Marley Marl & Pete Rock Future Flavas, Hot 97, July 1996

On Friday February 7 2014 as Dj Premier was in Detroit performing at Dilla Day, I was filling in for Premier on his Sirius/Xm radio show "Live From Headqcourterz". Being that it was what would have been J-Dilla's 40th birthday I did an all Dilla set in my second hour honoring the late great Producer/MC/DJ. 
James "Jay-Dee", "J-Dilla" Yancey died in 2006 at the young age of 32 from cardiac arrest after a long battle with a rare blood disease.... 

He was one of the music industry's most influential and respected hip-hop artists. 

J - Dilla Tribute - Dj Finesse NYC filling in for Dj Premier on Live From Headqcourterz

My personal tribute to the late great Jay Dee aka J Dilla.  The greatest Hip Hop producer of all time.  

J Dilla Tribute MegaMix

From 03.07.23 "This one is for De La. This is tough. I've been streaming De La Soul's music all weekend (if you haven't been, PLEASE run up their discography's numbers on any and EVERY DSP you use), and to me, their music can be summed up in one word: sunshine. Maybe it's because it was a gorgeous spring day years ago when I ripped open the plastic wrap on my "Stakes is High" CD only to blast it on repeat in my car for hours....or maybe it's because I was obsessed with their track "Can't Call It" in the summer of 2014....but whatever the reason, their music means so much to me - "Dinninit" was on one of the first mixes I made almost 15 years ago (sheesh) that I had the confidence to share publicly (aka burning to CD/hand out/email to friends) - when I was figuring out this DJ thing. And whatever mood I'm in, I know I can bump any De La Soul track and smile."

The Foundation 03.07.23 (De La Forever)

I've never listened to as much music on my headphones as I have the last two and half years since my daughter was born.  In fact, I've become quite the headphone connoisseur, purchasing five different pairs of headphones in the last year.  I've got monitoring headphones, deejaying headphones, walking around the house headphones; I even have a pair of headphones that fit me just right for when I'm laying on the couch just listening to music.  That's pretty much what I do.  When done doing honey-do's and daddy-do's, I put on my headphones, listen to music, and search for inspiration for my next mix.  The problem I had for months was the actual "mixing" part of the equation.  I kept wasting my precious free time napping instead of mixing.  Enter: coffee.  The key ingredient to the equation is coffee because those wonderful brown beans have kept me awake and mixing.  The Beats serve as the inspiration.  The Headphones allow for hearing the inspiration while Lil Mixes sleeps.  And the Coffee keeps me awake enough to create.  


Beats, Headphones, & Coffee

#WeLoveDilla is the third edition of my #WeLove mix series.
In commemoration of his birth month I wanted to pay tribute to him with a small sampling of his discography.  

#WeLoveDilla

We Love Mix series: https://soundcloud.com/chorizofunk/sets/we-love-mix-series

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We Love Dilla Mixed by DJ Chorizo Funk

4 Turntable set of all J Dilla Production, Beats and Exclusives! Recorded at Boombox in LA, 2/7/15! Pleasure to rock with my Brother C-Minus! Almighty Ruffnex!! Turn it Up!!

Almighty Ruffnex present Live at BoomBox

Something to hold you over until that new ATCQ album drops. The Found Tapes Vol. 3, a mix featuring unreleased songs, rarities, demos and lost B side remixes from A Tribe Called Quest.

01. Rhude Intro
02. Stretch & Bob B Sides ft ATCQ Freestyle Pt. 1 (Hot 97 tape rip)
03. Bonita Applebum (UK 12 Inch Mix)
04. Practice Session (demo)
05. She Fe MCs ft De La Soul (unreleased)
06. Lyrics To Go (Tumblin Dice Remix)
07. Oh My God (Know Naim Remix)
08. Oh MY God (Master Mix)
09. It's Yours (unreleased)
10. Get It Up (demo Phife House recordings)
11. The Remedy ft Common (unreleased)
12. Stretch & Bob B Sides ft ATCQ Freestyle Pt. 2
13. That Shit ft Jay Dee (unreleased)
14. Girls (demo)
15. The Promo Pt. 2 ft The Jungle Brothers
16. Bound To Wreck Your Body (promo)
17. Mardi Gras At Midnight ft Rah Digga
18. 1nce Again (Jackin For Tribe Beats)
19. Check The Rhime (Mr Muhammad's Mix)
20. I C U (Doin It) ft Erykah Badu
21. Black Gold Of The Sun ft Nuyorican Soul
22. Artical (Phife verse)
23. Who Planned It ft Tiger

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/dgyho2d1an8wheh/The+Found+Tapes+Vol.+3+-+A+Tribe+Called+Quest.zip

DJ Rhude Presents: The Found Tapes Vol. 3 

The Found Tapes Vol. 3 - A Tribe Called Quest Mix

SPINNING ALL 45s @MIGHTY IN SAN FRAN

I think Mos Def was right when he said that the future of hip hop is in the instrumental album. I think 95% of my favorite releases of the last few years have been without emcees. Since I'm always looking for a new theme to base a mix around, I thought it would be a good idea to mix together my favorite cover songs, tributes, and reinterpretations of hip hop classics that have proliferated over the last few years. Now it just so happens, all these joints (or almost all) are emcee'less. The mix consists of tributes to, reinterpretations of, and covers by Miles Davis, Jeremy Taylor, El Michels Affair, Wu Tang Clan, Isaac Hayes, Biggie Smalls, Frank Sinatra, Madlib, J. Dilla, J. Rawls, Beatnuts, Pete Rock, Eryka Badu, Mr. Chop, A Tribe Called Quest, Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Damu the Fudgemunk, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Scott, Oh No, DJ Spinna, Black Moon, John Coltrane, and a few more that I can't remember. Listing all these name I bet you're probably thinking that this mix is like 3 hours long. Wrong. The mix runs just under 25 minutes. I know, I know, why so short? Well, you already know the answer to that. Quality over quantity. In any event, a lot of time, money, energy, and love went into this effort so I hope you all enjoy.

Covers, Tributes, & Reinterpretations

My daughter slept in our room for the first 5 months of her life (she actually slept in our bed in my wife's arms for the first 3 months).  During these first 5 months, it was lights outs at the Mixes household at around 8pm where my wife and I would just lay still hoping that nothing would wake the baby.  It was during these nights that this mix was created.  I spent hours on end, night after night, listening to massive amounts of music playing through my headphones.  Much of the music playing in my headphones during this time was music that I probably would have never listened to under more ordinary circumstances.  As I would engage in the nightly ritual of listening to music, I would take notes in my iphone's notepad to identify which songs I thought would blend well with each other.  Once my wife and I were able to transition my daughter to her own room I was able to finagle some turntable time for myself while she slept to actually lay the mix down (mostly in headphones of course).



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