Jonti – Triple J Friday Afternoon DJ Set (20-01-2012)

RUSH OVER BKLYN by PRODUCTOMART

“All right. It’s Saturday night, I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mixtape… Let’s rock.”

I first heard the tune by “Tom Sawyer” by Rush on Futurama when Fry chucks his cassette into his walkman, the prog rock synth solo starts twanging as he loads up on the Space Invaders machine to (almost) defeat the Nintendians. In “Rush Over BKLYN” Tom Sawyer is sampled by El-P in a song to support his tour DJ, DJ Mr Dibbs, sadly afflicted with liver disease. Apparently clearing samples is a costly legal affair, so tunes like this would never have seen the light of day, but it is here due to a service provided by Legitmix:

Normally, “Rush Over Bklyn” would have been leaked on the Internet or left on some dusty hard drive. Now with Legitmix, El-p can sell his creative work and generate new sales for Rush. For this pioneering releasing, El-p has chosen to help out a friend in need and is donating all proceeds from the sale of “Rush Over Bklyn” to a fund established for the legendary DJ/producer Brad Forste aka DJ MR DIBBS who is battling liver disease. As hospital bills rise, El-P and Legitmix hope to relieve the burden of family and friends that a half a million-dollar debt can produce.

To donate with PayPal click “Send Money” and the email address: hellkitchen@netzero.com. The email address belongs to Kristin Rose. She is Mr. Dibbs’ wife. For those who don’t use PayPal you can send a mail check or money order payable to Kristin Rose. Address envelope to: Brad Forste 4830 Poplar St Cincinnati, OH 45212

Jaguar Skills – 30 Years Of Hip-Hop In 60 Minutes

Jaguar Skills is also playing in Melbourne on November 12th at the Laundry Bar. Details are HERE.

Tracklist is after the jump.

HIP-HOP 1979
Fatback – King Tim III (Personality Jock) | Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight | Xanadu & Sweet Lady – Rapper’s Delight | Xanadu & Sweet Lady – Rocker’s Choice | Sequence – Funk You Up | Funky 4 + 1 – Rappin’ and Rockin’ | The House Funky Constellation – Street Talk (Madame Rapper) | Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’ | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 – Superrappin’ | Lady D – Lady D

HIP-HOP 1980
Crash Crew – High Powered Rap | The Sequence – And You Know That | Afrika Bambaataa – Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 1 | Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five – Super Rappin’ No.2 | The Treacherous Three – Body Rock | Ronnie Gee – Raptivity | Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence – Monster Jam | Afrika Bambaataa – Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 2 | Jimmy Spicer – Adventures Of Super Rhyme | The Treacherous Three – At The Party (Instrumental) | Spoonie Gee – Spoonin’ Rap | Kurtis Blow – The Breaks | Spoonie Gee And The Treacherous Three – Love Rap | Brother D – How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise? | Sugar Hill Gang – 8th Wonder

HIP-HOP 1981
Boogie Boys featuring Kool Ski, Kid Delight & Disco Dave – Rappin’ Ain’t No Thang | Sangria – To the Beat Y’all Trouble Funk – Pump Me Up | Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde – Genius Rap | Blondie – Rapture | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel | Sugarhill Gang – Apache T | Ski Valley – Catch the Beat | Fearless Four – Feel the Heartbeat | Funky 4 + 1 – That’s the Joint | Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5 – Jazzy Sensation

HIP-HOP 1982
Sweet G – Boogie Feelin’ Rap | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five – Flash To The Beat (Live) | Masterdon Committee – Funk Box Party | Nairobi featuring Awesome Foursome – Funky Soul Makossa | Busy Bee – Making Cash Money | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five – The Message | Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee – Message II (Survival) | Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo Girls | Fab 5 Freddy – Change The Beat | Grandmixer D.ST & the Infinity Rappers – The Grandmixer Cuts It Up | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Looking For The Perfect Beat | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 – Scorpio | Fearless Four – Rockin’ It | Pieces of a Dream – Mt. Airy Groove (Rap Version) | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five – Flash To The Beat (Studio) | Jimmy Spicer – The Bubble Bunch Whodini – Magic’s Wand

HIP-HOP 1983
Double Dee & Steinski – Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson 1: the Payoff Mix) | Run DMC – It’s Like That | Double Dee & Steinski – Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson 2: the James Brown Mix) | Run DMC – Sucker MC’s | G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid – Play That Beat Mr. DJ | West Street Mob – Breakdance Electric Boogie G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid | Jimmy Spicer – Money (Dollar Bill, Y’all) | Run DMC – Hard Times | Run DMC – Jam Master Jay | Grandmaster Melle Mel – White Lines | Treacherous Three – Action (Instrumental) | K-Rob vs. Rammelzee – Beat Bop | Pumpkin – King Of The Beat | Malcolm X featuring Keith LeBlanc – No Sell Out

HIP-HOP 1984
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay – It’s Yours | Kool DJ Red Alert – Hip Hop on Wax Volume 2 | Whodini – Friends | Whodini – Five Minutes of Funk Davy | DMX – One for the Treble (Fresh) | Disco 3 – Human Beat Box | Grandmaster Melle Mel – Beat Street Breakdown Disco 3 – Fat Boys | Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown – Unity | U.T.F.O. – Roxanne, Roxanne | L.L. Cool J – I Need a Beat | Run D.M.C. – Rock Box | World Famous Supreme Team – Hey | DJ Whodini – Freaks Come Out At Night | Newcleus – Jam On It

HIP-HOP 1985
Run DMC – Together Forever | LL Cool J – Rock The Bells | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – The Show | LL Cool J – Can’t Live Without My Radio | Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three – Request Line | Cutmaster D.C. – Brooklyn’s in the House | Run DMC – King Of Rock Bad Boys featuring K Love – Veronica | Schoolly D – P.S.K. | Schoolly D – Gucci Time | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – La Di Da Di | Whistle – (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’ | Kurtis Blow – If I Ruled the World

HIP-HOP 1986
Run DMC – My Adidas | Ice T – 6 In The Morning | Just-Ice – Cold Gettin’ Dumb | Biz Markie – Make The Music With Your Mouth | Biz Kool Moe Dee – Go See the Doctor | Eric B. & Rakim – My Melody MC Shan – The Bridge Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx | Eric B. & Rakim – Eric B. is President | Beastie Boys – Hold It, Now Hit It | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – Play This Only at Night | The Real Roxanne feat Hitman Howie Tee – Bang Zoom (Let’s Go-Go) | Ultramagnetic MCs – Ego Trippin’ | Run DMC – Peter Piper | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble | Joeski Love – Pee-Wee’s Dance

HIP-HOP 1987
Eric B. & Rakim – I Ain’t No Joke | Audio Two – Top Billin’ | Kid-N-Play – Last Night | Eazy E – Boyz N The Hood Boogie Down Productions – Poetry | Public Enemy – Bring The Noise | Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause | Big Daddy Kane – Raw | Latee – This Cut’s Got Flavor | Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ with Biz | L.L. Cool J – I’m Bad | Biz Markie – Pickin’ Boogers | MC Lyte – I Cram to Understand U (Sam) | Ultramagnetic MCs – Funky | Boogie Down Productions – The Bridge is Over | Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul | EPMD – It’s My Thing

HIP-HOP 1988
Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee – Caught Up (Remix) | Marley Marl featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane – The Symphony” | Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend | Eric B & Rakim – Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Remix) | Public Enemy – Don’t Believe the Hype | Mark 45 King – The 900 Number | Kid ‘n Play – Do This My Way | Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two | L.L. Cool J – Goin’ Back to Cali | Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin’ | De La Soul – Potholes in My Lawn | Biz Markie – Vapors | Marley Marl featuring Craig G – Droppin’ Science | Biz Markie – The Biz is Goin’ Off | Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz | De La Soul – Plug Tunin’ | Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy | Run-D.M.C. – Beats to the Rhyme | J.V.C Force – Strong Island | Run-D.M.C. – Run’s House | Boogie Down Productions – I’m Still #1

HIP-HOP 1989
Slick Rick – Mona Lisa | LL Cool J – Big Ol Butt | Digital Underground – Doowhatchalike | De La Soul feat Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest & Monie Love – Buddy (Native Tongues Decision) | Slick Rick – Hey Young World | Nice And Smooth – Early To Rise | Chubb Rock – Ya Bad Chubs | MC Lyte – Cha, Cha, Cha | Slick Rick – Children’s Story | De La Soul – Me, Myself And I | Tone Loc – Wild Thing | Big Daddy Kane – Warm It Up Kane | NWA – Express Yourself | Special Ed – I Got It Made | The DOC – Is It Funky Enough | Ice T – You Played Yourself | NWA – Straight Outta Compton | 3rd Bass – Steppin’ To The AM | EPMD – So What ‘Cha Saying | Public Enemy – Flight The Power | Biz Markie – Just A Friend | Gangstarr – Words I Manifest

HIP-HOP 1990
Digital Underground – Humpty Dance | LL Cool J – To Da Break Of Dawn | Gangstarr – Who’s Gonna Take The Weight | Main Source – Looking At The Front Door | Boogie Down Productions – Love’s Gonna Get Cha | LL Cool J – Boomin’ System | Public Enemy – Brother’s Gonna Work It Out | Terminator X And The Valley Of The Jeep Beats – Buck Wildin’ | Public Enemy – Welcome To The Terrordome | Chubb Rock – Treat Em Right | LL Cool J – Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling) | Double X Posse – Executive Class | A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It? | Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock This Funky Joint | Nice And Smooth – Funky For You | Gangstarr – Just To Get A Rep | Kool G Rap And DJ Polo – Streets Of New York | Eric B And Rakim – In The Ghetto | Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted | K-Solo – Spellbound | K-Solo – Ya Mom’s In My Business | LL Cool J – Around The Way Girl | A Tribe Called Quest – Bonita Applebum | X Clan – Funkin’ Lesson

HIP-HOP 1991
EPMD – Rampage | Kool G Rap And DJ Polo – Bad To The Bone | Brand Nubian – Slow Down | Ice T – OG Tim Dog – F*ck Compton | Ice Cube – Steady Mobbin’ | Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man | Ice Cube – No Vaseline | A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime | De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturday | Black Sheep – Flavor Of The Month | Geto Boys – Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me | Gangstarr – Check The Technique | Nice And Smooth – Hip-Hop Junkies | De La Soul – Ring, Ring, Ring | Naughty By Nature – OPP | Leaders Of The New School – Case Of The PTA | Brand Nubian – One For All | Ed OG And Da Bulldogz – I Got To Have It | Main Source – Live At The BBQ | Public Enemy – Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)

HIP-HOP 1992
Naughty By Nature – Uptown Anthem | A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario | Afrika Bambaataa Presents Time Zone – Zulu War Chant | Eric B. & Rakim – Don’t Sweat The Technique | Eric B. & Rakim – Juice (Know the Ledge) | Redman – Time 4 Sum Akshon | EPMD featuring K-Solo & Redman – Head Banger | Das EFX – They Want EFX | Black Sheep – The Choice is Yours (Revisited) | House of Pain – Jump Around | Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth – DWYCK | Nas – Half Time | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg – Deep Cover | Das EFX – Mic Checka (Remix) | Diamond D – Best Kept Secret | Black Moon – Who Got da Props? | A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We’ve Got) | Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Mistadobalina | Brand Nubian – Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down | Main Source featuring Neek the Exotic – Fakin’ the Funk (Remix) | Pete Rock & CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)

HIP-HOP 1993
Souls of Mischief – 93 ’til Infinity | Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chess Boxing | Jeru the Damaja – Come Clean | Onyx – Throw Ya Gunz | Onyx – Slam | Cypress Hill – Insane in the Brain | Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocka | Fat Joe – Flow Joe | KRS-One – Outta Here | Diamond D – I’m Outta Here | A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation | The Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By | A Tribe Called Quest feat Trugoy – Award Tour | Notorious B.I.G. – Party and Bullshit | KRS-One – Sound Of Da Police | Alkaholiks – Make Room | M.O.P. – How About Some Hardcore | Wu-Tang Clan – Method Man | Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg – Fuck wit Dre Day | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg – Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang

HIP-HOP 1994
The Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable | Fugees – Nappy Heads (Remix) | Group Home – Supa Star | Nate Dogg & Warren G – Regulate | The Lady of Rage feat Snoop Doggy Dogg – Afro Puffs | Snoop Doggy Dogg – Murder Was the Case | Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin & Juice | The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy | Smif-n-Wessun – Bucktown | Channel Live feat KRS-One – Mad Izm | Craig Mack – Flava in Your Ear | Black Moon – How Many MCs | Black Moon – Buck ‘em Down (Remix) | Gang Starr – Mass Appeal | Crooklyn Dodgers – Crooklyn | Nas – World Is Yours | Wu-Tang Clan – Cream Wu-Tang – Can It Be All So Simple | OC – Time’s Up | Redman – Rockafella (Remix) | Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell

HIP-HOP 1995
Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt. II | Smoothe da Hustler feat Trigger tha Gambler – Broken Language | Redman & Method Man – How High | Raekwon – Ice Cream | Raekwon – Criminology | Raekwon – Incarcerated Scarfaces | Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya | GZA – Liquid Swords | Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo | Show & AG – Next Level (Nyte Tyme Remix) | Frankie Cutlass feat Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Ray Boogie & True God – Boriquas on da Set | The Pharcyde – Drop | KRS-One – MCs Act Like They Don’t Know | Group Home – Livin’ Proof | Crooklyn Dodgers ’95 – Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers | Das EFX – Real Hip Hop | Blahzay Blahzay – Danger Lost Boyz – Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz Luniz – I Got 5 on It | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G – Player’s Anthem The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix) Tha Dogg Pound feat Snoop Doggy Dogg – New York, New York Method Man feat Mary J. Blige – You’re All I Need to Get By | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G. – Get Money

HIP-HOP 1996
Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check | Fugees – How Many Mics | Fugees – Ready or Not | Fugees – Killing Me Softly | Jay-Z feat Mary J. Blige – Can’t Knock the Hustle | Mobb Deep – Drop a Gem on ‘Em | Mobb Deep – Hell on Earth (Front Lines) | Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon, Cappadonna & the Force MDs – Daytona 500 | Capone-n-Noriega feat Mobb Deep & Tragedy – L.A., L.A. | The East Flatbush Project feat DeS – Tried by 12 | The Fab 5 – Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka | Jay-Z – Dead Presidents | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G. – Get Money (Remix) | 2Pac feat Dr. Dre – California Love | De La Soul – Stakes is High

HIP-HOP 1997
Gang Starr – You Know My Steez | D.I.T.C.: – Day One | KRS-One – Step into a World (Rapture’s Delight) | Puff Daddy feat The Lox, Lil’ Kim & the Notorious B.I.G. – It’s All About the Benjamins (Remix) | Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hand Where My Eyes Can See | Reflection Eternal feat Mos Def & Mr. Man – Fortified Live | Mos Def – Universal Magnetic | Mos Def, Q-Tip And Tash – Body Rock | Tha Alkaholiks feat Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Hip Hop Drunkies | The Beatnuts feat Big Punisher & Cuban Link – Off the Books | Rakim – It’s Been a Long Time | Rampage feat Busta Rhymes – Wild for da Night | L.L. Cool J feat Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX – 4. 3. 2. 1 | Mase feat Kelly Price – Feel So Good | The Lox feat Lil’ Kim & DMX – Money, Power & Respect | The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize | Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ & Nature – Phone Tap | The Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy & Mase – Mo’ Money Mo’Problems | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) | Makaveli feat the Outlawz – Hail Mary

HIP-HOP 1998
Pete Rock feat Inspectah Deck & Kurupt – Tru Master | Canibus – Second Round K.O. | Juvenile – Ha Silkk the Shocker feat Mystikal – It Ain’t My Fault | Big L – Ebonics | Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) | Noreaga – Superthug | All City – The Actual | DMX – Ruff Ryders’ Anthem | Cam’ron – 357 | Cam’ron feat Mase – Horse & Carriage | Big Punisher featuring Joe – Still Not a Player | Mase feat Total – What You Want | A Tribe Called Quest – Find A Way | Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones | Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing) | Jermaine Dupri feat Jay-Z – Money Ain’t a Thing | DMX feat Sheek – Get at Me Dog | Big Pun And Fat Joe – Twinz

HIP-HOP 1999
Q-Tip – Breathe And Stop | Mobb Deep feat Kool G Rap – The Realist | Dr Dre feat Snoop Doggy Dogg – Next Episode | Jay-Z – Jigga My Nigga | Dr Dre feat Snoop Doggy Dogg – Still DRE | Ol’ Dirty Bastard feat Kelis – Got Cha Money | The Notorious B.I.G. – Dead Wrong | Eminem – My Name Is | Xzibit – B Please | Slum Village feat Q-Tip – Hold Tight | Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing | The Beatnuts – Watch Out Now | Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon – Apollo Kids | Mobb Deep feat Lil Kim – Quiet Storm (Remix) | BG And The Big Tymers – Bling, Bling | Nas feat Puff Daddy – Hate Me Now | Nas – Nas I Like | Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says

HIP-HOP 2000
DMX – What’s My Name | Blak Rob – Whoa | Prodigy – Keep It Thorough | Royce Da 5 9 – Boom | Eminem feat Dido – Stan | Big L – Flamboyant | DMX – Party Up (Up In Here) | The LOX – Wild Out | MOP feat Busta Rhymes and Remy Martin – Ante Up (Remix) | Mobb Deep – USA (Aight Then) | Juvenile – Back That Ass Up | Wu-Tang Clan – Gravel Pit | Jay-Z feat UKG – Big Pimpin’ | Dead Prez – Hip-Hop | Big Pun – 100 Percent | Jay-Z feat Pharrell – I Just Wanna Love You | Common – The Light

HIP-HOP 2001
Nas – Ether | Jay-Z feat Slick Rick, Q-Tip and Biz Markie – Girls, Girls, Girls | Mobb Deep – Cold As Ice | Outkast – So Fresh So Clean | Ludacris feat Nate Dogg – Area Codes | Jay-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A) | Jadakiss – We Gonna Make It | Dilated Peoples – Worst Comes To Worst | Missy Elliot – Get Ya Freak On | P.Diddy feat Bad Boy Family – Bad Boy For Life | Ludacris – Southern Hospitality | Bubba Sparxxx – Ugly | Redman feat DJ Kool – Let’s Get Dirty | Ludacris – Saturday Ooo Hoo | Mystikal – Danger | The Beatnuts – No Escaping This | The Liks – Best U Can | P Diddy feat The Neptunes – Diddy | Outkast – Ms Jackson | Erick Sermon feat Marvin Gaye – Music | Ja Rule – Livin’ It Up | Busta Rhymes feat P Diddy – Pass The Courvoisier (Part 2)

HIP-HOP 2002
Eminem – Without Me | NERD – Lapdance | Jay-Z – Hovi Baby | Nas – Made You Look | Noreaga – Nothin’ | The Clipse – Grindin’ | Erick Sermon – React | Punjabi MC feat Jay-Z – Beware Of The Boys | Cam’ron – Oh Boy | Talib Kwali – Get By | Nas – Get Down | Styles P – Good Times | Missy Elliot – Work It

HIP-HOP 2003
The Diplomats – Dipset Anthem | 50 Cent feat Snoop Doggy Dogg – PIMP | 50 Cent – 21 Questions | 50 Cent – Many Men | Lil Kim feat 50 Cent – Magic Stick | 50 Cent – In Da Club | Mark Ronson feat Ghostface Killah and Nate Dogg – Ooh Wee | Jay-Z feat Pharrell – Change Clothes | Pharrell – Frontin’ | Snoop Doggy Dogg feat Pharrell and Uncle Charlie – Beautiful | Kardinal Offishall – Belly Dancer | Missy Elliot – Pass That Dutch | Ludacris – Stand Up | The Neptunes feat Busta Rhymes – Light Your Ass On Fire | Beyonce feat Jay-Z – Crazy In Love | G Unit – Stunt 101 | Jay-Z – Excuse Me Miss Again | Nas – Flyest Angels | Birdman feat Lil Wayne – What Happened To That Boy | Joe Budden – Pump It Up | Lil Jon And Da Eastside Boyz – Get Low Bone |t Crusher feat Killer Mike – Never Scared

HIP-HOP 2004
Kanye West – Gold Digger | The Terror Squad – Lean Back | Snoop Doggy Dogg – Drop It Like It’s Hot | Kanye West – Jesus Walks | 50 Cent – Disco Inferno | Petey Pablo – Freak A Leak | Akon – Locked Up | 50 Cent – Candy Shop | T.I. feat Swizz Beats – Bring ‘Em Out | Fabolous – Breathe | NERD – She Wants To Move | Pitbull feat Lil Jon – Culo | Outkast – Hey Ya | Twista feat Jamie Foxx and Kanye West – Slow Jamz | De La Soul feat Yummy – Much More | MF Doom – Hoe Cakes | Jadakiss – Why

HIP-HOP 2005
Julez Santana – There It Go (The Whistle Song) | Ying Yang Twinz – Wait (The Whisper Song) | Lil Kim – Lighters Up | Young Jeezy feat Akon – Soul Survivor | Rhymefest feat Kanye West – Brand New | 50 Cent – Hustler’s Ambition | Cassidy feat Swizz Beatz – I’m A Hustler | Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone | Kanye West feat Nas – We Major | Busta Rhymes – Touch It | The Game – Hate It Or Love It | Mobb Deep – Put Em In Their Place | Mobb Deep feat 50 Cent – Outta Control | Tony Yayo – So Seductive | The Game – Put You On To The Game | Pharrell feat Gwen Stefani – Can I Have It Like That | Common – Testify | Kanye West feat Lupe Fiasco – Touch The Sky | Three Six Mafia – Stay Fly

HIP-HOP 2006
The Game – It’s Okay (One Blood) | Jim Jones – We Fly High | Nas – Hustlers | Lil Jon And Da Eastside Boyz – Snap Ya Fingers | Snoop Doggy Dogg feat B Real – Vato | Rick Ross – Hustlin’ | Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha | T.I. – Why You Wanna | The Game – Let’s Ride | Lupe Fiasco – Kick Push | Pharoahe Monch – Push | Jay-Z – Show Em What You Got | Ghostface Killah – The Champ | Chamillionaire – Riding Dirty | T.I. – What U Know | DJ UNK – Walk It Out | Young Dro Feat T.I. – Shoulder Lean | Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead

HIP-HOP 2007
DJ Khaled – We Takin’ Over | J Kwon – Tipsy | 50 Cent feat Justin Timberlake – Ayo Technology | Mims – This Is Why I’m Hot | Lupe Fiasco – Dumb It Down | T.I. – Big Things Poppin’ | Swizz Beatz feat Lil Wayne and R Kelly – It’s Me Bitches (Remix) | Jay-Z – Roc Boys | KRS-One, Rakim, Kanye West and Nas – Classic | 50 Cent – I Get Money | Kanye West – Flashing Lights | Soulja Boy – Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) | Kanye West – Good Life | Kanye West – Stronger | Cassedy – My Drink And My 2 Step | Eve – Tambourine

HIP-HOP 2008 to 2009
Lil Wayne – A Millie | M.I.A. – Paper Planes | T.I. feat Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne – Swagger Like Us | Jay-Z – Brooklyn Go Hard | Lil Wayne – Mrs Officer | Jay-Z – Jockin’ Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh) | 50 Cent – Get Up | Kanye West – Love Lockdown | DJ Khaled – Out Here Grindin’ | Eminem feat 50 Cent and Dr Dre – Crack A Bottle | Common feat Pharrell – Announcement | Lupe Fiasco feat Matthew Santos – Superstar | Lil Wayne – Lollipop | Jim Jones feat Ron Browz – Pop Champagne | T.I. – Whatever You Like | Rick Ross – The Boss | 50 Cent – What Tia Told Me | Jay-Z – My President Is Black (DC Mix) | Jaguar Skills Outro

Directed by Adam Saewitz. Official video for ‘Glow’, the first track off the latest EP from Lunice, One Hunned. Unfortunately for us here at PTP, Lunice is playing a free gig the same night we’re seeing SBTRKT… Oh, the pain of it all! Here’s to hoping for a second show.

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ASAP Rocky X Purple Swag X ALIFE X Fools Gold from Brook Bobbins on Vimeo.

Taken from this s1ck little promo site with Hudson Mo’s 8-bit-tized graphics of Janet, Gucci, Aaliyah et al is a description of a limited vinyl EP release by the man featuring some of his remixes from his recent BBC Radio 1 set:

Welcome to the Pleasure Principle – an imaginary world where The Dream, Morris Day and Alexander O’Neal headline illegal raves and Timbaland never fell off.
The first release comes from the Glaswegian super-producer Hudson Mohawke.

Out now on ultra limited, screen printed 12inch vinyl – sleep and you’ll miss it.

I went to buy the vinyl EP from boomkat but it’s sold out already after 30 minutes notification of being on the web… massive :( face!! But you can stream it here as a consolation :/

Hud Mo – Pleasure by Hudson Mohawke

After the rioting in London, many soul-searching questions were asked of the country and of its class system, of how and why the youth could evolve into this unit of violence, destruction and theft on such a massive scale. While I don’t have answers those types of questions, or in depth analysis, research and statistics, I can attest to the undercurrent and vibe of the city coming from certain people and parts of London I felt – anger, violence and a need for release through drinking. I remember reading a newspaper article while there, about two positive young guys who were doing a long distance walk to raise money for charity. While they were walking they were set upon by a gang of youths who attacked them for being “too good.” The unfortunate guys were yelling for help to passers-by, when a man did come along, only to join the gang in beating them. I didn’t witness anything like that when I was there, except for some police cars and vans cordoning off a street near Liverpool Street station.

When tumultuous social events such as this happen (think Cronulla riots in Australia), I have noticed a tendency for conservative journalists to deliver their perspective on the topic, and almost always without fail, use the situation and event as affirmation for their point of view, without substantial and credible hard evidence to support their claims. In the UK a columnist for The Daily Mirror wrote an opinion piece blaming the culture surrounding “rap music,” and here in Australia, gay comedian and Triple J personality Tom Ballard challenged an opinion piece by Sydney Telegraph columnist Miranda Devine, who somehow came to the righteous conclusion that same-sex couples and the lack of a “nuclear” family produced the wide-scale rioting in London. (See his rejoinder here)

I had a tête-à-tête with my mate Aaron Jackson aka Mnsr Frites, MC from his group Granville Sessions about hip hop, rap, grime and his thoughts on the influence of music, and also the rioting. As someone who grew up in the city, and as an MC I felt it would be appropriate to get his thoughts down on virtual paper, so read the interview after the break!

Who are Granville Sessions and how did you come about?
Granville Sessions are a live six piece Hip Hop band from London. We formed in 2008 when the bands three MC’s were booked for a show in Manchester (this was the first booking we’d ever been offered). We wanted to do something different so we formed a band from some very good friends of ours: Giuseppe Falcone who was already producing for us, plus Louis Dale (drums) and Marvin Javier (bass) who were part of a metal band called Orakai at the time. Another good friend Ed Koral who was also part of Orakai played guitar for us at the time and he continues to play live shows with us now, though now he plays trumpet in the band. The gig went well and for want of a better cliche ‘the rest is history’. Prior to the gig me, Giuseppe and Louis had filmed a little jam session at Louis’ house on Granville Road and thats where the name comes from. In the run up to the gig we practiced a fair amount at a rehearsal space in Balham and so we had a nice wedge of material to perform up in Manchester. Our sound has changed a lot since then as we’ve all progressed and developed but the bands ethos remains the same, we’re a group of friends that have known each other for a long time that enjoy making music together; Hip Hop is the foundation of our sound but we all come from different musical backgrounds and have different musical preferences and interests and I think that comes across in our sound.

The band is comprised of Three MC’s; myself (Mnsr Frites), Luca Brazi (who is also a dope producer; he produced ‘IF’ on the ‘No State’ project), and Archetype plus Giuseppe Falcone on production, Louis on drums and Marvin on Bass. We are a full live band so when you see us live everything is played real time; we have a show on September the 2nd at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, East London so come check it out.

Top five MCs (dead or alive)/hip hop influences?
That’s a difficult question; I’ll try my best!:

1. Rakim
Although there are MC’s that I’ve personally listened to more you have to give Rakim credit for being the first dude to take rhyming to the next level in terms of complexity and intricacy, I appreciate good word play and conceptualism so I’d say he’s probably the best MC ever in regards to all that. There are MC’s that are technically a lot better than him but had he not paved the way for them I feel Hip Hop would be a very different music.

2. Zack De La Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)
Zack De La Rocha has been a huge influence for me personally. His delivery, stage presence and content are my reasons for picking him as number two. If you think he can’t be considered a Hip Hop MC just because he rose to fame as part of a rock outfit go and check out his tune with the Last Emperor and KRS One off Rawkus Records ‘Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1′ compilation; Zack is ill!

3. Nas
Nas is an absoulute badman, if you listen to ‘Illmatic’ and consider that he was still in his teens when he made that album its pretty hard to not consider him one of the best ever. Don’t get me wrong he has dropped a few clangers over the years but he’s still nice with it.

4. Kool Keith
I’m a big fan of psychedelia and conceptualism in Hip Hop and Kool Keith is a pivotal figure in terms of this style. He has a prolific back catalogue of crazy shit and he’s been dropping quality material since he was part of The Ultramagnetic MC’s. For this reason he is one of my favourite lyricists.

5. Universal Soldiers
Universal Soldiers were a quality MC duo from Edmonton, North London. I highly reccomend their music to anyone that is in to Hip Hop. Don’t get me wrong though this list changes on a daily basis and I’m super geeky with this Hip Hop stuff. I listen to a lot of Hip Hop; some other MC’s that I think are ill are R.A the Rugged Man, LoDeck and Vast Aire. Also had I not heard Wu-Tang’s first album I dont think I would have got into Hip Hop so heavily; they are the best thing to come out of the genre in my opinion! Then there is producers; I won’t even touch on that as we’d be here all day! haha

- What are yours and the group’s musical (any genre) influences (as I noticed the classical/jazz/reggae etc after listening to No State) ?
We have a huge range of influences. I personally grew up listening to a mixture of groups like Pantera and Sepultura and Hip Hop crews like Onyx, Wu-Tang and Das Efx. My Dad has always been a big reggae head as well so thats been a huge influence upon me and Reggae contunues to be one of my favourite types of music.

Luca Brazi is big into soul, Louis and Marvin have that metal influence but are also into a huge range of other stuff, Giuseppe is big into electronica and lo-fi down-tempo sort of stuff. I think the wide range of influences we have is reflected in the music we make. Our track ‘Styles’ is definitely a nod to Reggae and Sound System culture in general and on ‘Pubsteppin’ you’ll hear Louis sneaking in a cheeky bit of Thrash metal Style double pedal.

Our sound is always changing and were not afraid to experiment so I reckon our material will grow to reflect our influences even more over time. Hip Hop is the foundation of our sound though so no matter what we make it will always be that head-nod shit.

You supported Necro, and some other big names and dudes … how were the shows, and how did the crowds feel your stuff?
Supporting Necro was a quality experience; that’s probably one of the biggest crowds we’ve played to. We were somewhat apprehensive as Necro has a notoriously strange fan-base but people were really receptive and it was an awesome night; we had mosh pits going and everything which is always welcome; I love that shit. We recently supported another London Hip Hop band called the Illersapiens and that was a quality gig, the venue which it took place at (The Hootananny in Brixton) is somewhere we all go to a lot socially so it was quality to play there; massive shouts to DJ Snuff for booking us! We’re always looking for gigs and I definitely look forward to playing some more gigs like the Necro show in the future.

Congratulations on releasing No State… can you tell us what it’s about, and how would you describe your song/lyrical content – as about life in general? For example maybe about boredom, hence the stepping out to the pub for a pint or 5?
Cheers man. It’s definitely good to have it out there. We touch on quite a lot of stuff in our songs; a lot of the time its kind of rapping for the sake of rapping (which has its place) but we definitely made a conscious effort to incorporate some solid concepts into the ‘No State’ project. I’d say the general theme is (without sounding too cheesy) ‘the daily struggle’ but we also touch upon the rise of materialism in Hip Hop and a lot of stuff relating to life in London.

What’s your take on the London riots, and the people behind the rioting… as someone who, maybe given worse life circumstances could have been out there smashing and stealing shit, fighting police and starting fires?
I do not condone the actions of the rioters; but I strongly believe that there is a reason for everything and that the riots should not be simplistically dismissed as ‘thuggery’ or ‘pure criminality’. Youth unemployment is rife in the UK and I have first hand experience of this; when you are force fed an ideal of unsustainable consumerism in every waking minute of your life and then are not able to attain items that are deemed necessary to you by advertising executives people will react, it is an inevitability.

You just have to look at the type of stores that were targeted by rioters; electrical goods outlets, shops that sell sports clothing etc. These products share a common characteristic, they are items peddled to you as status symbols, we live in a society where you are taught from a very young age that money equals success. The people that took part in these riots are products of said environment. It is useless to sit around getting angry about what happened without trying to highlight the cause of the situation. Typically politicians have tried to put a spin on the events for their own benefit, a myriad of unrelated topics have been raised in the aftermath of the riots and I have no doubt that legislation will be pushed through of the back of recent events.

(I think) progress could be made by focusing on creating stringent schemes of employment for young people in this country as well as bringing about an increase in access to education. Travel within in London should be made affordable and activities for young people should be created at a local level but with consultation from young people so they are not poorly attended and patronizing. These things will not happen though because they do not bear profit for the government in the short term, money is the main focus of everything our government does.

A conservative government has no interest in dealing with issues of wealth disparity because they act in the interest of the elite, the British media quite rightly highlighted the detriment that the riots bought to small businesses and to the welfare of people who were employed at places of work that have now been destroyed. However the reality of the situation is that police were out in force to protect places like Westfield Shopping centre where large MNC’s have invested money but they were no where to be seen in poorer areas where many local businesses bore the brunt of the riots. The Police were the cause of the initial riots in Tottenham, they unnecessarily took the life of a young man and then failed to provide ample explanation to the mans family.

People living in London have little reason to place any faith in the Police as an institution. Hoards of young men have died whilst in police custody and the Police are rarely questioned or punished in the same way as your average citizen. The Police need to be policed by a body of organisations that are truly independent and transparency in their operations needs to be increased. It saddened me greatly to see the state of London during the riots but everyone needs to work together to create an environment where the chances of such things happening again are decreased.

I saw that Daily Mirror article where the columnist opined that rap/grime music was a cause of violence… I’ve been listening to rap for ages, and grime for a little while now, and after having been to London I could almost definitely say that the music arose out of the social and living conditions, it’s definitely not a cause, or didn’t incite the violence… what’s your take on the cause/effect and influence of music on people?
Musicians have a responsibility to recognise their influence upon their respective audiences regardless of genre. People are often hideously misinformed as to what Hip Hop is because they have no real experience of what in reality is a beautifully creative all-encompassing cultural discipline set. Consumerism has infected every level of society and this is reflected in Hip Hop and Grime, just as it is in Pop and Country and Western music. Older generations have historically blamed societies ills on the interests of younger generations; just look at the hoo-ha bought about by the emergence of Rock n’ Roll! people thought Buddy Holly was outrageous and a threat to the structure of society and the time!

It is not the job of a rapper or Grime MC to instil values in a young person. Hip Hop is a powerful tool that can be misused but people are complex and how they act can not be appointed simply to the music they choose to listen to, that is a naive and patronizing way of looking at things; as it is an opinion put forth by the Mirror I cant say I’m surprised.

So where to next for Granville sessions, what releases, gigs etc do you have coming up?
We are always working on new material and we often play new stuff live before recording it, so if you can definitely come and check us out live! We are next playing on the 2nd of September at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, East London. Look out for Luca Brazi’s new project ‘Fire Makes Dead Animals Nang: The Babylon Escape Plan Soul Sessions’! Its gonna be certified fire.

Check out:
www.granvillesessions.com
trinitymusicbrixton.bandcamp.com

Check out my mate’s MC crew from London Granville Sessions, and their album No State with story telling from the streets of LDN and underlying musical production influences that I can hear ranging from classical and jazz, garage, reggae, dubstep/grime.

And video for the first single Pubsteppin’

Our friend Sawyer (always makes me think of LOST) over at www.sawyersays.com recently wrote a piece on mash up DJs (just don’t call Girl Talk a DJ), and included a clip of a dude called Madeon casually depressing cool yellow buttons creating a nice mash piece (also see Bastard Pop).

I’d just like to mention one thing here for you to chew on when considering this Madeon fellow: he is using an Ableton controller (Novation Launchpad). Ableton is an amazing DAW (digital audio workstation) software that includes computer generated synthesizers, drum machines and other bits and pieces of sound and audio engineering tech, that also doubles as a live performance program. It is the Live part of Ableton that Madeon is using. Each lit up yellow button is linked to a music “clip” in Ableton, which is a section or sample of music. Each clip can be loaded into a slot, which in the program looks almost exactly like a spreadsheet page of excel “cells.” When you press play on the clip, or when you hit one of those yellow buttons, the software automatically plays the clip on beat to a set tempo using technical algorithms to time it perfectly. So as good as Madeon’s timing is, a lot is working in the background to make his playing seem almost virtuosic. I’m not dismissing that mash and the piece of work as amateur, it sounds cool and fun (the tunes sampled are a little played-out and stale sounding to me though haha)… And I’m guessing that took a lot of time and effort to put together, and then practice for the finished video product.

But, to take that video without considering the forefathers of sample/beat-making – the hip hop or even techno producers who, back in the day took the coolest drum breaks from funk and other music styles, and looped them out into something new – would be a travesty. That’s cos, to me it feels like high powered technology has made it so that anyone can create a seemingly brilliant piece of work, with a degree of technical skill removed from the equation. For example a DJ friend won’t book up and coming DJs if their mixes were produced statically in Ableton Live – he feels there’s no craft involved if you’re not live mixing. (Don’t even get me started on vinyl Vs CDs Vs laptop DJing… that’s a whole nother can of shit to crack.)

So back on beats and production and mashes. I think to hail Madeon as the future of dance music is trite (haha sorry Mich), considering Girltalk’s dominance at the peak of the scene 3 or 4 years ago (via FREE download :D ). And I think Madeon’s clip spread around the disco-dance blogosphere because it looks cool and samples blogosphere buzz bands.

So as a counter-offer to Madeon, I wanted to show you the live performance of AraabMUZIK, whom I’ve bloggered about before, the hip hop music producer for Dipset. He works with a more analogue piece of tech when crafting beats and music, and also while performing live – a music production center (MPC), which has a drum machine/sampler and sequencer, and works without the computer-aided timing correction power afforded by Ableton Live. It basically compresses a drum kit and sampler into a 4×4 button pad you can play with two sets of fingers, with the timing of a percussionist required.

It’s probably stupid of me rank and compare two guys who love making different styles of music on this kind of forum when it’s supposed to be about the enjoyment of the piece, but I do like to get into the craft, and look at skillz behind the scenes!

Released 1st August

Hudson Mohawke – Satin Panthers (Snips Preview – out 1st/2nd August) by hudsonmohawke

Hudson Mohawke – Turn Me Off by hudsonmohawke

Essential Mix – Mark Ronson (07-01-2007) (192)

Tracklist after the jump.

Mark Ronson – Intro
Mark Ronson feat. Dirt McGirt & Tiggers – Toxic
Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly
Coldplay – God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Mark Ronson feat. The Daptone Horns – God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Billy Bragg – A New England (Version Blend)
The Jam – Pretty Green
Mark Ronson feat. Santo Gold – Pretty Green
Chaka Khan – Acid Drop/I Feel For You
Bag Raiders – Christina 3-6 Drop
K.W. Griff – Respect
Aaron Lacrate feat. Spank Rock & Amanda Blank – Blow
T.I. – What You Know (Low B Remix)
The Pack – Vans (DJ Eli Remix)
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I – My Love (2nd Nature Remix)
Busta Rhymes feat. Rick James – In The Ghetto (DJ Eleven Remix)
Beck – Nausea
Notorious B.I.G. – Nasty Boy (Version Blend)
Lil’ Wayne – Show Me What You Got (Remix)
Lily Allen – Stop There (Freestyle)
Dangerdoom feat. Talib Kweli – Old School Rules
Ghostface Killah feat. Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
The Roots – Thought At Work (Original)
Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead
The Charlatans – The Only One I Know
Mark Ronson feat. Robbie Williams – The Only One I Know
Mark Ronson feat. Ghostface & Nate Dogg – Ooh Wee (Version Blend)
Mark Ronson feat. Alex Greenwald – Just
Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up Look Sharp
Thom Yorke – Black Swan
The Game feat. 50 Cent – Hate It Or Love It (Version Blend)
Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (Version Blend)
The Strokes – Someday
Rhymefest – Devil’s Pie
Regina Spektor – Fidelity
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (Version Blend)
The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
The Go! Team – Ladyflash
CSS – Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above (Spank Rock Remix)
Petey Pablo – Fire
The Futureheads – Skip To The End
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc (DJ Eli Remix)
The Rapture – Whoo! Alright-Yeah… Uh Huh
Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks
The Specials – Gangsters
Lily Allen – Knock Em Out
Sons & Daughters – Dance Me In (JD Twitch & The Truffle Club’s Optimo Mix)
Robbie Williams – Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Voc)
Cassie – Me & U (DJ Eli Remix)
Domino – Everyone Else Is Boring
Boney M – Sunny
Mark Ronson feat. Ghostface & Nate Dogg – Ooh Wee
Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold

Fairly late to catch the boat on this tune by Das Racist. Especially when it’s got 8-bit and point-and-click PC adventure gaming homages bursting at the seams… Did I mention there’s a Mishka flatcap getting repped? Anyway, video is directed by Thomas De Napoli.

Like what you’re hearing? Why not grab their Shut Up, Dude mixtape HERE.