Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's classic LP 'Mecca and the Soul Brother' turned 30 recently, so reminisce for a spell with a mix of OG Samples, Remixes, & Blends.
The way Pete sampled old jazz/funk/soul records and layered them over hard, dusty drums was masterful (how he caught that little part on the fadeout of an Ohio Players record for 'Lots Of Lovin' still amazes me).    
Combine that with C.L.'s sharp yet fluid lyricism (how many MC's could rhyme like THIS back in '92??), and you unquestionably have one of the pillars of early 90's NYC boom bap.

******THE MAIN INGREDIENT 30TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE HERE****
https://soundcloud.com/djfilthyrich/pete-rock-cl-smooth-main-ingredient-30th-anniversary-mix

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother 30th Anniversary Mix (DJ Filthy Rich)

Questlove - The Lesson Mix

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

Hold me

Echo Chamber Cypher – LoFi Boom Bap Instrumental Beat

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

Basically, I'm a child of 90's hip-hop. I always have been and always will be. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of dope hip-hop on the market today (mainstream and underground), but to me, the eight-year period spanning from 1990 - 1998 was a hip-hop Renaissance that will probably never be duplicated. And DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia (AKA Cool Bob Love, AKA DJ Cucumber Slice, AKA the ten thousand other nicknames this dude has) were probably two of the most influential people in the game at that time. I'm not gonna go into a long history regarding their show on WKCR, but from 1990 - 1998, during the hours of 1-5 AM every Thursday night / Friday morning, these two, for lack of a better term, "smashed the airwaves" of the New York metropolitan area. Their show was responsible for launching the careers of Nas, Mobb Deep, Big L, Jay-Z, Big Pun, Fat Joe, The Notorious B.I.G., A Tribe Called Quest, The Beatnuts, Black Moon, Redman, The Wu-Tang Clan, and the list goes on and on. Since I was too young during the show's heyday, I've had to feed my addiction for this show by scouring the internets for uploaded tapes from listeners from back in the day. What I did with this mix was try to showcase some of the joints that were spun on their show beginning in 1990 and ending in 1998. I compiled all the tracks to make it seem like you're listening to an actual taping of the show. All of these tracks were played on WKCR at least once (some more than others). I even threw in some of my favorite freestyles and exclusives, which were taken directly from old cassettes. I've got a ton of these old recordings, and it was really difficult to decide what to include/exclude, but hopefully, you'll get a sense of their legendary show and the evolution of classic hip-hop over a legendary eight-year period. Also, shout out to the good peoples at <a href="http://Philaflava.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philaflava.org</a> for supplying me and the rest of the Stretch &amp; Bob fiends with hundreds of old tapes. Turn that shit up....

Note: I let some of the freestyles run for an extended period since some of them are just too legendary to cut short. 

1. Intro from WKCR
2. Main Source - Live at the Barbecue (Feat. Nas, Akinyele, &amp; Joe Fatal)
3. A Tribe Called Quest - Spirits
4. Lord Finesse - The Funky Technician
5. Showbiz &amp; A.G. - Party Groove (Instrumental)
6. Showbiz &amp; A.G. - Soul Clap
7. A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
8. Masta Ace - Jeep Ass Niguh (Bizcappella)
9. Gang Starr - B.Y.S.
10. Dr. Dre - Puffin on Blunts and Drinkin Tanqueray (Feat. Daz, Kurupt, &amp; Rage)
11. Akinyele - The Bomb
12. Wu-Tang Clan - 7th Chamber (Original Demo Version)
13. Hurricane G - Milky (WKCR Exclusive Demo)
14. Company Flow - Juvenile Techniques
15. The Beatnuts - Reign of the Tech
16. Kool G Rap - F@#$ U Man
17. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - One in a Million
18. Kurious Jorge - Walk Like a Duck
19. Nas - WKCR Freestyle (10.28.93) (PRE-ILLMATIC)
20. A Tribe Called Quest - Mr. Incognito
21. The Notorious B.I.G. - Dreams
22. Jeru Tha Damaja - Come Clean
23. Outkast - Southernplayalisticadilacmuzik (Diamond D Remix)
24. Artifacts - Flexi Wit Da Tech (Nique)
25. The 45 King - Brainstorm (Feat. Latee)
26. Group Home - Supa Star (Instrumental)
27. LL Cool J - No Airplay (Dirty Promo Version)
28. Das Efx - Microphone Master (41st Side Remix) (Feat. Mobb Deep)
29. Redman - How U Get Down?
30. Lord Finesse, KRS-One - WKCR Freestyle (11.02.95)
31. The Fab Five - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshkah
32. Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown
33. Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces
34. Big L - Put It On (LG Remix)
35. Jigmastas - Beyond Real
36. Big L, Bloodshed, Ma$e (yeah, the same Ma$e who made this) - WKCR Freestyle (04.18.96)
37. Natural Elements - Shine
38. Large Professor - Ijusswannachill
39. O.C. - What I Represent
40. Big Noyd - Usual Suspects (Stretch Armstrong Remix)
41. Mobb Deep - Street Life (Feat. LES &amp; ACD)
42. CNN (Capone-N-Norega) - LA, LA (Kuwait Mix) (Feat. Mobb Deep)
43. Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies
44. DITC - Dignified Soldiers
45. Slum Village - Players (Instrumental)
46. Eminem &amp; Royce da 5'9' (Bad Meets Evil) - Scary Movies
47. Eminem &amp; Royce da 5'9' (Bad Meets Evil) - WKCR Freestyle (08.20.1998)
48. Outro (DJ Spinna Instrumental)



Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito 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

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

This month marks the 25th anniversary of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's second (and final) full-length LP, 'The Main Ingredient.' Following in the footsteps of 1992's 'Mecca and the Soul Brother,' the album comprises tracks built from densely layered samples, frequently previously unsampled jazz fusion cuts mixed with crisp drums and short vocal snippets plundered from well-known '80s/'90s hip-hop tracks. Use of a number of go-to tracks defines the sound of the album and the presence of vocal samples from Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane in particular is a key ingredient in the album's sonic palette. In celebration of the album's 25th year, we've partnered once again with WhoSampled to present this mixtape of album tracks, alt versions, interview snippets, and of course original sample material, mixed by Chris Read.


Track list at Wax Poetics: https://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/news/news-blog/pete-rock-cl-smooth-main-ingredient-25th-anniversary-mixtape-chris-read/

Pete Rock & CL Smooth 'The Main Ingredient' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

London’s very own Spin Doctor has been a busy boy while in Lockdown. He has created this epic mix dedicated to the powerhouse that is Q-Tip. Using 50 tracks to mark The Abstract’s 50th Birthday on Friday 10th April 2020.
 
The mix combinies a bunch of Tip’s productions, verses, samples, interviews and more. From A Tribe Called Quest to Solange, Nas to Quincey Jones, the mix explores all aspects of this man’s genius.
 
There are very few artists that can claim such impact on an entire genre, but A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip can do just that and more. As a member of what is widely agreed to be the greatest Hip-Hop group of all time, as a solo artist and as a producer for the great and the good, Q-Tip’s impact is immeasurable. Through his influence on the likes of J-Dilla, Kanye West and Pharrell, his influence can still be heard throughout all forms of Hip-Hop and Soul. Keep Bouncing!

Q-Tip Fifty 50

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