Any avid Rap Aficionado probably is familiar with D.I.T.C., the collective originated in The Bronx by mainstays Showbiz & AG, Lord Finesse & Diamond D and, along the way, incorporated fellow Bronx Bombers Fat Joe & the always reliable producer Buckwild, Brooklyn rhyme animal O.C. & the late, great, Harlem-born, Big L.

All of them delivered must-have albums throughout the 90's and towards the end of that decade combined forces to release a series of collectible 12-inches such as "Day One", "The Enemy", "All Love" & "Put It In Your System"

A full-length album was up next and by Feb. 2000 released on Tommy Boy records, but -although well-received-, somehow felt like it lacked focus, probably due to trials & tribulations such as Big L's tragic death a year before.

A vinyl release called "The Official Version" was released later in 2000 on Fat Beats records, but unfortunately omitted essential tracks too, making for a not totally satisfying listen, moreover not doin' truly justice to the incredibility of this crew.

What I tried to do here is assemble the great stuff from the aforementioned 12-inches, posse cuts from either solo albums or other artists' albums (such as "The Club" from Tony Toca's "The Piecemaker" album) and loosies from over those years, in an effort to create the quintessential D.I.T.C. album from that era, although I took the liberty to also add some dope, latter day, material, to round things up for the best of results.

D.I.T.C. always kept one foot firmly in the Boom Bap underground, Fat Joe probably is the most commercially viable exponent out of the whole crew, but do some research on any of its members and you'll find out they're involved in some of the biggest(-selling)albums in Rap, such as "The Score" (Fugees), "Ready To Die" (BIG), "The Documentary" (The Game), "Capital Punishment" (Pun), as well as singles by Black Rob ("Whoa!") KRS ("Sound Of Da Police"), amongst others.

O.C. probably said it best in "Time Travel" > "... Can't point fingers for the gift we was givin'...No neglectin' past mistakes, back to correct 'em."

So there.



Tracklist:

1.     Lord Finesse Intro
2.    Day One
3.    Thick
4.    Way Of Life
5.    The Club (ft. Kid Capri, Party Arty & Tony Touch)
6.    Get Yours
7.     All Love
8.    What I Represent
9.    Five Fingaz Of Death
10.  Put It In Your System
11.   Internationally Known
12.  Time To Get This Money
13.  Down For The Underground
14.  Underground Life (ft. The Ghetto Dwellas)
15.  Dignified Soldiers
16.  The Enemy
17.  Time Travel
18.  There Will Be Blood (ft. Grand Puba, Sadat X & Celph Titled)
19.  Tribute
..


Track 2 produced by Diamond
Tracks 3 & 16 produced by DJ Premier
Tracks 4, 5 ,6, 10, 11 & 15 produced by Show
Tracks 7,10, 14 & 17 produced by Lord Finesse
Tracks 8, 13 & 18 produced by Buckwild
Track 9 produced by Kid Capri
Tracks 12 & 19 produced by Amed

Leroy Rey's Album

D.I.T.C. - "Diggin' In The Crates"

New mix by yours truly!

This time R2 takes a dive in to his 80's crates. 
Some classics some less heard gems. 
Let's break a leg.

Enjoy!

Strictly 80's

Pure HipHop/RnB for Chillin',movin' n groovin'...
Strictly females!!!
Enjoy..

Playlist:
1. Erykah Badu - Sometimes
2. 702 - Steelo
3. The Lady Of Rage - Afropuffs
4. Heather B - All Glocks Down
5. Paula Perry - Extra,Extra!!
6. Rah Digga - Lessons of Today
7. Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
8. Mary J Blige - Be Happy
9. Brandy - Sittin' Up In My Room
10. Foxy Brown - No One's
11. Da Brat - Fa All Y'all
12. Missy Elliott - Stickin Chickens ft Aaliyah
13. Mya - Keep on Lovin' Me
14. Xscape - Can't Hang me ft MC Lyte
15. Kelis - Caught Out There
16. Aaliyah - Rock The Boat
17. Lil Kim - Not Tonight
18. Total - When Boy Meets Girl
19. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Head To The Sky ft Blaque
20. Eve - Satisfaction
21. Bahamadia - Funk Vibe
22. Shanice - Somewhere
23. Tatyana Ali - Daydreamin'
24. MC Lyte - Ruffneck
25. Shante - Big Mama
26. Trina And Tamara - What'd You Come Here For?
27. P Diddy & The Bad Boy Records - Unfoolish ft Ashanti & Notorious B.I.G.(Outro)

The Rap Diamonds Show(Female  Edition)

The Rap Diamondz Show Vol.2 (Female Edition) 2017

Breaking in the 2018 New Year with a "Chill Boom-Bap Hip-Hop mix" with hints of Lo-Fi goodness from various artists.

Tracklist

Sensi - Snow
Tusken - Nashua
Earl Swearshirt - Balance (Ft. Knxwledge)
bsd.u - Ice
j a r j a r j r - Spin & Shoot
prophecism - halloween loop
emune x Sensi - finesse
kawfee - bad dreams
Omaure x tusken - 404
bds.u - quiver
REZ4REAL - 4REAL (prod. Hurlum)
beatboxbandit - flourish
bazlow - with yu_
beatboxbandit - rockin'ice
CoryaYo - Firman
Juggaknots - New Money (Ben Hedibi Remix)
Maple Syrup - Since Thirteen
Maple Syrup - Illvibe
ntourage - bomaye
KASETA - Moving Foward
leaf beach - sky high
el - Malik
Ali D - Somebody Gotta Die
Sensi - Dank
SubSkrilla - Reconize The Real
Ben Hedibi - Queensbridge
CoryaYo - Palm Haze
el - Sabado
Ali D - Everyday Struggle
Mos Def - Mathematics (Ben Hidibi Remix)
Mr. Slipz x Omaure - Tipping Point
Krs-One - East Coast, West Coast (Ben Hedibi Remix)
Sunz Of Man - Natural High (Ben Hedibi Remix)
Jake GHNM x BubbleWild - Put It Down
Maple Syrup - One For The Trouble
Mz Boom Bap x Large Professor - Hip Hop Hardcore
GooMar - What Love Is 
Das EFX - Real Hip Hop (Ben Hedibi Remix)
Maple Syrup - One For The Trouble (continued)
Mz Boom Pab x Modd Deep - Drop Gems on Them

BOOM BAP MIX TAPE

A round-up of Quest's non-album material, unreleased tracks, soundtrack stuff and rare cuts, sequenced in a manner they might've done themselves.

Note: I made this years ago, before they released their 2016 masterpiece and before my former SC account got terminated. Some lyrics can offend a little, but this was from back then.


Tracklist:

1.   Intro (ft. Mos Def)
2.  Hey
3.  Hot Sex
4.  Pokerface (Wanting You)
5.  Bonita Applebum II
6.  Game Day
7.  I C U Doin' It (ft. Erykah Badu)
8.  Glamour & Glitz
9.  Mr. Incognito
10. Ya Heard Me
11.  It's Yours
12. Jazz (re-recording)
13. Same Old Thing
14. One, Two Shit (ft. Busta Rhymes)
15. That Shit (ft. J. Dilla)
16. Practice Session
17. Peace, Prosperity & Paper
...
... 


All tracks produced by A Tribe Called Quest, except tracks 6, 10 & 15 produced by Jay Dee. Track 7 produced by Rashad Smith.

The Lost Movement 1990-2003

A Tribe Called Quest - "The Lost Movement 1990 - 2004"

Posted originally on my former SC account, but now re-posted in honor of Keith Elam aka Guru's 57th Birthday. May he rest in power.

This is an assembly of all things Gang Starr released outside their 6 studio albums, sequenced as a proper Gang Starr album. 

Salute to DJ Premier & The One & Only Guru!


Tracklist:


1.    Illkid Intro
2.   Full Clip
3.   Hustlin' Daze (ft. Donell Jones)
4.   Incredible (ft. Krumb Snatcha)
5.   The Legacy (ft. Group Home)
6.   Natural
7.   Battle
8.   Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)
9.   The Militia pt. II (ft. WC & Rakim)
10.  The Squeeze
11.   The ? Remainz
12.  All For The Ca$h 
13.  Discipline (ft. Total) 
14.  Back 2 Back (ft. Mendoughza)
15.  1/2 & 1/2 (ft. M.O.P.)
16.  Weed Scented (ft. A.G, O.C. & Party Arty)
17.  So Wassup?!
...
...

All Tracks produced by DJ Premier for Works Of Mart, 
except track 1 produced by Guru

Gang Starr - "The Legacy"

Special mix realized for "Les Collaborateurs" a weekly HipHop Radio Show by DJ Correct & DJ PA on www.lafabrik.ch (Geneva, Switzerland).
Every Friday night at 21.00 CET on https://lafabrik.ch/player.php
More about the radioshow : 
https://www.mixcloud.com/LesCollaborateurs/

Tracklist :

Blue Scholars - 50K Deep
Mathematik feat. Bahamadia - Following Goals
Scienz Of Life - Ancient Ritualz II
Ohmega Watts feat. DJ Manwell - Ode to Brooklyn
Boogiemonsters - The Beginning of the End
Ge-Ology - Save Me
JR&PH7 - Bloody Sunday
Just Jay - Gunmakaz
Iomos Marad - Free
Five Deez - Omni
DJ Nu-Mark feat. Tiron - Times Is Rough
Endz - Kickin Frees
Fashawn feat. Blu - Samsonite Man
Finale & Spier 1200 - One Sound Two Feet
Jaylib - Raw Addict
Guru feat. Bilal - Certified
The Roots feat. Nelly Furtado - Sacrifice
ThinkLoud feat. Oddisee - City Lights
Black Milk - Could It Be
Viktor Vaughn - Raedawn
Nicolay - Sunshine Life
Funky DL feat. Lei-an - C'Mon
Oddisee feat. Muneshine - Two Way Street
Thes One - Grain Belt Beer
Liquid Crystal Project - Smectic Sunset
People Under the Stairs - Get It
Curtis The Great - On The Move
Sound Directions - Dice Game

Galactic Hip Hop Mix

Gangstarr Foundation is a movement established in '93 by the legendary Guru & Big Shug, along with DJ Premier & original members Group Home & Jeru The Damaja. Somewhat member Bahamadia was also around from '93 to '96.

After all parties went on to release critically acclaimed , in some cases even classic, albums, Group Home stepped a bit in the background, and both Bahamadia & Jeru went their own ways. However, Bumpy Knuckles & M.O.P. were elevated to full member status, Afu Ra (who came along with Jeru) remained close and Hannibal Stax (F.A.B.I.D./Fabidden), as well as NYG'z (formerly Operation Ratification), hauled over from Guru's, by-then-defunct, Illkid Records, while Krumb Snatcha, Blaq Poet & Smiley The Ghetto Child (by way of Group Home) became affiliated along the way too, albeit loosely. 

These days sees original members Jeru & Group Home performing regularly under the Foundation banner, keepin Guru's legacy alive.

This is a stab at something that should've happened, but never came to fruition: an album comprised of stand-alone tracks, as well as collaborations between the many members of this foundation -both original or later additions-, predominantly produced by DJ Premier, but Mike Rone (F.A.B.I.D.), True Master (Wu-Tang) and the late, great, Guru turn in work from behind the boards too, as well as DJ Idem. On top of that, the ill-as-f**k Pete Rock remix of "The Militia" is included too.

R.I.P. to Guru & Headqcourterz!


1.     "Group Home Intro"
2.   "Same Team, No Games" - Gang Starr ft. NYG'z & Hannibal Stax
3.   "I'm Legend" - Smiley The Ghetto Child
4.   "Bloody Murdah"  - M.O.P.
5    "Inspired By Fire" - Bumpy Knuckles
6.   "Gettin' Closer To God"  - Krumb Snatcha
7.   "Counter Punch"  - Big Shug ft. Guru
8.   "Policy"  - NYG'z
9.   "Hi Energy"  - F.A.B.I.D.
10.  "Stretch Marks & Cigarette Burns"  - Blaq Poet ft. Panchi of NYG'z &  Imani Montana
11.   "Me, Not The Paper"  - Jeru The Damaja
12.  "All That"  - Afu Ra ft. Krumb Snatcha & Hannibal Stax
13.  "I Luv"  - M.O.P. ft. Bumpy Knuckles
14.  "Dirt" - Big Shug ft. Hannibal Stax & Smiley The Ghetto Child
15.  "So Called Friends" - Group Home
16.  "Rap Addiction" - Blaq Poet ft. Shabeeno of NYG'z & Lil' Fame of M.O.P.
17.  "BLVD" - Afu Ra ft. Guru
18.  "The Gangstarr Bus"  - Bumpy Knuckles

Bonus: 

19. "G.U.R.U."  - Group Home ft. Jeru The Damaja
20."The Militia" (Soul Brother remix) - Gangstarr ft. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx



All Tracks Produced by DJ Premier for Works of Mart, except:

Track 9 produced by True Master
Track 12 produced by Mike Rone
Track 15 produced by Guru
Track 19 produced by DJ Idem
Track 20 remixed by Pete Rock

Gang Starr Foundation - "The Meaning Of The Chain And The Starr"

03/22/'20

A little bit delayed, but better late than never, here's a wrap-up of the best non-album solo stuff the late Phife Dawg recorded during his illustrious career outside of Tribe. 

Today, it's exactly 4 years ago The World's Greatest Five-Footer transitioned, and I didn't want to let it pass as something insignificant, because of the tryin' times we live in these days..


R.I.P. Phife!


Tracklist:

1.   Intro
2.  Nutshell
3.  What's The Deal
4.  Miscellaneous [remix]
5.  Nah Mean (ft. Will I Am)
6.  Where You At (ft. Shaquille O' Neal)
7.  Thought U Wuz Nice
8.  Artical (ft. Whitey Don & Chip Fu)
9.  If Men Are Dogs [Then What Are You]
10. Interlude
11. U Know U Want It (ft. Slick & Rose)
12. It's Only Right
13. Committed
14. Sole Men
15. Who Got Da Funk (ft. Science Of Sound)
16. Ya Heard Me
17. Seek Well (ft. CJ Fly & A La $ole)
18. Dear Dilla


Tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 16 & 18 produced by J Dilla
Tracks 3 & 13 produced by Ambivalence
Track 4 produced by DJ Hi-Tek
Track 5 produced by Will I Am
Track 6 produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Track 8 produced by Marc Niles
Tracks 10, 11 & 14 produced by DJ Rasta Root
Track 12 produced by Next Evidence
Track 15 produced by Godfather Don
Track 17 produced by Jules Strangelove

Phife Dawg - The Don Juice Files

The first time I heard De La Soul was on a square in the town I grew up, somewhere around '88/'89. Boys & girls were jammin' and breakin' to “Jenifa Taught Me” from their seminal first album "3 Feet High & Rising".

Me, I was this kid standing on the side, watching their moves, but above all, occupied listening to that tune blastin' out of the boombox, which harboured all I liked about music: that old, vintage sound I was really missing in those days as music became too synthesized for my taste. So when I first heard “3 Feet High..”, my head was buzzing. Here was this band that took bits & pieces from records I heard my dad and uncles play in years, prior to that pivotal moment.

A fan from there-on, I kept track of anything De La did. And while their first four albums are classics, I was less impressed by their later albums, though each project had their gems. So it's only right to sift through their more obscure catalogue of b-sides and non-album cuts, between 1994 & 2009, for another virtual album, giving it some shine.

Tracklist:

1.   Intro
2.  So Cool
3.  Turn It Out (ft. Yummy Bingham)
4.  Speed Limit (ft. Supa Dave West)
5.  Ego Trippin' pt.3
6.  Do De Damn Thing
7.  Lovely How I Let My Mind Float (ft. Biz Markie)
8.  So Good (ft. Camp Lo)
9.  Trouble In The Water
10. More Than You Know
11.  Chanel No. Fever 
12. The Hustle
13. Sh.Fe MC's (ft. A Tribe Called Quest)
14. I Can't Call It
15. La, La, La
16. Stakes Is High pt.II (ft. Mos Def & Truth Enola)
17. Sweet Dreams


All tracks produced by De La Soul, except

Track 1 produced by 88-Keys
Track 2 produced by Muro
Track 4 produced by Supa Dave West
Track 5 produced by Spearhead X
Tracks 7 & 10 produced by Prince Paul
Track 9 produced by DJ Honda
Track 12 produced by Da Beatminerz
Tracks 15 & 16 produced by J Dilla

De La Soul - "The Impossible Mission II: The Search For AOI3"

Mike Bigz J Dilla Instrumental Mixtape..

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Mike Bigz JDilla Instru Mixtape

DJ since 1992 / Producer / Musicologist / 
Record Nerd / Father of two
Platform: Steppin' Into Tomorrow
Project: Cosmos Nucleus
Label: Wicked Wax
Bookings: will@peoplesagency.nl

Upcoming Gigs:

29/06: World Of Dance, O2, London (UK)
29/06: BBE Store, London (UK)
28/06: Alphabet Bar, Brighton (UK)
22/06: NAR, Utrecht (NL)
16/06: Soulful Sessions, Antwerp (BE)
15/06: We Love Disco @ Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
15/06: Happy Feelings @ Colorado Charlie, Scheveningen (NL)
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