Off The Record (02/05/2023)

Released in spring of 1996, The Battle Arena on 4 Turntables Mixtape by DJ Hype & DJ Domain, back then also known as The In Ya Ear Soundlab, sets the vibe of the mid 90s era in Hip Hop. Remastered for today's listening pleasure. Going way back, back into time. Enjoy!

Hype & Domain - The Battle Arena Mixtape 1996 Side A

An extended version of a Block Party mix broadcast on BBC 6 Music, April 19th 2025. This one concentrates on the core Native Tongues posse; A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Queen Latifah, Monie Love & Chi-Ali, to tie in with the 35th anniversary of Tribe's debut album 'People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm' (released April 10th 1990).

This mix focusses primarily on the crew's early releases, from the late 80s to the early 90s. This is the Daisy Age.

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TRACKLIST:

Various - 3 Mins of The Huey Show

The New Birth - African Cry
Jungle Brothers ft. Q Tip - How Ya Want It We Got It (Native Tongues Remix)
Black Sheep - Butt In The Meantime (Remix)
De La Soul - Potholes Is My Lawn (12" Version)
De La Soul - Plug Tunin' (12" Version)
Jungle Brothers - On The Road Again (My Jimmy Weighs A Ton) (Q Tip Remix)
Jungle Brothers - Jimbrowski (Drums)
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
Black Sheep - Flavor Of The Month
Chi-Ali - Funky Lemonade
De La Soul ft. J Period - Excursions (Tribute Remix)
Jungle Brothers ft. Q Tip - The Promo
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
Queen Latifah ft. Levert & Troop - For The Love Of Money / Living For The City (from New Jack City)
Monie Love - There's A Better Way
Black Sheep - Try Counting Sheep
A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
A Tribe Called Quest - After Hours
A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That
De La Soul ft. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love - Buddy (Remix)
Jungle Brothers - J Beez Comin' Through
Talib Kweli & J Rawls - Native Sons
Busta Rhymes - Rhymes Galore
A Tribe Called Quest - Rhythm (Devoted To The Art Of Moving Butts)
A Tribe Called Quest - Mr. Muhammad
A Tribe Called Quest - Luck of Lucien
De La Soul - Ghetto Thang
De La Soul - Change of Speak
De La Soul - Eye Know
Queen Latifah ft. De La Soul - Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children (Infant Mix)
Queen Latifah & Monie Love - Ladies First
Monie Love ft. True Image - It's A Shame
Jungle Brothers - What U Waitin' 4 (Remix)
A Tribe Called Quest - Youthful Expression
De La Soul - Say No Go
Jungle Brothers ft. De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love - Doin' Our Own Dang
Jungle Brothers - Tribe Vibes (Drums)
Queen Latifah - Nature Of A Sista
Monie Love - Monie In The Middle
De La Soul - Me, Myself & I
De La Soul - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You

Huey Morgan / Jamz Supernova - BBC 6 Music Outro

BONUS TRACKS:
Chi-Ali ft. Dres, Dove, Fashion & Phife - Let The Horns Blow
Monie Love ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Work It Out (from Boyz N The Hood)
Talib Kweli & J Rawls ft. Maseo, Pos, Mike G, Afrika, Black Thought & Busta Rhymes - Native Sons (Part 2)
A Tribe Called Quest - Description Of A Fool

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Also includes elements of:
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Black Sheep - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing Intro
Black Sheep - On The Wall (from Trespass)
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead Intro
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising Intro
De La Soul ft. MF DOOM - Rock Co.Kane Flow (acapella)
De La Soul - Buddy (LP version)
De La Soul - Plug Tunin' (LP version)
De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age
A Tribe Called Quest - His Name is Mutty Ranks
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
Queen Latifah - Princess of the Posse
Queen Latifah - Evil That Men Do (Drums)
Monie Love ft. Adeva - Ring My Bell (extended)
Monie Love - Zulu Nation UK interview 2016
Juss Bad (Monie Love, MC Mell"O" & DJ Pogo) - Freestyle
Jungle Brothers - 40 Below Trooper
Jungle Brothers - Sounds Of The Safari
Chi-Ali - In My Room
Chi-Ali ft. The Beatnuts - The Fabulous Chi
Ronnie Gee - Raptivity

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Mix curated & produced by Bobby Bignell aka DJ BobaFatt, April 2025.

Native Tongues Block Party | BBC 6 Music

Hey there, back again with the 2nd chunk from our Kings Day DJ set in Amsterdam this year, this time from mid-way through the day, heading from jazzier soulful sounds into more solid 4-4 territory, mixing some quality oddball grooves from around the world alongside a serious helping of classics and favourites - hope you enjoy!

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Kings Day Amsterdam 2025 (Part 2)

01 Shade K - One Two Stan
02 The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Breakthrough
03 Krafty Kuts feat. Dr. Luke & A.Skillz - Bring Back The Funk
04 Rephrase feat. Jimi Polar - The Return Of Jimi Fingers
05 Duke Ellington vs. Jurassic 5 - Kinda Dukish / Improvise (DJ Farrapo Mashup)
06 Sam Redmore - Jazzdance
07 Malente - Don't Stop (The Body Rock)
08 Prosper & Stabfinger - Hang On The City
09 Pecoe - Club Bounce
10 X-Ray Ted - Strut (Fort Knox Five Remix)
11 Prosper & Stabfinger feat. MC Shureshock & Kenny Beeper - Lockdown (Breaks Version)
12 Prosper & BadboE - Beastie Lifestyles
13 De La Soul feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Dres - What Yo Life Can Truly Be
14 Fort Knox Five vs. Anorre - Uptown Samaritan (Justin Nils Edit)
15 DJ Tron - Bombshell
16 Visit Venus - Space Nazis Must Die (Rae & Christian Remix)
17 Kabanjak - Night People (All Good Funk Alliance Remix)
18 Emapea - What The Funk

We Want Funk #40

AGFA - The Grateful Dead 60th Tribute Mix

Hey music lovers, it's the August edition of Hang Loose with The Allergies. On the show this month we have brand new music from Moneyshot & Blaktrix, upfront Nextmen and Dynamite MC, a fair few forthcoming 45s, some classic Andy Cooper, and an exclusive rap joint from Planky.
Plus, we jump on a B2B mix to drop fast beats and party breaks, and give away another free tune from The Allergies back catalogue. Get involved!

Cisco Cisco - The Heat 
Stogov - The Dream of Life 
Cheeba's Latin Bros -  All The Kids in Harlem
Blaktrix x DJ Moneyshot - Restless

Funk of The Month: 
The Nextmen- Another One ft. Dynamite MC 
Yazmin Lacey - Ain’t I Good For You 
Potatohead People and Slippery Elm - Chandeliers 
LTF - At The Pier 

Was Not Was - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Youngblood Brass Band - Ain’t Nobody
Hunger - Jappcats (Remix)
Crankcase -  The Tale Of The Stolen Funk And How We Stole It Back

4 x 45s:
Blunted Soul & Declaime - WestCoastBoomBashing
Jukebox Disco Divas - Bad Girl (Unreleased)
BB Lou Edits - Paint It Up Red
Blunted Styles / Resin Dogs - Q Kumbers (DJ Ransom Remix)

MPFREE: The Allergies - When The Heat Comes Down feat. ASM  (Remix)

Magic Source - Voodoo Ray
The Allergies - So Real

Fake Recordingz - Lady Be Good To Techno
Planky -One Life, One Soul Feat. Genesis Elijah, Harry Shotta & Backsy 


The Shake Up Mix:
The Crooklyn Clan – Let's Get Ill
Eli Escobar - Heavenly Break
Funkmaster Flex & Nine - Six Million Ways To Die
Lords Of The Underground - Here Come The Lords
Run DMC - Down With The King
Sam the Beast - Gucci Dance
KRS One - Sound of The Police
Kenny Dope - Get Up
Frankie Cutlass - Puerto Rico
DJ Mister Cee - Where's Brooklyn At?

The Allergies - Hold You Close
Lefties Soul Convention - Have Love Will Travel
Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That (Aaron Jerome mix)
Tom Jones - Feels Like Music
The Allergies - You Got Power 
Last Call: Hawa - D.A.N.C.E.

Hang Loose (August '25)

For my latest edition of Bootlegs & B-Sides, I'm only spinning fresh tunes. All selected songs have never been played on the show before, including some scorching hot new releases and overlooked gems.  Hope you dig them as much as I do. 

TRACKLIST:

The J.B.'s - Welcome to the Party
Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Ross Go Re-Funk)
Nas - One Love (J.Period Abstract Remix)
Redman feat. Method Man - Lalala
Dal Platinum - Turn It Like It's Hot 
Slightly Stoopid feat. B-Real & Chali 2na - The Upside Down
GRiZ - Gettin High, Havin Fun
ill Gates & Def3 - Smoke (Slynk Remix)
De La Soul - Itzsoweezee (Ross Go Re-Funk)
Ohio Players - Food Stamps Y'all
Jeru The Damaja - Ya Playin' Yaself (Ross Go Re-Funk)
SuckaSide - ESG DOC
Bootsy Collins feat Bootdullivan & Myra Washington - Album of the Year #1 Funkateer
Raekwon - Bear Hill
The Wiseguys - The Sound You Hear
FiLiBuStA/Passio - Wild Wild West


Bootlegs & B-Sides - Mix #143

track list
twist and shout -foot loserz 
single ladies-Nari
party rock-Max Magnani
now or never Richard grey
jammin now - dj icey
I feel good- supersavage 
habla con la Luna - Richard grey
good feeling - max Magnani 
alive- block and crown
best summer ever - ghostbusterz 
a.b.c- block and crown, Lissat
everybody have a good time- jackers revenge 
dancefloor shakedown - DJ pipes propa dropa remix
palm of my hands- John summit , odd mob remix
thinking about you- Rory Hoy
sweet disposition - John summit remix
slide on the rhythm - disco or die
stronger- earth n days

130 bpm Summer Fun mix track list in description

Good vibes to guide you through the fading days of summer.  

Rhino Soulsystem - Beast Mode (Mixtape)

Recently I had the pleasure of performing at Crystal Palace Bowl in London as part of the South Facing Festival, alongside a bunch of heroes & influences of mine, namely DJ Shadow, UNKLE (James Lavelle & Ronin), Morcheeba, Zero 7, Chali 2na (Jurassic 5) & A Skillz, as well as my good friend DJ Cheeba.

Here is a 33-track 90-minute mix including some of the music I played during my sets at the event, and tracks from the artists that performed. One-take business.

Incidentally, last time I was at Crystal Palace Bowl was back in 1996, when I was an extra in the video to Chemical Brothers & Noel Gallagher's No.1 single 'Setting Sun' (!), so it was quite the trip to be back nearly 30 years later for this event! So as a bonus, for pure self-indulgence, I included that track too.

The mix also kicks off with a nod to Busta Rhymes, who headlined the festival the following day.

It was nice to be able to play some of the music on big speakers that I was playing in my bedroom way back when, along with being on stage with some of the artists that dominated my record collection around about that period too.

Shout to Rob Soundcrash & team, New Analog Design, Ishani Chakra, Big Martyn, Lauren & Ben, all the artists, and to all those folks that showed love. This one's for y'all! x

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Caravelli x Busta Rhymes - L'Etrange D'Busta (BobaFatt IntroVersion)
Portishead - Over
UNKLE - UNKLE (Main Theme)
Run The Jewels - Oh My Darling Don't Cry
Tipper - Tepid Blue
Jon1st & Tehbis - Atmosphere Flip
Leftfield ft. Nicole Willis - Swords
Kaytranada ft. BadBadNotGood - Weight Off
Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona
Flying Lotus ft. Thom Yorke - ...And The World Laughs With You
Oh No - Creepers
Morcheeba - The Sea
Zero 7 ft. Sophie Barker - In The Waiting Line
Handsome Boy Modelling School ft. Roisin Murphy & J-Live - The Truth
Harold Alexander - Mama Soul
Clipse - So Be It
DJ Krush ft. CL Smooth - Only The Strong Survive (Dillinja Remix)
DJ Krush x Blahzay Blahzay - Kemuri Danger (BobaFatt Blend)
Massive Attack - Sly (Underdog Mix)
Transglobal Underground - Temple Head
Barbatuques x Clyde Stubberfield - Funky Baiana (BobaFatt Blend)
Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (SuckaSide Needs Therapy Rebuild / BobaFatt Edit)
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
Strata 3 - (It's Not) A Man's World (BobaFatt Nixon Edit)
Brian Jackson & Masters at Work ft. Black Thought - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Macklemore - Hind's Hall
BadBadNotGood - The World Is Yours
J Dilla - Workinonit
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden
DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump
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Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher - Setting Sun
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Don Leisure - Almost Lost It

This South Facing Festival event took place on Thursday August 14th 2025.

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