This is an archive of The Clean Up Hour, which should air May 5, 2023 on CKMS 102.7. Tonight is the year's first ode to 2003, marking 20 years since I started listening to rap music. It feels like a whole lifetime and world away from where we are now -- Bush invaded Iraq, 50 Cent and G-Unit were everywhere, the divide between mainstream/underground was mad deep, I still had dial-up internet, video games were good (sorry for sounding like an oldhead on that one, gaming's in a bad place right now), and smart phones were looming, but not here yet. I didn't even have an iPod! 2003 marked the year I first took interest in rap beyond casual listening, at just 9 years old -- can only imagine what it might have been like if I grew up in a city which sold mixtapes and had high-speed internet lmao.

Lloyd Banks & 50 Cent - Freestyle
Jay-Z - Can't Be Done (Freestyle)
50 Cent, Don Magic Juan, & Snoop Dogg - P.I.M.P (Remix)
Eminem - Nail in the Coffin
Lil Kim & Havoc - Hold it Now
The Diplomats - Ground Zero
The Game - Bury Me a G
Killer Mike & Outkast - Akshon (Yeah!)
DMX - Right/Wrong
Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest 2003
Proof - Freestyle
G-Unit & Brooklyn - In da Hood
Scarface, Z-Ro, Dirt Bomb, & Bun B - Bitch N***a
WC - Throw Ya Hood Up
The Diplomats - Built This City
50 Cent & Nate Dogg - 21 Questions
Fabolous & Ashanti - So Into You
J Dilla - Crushin (Yeeeeaah!)
Eyedea & Abilities - Write On
Freeway, Beanie Sigel & Jay-Z - What We Do
Dilated Peoples - Under the Sun
Zion I & Grouch - Flow
Prince Paul, Dave of De La Soul, & Truith Enola - Drama Queen
Classified, Eternia, DL Incognito, & Maestro Fresh Wes - Just The Way It Is
Slug, Aesop Rock, & Eyedea - Miss By a Mile
Serengeti & Hi-Fidel - What a Day
Inverse & Trek Life - Til' the End
Choppa - In da Club (Freestyle) [Bonus Track]
Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, & Lil 1/2 Dead - Half Past Five [Bonus Track]
Lloyd Banks & Rah Digga - Party Over Here [Bonus Track]
Juelz Santana & Jim Jones - Freestyle [Bonus Track]
Murs, Shock G, & Humpty Hump - Risky Business [Bonus Track]

I also added some tracks from various mixtapes I downloaded from michaelsmixtapehut blogspot -- go check it out, really good treasure trove. I didn't plan this part out, so hopefully it worked okay! I'll include notes on what mixtape each track is from.

D-Block - Freestyle (Big Mike - Getaway)
Ja Rule  - Who Shot Ya Freestyle (DJ Kay Slay - All City All World)
Seth Marcel & Joe Budden – Everybody (DJ Envy - Street Sampler)
Team Arliss - Freestyle (DJ Clue - Minatti Report)
50 Cent - Like My Style (DJ Arson - Ball Till You Fall 2003)
Peedi Crack – Peedi Gon Give It To Ya (DJ L - Shit is Real)
TI & G-Unit – 24s Remix (DJ Spinbad - Problem Solver)
50 Cent & Young Buck – Right Thurr Freestyle (DJ Thoro and DJ Doo Wop - Bad Boys for Life)
The Game & Fabolous - Brooklyn to Compton (DJ Whoo Kid -Westside Reloaded)
Mobb Deep & Fat Joe - Enemies (Big Mike - Forbes 400)
Rhymefest - Jackin (it got ugly) (Mark Ronson - America)
Sada Pop – Exclusive (DJ Whoo Kid Justos Mixtape Allstarz 3 Hosted by Rah Digga)
Coke – Freestyle (DJ Envy - The War Is On)
Common – Freestyle (DJ Kay Slay - Underground Series Vol. 1)
Jinx da Juvy – Freestyle (Dj Enuff - It’s Ya Birthday) 
Lil Mo - Freestyle (DJ Kool Kid - Full Clip 2)
Mobb Deep – Gun Slang (DJ Kool Kid - Full Clip 3)
Raekwon – The Cartel (Big Mike Runs the City - More Max Payne)
Prymetyme - Jackin for Beats (Big Mike - Max Payne - the Fall of Big Mike)
Foxy Brown – Freestyle (DJ Kay Slay - Beauty and the Beast Vol. 1)

The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 212 (May 5, 2023): an Ode to 2003, Part 1

Archives of The Clean-Up Hour, every Friday at 12:00 AM, hosted by your boy Mophead on CKMS 102.7 Listen here: https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen/

Also doing slowed + reverb music now lol

To those of you looking for the slowed + reverb version of "Benji the Dog" by Mac Miller (RIP), it was copyright claimed after 15,000 plays. If you're desperate for the mp3, dm me here and we can work something out.

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 212 (May 5, 2023): an Ode to 2003, Part 1

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