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"Joe Sample" (Volume 3, "Hip-Hop is Not Dead!")
Explicit
September 13, 2008 03:06 PM PDT
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Open a nice bottle of Merlot, sit back, and enjoy these great and diverse samples. It still amazes me how deep these Hip-Hop producers search for their "Diamond's in the rough" searching high and low through dusty record stores to find that perfect beat.

This playlist starts off with Hip-Hop biggest and best posse, The Wu-tang Clan as they sample The Charmels. From there Styles P samples Freda Payne and The great Dr. Dre samples the jazzy David McCallum.

Nas proclaims "Hip-Hop is Dead" as he samples The Incredible Bongo Band. Then We have: ATCQ sampling a rare version of the song "Red Clay." The Beastie Boys always do their thing, The Fugees found some smooth Enya and Erick B. and Rakim borrow from James Brown's buddy Bobby Byrd.

As you can tell, I really got into this type of "musicology." This is what tore me away from House Music during the 90's.

I hope you Enjoy the Music as much as I do!

djs

Fix
Clean
July 11, 2008 06:50 PM PDT
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"Real DJ's use Real Needles!" (Save the WAX)...This CD is hittin very hard from all angles. I have played this mix in my truck for a few years now, and it has always delivered. Fix starts off with some tribal and upbeat trax and flows with a remix from Jill Scott and goes even higher with the jam "Sunshine" from Blaze.

The best part of this "Fix" however, is the last 4 cuts: "Thousand finger Man" by Candido '79, I feel Love by Donna Summer '80, Moscow Disco by Telex '78 and to all of you "old schoolers"
Can you name the Last track on the CD?

It goes back over 20 years so you might have to phone a friend...

Enjoy the Fix!

djs

Soulmate
Clean
July 06, 2008 10:11 PM PDT
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This CD is being dedicated to King Britt. I heard him spin at Atlanta's MJQ around the time I bought these tunes and recorded this mix. He played one of the best DJ set's I have ever heard. He was like an artist slowly painting his picture, and by the time he brought the dance floor to the Apex, I was almost in tears! (Off the chain...)

If you ever get a chance to hear him play, please check him out. Along with other greats: DJ Spinna (Hip-Hop set) Jazzy Jeff (Hip-Hop set) and Derrick May (Techno and House) These guys bring it!

"Soulmate" is inspired by all of these dudes!

djs

On my way to Chicago...
Clean
July 04, 2008 08:56 AM PDT
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In 2005, I traveled to the "Chi" quite a bit. The food, the friends and the waterfront were all great but venturing into the cut to find rare dance grooves was my favorite.

This set has a lot of Chicago style house and features a lot of "white label" records. Those are records that haven't been copy written. (Bootlegged) i.e. Remixes by Mariah Carey(Hot!), The Jacksons, Jill Scott and Bill Whithers. Yep! Bill got "jacked" too...

Enjoy!

djs

Departue
Clean
July 04, 2008 06:47 AM PDT
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This CD is laced with tracks from one of my all time favorite artist, Larry Heard. The tempo is a little slower and grooves a bit more jazzy than most of my mixes but with songs by Atjazz and Seasons this set has become one of my favorites.

Recorded: 5/16/03

Enjoy the mix!

djs