I cannot get enough of the Nasty Habits joint!! More Pharcyde unreleased jams.

we often test the water just to she if she the one ...if she would turn her eyes to me to see if we the one

Mecca & The Soul Brother 30th Anniversary Tribute here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-133147562/pete-rock-cl-smooth-mecca-and-the-soul-brother-30th-anniversary-mix-dj-filthy-rich

Tribute mix celebrating Pete Rock & CL Smooth's masterpiece 'The Main Ingredient', which turned 30 recently.
'Mecca & The Soul Brother' is the more iconic/important album, but Main Ingredient slowly became my favorite over the years.....for a lot of the same reasons I lean to ATCQ's Midnight Marauders over Low End Theory.
Pete's production went from a harder/dusty sound on MATSB, to a warm/melodic vibe on TMI.  The samples Pete chose hit your soul in that sweet spot:  from Cannonball Adderley on 'In The House', to George Benson on 'I Get Physical' + 'In The Flesh', to Roy Ayers on 'Searching'....masterful.  Pair that with CL's smooth voice & flow, and your soul starts to vibrate....

TRACKLIST
Check It Out (OG Sample + LP)
Tell Me (OG Sample Blend)
Take You There ft Keni Burke (OG Sample Blend + LP)
In The House (LP + OG Sample)
Worldwide ft Rob-O (OG Sample + LP)
Sun Won't Come Out (LP + OG Sample)
Get On The Mic ft Biz Markie (OG Sample + LP + Blend)
The Main Ingredient (OG Sample + LP)
I Get Physical ft Big Daddy Kane (Blend + LP + OG Sample)
In The Flesh
We Specialize (Blend)
Carmel City (OG Sample + Unreleased Version)
Searching (OG Sample Blend + LP)
All The Places (OG Sample Blend + LP)
Escape (OG Sample + LP)
I Got A Love ft Heavy D (OG Sample Blend + LP)
The Ambassadors - Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl (Filthy Remaster)
It's On You ft Grap Luva (OG Sample Blend + LP)

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Main Ingredient 30th Anniversary Mix

KELLEN DE VOS - GRAND SLAM

The Pharcyde is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their iconic album Labcabincalifornia by releasing a commemorative mixtape. In a collaborative effort, the #BeamMeUpSpinna mixtape is mixed by NYC’s DJ Spinna and features “Nasty Habits”, an unreleased joint from the vault that features Ralph Tresvant & Bobby Brown.  Imani & Bootie Brown also asked a group of producers to remix and add their own personal spin on a few of the Labcabincalifornia songs that you all know and love.

Dj Mike Relm re-works a mash up of “Drop”, SBBX remixes “Groupie Therapy”, Moka Only drops his version of “Y”, Ta'Raach teams up with Bootie Brown to co-produce “Devil Music, The Devils Kitchen Remix”, and The Pharcyde’s own Bootie Brown remixes “Runnin’.”

DJ SPINNA is a heavily touted presence in the international soulful house music scene. He is known for his vast accomplishments as a producer, is celebrated for his “Soul Slam” events and Stevie Wonder inspired  WONDER-Full Dj performances and subsequent collaborations.

The Pharcyde’s sophomore album “LabcabinCalifornia” was originally released on November 14th, 1995. The group enlisted a young and then unknown James Yancey aka J DILLA to produce beats, like the cult classic “Runnin.”  They also collaborated with director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich” “Adaptation”) on the video for “Drop.” Labcabincalifornia has consistently and continues to reinforce their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.

www.ThePharcyde.com
Twitter/IG/FB: @ThePharcyde


LabcabinCalifornia 20yr Anniversary Mixtape By DJ Spinna

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of De La Soul's fourth studio album 'Stakes Is High', our buddy Chris Read couldn't resist cooking up yet another stellar mix of tracks from the LP, alternate versions, and original sample material.

Listen up and enjoy!

Artwork by Leon Nockolds
Words by Alice Price-Styles

Track list:

1. De La Soul – ‘Intro’
2. Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band – ‘Enchanted Lady’ (sampled in ‘Dinninit’)
3. De La Soul – ‘Dinninit’
4. Jan Hammer Group – ‘Peaceful Sundown’ (sampled in ‘Dog Eat Dog’)
5. De La Soul – ‘Dog Eat Dog’
6. Aretha Franklin – It Only Happens (When I Look At You) (sampled in ‘Long Island Degrees’)
7. De La Soul – ‘Long Island Degrees’
8. Craig Mack – ‘Get Down’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘The Bizness’)
9. De La Soul feat Common – ‘The Bizness’
10. Commodores – ‘High on Sunshine’ (sampled in ‘Sunshine’)
11. De La Soul – ‘Sunshine’
12. Bayete – ‘Free Angela’ (sampled in ‘Sunshine’)
13. Ahmad Jamal – ‘Swahililand’ (sampled in ‘Stakes is High’)
14. De La Soul – ‘Stakes is High’ 
15. De La Soul – ‘Stakes Is High (Jay Dee Remix)’
16. James Brown – ‘Mind Power’ (sampled in ‘Stakes is High’)
17. De La Soul feat Mos Def & Truth Enola – ‘Stakes is High (Remix)’
18. Walter Wanderley – ‘Summer Samba’ (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
19. Jimmy Spicer – ‘Adventures of Super Rhyme’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
20. Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick – La Di Da Di [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
21. De La Soul – ‘Supa Emcees’
22. Wilson Pickett – Get Me Back On Time, Engine #9 [Extract] (sampled in ‘Supa Emcees’)
23. De La Soul feat Mos Def – ‘Big Brother Beat’
24. Kurtis Blow – ‘These Are the Breaks’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘The Brakes’)
25. De La Soul – ‘The Brakes’
26. James Brown – Funky Drummer [Loop] (sampled in ‘Betta Listen’)27. De La Soul – ‘Betta Listen’
28. Jeff Beck – ‘Come Dancing’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘Down Syndrome’)
29. James Brown – ‘Talkin Loud & Sayin Nothing’ [Loop] (sampled in ‘Down Syndrome’)
30. De La Soul – ‘Down Syndrome’
31. De La Soul feat Truth Enola – ‘Pony Ride’
32. Lou Donaldson – ‘Who’s Making Love’ (sampled in ‘Wonce Again Long Island’)
33. De La Soul – ‘Wonce Again Long Island’
34. Malcolm McLaren – ‘Hobo Scratch’ (sampled in ‘Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby’)
35. De La Soul feat Jazzyfatnastees – ‘Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby’
36. Chico Hamilton – ‘A Rose for Booker’ (sampled in ‘4 More’)
37. Jungle Brothers – ‘Jimmy Bonus Beat’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘4 More’)
38. De La Soul feat Zhane – ‘4 More’


De La Soul 'Stakes Is High' 20th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest's fourth studio album 'Beats, Rhymes and Life,' our buddy Chris Read has crafted an exclusive mix of tracks from the LP, alternate versions, and original sample material.

Listen up and enjoy!

Artwork by Leon Nockolds

Tracklist :

1. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Stressed Out’ (Raphael Saadiq Remix) (Instrumental)
2. Chris Read – Theme #3 (Scratchapella)
3. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Keeping It Moving’
4. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Crew’
5. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Stressed Out’ (Baby Phife Version) (Instrumental)
6. Anita Baker – ‘Good Love’ (sampled in ‘Stressed Out’)
7. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Stressed Out’ (Baby Phife Version)
8. James Brown – ‘Funky Drummer’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Motivators’)
9. Michal Urbaniak Group – ‘Irena’ (Sampled in ‘Motivators’)
10. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Motivators’
11. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Jam’ (Instrumental)
12. The Howard Roberts Quartet – ‘Dirty Old Bossa Nova’ (Sampled in ‘Jam’)
13. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Jam’
14. Rodney Franklin – ‘The Watcher’ (Sampled in ‘Word Play’)
15. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Word Play’
16. The Emotions – ‘Blind Alley’ (Sampled in ‘Phony Rappers’)
17. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Phony Rappers’
18. The Cyrkle – ‘The Visit (She Was There)’ (Sampled in ‘Get A Hold’)
19. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Get A Hold’
20. Funkadelic – ‘Get Off Your Ass and Jam’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
21. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Steve Biko (Stir It Up)’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
22. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘God Lives Through’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
23. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Electric Relaxation’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
24. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Buggin’ Out’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
25. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Hot Sex’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
26. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Award Tour [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
27. A Tribe Called Quest feat Afrika Baby Bam – ‘If The Papes Come’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
28. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School – Scenario [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
29. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Jazz (We’ve Got)’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
30. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Midnight’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
31. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Chase Part II’ (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
32. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘We Can Get Down’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
33. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Verses From The Abstract’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘Pressure’)
34. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Pressure’
35. Henry Franklin – ‘Soft Spirit’ (Sampled in ‘The Hop’)
36. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Hop’
37. Thunder & Lightning – ‘Bumpin Bus Stop’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘The Hop’)
38. Kool & The Gang – ‘N.T’ (Sampled in ‘Mind Power’)
39. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘Mind Power’ 
40. Jack Bruce – ‘Sam Enchanted Dick’ (Sampled in ‘Baby Phife’s Return’)
41. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Baby Phife’s Return’
42. Manzell – ‘Midnight Theme’ [Loop] (Sampled in ‘Baby Phife’s Return’)
43. Ohio Players – ‘Pain’ (Sampled in ‘What Really Goes On’)
44. James Brown – ‘Make It Funky’ [Extract] (Sampled in ‘What Really Goes On’)
45. A Tribe Called Quest feat Consequence – ‘What Really Goes On’
46. Cannonball Adderley – Untitled [Extract] (Sampled in ‘1nce Again’)
47. A Tribe Called Quest feat Tammy Lucas – ‘1nce Again’


A Tribe Called Quest 'Beats, Rhymes and Life' 20th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

This is a mix strictly dedicated to the Remix. These are not new-aged mash-ups, re-fixes, edits, transitions, or whatever other name there might be, these cuts are in the spirit of the traditional remix. Most of these were label releases, b-sides, white label releases, and alternate versions. 

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Goldenera Remixes (A dedication to 90's Hip Hop remixes) Mixed by @Haylow

Digable Planets - Built To Last Mix

To honor a masterpiece in Hip hop music, I have put together this mix to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop by Diamond & The Psychotics Neurotics.

TRACKLIST:

Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Intro
George Benson - Footin' It
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Freestyle (Yo, That's That Sh...)
Sly & The Family Stone - You Can Make It If You Try
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Lunch Room Chatter
The J.B.'s - Gimme Some More
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - What You Seek
Tower Of Power -Sparkling In The Sand
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Sally Got A One Track Mind
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Sally Got A One Track Mind (Two Track Beat Down)
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Sally Got A One Track Mind (Showbiz Remix)
Weather Report - American Tango
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Bad Tune
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Feel The Vibe
Rare Earth - Keepin' Me Out Of The Storm
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Pass Dat Shit
Lee Dorsey - Get Out My Life Woman
Tanya "Sweet T" Winly - Vicious Rap
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Best Kept Secret (45 King Remix)
Three Dog Night - I Can Hear You Calling
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Best Kept Secret (Extended Mix)
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Red Light, Green Light
Jack Bruce - Sam Enchanted Dick: Sam's Sack/Rill's Thrills
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Step To Me
S.S.O. - Faded Lady
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - I Went For Mine
Flaming Ember - Gotta Get Away
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - I'm Outta Here
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - I'm Outta Here (Remix)
Watsonian Institute - Virgina's Pretty Funky 
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - A Day In The Life
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - You Can't Front
Brethren - Outside Love
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Check One, Two
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - Stop
Kleeer - Intimate Connection
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Confused
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - "*!*!" What You Heard
Donny Hathaway - Magnificent Sanctuary Band
The Billy Cobham - George Duke Band - Almustafa The Beloved (Live)
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics "Stunt, Blunts, & Hip Hop 25 Mix"

Track list:

1. Diamond D - 'Intro' (Instrumental)
2. Chris Read - 'Theme #3' (Scratchapella)
3. Diamond D - 'A Day In The Life' (Instrumental)
4. Diamond D Interview 22nd September 1992
5. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills - 'Stop' (sampled in 'Check, One, Two')
6. Stezo - 'Gets Into His Move' [Extract] (sampled in 'Check, One, Two')
7. Diamond D - 'Check, One, Two'
8. Jack Bruce - 'Sam Enchanted Dick' (sampled in 'Step to Me')
9. Big Daddy Kane - 'Ain't No Half Steppin' [Extract] (sampled in 'Step to Me')
10. Diamond D - 'Step To Me'
11. Solomon Burke - 'Fight Back' (sampled in 'Step to Me')
12. Three Dog Night - 'I Can Hear You Calling' (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret')
13. Kool & The Gang - 'N.T' [Extract] (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret')
14. James Brown - 'Make It Funky' [Extract] (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret')
15. Diamond D - 'Best Kept Secret'
16. Big Daddy Kane - 'Mortal Combat [Extract] (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret')
17. Ultimate Force - 'I'm Not Playing' [Extract] (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret')
18. Diamond D - 'Best Kept Secret' (45 King Remix)
19. James Brown - 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)' [Extract] (sampled in 'Best Kept Secret (45 King Remix)'
20. Diamond D - 'Pass Dat Shit' (Instrumental)
21. Diamond D feat Fat Joe, Maestro Fresh Wes * Mike GQ - 'Pass Dat Shit'
22. Magic Disco Machine - 'Scratchin' [Extract] (sampled in 'Pass Dat Shit')
23. Black Sabbath - 'Behind the Wall of Sleep' [Loop] (sampled in 'Red Light, Green Light')
24. Diamond D - 'Red Light, Green Light'
25. Run-DMC - 'Here We Go (Live at The Funhouse') [Extract] (sampled in Red Light, Green Light')
26. Leader of the New School - 'Sobb Story' [Extract] (sampled in 'Red Light, Green Light')
27. Baby Huey - 'Hard Times' (sampled in 'Red Light, Green Light')
28. Earth Wind & Fire - 'Bad Tune' (sampled in 'Feel The Vibe')
29. The Shades of Brown - 'The Soil I Tilled For You' [Loop] (sampled in 'Feel The Vibe')
30. Diamond D - 'Feel The Vibe'
31. Brother Jack McDuff - 'Hold It For A Minute' (sampled in 'Feel The Vibe')
32. Detroit Emeralds - 'You're Getting A Little Too Smart' [Loop] (sampled in 'I Went For Mine')
33. SSO - 'Faded Lady' (sampled in 'I Went For Mine')
34. Diamond D - 'I Went For Mine'
35. A Tribe Called Quest feat Sadat X, Lord Jamar & Diamond D - 'Show Business' [Extract] (sampled in 'Fuck What U Heard')
36. John Handy - 'Alvina' (sampled in 'Fuck What U Heard')
37. Donny Hathaway - 'Magnificent Sanctuary Band' [Loop] (sampled in 'Fuck What U Heard')
38. Diamond D - 'Funk What U Heard'
39. Kleeer - 'Intimate Connection' (sampled in 'Confused')
40. Diamond D feat Jasmine & Michelle Sweeting- 'Confused'
41. Tower of Power - 'Sparkling in the Sand' (sampled in 'Sally Got A One Track Mind')
42. Skull Snaps - 'It's A New Day' [Loop] (sampled in 'Sally Got A One Track Mind')
43. Diamond D - 'Sally Got A One Track Mind'
44. Diamond D - 'Sally Got A One Track Mind' (Showbiz Remix)
45. Diamond D - 'Sally Got A One Track Mind' (Two Track Beatdown)
46. Flaming Ember - 'Gotta Get Away' (sampled in 'I'm Outta Here')
47. Diamond D - 'I'm Outta Here'
48. George Benson - 'Footin' It' (sampled in 'Freestyle (Yo That's That Shit)')
49. Diamond D - 'Freestyle (Yo That's That Shit)'
50. Sly & The Family Stone - 'You Can Make It If You Try' [Loop] (sampled in 'What You Seek')
51. Diamond D - 'What You Seek'
52. Kool & The Gang - 'Who's Gonna Take The Weight' [Loop] (sampled in 'What You Seek')
53. Black Sheep - 'To Whom It May Concern' [Extract] (sampled in 'What You Seek')
54. The J.Bs - 'Gimme Some More' (sampled in 'What You Seek')
55. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - 'Good Life' [Extract] (sampled in 'What You Seek')
56. Herbie Hancock - 'Do A Thing' (sampled in 'You Can't Front (Shit Is Real)')
57. Brethren - 'Outside Love' [Loop] (sampled in 'You Can't Front (Shit Is Real)')
58. Diamond D feat Lord Finesse & Sadat X - 'You Can't Front (Shit Is Real)'

Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop 25th Anniversary Mix

Diamond D 'Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

Q-TIP mix on ADWL Radio April 11,2018

I am constantly thinking of different themes to build a mix around. With the completion of each mix I typically fall into a 2-3 week funk where I try to think of a new theme for my next mix. Following the Folger's Blends mix I was struggling to think of a new theme. Then, one day while doing a random google search I stumbled onto the above logo. At first glance, I thought the logo was straight dope. However, the logo became even cooler when I learned that it was the creation of my favorite t-shirt designer, Derek from Manifest Worldwide. Given that the saying behind the logo comes from a ATCQ song, I was originally intending to do a Tribe mix. However, since Tribe mixes are a dime a dozen I went in the direction of creating a mix that attempts to capture the jazzy vibe that groups like Tribe and Digable Planets spawned. As the title suggests, all songs on this mix incorporate jazz based samples. The track selection includes music from jazzy groups and producers such as A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Diamond D, Black Moon, De La Soul, Madlib, No ID, Gang Starr, Showbiz & AG, Big L, The Roots, and Nas (I think that's all of them?). Half the fun of making this mix was doing the research to ensure that all songs maintained a jazz break. Some were no brainers, but other songs with jazz breaks were quite surprising. Jazz based samples have always given a special vibe to hip hop music so I hope this mix captures that magic. Thanks again to Derek at Manifest for inspiring the mix's theme.

We Got the Jazz

Welcome to the Official Pharcyde Channel

In the early 90’s, when gangsta’ rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers strapped on their Locs, Chuck Taylor’s & Ben Davis’, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully weird vision. 

Opting to stay true to themselves with their left field but still South-Central sensibility, rap had seen few groups so self-deprecating and so smart, a group of visionary rappers adroitly able to split the difference between helium-voiced and hard-core.

Listening to “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde” two full decades after its release, its sense of timeliness is unmistakable. Every song on the album inverts a hoary hip-hop cliché. With classics like “Oh Shit,” “Otha Fish”, “Ya’ Mama,” and hit single, “Passing Me By,” it is not surprising that it shipped over a million units, garnered comparisons to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, and everyone from Pitchfork Media to The Source has hailed it as one of the greatest albums ever made. 

Speaking on the passage of time, their second release “LabCabInCalifornia” has revealed exactly how far-reaching The Pharcyde’s vision was. From enlisting a young and then unknown James Yancey aka J DILLA to produce beats, the classic “Runnin” to collaborating with director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich” “Adaptation”) on the video for “Drop,” it has consistently reinforced their steadfast refusal to tread familiar artistic grounds.

Today, The Pharcyde is still performing and touring the globe. They continue to hone their individual abilities yet carry on the name & legacy in its original fashion. They still seduce their audience with the same boyish charm that founded them at the beginning. Now, it’s combined with the knowledge that has been bestowed upon them as men who have taken on, and rose to the challenge of the rap game. 

The end result of all this hard work is a band that’s still influencing the hip hop artists and sounds crowding our radio waves today and will continue to for many years to come.

LabcabinCalifornia 20yr Anniversary Mixtape By DJ Spinna

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