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Thick Grooves, Volume 1 [Mixtape]

💎 All vinyl blends of 90s hip hop gems 💎

Butter Blends 🔪🧈 Joe Crates

Intro track to Thick Grooves, Volume 1 mixtape by Joe Crates.

EVERY TAPE PURCHASE INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AND $5 DONATION TO NYC ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT

On this homage to the golden era of mixtapes, Joe Crates pushes listeners down the backstreets of jazz and hip hop, where 90s boom bap and independent rap intersect with 60s hard bop and contemporary soul jazz.

True to tradition, Thick Grooves, Vol 1 blends, cuts, and scratches together tracks using only vinyl, two turntables, and a mixer. However, unlike mixtapes of the 90s, forced to pack as much new flavor into 60 minutes as possible, Joe lets several tracks breathe, with intention. For example, Godfather Don’s pen wizardry on “Piece of the Action" and Shadez of Brooklyn’s youthful expression on “Change” — two tracks you can’t find on digital streaming platforms — run their entirety for old and new heads to nod along to.

Throughout the tape, samples and interludes provide more subtext and situational settings to transport listeners. From an iconic smoke session in KIDS to John Coltrane speaking on the importance of being true to his roots, Thick Grooves is the soundtrack at your local skateshop in the 90s, remixed and presented for today.

https://joecrates.bandcamp.com/album/thick-grooves-volume-1

Thick Grooves, Volume 1

Thick Grooves, Vol 1 - Intro - Joe Crates

Side A of Thick Grooves, Volume 1, a mixtape by Joe Crates.

EVERY TAPE PURCHASE INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AND $5 DONATION TO NYC ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT

On this homage to the golden era of mixtapes, Joe Crates pushes listeners down the backstreets of jazz and hip hop, where 90s boom bap and independent rap intersect with 60s hard bop and contemporary soul jazz.

True to tradition, Thick Grooves, Vol 1 blends, cuts, and scratches together tracks using only vinyl, two turntables, and a mixer. However, unlike mixtapes of the 90s, forced to pack as much new flavor into 60 minutes as possible, Joe lets several tracks breathe, with intention. For example, Godfather Don’s pen wizardry on “Piece of the Action" and Shadez of Brooklyn’s youthful expression on “Change” — two tracks you can’t find on digital streaming platforms — run their entirety for old and new heads to nod along to.

Throughout the tape, samples and interludes provide more subtext and situational settings to transport listeners. From an iconic smoke session in KIDS to John Coltrane speaking on the importance of being true to his roots, Thick Grooves is the soundtrack at your local skateshop in the 90s, remixed and presented for today.

https://joecrates.bandcamp.com/album/thick-grooves-volume-1

Thick Grooves, Vol 1 - Side A [Mixtape]

Thick Grooves, Vol 1 - Side B [Mixtape]

Iced Down Corleone

Iced Down Corleone - Big L x Royal Flush [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

Butter Blends

Visualize One Love - Nas x Mr. Complex [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

More vinyl blends of 90s hip hop gems -> https://soundcloud.com/josephthomascoakley/sets/joe-crates-butter-blends

Tried By Everything Around Me - Wu-Tang x East Flatbush Project [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

Somehow, Some Seasons - Organized Konfusion x Reflection Eternal [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

At the intersection of hip hop and jazz, Thick Grooves Radio with Joe Crates focuses on 90s hip hop, the jazz crates from 60s-70s that inspired that golden era, and the reverberation of those sounds being played by today’s jazz contemporaries. Recorded monthly every first Monday from 6-8pm ET at Hi-Note Radio Bar in Manhattan's East Village. All vinyl, always.

Track listing:
1. Grover Washington, Jr. - Hydra
2. Black Moon - How Many MC's...
3. The Fab 5 (O.G.C. + Heltah Skeltah) - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
4. Smif-N-Wessun - Wreckonize (Steele Remix)
5. Keith Murray - The Rhyme (The Ummah Remix)
6. Redman - Yesh Yesh Ya'll
7. Eddie Henderson - Inside You
8. Souls Of Mischief - Tell Me Who Profits
9. Del The Funky Homosapien - The Undisputed Champs (feat. Q-Tip + Peplove)
10. The Pharcyde - Bullshit
11. Digable Planets - Dog It
12. Bahamadia - Spontaneity
13. The Roots - What Goes On, Pt. 7
14. Grant Green - We've Only Just Begun
15. A Tribe Called Quest - Vibes and Stuff
16. De La Soul - Stakes Is High (Jay Dee Remix feat. Mos Def + Truth Enola)
17. Slum Village - I Don't Know
18. World Renown - How Nice I Am
19. Jungle Brothers - Brain
20. DJ Honda - Travellin' Man (feat. Mos Def)
21. Nujabes - Kumomi
22. Gang Starr - Mostly Tha Voice
23. Group Home - Up Against The Wall (Getaway Car Mix)
24. Nas - Represent
25. Showbiz & A.G. - Next Level (Nyte Time Mix)
26. Fat Joe - The Shit is Real (DJ Premier Remix)
27. D.I.T.C. - Day One
28. Makaya McCraven - When Your Lover Has Gone
29. Artifacts - C'mon Wit Da Git Down (Buckwild Remix)
30. Sadat X - Escape from New York
31. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - In the Flesh
32. AZ - Rather Unique
33. Theon Cross - CIYA

Thick Grooves Radio [24.03.04] Live @ Hi-Note NYC

At the intersection of hip hop and jazz, Thick Grooves Radio with Joe Crates focuses on 90s hip hop, the jazz crates from 60s-70s that inspired that golden era, and the reverberation of those sounds being played by today’s jazz contemporaries. Recorded live monthly, every first Monday from 6-8pm ET at Hi-Note Radio Bar in Manhattan's East Village. All vinyl, always. 

Episode playlist: https://soundcloud.com/hi-note-nyc/sets/thick-grooves

Track listing: 
1. Takumi Moriya "Night Dream"
2. Louis Logic "Factotum" (instrumental)
3. Gil Scott-Heron "Angel Dust"
4. Dorothy Ashby "The Moving Finger"
5. Sole "year of the $exxx $ymbol" (instrumental)
6. Ugly Duckling "Journey to Anywhere" 
7. East Flatbush Project "Tried by 12" (instrumental)
8. Wu-Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M."
9. Homeliss Derilex "Cash Money"
10. Lone Catalysts ft All Natural "Renaissance" 
11. Nas "Memory Lane"
12. Wes Montgomery "A Day In The Life"
13. George Benson "Come Together"
14. A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"
15. Erule "Listen Up" (instrumental)
16. Digable Planets "Nickel Bags"
17. William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You Got part 2"
18. Average White Band "Love Your Life"
19. Eddie Henderson "Cyclops"
20. Alphonse Mouzon "Do I Have To"
21. The Kay-Gees "Who's The Man?"
22. George McCrae "I Get Lifted"
23. Guru "No Time To Play" 
24. De La Soul "Ring Ring Ring (Conley's Decision)"
25. De La Soul "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)"
26. Soul Supreme "Award Tour"
27. Marvin Gaye "T Plays It Cool"
28. B.T. Express "Do It (Til Your Satisfied)"
29. Ronnie Laws "Always There"
30. Sansa Edit...?
31. Donald Byrd "Makin' It"
32. London Town Edit...?
33. Last Bongo In Paris "Green Season"
34. The Blackbyrds "Rock Creek Park" 
35. Roy Ayers "Chicago"

Thick Grooves Radio [24.09.22] Live @ Hi-Note NYC

Wu-Tang’s “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin” over MF DOOM’s instrumental “Cedar” that samples Cymande’s “Brothers On The Slide”.

Clan On The Slide - Wu-Tang Clan x MF DOOM [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

Ultramagnetic MC's "Poppa Large" over MF DOOM's "Black Snake Root" that features Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown". Mixed on vinyl straight to digital.

Big DOOM On The East Coast - Kool Keith x MF DOOM [Butter 🔪🧈 Blend]

Not your average digger. Vinyl DJ. Mixtape maker.

Joe Crates

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