100+ tracks by De La Soul in the mix..

This mix was originally made to celebrate the reissues of De La’s back-cat, and broadcast on BBC 6 Music a month ahead of the March 3rd release date.

Just over a week after this mix was broadcast, Dave, aka Trugoy the Dove, aka Plug Two, tragically passed away. A few weeks before release. 

The first half of this is the original 40-minute version of the broadcast mix.
A 27-minute edit was broadcast Saturday 4th Feb 2023, for the Block Party mix on The Huey Show.

The second half is a bonus 40-minute selection of 15 more faves - tracks that I feel needed time to breath; some that felt a bit dark for Saturday morning radio, and a few where Dave’s bars hit a little more poignantly now. A bittersweet time. 

Recorded Saturday 4th March 2023, the day after De La day.

Salutes to Posdnuos, Maseo, Prince Paul & the Native Tongues.
Rest in power, Dave.

De La Soul forever.
Stay Plug Tunin’.

Dedicated to Dave Jolicoeur & Don Newkirk.

BBC 6 Music

De La Mix | BBC 6 Music

Off The Record (02/05/2023)

Special birthday mix for the lady of the house x

Featuring Rakim b2b The Orb, St. Etienne b2b Missy Elliot, EPMD b2b Amerie, Marlena Shaw, Dr. Dre and some of his pals, Souls Of Mischief, Compton's Most Wanted, Fugees, Encore, Mos Def, Tribe, De La, Erykah Badu & The Roots, Jill Scott and - obviously - lots of Nas

Parts 1 & 2 here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/party-mixes

Full tracklist

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
> Geoffrey Sumner - Train Sequence
> 50 Cent - In Da Club (Acapella)
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Original/Andrew Weatherall Mix)
> Missy Elliot - Work It (Acapella)
Sadat X feat. Roc Raida - The Lump Lump (Instrumental)
Amerie - 1 Thing (Instrumental/Vocal)
EPMD - You Gots To Chill (Acapella)
Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
Main Source - Looking At The Front Door
Ultramagnetic MCs - One To Grow On (Instrumental/Vocal)
MC Serch - Here It Comes (Instrumental/LP Version)
Digable Planets - Jimmi Diggin Cats
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Earth Gyrlz - Love Of Mine (Down To Earth Mix)
> Nas - I Can (Loop)
De La Soul - Breakadawn (Vocal/Instrumental)
Nas feat. Chrisette Michele - Can't Forget About You (Vocal/Instrumental)
Nas - One Love (Acapella/LP Version)
DJ Serious - Snakes (Instrumental)
Mos Def feat. Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock (Instrumental/Vocal)
A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way
Hip Hop For Respect - A Tree Never Grown (Vocal/Instrumental)
Nas - Nas Is Like (Vocal/Instrumental)
> KRS-One - Mad Crew
Dr. Dre - Keep Their Heads Ringin'
Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Xzibit - What's The Difference
Dr. Dre ft Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. (Vocal/Acapella)
Ed O.G. - I Got To Have It (Instrumental/Vocal)
Paula Perry - Extra, Extra (Instrumental)
> Nas - The Thief's Theme (Acapella)
Mobb Deep - Still Shinin' (Instrumental)
O.C. - It's Only Right (Instrumental)
Compton's Most Wanted - Late Night Hype
Souls Of Mischief - A Name I Call Myself
Erykah Badu - Back In The Day
> Bahamadia - Interlude
Obscure Disorder feat. A-Trak - The Grill
Jill Scott - Watching Me
> Marc Moulin - Tohubohu Pt. II
Encore - Love & Hate (The Mellow Drama)
Fugees - How Many Mics (Vocal/Acapella)
Portishead - Strangers
Nas - N.Y. State Of Mind
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
DJ Krush - 3rd Eye
The Game - Dreams
Jerry Butler - No Money Down
The Roots feat. Erykah Badu - You Got Me

It's Ya Birthday Mix (Part 3)

Gang Starr - New York Strait Talk
El Da Sensei - Under Pressure
Kurupt ft. Buckshot - Light It Up
Showbiz & AG ft. OC - Time To Get This Money
Jigmastas - Comments To The Sure Shot
Method Man - Step By Step
Defari ft. Alkaholiks - Likwit Connection
Apani B Fly Emcee - Narcotic
Fat Joe - Dat Gangsta Shit
All City - The Actual
Jayo Felony - Easy To Get In
Teflar & Cordell - Scandalous
Mobb Deep - Feel My Gat Blow
Herb McGruff ft. Big L - Dangerzone
Cocoa Brovaz - Myah Angelow
Heltah Skeltah - Perfect Jab
Hieroglyphics - One Life One Love
Xzibit ft. Montageone - No One Sound Like Me
Beatnuts - Get Funky ('98 Remix)
Pete Rock ft. Black Thought & Rob O - It's About That Time
Marvaless ft. C-Bo - Deadly Weapon
Flipmode Squad - Straight Spittin
Onyx - Vic & Rob
Planet Asia - Kalidascope
AZ ft. Animal - Quiet Money
Rasco - Run The Line (Lord Finesse Remix)
3 X Krazy - Smooth Get Away
Bad Azz - The Stand
Kool G Rap - Da Heat
Big Pun - Parental Advisory
Cypress Hill - High Times
Brand Nubian - Foundation
Ras Kass - The End 

1998 HIP HOP MIX

Hey there, returning once more with the 3rd and final chunk from our Kings Day DJ set in Amsterdam this year, this time a couple of hours from right near the end of the day, so everything's getting decidedly ravey, but we're still chucking in plenty of favourites and curveballs alongside the remixed and re-edited classics - hope you enjoy!

Big thanks to everyone who came along and boogied with us, it was an absolute pleasure!

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Mos Def - Mathematics
Silk-E - My Sista
Black Moon - Frame
Ali Vegas - The Specialist
Fidel Castro ft Rappin 4-Tay - AZ To The Bay
Jigmastas - If...
Bumpy Knuckles - ChanceSellor
Sound Providers - Get Down
Guru & OC - Weed Scented
Other-Wize - Some Other Ish
Rakim - Strong Island
Grand Agent - Mingling With Mayhem
Styles Of Beyond - Word Perfect
Rasco - Back On The Scene
GZA - Mic Trippin
The Nextmen ft Red Cloud - Mental Alchemy
Keith Murray - Radio
Lootpack - Hityawitdat
Bamboo - From The Get Up
Lil Rachett - Pocket Snatchas
Raekwon - Sneakers
Talib Kweli & Mooncycle - Lunchroom Classics
Swollen Members - Sinful Bliss
AG ft D-Flow - Underground Life
Cocoa Brovaz - D & D Soundclash
Public Enemy - I
High & Mighty - Friendly Game Of Football
Pharoahe Monch ft Prince Po - God Send
Redman & Method Man - The ?
Planet Asia - Place Of Birth
T.W.D.Y ft Metro - Gotta Have Heart
DJ Spinna - Conclusion 


1999 HIP HOP MIX

Celebrating the 80th birthday of Debbie Harry (born July 1st 1945), Block Party resident DJ BobaFatt is in the mix with a 20-track selection of the NYC band Blondie's biggest and best tracks, along with a few samples & surprises. Originally broadcast on BBC 6 Music, Saturday 5th July 2025 for The Huey Show.

Tracklist:

(The Huey Show 2 Min Intro)

Blondie - X Offender
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Blondie - Dreaming
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Family Fodder - Debbie Harry
The Paragons - The Tide Is High
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Blondie - Once I Had A Love (aka The Disco Song)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Blondie - Rapture
Blondie - Fan Mail
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
Blondie - Union City Blue
Blondie - Do The Dark
Blondie - Picture This
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Denis
Blondie - Call Me
Blondie - Sunday Girl

(The Huey Show Outro)

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Samples:
Krs-One - Step Into A World
BBC Swap Shop (22.12.79)
BBC Nationwide (1982)
BBC Russell Harty (22.11.83)
American Bandstand, USA 1979
Kids Are People Too, USA 1980
Casey Kasem interview, USA 1980
Punk Glamor interview, USA 1977
Countdown interview, Australia (8.3.81)
Debbie Harry & Chris Stein interview 1981 (Reelin' In The Years archive)
'Blondie's New York & The Making of Parallel Lines'
'When Blondie Comes To Britain'

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Curated, Produced & Mixed by Bobby Bignell aka DJ BobaFatt, June 2025.
Broadcast on BBC 6 Music, Saturday 5th July 2025.

The Huey Show:
Hosted by Huey Morgan
Produced by Tom Whalley

Shout outs c/o Say She She, Idris Elba & Isatta Sheriff.


Blondie Block Party | BBC 6 Music

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.

South Facing Beats

As a short addendum to my 'A 3 Hour Drive in 1985' mix (on Mixcloud/HearThis), we're off to the movies.

1985 was an incredible year for popcorn flicks. 40 years on, we go back to the cinema for a special Saturday morning matinee to take in the sounds from some of the year's biggest blockbusters; from Back To The Future to The Breakfast Club, Weird Science to Rocky IV, Beverly Hill's Cop to The Goonies.

25 tracks in 30 minutes, with clips & trailers touching on nearly 50 films in all. 

Curated and Mixed by Bobby Xennial, May 2025.
Originally produced for BBC 6 Music's Block Party.




TRACKLIST:

Pete Moore - Asteroid (Pearl & Dean Theme)
Dave Grusin - Map and Willie (The Goonies)
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Real Genius)
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (The Breakfast Club)
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (St. Elmo's Fire)
Sheila E ft. Prince - A Love Bizarre (Krush Groove)
James Brown - Living In America (Rocky IV)
DeBarge - Rhythm of The Night (The Last Dragon)
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
Madonna - Into The Groove (Desperately Seeking Susan)
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love (Back To The Future)
Robert Folk - Police Academy Theme (Police Academy 2)
Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Jewel of the Nile)
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (A View To A Kill)
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (Weird Science)
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (Samples the movies of Nicolas Roeg)
Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (The Goonies)
Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (Spies Like Us)
Madonna - Crazy For You (Vision Quest)
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Patti Labelle - Stir It Up (Beverly Hills Cop)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Stranger Things)

Billy Taylor - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Film '85 Theme)
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives (White Nights)
Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (National Lampoon's European Vacation)


Clips / Trailers / Features:

Beverly Hills Cop
Back To The Future
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club
Krush Groove
Weird Science
St Elmo's Fire
Rocky IV
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
A View To A Kill
Desperately Seeking Susan
Spies Like Us
Jewel of The Nile
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Police Academy 2
Vision Quest
Brewster's Millions
Brazil
Cocoon
My Science Project
Explorers
Fletch
Teen Wolf
Legend
Commando
Witness
The Color Purple 
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Mask
Silverado
Out of Africa
A Room With A View
Red Sonja
Ladyhawke
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Jagged Edge
No Retreat, No Surrender
Prizzi's Honor
Young Sherlock Holmes
Ewoks: Battle For Endor
The Last Dragon
The Sure Thing 
That Was Then, This Is Now 
Once Bitten
Real Genius
Return to Oz
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (TV movie)


Additional Samples:

Film '85 (with Barry Norman & Michael Parkinson) (BBC 1985)
Run DMC - Sucker MCs (1984) (also in Krush Groove)
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh - Ladi Dadi (1985)
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Bonus Beats) (1986)
Kurtis Blow - Tough (1982)
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
The Sopranos (1999) ("...ohh, National Lampoon's Vacation...")
Ghostbusters (2016) ( "...is that DeBarge?..." )


Bobby & The Xennial's Movie Matinee Mixtape 1985

This is part 2 of a project done for Strut Records in London whereby I took old school jams into my analog studio and played keyboards and drum machines over the beats to do unique unreleased versions of the trax.. this time around the project is free as I have not cleared the trax
Mr. Sweety G - At the Place To Be
Margo’s Koolout Crew - Death Rap
Lovebug Starski & The Harlem World Crew - Positive Life
Fearless Four - Rockin’ It
Key-Matic - Breakers In Space
O.G.C. - Buggin’ Out
Scoopy - Scoopy Rap
Jazzy Three - Rappin’ Spree
Ronnie Gee - Raptivity
Fresh 3 MC’s - Fresh
Disco 4 - Do It
Lambchops - Shake'm On Up
Mid Air - Ease Out
Spyder D - Rap Is Here To Stay
Sons of Harlem Crew - Harlem Rap
Newcleus - Jam On It
Kool D Ultimate MCs - Freestyle
Family - Rap Attack
Freddy Fresh - Into the Drum
NJ-4 - How Many Girls You Got?
Freddy Fresh - Are You Ready For Freddy (bonus)
Check This mix out if you dug this one
https://soundcloud.com/freddy-fresh/freddy-fresh-real-old-school-master-mix-1970s-80s-rare-free-dl

Old Skool Party Rockers Volume 2 Free Dl

I was recently asked to play a night called Classic Material in London. The idea for the club is to give each month over to a year from Hip Hop's past and only play tracks released during it. I was given 1989 and this set was all done from original vinyl, clicks, jumps and all.

Tracklist:

Tone Loc - On Fire (Remix) (Delicous Vinyl)
Gang Starr - Words I Manifest (Wild Pitch)
Chill Rob G - Court's In Session (Wild Pitch)
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies (Capitol Records)
Jungle Brothers - Jbeez Comin' Through (Warner Bros)
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (Capitol Records)
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (Capitol Records)
EPMD - Big Payback (Sleeping Bag)
Ultramagnetic MCs - A Chorus Line (Next Plateau)
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Motown)
De La Soul - Say No Go (Say No Dope mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Most Wanted - Calm Down (Fever Records)
Hijack - Badman Is Robbin' (Rhyme Syndicate)
Ice T - Lethal Weapon (Sire)
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd (Profile)
Jungle Brothers - Tribe Vibes   (Warner Bros)
Jungle Brothers  Beyond This World  (Warner Bros)
Cookie Crew - Born This Way (FFRR)
Jungle Brothers - Good News Coming  (Warner Bros)
The D.O.C - Portrait of a Masterpiece (Ruthless)
Hijack - Doomsday of Rap (Ice T Remix) (Rhyme Syndicate)
De La Soul - Magic Number (123 mix) (Big Life/Tommy Boy)
Doug Lazy - Let It Roll (Grove St)
Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Just Keep Rockin' (Desire)

'88 was great but '89 is mine

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