy went into crafting this labor of love.  Hope you all enjoy!

SP-1200 Volume 2

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Pete Rock- "Roy Ayers Tribute Mix"

This was recorded Live From Boogie Blind's Residence… This is for your listening pleasure.. I definitely asked for my brother's (DJ Boogie Blind) assistance on this one.. "The Art of Diggin'" continues.. This mix is for music lovers, collectors, diggers.. etc.. Hopefully this inspires people to continue on with the saga for collecting vinyl, rare grooves & searching for the perfect jewel.. Love & God Bless…

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Live From The Boogie Blind Residence

Mecca & The Soul Brother 30th Anniversary Tribute here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-133147562/pete-rock-cl-smooth-mecca-and-the-soul-brother-30th-anniversary-mix-dj-filthy-rich

Tribute mix celebrating Pete Rock & CL Smooth's masterpiece 'The Main Ingredient', which turned 30 recently.
'Mecca & The Soul Brother' is the more iconic/important album, but Main Ingredient slowly became my favorite over the years.....for a lot of the same reasons I lean to ATCQ's Midnight Marauders over Low End Theory.
Pete's production went from a harder/dusty sound on MATSB, to a warm/melodic vibe on TMI.  The samples Pete chose hit your soul in that sweet spot:  from Cannonball Adderley on 'In The House', to George Benson on 'I Get Physical' + 'In The Flesh', to Roy Ayers on 'Searching'....masterful.  Pair that with CL's smooth voice & flow, and your soul starts to vibrate....

TRACKLIST
Check It Out (OG Sample + LP)
Tell Me (OG Sample Blend)
Take You There ft Keni Burke (OG Sample Blend + LP)
In The House (LP + OG Sample)
Worldwide ft Rob-O (OG Sample + LP)
Sun Won't Come Out (LP + OG Sample)
Get On The Mic ft Biz Markie (OG Sample + LP + Blend)
The Main Ingredient (OG Sample + LP)
I Get Physical ft Big Daddy Kane (Blend + LP + OG Sample)
In The Flesh
We Specialize (Blend)
Carmel City (OG Sample + Unreleased Version)
Searching (OG Sample Blend + LP)
All The Places (OG Sample Blend + LP)
Escape (OG Sample + LP)
I Got A Love ft Heavy D (OG Sample Blend + LP)
The Ambassadors - Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl (Filthy Remaster)
It's On You ft Grap Luva (OG Sample Blend + LP)

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Main Ingredient 30th Anniversary Mix

THEM BOYZ THE WAVE!!! 
lil sumn sumn from me and gang, words from the mind.
You really gotta lock in to peep this game.

Silver Surfer (ft. HueyT KnewSumn)

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Pharcyde's sophomore album Labcabincalifornia, our friend Chris Read has crafted a fly-as-pie mix of album tracks, remixes, and original sample material.  Tune in and enjoy!

http://waxpoetics.com/music/mixtape/the-pharcyde-labcabincalifornia-20th-anniversary-mixtape/

Artwork by Leon Nockolds
Words by Alice Price-Styles

Tracklist: 

1. Les McCann - 'What's Going On (Live)' (sampled in 'Bullshit')
2. The Pharcyde - 'Bullshit' (Instrumental)
3. Chris Read - 'Theme #3' (Scratchapella)
4. Bob Marley - 'Get Up, Stand Up' (Loop) (sampled in 'Bullshit')
5. Gary Burton - 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' (sampled in 'Bullshit')
6. Rodney Cee & Kevie Kev Rockwell - 'Stoop Rap' (sampled in 'Pharcyde')
7. The Pharcyde - 'Pharcyde'
8. Cal Tjader - 'The Bilbao Song' (sampled in 'Groupie Therapy')
9. The Pharcyde - 'Groupie Therapy'
10. A Tribe Called Quest - 'Lyrics to Go' (Loop) (sampled in 'Groupie Therapy')
11. Minnie Riperton - 'Inside My Love' (sampled in 'Groupie Therapy')
12. Stan Getz & Luis Bonfa - 'Suadade Vem Correndo' (sampled in 'Runnin')
13. Run D.M.C - 'Rock Box' (Extract) (sampled in 'Runnin')
14. The Pharcyde - 'Runnin' (Acapella)
15. The Pharcyde - 'Somethin' That Means Somethin'
16. The Beastie Boys - 'The New Style' (Extract) (sampled in 'Drop')
17. The Pharcyde - 'Drop'
18. A Tribe Called Quest - 'Check The Rhime' (Loop) (sampled in 'Drop (Beatminerz Remix)')
19. The Pharcyde - 'Drop' (Beatminerz Remix Instrumental)
20. The Pharcyde - 'Y?'
21. Mass Production - 'Keep My Heart Together' (sampled in 'Moment in Time')
22. The Pharcyde - 'Moment in Time'
23. The Pharcyde - 'Devil Music'
24. Wu-Tang Clan - 'Da Mystery of Chessboxin' (Loop) (sampled in 'Devil Music')
25. Roy Ayers and Carla Vaughn - 'You Send Me' (sampled in 'The Hustle')
26. The Pharcyde - 'The Hustle'
27. Vince Guaraldi Trio - 'Fly Me To The Moon' (sampled in 'Splattitorium')
28. The Pharcyde - 'Splattitorium'
29. Cannonball Adderley - Walk Tall / Mercy Mercy Mercy (sampled in 'She Said')
30. The Pharcyde - 'Passin Me By' (Extract) (sampled in 'She Said')
31. The Pharcyde - 'She Said'
32. The Pharcyde - 'The E.N.D'
33. [Bonus Track] The Pharcyde feat Lizzy Parks & Giles Barratt - 'Runnin' (Chris Read Rap Renaissance Remix)

The Pharcyde 'Labcabincalifornia' 20th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of De La Soul's fourth studio album 'Stakes Is High', our buddy Chris Read couldn't resist cooking up yet another stellar mix of tracks from the LP, alternate versions, and original sample material.

Listen up and enjoy!

Artwork by Leon Nockolds
Words by Alice Price-Styles

Track list:

1. De La Soul – ‘Intro’
2. Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band – ‘Enchanted Lady’ (sampled in ‘Dinninit’)
3. De La Soul – ‘Dinninit’
4. Jan Hammer Group – ‘Peaceful Sundown’ (sampled in ‘Dog Eat Dog’)
5. De La Soul – ‘Dog Eat Dog’
6. Aretha Franklin – It Only Happens (When I Look At You) (sampled in ‘Long Island Degrees’)
7. De La Soul – ‘Long Island Degrees’
8. Craig Mack – ‘Get Down’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘The Bizness’)
9. De La Soul feat Common – ‘The Bizness’
10. Commodores – ‘High on Sunshine’ (sampled in ‘Sunshine’)
11. De La Soul – ‘Sunshine’
12. Bayete – ‘Free Angela’ (sampled in ‘Sunshine’)
13. Ahmad Jamal – ‘Swahililand’ (sampled in ‘Stakes is High’)
14. De La Soul – ‘Stakes is High’ 
15. De La Soul – ‘Stakes Is High (Jay Dee Remix)’
16. James Brown – ‘Mind Power’ (sampled in ‘Stakes is High’)
17. De La Soul feat Mos Def & Truth Enola – ‘Stakes is High (Remix)’
18. Walter Wanderley – ‘Summer Samba’ (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
19. Jimmy Spicer – ‘Adventures of Super Rhyme’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
20. Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick – La Di Da Di [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
21. De La Soul – ‘Supa Emcees’
22. Wilson Pickett – Get Me Back On Time, Engine #9 [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
23. De La Soul feat Mos Def – ‘Big Brother Beat’
24. Kurtis Blow – ‘These Are the Breaks’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘The Brakes’)
25. De La Soul – ‘The Brakes’
26. James Brown – Funky Drummer [Loop] (sampled in ‘Betta Listen’)27. De La Soul – ‘Betta Listen’
28. Jeff Beck – ‘Come Dancing’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘Down Syndrome’)
29. James Brown – ‘Talkin Loud & Sayin Nothing’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘Down Syndrome’)
30. De La Soul – ‘Down Syndrome’
31. De La Soul feat Truth Enola – ‘Pony Ride’
32. Lou Donaldson – ‘Who’s Making Love’ (sampled in ‘Wonce Again Long Island’)
33. De La Soul – ‘Wonce Again Long Island’
34. Malcolm McLaren – ‘Hobo Scratch’ (sampled in ‘Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby’)
35. De La Soul feat Jazzyfatnastees – ‘Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby’
36. Chico Hamilton – ‘A Rose for Booker’ (sampled in ‘4 More’)
37. Jungle Brothers – ‘Jimmy Bonus Beat’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘4 More’)
38. De La Soul feat Zhane – ‘4 More’


De La Soul 'Stakes Is High' 20th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

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

Blurb from WhoSampled:

“Released October 19th 1993, Black Moon’s classic debut LP ‘Enta Da Stage’ celebrates its 25th Anniversary this week. Produced entirely by Da Beatminerz, the album’s production style epitomises early 90s East Coast boom bap sonics with laid back, filtered jazz-funk samples meeting crunchy drums, cut choruses and gritty wordplay. In celebration of the anniversary we’ve teamed up once again with Wax Poetics magazine to present this exclusive mixtape pairing album tracks and remixes with their sample sources, interview snippets and more. Mixed by Chris Read.”

Track list:

1. Black Moon – Niguz Talk Shit (DJ Evil Dee ’96 Instrumental)
2. Chris Read – Theme #3 (Scratchapella)
3. Barry White – Playing Your Game (sampled in ‘I Got Cha Opin (Remix)’)
4. Black Moon – Rap City Interview 1993
5. Black Moon – I Got Cha Opin (Remix)
6. Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra (sampled in ‘How Many MCs’)
7. Black Moon – How Many MCs
8. Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy [Extract] (sampled in ‘How Many MCs’)
9. Black Moon – Murder MCs
10. Lee Dorsey – Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in ‘U Da Man’)
11. Black Moon feat Dru Ha, Havoc & Smif N Wessun – U Da Man
12. Ahmad Jamal – Misdemeanor (sampled in ‘Black Smif N Wessun’)
13. Black Moon feat Smif N Wessun – Black Smif N Wessun
14. Lonnie Smith – Spinning Wheel (sampled in ‘Black Smif N Wessun’)
15. Baby Huey – Hard Times [Loop] (sampled in ‘Powaful Impak!’)
16. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School – Scenario [Extract] (sampled in Powaful Impak!)
17. Black Moon – Powaful Impak!
18. Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidinanda (sampled in ‘Enta Da Stage’)
19. Cannonball Adderley – Eye of the Cosmos [Extract] (sampled in ‘Enta Da Stage’)
20. James Brown – It’s A New Day So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn [Extract] (sampled in ‘Enta Da Stage’)
21. Black Moon – Enta Da Stage
22. Boogie Down Productions – We In There [Loop] (sampled in ‘Make Munne’)
23. Alyson Williams – I Need Your Lovin [Loop] (sampled in ‘Make Munne’)
24. Black Moon – Make Munne
25. Tyrone Washington – Submission (sampled in ‘Act Like U Want It’)
26. Black Moon – Act Like U Want It
27. Donald Byrd – Wind Parade (sampled in ‘Buck Em Down’)
28. Run DMC – Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) (sampled in ‘Buck Em Down’ (Beatminerz Remix))
29. Black Moon – Buck Em Down (Beatminerz Remix)
30. Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache [Loop] (sampled in ‘Buck Em Down’ (Beatminerz Remix))
31. Ronnie Laws – Tidal Wave (sampled in ‘Who Got Da Props’)
32. Lightnin Rod – Sport [Loop] (sampled in ‘Who Got Da Props’)
33. Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day [Loop] (sampled in ‘Who Got Da Props’)
34. DJ Grand Wizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five – Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie [Extract] (sampled in ‘Who Got Da Props’)
35. Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
36. Black Moon – Who Got Da Props (MW Smooth Instrumental)
37. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stils – Season of the Witch [Loop] (sampled in ‘Son Get Wrec’)
38. Black Moon – Son Get Wrec
39. John Klemmer – Song to Katherine (sampled in ‘Shit Iz Real’)
40. Black Moon – Shit Iz Real
41. Buddy Montgomery – Winding Up (sampled in ‘F**k It Up’ (Ruff & Rugged Mix))
42. Black Moon – F**k It Up (Ruff & Rugged Mix)
43. Quincy Jones – Summer in the City (sampled in ‘Reality…’)
44. Black Moon – ‘Reality…’
45. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – We Live in Brooklyn Baby (sampled in ‘Reality…’)

Black Moon 'Enta Da Stage' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

November 9, 1993 will forever go down as one of the greatest days in hip hop history.  Two of the genre’s most revered albums dropped on the same day:  Wu-Tang Clan’s debut ‘Enter The 36 Chambers’, &  A Tribe Called Quest’s third LP ‘Midnight Marauders’.  I remember riding my bike to the mall, with money I had earned from my after-school job.  I had anticipated this day for awhile, and saved up in advance to pick up both albums (at that age $40 felt like $500).  For the months that followed, both albums fought for playing time on my boombox.  One moment, I was transported to the boulevard of Linden, and the next to the rugged streets of Shaolin.  Those albums stayed in my rotation forever (literally).
To mark the 25th anniversary of both LP’s, I thought it might be a good idea to try and take the vocals from Wu-Tang’s album, and blend them over the instrumentals from Midnight Marauders.  I wasn’t sure it would work at first, but as is usually the case, inspiration hit at midnight when I was trying to sleep (the coincidence of the timing is not lost on me).  A couple of hours later, I managed to pair up every single Wu-Tang vocal with a suitable beat from MM.  The intent was not to improve on the originals in any way….that would be impossible, as I consider them both to be perfect bodies of work.  Rather, it was about orchestrating a fun concept, and putting a totally new spin on these well-worn classics.  The contrast of Wu’s gritty street raps over Tribe’s jazzy production works in an unexpected way.  Now, I present to you my personal tribute to these legendary groups:   A Clan Called Wu - “Enter The Marauders”.

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TRACKLIST
Da Mystery of Electric Relaxation
Down Ya Neck
Shame On Ya Lyrics
Cash Award
Wu Lives Thru
Ruckus at Midnight
Biko In Da Front
Nuthin Ta Chase
Oh My M.E.T.H.
Tearz On Your Hands
Suckas Be So Simple

A Clan Called Wu - Enter The Marauders

Wu-Tang VS A Tribe Called Quest : A Clan Called Wu - Enter The Marauders

London’s very own Spin Doctor has been a busy boy while in Lockdown. He has created this epic mix dedicated to the powerhouse that is Q-Tip. Using 50 tracks to mark The Abstract’s 50th Birthday on Friday 10th April 2020.
 
The mix combinies a bunch of Tip’s productions, verses, samples, interviews and more. From A Tribe Called Quest to Solange, Nas to Quincey Jones, the mix explores all aspects of this man’s genius.
 
There are very few artists that can claim such impact on an entire genre, but A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip can do just that and more. As a member of what is widely agreed to be the greatest Hip-Hop group of all time, as a solo artist and as a producer for the great and the good, Q-Tip’s impact is immeasurable. Through his influence on the likes of J-Dilla, Kanye West and Pharrell, his influence can still be heard throughout all forms of Hip-Hop and Soul. Keep Bouncing!

Q-Tip Fifty 50

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