Part Documentary,
Part "Best Of",
Part Insanity,
All Love.

We got a great response from this one from the likes of Just Blaze, Ego Trip and the man himself, the Large Professor.....then our page got got. So presented without the benefit of all the great comments, hearts and repost tallys that the good people of the internet bestowed upon us the first time around, here is the re-post of our mix paying tribute to one of the greatest to ever do it.

Its Overture presents "Mad Science: The Large Professor Story" (Mix)

An unauthorized fever dream remixing memories of Hot 97 in the summer of 1996.

Tracklist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_DfVQCcCFyA8GCNWRXHwc9O0FzXWop8-

The Hot 97 Tapes: Summer of '96 Mix

Its Overture presents The Hot 97 Tapes: Summer Of '96 Mix

When @evboogie from @upnorthtrips proposed the idea for a mix celebrating the 20th anniversary of Ironman, we couldn't resist, considering that Ghostface might be our favorite rapper ever. 

Since Ironman was the last of six Wu-Tang albums produced entirely by Rza, we widened the scope of the mix in order to pay homage to his legendary run in that classic Wu-Tang era.

Artwork by @rhek

The Iron Age

UpNorthTrips presents The Iron Age (A Mix by Its Overture)

Trailer 1: https://youtu.be/luyDKpIlakg
Trailer 2: https://youtu.be/eVezdHOqzyA

The inspiration for this project might have been best summed up by Nas himself:

"Large Professor was the one that really started working with me first…so we were on to a lot of crazy ideas…he really could have done the entire [Illmatic] record and in the beginning, I wanted him to. Once I was working with him, why would you need to go anywhere else? You got HIM…so my thought was that one day it would happen and he would do the whole thing" - Nas

Since that day has yet to come, we put together our own version of this elusive "lost album".

Drawing from the wealth of post-Illmatic Large Pro instrumentals and Nas acapellas, we carefully paired some of the best examples of two artists at the top of their game, highlighting some underrated works while reimagining hooks and adlibs to help fuel the illusion of an authentic collaboration.

Tracklist:

1. Phife's Intro
2. The Get Down
3. Queens Represent (Nobody Does It Better)
4. Wake Up
5. Ghetto Pt. 1
6. Warrior Anthem
7. Hey Nas
8. The Times
9. Phife's Reprise
10. Poison
11. Mind Activation
12. Ghetto Pt. 2
13. Dance
14. Everybody
15. King Of This

Its Overture presents Nasty Nas & The Extra P (The Lost Album)

@upnorthtrips presents 
"94 State of Mind"  
A mix by Its Overture 
Artwork by Rhek 
"A musical tapestry of rap in New York circa 1994." 

Tracklist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_DfVQCcCFyDcXz5eZ9t-gEdpKhUuehL7&disable_polymer=true

Up North Trips presents 94 State of Mind (A Mix by Its Overture)

Our latest release, a 9-minute mix of rap classics and a bit of a formal introduction going back to basics and beyond.

Its Overture presents Again & Again (Short Mix)

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