A Double K Tribute I recorded for Vocalo Radio shortly after his passing. Forever The 🅿️!

Humanity...rock on.

People Under The Stairs (Double K Tribute)

Show 1151 
SIMS goes into sample overdrive with a boss level mix pairing Mac Miller, Cozz, Benny the Butcher, Smif-N-Wessun and Pharcyde with the dusty originals. Plus a disco dub excursion with Lahaar, Bahamadia's '93 breakout cut "Funk Vibe", and mindwarp grooves from the Winston Brothers and Starship Gilbey.

* 		paradise - where would i go      
* 		benny the butcher - where would i go   
* 		m.e.d. - heaven stairwell   
* 		ralfi pagan - i never thought you'd leave me   
* 		godfather don - memories   
* 		michal urbaniak - love away   
* 		cozz - knock tha hustle   
* 		nina simone - don't let me be misunderstood   
* 		mood - karma   
* 		erroll garner - all my loves are you   
* 		masterminds - memories   
* 		mandrill - after the race   
* 		smif-n-wessun - let's git it on   
* 		nas - the world is yours   
* 		dexter wansel - sweetest pain   
* 		mac miller - nikes on my feet   
* 		four freshmen - it's a blue world   
* 		mac miller - blue world   
* 		howard kenney - no promise of tomorrow   
* 		mobb deep - when u hear the   
* 		k.r.s.-one - m.c.'s act like they don't know   
* 		ramsey lewis - collage   
* 		group home - livin' proof   
* 		michael jackson - human nature   
* 		nas - it ain't hard to tell   
* 		stan getz & luiz bonfá - saudade vem correndo   
* 		pharcyde - runnin'   
* 		edu lobo - zum-zum   
* 		bas feat. j. cole - tribe   
* 		ohio players - summertime   
* 		edo g. - make music   
* 		brazilian girls - homme   
* 		natural elements - done   
* 		christopher cross - sailing   
* 		masta ace - brooklyn masala   
* 		de la soul - stakes is high   
* 		jim mcneely - the plot thickens   
* 		boulevard connection feat. tame one, el da sensei & d.j. kaos - haagen-daz   
* 		ju-par universal orchestra - beauty & the beast   
* 		k-otix - u know the name   
* 		outkast - chonkyfire   
* 		ronnie laws - tidal waves   
* 		black moon - who got da props   
* 		crooklyn dodgers - crooklyn   
* 		lou donaldson - pot belly   
* 		da youngsta's - iz u wit me   
* 		black heat - something extra   
* 		notorious b.i.g. - machine gun funk   
* 		chromatics - cherry   
* 		schoolboy q. - man of the year

SIMS on WEFUNK Radio

* 		wings - arrow through me    
* 		erykah badu - gone baby, don't be long   
* 		norman connors - you are my starship   
* 		mobb deep - trife life   
* 		gil scott-heron - did you hear what they said   
* 		d.j. honda - for every day that goes by   
* 		group home - up against the wall (getaway car remix)   
* 		continental iv - (you're living in a) dream world   
* 		d.j. premier feat. a$ap ferg - our streets   
* 		o.c. - time's up   
* 		ahmad jamal - dolphin dance   
* 		common sense - resurrection   
* 		henry mancini - vision of height   
* 		big pun - beware   
* 		bill conti - philadelphia morning   
* 		capone-n-noreaga - bloody money   
* 		alka yagnik & mohamed aziz - deewana mujhe kar gaya   
* 		capone-n-noreaga - illegal life   
* 		chick corea - october ballad   
* 		mobb deep - hell on earth   
* 		concrete mob - boiling point   
* 		alkaholiks feat. diamond d. - next level   
* 		jack bruce - sam enchanted dick (medley)   
* 		show & a.g. - represent   
* 		armando manzanero - cuando estoy contigo   
* 		pro era - resurrection of the real   
* 		deniece williams - free   
* 		lords of the underground - faith   
* 		roy ayers - painted desert   
* 		beatnuts - get funky   
* 		bobby caldwell - carry on   
* 		med - can't hold on   
* 		isaac hayes - your love is so doggone good   
* 		big noyd - usual suspect (stretch armstrong remix)   
* 		big noyd feat. mobb deep - recognize & realize (part 2)   
* 		art of noise - debut   
* 		society - yes n'deed   
* 		moog machine - aquarius / let the sunshine in   
* 		beastie boys - get it together   
* 		tom scott - sneakin' in the back   
* 		lords of the underground - lord jazz hit me one time   
* 		blackbyrds - mysterious vibes   
* 		paris - days of old   
* 		war - the world is a ghetto   
* 		a$ap mob feat. a$ap nast & method man - trillmatic   
* 		nat adderley - quit it   
* 		ador - one for the trouble   
* 		cal tjader - message to michael   
* 		das e.f.x. - jussemen (pete rock remix)   
* 		rick james - mary jane   
* 		d.j. honda - on the mic   
* 		a tribe called quest - like it like that   
* 		sophy - locuras tengo de ti   
* 		russ - rent free

WEFUNK MIX 24

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DIAMONDS

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

DONALD BYRD - Places And Spaces
PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - All The PLaces
MINNIE RIPPERTON - Inside My Love
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Lyrics To Go
DAVEY DEX - Get On Down
WU-TANG CLAN - Method Man
PATRICE RUSHEN - Settle For My Love
SHYHEIM - Shaolin Style
DONNY HATTAWAY - Little Ghetto Boy
DR.DRE Feat SNOOP DOGG - Lil’Ghetto Boy
THE MAIN INGREDIENT - Summer Breeze
NOTORIOUS BIG - Things Done Changed
HOWARD ROBERTS - Dirty Old Bossa Nova
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Jam
DEBARGE - I Like It
GRAND PUBA - I Like It
CAL TJADER - Never My Love
GEORGE BENSON - Face It Boy, It’s Over
ED O.G & Da BULLDOGS - Love Comes & Goes
AHMAD JAMAL TRIO - Dolphin Dance
COMMON - Ressurection
THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS - Danger ! She’s A Stranger
OUTKAST - Two Dope Boyz In A Cadillac
GWEN MCCRAE - Rockin Chair
BLAZHAY BLAZHAY - Danger
JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean
SAM & DAVE - Rich Kind Of Poverty
ONYX - Slam
THE MOHAWKS - The Champ
LOU REED - Walking On The Wild Side
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Can I Kick It
DOROTHY ASHBY - Canto De Ossanha
PHIFE DAWG - Ben Dova
TRACY CHAPMAN - Fast Car
NICE & SMOOTH - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
SYL JOHNSON - Different Strokes
WU-TANG CLAN - Shame On A Nigga
THELONIOUS MONK - Black And Tan Fantasy
DONALD BYRD - Wind Parade
BLACK MOON - Buck Em Down
ISLEY BROTHERS - Make Me Say It Again Girl
NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Hip Hop Hooray
ERNIE HINES - Our Generation
PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - Straighten It Out
JEAN PLUM - Here I Go Again
MOBB DEEP - Win Or Lose
AL KOOPER - Love Theme
ALCHEMIST - Hold U Down
JERRY BUTLER - I M Your Mechanical Man
METHOD MAN - Bring The Pain
NINJA MAN - Test The High Power
BARRINGTON LEVY - Black Roses
PACEWON - Any Champion
CRIS WILLIAMSON - Shine On Straight Arrow
JAYLIB - The Red
CATALYST - Uzuri
FAB 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
GEORGE BENSON - Face It Boy, It’s Over
PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - I Get Physical
STAN GETZ, LUIZ BONFA - Saudade Vem Correndo
PHARCYDE - Runnin’
MICHAEL JACKSON - Human Nature
NAS - It Ain’t Hard To Tell
KOOL & THE GANG - N.T Parts 1&2
BLACKBYRDS - Mysterious Vibes
PARIS - Days Of Old
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - Nothing The Same
MASTA ACE - Music Man
SKULL SNAPS - It’s a New Day
TOWER OF POWER - Sparkling In The Sand
DIAMOND D - Sally Got a One Track Mind
ROGER - You Should Be Mine
EPMD - Crossover

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SIMS SAMPLES

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of De La Soul's third full LP 'Buhloone Mindstate', originally released 21st September 1993, our friend Chris Read has put together a sweet tribute mix for Wax Poetics & Who Sampled. Enjoy!

Artwork: Leon Nockolds

Tracklist:

1. De La Soul - Ego Trippin (Part Two) (L.A Jay Remix Instrumental)
2. Chris Read - Theme #3 (Scratchapella)
3. Johnnie Taylor - Love In The Streets (Ain't Good As Love At Home) (sampled in '3 Days Later')
4. Maseo Interview Extract
5. Five Stairsteps - Don't Change Your Love [Loop] (sampled in '3 Days Later')
6. De La Soul - 3 Days Later
7. Lou Donaldson - Hot Dog (sampled in '3 Days Later')
8. Parliament - Come Out In The Rain [Loop] (sampled in 'Paul's Revenge')
9. De La Soul - 'Paul's Revenge'
10. Grandmaster & The Furious Five - Flash It To The Beat (sampled in 'Stone Age')
11. De La Soul feat Biz Markie - Stone Age
12. Jackie Robinson - Pussyfooter [Extract] (sampled in 'Stone Age')
13. Public Enemy - B Side Wins Again [Extract] (sampled in 'Stone Age')
14. Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution [Loop] (sampled in 'Stone Age')
15. The Outlaw Blues Band - Deep Gully (sampled in 'Intro')
16. De La Soul - Intro
16. Lou Rawls - You've Made Me So Very Happy (sampled in 'I Be Blowin')
17. Maseo Interview Extract
18. De La Soul feat Maceo Parker - I Be Blowin
19. De La Soul - I Am I Be
20. Jeff Beck - Come Dancing (sampled in 'Area')
21. Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three - New Rap Language [Extract] (sampled in 'Area')
22. De La Soul - Area
23. Lonnie Smith - Spinning Wheel (sampled in 'In The Woods')
24. De La Soul feat Shortie No Mass - In The Woods
25. De La Soul - Dave Has A Problem... Seriously
26. Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It (sampled in 'Breakadawn')
27. Bar Kays - Sang and Dance [Extract] (sampled in 'Breakadawn')
28. Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can [Loop] (sampled in 'Breakadawn')
29. De La Soul - Breakadawn
30. Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (sampled in 'Breakadawn')
31. Al Hirt - Harlem Hendoo (sampled in 'Ego Trippin' (Part Two))
32. De La Soul - Ego Trippin' (Part Two)
33. De La Soul - Eye Patch
34. De La Soul & Guru feat Fred Wesley & Pee Wee Ellis - Patti Dooke
35. De La Soul feat Scha Dara Parr & Takagi Kan - Long Island Wildin'
36. Duke Pearson - Ground Hog (sampled in Long Island Wildin')

Buhloone Mindstate 25th Anniversary Mixtape

De La Soul 'Buhloone Mindstate' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

A MOS DEF SONGS & SAMPLES MIX TO CELEBRATE "BLACK ON BOTH SIDE" 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY. ENJOY

TRACKLIST:

Do jhooth jeye ek sach ke liye
Auditorium
Men Of Vision, The Colours
Revelations
Joe Thomas  Polarize
B-Boy Document '99
Reminisce 
Earl Klugh Catherine
7 days remix
Love Theme From Spartacus
Astronomy (8th Light)
Baby I'm a Want You
Mathematics
mary wells - two lovers history
History
Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy)
Love
Message From A Black Man
Undeniable
invitation
Brown Sugar 
Promise Her Anything But Give Her Arpeggio
Speed Law
I Against I
Genesis  Mama
The Temprees You Make the Sun Shine
The corner remix
The Metaphors  You Have Everything
Holiday
the jaggerz gotta find my way back home
Back Home 
Peace And Love Movement IV
Two Words
selda ince ince
Supermagic
I Love You More And More
85 The Panties
We've Only Just Begun
reflection eternal
If I Don't Love You This Way
U R The One
The Fox
Respiration
The Robbery And The Chase
Respiration flying_high_main)
Remix For P Is Free
Definition
Boogie_down_productions-stop_the_violence_
Re_ Definition
The Warnings (Part II)
Hip Hop 
Roy Ayers We Live In Brooklyn, Baby
Brooklyn 
Gil Scott-Heron  Legend In His Own Mind 
Mr. Nigga
madelaine  who is she and what is she to you
Life Is Real
one step ahead
Miss fat booty
Sinnerman
Get By 
whatever's fair
Travellin' Man
Sex, Love & Money
Umi Says

SIMS SAMPLES THE MIGHTY MOS DEF EDITION

During our 30+ year history we have become well-known for championing a wide-range of musical genres, but for many people we will forever be associated with the golden age of hip hop and our Soho stores. The memories of the music and culture from that time are intertwined with the experience of being in that store (for customers and staff alike). Mr Bongo founder and MD, Dave Buttle, recalls that heady period in Mr Bongo history…

"It was a really exciting time. Soho was booming - full of media companies, record, stores, labels, and the place to go in London for your vinyl shopping needs. If you had an exclusive new hip hop release in store the word would spread and it would be a roadblock. We are talking the early Rawkus releases, Mos Def, Company Flow, then we had Dr Octagon, exclusive Lord Finesse bits from Japan."

Hip hop will always be in the DNA of Mr Bongo and a couple of years back we decided to channel that into a Mr Bongo Hip Hop 45 reissue series. Our ambition was to release the best and most in demand cuts from the 80’s and 90’s on 7" in original picture sleeves. It’s a collection of our personal favourites, Bongo store anthems and undeniable classics. We kicked the series off with A Tribe Called Quest ‘Scenario’ and we are about to hit release number 20 with the Egyptian Lover ‘Computer Love'. The series has featured artists such as Nas, Souls of Mischief, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Cypress Hill, Gang Starr, Black Sheep - to name a few. The response to these releases has been fantastic - the demand for these cuts is coming in from all around the world and we are very thankful for the support and love they are getting!

To celebrate reaching release number 20 in the series we thought now would be a good time to showcase the catalogue in full. We called in DJ Chris Read to put together an exclusive Mr Bongo Hip Hop 45’s mix. Chris is a long-time collaborator with Bongo, has a deep knowledge of hip hop, and is an incredible DJ. Perfect for this mix. 

"Every track featured in the Bongos Hip Hop 45s reissues series is a certified classic and a high proportion of these records featured heavily in my DJ sets during the 90s and beyond. It was a lot of fun not only to see these records again on 45, but also to revisit them in this mix. 

In the years after I moved back to London in the early 2000s, a record shopping trip to Soho was a regular part of my Saturday routine and a visit to Mr Bongo's Berwick Street store was an essential stop on a circuit that took in stores including Record and Tape Exchange, Major Flavas, Scenario, Deal Real and many others. The space was small, the queue for the counter usually deep and the vibe was often hectic, but the atmosphere was electric. I have no idea how many hours I must have spent flicking through the racks or stood at the counter trying to get a glimpse of the latest arrivals up on the wall, but they were hours well spent, made all the better by the presence of some top class DJs serving from behind the counter.” Chris Read